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Children’s Australian Play Area Garden

ABOUT THE GARDENS The botanist aboard the Endeavor, Sir , is credited with introducing many from to the western world, and many This 5.4 acre park has a layered system that plants today bear his name. balances seismic shifting, collects and filters storm- water, and irrigates the gardens. Additionally, the soil Native to eastern Australia, Grass may grow build-up and dense planting help offset the urban only 3 feet in 100 years, and mature plants can be heat island effect by lowering the air temperature. centuries old. The gardens showcase the wide variety of plants that grow in California's as TREES well as the diversity of plants from several of the world's other Mediterranean climate zones. Each of KURRAJONG those areas, from Mediterranean to western Populneus Australia, is featured in its own location in the park. NARROW-LEAVED BOTTLE The park's different gardens allow visitors to also appreciate the climatic conditions and environments from drought to fog, desert to forest that exist in FLAME BOTTLETREE California. LACEBARK TREE The park and all plantings were designed by PWP Landscape Architecture (Peter Walker & Partners). WHITE CHAMPACA Michelia Champaca Alba

PLANTS

HAIRY WATTLE Vestita

CORAL DRIFT FLAME BUSH Cuneatus 'Coral Drift'

WOOLLYBUSH Adenanthos ‘Silver Haze’

BLUE HIBISCUS Alyogyne Huegelii

RED KANGAROO PAW 'Big Red’ Pictured: Echium Candicans ASHBYI’S

HEATH-LEAVED BANKSIA 2 FIREWOOD BANKSIA

ONE-SIDED BOTTLEBRUSH Calothamnus Quadrifidus ‘Seaside’ Mediterranean BUSH PEA Chorizema 'Bush Flame' Basin GIANT SPEAR LILY Doryanthes Palmeri

FLAX LILY The climate of San Francisco is itself classified as Dianella Tasmanica ‘Cassa Blue’ 'Mediterranean' in reference to our dry summer and cool, rainy winters, a weather pattern we share PEACHES AND CREAM with much of the . ‘Peaches and Cream’ Cork , harvested from living trees, is used for NARROW-LEAFED DRUMSTICKS wine bottle stoppers.

DWARF MAT RUSH Oak woodlands have higher levels of biodiversity Lomandra Longifolia 'Breeze' than virtually any other terrestrial ecosystem in California, providing habitat for nearly half of the GRAY HONEY-MYRTLE terrestrial vertebrate found in the state. Melaleuca Incana HONEY BUSH TREES Major MARINA STRAWBERRY TREE FEATHERHEAD Arbutus 'Marina' Phylica Pubescens MEDITERREAN FAN PALM UPRIGHT ROSEMARY Chamaerops Humilis Rosmarinus Officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’ BLUE MEDITERREAN FAN PALM AUSTRALIAN GRASS TREE Chamaerops Humilis var. Cerifera Xanthorrhoea Preissii OLIVE Olea Suropaea 'Swan Hill'

CORK OAK

PLANTS

COMPACT STRAWBERRY TREE Arbutus Unedo ‘Compacta’

ROCKROSE Cistus Ladanifer 'Blanche'

SMOKETREE Cotinus Coggygria 'Royal Purple'

AUSTRALIAN FUCHSIA Correa 'Ivory Bells' Pictured: Chorizema 'Bush Flame' FLAX LILY Dianella Tasmanica ‘Cassa Blue’

MEDITERRANEAN SPURGE Euphorbia Characias Wulfenii 3 MADEIRA CRANESBILL Geranium Maderense

BLODDY CRANESBILL Geranium Sanguineum Prehistoric CORSICAN HELLEBORE Helleborus Argutifolius Garden BAY LAUREL Laurus Nobilis

