LOMA ALTA OPEN SPACE PRESERVE

April 22, 1991; April 1998

Marin County                 El. 360-1520 ft.

 

 BOTANICAL NAME                                                                      COMMON NAME                       NOTES

  ACERACEAE (MAPLE FAMILY)

  Acer macrophyllum                                                                              Big-leaf Maple

  ANACARDIACEAE (SUMAC OR CASHEW FAMILY)

  Toxicodendron (Rhus) diversilobum                                                      Poison Oak

  APIACEAE/UMBELLIFERAE (CARROT FAMILY)

  Angelica tomentosa                                                                              Woodland Angelica

  Conium maculatum                                                                               Poison Hemlock                                    *

  Foeniculum vulgare                                                                               Fennel                                                   *

  Heracleum lanatum (H. maximum)                                                         Cow Parsnip

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

  Lomatium utriculatum                                                                            Yellow Hog Fennel

  Osmorhiza chilensis                                                                              Sweet Cicely

  Perideridia kelloggii                                                                              Kellogg's Yampah

  Sanicula bipinnatifida                                                                            Purple Sanicle

  Sanicula crassicaulis                                                                              Pacific Sanicle

  Sanicula laciniata                                                                                  Coast Sanicle

  Scandix pecten-veneris                                                                         Shepherd's Needle                                *

  Tauschia kelloggii                                                                                 Yellow Parsley

  Torilis heterophylla                                                                               Hedge Parsley                                       *

  Torilis nodosa                                                                                       Hedge Parsley                                       *

  APOCYNACEAE (DOGBANE FAMILY)

  Vinca major                                                                                         Periwinkle                                             *

  ARACEAE (ARUM FAMILY)

  Arum italicum                                                                                       Italian Arum                                          *

  ARALIACEAE (GINSENG FAMILY)

  Hedera helix                                                                                         English Ivy                                            *

  ARISTOLOCHIACEAE (PIPEVINE FAMILY)

  Aristolochia californica                                                                          California Pipe-vine                               T.L.

 
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE (SUNFLOWER/COMPOSITE FAMILY)

  Achillea millefolium (A. borealis)                                                           Yarrow

  Achyrachaena mollis                                                                             Blow-wives

  Agoseris grandiflora (A. plebia)                                                            Mountain Dandelion

  Agoseris heterophylla                                                                           Annual Dandelion

  Artemisia californica                                                                             California Sagebrush

  Artemisia douglasiana                                                                           Mugwort

  Aster radulinus                                                                                     Broad-leaf Aster

  Baccharis pilularis (incl var. consanguinea)                                             Coyote Brush

  Carduus pycnocephalus                                                                        Italian Thistle                                         *

  Centaurea calcitrapa                                                                             Purple Star-Thistle                                *

  Centaurea melitensis                                                                             Napa Thistle, Tocalote                          *

  Centaurea solstitialis                                                                             Yellow Star-Thistle                               *

  Chamomilla suaveolens (Matricaria matricarioides)                                Pineapple Weed                                    *?

  Cirsium vulgare                                                                                     Bull Thistle                                            *

  Cotula australis                                                                                     Green Buttons                                       *

  Cotula coronopifolia                                                                             Brass-Buttons                                       *

  Eriophyllum lanatum var. arachnoideum                                                 Woolly Sunflower

  Filago gallica                                                                                        French Cudweed                                  *

  Gnaphalium californicum                                                                       Cudweed

  Gnaphalium luteo-album                                                                       Annual Cudweed                                  *

  Gnaphalium purpureum                                                                         Cudweed

  Grindelia hirsutula var. hirsutula (incl G. rubricaulis &                             Gumweed

            G. humilis in part)

  Hemizonia congesta ssp. congesta (incl H. lutescens &                          Hayfield Tarweed

            H. multicaulis ssp m. & ssp. vernalis)

  Hesperevax sparsiflora var. sparsiflora (Evax s.)

  Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. bolanderi (Chrysopsis villosa                      Golden Aster

            var. b.)

