100 commonest Golden Gate National Recreation Area species

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