LAVENDER Excavation of the Transit Center site unearthed a Lavandula X Intermedia 'Grosso' Columbian mammoth tooth and vertebrate bone fragments from the Pleistocene Epoch 10 to 15 COMMON MYRTLE million years ago, 110 feet below grade. This Communis garden exhibits any plants that have lived since the time of the dinosaurs. CAT MINT Nepeta Reichenbachiana TREES OLIVE ‘LITTLE OLIVE’ Olea Europaea 'Montra' MONKEY PUZZLE TREE Araucana HOPLEY'S PURPLE OREGANO Origanum Laevigatum 'Hopley's’ EASTERN CAPE GIANT Encephalartos Altensteinii JERUSALEM SAGE Phlomis Fruticosa NATAL CYCAD Encephalartos Natalensis VARIEGATED ITALIAN BUCKTHORN Rhamnus Alaternus 'Variegata' GINKGO TUSCAN BLUE ROSEMARY Rosmarinus Officinalis 'Tuscan Blue' WOLLEMI PINE Nobilis LEMON QUEEN LAVENDER COTTON Santolina Neapolitana 'Lemon Queen' PLANTS AUTUMN MOOR GRASS Sesleria Autumnalis WIND GRASS Anemanthele Lessoniana GIANT FEATHER GRASS Stipa Gigantea RED BRAZILIAN TREE Blechnum Brasiliense BUSH GERMANDER Teucrium Fruticans 'Azureum' SILVER LADY FERN Blechnum Gibbum ‘Silver Lady’ WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GRASS TREE Xanthorrhoea Preisii NEW ZEALAND LAUREL Corynocarpus Laevigatus

AUSTRALIAN TREE FERN Cyathea Cooperi

PANZHIHUA SAGO PALM Cycas Panzhihuaensis MADAGASCAR CYCAD Cyas Thouarsii

FLAX LILY Dianella Tasmanica ‘Cassa Blue’ 4 SILVER CARPET Dymondia Margaretae

BLOODY CRANESBILL Geranium Sanguineum Wetland BURRAWANG Communis Garden CARNARVON GORGE MACROZAMIA Macrozamia Moorei

CHAMPAK This wetland was designed to polish greywater and Michelia Champaca will temporarily store, filter, and clean runoff water. It can provide habitat for butterflies, , , OLIVE ‘LITTLE OLIVE’ and other creatures. Olea Europaea 'Montra' TREES

RIVER BIRCH Betula Nigra

PLANTS

JAPANESE SWEET FLAG Acorus Gramineus 'Ogon'

BEAR'S BREECHES Acanthus Mollis

NEOBLECHNUM Blechnum Brasiliense

FROSTY CURLS HAIR SEDGE Carex Albula

SMALL CAPE RUSH Chondropetalum Tectorum Pictured: RED-TWIG DOGWOOD Cornus Sericea 'Isanti'

AUTUMN FERN Dryopteris Erythrosora

DWARF HORSETAIL Equisetum Scirpoides

GIANT RHUBARB Gunnera Chilensis

BUTTERFLY IRIS Iris ‘Nada’

FIBER OPTIC GRASS Pictured: Cyathea Cooperi Isolepis Cernua SOFT RUSH Juncus

ELK BLUE CALIFORNIA GRAY RUSH Juncus Patens 'Elk Blue' A LACE FERN Microlepia Strigosa

WALKING IRIS Neomarica Caerulea Oak Meadow VARIEGATED BUCKTHORN . Rhamnus Alaternus ‘Variegata’

FIRECRACKER TREES Russelia Equisetiformis CALIFORNIA BUCKEYE Aesculus Californica

PERSIAN IRONWOOD Parrotia Persica

COAST LIVE OAK Quercus Agrifolia

ENGELMANN OAK Quercus Engelmannii

ISLAND OAK Quercus Tomentella

SOUTHERN LIVE OAK Quercus Virginiana

CORK OAK Quercus Suber

Pictured: Acorus Gramineus ‘Ogon’ B

Bamboo Grove

PLANTS

GIANT TIMBER BAMBOO Phyllostachys Bambusoides

Pictured: Acanthus Mollis RED KANGAROO PAW Anigozanthos 'Big Red'

CHINESE HOLLY 5 Berberis Lomariifolia NEOBLECHNUM Blechnum Brasiliense

WEEPING BROWN SEDGE Redwood Carex Flagellifera AUSTRALIAN TREE FERN Cyathea Cooperi

