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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

brittle bladderfern 1
Cystopteris fragilis
California shield fern 2
Polystichum californicum
Western Swordfern 3
Polystichum munitum
coastal woodfern 4
Dryopteris arguta
Giant Chain Fern 5
Woodwardia fimbriata
five-fingered fern 6
Adiantum aleuticum
California Maidenhair Fern 7
Adiantum jordanii
Goldback Fern 8
Pentagramma triangularis
coffee fern 9
Pellaea andromedifolia
bird's foot cliffbrake 10
Pellaea mucronata
California lacefern 11
Aspidotis californica
serpentine fern 12
Aspidotis densa
Coastal Lip Fern 11
Cheilanthes intertexta
California Polypody 13
Polypodium californicum
Licorice Fern 6
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Bracken 14
Pteridium aquilinum
Sargent's cypress
Hesperocyparis sargentii
Coast Redwood 15
Sequoia sempervirens
Sargent's cypress
Cupressus sargentii
California Nutmeg 16
Torreya californica
Monterey Pine 17
Pinus radiata
Common Douglas-Fir 18
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Coast Douglas-Fir 19
Pseudotsuga menziesii menziesii
Wallace's spikemoss
Selaginella wallacei
Silver Lupine 20
Lupinus albifrons
Miniature Lupine 21
Lupinus bicolor
Sky lupine 9
Lupinus nanus
French broom 22
Genista monspessulana
Scotch Broom 23
Cytisus scoparius
Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea 24
Lathyrus latifolius
Pacific pea 22
Lathyrus vestitus
Rose Clover 25
Trifolium hirtum
subterranean clover 26
Trifolium subterraneum
tomcat clover 27
Trifolium willdenovii
Common Vetch 28
Vicia sativa
Spotted Medick 29
Medicago arabica
Bur Clover 30
Medicago polymorpha
chaparral pea 9
Pickeringia montana
California goldenbanner
Thermopsis californica
Thermopsis californica californica 31
false lupine
Thermopsis macrophylla
Spanish clover 32
Acmispon americanus
Spanish clover 33
Acmispon americanus americanus
Common Deerweed 32
Acmispon glaber
California Broom 34
Acmispon glaber glaber
California milkwort 35
Polygala californica
Red-flowering Currant 36
Ribes sanguineum
Ribes sanguineum glutinosum 37
chamise 9
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Cherry-plum 38
Prunus cerasifera
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
salmonberry
Rubus spectabilis
California Blackberry 39
Rubus ursinus
woodland strawberry 40
Fragaria vesca
Common Hawthorn 41
Crataegus monogyna
Toyon 9
Heteromeles arbutifolia
ocean spray 42
Holodiscus discolor
California wild rose 43
Rosa californica
Baldhip rose 44
Rosa gymnocarpa
Crevice Alumroot 45
Heuchera micrantha
woodland-star 46
Lithophragma affine
fringe cups 3
Tellima grandiflora
Buckbrush 9
Ceanothus cuneatus
Ceanothus foliosus 47
wavyleaf ceanothus
Ceanothus foliosus foliosus
musk brush 3
Ceanothus jepsonii
blueblossom
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
California Buckthorn 3
Frangula californica
Colorado Stonecrop 48
Sedum spathulifolium
Mt. Tamalpais manzanita
Arctostaphylos montana
Mount Tamalpais manzanita 49
Arctostaphylos montana montana
Marin manzanita 9
Arctostaphylos virgata
California Huckleberry 3
Vaccinium ovatum
Pacific Madrone 50
Arbutus menziesii
white-veined wintergreen 9
Pyrola picta
Henderson's shooting star 22
Dodecatheon hendersonii
purplespot gilia 51
Gilia clivorum
Marin County navarretia 11
Navarretia rosulata
skunkweed 33
Navarretia squarrosa
Leptosiphon androsaceus 52
slender phlox
Microsteris gracilis
Western Star Flower
Trientalis latifolia
Scarlet Pimpernel 53
Anagallis arvensis
Japanese Camellia 54
Camellia japonica
modesty 55
Whipplea modesta
Narrowleaf milkweed 9
Asclepias fascicularis
Greater Periwinkle 56
Vinca major
field madder 57
Sherardia arvensis
Cleavers 28
Galium aparine
California bedstraw 47
Galium californicum
graceful bedstraw 58
Galium porrigens
Slender Centaury 59
Centaurium tenuiflorum
pleated gentian 51
Gentiana affinis
Oregon gentian 33
Gentiana affinis ovata
wicker buckwheat 11
Eriogonum luteolum
tiburon buckwheat 60
Eriogonum luteolum caninum
naked buckwheat 9
Eriogonum nudum
Curly dock 32
Rumex crispus
mild water-pepper 61
Persicaria hydropiperoides
common chickweed 57
Stellaria media

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