  Hieracium albiflorum                                                                             Hawkweed

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

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

  Lactuca saligna                                                                                     Lettuce                                                 *

  Lasthenia californica (L. chrysostoma & L. hirsutula)                             Gold Fields

  Layia gaillardioides 

  Madia gracilis                                                                                       Slender Tarweed

  Madia madioides                                                                                  Woodland Madia

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

  Picris echioides                                                                                     Bristly Ox-tongue                                  *  Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus (P.t.)                                                 Woolly Marbles

  Senecio vulgaris                                                                                    Common Groundsel                              *

  Silybum marianum                                                                                Milk Thistle                                           *

  Solidago californica                                                                              Goldenrod

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

  Sonchus asper                                                                                      Sow Thistle                                           *

ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE (SUNFLOWER/COMPOSITE FAMILY) (Continued)

  Sonchus oleraceus                                                                                Sow Thistle                                           *

  Stebbinsoseris heterocarpa = Microseris douglasii x Uropappus

            lindleyi (Microseris h.)

  Taraxacum officinale (incl T. laevigatum)                                               Dandelion                                             *

  Tragopogon porrifolius                                                                         Oyster-root, Salsify                               *

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

  Wyethia angustifolia                                                                              Narrow-leaf Mule Ears

  Wyethia glabra                                                                                     Mule Ears

  BETULACEAE (BIRCH FAMILY)

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

  BORAGINACEAE (BORAGE FAMILY)

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

  Cynoglossum grande                                                                            Hound's Tongue

  Plagiobothrys (Allocarya) bracteatus 

  Plagiobothrys nothofulvus                                                                     Popcorn Flower

  BRASSICACEAE/CRUCIFERAE (MUSTARD FAMILY)

  Athysanus pusillus                                                                                 Littlepod

  Barbarea orthoceras (B. americana)                                                      Winter Cress                                         *

  Capsella bursa-pastoris                                                                        Shepherd's Purse                                  *

  Cardamine californica (Dentaria integrifolia)                                           Milk Maids

  Cardamine oligosperma                                                                        Bitter-cress

  Coronopus didymus                                                                             Wart Cress                                           *

  Hirschfeldia incana (Brassica geniculata)                                                Summer Mustard                                  *

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

  Lepidium strictum (L. pubescens)                                                          Peppergrass                                         *

  Raphanus sativus                                                                                  Radish                                                  *

  Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum                                                               Water Cress                                         *

  Thysanocarpus curvipes (incl var. elegans)                                            Fringe Pod

 

  CALLITRICHACEAE (WATER-STARWORT FAMILY)

  Callitriche sp.                                                                                       Water-Starwort

  CAPRIFOLIACEAE (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY)

  Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans                                                            California Honeysuckle

  Sambucus mexicana (S. coerulea)                                                         Blue Elderberry

  Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus (S. rivularis)                                 Snowberry

  CARYOPHYLLACEAE (PINK FAMILY)

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

  Polycarpon tetraphyllum                                                                       Four-leaved Allseed                              *

  Silene gallica                                                                                         Windmill Pink                                        *

  Spergularia rubra                                                                                  Sand Spurrey                                        *

  Stellaria media                                                                                      Chickweed                                           *

  CONVOLVULACEAE (MORNING-GLORY FAMILY)

  Calystegia purpurata ssp. purpurata (Convolvulus occidentalis               Morning-glory

            var. p. & var. solanensis)

  Convolvulus arvensis                                                                            Bindweed                                             *

  CRASSULACEAE (STONECROP FAMILY)

  Crassula connata (Tillaea erecta)                                                           Pigmy-weed

  Dudleya cymosa ssp. cymosa (Echeveria c.)                                         Rock Lettuce

  CUCURBITACEAE (GOURD FAMILY)

  Marah fabaceus                                                                                    Man-root

  Marah oreganus                                                                                   Coast Man-root

  CYPERACEAE (SEDGE FAMILY)

  Carex praegracilis                                                                                 Sedge

  Carex sp.                                                                                             Sedge

  Scirpus koilolepis 

  DENNSTAEDTIACEAE (BRACKEN FAMILY)

  Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens                                                       Bracken

  DRYOPTERIDACEAE (WOOD FERN FAMILY)

  Dryopteris arguta                                                                                  Coastal Wood Fern

  Polystichum munitum                                                                            Western Sword Fern

 

  ERICACEAE (HEATH FAMILY)

  Arbutus menziesii                                                                                  Madrone

  EUPHORBIACEAE (SPURGE FAMILY)

