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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

Bigleaf Maple 1
Acer macrophyllum
common yarrow 2
Achillea millefolium
Spanish clover 3
Acmispon americanus
Spanish clover 4
Acmispon americanus americanus
Common Deerweed 3
Acmispon glaber
California Broom 5
Acmispon glaber glaber
Western Pond Turtle 6
Actinemys marmorata
American trailplant 7
Adenocaulon bicolor
chamise 8
Adenostoma fasciculatum
five-fingered fern 9
Adiantum aleuticum
California Maidenhair Fern 10
Adiantum jordanii
barbed goat grass
Aegilops triuncialis
California Buckeye 11
Aesculus californica
Mexican devil 12
Ageratina adenophora
bigflower agoseris 13
Agoseris grandiflora
Agoseris grandiflora grandiflora
northern water plantain 14
Alisma triviale
Three-cornered Leek 10
Allium triquetrum
white alder 1
Alnus rhombifolia
Coccora 15
Amanita calyptroderma
Belladonna Lily 16
Amaryllis belladonna
common fiddleneck 17
Amsinckia menziesii
Scarlet Pimpernel 18
Anagallis arvensis
pearly everlasting 9
Anaphalis margaritacea
Mallard 19
Anas platyrhynchos
Western Toad 20
Anaxyrus boreas
Arboreal Salamander 21
Aneides lugubris
Oregon anemone 22
Anemone oregana
Anemone oregana oregana
Cramp Balls 10
Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum
Antirrhinum vexillocalyculatum 4
Western Scrub-Jay 23
Aphelocoma californica
Coastal Western Scrub-Jay 24
Aphelocoma californica californica
Western Columbine 25
Aquilegia formosa
California Spikenard 8
Aralia californica
Pacific Madrone 26
Arbutus menziesii
Mt. Tamalpais manzanita
Arctostaphylos montana
Mount Tamalpais manzanita 27
Arctostaphylos montana montana
Marin manzanita 8
Arctostaphylos virgata
Great Blue Heron 28
Ardea herodias
California Banana Slug 29
Ariolimax californicus
Pacific Banana Slug 30
Ariolimax columbianus
Mugwort 31
Artemisia douglasiana
Narrowleaf milkweed 8
Asclepias fascicularis
California lacefern 7
Aspidotis californica
serpentine fern 32
Aspidotis densa
California asterella 7
Asterella californica
California Harebell 4
Asyneuma prenanthoides
common sandweed 33
Athysanus pusillus
slender wild oat
Avena barbata
Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
California Slender Salamander 11
Batrachoseps attenuatus
Bolbitius titubans 34
Big Quakinggrass 35
Briza maxima
harvest brodiaea 36
Brodiaea elegans
california brome 37
Bromus carinatus
soft brome 37
Bromus hordeaceus
Compact Brome
Bromus madritensis
Bufflehead 38
Bucephala albeola
Red-tailed Hawk 39
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 40
Buteo lineatus
Redmaids 41
Calandrinia ciliata
California Quail 42
Callipepla californica
Yellow Mariposa Lily 43
Calochortus luteus
Oakland mariposa lily 7
Calochortus umbellatus
sticky western rosinweed 7
Calycadenia multiglandulosa
Fairy-slipper 44
Calypso bulbosa
Western Fairy-slipper
Calypso bulbosa occidentalis
Anna's Hummingbird 45
Calypte anna
coast range false bindweed 8
Calystegia collina
Mount Saint Helena morning-glory
Calystegia collina oxyphylla
Japanese Camellia 46
Camellia japonica
Domestic Dog
Canis familiaris
Coyote 47
Canis latrans
shepherd's purse 48
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Milkmaids 49
Cardamine californica
Italian thistle 17
Carduus pycnocephalus
round-fruited sedge
Carex globosa
denseflower Indian paintbrush 10
Castilleja densiflora
Turkey Vulture 50
Cathartes aura
Buckbrush 8
Ceanothus cuneatus
Ceanothus foliosus 22
wavyleaf ceanothus
Ceanothus foliosus foliosus
musk brush 25
Ceanothus jepsonii
blueblossom
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Echo Azure 51
Celastrina echo
tocalote 10
Centaurea melitensis
Yellow Starthistle 52
Centaurea solstitialis
Slender Centaury 53
Centaurium tenuiflorum
Wrentit 54
Chamaea fasciata
Killdeer 55
Charadrius vociferus
Northern Rubber Boa 56
Charina bottae
Coastal Lip Fern 7
Cheilanthes intertexta
Wavy-leafed Soap Plant 57
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Giant chinquapin 7
Chrysolepis chrysophylla
cobwebby thistle 58
Cirsium occidentale
Bull Thistle 59
Cirsium vulgare
slender clarkia 25
Clarkia gracilis
winecup clarkia 7
Clarkia purpurea
gypsum springbeauty 60
Claytonia gypsophiloides

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