Marks Ranch Field Guide

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scarlet pimpernel ¹
Lysimachia arvensis

Redstem Stork's-bill ²
Erodium cicutarium

coast live oak ³
Quercus agrifolia

California poppy ⁴
Eschscholzia californica

lace lichen ⁵
Ramalina menziesii

milkmaids ⁶
Cardamine californica

Sky Lupine ⁷
Lupinus nanus

Fuchsiaflower Gooseberry ⁸
Ribes speciosum

tidy tips ⁹
Layia platyglossa

California goldfields ⁷
Lasthenia californica

Yellow Mariposa Lily ¹⁰
Calochortus luteus

Pacific poison oak ¹¹
Toxicodendron diversilobum

California buttercup ¹²
Ranunculus californicus

coastal woodfern ⁶
Dryopteris arguta

Common Yarrow ¹³
Achillea millefolium

California mugwort ¹⁴
Artemisia douglasiana

miner's lettuce ¹⁵
Claytonia perfoliata

cottonbatting plant ¹⁶
Pseudognaphalium stramineum

western vervain ¹⁷
Verbena lasiostachys

California buckeye ¹⁸
Aesculus californica

bird's-eye speedwell ¹⁹
Veronica persica

Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge ⁹
Rhopalomyia californica

white fiesta flower ²⁰
Pholistoma membranaceum

Stinkwort ²¹
Dittrichia graveolens

Clustered clover ²²
Trifolium glomeratum

Belladonna Lily ²³
Amaryllis belladonna

Sun Cup ²⁴
Taraxia ovata

Coastal Goldenbush ²⁵
Isocoma menziesii

Mexican Fan Palm ²⁶
Washingtonia robusta

redmaids ²⁷
Calandrinia menziesii

American Kestrel ²⁸
Falco sparverius

Wild Turkey ²⁹
Meleagris gallopavo

valley oak ³⁰
Quercus lobata

Skunkweed ²⁷
Navarretia squarrosa

Mediterranean Stork's-bill ³¹
Erodium botrys

alkali heliotrope ³²
Heliotropium curassavicum

tree tobacco ³³
Nicotiana glauca

turkey mullein ³⁴
Croton setiger

Turkey Vulture ³⁵
Cathartes aura

Western Honey Bee ³⁶
Apis mellifera

Dwarf Checkermallow ³⁷
Sidalcea malviflora

Warrior's Plume ³⁸
Pedicularis densiflora

Common star lily ²⁷
Toxicoscordion fremontii

western blue-eyed grass ³⁹
Sisyrinchium bellum

California Golden Violet ⁴⁰
Viola pedunculata

Winecup Clarkia ⁴¹
Clarkia purpurea

milk thistle ⁴²
Silybum marianum

Spreading Rush ⁴³
Juncus patens

poison hemlock ⁴⁴
Conium maculatum

Bermuda buttercup ⁴⁵
Oxalis pes-caprae

dot-seed plantain ¹⁷
Plantago erecta

Pacific Sanicle ⁴⁶
Sanicula crassicaulis

common groundsel ⁴⁷
Senecio vulgaris

Common Sow-thistle ⁴⁸
Sonchus oleraceus

henbit deadnettle ⁴⁹
Lamium amplexicaule

Footsteps of spring ⁵⁰
Sanicula arctopoides

sand pygmyweed ³⁹
Crassula connata

musk stork's-bill ⁴¹
Erodium moschatum

four-spot
Clarkia purpurea quadrivulnera

Strigose Bird's-foot Trefoil ⁵¹
Ottleya strigosa

Palestine arum ⁵²
Arum palaestinum

Margined White ⁵³
Pieris marginalis

Padre's Shooting Star ²
Primula clevelandii

orange bush monkeyflower ⁵⁴
Diplacus aurantiacus

Blue Dicks ³⁷
Dipterostemon capitatus

common ⁵⁵
Aster

baby blue eyes ⁵⁶
Nemophila

Blue Eyed Grass ⁵⁷
Sisyrinchium micranthum

dwarf ¹⁷
Brodiaea

California ⁵⁸
Ranunculus multifidus

Monterey Ceanothus ⁵⁹
Ceanothus rigidus

chamise ⁶⁰
Adenostoma fasciculatum

Chinese Houses ⁶¹
Collinsia

elegant ⁵⁹
Clarkia

Clematis ⁶²

narrow leaf ⁶³
Melilotus albus

Cottonweed ⁶⁴
Achillea maritima

Cream Bush (Ocean Spray) ⁶⁵
Holodiscus discolor

Elderberry ⁶⁶
Sambucus

Everlasting ⁶⁷
Edmondia sesamoides

Fiddleneck ⁶⁸
Amsinckia menziesii

Dove Foot ⁶⁹
Geranium

Blueheaded ⁷⁰
Gilia

goldfields ¹⁷
Lasthenia

White ⁷¹
Picris hieracioides

Hedge Parsley ⁷²
Torilis arvensis

Horkelia ⁷³

Checker Lily ⁷⁴
Lilium

Large Flower ³⁷
Linanthus

Common Blue Wood Aster ⁷⁵
Symphyotrichum cordifolium

roughleaf aster ⁷⁶
Eurybia radulina

