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El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve

More than 36 miles of multi-use trail are available for exploration at this 2,817-acre Preserve. While extremely popular with bicyclists, it also has lots of hearty hiking and horseback riding opportunities. Visitors will find mixed evergreen and redwood forests, creekside trails, coastal and ...more ↓

Silver wattle 1
Acacia dealbata
Bigleaf Maple 2
Acer macrophyllum
Common Yarrow 3
Achillea millefolium
Acmispon glaber var. glaber 4
Acmispon glaber glaber
Acmispon heermannii var. orbicularis
Acmispon heermannii orbicularis
Short-flower Deervetch 5
Acmispon parviflorus
red baneberry 6
Actaea rubra
American trailplant 7
Adenocaulon bicolor
Chamise 8
Adenostoma fasciculatum
western maidenhair fern 9
Adiantum aleuticum
California Buckeye 10
Aesculus californica
silver hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
oneleaf onion 11
Allium unifolium
red alder 12
Alnus rubra
Black Salamander 13
Aneides flavipunctatus
Arboreal Salamander 14
Aneides lugubris
Gray's Anemone 15
Anemone grayi
woodland madia 8
Anisocarpus madioides
california sweet grass
Anthoxanthum occidentale
Western Scrub-Jay 16
Aphelocoma californica
Western Columbine 11
Aquilegia formosa
California Spikenard 8
Aralia californica
Pacific Madrone 17
Arbutus menziesii
hoary manzanita 18
Arctostaphylos canescens
Arctostaphylos crustacea ssp. crinita
Arctostaphylos crustacea crinita
Arctostaphylos crustacea ssp. crustacea
Arctostaphylos crustacea crustacea
Kings Mountain manzanita 8
Arctostaphylos regismontana
rayless arnica 19
Arnica discoidea
California Mugwort 20
Artemisia douglasiana
California Harebell 21
Asyneuma prenanthoides
Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum 22
Athyrium filix-femina cyclosorum
marsh baccharis 23
Baccharis glutinosa
Coyote Brush 24
Baccharis pilularis
American yellowrocket 8
Barbarea orthoceras
California Slender Salamander 10
Batrachoseps attenuatus
Cedar Waxwing 25
Bombycilla cedrorum
Slender False Brome
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Chinook brome 26
Bromus laevipes
columbia brome
Bromus vulgaris
Great Horned Owl 27
Bubo virginianus
Red-tailed Hawk 28
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 29
Buteo lineatus
pine reed grass 30
Calamagrostis rubescens
White Globe Lily 31
Calochortus albus
Pussy-ears 32
Calochortus tolmiei
Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis
Calypso bulbosa occidentalis
Anna's Hummingbird 33
Calypte anna
chaparral false bindweed 34
Calystegia occidentalis
Coyote 35
Canis latrans
Milkmaids 36
Cardamine californica
little western bittercress 7
Cardamine oligosperma
Wilson's Warbler 37
Cardellina pusilla
Carduus pycnocephalus ssp. pycnocephalus
Carduus pycnocephalus pycnocephalus
big-leaf sedge
Carex amplifolia
Bolander's sedge 38
Carex bolanderi
Hermit Thrush 39
Catharus guttatus
Ceanothus oliganthus var. sorediatus 24
Ceanothus oliganthus sorediatus
blueblossom
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
purple star-thistle 40
Centaurea calcitrapa
Yellow Starthistle 41
Centaurea solstitialis
Brown Creeper 42
Certhia americana
Wrentit 43
Chamaea fasciata
Northern Rubber Boa 44
Charina bottae
Wavy-leafed Soap Plant 19
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. chrysophylla
Chrysolepis chrysophylla chrysophylla
Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. minor
Chrysolepis chrysophylla minor
Western Water Hemlock 19
Cicuta douglasii
Cirsium occidentale var. venustum 8
Cirsium occidentale venustum
Bull Thistle 45
Cirsium vulgare
Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera
Clarkia purpurea quadrivulnera
ruby chalice clarkia 8
Clarkia rubicunda
Miner's Lettuce 46
Claytonia perfoliata
yerba buena 8
Clinopodium douglasii
Andrews' Clintonia
Clintonia andrewsiana
Northern Flicker 47
Colaptes auratus
variableleaf collomia 48
Collomia heterophylla
Racer 49
Coluber constrictor
Poison Hemlock 50
Conium maculatum
Sharp-tailed Snake 51
Contia tenuis
Spotted Coralroot 52
Corallorhiza maculata
Striped Coralroot 8
Corallorhiza striata
Purple pampas grass 53
Cortaderia jubata
Pampas Grass 54
Cortaderia selloana
American Crow 55
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 56
Corvus corax
Corylus cornuta ssp. californica 57
Corylus cornuta californica
Crepis vesicaria ssp. taraxacifolia 58
Crepis vesicaria taraxacifolia
Steller's Jay 59
Cyanocitta stelleri
Pacific Hound's Tongue 60
Cynoglossum grande
bristly dogtail grass 61
Cynosurus echinatus
Yellow Nutsedge 62
Cyperus esculentus
Common Broom 63
Cytisus scoparius
Ringneck Snake 64
Diadophis punctatus
California Giant Salamander 8
Dicamptodon ensatus
Pacific Bleeding Heart 65
Dicentra formosa
Purple Foxglove 66
Digitalis purpurea
Pileated Woodpecker 67
Dryocopus pileatus
Coastal Woodfern 36
Dryopteris arguta
Northern Alligator Lizard 68
Elgaria coerulea
Southern Alligator Lizard 69
Elgaria multicarinata

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