  Euphorbia peplus                                                                                  Petty Spurge                                         *

  FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (LEGUME FAMILY)

  Cytisus scoparius                                                                                  Scotch Broom                                       *

  Genista (Cytisus) monspessulana                                                           French Broom                                       *

  Lathyrus latifolius                                                                                  Everlasting Pea                                      *

  Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus (incl ssp. puberulus &                              Hillside Pea

            ssp. bolanderi, in part)

  Lotus corniculatus (L. tenuis)                                                                Bird's Foot Trefoil                                 *

  Lotus humistratus                                                                                  Colchita

  Lotus micranthus                                                                                  Hill Lotus

  Lotus purshianus var. purshianus (L.p.)                                                 Spanish Clover

  Lotus scoparius var. scoparius (L.s.)                                                     Deerweed

  Lotus wrangelianus (L. subpinnatus)                                                      Calf Lotus

  Lupinus bicolor (incl L. micranthus & polycarpus)                                 Dove Lupine

  Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (L.l.)                                                       Lupine

  Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus (L. subvexus)

  Lupinus nanus (incl var. maritimus)                                                        Sky Lupine

  FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (LEGUME FAMILY) (Continued)

  Medicago arabica                                                                                 Spotted Medick                                    *

  Medicago lupulina                                                                                Black Medic                                         *

  Medicago polymorpha (incl var. brevispina & M. hispida incl                Bur Clover                                            *

            vars. confinis & apiculata)

  Rupertia (Psoralea) physodes                                                               California Tea

  Spartium junceum                                                                                 Spanish Broom                                     *

  Thermopsis macrophylla var. macrophylla (T.m.)                                   False Lupine

  Trifolium albopurpureum var. albopurpureum (T.a.)                               Indian Clover

  Trifolium barbigerum var. barbigerum (T.b.)                                          Bearded Clover

  Trifolium bifidum var. bifidum (T.b. in part)                                            Notched-leaf Clover

  Trifolium bifidum var. decipiens (T.b. in part)                                         Clover

  Trifolium campestre                                                                              Hop Clover                                           *

  Trifolium cernuum                                                                                                                                             *

  Trifolium ciliolatum                                                                                Clover

  Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum                                                  Involucrate Balloon Clover

  Trifolium dubium                                                                                   Shamrock                                             *

  Trifolium glomeratum                                                                            Knobby Clover                                     *

  Trifolium hirtum                                                                                    Rose Clover                                          *  Trifolium macraei                                                                                  Clover

  Trifolium microcephalum                                                                       Maiden Clover

  Trifolium microdon                                                                               Toothed-cup Clover

  Trifolium oliganthum  

  Trifolium subterraneum                                                                         Subterranean Clover                             *

  Trifolium variegatum (incl T. appendiculatum)                                        White-tip Clover

  Trifolium willdenovii (T. tridentatum)                                                     Tomcat Clover

  Vicia americana var. americana (incl vars. linearus & oregona &            American Vetch

            V. californica)

  Vicia benghalensis                                                                                Purple Vetch                                         *

  Vicia sativa ssp. nigra (V. angustifolia)                                                   Hairy Vetch                                          *

  Vicia villosa ssp. varia (V. dasycarpa)                                                   Vetch                                                    *

  FAGACEAE (OAK FAMILY)

  Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia (Q.a.)                                                     Coast Live Oak

  Quercus kelloggii                                                                                  California Black Oak

  Quercus lobata                                                                                     Valley Oak

  GENTIANACEAE (GENTIAN FAMILY)

  Cicendia quadrangularis 

  GERANIACEAE (GERANIUM FAMILY)

  Erodium botrys                                                                                     Broad-leaf Filaree                                 *

  Erodium cicutarium                                                                               Red-stem Filaree                                   *

  Erodium moschatum                                                                             White-stem Filaree                                *

  Geranium dissectum                                                                              Cut-leaved Cranesbill                            *

  Geranium molle                                                                                    Soft Cranesbill                                      *

  HIPPOCASTANACEAE (BUCKEYE FAMILY)

  Aesculus californica                                                                              California Buckeye

  HYDROPHYLLACEAE (WATERLEAF FAMILY)

  Nemophila heterophylla 

  Phacelia californica                                                                               California Phacelia

  Phacelia imbricata ssp. imbricata (P.i.) 

