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Native Plants of Albany Hill, Cerrito Creek (between San Pablo Ave. and Pierce St.), and Creekside Park
Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California
Prepared in 1995, updated in 1999 by Barbara Ertter
Edited October, 2019 by Carole Fitzgerald and Dyana Vukovich
Ferns And Fern Allies
| ADIANTUM JORDANII |
California maidenhair fern |
| DRYOPTERIS ARGUTA |
shield fern |
| EQUISETUM TELMATEIA ssp. BRAUNII |
giant horsetail |
| PENTAGRAMMA TRIANGULARIS ssp. TRIANGULARIS |
goldenback fern |
| POLYPODIUM CALIRHIZA |
polypody |
| POLYSTICHUM MUNITUM |
western sword fern |
| PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM var. PUBESCENS |
bracken fern |
Trees And Shrubs
| AESCULUS CALIFORNICA |
California buck-eye |
| ALNUS RHOMBIFOLIA |
white alder |
| ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA |
California sagebrush |
| BACCHARIS PILULARIS |
coyote bush |
| CORYLUS CORNUTA var. CALIFORNICA |
California hazel-nut |
| GRINDELIA STRICTA var. ANGUSTIFOLIA |
marsh gumplant |
| HETEROMELES ARBUTIFOLIA |
toyon |
| LONICERA HISPIDULA var. VACILLANS |
California honeysuckle |
| MIMULUS AURANTIACUS |
bush (or sticky) monkeyflower |
| PLATANUS RACEMOSA |
western sycamore |
| PRINUS SUBCORDATA |
Sierra plum |
| QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA var. AGRIFOLIA |
coast live oak |
| RIBES CALIFORNICUM var. CALIFORNICUM |
hillside gooseberry |
| RIBES MALVACEUM var. MALVACEUM |
pink flowering currant |
| ROSA CALIFORNICA |
California rose |
| ROSA CALIFORNICA (ORTHACANTHA VARIANT) |
straight-thorn rose |
| ROSA GYMNOCARPA |
wood rose |
| ROSA CALIFORNICA var. NUTKANA |
Nootka rose |
| RUBUS URSINUS |
California blackberry |
| SALIX LAEVIGATA |
red willow |
| SALIX LASIOLEPIS var. LASIOLEPIS |
arroyo willow |
| SALIX LASIOLEPIS var. BIGELOVII |
Bigelow’s willow |
| SAMBUCUS MEXICANA |
blue elderberry |
| SYMPHORICARPOS ALBUS var. LAEVIGATUS |
bush snowberry |
| SYMPHORICARPOS MOLLIS |
creeping snowberry |
| TOXICODENDRON DIVERSILOBUM |
poison-oak |
Herbaceous Plants
| ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM |
yarrow |
| ACMISPON PARVIFLORUS |
little trefoil |
| ACMISPON WRANGELIANUS |
common trefoil |
| AGOSERIS GRANDIFLORA |
large-flowered agoseris |
| ANAPHALIS MARGARITACEA |
pearly everlasting |
| ANGELICA TOMENTOSA |
California angelica |
| ARTEMISIA DOUGLASIANA |
Douglas mugwort |
| ATRIPLEX TRIANGULARIS |
spearscale |
| BARBAREA ORTHOCERAS |
wintercress |
| BRODIAEA ELEGANS ssp. ELEGANS |
harvest brodiaea |
| CALYSTEGIA PURPURATA ssp. PURPURATA |
wild morning-glory |
| CALYSTEGIA SUBACAULIS ssp. SUBACAULIS |
hill morning-glory |
| CARDAMINE OLIGOSPERMA |
bittercress |
| CHLOROGALUM POMERIDIANUM var. POMERIDIANUM |
soap plant, amole |
| CLAYTONIA PARVIFLORA |
narrow-leaf miner’s lettuce |
| CLAYTONIA PERFOLIATA |
broad-leaf miner’s lettuce |
| CORALORRHIZA MACULATA |
spotted coralroot orchid |
| CYNOGLOSSUM GRANDE |
California hound’s-tongue |
| DICHELOSTEMMA CAPITATUM ssp. CAPITATUM |
blue-dicks |
| DICHELOSTEMMA CONGESTUM |
ookow |
| DRYMOCALLIS GLANDULOSA var. WRANGELLIANA |
Coast wood-beauty |
| EPILOBIUM BRACHYACARPUM |
annual willow-herb |
| EPILOBIUM CILIATUM ssp. CILIATUM |
water willow-herb |
| ERIGERON CANADENSIS [CONYZA] |
horseweed |
| ERIGERON FOLIOSUS var. FRANCISCENSIS |
Franciscan daisy |
| ERIOGONUM NUDUM var. AURICULATUM |
wild buckwheat |
| ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA |
California poppy |
| EURYBIA RADULINA |
broad-leaf aster |
| GALIUM APARINE |
bedstraw, goose-grass |
| GAMOCHAETA USTULATA |
purple cudweed |
| GNAPHALIUM CANESCENS |
slender cudweed |
| GNAPHALIUM RAMOSISSIMUM |
pink cudweed |
| GNAPHALIUM STRAMINEUM |
cudweed |
| GRINDELIA HIRSUTULA var. HIRSUTULA |
gumweed |
| HERACLEUM LANATUM |
cow-parsnip |
| HETEROTHECA SESSILIFLORA ssp. BOLANDERI |
Bolander golden-aster |
| HORKELIA CALIFORNICA ssp. CALIFORNICA |
coast horkelia |
| LATHYRUS VESTITUS var. VESTITUS |
Pacific pea |