Forest TASMAN FLAX-LILY Dianella Tasmanica

The California State tree includes two members of SANTA ANA CARDINAL CORAL BELLS the Sequoia family: the Coast Redwood, which is Heuchera ‘Santa Ana Cardinal’ the tallest tree in the world reaching 400 feet tall, and the Giant Sequoia, whose 30-foot diameter GREVILLEA ‘RED HOOKS’ trunk makes it the most massive tree species. Grevillea ‘Red Hooks’ GRAY HONEY-MYRTLE In redwood forests, 80% of the plant species have Melaleuca Incana the ability to absorb water vapor directly through their . EVERGEEN EULALIA Miscanthus Transmorrisonensis The fog irrigates plants when it condenses on tree surfaces and drips onto the ground. During summer PACIFIC WAX MYRTLE Myrica Californica drought, fog condensation provides around two-thirds of the water needed by understory plants. SWORD FERN Nephrolepis

TREES SWEET OLIVE Osmanthus Fragrans CALIFORNIA INCENSE-CEDAR Calocedrus Decurrens NEW ZEALAND FLAX Phormium ‘Dusky Chief’ HIMALAYAN CEDAR Cedrus Deodara SILVER PUYA Puya Coerulea BRISBANE BOX Lophostemon Confertus EVE CASE COFFEEBERRY Rhamnus Californica ‘Eve Case’ TORREY PINE Pinus Torreyana NIKAU PALM Rhopalostylis Sapida WEEPING SEQUOIA Sequoiadendron Giganteum 'Pendulum’ PINK-FLOWERING CURRANT Ribes S. Glutinosum ‘Claremont’ 'APTOS BLUE' COASTAL REDWOOD Sequoia Sempervirens 'Aptos Blue' GIANT CHAIN FERN Woodwardia Fimbriata

PLANTS WHITE INSIDE-OUT Vancouveria Hexandra BEAR’S BREECHES Acanthus Mollis DAVID VIBURNUM Viburnum Davidii JAPANESE SWEET FLAG Acorus Gramineus ‘Ogon’ C 6

Main Plaza Palm

TREES Garden CALIFORNIA SYCAMORE Platanus Racemosa ‘Roberts’ Only one species of palm, the California Fan Palm, is native to the state, although the Guadalupe Palm, native to Guadalupe Island off the coast of Baja California, also lies within the California Floristic Province and is considered by some to be a native Californian.

The Wine Palm's sap can be used to make a fermented beverage, but the palm must be felled in order to D do so. Overharvesting of this palm for its sap and development pressures have left it vulnerable in its native South American habitat.

TREES

Central Lawn BRAHEA CLARA Brahea Clara

GUADALUPE PALM TREES

NORFOLK ISLAND PINE JELLY PALM Butia Capitata

DRAKE CHINESE ELM EUROPEAN FAN PALM Ulmus Parvifolia 'Drake' Chamaerops Humilis

BLUE EUROPEAN FAN PALM PLANTS Chamaerops Humilis var. Cerifera

FRADESI ESCALLONIA CURLY PALM Escallonia 'Fradesii' Belmoreana

ASIAN STAR JASMINE Trachelospermum Asiaticum Howea Forsteriana

CHILEAN WINE PALM Chilensis

LEPIDOZAMIA PEROFFSKYANA Lepidozamia Peroffskyana

RIBBON FAN PALM Livistona Decipiens QUITO PALM Parajubaea Cocoides

NORFOLK ISLAND PALM Rhopalostylis Baueri 7 NIKAU PALM Rhopalostylis Sapida

KUMAON PALM Trachycarpus Takil California DWARF CHUSAN PALM Trachycarpus Wagnerianus Garden CALIFORNIA FAN PALM Washingtonia Robusta X Filifera California's plant species are some of the oldest in PLANTS the world, with lower extinction rates than those of many other regions. Forty percent of the state's 5,550 BURGUNDY SPIRE DRACEANA PALM native species are endemic, naturally occurring only in California.

