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Black Oak

Oak species, similar to the valley oak

Herb Robert

Milkmaid

Woodland Madia

Tutsan

Small yellow flowers at tips when in bloom

Hookers Fairybells

Similar to the star false lily of valley but smaller and doesn’t grow in a single big stalk.

Big leaf Periwinkle

Fragrant Bedstraw

Very small growing close to the ground with perfectly 5 star shaped towered leaves

Stinging Nettle

Similar looking to lemon balm but much larger height and leaves

Redwood inside out flower

Bull thistle

Similar in size to milk thistle but no white washed leaves.

Yellow Bush lupine

European Searocket

Broad leaved helleborine

Grows straight up, large leaves. Funny bushy leaf thing at top.

Giant Chain Fern

Similar to lady fern but only 2x pinnate and larger individual leaflets spaced farther apart.

California Poppy

Deep orange/golden petals.

California Milkwort

Small oval leaves, purple flowers, near to ground.

Redwood Violet

Carpets the floor underneath redwoods in a similar manner to sorrel. Small circular leaves with small yellow flowers.

Woodland Strawberry

Three leaved plant, distinct triangle ridges.

Pale Dewplant

Small carpet of purple flowers over small succulent bed.

Shortpod or Black Mustard ?

Thin and long stems ending in small yellow flowers.

Silver burr ragweed.

Growing directly in sand, sprawling and covering large portions.

Sea Bindweed

Growing in the sand, light purple flowers with white streaks and dark green heart shaped flowers.

Common Yarrow

Small, almost fern like tiny leaves, growing low to ground.

French Broom

Small yellow flowers growing throughout stem, can grow tall and in big patches.

Wall Barley

Seaside Buckwheat

Milky white small flowers with same color stem.

Bluff Lettuce

Reddish and green succulent star plant near ground with rising stem of same color.

Seaside Daisy

Light purple many mini petals, 10-15 flowers a plant.

Poison Hemlock

Tall stems topped with small bunches of white flowers. Leaves almost look like a fern.

Scarlet Pimpernel

Very small 5 petaled orange flowers with yellow stamen, goes very low to ground. No more than 1 inch high.

Manzanita (maybe brittle leaved)

Sensitive Manzanita

Smooth Cats Ear

Long large ribbed leaves growing along ground out of stem with very tel stem leading to dandelion looking flower.

Coffeeberry

Red stems with longer green downturned (in the shape of a U) leaves. Dark blue or purple berries when in bloom.

California Yerba Santa

Leathery long leaves leading up to deep but small bell shaped purple flowers.

Chamise

Stick like branches with small small leaves pointing upwards. Small white tubular flowers when in bloom.

Chaparral Pea

Unique shaped pink flowers, tall stems of a pale/mint green with small leafs jutting our opposite each other.

California Wild Rose

Open faced flat 5-petal flowers (often pink) with characteristic rose leaves.

Blue Elderberry

Ends of this large shrub are covered with a puffy blast of small white flowers or blue elderberries dependent on the season.

Cretan Brake ?

California Goldenbush

When blooming, small yellow flowers at the end of each stalk, wide bush low to the ground.

Western Starflower

Small purple star-shaped flower groing out of single quad leaved plants close to ground.

Himalayan BlackBerry

Larger leaves than the California blackberry bush with a very thick stem at parts.

Golden Chinquapin

Spiny burrs growing on the end, longer oval shaped leaves that sometimes curl.

Ponderosa Pine

Pine tree with spread out cones.

Santa Cruz Mountain Manzanita

Reddish ghost looking fuzzy stems with green oval shaped leaves with red outlining and red vein.

California Broom

Small stems of yellowish flowers carpeting direct sun sandhill areas.

Yellow Yarrow

Large clump of very small yellow flowers with almost fuzzy looking center

Silverbush Lupine

Small (12inch) stems with small purple flowers jutting out of a mint-green/silver bush.

Sandhills Poppy

Singular four-petaled yellow flowers growing in the top high sun area of the sandhills.

Interior Live Oak

Leaves are slightly smaller than the coast live oak and the plant can look far more shrub-like, also found commonly in the sandhill areas of Henry Cowell.

