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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

Silver Lupine 1
Lupinus albifrons
Miniature Lupine 2
Lupinus bicolor
Sky lupine 3
Lupinus nanus
French broom 4
Genista monspessulana
Scotch Broom 5
Cytisus scoparius
Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea 6
Lathyrus latifolius
Pacific pea 4
Lathyrus vestitus
Rose Clover 7
Trifolium hirtum
subterranean clover 8
Trifolium subterraneum
tomcat clover 9
Trifolium willdenovii
Common Vetch 10
Vicia sativa
Spotted Medick 11
Medicago arabica
Bur Clover 12
Medicago polymorpha
chaparral pea 3
Pickeringia montana
California goldenbanner
Thermopsis californica
Thermopsis californica californica 13
false lupine
Thermopsis macrophylla
Spanish clover 14
Acmispon americanus
Spanish clover 15
Acmispon americanus americanus
Common Deerweed 14
Acmispon glaber
California Broom 16
Acmispon glaber glaber
California milkwort 17
Polygala californica
Red-flowering Currant 18
Ribes sanguineum
Ribes sanguineum glutinosum 19
chamise 3
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Cherry-plum 20
Prunus cerasifera
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
salmonberry
Rubus spectabilis
California Blackberry 21
Rubus ursinus
woodland strawberry 22
Fragaria vesca
Common Hawthorn 23
Crataegus monogyna
Toyon 3
Heteromeles arbutifolia
ocean spray 24
Holodiscus discolor
California wild rose 25
Rosa californica
Baldhip rose 26
Rosa gymnocarpa
Crevice Alumroot 27
Heuchera micrantha
woodland-star 28
Lithophragma affine
fringe cups 29
Tellima grandiflora
Buckbrush 3
Ceanothus cuneatus
Ceanothus foliosus 30
wavyleaf ceanothus
Ceanothus foliosus foliosus
musk brush 29
Ceanothus jepsonii
blueblossom
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
California Buckthorn 29
Frangula californica
Colorado Stonecrop 31
Sedum spathulifolium
Mt. Tamalpais manzanita
Arctostaphylos montana
Mount Tamalpais manzanita 32
Arctostaphylos montana montana
Marin manzanita 3
Arctostaphylos virgata
California Huckleberry 29
Vaccinium ovatum
Pacific Madrone 33
Arbutus menziesii
white-veined wintergreen 3
Pyrola picta
Henderson's shooting star 4
Dodecatheon hendersonii
purplespot gilia 34
Gilia clivorum
Marin County navarretia 35
Navarretia rosulata
skunkweed 15
Navarretia squarrosa
Leptosiphon androsaceus 36
slender phlox
Microsteris gracilis
Western Star Flower
Trientalis latifolia
Scarlet Pimpernel 37
Anagallis arvensis
Japanese Camellia 38
Camellia japonica
modesty 39
Whipplea modesta
Narrowleaf milkweed 3
Asclepias fascicularis
Greater Periwinkle 40
Vinca major
field madder 41
Sherardia arvensis
Cleavers 10
Galium aparine
California bedstraw 30
Galium californicum
graceful bedstraw 42
Galium porrigens
Slender Centaury 43
Centaurium tenuiflorum
pleated gentian 34
Gentiana affinis
Oregon gentian 15
Gentiana affinis ovata
wicker buckwheat 35
Eriogonum luteolum
tiburon buckwheat 44
Eriogonum luteolum caninum
naked buckwheat 3
Eriogonum nudum
Curly dock 14
Rumex crispus
mild water-pepper 45
Persicaria hydropiperoides
common chickweed 41
Stellaria media
Indian-pink 46
Silene laciniata
Indian pink 4
Silene laciniata californica
Douglas' stitchwort 15
Minuartia douglasii
red sand spurrey 47
Spergularia rubra
Redmaids 48
Calandrinia ciliata
gypsum springbeauty 17
Claytonia gypsophiloides
Miner's Lettuce 49
Claytonia perfoliata
Common Dandelion 50
Taraxacum officinale
Q-tips 51
Micropus californicus
tocalote 52
Centaurea melitensis
Yellow Starthistle 53
Centaurea solstitialis
smooth mule-ears 3
Wyethia glabra
cobwebby thistle 34
Cirsium occidentale
Bull Thistle 54
Cirsium vulgare
False Dandelion 55
Hypochaeris radicata
Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
common yarrow 56
Achillea millefolium
bigflower agoseris 57
Agoseris grandiflora
Agoseris grandiflora grandiflora
pearly everlasting 58
Anaphalis margaritacea
Mugwort 59
Artemisia douglasiana
Italian thistle 7
Carduus pycnocephalus
Rosilla 3
Helenium puberulum
yellowflower tarweed
Holocarpha virgata

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