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This is a work in progress. Comments, additions, suggestions, please contact Susan Schwartz, Friends of Five Creeks, [PHONE REDACTED], [EMAIL REDACTED] Names are per Jepson second edition. This list builds on work by LSA Associates and Professor Rudi Schmid of UC Berkeley; we are grateful for their generosity and expertise A slide show of some of the flowering plants is at ANNUALS Common Name Claytonia perfoliata miners lettuce Epilobium brachycarpum fireweed, willow herb Erigeron (Conyza) canadensis Canadian horseweed Galium aparine common bedstraw Galium porrigens v porrigens bedstraw Lupinus bicolor var. idem miniature lupine, dove lupine Lupinus succulentus hollowleaf annual lupine, succulent lupine, arroyo lupine Navarretia squarrosa skunkweed Urtica urens dwarf nettle FERNS, HORSETAILS Athyrium filix-femina Lady fern Dryopteris arguta wood fern Equisetum arvense horsetail Pentagramma triangularis gold-back fern Polypodium caliriza licorice fern Polystichum munitum sword fern Pteridium aquilinum v pubescens bracken fern GRASS, RUSH, SEDGE Agrostis pallens bentgrass Bromus carinatus, California brome Carex densa sedge Carex sp. sedge Cyperus eragrostis tall flatsedge (note: annual, small, is a weed this one is good) Danthonia californica California oatgrass Distichlis spicata inland salt grass Elymus glaucus blue wildrye Elymus multisetus (=Sitanion jubatum) big squirrel tail Elymus triticoides creeping wild rye Festuca rubra red fescue Juncus sp., probably patens gray rush, common rush Juncus xiphioides iris-leaved rush Koeleria micrantha junegrass Melica californica California melic, oniongrass Melica torreyana oniongrass, Nasella (Stipa) lepida foothill needlegrass Nasella (Stipa) pulchra purple needlegrass Genus and Species California Native Plants of the El Cerrito Hillside Natural Area DRAFT ---PAGE BREAK--- OTHER MONOCOTS Calochortus umbellatus Oakland star tulip Chlorogalum pomeridianum soaproot Dichelostemma capitatum blue dicks Iris douglasiana wild iris Maianthemium stellatum (Smilacena stellata) star-flowered Solomon's seal Sisyrinchium bellum blue-eyed grass Toxicoscordion (Zigadenus) fromontii death camas Triteleia laxa Ithuriel's spear PERENNIAL Acaena pinnatifida var. Californica California sheep-burr Achillea millefolium yarrow Artemisia douglasiana mugwort Calandrinia ciliata red maids Clinopodium (Satureja) douglasii yerba buena Corallorhiza maculata fma. immaculata summer coral root Crassula connata sand weed Drymocallis (Potentilla) glandulosa sticky cinquefoil Eriogonum, maybe nudum wild buckwheat californica California poppy Eurybia radulina roughleaf aster Frageria vesca wood strawberry Gamochaeta ustulata (Gnaphalium purpureum) purple cudweed Grindelia hirsutula hairy gum plant Heracleum maximum (lacianatum), cow parsnip Monardella villosa coyote mint Perideridia kelloggii yampah Plantago erecta foothill plantain Pseudognaphalium beneolens pearly everlasting Ranunculus californicus California buttercup Sanicula bipinnatifida, purple sanicle Sanicula crassicaulis snakeroot, Pacific sanicle Scrophularia californica bee plant Sidalcea malvaflora dwarf checkerbloom Solidago sp. goldenrod Stachys rigida (ajugoides) hedge-nettle, wood mint (Aster) chilensis Pacific aster, Chilean aster Taraxia (Camissonia) ovata sun cup Trifolium spp. clover Urtica dioica stinging nettle Viola pedunculata Johnny jump-Up Wyethia angustifolia narrow-leaved sunflower ---PAGE BREAK--- SHRUB, SUB-SHRUB Artemisia california California sage Baccharis pilularis coyote bush, coyote brush Ceanothus gloriosus v. exaltatus Pt. Reyes ceanothus Ceanothus California lilac Corylus cornuta wild hazelnut Epilobium (Zauschneria) canum zauschneria, California fuchsia Frangula (Rhamnus) californica California coffeeberry Fremontodendron californicum Fremontia Heteromeles arbutifolia toyon Holodiscus discolor ocean spray Lupinus albifrons silver lupine Lupinus arboreus yellow bush lupine Mimulus aurantiacus sticky monkeyflower, golden monkeyflower Physocarpos capitatus ninebark Ribes californicum hillside or California gooseberry Ribes menziesii canyon gooseberry Rose spithamea ground rose Solanum americanum? furcatum? Both? Solanum umbelliferum blue witch albus snowberry mollis creeping snowberry TREE Aesculus californica buckeye Pinus coulteri Coulter pine Pinus radiata var idem Monterey pine Quercus agrifolia coast live oak Salix lasiolepis arroyo willow Salix lasiandra Pacific willow Sambucus nigra ssp. Caerulea (mexicana, glauca) blue elderberry Sequoia sempervirens coast redwood Umbellularia californica California bay VINES OR SPRAWLERS Calystegia purpurata (Convulvulus occidentalis var. purpurata) morning glory Lathyrus vestitus peavine Lonicera hispidula honeysuckle Marah fabaceus manroot Rubus ursinus (vitifolius) California blackberry Toxicodendron diversilobum poison oak Vicia americana v. americana American vetch Vicia gigantea giant vetch