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 ↓

coast redwood 1
Sequoia sempervirens
Spanish Broom 2
Spartium junceum
bristly dogtail grass 3
Cynosurus echinatus
boxelder maple 4
Acer negundo
western sword fern 5
Polystichum munitum
redwood sorrel 6
Oxalis oregana
coast live oak 7
Quercus agrifolia
California poppy 8
Eschscholzia californica
bigleaf maple 9
Acer macrophyllum
common Douglas-fir 10
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Evergreen Huckleberry 11
Vaccinium ovatum
Dwarf Checkermallow 12
Sidalcea malviflora
California bay 13
Umbellularia californica
broadleaf forget-me-not 14
Myosotis latifolia
purple owl's-clover 15
Castilleja exserta
Pacific trillium 16
Trillium ovatum
milkmaids 15
Cardamine californica
red baneberry 17
Actaea rubra
western blue-eyed grass 18
Sisyrinchium bellum
Wild strawberry 19
Fragaria vesca
Pacific pea 12
Lathyrus vestitus
checker lily 20
Fritillaria affinis
broad-leaved helleborine 21
Epipactis helleborine
California bee plant 22
Scrophularia californica
giant wakerobin 14
Trillium chloropetalum
Pacific madrone 23
Arbutus menziesii
Pacific Bleeding Heart 24
Dicentra formosa
false Solomon's seal 25
Maianthemum racemosum
Hooker's fairybells 16
Prosartes hookeri
Yellow Mariposa Lily 26
Calochortus luteus
Pacific poison oak 27
Toxicodendron diversilobum
crevice alumroot 28
Heuchera micrantha
White Globe Lily 29
Calochortus albus
thimbleberry 30
Rubus parviflorus
Andrews' Clintonia 31
Clintonia andrewsiana
Elegant Clarkia 32
Clarkia unguiculata
stinging nettle 33
Urtica dioica
Prettyface 34
Triteleia ixioides
golden brodiaea 35
Triteleia ixioides ixioides
Coyote Mint 32
Monardella villosa
western maidenhair fern 36
Adiantum aleuticum
lady fern 37
Athyrium filix-femina
coastal woodfern 15
Dryopteris arguta
goldback fern 38
Pentagramma triangularis
common bracken 39
Pteridium aquilinum
Hairy brackenfern 40
Pteridium aquilinum pubescens
giant chain fern 41
Woodwardia fimbriata
common selfheal 42
Prunella vulgaris
California mugwort 43
Artemisia douglasiana
bull thistle 44
Cirsium vulgare
Italian thistle 45
Carduus pycnocephalus
pineapple-weed 46
Matricaria discoidea
miner's lettuce 47
Claytonia perfoliata
variableleaf collomia 48
Collomia heterophylla
poison hemlock 49
Conium maculatum
Slender Thistle 50
Carduus tenuiflorus
California fuchsia 25
Epilobium canum
Cut-leaved crane's-bill 2
Geranium dissectum
pink everlasting 51
Pseudognaphalium ramosissimum
common cowparsnip 52
Heracleum maximum
deerweed 53
Acmispon glaber
woodland madia 32
Anisocarpus madioides
coast tarweed 54
Madia sativa
Bermuda buttercup 55
Oxalis pes-caprae
ribwort plantain 56
Plantago lanceolata
Pacific Sanicle 57
Sanicula crassicaulis
Cape-ivy 58
Delairea odorata
common groundsel 59
Senecio vulgaris
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 60
Maianthemum stellatum
prickly sowthistle 61
Sonchus asper
giant vetch 62
Vicia gigantea
Common Vetch 63
Vicia sativa
greater periwinkle 64
Vinca major
Silver wattle 65
Acacia dealbata
California buckeye 66
Aesculus californica
white alder 67
Alnus rhombifolia
coyote brush 5
Baccharis pilularis
Golden chinquapin 37
Chrysolepis chrysophylla
red osier dogwood 68
Cornus sericea
French broom 12
Genista monspessulana
Toyon 69
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Ocean spray 70
Holodiscus discolor
Pink Honeysuckle 32
Lonicera hispidula
Osoberry 71
Oemleria cerasiformis
coffeeberry 71
Frangula californica
trailing blackberry 16
Rubus ursinus
Redwood Violet 72
Viola sempervirens
Three-cornered garlic 73
Allium triquetrum
common daisy 74
Bellis perennis
bird's-eye speedwell 75
Veronica persica
Cherry-plum 76
Prunus cerasifera
red deadnettle 77
Lamium purpureum
nipplewort 78
Lapsana communis
calla lily 79
Zantedeschia aethiopica
California Maidenhair Fern 73
Adiantum jordanii
common St. John's-wort 80
Hypericum perforatum
American trailplant 81
Adenocaulon bicolor
great horsetail 82
Equisetum telmateia
Giant Horsetail 32
Equisetum telmateia braunii
Prickly moses 83
Acacia verticillata

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