Journal Entries
- Detailed Species Accounts can be found at the links below:
2/28: Sonoma State University (Incidental Sighting)
(2:30 p.m.) While leading Sonoma Mountain Connection students on an activity on campus, we stopped behind the Art Building to look for salamanders under some logs beside the bike path. We found a number of Slender Salamander.
3/4: Ellis Creek
Vertebrate Biology field trip to expose students to some of the basics of birding, and get experience identifying some common local bird species.
3/11: Sonoma State University
Vertebrate Biology “field trip” on campus, to practice our birding skills. We had a surprisingly successful day, seeing and hearing lots of birds, and also finding a turtle shell (a slider, I think), by one of the lakes.
3/26: Laguna de Santa Rosa main channel
I took a short afternoon walk to test out my new camera. I heard a few birds I wasn’t able to identify, so I think I’ll go back out tomorrow and see if I can locate them again.
3/28: Sears Point Trail
Restoration Ecology field trip to view the various phases of salt marsh restoration, hosted by Sonoma Land Trust.
3/30: Sonoma State University (Incidental Sighting)
(2:15 p.m.) Took a walk on campus with my Restoration Ecology class. Heard a California Towhee, and found a skeletal Columbian Black-tailed Deer carcass in the creek, near the driving bridge.
4/1: Fairfield Osborn Preserve
Vertebrate Biology field trip, to check coverboards and explore the creek with Julie Wittmann. We saw LOADS of great stuff today. I didn’t see a lot of birds, but I was able to ID several by sound.
4/7: Cotati (Incidental Sighting)
(10:30 a.m.) When I left home in the morning, I found this Striped Skunk in the landscaped area right next to where I park my car. It was clearly in distress, and fortunately, I had a bit of time before I needed to be on campus, so I covered it up with a large cardboard box, and then placed a towel over that (so the skunk could have a less stimulating/stressful environment, and also be safe from any of my neighbors who might come by and thing to try and harm it). Then I called Sonoma Wildlife Rescue. They were able to send someone out to retrieve the skunk, but sadly, they weren’t able to save it. Our hypothesis is that it had been poisoned by something in the area – maybe chemicals that had been put out to kill rats. Very sad. Hopefully, though, I was at least able to give this little friend a slightly less stressful, and more gentle passing. 🙁
4/11: Sonoma State University
(9:00 a.m.). I did some macroinvertebrate sampling in Copeland Creek with my Restoration Ecology class. Specimens included a Gerridae water strider, and some sort of juvenile crayfish. I also saw a Canada Goose, possibly on the nest, next to the Art Building.
4/15: Safari West
The annual Vertebrate Biology trip to Safari West, and it was fantastic, as always. In addition to the collection animals, I saw a respectable amount of wildlife, as well.
4/18: Laguna de Santa Rosa Headquarters
This was the first leg of a field trip with Restoration Ecology, to view restoration sites in the Laguna, hosted by Brent Reed. We started at the foundation headquarters, and later walked on the Laguna de Santa Rosa trail.
4/18: Laguna de Santa Rosa Trail– including Kelly Pond and Laguna Wetlands Preserve
The second leg of our tour of restoration sites with my Restoration Ecology class. We started at the public parking lot, walked through the meadow (past our restoration site from 2016), along the creek, past the vernal pool habitat, and ended up at Kelly Pond, where we sat to eat lunch before cutting back through the grasslands.
4/25: Sonoma State University
While Restoration Ecology students were doing vegetation monitoring along the creek, I was able to make some wildlife observations. Most of the birds were identified with the help of the Merlin app.
4/29: Sonoma State Lot A (Incidental Sighting)
(12:00 p.m.) While going to my car after class, parked in the charging space closest to the Student Center, I spied an adorable little Johnson’s Jumping Spider on the blacktop. Then it ran under my car, but I was very careful to make sure it wasn’t in danger of being squooshed when I backed out of the space.
5/2: Marin Salmonid Sites
We visited four sites today on a Restoration Ecology field trip where Sarah Phillips introduced us to three of her salmonid restoration sites. We started out at a site along Lagunitas Creek near Taylor Park Road, then made a very brief stop at the Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area. Then onto two sites along San Geronimo Creek (one in Lagunitas, and the other at Roy’s Riffles). It was a great day, and I was able to see and hear a lot of birds. The Merlin app is really helping me learn the local bird songs.