  IRIDACEAE (IRIS FAMILY)

  Iris douglasiana (incl var. major)                                                            Douglas Iris

  Sisyrinchium bellum                                                                              Blue-eyed Grass

 

  JUNCACEAE (RUSH FAMILY)

  Juncus bufonius var. bufonius (J.b.)                                                       Toad Rush

  Juncus effusus var. pacificus                                                                  Rush

  Juncus occidentalis                                                                               Slender Rush

  Juncus patens                                                                                       Rush

  Luzula comosa (L. multiflora)                                                                Wood-rush

  JUNCAGINACEAE (ARROW-GRASS FAMILY)

  Lilaea scilloides                                                                                    Flowering Quillwort

  LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE (MINT FAMILY)

  Mentha pulegium                                                                                  European Pennyroyal                            *

  Monardella villosa ssp. villosa (M.v. in part)                                          Coyote-mint

  Satureja douglasii (S. chamissonis)                                                        Yerba Buena

  Stachys ajugoides var. rigida (S. r. var. quercetorum)                            Hedge Nettle

  LAURACEAE (LAUREL FAMILY)

  Umbellularia californica                                                                         California Bay

  LILIACEAE (LILY FAMILY)

  Allium triquetrum                                                                                  Onion                                                   *

  Brodiaea elegans ssp. elegans (B.e.)                                                     Harvest Brodiaea

  Brunsvigia rosea                                                                                   Naked Ladies                                       *

  Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum (C.p.)                           Soap Plant

  Dichelostemma (Brodiaea) congestum                                                   Ookow

  Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum (Brodiaea pulchella)                Blue Dicks

  Disporum hookeri                                                                                 Fairy Bells

  Fritillaria affinis var. affinis (F. lanceolata)                                              Mission Bells

  Smilacina racemosa (S.r. var. amplexicaulis)                                          Fat Solomon

  Smilacina stellata (S. sessilifolia)                                                            Slim Solomon

  Triteleia (Brodiaea) laxa                                                                        Ithuriel's Spear

  LINACEAE (FLAX FAMILY)

  Linum bienne                                                                                        Flax                                                      *

  LYTHRACEAE (LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY)

  Lythrum hyssopifolium                                                                          Loosestrife                                            *

  MALVACEAE (MALLOW FAMILY)

  Sidalcea malvaeflora ssp. malvaeflora (S.m.)                                         Checkerbloom

  MYRTACEAE (MYRTLE FAMILY)

  Eucalyptus globulus                                                                              Blue Gum                                              *

  ONAGRACEAE (EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY)

  Camissonia (Oenothera) ovata                                                              Sun-cups

  Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera                                                      Winecup Clarkia

  Epilobium brachycarpum (E. paniculatum)                                             Willow-herb

  Epilobium canum ssp. canum (Zauschneria californica                            California Fuchsia

            ssp. mexicana)

  ORCHIDACEAE (ORCHID FAMILY)

  Corallorhiza striata                                                                                Striped Coralroot

  Piperia transversa (Habenaria elegans in part)                                        Rein-orchis

  PAPAVERACEAE (POPPY FAMILY)

  Eschscholzia californica                                                                         California Poppy

  PLANTAGINACEAE (PLANTAIN FAMILY)

  Plantago coronopus                                                                                                                                          *

  Plantago erecta (P. hookeriana var. californica)                                     Dwarf Plantain

  Plantago lanceolata                                                                               Ribwort                                                *

  POACEAE/GRAMINEAE (GRASS FAMILY)

  Agrostis sp.                                                                                          Bentgrass

  Aira caryophyllea                                                                                 Silver Hair Grass                                   *

  Aira elegantissima (A. elegans)                                                                                                                          *

  Avena barbata                                                                                      Slim Oat                                               *

  Avena fatua                                                                                          Fat Oat                                                 *

  Brachypodium distachyon                                                                     Silica Grass                                           *

  Briza maxima                                                                                        Rattlesnake Grass                                 *

  Briza minor                                                                                           Little Rattlesnake Grass                         *

  Bromus carinatus var. carinatus (B.c. & incl B. marginatus &                 Bromegrass

            B. breviaristatus)

  Bromus diandrus  (B. rigidus incl var. gussonii)                                      Ripgut Grass                                         *

  Bromus hordeaceus (B. mollis &. & B. racemosus)                               Soft Chess                                            *

  Cynosurus echinatus                                                                             Dogtail                                                  *

  Danthonia californica var. californica (D.c.)                                           Oatgrass

  Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus (E.g.)                                                         Blue Wild-rye

  Festuca californica                                                                                California Fescue

  Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum (H. c.)