Evergreen Huckleberry

Small little pinnate leaves the turn whitish and then purple at the very tips (new growth) Little blue berries when ripe. Little pink bell flowers before berries.

Pink Honeysuckle

Uppermost pairs of leaves are fused at the bases to surround the stem and are followed by the pink honeysuckle blossoms or red fruits.

Common Holly

Dark green very poky leaves (similar to the coast live oak but more pronounced spikes on leaves, darker green, and a bit bigger)

American Vetch

Narrow Leaved Clover

Orange-bush Monkey Flower

Orange flowers and underside of leaves are sticky to the touch.

Slender Oat

Pineapple Weed

Small little clusters of yellow like flower things that look like mini pineapples.

Big Quaking Grass

White little (flowers?) growth that look like a rattle on rattle snake, purple and darker on the top.

Velvet Grass

Topped with a large purple stem like flower with multiple purple folds.

California Spikenard

Large smooth looking oval leaves in tall shoots and groups growing near water.

Honey comb coral slime mold

whitish and translucent with a fuzzy appearance

Trooping Crumble Cap

Growing in small patches, small domed head with a great color.

Broad leaved Dock

Large oval shaped being single leaves pointed at the end. Low to the ground growth.

Douglas Fir

2 to 4 inch cones, narrow three pointed bracts between scales on cone.

Pacific Sanicle

Heavily veined the leaflet leaves

Black Raspberry

Red Baneberry

Bright red berries in the spring and summer, leaves are large and (maybe) pinnate with ridged edges. Small veins. Tall white stem of flowers before berries.

Broadleaf forget-me-not

Small purple flowers, long leaf with darker somewhat pronounced vein down middle.

Big Leaf Maple

Large maple leaves - paired wing helicopter twirly seeds.

California Bay Laurel

small round and green berry lightly spotted with purple and turning orange on maturity

Licorice Fern

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.

Sword Fern

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.

Tan Oak

Larger leaves than coastal live oak (but still poky sides)

Coast Live Oak

Smaller, sharp poky ridged leaves in comparison to the tan oak.

Western Maidenhair Fern

Beautiful black stems, fan-like pinnate leaves.

Arctic Butterbur

One large single leaf growing out of a single stem. Near water sources. Wooly fuzz on underside of leaf

Pacific Madrone

Smooth red, often peeling bark.

Coal Fungus / Cramp Balls

All black fungus found usually on fallen trees.

Hypnum Moss

Protruding about 1/2 inch from fallen log, looks feathery and soft

Three leaf Foamflower

Small white bell shaped flowers on towering stem, grows low to ground (often near water)

Mountain sweet cicely

Trifoliate (three leaflets) toothed or lobed leaves. Small white flower cluster when in bloom

Beaked Hazelnut

Round leaves with coarse toothed edges, 3-5 foot tall shrub

British Columbia Wild Ginger

Palm sized heart shaped leaves growing close to ground

Wolf’s milk slime

Bright pink, goo like balls on fallen logs. Can turn an Olive brown with maturity

Thimbleberry

5-pedaled white flowers, large leaves, slightly fuzzy stems

Lady Fern

Widest at middle, 2-3x pinnate

Italian Thistle

Spiky long stems, small spiky looking purple flowers in the spring and summer

Blessed Milk Thistle

Looks spiky, purple flowers and shiny pale green leaves with white veins. larger purple flower than italian thislte

Bracken Fern

Widest at base, 2-3x pinnate leaves.

False Solomon’s seal

Smooth deeper green alternate pinnate leaves. Often 2-3 large veins running down length of leaf.

California BlackBerry

Small dark thorns on the vines stem and red or black berries in spring and summer. Coarse toothed ridges on edges of leaves.

Coastal Redwood

Tall, red-colored bark

Deer Fern

Large single columns growing with leaves directly connected to stem.

Lemon Balm

Leaves very fuzzy to the touch, always growing opposite eachother. Small purple flowers when in bloom.

Redwood Sorrel

Three heart shaped leaves, connected at the center. Carpets heavily shaded redwood areas

Poison Oak

Leaves of three, rounded like a cloud around edges.

Pacific Trillium

Three large smooth leaves with small flower growing out of middle.

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