Wild Plants of Tilden Regional Park Common Name Version A Photographic Guide Sorted by Form, Color and Family with Habitat Descriptions and Identification Notes Photographs and text by Wilde Legard District Botanist, East Bay Regional Park District New Revised and Expanded Edition - Includes the latest scientific names, habitat descriptions and identification notes Decimal Inches .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 .5 2 .5 3 .5 4 .5 5 .5 6 .5 7 .5 8 .5 9 1/8 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 1/2 4 1/2 5 1/2 6 1/2 7 1/2 8 1/2 9 English Inches Notes: A Photographic Guide to the Wild Plants of Tilden Regional Park More than 2,000 species of native and naturalized plants grow wild in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most are very difficult to identify without the help of good illustrations. This is designed to be a simple, color photo guide to help you identify some of these plants. This guide is published electronically in Adobe Acrobat® format so that it can easily be updated as additional photographs become available. You have permission to freely download, distribute and print this guide for individual use. Photographs are © 2014 Wilde Legard, all rights reserved. In this guide, the included plants are sorted first by form (Ferns & Fern-like, Grasses & Grass-like, Herbaceous, Woody), then by most common flower color, and finally by similar looking flowers (grouped by genus within each family). Each photograph has the following information, separated by '-': COMMON NAME According to The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California, Second Edition (JM2) and other references (not standardized). (Scientific Name) According to JM2 and eFlora (ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html). Origin & Longevity Native, Naturalized, or Waif (not reproducing without human care). Annual, Biennial, Perennial, or a combination. Family Name Common family name according to JM2, (Bloom date range) Period during the year when the plant blooms, according to JM2 and other sources. '-' if plant does not bloom (ie. Ferns). Habitat Habitat description according to JM2 and other sources. ID Characteristics Plant description with identification characteristics and other notes, based on multiple sources including: Annotated Checklist of the East Bay Flora, Second Edition (2013), JM2, Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region (Revised Edition), and Weeds of California and Other Western States. Additional notes Occasionally, an additional note may appear (ie. NOXIOUS weed, INVASIVE weed, Fed & Calif. ENDANGERED, etc.). Revision: 3/2/2014 Fern-like - Green/Brown Wild Plants of Tilden Regional Park - Sorted by Form, Color and Family Page 1 CALIFORNIA MAIDENHAIR (Adiantum jordanii) COFFEE FERN (Pellaea andromedifolia) Native GOLDENBACK FERN (Pentagramma triangularis WESTERN LADY FERN (Athyrium filix-femina Native Perennial - Brake Fern Family - - - Shaded Perennial - Brake Fern Family - - - Generally subsp. triangularis) Native Perennial - Brake Fern var. cyclosorum) Native Perennial - Cliff Fern hillsides, moist woodland - Leaves 8-28" long rocky or dry areas - Fronds 6-30" long, stem light Family - - - Gen shaded, sometimes rocky or Family - - - Woodland, along streams, seepage with many rounded symmetrical segments, each brown. Leaf segments blunt, 0.24-0.6" long, wooded areas - Leaves triangular, 1.2-4" long, area - Leaves gen 12-39" long, broadest near with < 4 irregular lobes. Cultivated. Sudden Oak 0.12-0.4" wide. undersides either granular green or powdery middle, 1-2 divided, ultimate divisions rounded. Death carrier. gold. Revision: 3/2/2014 Fern-like - Green/Brown Wild Plants of Tilden Regional Park - Sorted by Form, Color and Family Page 2 COMMON HORSETAIL (Equisetum arvense) SMOOTH SCOURING RUSH (Equisetum POLYPODY FERN (Polypodium calirhiza) Native COASTAL WOOD FERN (Dryopteris arguta) Native Perennial - Horsetail Family - - - laevigatum) Native Perennial - Horsetail Family - Perennial - Polypody Family - - - On plants, rocky Native Perennial - Wood Fern Family - - - Locally Streambanks, wet meadows, springs, other wet, - - Moist, sandy or gravelly areas - Stems 1 kind cliffs or outcrops, roadcuts, often granitic or common. Open, wooded slopes, caves - Leaf shaded places - Sterile stems 4-24" tall, 6-14 only, 12-71" tall, unbranched. Sheath w/dark volcanic, rarely dunes - Leaf blades 4-8" long, 12-24” long,5-12” wide, divided 1-2 times. sheath teeth. Fertile stems 4-13" tall, 6-10 sheath band only at the top. often widest above base, deeply lobed. Segments generally with spine-tipped teeth. teeth. WESTERN SWORD FERN (Polystichum COMMON ARROW-GRASS (Triglochin maritima) SOFT CHESS (Bromus hordeaceus) Naturalized RED BROME (Bromus madritensis subsp. munitum) Native Perennial - Wood Fern Family - Native Perennial - Arrow-grass Family - Annual - Grass Family - (Apr–Jul) - Fields, rubens) Naturalized Annual - Grass Family - - - Common. Wooded hillsides, shaded slopes, (Apr–Aug) - Coastal salt marshes, interior saline, disturbed areas - Plant 4-26” tall. Leaf hairy. (Mar–Jun) - Disturbed areas, roadsides - Plant rarely cliffs, outcrops - Fronds gen 20-48" long, brackish, alkaline marshes - Plant 16-43" tall, Flower cluster 1-5” long, dense, some stalks > 4-20". Flower cluster condensed, branches divided once. Segments usually separate, teeth dense-tufted. Leaves 4-32" long, 0.08-0.2" wide. spikelet. Spikelet 0.5-0.9”. Lemma 0.26-0.4”, awn obscure, < spikelets. Stem & sheathes hairy. point to tips, scaly rachis. Leaf ligule tip entire to notched. 0.16-0.4”. INVASIVE weed. INVASIVE weed. Revision: 3/2/2014 Grass-like - Green/Brown Wild Plants of Tilden Regional Park - Sorted by Form, Color and Family Page 3 BIG SQUIRRELTAIL (Elymus multisetus) Native SLENDER WHEAT GRASS (Elymus BEARDLESS WILD RYE (Elymus triticoides) IDAHO FESCUE (Festuca idahoensis) Native Perennial - Grass Family - (May–Jul) - Open, trachycaulus subsp. trachycaulus) Native Native Perennial - Grass Family - ( Jun–Jul) - Dry Perennial - Grass Family - (Jul–Sep) - Dry, open sandy to rocky areas - Tufted. Stem 6-24" tall. Perennial - Grass Family - (Jun–Aug) - Dry to to moist, often saline, meadows - Plant 18-50” or shady places - Stem 12-40" tall, gen densely Leaf 0.06-0.2" wide. Spikelet 0.4-0.6" long. moist, open areas, forest, woodland - Tufted. tall, from rhizomes. Flower cluster 2-8” long. clumped. Leaf sheath at least half open, smooth, Glume divisions needle-shaped, lemma awn 1-4" Stem 1-5' tall. Spikelet 0.4-0.8" long, 1 per node. Spikelets generally 2/node. Lemmas 3-7, 0.2-0.5” persistent. Spikelet 0.3-0.7" long, florets 3-9, awn long. Lemma awn < 0.3" long. long, awn to 0.12” long. 0.04-0.24" long. COMMON VELVET GRASS (Holcus lanatus) CALIFORNIA MELIC (Melica