5/6: Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory-Palomarin
Vertebrate Biology field trip to the Palomarin Bird Banding Station. Up on the mountain, it was foggy and just a little bit drizzly, but not too cold. Still, not great weather for seeing birds. Even though I didn’t see many, I heard a whole lot of birds, and was able to get some decent audio recordings, as well. The mist net demonstration was almost a bust . . . the first group didn’t see any birds. But right at the end of the second demonstration, a Wilson’s Warbler founds its way into a net, and we were able to get perfect looks at this gorgeous, gorgeous bird.
5/6: Point Reyes – Bear Valley/Morgan Trail
After we were finished at the Palomarin Banding Station, a small group of us decided to stop at Point Reyes on the way home, ostensibly to forage for mushrooms. It turned out that the mushroom situation wasn’t amazing, but the birds sure were. We hiked about 2 km altogether, up the Morgan Trail and back again. We also saw a bunch of fantastic plants and some great mammal sightings.
5/12: Driving to Zzyzx, and first evening at the Desert Studies Center
Many of these animals were seen while driving from Rohnert Park to Zzyzx, California, for a Vertebrate Biology field trip to the Desert Studies Center. After a long day on the road, we arrived at the Desert Studies Center, where everything looked pretty much the same as I remembered it from 2011. This is a good place, and we made some great sightings during our first few hours on site.
On our first full day in the desert, I went on a solo morning walk, and then took my class to visit the Bajada habitat, as well as a wash up in the hills. In the evening, we did some night driving which wasn’t too productive, but did yield one very nice snake.
Our first stop for the day was the Kelso Dunes, an active sand dune habitat where we would be looking for different species than we’d seen in the Bajada.
Our next stop was the Mid-Hills Campground in the Mojave National Preserve, where we explored a higher-elevation pinyon pine and juniper forest.
5/14: Night Driving on Kelbaker Road
Our second night drive of the trip. We didn’t see a great diversity of animals, but the ones we saw were amazing.
5/15: Desert Studies Center Pitfall Traps
There is an extensive network of pitfall traps at the Zzyzx site, which were deployed on the 14th. First thing in the morning on the 15th, we went to see if any critters wandered into the traps.
5/15: Desert Tortoise Sanctuary, California City
On the way home from Zzyzx, we decided to make a stop part of the way home, to see if we could find some desert tortoises at the sanctuary in California City. No tortoises were found, but we did see a gorgeous Horned Lizard.
5/19: Jaded Toad, Cotati (Incidental Sighting)
While having dinner at the Jaded Toad during a CFA end-of-semester celebration, I spotted a Dark-eyed Junco and a Nuttall’s Woodpecker in a tree on the other side of the wall from the restaurant’s patio. The woodpecker in particular seemed completely oblivious to our presence.
Rather than giving my Vertebrate Biology students a final exam, I decided to assess their skills by having them participate in a BioBlitz on the SSU campus. For 90 minutes, we split up into teams and identified as many species as possible.
5/23: Sonoma State (Incidental Sighting)
Picked up some songs on Merlin: Lesser Goldfinch and American Crow
I had the good fortune to spend a few days at the Bodega Marine Laboratory for a workshop (for The Virtual Field project). I’d not been to the marine lab before, and I was looking forward to seeing the facility, but to be honest I was most excited about the promise of seeing the wildlife on site.
6/2: Tidepooling at Campbell Cove
While staying at the Bodega Marine Laboratory for a workshop, and knowing that low tide would happen around 8 in the morning, a group of us decided to wake up early enough to do some tidepooling before breakfast. Well worth the effort. Campbell Cove was just a couple minutes’ drive from the dorms, and we arrived just after 6:30 to find a large expanse of beach exposed, along with the rocks that form the jetty.
This was the full day of our Virtual Field workshop so I was in the classroom for big chunks of the day, but I did have plenty of opportunities (on breaks and during lunch) to wander around outside and take photos of the amazing wildlife and plant community.
6/3: Tidepooling at Campbell Cove
On our second visit, the tide wasn’t quite as far out (we arrived about two hours before the minimum), so we had to scramble over rocks a bit more (since the waves were coming higher on the beach). At some point, I gave up trying to stay out of the water entirely, and my shoes ended up soaking wet, but it was fine (I’d mostly expected this would happen when I left in the morning).
Our last day at the Bodega Marine Lab, we had only a single workshop session in the morning, and then would be heading home. A thick fog had rolled in while we were tidepooling, which made the landscape eerie and beautiful, especially along the BML road, which is a great place to drive slowly and look for wildlife.
