BLITHEDALE SUMMIT COUNTY OPEN SPACE

April 15 and 22, 1986; April 18, 2000

Marin County         Marin CNPS (Follette et al.)       El. 150 - 1031 ft.

   BOTANICAL NAME                                                                  COMMON NAME              NOTES

  ACERACEAE (MAPLE FAMILY)

  Acer macrophyllum                                                                           Big-leaf Maple                                   ABC

  ANACARDIACEAE (SUMAC OR CASHEW FAMILY)

  Toxicodendron (Rhus) diversilobum                                                  Poison Oak                                       ABCD

  APIACEAE/UMBELLIFERAE (CARROT FAMILY)

  Foeniculum vulgare                                                                           Fennel                                      *       BCD

  Heracleum lanatum (H. maximum)                                                     Cow Parsnip                                      D

  Lomatium dasycarpum ssp. dasycarpum (L.d.)                                  Hog Fennel                                        ABD

  Lomatium utriculatum                                                                        Yellow Hog Fennel                            X

  Osmorhiza chilensis                                                                           Sweet Cicely                                     ABCD

  Sanicula crassicaulis                                                                          Pacific Sanicle                                    ABCD

  Sanicula laciniata                                                                               Coast Sanicle                                     ABD

  Sanicula tuberosa                                                                              Turkey Pea                                        C

  Tauschia kelloggii                                                                              Yellow Parsley                                   BC

  Torilis nodosa                                                                                   Hedge Parsley                          *       AD

  ARALIACEAE (GINSENG FAMILY)

  Aralia californica                                                                               Elk Clover                                         C

  Hedera helix                                                                                     English Ivy                                *       AC

  ARISTOLOCHIACEAE (PIPEVINE FAMILY)

  Asarum caudatum                                                                             Wild Ginger                                       X

  ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE (SUNFLOWER/COMPOSITE FAMILY)

  Achillea millefolium (A. borealis)                                                       Yarrow                                              BD

  Adenocaulon bicolor                                                                         Trail Plant                                          A

  Ageratina (Eupatorium) adenophora                                                                                                  *       C

  Agoseris grandiflora (A. plebia)                                                         Mountain Dandelion                           ABCD

  Anaphalis margaritacea                                                                     Pearly Everlasting                               B

  Arnica discoidea                                                                                                                                        B

  Artemisia californica                                                                          California Sagebrush                          ABD

  Artemisia douglasiana                                                                       Mugwort                                           BD

  Baccharis pilularis (incl var. consanguinea)                                         Coyote Brush                                    ABCD

  Carduus pycnocephalus                                                                    Italian Thistle                            *       BD

  Chamomilla suaveolens (Matricaria matricarioides)                            Pineapple Weed                       *?      D

  Cirsium occidentale var. venustum (C. proteanum)                             Venus Thistle                                     AB

  Cirsium vulgare                                                                                 Bull Thistle                                *       A

  Cotula australis                                                                                 Green Buttons                          *       X

  Erechtites glomerata (E. arguta)                                                         Australian Fireweed                  *       X

  Erechtites minima (E. prenanthoides)                                                 Australian Fireweed                  *       AC

  Ericameria (Haplopappus) arborescens                                             Golden-Fleece                                   X

  Erigeron karvinskianus                                                                      Fleabane                                  *       C

  Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum (E.c.)                           Golden-Yarrow                                 ABD

  Eriophyllum lanatum var. arachnoideum                                             Woolly Sunflower                              AC

  Filago gallica                                                                                     French Cudweed                      *       D

  Gnaphalium californicum                                                                   Cudweed                                           ABD

  Gnaphalium luteo-album                                                                    Annual Cudweed                      *       C

  Gnaphalium palustre                                                                          Cudweed                                           X

  Gnaphalium purpureum                                                                     Cudweed                                           ABCD

  Helenium puberulum                                                                         Sneezeweed                                      BD

  Hesperevax sparsiflora var. sparsiflora (Evax s.)                                                                                         X

  Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. bolanderi (Chrysopsis villosa                  Golden Aster                                     D

         var. b.)

  Hieracium albiflorum                                                                         Hawkweed                                        ABD

  Hypochaeris (Hypochoeris) glabra                                                    Smooth Cat's-ear                     *       ABCD

  Hypochaeris (Hypochoeris) radicata                                                 Hairy Cat's-ear                         *       ACD

  Layia platyglossa                                                                              Tidy Tips                                           X

  Madia elegans ssp. densifolia (M.e.)                                                  Common Madia                                 X

  Madia gracilis                                                                                   Slender Tarweed                               X

  Madia madioides                                                                              Woodland Madia                               AB

  Micropus californicus var. californicus (M.c.)                                     Cotton Top                                        X

  Microseris douglasii ssp. douglasii (M.d.)                                          Douglas' Dandelion                            X

  Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus (P.t.)                                              Woolly Marbles                                 X

  Senecio aronicoides                                                                          Butterweed                                        C

  Senecio vulgaris                                                                                Common Groundsel                  *       A

  Silybum marianum                                                                             Milk Thistle                              *       X

  Soliva sessilis (incl S. daucifolia & S. pterosperma)                                                                            *       ABCD

  Sonchus asper                                                                                  Sow Thistle                              *       AD

  Sonchus oleraceus                                                                            Sow Thistle                              *       BD

  Taraxacum officinale (incl T. laevigatum)                                            Dandelion                                 *       C

  Tragopogon porrifolius                                                                      Oyster-root, Salsify                  *       D?

