TREES OF MARIN ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY NATURAL PLANT FAMILY,       

                                   

                        Included in this list are some species that are usually shrubby but occasionally

                       become tree-sized.  Some are worthy garden subjects, others are very difficult                      to grow.

                        * foreign species,  or Ca. natives from out- of Marin  county.

 

                        Acer negundo                       Box-elder Maple                Aceraceae

                        Acer macrophyllum                           Big-leaf Maple                            "

                        Alnus rhombifolia                  White Alder                        Betulaceae

                        Alnus rubra                                        Red Alder                                   "

                        Calocedrus decurrens*                   Incense Cedar*                   Cupressaceae

                        Cupressus macrocarpa*                 Monterey Cypress*                  "          

                        Cupressus sargentii                        Sargent Cypress                      "

                        Arbutus menziesii                            Madrone                              Ericaceae

                        Arctostaphylos manzanita                Common Manzanita               "

                        Acacia spp.*                                      Acacia spp. *                     Fabaceae

                        Albizia lophantha*                             Plume Acacia*                         "

                     Chrysopsis chrysophylla                     Giant Chinquapin                Fagaceae

                        Lithocarpus densiflorus                   Tanbark Oak                            "

                        Quercus agrifolia                              Coast Live Oak                         "

                        Quercus chrysolepis            Canyon Live Oak                                

                        Quercus douglasii                            Blue Oak                                    "

                        Quercus garryana                            Oregon Oak                             "

                        Quercus lobata                                 Valley Oak                                 "

                        Quercus kelloggii                             Black Oak                                “

                        Quercus parvula var. shrevei           Shreve’s Oak                             "

                        Quercus parvula var. tamalpaisensis Tamalpais Oak                  "

                        Aesculus californica                          Ca Buckeye                       Hippocastanaceae

                        Umbellularia californica                    Ca. Bay-Laurel                 Lauraceae

                        Eucalyptus globulus*             Blue-gum Eucalyptus *    Myrtaceae

                        Fraxinus latifolia                                Oregon Ash                       Oleaceae

                        Pinus attenuata*                                Knobcone Pine*                Pinaceae

                        Pinus coulteri*                                   Big-cone Coulter Pine *           "

                        Pinus muricata                                  Bishop Pine                             "

                        Pinus radiata*                                    Monterey Pine *                          "

                        Pseudotsuga menziesii                    Douglas'-Fir                                "

                        Ceanothus velutinus              Tobacco Brush                Rhamnaceae

                        Amelanthier utahensis                      Service Berry                     Rosaceae

                        Cercocarpus betuloides                   Mountain-Mahogany              "

                        Crataegus monogyna                       European Hawthorn*              “ 

                        Crataegus suksdorfii                       Native Hawthorn                       "

                        Heteromeles arbutifolia                    Toyon                                         “

                        Prunus cerasifera*                            Cherry-plum*                              "

                        Salix exigua                                       Narrow-leaved Willow     Salicaceae

                        Salix laevigata                                   Red Willow                                 "

                        Salix lasiolepis                                  Arroyo Willow                           "

                        Salix lucida lasiandra                       Yellow Willow                 "

                        Salix scouleriana                               Scouler's  Willow                      "

                        Salix sitchensis                                 Sitka Willow                              "

                        Ailanthus altissima*                          Tree-of-Heaven*               Simaroubaceae

                        Sequoia sempervirens                     Coast Redwood              Taxodiaceae

                        Torreya californica                            California-Nutmeg           Taxaceae

                        Taxus brevifolia                                 Western Yew                             "

 

 

               Doreen Smith, 2005