SAMUEL P. TAYLOR STATE PARK

Updated March 24, 1998

Marin County                                          El. 140-1466 ft.

   BOTANICAL NAME                                                                 COMMON NAME                   NOTES

  ACERACEAE (MAPLE FAMILY)

  Acer macrophyllum                                                                           Big-leaf Maple                                        ABD

  ALISMATACEAE (WATER-PLANTAIN FAMILY)

  Alisma plantago-aquatica (incl var. triviale)                                        Water-Plantain                                        B

  ANACARDIACEAE (SUMAC OR CASHEW FAMILY)

  Toxicodendron (Rhus) diversilobum                                                  Poison Oak                                            ABD

  APIACEAE/UMBELLIFERAE (CARROT FAMILY)

  Anthriscus caucalis                                                                            Bur Chervil                                  *          A

  Cicuta douglasii                                                                                Water Hemlock                                      B

  Conium maculatum                                                                           Poison Hemlock                          *          ABD

  Heracleum lanatum (H. maximum)                                                     Cow Parsnip                                           ABD

  Ligusticum apiifolium                                                                         Lovage                                                   D

  Osmorhiza chilensis                                                                           Sweet Cicely                                          ABD

  Sanicula arctopoides                                                                         Footsteps-of-Spring                                D

  Sanicula bipinnatifida                                                                         Purple Sanicle                                         D

  Sanicula crassicaulis                                                                          Pacific Sanicle                                         ABD

  Sanicula laciniata                                                                               Coast Sanicle                                          D

  Scandix pecten-veneris                                                                     Shepherd's Needle                      *          BD

  Torilis heterophylla                                                                            Hedge Parsley                             *          B

  Torilis nodosa                                                                                   Hedge Parsley                             *          ABD

  APOCYNACEAE (DOGBANE FAMILY)

  Vinca major                                                                                      Periwinkle                                   *          ABD

  ARALIACEAE (GINSENG FAMILY)

  Aralia californica                                                                               Elk Clover                                              ABD

  Hedera helix                                                                                     English Ivy                                   *          B

  ARISTOLOCHIACEAE (PIPEVINE FAMILY)

  Aristolochia californica                                                                      California Pipe-vine                     T.L.     ABCD

  Asarum caudatum                                                                             Wild Ginger                                            BC


  ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE (SUNFLOWER/COMPOSITE FAMILY)

  Achillea millefolium (A. borealis)                                                       Yarrow                                                   D

  Adenocaulon bicolor                                                                         Trail Plant                                               BCD

  Anaphalis margaritacea                                                                     Pearly Everlasting                                    ABC

  Artemisia californica                                                                          California Sagebrush                               D

  Artemisia douglasiana                                                                       Mugwort                                                BCD

  Baccharis pilularis (incl var. consanguinea)                                         Coyote Brush                                         ABD

  Bellis perennis                                                                                   English Daisy                               *          B

  Carduus pycnocephalus                                                                    Italian Thistle                               *          ABD

  Centaurea calcitrapa                                                                         Purple Star-Thistle                       *          D?

  Chamomilla suaveolens (Matricaria matricarioides)                            Pineapple Weed                          *?        D

  Cirsium sp.                                                                                       Thistle                                                     BD

  Cirsium vulgare                                                                                 Bull Thistle                                  *          BCD

  Erechtites minima (E. prenanthoides)                                                 Australian Fireweed                     *          ABD

  Eriophyllum lanatum var. arachnoideum                                             Woolly Sunflower                                   CD

  Filago gallica                                                                                     French Cudweed                         *          D

  Gnaphalium californicum                                                                   Cudweed                                                D

  Gnaphalium ramosissimum                                                                Cudweed                                                D

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

            H. multicaulis ssp m. & ssp. vernalis)

  Hieracium albiflorum                                                                         Hawkweed                                             CD

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

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

  Lapsana communis                                                                           Nipplewort                                  *          A

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

  Madia gracilis                                                                                   Slender Tarweed                                    AB

  Madia madioides                                                                              Woodland Madia                                    BCD

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

  Petasites frigidus var. palmatus (P. p.)                                               Western Coltsfoot                                   B

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

  Senecio vulgaris                                                                                Common Groundsel                    *          BD

