| Wards Ferry Road Area |
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S - Shrub |
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B -
Blooming |
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(Last revised 5/27/08) |
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Number of Species: |
104 |
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T - Tree |
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P - Peak Bloom |
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* Non-native |
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V - Vine |
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F - Fading Bloom |
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Added this year |
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S - Seed/Fruit |
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Peak Bloom |
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Early |
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Mid |
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Late |
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Very Late |
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| FAMILY
NAME |
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YEAR 2007 |
2008 |
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Scientific Name |
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Common Name |
Color |
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3/25 |
5/27 |
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Comments |
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OBSERVATIONS: |
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40 |
49 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
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% of Species Blooming: |
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38% |
47% |
0% |
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0% |
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| ANACARDIACEAE
- SUMAC |
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V |
Toxicodendron diversilobum |
M |
Poison Oak |
White |
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| APIACEAE
- CARROT |
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Anthriscus caucalis |
M |
Burr Chervil |
White |
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B |
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Daucus pusillus |
M |
Wild Carrot |
White |
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B |
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Lomatium utriculatum |
E |
Common Hog Fennel |
Yellow |
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B |
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Sanicula bipinnatifida |
EM |
Purple Sanicle |
Yellow |
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| ASCLEPIADACEAE
- MILKWEED |
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Asclepias cordifolia |
M |
Purple Milkweed |
Purple |
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B |
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| ASTERACEAE
- SUNFLOWER |
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Agoseris heterophylla |
EM |
Mountain Dandelion |
Yellow |
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Anaphalis margaritacea |
ML |
Pearly Everlasting |
White |
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B |
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Blennosperma nanum |
E |
Common Blennosperma |
Yellow |
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Centaurea sulphurea |
ML |
Sicilian Star Thistle |
Yellow |
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B |
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Cirsium vulgare |
ML |
Bull Thistle |
Pink |
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B |
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Eriophyllum lanatum |
ML |
Woolly Sunflower |
Yellow |
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B |
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Lasthenia californica |
E |
California Goldfields |
Yellow |
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P |
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Madia elegans |
E |
Common Madia |
Yellow |
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B |
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Madia gracilis |
M |
Slender Tarweed |
Yellow |
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B |
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Senecio vulgaris |
M |
Groundsel |
Yellow |
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B |
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Taraxacum officinale |
E |
Dandelion |
Yellow |
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Uropappus lindleyi |
E |
Silver Puffs |
Yellow |
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Wyethia helenioides |
EM |
Gray Mule Ears |
Yellow |
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B |
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| BORAGINACEAE
- BORAGE |
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Amsinckia menziesii |
E |
Fiddleneck |
Yellow |
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B |
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Cryptantha intermedia |
E |
Cryptantha |
White |
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B |
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Plagiobothrys nothofulvus |
E |
Popcorn Flower |
White |
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B |
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| BRASSICACEAE
- MUSTARD |
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Brassica rapa |
EM |
Field Mustard |
Yellow |
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B |
B |
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Capsella bursa-pastoris |
E |
Shepherd's Purse |
White |
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Erysimum capitatum |
M |
Western Wallflower |
Yellow |
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Streptanthus tortuosus |
EM |
Mountain Jewel Plant |
Purple |
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B |
B |
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Thysanocarpus curvipes |
E |
Lace Pod |
White |
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P |
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Thysanocarpus radians |
EM |
Spoke Pod |
White |
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| CARYOPHYLLACEAE
- PINK |
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Silene gallica |
M |
Common Catchfly |
White |
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Stellaria media |
E |
Chickweed |
White |
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| CRASSULACEAE
- STONECROP |
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Dudleya cymosa |
E |
Live Forever |
Red |
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B |
S |
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| ERICACEAE
- HEATH |
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S |
Arctostyphylos viscida |
E |
Whiteleaf Manzanita |
White |
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S |
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S |
Arctostyphylos patula |
E |
Greenleaf Manzanita |
White |
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S |
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| FABACEAE
- LEGUME |
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Cercis occidentalis |
EM |
Redbud |
Pink |
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B |
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S |
Genista monspessulana |
M |
French Broom |
Yellow |
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Lathyrus sulphureus |
M |
Sulphur Pea |
White |
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Lotus micranthus |
M |
Miniature Lotus |
Yellow |
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B |
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Lotus strigosus |
EM |
Bishop's Lotus |
Yellow |
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F |
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Lupinus benthamii |
EM |
Spider Lupine |
Blue |
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B |
F |
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Lupinus bicolor |
E |
Miniature Lupine |
Blue |
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B |
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Lupinus densiflorus |
EM |
Whitewhorl Lupine |
White |
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B |
F |
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Lupinus polyphyllus |
M |
Large Leaved Lupine |
Blue |
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* |
Medicago polymorpha |
E |
Bur Clover |
Yellow |
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B |
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Spartium junceum |
M |
Spanish Broom |
Yellow |
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* |
Trifolium hirtum |
M |
Rose Clover |
Pink |
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B |
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Trifolium longipes |
M |
Mountain Clover |
Purple |
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Trifolium pratense |