  POACEAE/GRAMINEAE (GRASS FAMILY) (Continued)

  Hordeum marinum ssp. gussoneanum (H. geniculatum &                       Mediterranean Barley                            *

            H. hystrix)

  Hordeum murinum ssp. glaucum (H.g.)                                                                                                              *

  Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum (H. l.)                                               Farmer's Foxtail                                    *

  Lolium multiflorum                                                                                Ryegrass                                               *

  Melica californica                                                                                 California Melic                                     T.L.

  Melica torreyana                                                                                  Melicgrass

  Nassella (Stipa) lepida                                                                          Needlegrass

  Nassella (Stipa) pulchra                                                                        Purple Needlegrass

  Phalaris aquatica (P. tuberosa var. stenoptera)                                      Harding Grass                                       *

  Poa annua                                                                                            Annual Bluegrass                                   *

  Poa secunda ssp. secunda (P. scabrella)                                               One-sided Bluegrass

  Vulpia bromoides (Festuca dertonensis)                                                Fescue                                                  *

  Vulpia myuros var. hirsuta (Festuca megalura)

  Vulpia octoflora (Festuca o.)                                                                Six-weeks Fescue

  POLEMONIACEAE (PHLOX FAMILY)

  Gilia achilleifolia ssp. multicaulis (G.m.)                                                  Annual Slender Gilia

  Linanthus androsaceus                                                                          Lavender Linanthus

  Navarretia squarrosa                                                                            Skunkweed

  POLYGALACEAE (MILKWORT FAMILY)

  Polygala californica                                                                               Milkwort

  POLYGONACEAE (BUCKWHEAT FAMILY)

  Eriogonum nudum var. nudum (E.n.)                                                     Nude Buckwheat

  Rumex acetosella                                                                                  Sheep Sorrel                                         *

  Rumex crispus                                                                                      Curly Dock                                           *

  POLYPODIACEAE (POLYPODY FAMILY)

  Polypodium californicum (incl var. kaulfusii & fmas.                               California Polypody

            parsonsiae & branscombii)

  PORTULACACEAE (PURSLANE FAMILY)

  Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua (Montia spathulata incl                               Slender Claytonia

            vars.rosulata & tenuifolia)

  Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata (Montia p. & all formas)                   Miner's Lettuce

  Montia fontana (incl M. hallii & M. verna)                                             Water Chickweed

  PRIMULACEAE (PRIMROSE FAMILY)

  Anagallis arvensis                                                                                 Scarlet Pimpernel                                  *

  Dodecatheon hendersonii (incl ssp. cruciatum)                                       Shooting Star

  PTERIDACEAE (BRAKE FAMILY)

  Adiantum jordanii (incl A. x tracyi)                                                        California Maidenhair

  Pellaea andromedifolia                                                                          Coffee Fern

  Pentagramma (Pityrogramma) triangularis ssp. triangularis                      Goldback Fern

  RANUNCULACEAE (BUTTERCUP FAMILY)

  Aquilegia formosa (incl var. truncata)                                                    Columbine

  Clematis lasiantha                                                                                 Virgin's Bower

  Delphinium nudicaule                                                                            Red Larkspur

  Delphinium patens ssp. patens (D.p.)                                                    Spreading Larkspur

  Ranunculus californicus (incl var. cuneatus)                                            California Buttercup

  Ranunculus muricatus                                                                            Prickle-fruit Buttercup                           *

  RHAMNACEAE (BUCKTHORN FAMILY)

  Rhamnus californica ssp. californica (R.c.)                                             Coffee Berry

  ROSACEAE (ROSE FAMILY)

  Acaena pinnatifida var. californica (A.c.)

  Aphanes (Alchemilla) occidentalis                                                         Lady's Mantle

  Fragaria vesca (F. californica)                                                               Wild Strawberry

  Heteromeles (Photinia) arbutifolia                                                          Toyon

  Pyracantha angustifolia