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Alice Eastwood's Mt. Tam Wildflower Trek

In 1921, Alice Eastwood published a list of nearly one hundred botanical specimens she observed hiking in Mount Tamalpais one November day. Continuing in her footsteps, this guide expands upon that list. Look for the plants that she observed that day (cataloged in the project checklist), and ...more ↓

Dicots 1
Magnoliopsida
Sedges 2
Cyperaceae
Fairy-slipper 3
Calypso bulbosa
purple Chinese houses 4
Collinsia heterophylla
Lilies 5
Liliaceae
Coast Redwood 6
Sequoia sempervirens
redwood 7
Sequoia
Horsetails 8
Equisetum
Western Swordfern 9
Polystichum munitum
Polypodiales 10
Redwood-sorrel 11
Oxalis oregana
Wood Sorrels
Oxalis
Irises 12
Iris
California Poppy 13
Eschscholzia californica
bigleaf maple 14
Acer macrophyllum
California Huckleberry 15
Vaccinium ovatum
California Bay 16
Umbellularia californica
California fetid adderstongue 17
Scoliopus bigelovii
broadleaf forget-me-not 18
Myosotis latifolia
Pacific trillium 19
Trillium ovatum
Trilliums 20
Trillium
rhododendrons and azaleas 21
Rhododendron
Indian Warrior 4
Pedicularis densiflora
Milkmaids 22
Cardamine californica
Ceanothus 23
Western Leatherwood 24
Dirca occidentalis
checker lily 25
Fritillaria affinis
nightshades 26
Solanum
red larkspur 27
Delphinium nudicaule
silverpuffs 5
Uropappus lindleyi
Figwort 28
Scrophularia
Oakland mariposa lily 29
Calochortus umbellatus
drops-of-gold 19
Prosartes hookeri
fairybells 30
Prosartes
Pacific Poison Oak 31
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Windflower 32
Anemone
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
Andrew's clintonia
Clintonia andrewsiana
fringe cups 15
Tellima grandiflora
stinging nettle 33
Urtica dioica
Nettles 33
Urtica
Vetches 34
Vicia
five-fingered fern 35
Adiantum aleuticum
lady fern 36
Athyrium filix-femina
Bracken 37
Pteridium aquilinum
Hairy brackenfern 38
Pteridium aquilinum pubescens
Giant Chain Fern 39
Woodwardia fimbriata
California Spikenard 40
Aralia californica
Spikenards 41
Aralia
bull thistle 42
Cirsium vulgare
Miner's Lettuce 43
Claytonia perfoliata
California Fuchsia 44
Epilobium canum
cow parsnip
Heracleum maximum
Man-roots 25
Marah
mountain sweet cicely 9
Osmorhiza berteroi
Bermuda Buttercup 45
Oxalis pes-caprae
Giant chinquapin 29
Chrysolepis chrysophylla
California hazelnut 25
Corylus cornuta californica
Pink Honeysuckle 40
Lonicera hispidula
Roses 46
Rosa
Baldhip rose 47
Rosa gymnocarpa
California blackberry 19
Rubus ursinus
California Nutmeg 48
Torreya californica
redwood violet 11
Viola sempervirens
Gumplant 49
Grindelia
western sweet coltsfoot
Petasites frigidus palmatus
Moneyplant 50
Lunaria annua
red alder 51
Alnus rubra
purplespot gilia 52
Gilia clivorum
Kellogg's umbrellawort 40
Tauschia kelloggii
American trailplant 29
Adenocaulon bicolor
Giant Horsetail 53
Equisetum telmateia
giant horsetail 40
Equisetum telmateia braunii
Gambel's milkvetch 54
Astragalus gambelianus
Yerba Santa 40
Eriodictyon californicum
pacific rush
Juncus effusus pacificus
Leopard Lily 55
Lilium pardalinum
Pacific rhododendron 56
Rhododendron macrophyllum
largeflower fairybells 40
Prosartes smithii
bush poppy 57
Dendromecon rigida
western azalea 52
Rhododendron occidentale
Hairypink 40
Petrorhagia dubia
California milkwort 58
Polygala californica
modesty 59
Whipplea modesta
redwood keckiella 30
Keckiella corymbosa
North Californian Indian pink 5
Silene laciniata californica
Oregon anemone 27
Anemone oregana
musk brush 15
Ceanothus jepsonii
Pacific trillium
Trillium ovatum ovatum
western burning bush 40
Euonymus occidentalis
Tanoak 40
Notholithocarpus densiflorus
california sweet grass
Anthoxanthum occidentale
California Harebell 30
Asyneuma prenanthoides
california bottle-brush grass 60
Elymus californicus
western panicgrass 61
Panicum acuminatum
Western Star Flower
Trientalis latifolia
Ferns 62
Pteridophyta
Trentepholia

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