  Silybum marianum                                                                             Milk Thistle                                 *          D

  Solidago californica                                                                           Goldenrod                                              D

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

  Sonchus asper                                                                                  Sow Thistle                                 *          ABD

  Sonchus oleraceus                                                                            Sow Thistle                                 *          A

  Tanacetum (Chrysanthemum) parthenium                                          Feverfew                                     *          B

  Taraxacum officinale (incl T. laevigatum)                                            Dandelion                                    *          B

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

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

  Wyethia angustifolia                                                                          Narrow-leaf Mule Ears                           D

  BERBERIDACEAE (BARBERRY FAMILY)

  Vancouveria planipetala                                                                    Inside-out Flower                                   BC

  BETULACEAE (BIRCH FAMILY)

  Alnus rhombifolia                                                                              White Alder                                            ABC

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

  BLECHNACEAE (DEER FERN FAMILY)

  Woodwardia fimbriata                                                                      Western Chain Fern                                A

  BORAGINACEAE (BORAGE FAMILY)

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

  Cynoglossum grande                                                                         Hound's Tongue                                      AD

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

  Plagiobothrys nothofulvus                                                                  Popcorn Flower                                      AD

  BRASSICACEAE/CRUCIFERAE (MUSTARD FAMILY)

  Arabis glabra                                                                                    Tower Mustard                                       B

?Barbarea orthoceras (B. americana)                                                  Winter Cress                               *          B

  Barbarea verna                                                                                 Winter Cress                               *          AB

  Brassica rapa (B. campestris)                                                            Field Mustard                              *          A

  Capsella bursa-pastoris                                                                     Shepherd's Purse                         *          A

  Cardamine californica (Dentaria integrifolia)                                       Milk Maids                                             ABD

  Cardamine oligosperma                                                                    Bitter-cress                                             BD

  Coronopus didymus                                                                          Wart Cress                                 *          A

  Draba verna                                                                                     Whitlow Grass                            *          D

  Erysimum capitatum                                                                          Western Wallflower                                D?

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

  Lepidium strictum (L. pubescens)                                                      Peppergrass                               *           A

  Raphanus sativus                                                                              Radish                                         *          B

  Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum                                                           Water Cress                                *          AB

  Sinapis arvensis (Brassica kaber)                                                      Charlock                                     *          A

  Sisymbrium officinale                                                                        Hedge Mustard                           *          B

  Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. pulchellus (S.g. var. p.)                        Mt.Tamalpais Jewelflower     LIST 1       D?

  CALLITRICHACEAE (WATER-STARWORT FAMILY)

  Callitriche verna                                                                                Water Starwort                                       D

  CAPRIFOLIACEAE (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY)

  Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans                                                         California Honeysuckle                           ABD

  Sambucus mexicana (S. coerulea)                                                     Blue Elderberry                                       AB

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

  Symphoricarpos mollis                                                                      Snowberry                                              BD

  CARYOPHYLLACEAE (PINK FAMILY)

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

  Silene gallica                                                                                     Windmill Pink                              *          AD

  Spergularia rubra                                                                              Sand Spurrey                              *          AD

  Stellaria media                                                                                  Chickweed                                  *          ABD

  CHENOPODIACEAE (GOOSEFOOT FAMILY)

  Chenopodium album                                                                         Lamb's Quarters                          *?        A

  CONVOLVULACEAE (MORNING-GLORY FAMILY)

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

            var. p. & var. solanensis)

  Convolvulus arvensis                                                                         Bindweed                                    *          B

  Ipomoea purpurea                                                                            Common Morning-glory              *

  CORNACEAE (DOGWOOD FAMILY)

  Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (C. californica)                                        Creek Dogwood                                     B

  CRASSULACEAE (STONECROP FAMILY)

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

  Sedum spathulifolium                                                                        Stonecrop                                               C

  CUCURBITACEAE (GOURD FAMILY)

  Marah fabaceus                                                                                Man-root                                                ABD

  Marah oreganus                                                                                Coast Man-root                                      BD

  CUPRESSACEAE (CYPRESS FAMILY)

  Cupressus sp.                                                                                   Cypress                                      *          B

  CYPERACEAE (SEDGE FAMILY)

