CHARACTERISTICS of CALIFORNIA ANNUAL GRASSLANDS VEGETATION SERIES on TSR
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CHARACTERISTICS OF CALIFORNIA ANNUAL GRASSLANDS VEGETATION SERIES on TSR DOMINANT SPECIES IN CALIFORNIA GRASSLAND 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 Pinus muricata Bishop Pine SHRUBS Rubus ursinus California blackberry Myrica californica Wax myrtle Toxicodendron diversiloba Poison oak Gaultheria shallon 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 WILLOW 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 Pinus radiata Monterey pine Introduced Sequoia sempervirens 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 Vaccinium ovatum Black huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium Red huckleberry HERBS AND GRASSES Achlys triphylla Vanilla leaf Gaultheria shallon Salal Lonicera hispidula Hairy honeysuckle Polystichum munitum Sword fern Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Trientalis latifolia Starflower .