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CHARACTERISTICS OF ANNUAL VEGETATION SERIES on TSR

DOMINANT IN CALIFORNIA SERIES Holcus Lanatus Velvet Grass Introduced Anthoxanthum odoratum Sweet Vernal Grass Introduced Briza Maxima Rattlesnake Grass Introduced Danthonia sp. Oat Grasses Native Deschampsia sp. Hair Grasses Native

COMMONLY ASSOCIATED SPECIES by vegetation types

TREES Rare, usually as isolated seedlings

SHRUBS Isolated, transitioning Baccharis pilularis Coyote brush Rhamnus californica Coffee berry Lupinus arborescens Yellow or blue lupine Yellow Introduced

HERBS AND GRASSES Eschscholzia californica California poppy, coastal (yellow petals) Iris douglasiana Douglas iris Sisyrinchium bellum Yellow-eyed grass Various genera Thistles Introduced

CHARACTERISTICS OF PACIFIC REEDGRASS VEGETATION SERIES

DOMINANT SPECIES IN PACIFIC REED GRASS SERIES Calimagrostis nutkaensis Pacific Reed Grass

COMMONLY ASSOCIATED SPECIES listed by vegetation types

TREES None

SHRUBS Myrica californica Wax Myrtle Rosa sp Wild Rose

HERBS AND GRASSES Rubus ursinus California blackberry Holcus Lanatus Velvet Grass Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Juncus and Carex sp Rushes and Sedgees Veratrum fimbriatum Corn Lily

CHARACTERISTICS OF COYOTE BRUSH VEGETATION SERIES

DOMINANT SPECIES Baccharis pilularis Coyote brush

COMMONLY ASSOCIATED SPECIES listed by vegetation types

TREES Occasional as emerging forest Pseutotsuga menziesii Douglas fir Bishop

SHRUBS Rubus ursinus California blackberry Myrica californica Wax myrtle Toxicodendron diversiloba Poison oak Salal Lupinus arborescens Yellow and Blue bush lupine Rhamnus californica Coffee Berry

HERBS AND GRASSES Typical of California Annual Grasslands of area CHARACTERISTICS OF ARROYO VEGETATION SERIES

DOMINANT SPECIES OF ARROYO WILLOW SERIES Salix lasiolepis Arroyo willow

COMMONLY ASSOCIATED SPECIES listed by vegetation types

TREES Occasionally associated Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir Pinus muricata Bishop Pine

SHRUBS Baccharis pilularis Coyote brush Myrica californica Myrica Rhamnus californica Coffee Berry

COMMON SPECIES HERBS AND GRASSES Rubus ursinus California blackberry Veratrum fimbriatum Corn Lily Heracleum maximum Cow Parsnip

CHARACTERISTICS OF BISHOP PINE VEGETATION SERIES

DOMINANT SPECIES IN BISHOP PINE VEGETATION SERIES Pinus muricata Bishop Pine

COMMONLY ASSOCIATED SPECIES listed by vegetation types

TREES Pinus contora ssp contorta Beach or shore Pine Rare

Pseudotsuga menzieseii Douglas fir Arbutus menziesii Madrone Monterey pine Introduced Redwoods Note, often see Cypress associated with area

COMMON SPECIES SHRUBS Sparse shrubs typically Rhamnus californica Coffee Berry

HERBS AND GRASSES Sparse grass, herbs typical of California annual grassland series CHARACTERISTICS OF DOUGLAS FIR-TANOAK VEGETATION SERIES

DOMINANT SPECIES IN DOUGLAS FIR-TANOAK SERIES Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas-fir Lithocarpus densiflora Tanoak

COMMONLY ASSOCIATED SPECIES listed by vegetation types

TREES Arbutus menziesii Madrone Umbellularia californica California bay (Abies grandis)* (Grand fir)*

SHRUBS Corylus cornuta Hazel Rosa gymnocarpa Wild rose Toxicodendron diversilobum Poison-oak Black huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium Red huckleberry

HERBS AND GRASSES Achlys triphylla Vanilla Gaultheria shallon Salal Lonicera hispidula Hairy honeysuckle munitum Sword Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Trientalis latifolia Starflower