M |
Red Clover |
Pink |
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Trifolium wildenovii |
M |
Tomcat Clover |
Purple |
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F |
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* |
Vicia sativa |
EM |
Spring Vetch |
Purple |
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B |
F |
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* |
Vicia villosa |
EM |
Winter Vetch |
Purple |
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B |
F |
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| GERANIACEAE
- GERANIUM |
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* |
Erodium botrys |
EM |
Long Beaked Stork's Bill |
Purple |
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B |
B |
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* |
Erodium cicutarium |
EM |
Redstem Filaree |
Pink |
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B |
B |
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* |
Geranium molle |
EM |
Woodland Geranium |
Purple |
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B |
B |
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| HIPPOCASTANACEAE
- BUCKEYE |
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T |
Aesculus californica |
M |
California Buckeye |
White |
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F |
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| HYDROPHYLLACEAE
- WATERLEAF |
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S |
Eriodictyon californicum |
M |
California Yerba Santa |
Blue |
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B |
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Nemophila heterophylla |
E |
White Nemophila |
White |
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B |
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Phacelia cicutaria |
E |
Caterpillar Phacelia |
White |
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B |
S |
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Phacelia imbricata |
E |
Imbricate Phacelia |
White |
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Phacelia ramosissima |
E |
Branching Phacelia |
White |
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Pholistoma auritum |
E |
Blue Fiesta Flower |
Blue |
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B |
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| HYPERICACEAE
- ST. JOHN'S WORT |
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Hypericum perforatum |
M |
Klamath Weed |
Yellow |
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| IRIDACEAE
(M) - IRIS |
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Sisyrinchium bellum |
EM |
Blue Eyed Grass |
Blue |
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| LAMIACEAE
- MINT |
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Lamium amplexicaule |
E |
Common Henbit |
Purple |
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B |
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| LILIACEAE
(M) - LILY |
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Brodiaea elegans |
M |
Harvest Brodiaea |
Purple |
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B |
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Calochortus albus |
M |
Globe Lilly |
White |
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Calochortus venustus |
M |
Square Mariposa Lily |
White |
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B |
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Dichelostemma capitatum |
E |
Blue Dicks |
Blue |
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P |
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Dichelostemma volubile |
EM |
Snake Lilly |
Pink |
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Triteleia ixoides |
M |
Golden Triteleia |
Yellow |
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Triteleia laxa |
EM |
Ithuriel's Spear |
Blue |
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| LOASACEAE - LOASA |
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Mentzelia lindleyi |
ML |
Lindley's Blazing Star |
Yellow |
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P |
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| ONAGRACEAE
- EVENING PRIMROSE |
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Clarkia biloba |
ML |
Bilobed Clarkia |
Pink |
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B |
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Clarkia purpurea |
ML |
Winecup Clarkia |
Purple |
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B |
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Clarkia unguiculata |
ML |
Elegant Clarkia |
Pink |
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B |
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| PAPAVERACEAE
- POPPY |
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Eschscholzia caespitosa |
EM |
Foothill Poppy |
Orange |
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P |
B |
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Eschscholzia californica |
ML |
California Poppy |
Orange |
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B |
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| PLANTAGINACEAE
- PLANTAIN |
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Plantago erecta |
E |
Dwarf plantain |
White |
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P |
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| POLEMONIACEAE
- PHLOX |
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Allophyllum divaricatum |
M |
Straggling Gilia |
Purple |
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P |
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Gilia achilliefolia |
M |
California Gilia |
Blue |
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Gilia capitata |
M |
Blue Field Gilia |
Blue |
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F |
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Linanthus ciliatus |
M |
Whisker Brush |
Blue |
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| POLYGONACEAE
- BUCKWHEAT |
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Chorizanthe membranaceae |
M |
Pink Spineflower |
Pink |
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B |
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| PORTULACACEAE
- PURSLANE |
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Calandrinia ciliata |
E |
Red Maids |
Pink |
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P |
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Claytonia parviflora |
E |
Large Flowered Miner's Lettuce |
White |
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B |
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Claytonia perfoliata |
E |
Miner's Lettuce |
White |
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B |
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Dodecatheon hendersonii |
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Henderson's Shooting Star |
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| RANUNCULACEAE
- BUTTERCUP |
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Delphinium hesperium |
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Western Larkspur |
Purple |
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Ranunculus californicus |
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California Buttercup |
Yellow |
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Ranunculus occidentalis |
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Western Buttercup |
Yellow |
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| RHAMNACEAE
- BUCKTHORN |
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Ceanothus cuneatus |
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Buck Brush |
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Ceanothus intergerrimus |
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Deer Brush |
White |
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| RUBIACEAE
- MADDER |
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Galium aparine |
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Bedstraw |
White |
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Galium porrigens |
EM |
Climbing Bedstraw |
White |
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| SAXIFRAGACEAE
- SAXIFRAGE |
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Lithophragma heterophyllum |
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Hill Star |
White |
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Saxifraga californica |
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California Saxifrage |
White |
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| SCROPHULARIACEAE
- FIGWORT |
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Castilleja exserta |
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Purple Owl's Clover |
Purple |
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Castilleja lineariloba |
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Pallid Owl's Clover |
Yellow |
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Collinsia heterophylla |
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Chinese Houses |
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