Wildlife of DeLaveaga Park and Golf Course

This is a guide of sorts to the biodiversity of DeLaveaga Park and Golf Course in Santa Cruz, California. The park is extremely rich in species, due in part to its diversity of habitats. Dry oak-pine forest, a grove of redwoods, a riparian tract of woodland, and lands dominated by introduced ...more ↓

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Coyote Mint ¹
Monardella villosa

Echo Azure ²
Celastrina echo

western maidenhair fern ³
Adiantum aleuticum

lady fern ⁴
Athyrium filix-femina

coastal woodfern ⁵
Dryopteris arguta

goldback fern ⁶
Pentagramma triangularis

common bracken ⁷
Pteridium aquilinum

Hairy brackenfern ⁸
Pteridium aquilinum pubescens

giant chain fern ⁹
Woodwardia fimbriata

common selfheal ¹⁰
Prunella vulgaris

California mugwort ¹¹
Artemisia douglasiana

bull thistle ¹²
Cirsium vulgare

Italian thistle ¹³
Carduus pycnocephalus

pineapple-weed ¹⁴
Matricaria discoidea

miner's lettuce ¹⁵
Claytonia perfoliata

variableleaf collomia ¹⁶
Collomia heterophylla

poison hemlock ¹⁷
Conium maculatum

Slender Thistle ¹⁸
Carduus tenuiflorus

California fuchsia ¹⁹
Epilobium canum

Cut-leaved crane's-bill ²⁰
Geranium dissectum

pink everlasting ²¹
Pseudognaphalium ramosissimum

common cowparsnip ²²
Heracleum maximum

deerweed ²³
Acmispon glaber

woodland madia ¹
Anisocarpus madioides

coast tarweed ²⁴
Madia sativa

Bermuda buttercup ²⁵
Oxalis pes-caprae

ribwort plantain ²⁶
Plantago lanceolata

Pacific Sanicle ²⁷
Sanicula crassicaulis

Cape-ivy ²⁸
Delairea odorata

common groundsel ²⁹
Senecio vulgaris

Western Boxelder Bug ³⁰
Boisea rubrolineata

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley ³¹
Maianthemum stellatum

prickly sowthistle ³²
Sonchus asper

giant vetch ³³
Vicia gigantea

Common Vetch ³⁴
Vicia sativa

greater periwinkle ³⁵
Vinca major

Silver wattle ³⁶
Acacia dealbata

California buckeye ³⁷
Aesculus californica

white alder ³⁸
Alnus rhombifolia

coyote brush ³⁹
Baccharis pilularis

Golden chinquapin ⁴
Chrysolepis chrysophylla

red osier dogwood ⁴⁰
Cornus sericea

French broom ⁴¹
Genista monspessulana

Toyon ⁴²
Heteromeles arbutifolia

Ocean spray ⁴³
Holodiscus discolor

Pink Honeysuckle ¹
Lonicera hispidula

Osoberry ⁴⁴
Oemleria cerasiformis

coffeeberry ⁴⁴
Frangula californica

trailing blackberry ⁴⁵
Rubus ursinus

Signal Crayfish ⁴⁶
Pacifastacus leniusculus

Western Banded Glowworm ⁴⁷
Zarhipis integripennis

turkey-tail ⁴⁸
Trametes versicolor

Great Pine Jewel ⁴⁹
Amanita magniverrucata

splitgill mushroom ⁵⁰
Schizophyllum commune

Scarlet Waxy Cap ⁵¹
Hygrocybe coccinea

Candy Cap ⁴⁹
Lactarius rubidus

Oak-leaf Pinwheel ⁵²
Gymnopus quercophilus

dendroalsia moss ⁵³
Dendroalsia abietina

Redwood Violet ⁴⁹
Viola sempervirens

false turkey-tail ⁵⁴
Stereum ostrea

hairy curtain crust ⁵⁵
Stereum hirsutum

Three-cornered garlic ⁵⁶
Allium triquetrum

Cramp Balls ⁵⁶
Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum

common daisy ⁵⁷
Bellis perennis

Common Sunburst Lichen ⁵⁸
Xanthoria parietina

bird's-eye speedwell ⁵⁹
Veronica persica

Cherry-plum ⁶⁰
Prunus cerasifera

red deadnettle ⁶¹
Lamium purpureum

nipplewort ⁶²
Lapsana communis

calla lily ⁶³
Zantedeschia aethiopica

California Maidenhair Fern ⁵⁶
Adiantum jordanii

common St. John's-wort ⁶⁴
Hypericum perforatum

Pinewood Gingertail ⁶⁵
Xeromphalina campanella

Honeycomb Coral Slime Mold ⁶⁶
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

