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

All 442

yerba buena ¹
Clinopodium douglasii

Pennyroyal ²
Mentha pulegium

White Horehound ³
Marrubium vulgare

Henbit Deadnettle ⁴
Lamium amplexicaule

pitcher sage ¹
Lepechinia calycina

Frog fruit ⁵
Phyla nodiflora

purple Chinese houses ⁶
Collinsia heterophylla

Antirrhinum vexillocalyculatum ⁷

dotseed plantain ¹
Plantago erecta

English Plantain ⁸
Plantago lanceolata

common field-speedwell ⁹
Veronica persica

redwood keckiella ⁷
Keckiella corymbosa

Orange Bush Monkeyflower ¹⁰
Mimulus aurantiacus

brownies ¹
Mimulus douglasii

Seep Monkeyflower ¹¹
Mimulus guttatus

California Poppy ¹²
Eschscholzia californica

creamcups ¹³
Platystemon californicus

bush poppy ¹⁴
Dendromecon rigida

California buttercup ¹³
Ranunculus californicus

Rough-fruited Buttercup ³
Ranunculus muricatus

Western Columbine ¹⁵
Aquilegia formosa

red larkspur ¹⁶
Delphinium nudicaule

Oregon anemone ¹⁶
Anemone oregana

Anemone oregana oregana

coast range false bindweed ¹
Calystegia collina

Mount Saint Helena morning-glory
Calystegia collina oxyphylla

Pink Honeysuckle ¹
Lonicera hispidula

Fuller's teasel ¹⁷
Dipsacus fullonum

Sweet scabious
Scabiosa atropurpurea

shortspur seablush ¹⁸
Plectritis congesta

Red Elderberry ¹⁹
Sambucus racemosa

mountain sweet cicely ²⁰
Osmorhiza berteroi

Footsteps of spring ⁷
Sanicula arctopoides

purple sanicle ¹
Sanicula bipinnatifida

snakeroot ²¹
Sanicula crassicaulis

laceleaf sanicle ¹
Sanicula laciniata

Sanicula tuberosa ¹

common hedge parsley ⁵
Torilis arvensis

Kellogg's umbrellawort ¹
Tauschia kelloggii

woollyfruit desertparsley ¹⁵
Lomatium dasycarpum

Yampa ²²
Perideridia gairdneri

gairdner's yampah ²²
Perideridia gairdneri gairdneri

Kellogg's yampah ¹
Perideridia kelloggii

California Spikenard ¹
Aralia californica

Dwarf Checkermallow ¹³
Sidalcea malviflora

Western Leatherwood ²³
Dirca occidentalis

peak rushrose ²⁴
Helianthemum scoparium

California Bay ²⁵
Umbellularia californica

western heart's ease ⁷
Viola ocellata

redwood violet ¹⁸
Viola sempervirens

Turkey Mullein ²⁶
Croton setigerus

Milkmaids ²⁶
Cardamine californica

bristly jewelflower ²⁷
Streptanthus glandulosus

Mount Tamalpais bristly jewelflower ²⁷
Streptanthus glandulosus pulchellus

shepherd's purse ¹⁹
Capsella bursa-pastoris

shortpod mustard ²⁸
Hirschfeldia incana

Sand Fringepod ¹
Thysanocarpus curvipes

common sandweed ²⁹
Athysanus pusillus

round-fruited sedge
Carex globosa

Tall Flatsedge ²⁸
Cyperus eragrostis

pale spikerush ³⁰
Eleocharis macrostachya

bristly dogtail grass ³¹
Cynosurus echinatus

slender wild oat
Avena barbata

california brome ³²
Bromus carinatus

soft brome ³²
Bromus hordeaceus

Compact Brome
Bromus madritensis

blue wild rye ³²
Elymus glaucus

wall barley ⁴
Hordeum murinum

Torrey's melicgrass
Melica torreyana

purple needlegrass ³³
Nassella pulchra

Annual meadow grass ³⁴
Poa annua

rat's-tail fescue ³²
Vulpia myuros

Big Quakinggrass ³⁵
Briza maxima

California oat grass ³⁶
Danthonia californica

California fescue ³⁷
Festuca californica

Bermuda Grass ³⁸
Cynodon dactylon

barbed goat grass
Aegilops triuncialis

dallis grass ³⁹
Paspalum dilatatum

panic veldt grass ⁴⁰
Ehrharta erecta

Soft rush ⁴¹
Juncus effusus

pacific rush
Juncus effusus pacificus

spreading rush ⁴²
Juncus patens

Pacific woodrush ⁴³
Luzula comosa

royal rein orchid ¹
Piperia transversa

Fairy-slipper ⁴⁴
Calypso bulbosa

Western Fairy-slipper
Calypso bulbosa occidentalis

Spotted Coralroot ⁴⁵
Corallorhiza maculata

Striped Coralroot ¹
Corallorhiza striata

Broad-leaved Helleborine ⁴⁶
Epipactis helleborine

Western rattlesnake plantain ⁴⁷
Goodyera oblongifolia

Three-cornered Leek ²³
