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

Pale Swallowtail ¹
Papilio eurymedon

Mylitta Crescent ²
Phyciodes mylitta

Red Admiral ³
Vanessa atalanta

California Tortoiseshell ⁴
Nymphalis californica

Golden Hairstreak ⁵
Habrodais grunus

Echo Azure ⁶
Celastrina echo

Acmon Blue ²
Plebejus acmon

Dotted Blue ⁷
Euphilotes enoptes

Margined White ⁸
Pieris marginalis

Leptarctia californiae ⁹

Umber Skipper ¹⁰
Poanes melane

Lindsey's Skipper ¹¹
Hesperia lindseyi

Genista Broom Moth ¹²
Uresiphita reversalis

Baldfaced Hornet ¹³
Dolichovespula maculata

beaked twig gall wasp ¹⁴
Disholcaspis plumbella

Dictyoptera simplicipes ¹⁵

Convergent Lady Beetle ¹⁶
Hippodamia convergens

Bordered Plant Bug ¹⁷
Largus californicus

Eight-spotted Skimmer ¹⁰
Libellula forensis

Flame Skimmer ¹
Libellula saturata

Blue Dasher ¹⁸
Pachydiplax longipennis

Grappletail
Octogomphus specularis

Pacific Spiketail ¹⁷
Cordulegaster dorsalis

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Serpentine Soil Communities of Marin County

Pale Swallowtail 1 Papilio eurymedon

Mylitta Crescent 2 Phyciodes mylitta

Red Admiral 3 Vanessa atalanta

California Tortoiseshell 4 Nymphalis californica

Golden Hairstreak 5 Habrodais grunus

Echo Azure 6 Celastrina echo

Acmon Blue 2 Plebejus acmon

Dotted Blue 7 Euphilotes enoptes

Margined White 8 Pieris marginalis

Leptarctia californiae 9

Umber Skipper 10 Poanes melane

Lindsey's Skipper 11 Hesperia lindseyi

Genista Broom Moth 12 Uresiphita reversalis

Baldfaced Hornet 13 Dolichovespula maculata

beaked twig gall wasp 14 Disholcaspis plumbella

Dictyoptera simplicipes 15

Convergent Lady Beetle 16 Hippodamia convergens

Bordered Plant Bug 17 Largus californicus

Eight-spotted Skimmer 10 Libellula forensis

Flame Skimmer 1 Libellula saturata

Blue Dasher 18 Pachydiplax longipennis

Grappletail Octogomphus specularis

Pacific Spiketail 17 Cordulegaster dorsalis