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100 commonest Golden Gate National Recreation Area species

These are the 100 most frequently reported species from the park on iNat - how many can you find?

Goose Barnacle 1
Pollicipes polymerus
Fox Sparrow 2
Passerella iliaca
California Wax Myrtle 3
Morella californica
Chamisso Bush Lupine 4
Lupinus chamissonis
Northern River Otter 5
Lontra canadensis
San Diego Dorid 6
Diaulula sandiegensis
Cape ivy 7
Delairea odorata
California figwort 8
Scrophularia californica
Bracken 9
Pteridium aquilinum
Footsteps of spring 3
Sanicula arctopoides
beach knotweed 4
Polygonum paronychia
California Towhee 10
Melozone crissalis
Seep Monkeyflower 11
Mimulus guttatus
Toyon 12
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Tasmanian Blue Gum 13
Eucalyptus globulus
San Francisco wallflower 14
Erysimum franciscanum
Ensatina 15
Ensatina eschscholtzii
Eccentric sand dollar 16
Dendraster excentricus
Canada Goose 17
Branta canadensis
Scarlet Pimpernel 18
Anagallis arvensis
American Robin 19
Turdus migratorius
Harbor Seal 20
Phoca vitulina
Trentepohlia aurea 21
Calla Lily 22
Zantedeschia aethiopica
California Red-legged Frog 23
Rana draytonii
Monterey Pine 24
Pinus radiata
Heermann's Gull 25
Larus heermanni
Black Oystercatcher 26
Haematopus bachmani
Coast Indian Paintbrush 27
Castilleja affinis
Bufflehead 28
Bucephala albeola
Honey Bee 29
Apis mellifera
Western Grebe 26
Aechmophorus occidentalis
common yarrow 30
Achillea millefolium
Coast Live Oak 12
Quercus agrifolia
European Starling 31
Sturnus vulgaris
Douglas iris 32
Iris douglasiana
White-tailed Kite 33
Elanus leucurus
California Quail 1
Callipepla californica
Yellow-faced Bumblebee 34
Bombus vosnesenskii
California Slender Salamander 35
Batrachoseps attenuatus
beach wormwood 15
Artemisia pycnocephala
silver burr ragweed 36
Ambrosia chamissonis
plume acacia 37
Albizia lophantha
seaside wild buckwheat 38
Eriogonum latifolium
Hottentot-Fig
Carpobrotus edulis
Twinberry 14
Lonicera involucrata
Common Buckeye 39
Junonia coenia
American Coot 40
Fulica americana
Seaside Woolly Sunflower 4
Eriophyllum staechadifolium
Great Egret 26
Ardea alba
Monarch Butterfly 41
Danaus plexippus
Nasturtium 42
Tropaeolum majus
dune tansy 43
Tanacetum bipinnatum
New Zealand spinach 44
Tetragonia tetragonioides
California Buckthorn 14
Frangula californica
Western Fence Lizard 45
Sceloporus occidentalis
California Blackberry 46
Rubus ursinus
Double-crested Cormorant 47
Phalacrocorax auritus
California manroot 4
Marah fabacea
American Crow 48
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Monterey Cypress 49
Cupressus macrocarpa
Turkey Vulture 50
Cathartes aura
European Searocket 51
Cakile maritima
Golden-crowned Sparrow 52
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Western Blue-eyed Grass 53
Sisyrinchium bellum
Brandt's Cormorant 53
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
California Mussel 54
Mytilus californianus
Bobcat 6
Lynx rufus
Leather Star 55
Dermasterias imbricata
Mule Deer 56
Odocoileus hemionus
Snowy Egret 57
Egretta thula
Pacific Poison Oak 58
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Common Raccoon 59
Procyon lotor
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 60
Thamnophis elegans
Black Phoebe 61
Sayornis nigricans
Brewer's Blackbird 25
Euphagus cyanocephalus
cow parsnip
Heracleum maximum
Coyote 62
Canis latrans
powdery liveforever 12
Dudleya farinosa
Brown Pelican 57
Pelecanus occidentalis
Orange Bush Monkeyflower 63
Mimulus aurantiacus
Song Sparrow 64
Melospiza melodia
Pacific Sand Crab 65
Emerita analoga
Yellow Sand Verbena 58
Abronia latifolia
Coast Redwood 66
Sequoia sempervirens
Beach Suncup 12
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
Ochre Sea Star 8
Pisaster ochraceus
Bat Star 55
Patiria miniata
Bermuda Buttercup 67
Oxalis pes-caprae
Yellow Bush Lupine 68
Lupinus arboreus
Seaside Daisy 69
Erigeron glaucus
Anna's Hummingbird 70
Calypte anna
Western Gull 25
Larus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron 26
Ardea herodias
California Poppy 71
Eschscholzia californica
Beach strawberry 53
Fragaria chiloensis
Common Raven 72
Corvus corax
White-crowned Sparrow 62
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Red-tailed Hawk 33
Buteo jamaicensis
Coyote Brush 53
Baccharis pilularis

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