Plants of Point Lobos

There are several hundred species of land plants growing in the Reserve so this guide represents only a small fraction of the total. You will notice two special species that are algae and fungus rather than plants. They are included here because you will find them on trees in the Reserve and ...more ↓

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Pacific Poison Oak ¹
Toxicodendron diversilobum

Coast Live Oak ²
Quercus agrifolia

Ceanothus ³

Pearly Everlasting ⁴
Anaphalis margaritacea

hoary nettle ⁵
Urtica dioica holosericea

yerba buena ²
Clinopodium douglasii

canyon gooseberry ⁶
Ribes menziesii

California goldenrod ²
Solidago velutina californica

Miner's Lettuce ⁷
Claytonia perfoliata

Common Yarrow ⁸
Achillea millefolium

California buttercup ⁹
Ranunculus californicus

Wild Buckwheats ¹⁰
Eriogonum

Lupines ¹¹
Lupinus

California Poppy ¹²
Eschscholzia californica

Seaside Daisy ¹³
Erigeron glaucus

Monterey Indian Paintbrush ¹⁴
Castilleja latifolia

Bluff Lettuce ²
Dudleya farinosa

California Sagebrush ¹⁵
Artemisia californica

Coyote Brush ¹⁶
Baccharis pilularis

Orange bush monkeyflower ¹⁷
Mimulus aurantiacus

California blackberry
Rubus ursinus macropetalus

California Hedge Nettle ¹⁸
Stachys bullata

Coffeeberry ¹⁹
Frangula californica

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Plants of Point Lobos

Pacific Poison Oak 1 Toxicodendron diversilobum

Coast Live Oak 2 Quercus agrifolia

Ceanothus 3

Pearly Everlasting 4 Anaphalis margaritacea

hoary nettle 5 Urtica dioica holosericea

yerba buena 2 Clinopodium douglasii

canyon gooseberry 6 Ribes menziesii

California goldenrod 2 Solidago velutina californica

Miner's Lettuce 7 Claytonia perfoliata

Common Yarrow 8 Achillea millefolium

California buttercup 9 Ranunculus californicus

Wild Buckwheats 10 Eriogonum

Lupines 11 Lupinus

California Poppy 12 Eschscholzia californica

Seaside Daisy 13 Erigeron glaucus

Monterey Indian Paintbrush 14 Castilleja latifolia

Bluff Lettuce 2 Dudleya farinosa

California Sagebrush 15 Artemisia californica

Coyote Brush 16 Baccharis pilularis

Orange bush monkeyflower 17 Mimulus aurantiacus

California blackberry Rubus ursinus macropetalus

California Hedge Nettle 18 Stachys bullata

Coffeeberry 19 Frangula californica