GIANT SPEAR LILY Native North Americans used Manzanita berries for Doryanthes Palmeri food and the plant's leaves to treat poison oak rash TREE EUPHORBIA and as toothbrushes. Euphorbia Lambii The Marina Strawberry Tree hybrid, sold throughout GREVILLEA ‘LONG JOHN’ California, originated in San Francisco in the early Grevillea ‘Long John’ 20th century and is a commonly planted street tree. GREVILLEA ‘RED HOOKS’ Grevillea ‘Red Hooks’ TREES

BROOM RESTIO CALIFORNIA BUCKEYE Ischyrolepis Subverticillata Aesculus Californica

BASKET GRASS MARINA STRAWBERRY TREE Lomandra Longifolia Arbutus 'Marina'

MEXICAN WEEPING BAMBOO MONTEREY CYPRESS Otatea Accuminata Aztecorum Cupressus Macrocarpa

PALM GRASS IRONWOOD Setaria Palmifolia Lyonothamnus Floribundus Asplenifolius

SNOWFLAKE ARALIA TORREY PINE Trevesia Palmata Pinus Torreyana

ISLAND OAK Quercus Tomentella

PLANTS

HOWARD MCMINN MANZANITA Arctostaphylos 'Howard Mcminn'

JOHN DOURLEY MANZANITA Arctostaphylos 'John Dourley’

PARADISE MANZANITA Arctostaphylos Pajaroensis 'Paradise' CONCHA CEANOTHUS WHITE SAGE Ceanothus 'Concha’ Salvia Apiana

FROSTY BLUE CEANOTHUS Ceanothus 'Frosty Blue'

SEASIDE DAISY Erigeron Glaucus

ST. CATHERINE'S LACE Eriogonum Giganteum

WOLLY SILVER Eriophyllum Nevinii ‘Canyon Silver’

RED-FLOWERED BUCKWHEAT Eriogonum Grande Rubescens

COAST BUCKWHEAT Eriogonum Latifolium

TREE EUPHORBIA Euphorbia Lambii

CALIFORNIA FESCUE Festuca Californica

COAST SILK-TASSEL Garrya Elliptica

BLOODY CRANESBILL Geranium Sanguineum

TOYON Heteromeles Arbutifolia

SANTA ANA CARDINAL CORAL BELLS Heuchera ‘Santa Ana Cardinal’ Pictured: Arbutus 'Marina' DOUGLAS IRIS HYBRIDS Iris Douglasiana Hybrids

SILVER LUPINE Lupinus Albifrons

BUSH LUPINE Lupinus Arboreus

STANTA CRUZ ISLAND IRONWOOD Lyonothamnus Floribundus

STICKY MONKEY-FLOWER Mimulus Aurantiacus

DEERGRASS Muhlenbergia Rigens

EVE CASE COFFEEBERRY Rhamnus Californica 'Eve Case'

LEMONADE Rhus Integrifolia

MATILIJA POPPY Romneya Coulteri Pictured: Heteromeles Arbutifolia E 8

Japanese Desert Maples Garden

This garden features desert plants from around the TREES world. Many species here are native to the Americas and Africa. JAPANESE MAPLE Acer Palmatum In Mexico, the Aztecs used Agave in a myriad of ways, from weaving clothes and paper from the strong fibers in the leaves to eating the cooked roots and flowers.

