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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

California bedstraw 1
Galium californicum
graceful bedstraw 2
Galium porrigens
Slender Centaury 3
Centaurium tenuiflorum
pleated gentian 4
Gentiana affinis
Oregon gentian 5
Gentiana affinis ovata
wicker buckwheat 6
Eriogonum luteolum
tiburon buckwheat 7
Eriogonum luteolum caninum
naked buckwheat 8
Eriogonum nudum
Curly dock 9
Rumex crispus
mild water-pepper 10
Persicaria hydropiperoides
common chickweed 11
Stellaria media
Indian-pink 12
Silene laciniata
Indian pink 13
Silene laciniata californica
Douglas' stitchwort 5
Minuartia douglasii
red sand spurrey 14
Spergularia rubra
Redmaids 15
Calandrinia ciliata
gypsum springbeauty 16
Claytonia gypsophiloides
Miner's Lettuce 17
Claytonia perfoliata
Common Dandelion 18
Taraxacum officinale
Q-tips 19
Micropus californicus
tocalote 20
Centaurea melitensis
Yellow Starthistle 21
Centaurea solstitialis
smooth mule-ears 8
Wyethia glabra
cobwebby thistle 4
Cirsium occidentale
Bull Thistle 22
Cirsium vulgare
False Dandelion 23
Hypochaeris radicata
Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
common yarrow 24
Achillea millefolium
bigflower agoseris 25
Agoseris grandiflora
Agoseris grandiflora grandiflora
pearly everlasting 26
Anaphalis margaritacea
Mugwort 27
Artemisia douglasiana
Italian thistle 28
Carduus pycnocephalus
Rosilla 8
Helenium puberulum
yellowflower tarweed
Holocarpha virgata
yellowflower tarweed
Holocarpha virgata virgata
small tarweed 29
Madia exigua
grassy tarweed 8
Madia gracilis
coastal burnweed 23
Senecio minimus
Common Groundsel 30
Senecio vulgaris
common sowthistle 31
Sonchus oleraceus
common woolly sunflower 8
Eriophyllum lanatum
Eriophyllum lanatum arachnoideum
White Hawkweed 32
Hieracium albiflorum
American trailplant 6
Adenocaulon bicolor
sticky western rosinweed 6
Calycadenia multiglandulosa
Hayfield Tarweed 33
Hemizonia congesta
Hemizonia congesta lutescens 34
Mt. Tamalpais lessingia 6
Lessingia micradenia
Tamalpais lessingia 6
Lessingia micradenia micradenia
Rough Cocklebur 35
Xanthium strumarium
sessileflower false goldenaster 36
Heterotheca sessiliflora
Mexican devil 37
Ageratina adenophora
California Harebell 5
Asyneuma prenanthoides
Long-beaked Stork's Bill 38
Erodium botrys
Redstem Filaree 39
Erodium cicutarium
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill 40
Geranium dissectum
Dove's Foot Cranesbill 41
Geranium molle
Pink-sorrel 42
Oxalis articulata
windowbox wood-sorrel
Oxalis articulata rubra
Redwood-sorrel 43
Oxalis oregana
Pacific Poison Oak 44
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Bigleaf Maple 45
Acer macrophyllum
California Buckeye 46
Aesculus californica
slender clarkia 47
Clarkia gracilis
winecup clarkia 6
Clarkia purpurea
California Fuchsia 12
Epilobium canum
chaparral willowherb 1
Epilobium minutum
sun cup 48
Taraxia ovata
Coast Live Oak 8
Quercus agrifolia
Canyon Live Oak 49
Quercus chrysolepis
Leather Oak 8
Quercus durata
California Black Oak 45
Quercus kelloggii
Valley Oak 38
Quercus lobata
Interior Live Oak 8
Quercus wislizeni
Giant chinquapin 6
Chrysolepis chrysophylla
Tanoak 8
Notholithocarpus densiflorus
Notholithocarpus densiflorus densiflorus
white alder 45
Alnus rhombifolia
beaked hazel 15
Corylus cornuta
California hazelnut 50
Corylus cornuta californica
Pacific Hound's Tongue 51
Cynoglossum grande
broadleaf forget-me-not 28
Myosotis latifolia
common fiddleneck 28
Amsinckia menziesii
branching phacelia 36
Phacelia ramosissima
Small Baby Blue-eyes 8
Nemophila heterophylla
Baby-blue-eyes 38
Nemophila menziesii
small-flowered nemophila
Nemophila parviflora
Pride of Madeira 52
Echium candicans
Yerba Santa 8
Eriodictyon californicum
California mistmaiden 8
Romanzoffia californica
California figwort 53
Scrophularia californica
Great Mullein 54
Verbascum thapsus
clustered broomrape
Orobanche fasciculata
denseflower Indian paintbrush 20
Castilleja densiflora
Indian Warrior 55
Pedicularis densiflora
Indian warrior 56
Pedicularis densiflora densiflora
hairy bird's beak 8
Cordylanthus pilosus
California groundcone 16
Kopsiopsis strobilacea
coyote mint 8
Monardella villosa

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