7/30: Rohnert Park (Incidental Sighting)
(4:30 p.m.) While we were waiting for some work to be done on our car, we took a little walk on Commerce Ave. Spotted two interesting invertebrates in an empty field: a Common Checkered-skipper, and a Tarantula-hawk Wasp.
8/21: Fairfield Osborn Preserve
I taught the herpetology session for the Community Naturalist Program this year. While we didn’t see any animals on our hike, I did take some photographs of plants and fungi. Species seen include California Bay (including at least one tree infected with Sudden Oak Death), Great Horsetail, Coast Live Oak, Coast Redwood, Himalayan Blackberry, and a Lupine (possibly Summer). Also heard a Nuttall’s Woodpecker.
8/27: Cotati (Incidental Sighting)
(1:30 p.m.) Arrived home to find this adorable little Sierran Tree Frog hanging out on our front door.
December: Cotati (Incidental Sighting)
Nearly every day this month, I’ve heard at least two Great Horned Owls calling in my neighborhood in the evenings, and sometimes well into the middle of the night. It always makes me happy to know they are out there, even if I am not able to see them.
List of Species Seen
- For detailed Species Accounts:
Birds
| White-throated Swift | Aeronautes saxatalis |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa |
| Black-throated Sparrow | Amphispiza bilineata |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| California Scrub-Jay | Aphelocoma californica |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria |
| Oak Titmouse | Baeolophus inornatus |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus |
| California Quail | Callipepla californica |
| Anna’s Hummingbird | Calypte anna |
| Wilson’s Warbler | Cardellina pusilla |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus |
| Swainson’s Thrush | Catharus ustulatus |
| Pigeon Guillemot | Cepphus columba |
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana |
| Vaux’s Swift | Chaetura vauxi |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax |
| Steller’s Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor |
| Nuttall’s Woodpecker | Dryobates nuttallii |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis |
| Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri |
| Gray Flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris |
| Brewer’s Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus |
| American Coot | Fulica americana |
| Greater Roadrunner | Geococcyx californianus |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| Black Oystercatcher | Haematopus bachmani |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus |
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| Bullock’s Oriole | Icterus bullockii |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus |
| California Gull | Larus californicus |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis |
| Western Gull | Larus occidentalis |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera |
| Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus |
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
| California Towhee | Melozone crissalis |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata |
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
| Phainopepla | Phainopepla nitens |
| Common Poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus |
| Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Poecile rufescens |
| Bushtit | Psaltriparus minimus |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa |
| Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans |
| Say’s Phoebe | Sayornis saya |
| Allen’s Hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia |
| Western Bluebird | Sialia mexicana |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata |
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus |
| Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria |
| American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina |
| Bewick’s Wren | Thryomanes bewickii |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| Pacific Wren | Troglodytes pacificus |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis |
