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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

redwood keckiella 1
Keckiella corymbosa
Orange Bush Monkeyflower 2
Mimulus aurantiacus
brownies 3
Mimulus douglasii
Seep Monkeyflower 4
Mimulus guttatus
California Poppy 5
Eschscholzia californica
creamcups 6
Platystemon californicus
bush poppy 7
Dendromecon rigida
California buttercup 6
Ranunculus californicus
Rough-fruited Buttercup 8
Ranunculus muricatus
Western Columbine 9
Aquilegia formosa
red larkspur 10
Delphinium nudicaule
Oregon anemone 10
Anemone oregana
Anemone oregana oregana
coast range false bindweed 3
Calystegia collina
Mount Saint Helena morning-glory
Calystegia collina oxyphylla
Pink Honeysuckle 3
Lonicera hispidula
Fuller's teasel 11
Dipsacus fullonum
Sweet scabious
Scabiosa atropurpurea
shortspur seablush 12
Plectritis congesta
Red Elderberry 13
Sambucus racemosa
mountain sweet cicely 14
Osmorhiza berteroi
Footsteps of spring 1
Sanicula arctopoides
purple sanicle 3
Sanicula bipinnatifida
snakeroot 15
Sanicula crassicaulis
laceleaf sanicle 3
Sanicula laciniata
Sanicula tuberosa 3
common hedge parsley 16
Torilis arvensis
Kellogg's umbrellawort 3
Tauschia kelloggii
woollyfruit desertparsley 9
Lomatium dasycarpum
Yampa 17
Perideridia gairdneri
gairdner's yampah 17
Perideridia gairdneri gairdneri
Kellogg's yampah 3
Perideridia kelloggii
California Spikenard 3
Aralia californica
Dwarf Checkermallow 6
Sidalcea malviflora
Western Leatherwood 18
Dirca occidentalis
peak rushrose 19
Helianthemum scoparium
California Bay 20
Umbellularia californica
western heart's ease 1
Viola ocellata
redwood violet 12
Viola sempervirens
Turkey Mullein 21
Croton setigerus
Milkmaids 21
Cardamine californica
bristly jewelflower 22
Streptanthus glandulosus
Mount Tamalpais bristly jewelflower 22
Streptanthus glandulosus pulchellus
shepherd's purse 13
Capsella bursa-pastoris
shortpod mustard 23
Hirschfeldia incana
Sand Fringepod 3
Thysanocarpus curvipes
common sandweed 24
Athysanus pusillus
round-fruited sedge
Carex globosa
Tall Flatsedge 23
Cyperus eragrostis
pale spikerush 25
Eleocharis macrostachya
bristly dogtail grass 26
Cynosurus echinatus
slender wild oat
Avena barbata
california brome 27
Bromus carinatus
soft brome 27
Bromus hordeaceus
Compact Brome
Bromus madritensis
blue wild rye 27
Elymus glaucus
wall barley 28
Hordeum murinum
Torrey's melicgrass
Melica torreyana
purple needlegrass 29
Nassella pulchra
Annual meadow grass 30
Poa annua
rat's-tail fescue 27
Vulpia myuros
Big Quakinggrass 31
Briza maxima
California oat grass 32
Danthonia californica
California fescue 33
Festuca californica
Bermuda Grass 34
Cynodon dactylon
barbed goat grass
Aegilops triuncialis
dallis grass 35
Paspalum dilatatum
panic veldt grass 36
Ehrharta erecta
Soft rush 37
Juncus effusus
pacific rush
Juncus effusus pacificus
spreading rush 38
Juncus patens
Pacific woodrush 39
Luzula comosa
royal rein orchid 3
Piperia transversa
Fairy-slipper 40
Calypso bulbosa
Western Fairy-slipper
Calypso bulbosa occidentalis
Spotted Coralroot 41
Corallorhiza maculata
Striped Coralroot 3
Corallorhiza striata
Broad-leaved Helleborine 42
Epipactis helleborine
Western rattlesnake plantain 43
Goodyera oblongifolia
Three-cornered Leek 18
Allium triquetrum
False Solomon's Seal 16
Maianthemum racemosum
Star-flowered Lily-of-the-valley 44
Maianthemum stellatum
Douglas iris 45
Iris douglasiana
Bearded Iris 46
Iris germanica
Western Blue-eyed Grass 18
Sisyrinchium bellum
Montbretia 47
Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora
Wavy-leafed Soap Plant 48
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Bunch-flowered Daffodil 49
Narcissus tazetta
Belladonna Lily 50
Amaryllis belladonna
Blue Dicks 6
Dichelostemma capitatum
Ookow 17
Dichelostemma congestum
Ithuriel's Spear 18
Triteleia laxa
harvest brodiaea 6
Brodiaea elegans
Red Hot Poker 18
Kniphofia uvaria
Yellow Mariposa Lily 51
Calochortus luteus
Oakland mariposa lily 22
Calochortus umbellatus
California fetid adderstongue 52
Scoliopus bigelovii
checker lily 53
Fritillaria affinis
checker lily 1
Fritillaria affinis affinis
drops-of-gold 54
Prosartes hookeri

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