The Dragon Blood Tree from the Canary Islands gets its name from the red resin extracted from its bark F and leaves. TREES

DRAGON TREE Dracaena Draco

Amphitheater MEDUSA Main Lawn Aloe Tongaensis ‘Medusa’ PLANTS

TREES SNOWY RIVER WATTLE Acacia Boormanii AFRICAN SUMAC TREE Rhus Iancea BLACK ROSE AEONIUM Aeonium Arboreum 'Zwartkop'

PLANTS GREEN PLATTERS Aeonium Pseudotabuliforme CORDYLINE 'SOLEDAD' Cordyline 'Soledad’ PINWHEEL RIVER WATTLE Aeonium Haworthii Acacia Cognata MINT SAUCER AEONIUM Aeonium 'Mint Saucer'

FLAME BUSH ‘Coral Drift’

BLUE GLOW AGAVE Agave ‘Blue Glow’ AGAVE CELSII VAR. ALBICANS SAN PEDRO CACTUS Agave Celsii Var. Albicans Echinopsis Pachanoi

TWIN-FLOWERED AGAVE MACDOUGALL'S FURCRAEA Agave Geminiflora Furcraea Macdougallii

WHALE'S TONGUE AGAVE GREVILLEA ‘MOONLIGHT’ Agave Ovatifolia Grevillea ‘Moonlight’

GOLDEN TORCH ALOE BLUE CHALK STICKS Aloe Arborescens Senecio Mandraliscae

SHORT-LEAVED ALOE NARROW-LEAVED OF PARADISE Aloe Brevifolia Strelitzia Juncea

NUBIAN ALOE Aloe Camperi

CAT'S TAIL ALOE Aloe Castanea

CAPE ALOE Aloe Ferox

FAN ALOE Aloe Plicatilis

TILT-HEAD ALOE Aloe Speciosa

CORAL ALOE Aloe Striata

MALAGASY TREE ALOE Aloe Vaombe

MEXICAN LILY Beschorneria Yuccoides

SILVER TORCH CACTUS Cleistocactus Strausii Pictured: Aloe Tongaensis ‘Medusa’

FINGER ALOE Cotyledon Orbiculata Var. Oblonga 'Flavida'

WATCH CHAIN Crassula Lycopodioides

MEXICAN GRASS TREE Dasylirion Longissimum

GIANT CHALK DUDLEYA Dudleya Brittonii

FRANK REINELT DUDLEYA Dudleya 'Frank Reinelt'

DYCKIA Dyckia ‘Jim’s Red’

'AFTERGLOW' ECHEVERIA Echeveria 'Afterglow'

'RED EDGE' ECHEVERIA Echeveria 'Red Edge' Pictured: Aeonium Arboreum Zwartkop CUSHION BUSH Leucophyta Brownii

SEA LAVENDER 9 Limonium Perezii NEW ZEALAND FLAX Phormium 'Dusky Chief'

TUSCAN BLUE ROSEMARY Fog Rosmarinus Officinalis 'Tuscan Blue' EMERALD CARPET CREEPING RASPBERRY Garden Rubus Pentalobus 'Emerald Carpet' SEA CAMPION Silene Maritima Convection fog, also known as tule fog, settles low to COAST ROSEMARY the ground during winter months, which produces Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem' misting precipitation and reduces visibility.

In the summer, advection fog is produced when warm air rolls over the Marin hills to the north and hits the cool temperatures coming off the Pacific Ocean. This creates damp conditions, reduced light, cooler temperatures and strong winds.

TREES

AUSTRALIAN TEA TREE

SHOWY HONEY-MYRTLE Melaleuca Nesophila

NEW ZEALAND CHRISTMAS TREE Metrosideros Excelsa

PLANTS

MENDOCINO REED GRASS Calamagrostis Foliosa

Pictured: Limonium Perezii GERALDTON WAXFLOWER Chamelaucium 'Purple Pride’

LARGE CAPE RUSH Chondropetalum Elephantinum

PRIDE OF MADEIRA Echium Candicans

BOWLES'S MAUVE WALLFLOWER Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve'

PINEAPPLE GUAVA Feijoa Sellowiana

YELLOW CONEBUSH ‘Safari Goldstrike’ Pictured: Metrosideros Excelsa CESTRUM NEWELLII Cestrum Newellii

ROCK PURSLANE 10 Cistanthe Grandiflora 'Jazz Time' COPPER SHINE MIRROR PLANT Coprosma 'Copper shine'

CHILEAN LANTERN TREE Chilean Crinodendron hookerianum BLUE EVERGREEEN HYDRANGEA Garden Dichroa Febrifuga FRADES ESCALLONIA Escallonia 'Fradesii'