| Pelagic Cormorant | Urile pelagicus |
| Brandt’s Cormorant | Urile penicillatus |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus |
| Hutton’s Vireo | Vireo huttoni |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys |
Amphibians and Reptiles
| Western Pond Turtle | Actinemys marmorata |
| American Bullfrog | Lithobates catesbeianus |
| Western Whiptail | Aspidoscelis tigris |
| California Slender Salamander | Batrachoseps attenuatus |
| Zebra-tailed Lizard | Callisaurus draconoides |
| Northern Pacific Rattlesnake | Crotalus oreganus oreganus |
| Mojave Rattlesnake | Crotalus scutulatus |
| California Giant Salamander | Dicamptodon ensatus |
| Desert Iguana | Dipsosaurus dorsalis |
| Long-nosed Leopard Lizard | Gambelia wislizenii |
| Mojave Desert Tortoise | Gopherus agassizii |
| Desert Nightsnake | Hypsiglena chlorophaea |
| Desert Striped Whipsnake | Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus |
| Desert Horned Lizard | Phrynosoma platyrhinos |
| Western Leaf-nosed Snake | Phyllorhynchus decurtatus |
| Western Skink | Plestiodon skiltonianus |
| Baja California Tree Frog | Pseudacris hypochondriaca |
| Sierran Tree Frog | Pseudacris sierra |
| Foothill Yellow-legged Frog | Rana boylii |
| Western Fence Lizard | Sceloporus occidentalis |
| Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard | Sceloporus uniformis |
| Rough-skinned Newt | Taricha granulosa |
| Coast Garter Snake | Thamnophis elegans terrestris |
| Red-eared Slider | Trachemys scripta elegans |
| Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard | Uma scoparia |
| Long-tailed Brush Lizard | Urosaurus graciosus |
| Western Side-blotched Lizard | Uta stansburiana elegans |
Mammals
| White-tailed Antelope Squirrel | Ammospermophilus leucurus |
| Pocket Mouse | Chaetodipus sp. |
| Kangaroo Rat | Dipodomys sp. |
| Black-tailed Jackrabbit | Lepus californicus |
| Striped Skunk | Mephitis mephitis |
| California Vole | Microtus californicus |
| Sonoma Chipmunk | Neotamias sonomae |
| Columbian Black-tailed Deer | Odocoileus hemionus columbianus |
| Douglas’ Ground Squirrel | Otospermophilus beecheyi douglasii |
| Desert Bighorn Sheep | Ovis canadensis nelsoni |
| Pacific Harbor Seal | Phoca vitulina richardii |
| Common Raccoon | Procyon lotor |
| Western Gray Squirrel | Sciurus griseus |
| Desert Cottontail | Sylvilagus audubonii |
| Brush Rabbit | Sylvilagus bachmani |
| American Badger | Taxidea taxus |
| Evening Bats | Vespertilionidae |
| Kit Fox | Vulpes macrotis |
Invertebrates
| Ostrich-plume Hydroid | Aglaophenia latirostris |
| Clam Worm | Alitta succinea |
| Moonglow Anemone | Anthopleura artemisia |
| Aggregating Anemone | Anthopleura elegantissima |
| Sunburst Anemone | Anthopleura sola |
| Giant Green Anemone | Anthopleura xanthogrammica |
| California Seahare | Aplysia californica |
| Button’s Banana Slug | Ariolimax buttoni |
| Common Pill Woodlouse | Armadillidium vulgare |
| Blue Death Feigning Beetle | Asbolus verrucosus |
| Northern Hemisphere Crayfishes | Astacoidea |
| Greater Moon Jelly | Aurelia labiata |
| Pacific Acorn Barnacle | Balanus glandula |
| Pipevine Swallowtail | Battus philenor |
| American Sand Wasp | Bembix americana |
| Spiny Mole Crab | Blepharipoda occidentalis |
| Black-tailed Bumble Bee | Bombus melanopygus |
| Yellow-faced Bumble Bee | Bombus vosnesenskii |
| Common Checkered-Skipper | Burnsius communis |
| Bronze Beetle | Chrysolina bankii |
| Cream Grasshopper | Cibolacris parviceps |
| Nuttall’s Cockle | Clinocardium nuttallii |
| Seven-spotted Lady Beetle | Coccinella septempunctata |
| Desert Stink Beetles | Eleodes |
| Blue Dock Beetle | Gastrophysa cyanea |
| Desert Hairy Scorpion | Hadrurus arizonensis |
| Convergent Lady Beetle | Hippodamia convergens |
| Spaghetti Worms | Lanice |
| Fingered Limpet | Lottia digitalis |
| Shield Limpet | Lottia pelta |
| Rough Limpet | Lottia scabra |
| Desert Recluse | Loxosceles deserta |
| Dungeness Crab | Metacarcinus magister |