  Carex nudata                                                                                                                                                  B

  Cyperus eragrostis                                                                            Umbrella Sage                                        AB

  Scirpus microcarpus                                                                         Bulrush                                                   BC

  DENNSTAEDTIACEAE (BRACKEN FAMILY)

  Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens                                                   Bracken                                                  ABD

  DRYOPTERIDACEAE (WOOD FERN FAMILY)

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

  Cystopteris fragilis                                                                            Brittle Fern                                             AB

  Dryopteris arguta                                                                              Coastal Wood Fern                                ABD

  Polystichum munitum                                                                         Western Sword Fern                              ABD

  EQUISETACEAE (HORSETAIL FAMILY)

  Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii                                                        Giant Horsetail                                        B

  ERICACEAE (HEATH FAMILY)

  Arbutus menziesii                                                                              Madrone                                                ABD

  Gaultheria shallon                                                                              Salal                                                       CD

  Rhododendron macrophyllum                                                           Western Rhododendron * not native to site         C

  Rhododendron occidentale                                                               Western Azalea                                      B

  Vaccinium ovatum                                                                            Huckleberry                                            BD

  EUPHORBIACEAE (SPURGE FAMILY)

  Euphorbia peplus                                                                              Petty Spurge                               *

  FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (LEGUME FAMILY)

  Acacia decurrens                                                                              Green Wattle                               *          B

  Cytisus scoparius                                                                              Scotch Broom                             *          D

  Genista (Cytisus) monspessulana                                                       French Broom                             *          B

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

            ssp. bolanderi, in part)

  Lotus humistratus                                                                              Colchita                                                  D

  Lotus micranthus                                                                               Hill Lotus                                                C

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

  Lupinus albifrons var. collinus                                                            Lupine                                                    D

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

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

  Lupinus nanus (incl var. maritimus)                                                    Sky Lupine                                             D

  Medicago arabica                                                                             Spotted Medick                          *          D

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

            incl vars. confinis & apiculata)

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

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

  Trifolium ciliolatum                                                                            Clover                                                    A?

  Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens (T. a.)                                 Balloon Clover                                        A?

  Trifolium dubium                                                                               Shamrock                                   *          A?BD

  Trifolium glomeratum                                                                        Knobby Clover                           *          A

  FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (LEGUME FAMILY) (Continued)

  Trifolium gracilentum var. gracilentum (T.g.)                                       Pinpoint Clover                                       A?

  Trifolium microcephalum                                                                   Maiden Clover                                        B

  Trifolium microdon                                                                            Toothed-cup Clover

  Trifolium subterraneum                                                                      Subterranean Clover                    *          A?

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

  Trifolium willdenovii (T. tridentatum)                                                  Tomcat Clover                                        A?B

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

  FAGACEAE (OAK FAMILY)

  Lithocarpus densiflorus var. densiflorus (L.d.)                                    Tanbark Oak                                          BD

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

  Quercus chrysolepis                                                                          Canyon Live Oak                                   BD

  GARRYACEAE (SILK TASSEL FAMILY)

  Garrya elliptica                                                                                 Silk Tassel Bush                                      D

  GERANIACEAE (GERANIUM FAMILY)

  Erodium botrys                                                                                 Broad-leaf Filaree                       *          D

  Erodium cicutarium                                                                           Red-stem Filaree                         *          D

  Geranium anemonifolium                                                                                                                      *          B

  Geranium dissectum                                                                          Cut-leaved Cranesbill                  *          AD

  Geranium molle                                                                                 Soft Cranesbill                             *          A

  GROSSULARIACEAE (GOOSEBERRY FAMILY)

  Ribes californicum var. californicum (R.c.)                                         Hillside Gooseberry                                D

  Ribes menziesii (incl var. leptosmum)                                                 Canyon Gooseberry                                AC

  Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum                                                      Pink Flowering Currant                           ABC

  HIPPOCASTANACEAE (BUCKEYE FAMILY)

  Aesculus californica                                                                          California Buckeye                                  ABD

  HYDROPHYLLACEAE (WATERLEAF FAMILY)

  Nemophila heterophylla                                                                                                                                   ACD

  Nemophila menziesii var. menziesii (N.m.)                                         Baby-blue-eyes                                      A

  Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora (N.p.)                                                                                                      A

  Phacelia californica                                                                           California Phacelia                                  D

  Romanzoffia californica                                                                     Mist Maiden                                           A

  IRIDACEAE (IRIS FAMILY)

  Iris douglasiana (incl var. major)                                                        Douglas Iris                                            ABD

  Sisyrinchium bellum                                                                           Blue-eyed Grass                                     AD

  JUNCACEAE (RUSH FAMILY)

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

  Juncus effusus var. ?                                                                         Rush                                                       C

  Juncus patens                                                                                   Rush                                                       BC

  Luzula comosa (L. multiflora)                                                            Wood-rush                                             A

  JUNCAGINACEAE (ARROW-GRASS FAMILY)

  Lilaea scilloides                                                                                 Flowering Quillwort                                D

  LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE (MINT FAMILY)

?Mentha pulegium                                                                               European Pennyroyal                   *          B

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

  Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris                                                             Selfheal                                       *          B

  Satureja douglasii (S. chamissonis)                                                    Yerba Buena                                          BD

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

  LAURACEAE (LAUREL FAMILY)

  Umbellularia californica                                                                     California Bay                                         ABD

  LEMNACEAE (DUCKWEED FAMILY)

  Lemna sp.                                                                                        Duckweed                                              B

  LILIACEAE (LILY FAMILY)

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

  Clintonia andrewsiana                                                                                                                                     C

  Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum (Brodiaea pulchella)            Blue Dicks                                              AD

  Disporum hookeri                                                                             Fairy Bells                                              CD

  Disporum smithii 

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

  Lilium pardalinum ssp. pardalinum (L.p.)                                           Leopard Lily                                           B

  Scoliopus bigelovii                                                                            Fetid Adder's Tongue                             ABCD

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

  Smilacina stellata (S. sessilifolia)                                                        Slim Solomon                                         BD

  Trillium chloropetalum                                                                       Sessile-flow'rd Wakerobin                      A

  Trillium ovatum ssp. ovatum (T.o.)                                                    Wake-robin                                            ABD

  Triteleia (Brodiaea) laxa                                                                    Ithuriel's Spear                                        B

  LYTHRACEAE (LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY)

  Lythrum hyssopifolium                                                                      Loosestrife                                  *          B

  MALVACEAE (MALLOW FAMILY)

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

  MYRICACEAE (WAX MYRTLE FAMILY)

  Myrica californica                                                                             California Wax Myrtle

  MYRTACEAE (MYRTLE FAMILY)

  Eucalyptus globulus                                                                           Blue Gum                                    *          AB

  OLEACEAE (OLIVE FAMILY)

  Fraxinus latifolia                                                                                Oregon Ash                                            B

  ONAGRACEAE (EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY)

  Circaea alpina ssp. pacifica (C.p.)                                                     Enchanter's Nightshade                TL,SL  ABCD

  Clarkia concinna ssp. concinna (C.c)                                                 Red Ribbons

  Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera                                                  Winecup Clarkia                                     AD

  Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum (E. californicum &                             Northern Willow Herb                            C

            E. adenocaulon incl var. occidentalis)

  ORCHIDACEAE (ORCHID FAMILY)

  Calypso bulbosa                                                                               Fairy Slipper                                           C

  Corallorhiza maculata                                                                        Spotted Coralroot                                   A

  Corallorhiza maculata fma. immaculata                                              Spotted Coralroot                                   A

  Corallorhiza striata                                                                            Striped Coralroot                                    A

  Epipactis gigantea                                                                             Stream Orchid                                        B

  OXALIDACEAE (OXALIS FAMILY)

  Oxalis albicans ssp. pilosa (O.p.)                                                      Wood-sorrel                                           C

  Oxalis oregana                                                                                  Redwood Sorrel                                     BD

  PAPAVERACEAE (POPPY FAMILY)

  Dicentra formosa                                                                              Bleeding Heart                                        B

  Eschscholzia californica                                                                     California Poppy                                     AD

  Platystemon californicus                                                                    Cream-cup                                             AD

  PHILADELPHACEAE (MOCK ORANGE FAMILY)

  Philadelphus sp.                                                                                Mock Orange                             *          C