SAN FRANCISCO PLANT COMMUNITIES
OAK WOODLANDS
Native Plants of Oak Woodlands
Forbs
Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea Iris Iris douglasiana Brodiaea Brodiaea elegans, terrestris California goldfields Lasthenia californica ssp. californica Red Maids Calandrinia ciliata California manroot Marah fabacea Indian thistle Cirsium brevistylum Plantain Plantago elongata, erecta Brownie thistle Cirsium quercetorum Clarkia Clarkia rubicunda Phacelia Phacelia californica, distans Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata Hummingbird Sage Salvia spathacea Yerba Buena Clinopodium douglasii Hooker’s Evening Primrose Oenothera elata Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla, ssp. hookeri tinctoria Western sword fern Polystichum munitum California larkspur Delphinium californicum Western bracken fern Pteridium aquilinum Coastal Wood Fern Dryopteris arguta var. pubescens California Poppy Eschscholzia californica California Buttercup Ranunculus Woodland Strawberry Fragaria vesca californicus Coral Bells Heuchera micrantha Hummingbird Sage Salvia spathacea
Page 1 of 3 Pacific sanicle Sanicula crassicaulis Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa Wild Aster Symphyotrichum chilense Bigflower Tellima Tellima grandiflora
Grasses Bentgrasses Agrostis ssp Bromes Bromus carinatus, B. Laevipes California Fescue Festuca californica California Melicgrass Melica californica
Vines Dutchmans Pipevine Aristolochia californica
Pacific Pea Lathyrus vestitus var vestitus, jepsonii California Honeysuckle Lonicera hispidula
Shrubs Manzanita Arctostaphylos crustacea ssp. crustacea, Coyotebrush Baccharis pilularis ssp. consanguinea Coast Barberry Berberis pinnata var pinnata Blueblossom Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Sticky monkeyflower Diplacus [Mimulus] aurantiacus
Redberry Rhamnus crocea Currants and Gooseberry. Ribes malvaceum, R. menziesii, R. sanguineum California Rose Rosa californica Wood rose Rosa gymnocarpa California blackberry Rubus ursinus Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus Creeping Snowberry Symphoricarpos mollis
Trees Big Leaf Maple Acer macrophyllum California Buckeye Aesculus californica Coffee Berry Frangula californica Coast Silktassel Garrya elliptica Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia California Wax Myrtle, Pacific Bayberry Myrica californica Cherry Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia, virginiana var. demissa
Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia Canyon Live Oak Quercus chrysolepis
Page 2 of 3 Blue Elderberry Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
California Bay Laurel Umbellularia californica
Butterflies
Mourning Cloak California Tortoiseshell Anise Swallowtail Mylitta Crescent Pipevine Swallowtail Gulf Fritillary Pale Tiger Swallowtail Orange Sulphur Western Tiger Swallowtail Variable Checkerspot Large Marble Gray Hairstreak American Lady Acmon Blue Painted Lady Common Checkered-Skipper West Coast Lady Echo Azure/Pacific Azure Common Buckeye Umber Skipper California Sister Woodland Skipper Red Admiral Sachem Lorquin's Admiral
Additional wildlife Yellow-eyed Ensatina Salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii ssp. xanthoptica California Slender Salamander Batrachoseps attenuatus Anna Hummingbird Calypte anna Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica Barn Owl Tyto alba Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii American Robin Turdus migratorius Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus Ceanothus Silkmoth Hyalophora euryalus California oak moth Phryganidia californica Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Resources: http://sfplantfinder.org/index.html?community=woodland
Calscape is CNPS’s plant selection tool with native plant pictures, sizes, soil types, sun/shade, water needs and butterfly caterpillar value. https://www.calscape.org/
California Native Plant Society - Yerba Buena chapter http://cnps-yerbabuena.org/
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