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GFF: A Field Guide to Silicon Valley

This field guide is comprised of species who reside within the boundaries of Silicon Valley. This field guide is intended as a resource for the Guides from the Field (GFF) project, part of an action research project for an M.S. in Ecological Teaching and Learning from Lesley University in ...more ↓

Purple Owl's Clover 1
Castilleja exserta
Lace Lichen
Ramalina menziesii
Redmaids 2
Calandrinia ciliata
California Black Oak 3
Quercus kelloggii
California Red-sided Garter Snake 4
Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis
Padre's shootingstar
Dodecatheon clevelandii
bluewitch nightshade 5
Solanum umbelliferum
Baby-blue-eyes 6
Nemophila menziesii
woodland-star 7
Lithophragma
California golden violet 8
Viola pedunculata
False Tarantula 9
Calisoga longitarsis
Yellow Mariposa Lily 10
Calochortus luteus
California gilia 6
Gilia achilleifolia
Red-eared Slider 11
Trachemys scripta elegans
Pacific Gopher Snake 12
Pituophis catenifer catenifer
speedwell 13
Veronica
harvest brodiaea 5
Brodiaea elegans
bunchleaf penstemon 6
Penstemon heterophyllus
Indian teasel 14
Dipsacus sativus
Scarlet Monkeyflower 15
Mimulus cardinalis
osoberry 15
Oemleria cerasiformis
Wolf Lichen 16
Letharia vulpina
vinegar weed 17
Trichostema lanceolatum
California Gall Wasp 18
Andricus quercuscalifornicus
Mourning Cloak 19
Nymphalis antiopa
Blow Wives 1
Achyrachaena mollis
Chick Lupine 20
Lupinus microcarpus
Pennyroyal 21
Mentha pulegium
Giant Puffball 22
Calvatia gigantea
Spring Azure 23
Celastrina ladon
Common Wood Nymph 4
Cercyonis pegala
Checkered White 24
Pontia protodice
Sara Orangetip 4
Anthocharis sara
Propertius Duskywing 17
Erynnis propertius
Woodland Skipper 25
Ochlodes sylvanoides
false lupine
Thermopsis macrophylla
Red Cone Gall Wasp 12
Andricus kingi
American mistletoe 26
Phoradendron serotinum
Western Toad 27
Anaxyrus boreas
American Bullfrog 28
Lithobates catesbeianus
California Sister 17
Adelpha californica
California roach
Hesperoleucus symmetricus
Variegated Meadowhawk 29
Sympetrum corruptum
Tylobolus 30
Black Burying Beetle 31
Nicrophorus nigrita
Spotted Sandpiper 32
Actitis macularius
Khakiweed
Alternanthera caracasana
Margined White 33
Pieris marginalis
Common Whitetail 34
Plathemis lydia
Western Pondhawk
Erythemis collocata
Tule Bluet 35
Enallagma carunculatum
Western Forktail 36
Ischnura perparva
Desert Firetail 27
Telebasis salva
Skilton's Skink 17
Plestiodon skiltonianus skiltonianus
Sierran Treefrog 37
Pseudacris sierra
Pyrausta subsequalis 38
Caspian Tern 39
Hydroprogne caspia
Lawrence's Goldfinch 24
Spinus lawrencei
Southern California Toad 40
Anaxyrus boreas halophilus
Western Yellow-bellied Racer 17
Coluber constrictor mormon
Disc Gall Wasp 9
Andricus parmula
Annaphila decia 41
Hillside Gooseberry 30
Ribes californicum californicum
chamise 17
Adenostoma fasciculatum
shining pepperweed 42
Lepidium nitidum
Spanish Broom 43
Spartium junceum
field madder 44
Sherardia arvensis
bristly dogtail grass 45
Cynosurus echinatus
Seep Monkeyflower 46
Mimulus guttatus
Bigleaf Maple 3
Acer macrophyllum
snowberry 15
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatus
California Bay 47
Umbellularia californica
Henderson's shooting star 5
Dodecatheon hendersonii
valley tassels 17
Castilleja attenuata
buckbrush
Ceanothus cuneatus cuneatus
California Striped Racer 40
Coluber lateralis lateralis
Coast Indian Paintbrush 18
Castilleja affinis
padre's shootingstar
Dodecatheon clevelandii sanctarum
Sky lupine 17
Lupinus nanus
Miniature Lupine 48
Lupinus bicolor
baby blue eyes
Nemophila menziesii atomaria
Blue Dicks 5
Dichelostemma capitatum
Alaska rein orchid 49
Piperia unalascensis
San Francisco woodland-star 6
Lithophragma affine
bird's-eye gilia 6
Gilia tricolor
California Goldfields 17
Lasthenia californica
drops-of-gold 50
Prosartes hookeri
Ithuriel's Spear 51
Triteleia laxa
Interior Live Oak 17
Quercus wislizeni
California gilia
Gilia achilleifolia multicaulis
California milkweed 1
Asclepias californica
creamcups 5
Platystemon californicus
Silver Lupine 52
Lupinus albifrons
elegant clarkia 17
Clarkia unguiculata
San Francisco coyote mint
Monardella villosa franciscana
venus thistle 17
Cirsium occidentale venustum
Hairy brackenfern 53
Pteridium aquilinum pubescens
Giant Chain Fern 54
Woodwardia fimbriata
American Elder 52
Sambucus nigra canadensis
silver hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea

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