Coastal Scrub Plants - Golden Gate National Recreation Area

This is a checklist of some common coastal scrub plants in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA.

Coast Live Oak

Quercus agrifolia, the Coast Live Oak, is an evergreen oak (highly variable and often shrubby), native to the California Floristic Province. It grows west of the Sierra Nevada from Mendocino County, California, south to northern Baja California in Mexico. It is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. Lobatae).

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