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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 ↓

narrowleaf soap plant 1
Chlorogalum angustifolium
Dwarf Checkermallow 2
Sidalcea malviflora
Pacific Hound's Tongue 3
Cynoglossum grande
Fremont's Deathcamas 4
Toxicoscordion fremontii
Milkmaids 5
Cardamine californica
checker lily 6
Fritillaria affinis
royal larkspur 7
Delphinium variegatum
Striped Coralroot 8
Corallorhiza striata
California figwort 9
Scrophularia californica
Giant Wakerobin 10
Trillium chloropetalum
Yellow Starthistle 11
Centaurea solstitialis
slender wild oat
Avena barbata
common yarrow 12
Achillea millefolium
hillside woodland star 4
Lithophragma heterophyllum
Curly dock 13
Rumex crispus
yerba buena 8
Clinopodium douglasii
Coyote Brush 14
Baccharis pilularis
ocean spray 15
Holodiscus discolor
California wild rose 16
Rosa californica
butterfly mariposa lily 8
Calochortus venustus
Dendroalsia abietina 4
hairy gumweed 17
Grindelia hirsutula
Pacific aster 18
Symphyotrichum chilense
Seashore Saltgrass 19
Distichlis spicata
Narrowleaf Willow 20
Salix exigua
moth mullein 20
Verbascum blattaria
Coulter's matilija poppy 21
Romneya coulteri
Oregon gumplant 22
Grindelia stricta
Indian-pink 23
Silene laciniata
Sydney Golden Wattle 24
Acacia longifolia
salt marsh dodder 25
Cuscuta salina
California Cordgrass 26
Spartina foliosa
Canary Island palm 27
Phoenix canariensis
Virginia glasswort 6
Salicornia depressa
Milk Thistle 28
Silybum marianum
Elderberry 17
Sambucus nigra
hillside gooseberry 8
Ribes californicum
Redstem Filaree 29
Erodium cicutarium
Box Elder 30
Acer negundo
California Poppy 31
Eschscholzia californica
Orange Bush Monkeyflower 16
Mimulus aurantiacus
Blue Oak 32
Quercus douglasii
Hottentot-Fig 33
Carpobrotus edulis
Black Sage 13
Salvia mellifera
fuchsiaflower gooseberry 34
Ribes speciosum
Sage 35
Salvia officinalis
canyon gooseberry 36
Ribes menziesii
wild oat 37
Avena fatua
Mugwort 38
Artemisia vulgaris
Acer negundo californicum 39
panicled willowherb 40
Epilobium brachycarpum
fringed willowherb 41
Epilobium ciliatum
Sweet Fennel 42
Foeniculum vulgare
curly dock
Rumex crispus fauriei
common sowthistle 43
Sonchus oleraceus
dwarf nettle 44
Urtica urens
California Buckeye 45
Aesculus californica
California Sagebrush 46
Artemisia californica
Toyon 8
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Silver Bush Lupine 47
Lupinus albifrons albifrons
Red-flowering Currant 48
Ribes sanguineum
chaparral currant
Ribes malvaceum
Lemonade Berry 49
Rhus integrifolia
common fiddleneck 10
Amsinckia menziesii
common field-speedwell 50
Veronica persica
Calla Lily 51
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Narrowleaf milkweed 8
Asclepias fascicularis
dodder
Cuscuta attenuata
Dodders 52
Cuscuta
Creeping wild rye 13
Leymus triticoides
annual beard grass 53
Polypogon monspeliensis
Pacific ninebark 49
Physocarpus capitatus
tocalote 17
Centaurea melitensis
Big Saltbush 13
Atriplex lentiformis
alkali seaheath 13
Frankenia salina
cheeseweed mallow 54
Malva parviflora
Western Sycamore 55
Platanus racemosa
Tree Tobacco 56
Nicotiana glauca
sea clubrush 57
Bolboschoenus maritimus
common tule 58
Schoenoplectus acutus occidentalis
California loosestrife 59
Lythrum californicum
bull mallow 60
Malva nicaeensis
Blue Elderberry
Sambucus nigra caerulea
marsh gumplant 61
Grindelia stricta angustifolia
Sonoma sage
Salvia sonomensis
hummingbird sage 62
Salvia spathacea
common spikeweed
Centromadia pungens pungens
annual saltmarsh aster 13
Symphyotrichum subulatum
Pampas Grass 63
Cortaderia selloana
wartleaf ceanothus 4
Ceanothus papillosus
Slender Iceplant 8
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
marsh baccharis
Baccharis glutinosa
bush seepweed 4
Suaeda nigra
New Zealand spinach 64
Tetragonia tetragonioides
italian thistle
Carduus pycnocephalus pycnocephalus
alkali heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum oculatum
Common Lilac 65
Syringa vulgaris
Tetragonia tetragoniodes
Wavy-leafed Soap Plant 9
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Valley Oak 66
Quercus lobata

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