Bill Shepard POST # COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME Native Botanical Garden 1 Hummingbird sage Salvia spathacea This garden trail was initiated in 2 Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia 2009 and designed by Dr. Bill Shepard 3 Hollyleaf cherry Prunus illicifolia to promote local California native 4 Buckbrush Ceanothus cuneatus plants for landscape use. The trail 5 Mt. Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides allows one to visualize the size, shape, 6 empty foliage, and flowers of young to mature 7 Great basin sagebrush Artemesia tridentata plants throughout the year. All plants 8 Black sage Salvia mellifera are drought tolerant needing little to 9 Hollyleaf cherry Prunus ilicifolia no water after being established, are 10 Howard McMinn manzanita Arctostaphylos densiflora Howard McMinn hardy to the Atascadero climate, and 11 empty provide pleasing flowers, foliage and shapes for landscape gardening. 12 Grey Manzanita Arctostaphylos La Panza 13 Island Bush poppy Dendromecon harfordii As you walk along the trail look for 14 Big Berry manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca numbers, which may be on metal or 15 California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum wooden posts. The numbers 16 Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides correspond to the plant list in this 17 Scrub oak Quercus berberidifolia brochure with both scientific and 18 Skunkbush or Squawbush Rhus trilobata common names. Some plants suffer 19 Louis Edmunds manzanita Arctostaphylos stanfordiana bakeri deer damage: browsing or antler 20 Gray or purple sage Salvia leucophylla rubbing resulting in stunted or ragged 21 Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia plants. 22 Dr. Hurd manzanita Arctostaphylos manzanita Dr. Hurd To download a copy of the plant list 23 Western Redbud Cercis occidentalis in this folder and more information on 24 Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia ALPS, log onto 25 California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum www.supportalps.org 26 Valley oak Quercus lobata 27 Sentinel manzanita Arctostaphylos densiflora Sentinel What is ALPS? The Atascadero Land 28 Point Sal sage, Purple sage Salvia leucophylla 'Point Sal' Preservation Society (ALPS) is a local, 29 Hollyleaf Redberry, Buckthorn Rhamnus integrifolia private, non-profit, 501(c)(3), conservation 30 Blue oak Quercus douglasii organization whose mission is to preserve 31 Sugar bush Rhus ovata environmentally significant open space and 32 California lilac “L.T. Blue” Ceanothus L.T. Blue natural land located in Atascadero, 33 Coffeeberry Frangula californica California. For information on additional 34 Bush anemone Carpenteria californica ALPS activities go to www.supportalps.org. 35 Pink Chaparral currant (two specimens) Ribes malvaceum 8-2020 POST 8-2020 # COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME 36 California flannel bush Fremontodendron californicum 37 Great basin sagebrush Artemesia tridentata Bill Shepard 38 Black sage Salvia mellifera 39 Buckbrush Ceanothus cuneatus Native Plant Garden 40 Black sage Salvia mellifera Sponsored by ALPS 41 California lilac “Blue Jeans” Ceanothus Blue Jeans Atascadero Land Preservation Society 42 Bigberry manzanita (two specimens) Arctostaphylos glauca Support has been provided by the City 43 Sentinel manzanita (one specimen) Arctostaphylos densiflora Sentinel of Atascadero, the Atascadero Native 44 Silktassel bush Garrya elliptica Tree Association, and the California 45 Red barberry Mahonia haematocarpa Conservation Corps 46 California lilac “L.T. Blue” Ceanothus L.T. Blue 47 Coffeeberry Frangula californica 48 White sage Salvia apiana 49 Coyote brush Baccharis pilularis 50 Bush poppy Dendromecon rigida 51 Pozo Blue sage Salvia Pozo Blue 52 Winnifred Gilman Cleveland sage Salvia clevelandii 'Winnifred Gilman' 53 Manzanita Ken Taylor Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Ken Taylor' 54 Pajaro manzanita Arctostaphylos pajaroensis 55 San Bruno coffeeberry Rhamnus californica San Bruno 56 Bee's Bliss Sage Salvia 'Bee's Bliss' 57 Chamise (prostrate cultivar) Adenostoma fasciculatum 58 empty 59 Bee's Bliss Sage Salvia 'Bee's Bliss' 60 Wayside manzanita Arctostaphylus hookeri 'Wayside' 61 empty 62 Gooseberry, Fuchsia-flowering Ribes speciosum 63 Yankee Point or Carmel Creeper Ceano. Ceanothus griseus var.horizontalis Access to the Shepard Garden is off 64 empty Capistrano Avenue in Atascadero. Park 65 empty and walk under Hwy 41 bridge to the 66 empty Shepard Garden and Stadium Park. 67 Mountain coffeeberry Rhamnus californica tomentella

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