Plants

Dr. Barbara Ertter – Reflections on Albany Hill: An Island in an Urban Sea

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