Allium triquetrum

False Solomon's Seal ⁵
Maianthemum racemosum

Star-flowered Lily-of-the-valley ⁴⁸
Maianthemum stellatum

Douglas iris ⁴⁹
Iris douglasiana

Bearded Iris ⁵⁰
Iris germanica

Western Blue-eyed Grass ²³
Sisyrinchium bellum

Montbretia ⁵¹
Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora

Wavy-leafed Soap Plant ⁵²
Chlorogalum pomeridianum

Bunch-flowered Daffodil ⁵³
Narcissus tazetta

Belladonna Lily ⁵⁴
Amaryllis belladonna

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Serpentine Soil Communities of Marin County

yerba buena 1 Clinopodium douglasii

Pennyroyal 2 Mentha pulegium

White Horehound 3 Marrubium vulgare

Henbit Deadnettle 4 Lamium amplexicaule

pitcher sage 1 Lepechinia calycina

Frog fruit 5 Phyla nodiflora

purple Chinese houses 6 Collinsia heterophylla

Antirrhinum vexillocalyculatum 7

dotseed plantain 1 Plantago erecta

English Plantain 8 Plantago lanceolata

common field-speedwell 9 Veronica persica

redwood keckiella 7 Keckiella corymbosa

Orange Bush Monkeyflower 10 Mimulus aurantiacus

brownies 1 Mimulus douglasii

Seep Monkeyflower 11 Mimulus guttatus

California Poppy 12 Eschscholzia californica

creamcups 13 Platystemon californicus

bush poppy 14 Dendromecon rigida

California buttercup 13 Ranunculus californicus

Rough-fruited Buttercup 3 Ranunculus muricatus

Western Columbine 15 Aquilegia formosa

red larkspur 16 Delphinium nudicaule

Oregon anemone 16 Anemone oregana

Anemone oregana oregana

coast range false bindweed 1 Calystegia collina

Mount Saint Helena morning-glory Calystegia collina oxyphylla

Pink Honeysuckle 1 Lonicera hispidula

Fuller's teasel 17 Dipsacus fullonum

Sweet scabious Scabiosa atropurpurea

shortspur seablush 18 Plectritis congesta

Red Elderberry 19 Sambucus racemosa

mountain sweet cicely 20 Osmorhiza berteroi

Footsteps of spring 7 Sanicula arctopoides

purple sanicle 1 Sanicula bipinnatifida

snakeroot 21 Sanicula crassicaulis

laceleaf sanicle 1 Sanicula laciniata

Sanicula tuberosa 1

common hedge parsley 5 Torilis arvensis

Kellogg's umbrellawort 1 Tauschia kelloggii

woollyfruit desertparsley 15 Lomatium dasycarpum

Yampa 22 Perideridia gairdneri

gairdner's yampah 22 Perideridia gairdneri gairdneri

Kellogg's yampah 1 Perideridia kelloggii

California Spikenard 1 Aralia californica

Dwarf Checkermallow 13 Sidalcea malviflora

Western Leatherwood 23 Dirca occidentalis

peak rushrose 24 Helianthemum scoparium

California Bay 25 Umbellularia californica

western heart's ease 7 Viola ocellata

redwood violet 18 Viola sempervirens

Turkey Mullein 26 Croton setigerus

Milkmaids 26 Cardamine californica

bristly jewelflower 27 Streptanthus glandulosus

Mount Tamalpais bristly jewelflower 27 Streptanthus glandulosus pulchellus

shepherd's purse 19 Capsella bursa-pastoris

shortpod mustard 28 Hirschfeldia incana

Sand Fringepod 1 Thysanocarpus curvipes

common sandweed 29 Athysanus pusillus

round-fruited sedge Carex globosa

Tall Flatsedge 28 Cyperus eragrostis

pale spikerush 30 Eleocharis macrostachya

bristly dogtail grass 31 Cynosurus echinatus

slender wild oat Avena barbata

california brome 32 Bromus carinatus

soft brome 32 Bromus hordeaceus

Compact Brome Bromus madritensis

blue wild rye 32 Elymus glaucus

wall barley 4 Hordeum murinum

Torrey's melicgrass Melica torreyana

purple needlegrass 33 Nassella pulchra

Annual meadow grass 34 Poa annua

rat's-tail fescue 32 Vulpia myuros

Big Quakinggrass 35 Briza maxima

California oat grass 36 Danthonia californica

California fescue 37 Festuca californica

Bermuda Grass 38 Cynodon dactylon

barbed goat grass Aegilops triuncialis

dallis grass 39 Paspalum dilatatum

panic veldt grass 40 Ehrharta erecta