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Name
Latin Name
Plant Photo
Characteristics
Notes
Ecosystem
Distincitves
Type
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Coastal Redwood
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Native
Coastal Redwood
Tall, red-colored bark
Native
2
Wolf’s milk slime
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Grows in groups on dead wood, especially large logs. Thought it may seem like one, this species isn't actually a mushroom or fungus. It belongs to a group called slime molds, or myxomycetes—a group of funguslike organisms that at one time were regarded as animals, then thought to be plants, then fungi. Now, because of DNA studies, slime molds are believed to be closer to the protozoa.
Coastal Redwood
Bright pink, goo like balls on fallen logs. Can turn an Olive brown with maturity
3
Coal Fungus / Cramp Balls
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As with other fungi the light spores are distributed globally and the fungi develop wherever conditions are suitable - it lives on dead and decaying wood, and is a common, widespread saprotroph (which means it “eats” by processing decaying organic matter.
All black fungus found usually on fallen trees.
4
Arctic Butterbur
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Native
Perennial
One large single leaf growing out of a single stem. Near water sources. Wooly fuzz on underside of leaf
Native, Perennial
5
Western Maidenhair Fern
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Perennial
Native
Beautiful black stems, fan-like pinnate leaves.
Perennial, Native
6
Sword Fern
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Coastal Redwood
Very similar to deer fern but leaves are connected to the stem via a very small stem - much more common in Henry cowbell in comparison to deer fern as well.
7
Licorice Fern
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Native
Perennial
Coastal Redwood
Very similar to other polypody ferns but grows from a single stem. May grow in patches, but all individuals. Leaves connected to stem like deer fern but deer fern looks more similar to the sword.
Native, Perennial
8
Broadleaf forget-me-not
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Coastal Redwood
Small purple flowers, long leaf with darker somewhat pronounced vein down middle.
9
Black Raspberry
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Edible
Native
Fruit-Bearing
Very similar to the California blackberry, this plant creates a delicious edible fruit
Coastal Redwood
Edible, Native, Fruit-Bearing
10
Douglas Fir
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When Douglas firs grow in dense forests, they self-prune their lower branches so the conical crown starts many stories above the ground. Trees growing in open habitats, especially younger trees, have branches much closer to the ground. After the sequoias, Douglasfir with it straight regular trunk is our largest tree and some can grow over 300 feet There are two varieties of this species, coast Douglas fir and Rocky Mountain Douglas fir. Coast Douglas firs are the faster-growing and larger of the two varieties
Coastal Redwood
Mixed Evergreen Forest
2 to 4 inch cones, narrow three pointed bracts between scales on cone.
11
Trooping Crumble Cap
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Edible but of low quality, this mushroom does not dissolve into black ink as do many other coprinoid mushrooms.
Coastal Redwood
Growing in small patches, small domed head with a great color.
12
Honey comb coral slime mold
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Slime mold found on decaying wood. Slime mold plasmodia creep about over the surfaces of materials, engulfing bacteria, spores of fungi and plants, protozoa, and particles of nonliving organic matter. slime molds form structures called plasmodia which are naked (i.e., without cell walls) masses of protoplasm which can move and engulf particles of food in an amoeboid manner
Coastal Redwood
whitish and translucent with a fuzzy appearance
13
California Spikenard
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Only Native plant in the ginseng family to California. Their thick tap roots extend straight down for many feet into ground water in order to stay moist during the region’s extremely dry summers and to stay put against raging flood waters. Some use their leaves to create a tea that aides those with chronic stress.
Large smooth looking oval leaves in tall shoots and groups growing near water.
14
Slender Oat
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Grass
Annual
Can grow up to 2-2.5 feed with bristly spiklets.
Grass, Annual
15
Narrow Leaved Clover
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Annual
Invasive
The tower like flower hardens into bristles as the plant dies, grows among grasses and is in the legume family.
Annual, Invasive
16
American Vetch
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Perennial
Native
Bears two light brown peas within a hairless flat pod, this is a climbing perennial forb.
Perennial, Native
17
California Broom
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During the summer, perennial species can drop their leaves to reduce transpirational water loss, as observed in the drought-deciduous California broom
Sandhills
Small stems of yellowish flowers carpeting direct sun sandhill areas.
