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.

Angelica californica

Angelica californica is a species of angelica known as California angelica. It is found in northern California and occasionally in southern Oregon. Its habitats are the dry, low-elevation slopes of the foothills and coast ranges. It bears umbels of white angelica flowers.

cow parsnip

Heracleum maximum, Cow Parsnip (also known as Indian Celery or Pushki) is the only member of the genus Heracleum native to North America. Its classification has caused some difficulty, with recent authoritative sources referring to it variously as Heracleum maximum or Heracleum lanatum , as H. linatum, or as either a subspecies, ...more ↓

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