californica) Native TORREY'S MELIC (Melica torreyana) Native ONE-SIDED BLUE GRASS (Poa secunda subsp. Naturalized Perennial - Grass Family - (Jun–Aug) Perennial - Grass Family - (Apr–May) - Open or Perennial - Grass Family - (Mar–Jun) - Chaparral, secunda) Native Perennial - Grass Family - - Moist sites, roadbanks, cult fields, meadows - rocky hillsides, oak woodland, conifer forest - conifer forest - Stem 12-40" tall. Leaf blade (Mar–Aug) - Common. Dry slopes to Plant 8-39" tall, very hairy. Glumes 0.12-0.24", Stem 16-55". Leaf 0.06-0.2" wide. Spiklet 0.2-0.6" 0.04-0.1" wide. Spikelet 0.14-0.28" long w/1-2 saline/alkaline meadows to alpine - Plant 6-40” purple; florets 0.12-0.16" w/hooked awn. long, w/3-7 fertile florets; sterile tip widest above florets; sterile tip widest above middle to 0.06", tall, densely tufted. Flower clusters congested. INVASIVE weed. middle, tip squared. short-hairy lemmas. Spikelets gen 0.3-0.4” long. Lemmas 0.16-0.2” long, backs rounded. Revision: 3/2/2014 Grass-like - Green/Brown Wild Plants of Tilden Regional Park - Sorted by Form, Color and Family Page 4 TOAD RUSH (Juncus bufonius var. bufonius) SPREADING RUSH (Juncus patens) Native TALL NUTSEDGE (Cyperus eragrostis) Native GRAND HOUND'S TONGUE (Cynoglossum Native Annual - Rush Family - (May–Sep) - Damp Perennial - Rush Family - (Jun–Oct) - Marshy Perennial - Sedge Family - (May–Nov) - Vernal grande) Native Perennial - Borage Family - sunny ground, gen disturbed - Stem gen 1-4" tall, places, creeks, seeps - Plant 12-41" tall, densely pools, streambanks - Leaves basal. Flower (Feb–May) - Chaparral, woodland - Stem 1-3'. gen brached from base, ~0.04" wide. Flower tufted. Stems blue-gray-green & distinctly cluster bracts 4-8. Spikelets 0.2-0.8" long, Leaf stalk 3-6". Leaf blade 3-6" cm long, broadly cluster open. Flowers 0.16-0.3" long. grooved when fresh. Stamens 6. oblong, in heads to 1.6" wide. Seeds oval. Flowers bright blue w/inner white teeth. short-stalked. BROADLEAVED FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis BABY BLUE-EYES (Nemophila menziesii var. CALIFORNIA PHACELIA (Phacelia californica) ITHURIEL'S SPEAR (Triteleia laxa) Native latifolia) Naturalized Perennial - Borage Family - menziesii) Native Annual - Borage Family - Native Perennial - Borage Family - (Mar–Sep) - Perennial - Brodiaea Family - (Apr–Jun) - (Feb–Jul) - Moist, disturbed, shady places - Stem (Feb–May) - Meadows, grassland, chaparral, Bluffs, open slopes, road cuts, chaparral, Common. Open forest, conifer or foothill < 28" long, base woody. Leaves to 0.8" wide. woodland, slopes - Plant 4-12". Lower leaves woodland - Plant tufted, stiff-hairy. Leaves gen woodland, grassland on clay soil - Flower stem Flowers light blue, 0.2-0.4" wide. INVASIVE w/6-13 lobes. Flowers bright blue w/white center, pinnate w/big terminal leaflet. Flowers 0.16-0.28" 4-28". Leaves 8-16", 0.16-1" wide. Flowers blue, weed. 0.2-1.6" wide. long, lavender. blue-purple or white, 0.7-1.9" long. Revision: 3/2/2014 Herbaceous - Blue/Pink/Purple Wild Plants of Tilden Regional Park - Sorted by Form, Color and Family Page 5 PURPLE OWL'S-CLOVER (Castilleja exserta DWARF OWL'S CLOVER (Triphysaria pusilla) GIANT TRILLIUM (Trillium chloropetalum) Native COAST LARKSPUR (Delphinium decorum subsp. exserta) Native Annual - Broom-rape Native Annual - Broom-rape Family - (Apr–Jun) - Perennial - Bunchflower Family - (Apr–May) - subsp.