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

Blue Dicks 1
Dichelostemma capitatum
Ookow 2
Dichelostemma congestum
Ithuriel's Spear 3
Triteleia laxa
harvest brodiaea 1
Brodiaea elegans
Red Hot Poker 3
Kniphofia uvaria
Yellow Mariposa Lily 4
Calochortus luteus
Oakland mariposa lily 5
Calochortus umbellatus
California fetid adderstongue 6
Scoliopus bigelovii
checker lily 7
Fritillaria affinis
checker lily 8
Fritillaria affinis affinis
drops-of-gold 9
Prosartes hookeri
largeflower fairybells 10
Prosartes smithii
Andrew's clintonia
Clintonia andrewsiana
Giant Wakerobin 11
Trillium chloropetalum
Pacific trillium 9
Trillium ovatum
Fremont's Deathcamas 5
Toxicoscordion fremontii
northern water plantain 12
Alisma triviale
Calla Lily 13
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Canary Island palm 14
Phoenix canariensis
California asterella 5
Asterella californica
Oyster Mushroom 17
Pleurotus ostreatus
Questionable Stropharia 18
Stropharia ambigua
Scarlet Waxy Cap 19
Hygrocybe coccinea
Western Jack-o'-lantern Mushroom 10
Omphalotus olivascens
Red-banded Polypore 22
Fomitopsis pinicola
Dyer's Polypore 23
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Scarlet cup 26
Sarcoscypha coccinea
Fluted Black Elfin Saddle 27
Helvella lacunosa
Saddle-shaped False Morel
Gyromitra infula
Cramp Balls 3
Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum
Old Man's Beard 28
Dolichousnea longissima

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