Mourning Cloak ⁶⁷
Nymphalis antiopa

American trailplant ⁶⁸
Adenocaulon bicolor

great horsetail ⁶⁹
Equisetum telmateia

Giant Horsetail ¹
Equisetum telmateia braunii

Prickly moses ⁷⁰
Acacia verticillata

Rose Clover ⁷¹
Trifolium hirtum

California yerba santa ⁷²
Eriodictyon californicum

Greater Quaking Grass ⁵⁶
Briza maxima

Little quaking-grass ⁴
Briza minor

California Polypody ⁷³
Polypodium californicum

Van Houtte's Columbine ¹⁶
Aquilegia eximia

American brooklime ⁷⁴
Veronica americana

small-flowered nemophila ⁴⁹
Nemophila parviflora

Horsefly-like Carpenter Bee ⁷⁵
Xylocopa tabaniformis

white ramping-fumitory ⁶⁹
Fumaria capreolata

Bermuda grass ⁷⁶
Cynodon dactylon

Jewelled Amanita ⁷⁷
Amanita gemmata

fourleaf manyseed ⁷⁸
Polycarpon tetraphyllum

California Hedge Nettle ⁷⁹
Stachys bullata

Western nettle ¹
Hesperocnide tenella

tall flatsedge ⁷⁸
Cyperus eragrostis

oneleaf onion ⁴⁴
Allium unifolium

lemon balm ⁸⁰
Melissa officinalis

fivespot ⁸¹
Nemophila maculata

common fig ⁸²
Ficus carica

Giant Western Crane Fly ⁴⁷
Holorusia hespera

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Wildlife of DeLaveaga Park and Golf Course

Coyote Mint 1 Monardella villosa

Echo Azure 2 Celastrina echo

western maidenhair fern 3 Adiantum aleuticum

lady fern 4 Athyrium filix-femina

coastal woodfern 5 Dryopteris arguta

goldback fern 6 Pentagramma triangularis

common bracken 7 Pteridium aquilinum

Hairy brackenfern 8 Pteridium aquilinum pubescens

giant chain fern 9 Woodwardia fimbriata

common selfheal 10 Prunella vulgaris

California mugwort 11 Artemisia douglasiana

bull thistle 12 Cirsium vulgare

Italian thistle 13 Carduus pycnocephalus

pineapple-weed 14 Matricaria discoidea

miner's lettuce 15 Claytonia perfoliata

variableleaf collomia 16 Collomia heterophylla

poison hemlock 17 Conium maculatum

Slender Thistle 18 Carduus tenuiflorus

California fuchsia 19 Epilobium canum

Cut-leaved crane's-bill 20 Geranium dissectum

pink everlasting 21 Pseudognaphalium ramosissimum

common cowparsnip 22 Heracleum maximum

deerweed 23 Acmispon glaber

woodland madia 1 Anisocarpus madioides

coast tarweed 24 Madia sativa

Bermuda buttercup 25 Oxalis pes-caprae

ribwort plantain 26 Plantago lanceolata

Pacific Sanicle 27 Sanicula crassicaulis

Cape-ivy 28 Delairea odorata

common groundsel 29 Senecio vulgaris

Western Boxelder Bug 30 Boisea rubrolineata

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 31 Maianthemum stellatum

prickly sowthistle 32 Sonchus asper

giant vetch 33 Vicia gigantea

Common Vetch 34 Vicia sativa

greater periwinkle 35 Vinca major

Silver wattle 36 Acacia dealbata

California buckeye 37 Aesculus californica

white alder 38 Alnus rhombifolia

coyote brush 39 Baccharis pilularis

Golden chinquapin 4 Chrysolepis chrysophylla

red osier dogwood 40 Cornus sericea

French broom 41 Genista monspessulana

Toyon 42 Heteromeles arbutifolia

Ocean spray 43 Holodiscus discolor

Pink Honeysuckle 1 Lonicera hispidula

Osoberry 44 Oemleria cerasiformis

coffeeberry 44 Frangula californica

trailing blackberry 45 Rubus ursinus

Signal Crayfish 46 Pacifastacus leniusculus

Western Banded Glowworm 47 Zarhipis integripennis

turkey-tail 48 Trametes versicolor

Great Pine Jewel 49 Amanita magniverrucata

splitgill mushroom 50 Schizophyllum commune

Scarlet Waxy Cap 51 Hygrocybe coccinea

Candy Cap 49 Lactarius rubidus

Oak-leaf Pinwheel 52 Gymnopus quercophilus

dendroalsia moss 53 Dendroalsia abietina

Redwood Violet 49 Viola sempervirens

false turkey-tail 54 Stereum ostrea

hairy curtain crust 55 Stereum hirsutum

Three-cornered garlic 56 Allium triquetrum

Cramp Balls 56 Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum

common daisy 57 Bellis perennis

Common Sunburst Lichen 58 Xanthoria parietina

bird's-eye speedwell 59 Veronica persica

Cherry-plum 60 Prunus cerasifera

red deadnettle 61 Lamium purpureum

nipplewort 62 Lapsana communis

calla lily 63 Zantedeschia aethiopica

California Maidenhair Fern 56 Adiantum jordanii

common St. John's-wort 64 Hypericum perforatum

Pinewood Gingertail 65 Xeromphalina campanella

Honeycomb Coral Slime Mold 66 Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

Mourning Cloak 67 Nymphalis antiopa

American trailplant 68 Adenocaulon bicolor

great horsetail 69 Equisetum telmateia

Giant Horsetail 1 Equisetum telmateia braunii

Prickly moses 70 Acacia verticillata