| Mossy Chiton | Mopalia muscosa |
| California Mussel | Mytilus californianus |
| Decorator Worm | Neosabellaria cementarium |
| Bay Ghost Shrimp | Neotrypaea californiensis |
| Striped Dogwinkle | Nucella ostrina |
| Purple Clam | Nuttallia nuttallii |
| Striped Shore Crab | Pachygrapsus crassipes |
| Western Tiger Swallowtail | Papilio rutulus |
| Purple Ribbon Worm | Paranemertes peregrina |
| Ant Lion | Paranthaclisis |
| Tarantula-hawk Wasp | Pepsini |
| Johnson’s Jumping Spider | Phidippus johnsoni |
| Phoronid worm | Phoronopsis harmeri |
| Cabbage White | Pieris rapae |
| Ochre Sea Star | Pisaster ochraceus |
| Wing-tapping Cicadas | Platypedia |
| California Harvester Ant | Pogonomyrmex californicus |
| Gooseneck Barnacle | Pollicipes polymerus |
| Northern Kelp Crab | Pugettia producta |
| Pacific Rock Crab | Romaleon antennarium |
| Omnivorous Looper | Sabulodes aegrotata |
| White-bowed Smoothwing | Scaeva affinis |
| Bristle-legged Moth | Schreckensteinia felicella |
| Thatched Barnacle | Semibalanus cariosus |
| Vachon’s Devil Scorpion | Smeringurus vachoni |
| Black Tegula | Tegula funebralis |
| Gaper Clams | Tresus |
| Pallid-winged Grasshopper | Trimerotropis pallidipennis |
| Foothill Carpenter Bee | Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex |
Fungi and Algae
| Yellow Cobblestone Lichen | Acarospora socialis |
| Bacterial Crown Gall | Agrobacterium radiobacter |
| Mulch Fieldcap | Agrocybe putaminum |
| Western Giant Puffball | Calvatia booniana |
| Cramp Balls | Daldinia grandis |
| Net-of-Cords Kelp | Dictyoneurum californicum |
| Feather Boa Kelp | Egregia menziesii |
| Common Greenshield Lichen | Flavoparmelia caperata |
| Northern Red Belt | Fomitopsis mounceae |
| American Brown Fomitopsis | Fomitopsis ochracea |
| Artist’s Bracket | Ganoderma applanatum |
| Ganoderma brownii | Ganoderma brownii |
| Golden Ear | Naematelia aurantia |
| Dense Sea Fern | Neoptilota densa |
| Bull Kelp | Nereocystis luetkeana |
| Sudden Oak Death | Phytophthora ramorum |
| Red Ring Rot | Porodaedalea |
| Lace Lichen | Ramalina menziesii |
| Splitgill Mushroom | Schizophyllum commune |
| Hairy Curtain Crust | Stereum hirsutum |
| Fat Jack | Suillus caerulescens |
| Turkey-tail | Trametes versicolor |
| Stalked Puffballs | Tulostoma |
| Beard Lichens | Usnea |
Plants
| Mojave Goldenhead | Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus sphaerocephalus |
| Bigleaf Maple | Acer macrophyllum |
| Boxelder | Acer negundo |
| Common Yarrow | Achillea millefolium |
| Cooper’s Dogweed | Adenophyllum cooperi |
| California Buckeye | Aesculus californica |
| Burrobush | Ambrosia dumosa |
| Cheesebush | Ambrosia salsola |
| Yerba Mansa | Anemopsis californica |
| Pacific Madrone | Arbutus menziesii |
| Sea Thrift | Armeria maritima |
| Big Sagebrush | Artemisia tridentata |
| Desert Holly | Atriplex hymenelytra |
| Coyote Brush | Baccharis pilularis |
| Desert Baccharis | Baccharis sergiloides |
| Desert Marigold | Baileya multiradiata |
| Lawn Daisy | Bellis perennis |
| Oregon Grape | Berberis aquifolium |
| Woolly Brickellia | Brickellia incana |
| Greater Quaking Grass | Briza maxima |
| Ripgut Brome | Bromus diandrus |
| Red Brome | Bromus rubens |
| Red Maids | Calandrinia menziesii |
| Desert Mariposa Lily | Calochortus kennedyi |
| Spicebush | Calycanthus occidentalis |
| Italian Thistle | Carduus pycnocephalus |
| Sea Fig | Carpobrotus edulis |
| Blueblossom | Ceanothus thyrsiflorus |
| Leastdaisies and Desertstars | Chaetopappinae |
| San Francisco Spineflower | Chorizanthe cuspidata |
| Cobwebby Thistle | Cirsium occidentale |
| Miner’s Lettuce | Claytonia perfoliata |
| Yerba Buena | Clinopodium douglasii |
| Poison Hemlock | Conium maculatum |
| Alkali Weed | Cressa truxillensis |
| Buckhorn Cholla | Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa |
| Silver Cholla | Cylindropuntia echinocarpa |
| Branched Pencil Cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima |
| American Wild Carrot | Daucus pusillus |
| Ookow | Dichelostemma congestum |