18
Santa Cruz Mountain Manzanita
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Pretty and edible light yellow-green berries, and rich red-brown bark. It does not like summer water, growing in shallow or sandy soils where rainfall in summer is scarce (native to the Santa Cruz mountains and old sand dunes)
Sandhills
Reddish ghost looking fuzzy stems with green oval shaped leaves with red outlining and red vein.
19
Western Starflower
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Native
Coastal Redwood
Mixed Evergreen Forest
Small purple star-shaped flower groing out of single quad leaved plants close to ground.
Native
20
Cretan Brake ?
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Perennial
Invasive
Evergreen fern native to Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Coastal Redwood
Perennial, Invasive
21
Chamise
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Sandhills
Stick like branches with small small leaves pointing upwards. Small white tubular flowers when in bloom.
22
Coffeeberry
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Native
Sandhills
Red stems with longer green downturned (in the shape of a U) leaves. Dark blue or purple berries when in bloom.
Native
23
Smooth Cats Ear
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Annual
Unsure
Long large ribbed leaves growing along ground out of stem with very tel stem leading to dandelion looking flower.
Annual
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Sensitive Manzanita
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Native
Found by observation deck in Sandhills Henry Cowell.
Sandhills
Native
25
Manzanita (maybe brittle leaved)
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Found by observation deck in Sandhills Henry Cowell.
Sandhills
26
Seaside Daisy
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Native
Coastal Bluffs
Light purple many mini petals, 10-15 flowers a plant.
Native
27
Bluff Lettuce
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Also known as powdery live forever, this is an important hummingbird plant in its native areas.
Coastal Bluffs
Reddish and green succulent star plant near ground with rising stem of same color.
28
Seaside Buckwheat
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Native
Coastal Bluffs
Milky white small flowers with same color stem.
Native
29
Wall Barley
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Invasive
Coastal Bluffs
Invasive
30
French Broom
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Woody shrub and a legume, very invasive.
Throughout the County
Small yellow flowers growing throughout stem, can grow tall and in big patches.
31
Silver burr ragweed.
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Supports the ambrosia plume moth and also known as Beach bur.
Coastal Bluffs
Growing directly in sand, sprawling and covering large portions.
32
Pale Dewplant
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Coastal Bluffs
Small carpet of purple flowers over small succulent bed.
33
Redwood Violet
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Native
Coastal Redwood
Carpets the floor underneath redwoods in a similar manner to sorrel. Small circular leaves with small yellow flowers.
Native
34
California Milkwort
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Coastal Redwood
Small oval leaves, purple flowers, near to ground.
35
California Poppy
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Native
Throughout the County
Deep orange/golden petals.
Native
36
Giant Chain Fern
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Native
Coastal Redwood
Similar to lady fern but only 2x pinnate and larger individual leaflets spaced farther apart.
Native
37
Broad leaved helleborine
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Terrestrial species of orchid.
Coastal Redwood
Grows straight up, large leaves. Funny bushy leaf thing at top.
38
European Searocket
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Coastal Bluffs
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Yellow Bush lupine
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40
Bull thistle
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Coastal Bluffs
Similar in size to milk thistle but no white washed leaves.
41
Redwood inside out flower
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Coastal Redwood
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Fragrant Bedstraw
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Coastal Redwood
Very small growing close to the ground with perfectly 5 star shaped towered leaves
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Big leaf Periwinkle
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Invasive
Frequently used as ground cover in landscaping. Contains highly toxic alkaloids. Should not be eaten.
Coastal Redwood
Invasive
44
Hookers Fairybells
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Other names include “drops of Gold”
Coastal Redwood
Similar to the star false lily of valley but smaller and doesn’t grow in a single big stalk.
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Woodland Madia
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Coastal Redwood
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Milkmaid
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Annual
Native
One of the very first flowers to bloom in the early early spring, small four Petaled white flowers with two types of leaves (broader at base and skinnier near flower)
Coastal Redwood
Annual, Native
47
Herb Robert
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Invasive
Similar looking leaves to the mountain sweet cicily, but the plant is overall smaller with a Small 5 petaled vibrant purple flower.
Coastal Redwood
Invasive
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Black Oak
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Oak species, similar to the valley oak
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