The Monkey Puzzle Tree earned its common name PINEAPPLE GUAVA from a remark that 'it would puzzle a monkey to Feijoa Sellowiana climb that tree”. MAIDEN'S WREATH Francoa Appendiculata TREES BRIDAL WREATH MONKEY PUZZLE TREE Francoa Ramosa Araucaria Araucana BOLIVIAN FUCHSIA MAYTENS TREE Fuchsia Boliviana Boaria 'Green Showers' HARDY FUCHSIA PLANTS Fuchsia Del Campo’ NEW ZEALAND BROADLEAF FOXTAIL AGAVE Littoralis Agave Attenuata SPANISH SHAWL AGAPETES SERPENS Heterocentron Elegans Agapetes Serpens AMARYLLIS TORCH ALOE Hippeastrum Papilio Aloe Arborescens CHILEAN BELLFLOWER SHORT-LEAVED ALOE Lapageria Rosea Aloe Brevifolia NEW ZEALAND TEA TREE LILY OF THE INCAS / PERUVIAN LILY Leptospermum 'Ruby Glow' Alstroemeria 'The Third Harmonic' ORANGE LIBERTIA SILVER SPEAR Libertia Peregrinans CHILEAN MYRTLE Apiculata TOOTHED AZARA Azara Dentata METROSIDEROS ‘SPRING FIRE’ Metrosideros Collina ‘Spring fire’ BOXLEAF AZARA Azara Microphylla CREEPING BOOBIALLA Myoporum Parvifolium DARWIN BARBERRY Berberis Darwinii KARO Pittosoporum Crassifolium BOLAX GLEBARIA Bolax Glebaria LOBSTER BUSH Plectranthus Neochilus SAPPHIRE TOWER Puya Alpestris

SILVER PUYA Puya Coerulea var. Coerulea

SILVER-LEAFED PRINCESS FLOWER Tibouchina Heteromalla

Pictured: Leptospermum 'Ruby Glow'

Pictured: Tibouchina Heteromalla LEMON DROP FORTNIGHT LILY Dietes 'Lemon Drop'

HORSETAIL RESTIO 11 Elegia Capensis HONEY EURYOPS Euryops Virgineus

LION'S TAIL South African Leonotis Leonurus 'CHIEF' Garden Leucadendron Salignum 'Chief' ROCKET PINCUSHION 'Blanche Ito'

A biodiversity hotspot, the Cape Floral Region in South LARGE TUFTED PINCUSHION Africa is home to the greatest non-tropical concentra- Leucospermum Praecox ‘Patricia’ tion of higher plant species in the world. Although it represents less than 0.5% of the area of Africa, the VELDFIRE PINCUSHION region contains nearly 20% of the continent's flora. Leucospermum 'Veldfire'

So many South African plants grow in San Francisco HONEY BUSH Melianthus Major and throughout California that they are ubiquitous in the landscape and considered by many to be native. SLENDER VELDT GRASS Pennisetum Spathiolatum

TREES FEATHERHEAD Phylica Pubescens SILVER TREE CAPE PLUMBAGO Plumbago Auriculata COAST LIVE OAK Quercus Agrifolia KING PLANTS PINK ICE PROTEA DARK BLUE AGAPANTHUS Protea 'Pink Ice' Agapanthus ‘Storm Cloud’ SCURFY PEA ALOE ‘BIRDS & BEES’ Psoralea Pinnata Aloe SP. ‘Birds & Bees’ BIRD OF PARADISE AFRICAN DAISY Strelitzia Reginae Arctotis 'Sun Spot' RED CAPE HONEYSUCKLE Tecomaria Capensis Bulbine Frutescens ARISTEA MAJOR Aristea Major

BABOON FLOWER Babiana Stricta

LARGE CAPE RUSH Chondropetalum Elephantinum

MOUNTAIN CABBAGE TREE Cussonia Paniculata Sinuata

FAIRY WAND Dierama Pulcherrimum