| LEPIDIUM STRICTUM |
pepper-grass |
| LOMATIUM CARUIFOLIUM var. CARUIFOLIUM |
caraway-leaf lomatium |
| LUPINUS BICOLOR |
dove lupine |
| LUPINUS FORMOSUS |
summer lupine |
| LUPINUS LATIFOLIUS var. LATIFOLIUS |
wood lupine |
| MADIA sp. |
tarweed |
| MARAH FABACEUS |
manroot, wild cucumber |
| MIMULUS GUTTATUS |
yellow monkeyflower |
| MONARDELLA VILLOSA ssp. VILLOSA |
coyote mint |
| NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE |
watercress |
| NEMOPHILA HETEROPHYLLA |
nemophila |
| OSMORHIZA CHILENSIS |
wood cicely |
| PERIDERIDIA KELLOGGII |
yampah |
| PERSICARIA PUNCTATA |
water smartweed |
| PHACELIA MALVIFOLIA |
mallow-leaf phacelia |
| PIPERIA MICHAELII |
Michael’s rein orchid |
| PSEUDOGNAPHALIUM CALIFORNICUM |
California cudweed |
| RANUNCULUS CALIFORNICUS |
California buttercup |
| SALICORNIA VIRGINICA |
pickleweed |
| SANICULA BIPINNATIFIDA |
purple sanicle |
| SANICULA CRASSICAULIS |
Pacific sanicle |
| SCROPHULARIA CALIFORNICA ssp. CALIFORNICA |
California figwort |
| SIDALCEA MALVIFLORA ssp. MALVIFLORA |
checker mallow |
| SISYRINCHIUM BELLUM |
blue-eyed-grass |
| SOLANUM AMERICANUM |
American nightshade |
| SOLIDAGO CALIFORNICA |
California goldenrod |
| STACHYS AJUGOIDES ssp. RIGIDA |
hedge nettle |
| SYMPHYOTRICHUM CHILENSIS |
Douglas aster |
| TARAXIA OVATA |
sun cup |
| TAUSCHIA HARTWEGII |
tauschia |
| THALICTRUM FENDLERI var. POLYCARPUM |
Fendler’s meadow-rue |
| TRIFOLIUM GRACILENTUM |
slender clover |
| TRIFOLIUM MICROCEPHALUM |
small-head clover |
| TRIFOLIUM WILDENOVII |
tomcat clover |
| TRILLIUM CHLOROPETALUM |
giant trillium |
| TRITELEIA LAXA |
Ithuriel’s spear |
| TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA |
narrow-leaf cattail |
| TYPHA LATIFOLIA |
common cattail |
| VICIA AMERICANA var. AMERICANA |
American vetch |
| VIOLA PEDUNCULATA |
johnny-jump-up |
| WYETHIA ANGUSTIFOLIA |
narrowleaf mule’s-ear |
Grasses And Grass-Like Plants
| AGROSTIS PALLENS |
leafy bentgrass |
| BROMUS CARINATUS var. CARINATUS |
California brome |
| CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS |
pine grass |
| CAREX MULTICOSTATA |
many-ribbed sedge |
| CAREX TUMULICOLA |
“deerbed” sedge |
| CYPERUS ERAGROSTIS |
nut-grass |
| DANTHONIA CALIFORNICA var. CALIFORNICA |
California oatgrass |
| DESCHAMPSIA ELONGATA |
slender hairgrass |
| ELYMUS GLAUCUS ssp. GLAUCUS |
blue wildrye |
| ELYMUS MULTISETUS |
squirreltail |
| FESTUCA RUBRA |
red fescue |
| JUNCUS BUFONIUS var. BUFONIUS |
toad rush |
| JUNCUS BUFONIUS var. CONGESTUS |
congested toad rush |
| JUNCUS PATENS |
blue rush |
| JUNCUS XIPHIOIDES |
iris-leaved rush |
| KOELERIA MACRANTHA |
junegrass |
| LEYMUS TRITICOIDES |
creeping wildrye |
| MELICA CALIFORNICA |
California melic |
| MELICA TORREYANA |
Torrey’s melic |
| NASSELLA LEPIDA |
foothill needlegrass |
| NASSELLA PULCHRA |
purple needlegrass |
| PASPALUM DISTICHUM |
water knotgrass |
| TRILLIUM CHLOROPETALUM |
giant trillium |
| TRISETUM CANESCENS |
trisetum |
Reported As Present In 1968; Not Currently Documented
| APIASTRUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM |
wild-celery |
| AQUILEGIA FORMOSA |
western columbine |
| ATHYRIUM FELIX-FEMINA var. CYCLOSORUM |
western lady fern |
| BALSAMORHIZA sp. |
balsamroot |
| CALYSTEGIA OCCIDENTALIS ssp. OCCIDENTALIS |
western morning-glory |
| FESTUCA CALIFORNICA |
California fescue |
| RHAMNUS CALIFORNICA ssp. CALIFORNICA |
coffee-berry |
Reported As Present In 1990; Not Observed Recently
| BROMUS LAEVIPES |
woodland brome |
| CARDAMINE CALIFORNICA |
milkmaids |
| CIRSIUM BREVISTYLUM |
Indian thistle |
| GALIUM PORRIGENS var. PORRIGENS |
climbing bedstraw |
| GLYCERIA LEPTOSTACHYA |
mannagrass |
| LITHOPHRAGMA AFFINE |
woodland-star |
| POLYGONUM LAPATHIFOLIUM |
willow-weed |
| RUMEX SALICIFOLIUS var. TRANSITORIUS |
willow dock |
| SMILACINA RACEMOSA |
false solomon’s seal |
| VERONICA AMERICANA |
American speedwell or brooklime |
| ZANNICHELLIA PALUSTRIS |
horned pondweed |
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