  Uropappus lindleyi (Microseris linearifolia & M. lindleyi)                    Silver Puffs                                        X

 

  BETULACEAE (BIRCH FAMILY)

  Corylus cornuta var. californica (C. californica)                                  California Hazel                                 ABCD

  BLECHNACEAE (DEER FERN FAMILY)

  Woodwardia fimbriata                                                                      Western Chain Fern                           AC

  BORAGINACEAE (BORAGE FAMILY)

  Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia (A.i.)                                          Fiddleneck                                         D

  Cynoglossum grande                                                                         Hound's Tongue                                 ABCD

  Echium candicans (E. fastuosum)                                                       Pride of Madeira                      *       D

  Myosotis latifolia (M. sylvatica)                                                         Forget-me-not                          *       ABCD

  BRASSICACEAE/CRUCIFERAE (MUSTARD FAMILY)

  Brassica sp.                                                                                                                                      *       X

  Cardamine californica (Dentaria integrifolia)                                       Milk Maids                                        ABC

  Cardamine oligosperma                                                                    Bitter-cress                                        A

  Lepidium nitidum var. nitidum (L.n.)                                                  Peppergrass                                       X

  Lepidium strictum (L. pubescens)                                                      Peppergrass                             *       D

  Raphanus sativus                                                                              Radish                                      *       X

  CAPRIFOLIACEAE (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY)

  Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans                                                         California Honeysuckle                      ABCD

  Sambucus mexicana (S. coerulea)                                                     Blue Elderberry                                  X

  Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus (S. rivularis)                             Snowberry                                         B

  Symphoricarpos mollis                                                                      Snowberry                                         ACD

  CARYOPHYLLACEAE (PINK FAMILY)

  Cerastium glomeratum (C. viscosum)                                                Mouse-ear Chickweed             *       ACD

  Polycarpon tetraphyllum                                                                    Four-leaved Allseed                 *       X

  Silene gallica                                                                                     Windmill Pink                           *       CD

  Spergularia rubra                                                                              Sand Spurrey                           *       D

  Stellaria media                                                                                  Chickweed                               *       D

  Stellaria nitens                                                                                   Shining Chickweed                            B

  CISTACEAE (ROCK-ROSE FAMILY)

  Helianthemum scoparium                                                                  Broom-rose                                       X

  COMMELINACEAE (SPIDERWORT FAMILY)

  Tradescantia fluminensis                                                                    Wandering Jew                         *       C

 

  CONVOLVULACEAE (MORNING-GLORY FAMILY)

  Calystegia purpurata ssp. purpurata (Convolvulus occidentalis           Morning-glory                                    ABCD

         var. p. & var. solanensis)

 

  CRASSULACEAE (STONECROP FAMILY)

  Sedum spathulifolium                                                                        Stonecrop                                          A

  CUCURBITACEAE (GOURD FAMILY)

  Marah fabaceus                                                                                Man-root                                           C

  Marah oreganus                                                                                Coast Man-root                                 BD

  CYPERACEAE (SEDGE FAMILY)

  Carex globosa                                                                                  Sedge                                                A

  Carex obnupta                                                                                                                                           X

  Carex sp.                                                                                         Sedge                                                D

  Cyperus involucratus (C. alternifolius)                                                Umbrella Plant                          *       CD

  DENNSTAEDTIACEAE (BRACKEN FAMILY)

  Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens                                                   Bracken                                             ABCD

  DRYOPTERIDACEAE (WOOD FERN FAMILY)

  Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum (A.f. var. sitchense)                  Coastal Lady Fern                             AC

  Dryopteris arguta                                                                              Coastal Wood Fern                           ABCD

  Polystichum munitum                                                                         Western Sword Fern                         ABCD

  EQUISETACEAE (HORSETAIL FAMILY)

  Equisetum arvense                                                                            Common Horsetail                             X

  Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii                                                        Giant Horsetail                                   A

  ERICACEAE (HEATH FAMILY)

  Arbutus menziesii                                                                              Madrone                                           ABCD

  Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. glandulosa (A.g. incl A.                     Eastwood Manzanita                T.L.   ABCD

         cushingiana)

  Rhododendron macrophyllum                                                           Western Rhododendron                     A

  Vaccinium ovatum                                                                            Huckleberry                                       ABCD

  EUPHORBIACEAE (SPURGE FAMILY)

  Euphorbia lathyris                                                                             Gopher Plant                            *       C

  FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (LEGUME FAMILY)

  Acacia decurrens                                                                              Green Wattle                            *       C

  Acacia melanoxylon                                                                          Black Acacia                            *       ACD

  Amorpha californica var. napensis (A.c. var. hispidula)                      Mock Locust                                     A

  Cytisus scoparius                                                                              Scotch Broom                          *       ABCD