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Serpentine Soil Communities of Marin County

Catalog of species of all taxa observed in areas notable for high serpentenite content in the soils:
Mount Tamalpais State Park
Ring Mountain
Carson Ridge and Pine Mountain Road near Fairfax
Others TBD

Genista Broom Moth 1
Uresiphita reversalis
Baldfaced Hornet 2
Dolichovespula maculata
beaked twig gall wasp 3
Disholcaspis plumbella
Dictyoptera simplicipes 4
Convergent Lady Beetle 5
Hippodamia convergens
Bordered Plant Bug 6
Largus californicus
Eight-spotted Skimmer 7
Libellula forensis
Flame Skimmer 8
Libellula saturata
Blue Dasher 9
Pachydiplax longipennis
Grappletail
Octogomphus specularis
Pacific Spiketail 6
Cordulegaster dorsalis
brittle bladderfern 10
Cystopteris fragilis
California shield fern 11
Polystichum californicum
Western Swordfern 12
Polystichum munitum
coastal woodfern 13
Dryopteris arguta
Giant Chain Fern 14
Woodwardia fimbriata
five-fingered fern 15
Adiantum aleuticum
California Maidenhair Fern 8
Adiantum jordanii
Goldback Fern 16
Pentagramma triangularis
coffee fern 3
Pellaea andromedifolia
bird's foot cliffbrake 17
Pellaea mucronata
California lacefern 18
Aspidotis californica
serpentine fern 19
Aspidotis densa
Coastal Lip Fern 18
Cheilanthes intertexta
California Polypody 20
Polypodium californicum
Licorice Fern 15
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Bracken 21
Pteridium aquilinum
Sargent's cypress
Hesperocyparis sargentii
Coast Redwood 22
Sequoia sempervirens
Sargent's cypress
Cupressus sargentii
California Nutmeg 23
Torreya californica
Monterey Pine 24
Pinus radiata
Common Douglas-Fir 25
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Coast Douglas-Fir 26
Pseudotsuga menziesii menziesii
Wallace's spikemoss
Selaginella wallacei
Silver Lupine 27
Lupinus albifrons
Miniature Lupine 28
Lupinus bicolor
Sky lupine 3
Lupinus nanus
French broom 29
Genista monspessulana
Scotch Broom 30
Cytisus scoparius
Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea 31
Lathyrus latifolius
Pacific pea 29
Lathyrus vestitus
Rose Clover 32
Trifolium hirtum
subterranean clover 33
Trifolium subterraneum
tomcat clover 34
Trifolium willdenovii
Common Vetch 35
Vicia sativa
Spotted Medick 36
Medicago arabica
Bur Clover 37
Medicago polymorpha
chaparral pea 3
Pickeringia montana
California goldenbanner
Thermopsis californica
Thermopsis californica californica 38
false lupine
Thermopsis macrophylla
Spanish clover 39
Acmispon americanus
Spanish clover 6
Acmispon americanus americanus
Common Deerweed 39
Acmispon glaber
California Broom 40
Acmispon glaber glaber
California milkwort 41
Polygala californica
Red-flowering Currant 42
Ribes sanguineum
Ribes sanguineum glutinosum 43
chamise 3
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Cherry-plum 44
Prunus cerasifera
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
salmonberry
Rubus spectabilis
California Blackberry 45
Rubus ursinus
woodland strawberry 46
Fragaria vesca
Common Hawthorn 47
Crataegus monogyna
Toyon 3
Heteromeles arbutifolia
ocean spray 48
Holodiscus discolor
California wild rose 49
Rosa californica
Baldhip rose 50
Rosa gymnocarpa
Crevice Alumroot 51
Heuchera micrantha
woodland-star 52
Lithophragma affine
fringe cups 12
Tellima grandiflora
Buckbrush 3
Ceanothus cuneatus
Ceanothus foliosus 53
wavyleaf ceanothus
Ceanothus foliosus foliosus
musk brush 12
Ceanothus jepsonii
blueblossom
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
California Buckthorn 12
Frangula californica
Colorado Stonecrop 54
Sedum spathulifolium
Mt. Tamalpais manzanita
Arctostaphylos montana
Mount Tamalpais manzanita 4
Arctostaphylos montana montana
Marin manzanita 3
Arctostaphylos virgata
California Huckleberry 12
Vaccinium ovatum
Pacific Madrone 55
Arbutus menziesii
white-veined wintergreen 3
Pyrola picta
Henderson's shooting star 29
Dodecatheon hendersonii
purplespot gilia 56
Gilia clivorum
Marin County navarretia 18
Navarretia rosulata
skunkweed 6
Navarretia squarrosa
Leptosiphon androsaceus 57
slender phlox
Microsteris gracilis
Western Star Flower
Trientalis latifolia
Scarlet Pimpernel 58
Anagallis arvensis
Japanese Camellia 59
Camellia japonica
modesty 60
Whipplea modesta
Narrowleaf milkweed 3
Asclepias fascicularis
Greater Periwinkle 61
Vinca major
field madder 62
Sherardia arvensis
Cleavers 35
Galium aparine

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