San Diego bedstraw
Galium nuttallii

catchweed bedstraw ⁷⁷
Galium aparine

trailing blackberry ⁷⁸
Rubus ursinus

bluewitch nightshade ⁷⁹
Solanum umbelliferum

Leptinella ⁸⁰
Leptinella squalida

Hairypink ⁸¹
Petrorhagia dubia

Oregon Checker-mallow ⁸²
Sidalcea oregana

Bur Parsley ⁸³
Anthriscus caucalis

Purple Chinese Houses ⁸⁴
Collinsia heterophylla

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Marks Ranch Field Guide

scarlet pimpernel 1 Lysimachia arvensis

Redstem Stork's-bill 2 Erodium cicutarium

coast live oak 3 Quercus agrifolia

California poppy 4 Eschscholzia californica

lace lichen 5 Ramalina menziesii

milkmaids 6 Cardamine californica

Sky Lupine 7 Lupinus nanus

Fuchsiaflower Gooseberry 8 Ribes speciosum

tidy tips 9 Layia platyglossa

California goldfields 7 Lasthenia californica

Yellow Mariposa Lily 10 Calochortus luteus

Pacific poison oak 11 Toxicodendron diversilobum

California buttercup 12 Ranunculus californicus

coastal woodfern 6 Dryopteris arguta

Common Yarrow 13 Achillea millefolium

California mugwort 14 Artemisia douglasiana

miner's lettuce 15 Claytonia perfoliata

cottonbatting plant 16 Pseudognaphalium stramineum

western vervain 17 Verbena lasiostachys

California buckeye 18 Aesculus californica

bird's-eye speedwell 19 Veronica persica

Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge 9 Rhopalomyia californica

white fiesta flower 20 Pholistoma membranaceum

Stinkwort 21 Dittrichia graveolens

Clustered clover 22 Trifolium glomeratum

Belladonna Lily 23 Amaryllis belladonna

Sun Cup 24 Taraxia ovata

Coastal Goldenbush 25 Isocoma menziesii

Mexican Fan Palm 26 Washingtonia robusta

redmaids 27 Calandrinia menziesii

American Kestrel 28 Falco sparverius

Wild Turkey 29 Meleagris gallopavo

valley oak 30 Quercus lobata

Skunkweed 27 Navarretia squarrosa

Mediterranean Stork's-bill 31 Erodium botrys

alkali heliotrope 32 Heliotropium curassavicum

tree tobacco 33 Nicotiana glauca

turkey mullein 34 Croton setiger

Turkey Vulture 35 Cathartes aura

Western Honey Bee 36 Apis mellifera

Dwarf Checkermallow 37 Sidalcea malviflora

Warrior's Plume 38 Pedicularis densiflora

Common star lily 27 Toxicoscordion fremontii

western blue-eyed grass 39 Sisyrinchium bellum

California Golden Violet 40 Viola pedunculata

Winecup Clarkia 41 Clarkia purpurea

milk thistle 42 Silybum marianum

Spreading Rush 43 Juncus patens

poison hemlock 44 Conium maculatum

Bermuda buttercup 45 Oxalis pes-caprae

dot-seed plantain 17 Plantago erecta

Pacific Sanicle 46 Sanicula crassicaulis

common groundsel 47 Senecio vulgaris

Common Sow-thistle 48 Sonchus oleraceus

henbit deadnettle 49 Lamium amplexicaule

Footsteps of spring 50 Sanicula arctopoides

sand pygmyweed 39 Crassula connata

musk stork's-bill 41 Erodium moschatum

four-spot Clarkia purpurea quadrivulnera

Strigose Bird's-foot Trefoil 51 Ottleya strigosa

Palestine arum 52 Arum palaestinum

Margined White 53 Pieris marginalis

Padre's Shooting Star 2 Primula clevelandii

orange bush monkeyflower 54 Diplacus aurantiacus

Blue Dicks 37 Dipterostemon capitatus

common 55 Aster

baby blue eyes 56 Nemophila

Blue Eyed Grass 57 Sisyrinchium micranthum

dwarf 17 Brodiaea

California 58 Ranunculus multifidus

Monterey Ceanothus 59 Ceanothus rigidus

chamise 60 Adenostoma fasciculatum

Chinese Houses 61 Collinsia

elegant 59 Clarkia

Clematis 62

narrow leaf 63 Melilotus albus

Cottonweed 64 Achillea maritima

Cream Bush (Ocean Spray) 65 Holodiscus discolor

Elderberry 66 Sambucus