| Desert Twinbugs | Dicoria canescens |
| Maroonspot Calicoflower | Downingia concolor |
| Bluff Lettuce | Dudleya farinosa |
| Engelmann’s Hedgehog Cactus | Echinocereus engelmannii engelmannii |
| Mojave Kingcup Cactus | Echinocereus triglochidiatus mojavensis |
| Green Ephedra | Ephedra viridis |
| Great Horsetail | Equisetum telmateia |
| Desert Woollystar | Eriastrum eremicum |
| Tehachapi Woollystar | Eriastrum pluriflorum albifaux |
| Cooper’s Goldenbush | Ericameria cooperi |
| Rubber Rabbitbrush | Ericameria nauseosa |
| Seaside Daisy | Erigeron glaucus |
| Mediterranean Stork’s-bill | Erodium botrys |
| Redstem Stork’s-bill | Erodium cicutarium |
| Magnificent Seep Monkeyflower | Erythranthe grandis |
| California Poppy | Eschscholzia californica |
| Tasmanian Blue Gum | Eucalyptus globulus |
| California Barrel Cactus | Ferocactus cylindraceus |
| Fennel | Foeniculum vulgare |
| French Broom | Genista monspessulana |
| Common Cowparsnip | Heracleum maximum |
| Smooth Cat’s Ear | Hypochaeris glabra |
| Douglas Iris | Iris douglasiana |
| Alkali Goldenbush | Isocoma acradenia |
| NorCal Black Walnut | Juglans hindsii |
| Utah Juniper | Juniperus osteosperma |
| Creosote Bush | Larrea tridentata |
| Coastal Goldfields | Lasthenia minor |
| Broadleaved Pepperweed | Lepidium latifolium |
| Iris sp. | Limniris |
| Pink Honeysuckle | Lonicera hispidula |
| Coastal Bush Lupine | Lupinus arboreus |
| Miniature Lupine | Lupinus bicolor |
| Sky Lupine | Lupinus nanus |
| Varied Lupine | Lupinus variicolor |
| Anderson Thornbush | Lycium andersonii |
| Scarlet Pimpernel | Lysimachia arvensis |
| Desert Dandelion | Malacothrix glabrata |
| Cretan Mallow | Malva multiflora |
| Pennyroyal | Mentha pulegium |
| Wishbone Bush | Mirabilis laevis |
| Broadleaf Forget-me-not | Myosotis latifolia |
| Beavertail Pricklypear | Opuntia basilaris |
| Mojave Pricklypear | Opuntia polyacantha erinacea |
| Distant pPhacelia | Phacelia distans |
| Frémont’s Phacelia | Phacelia fremontii |
| Harding Grass | Phalaris aquatica |
| Mesquite Mistletoe | Phoradendron californicum |
| Singleleaf Pinyon | Pinus monophylla |
| California Plantain | Plantago erecta |
| Creamcups | Platystemon californicus |
| Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea |
| Western Sword Fern | Polystichum munitum |
| Honey Mesquite | Prosopis glandulosa |
| Douglas Fir | Pseudotsuga menziesii |
| Common Bracken | Pteridium aquilinum |
| Hairy Brackenfern | Pteridium aquilinum pubescens |
| Desert Bitterbrush | Purshia glandulosa |
| Common Pear | Pyrus communis |
| Coast Live Oak | Quercus agrifolia |
| Valley Oak | Quercus lobata |
| Rough-fruited Buttercup | Ranunculus muricatus |
| Wild Radish | Raphanus sativus |
| Red-flowering Currant | Ribes sanguineum |
| Black Locust | Robinia pseudoacacia |
| California Wild Rose | Rosa californica |
| Himalayan Blackberry | Rubus armeniacus |
| California Blackberry | Rubus ursinus |
| Sheep’s Sorrel | Rumex acetosella |
| Blue Elder | Sambucus cerulea |
| Red-berried Elder | Sambucus racemosa |
| American Three-square Bulrush | Schoenoplectus americanus |
| Spiny Senna | Senna armata |
| Coast Redwood | Sequoia sempervirens |
| Milk Thistle | Silybum marianum |
| Western Blue-eyed Grass | Sisyrinchium bellum |
| Sticky Sand-Spurrey | Spergularia macrotheca |
| Apricot Mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua |
| Brownplume Wirelettuce | Stephanomeria pauciflora |
| Common Snowberry | Symphoricarpos albus |
| Athel Tamarisk | Tamarix aphylla |
| Pacific Poison Oak | Toxicodendron diversilobum |
| Lesser Hop Trefoil | Trifolium dubium |
| Pacific Trillium | Trillium ovatum |
| California Bay | Umbellularia californica |
| Common Vetch | Vicia sativa |
| Hairy Vetch | Vicia villosa |
| Greater Periwinkle | Vinca major |
| California Fan Palm | Washingtonia filifera |
| Mojave Woodyaster | Xylorhiza tortifolia |
| Banana Yucca | Yucca baccata |
| Blue Yucca | Yucca baccata baccata |
| Eastern Joshua Tree | Yucca brevifolia jaegeriana |
| Mojave Yucca | Yucca schidigera |