Aliso and Wood Canyon Regional Park, Larry Vierheilig

Dryopteridaceae (wood fern family)
Dryopteris wood fern
  • arguta coastal wood fern

    Polypodiaceae (polypody fern family)
    Polypodium
  • californicum California polypody

    Pteridaceae (brake fern family)
    Adiantum
  • jordanii California maiden-hair fern
    Pellaea
  • andromedifolia (P. andromedaefolia) (no vars) coffee fern

    Anacardiaceae (sumac family)
    Malosma (Rhus)
  • laurina (Rhus l.) laurel sumac
    Rhus sumac
  • integrifolia lemonade berry
  • ovata sugar bush
    Toxicodendron (Rhus)
  • diversilobum (Rhus d.) poison oak

    Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (carrot family)
    Apiastrum
  • angustifolium wild celery, mock parsley
    Conium poison hemlock
  • maculatum
    Daucus
  • pusillus rattlesnake weed
    Foeniculum
  • vulgare fennel
    Sanicula sanicle, snakeroot
  • crassicaulis pacific sanicle

    Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family)
    Asclepias milkweed
  • californica
  • fascicularis narrow-leaf/mexican milkweed

    Asteraceae (Compositae) (sunflower family)
    Agoseris mountain dandelion
  • sp.
    Amblyopappus
  • pusillus coast weed
    Ambrosia (Franseria) ragweed, bursage
  • psilostachya (no vars) western ragweed
    Artemisia sagebrush
  • californica coastal sagebrush
  • douglasiana mugwort
    Baccharis
  • pilularis (no vars) coyote brush (bush), chaparral broom
  • salicifolia (B. glutinosa) mule fat, seepwillow, water wally
    Carduus
  • pycnocephalus Italian thistle
    Centaurea star thistle
  • melitensis tocalote, yellow star thistle
    Chamomilla
  • suaveolens (Matricaria matricarioides) pineapple weed
    Cirsium thistle
  • vulgare bull thistle
    Conyza
  • canadensis common/canada horseweed
  • coulteri Coulter's horseweed
    Cotula
  • coronopifolia african brass-buttons
    Cynara
  • cardunculus artichoke thistle, cardoon
    Encelia
  • californica California brittlebush
    Ericameria (Haplopappus) goldenbush
  • pinifolia (H. pinifolius) pine goldenbush
    Eriophyllum wooly sunflower
  • confertiflorum golden yarrow
    Gnaphalium cudweed, everlasting
  • californicum California/green everlasting
    Hazardia (Haplopappus)
  • squarrosa var. grindelioides (H. squarrosus g.) sawtooth goldenbush
    Hemizonia tarweed, tarplant
  • paniculata
    Heterotheca
  • grandiflora telegraph weed
    Hypochaeris (Hypochoeris) cat's ear
  • glabra smooth cat's ear
    Isocoma goldenbush (Haplopappus)
  • menziesii (H. venetus) coastal g.b.
    Lactuca lettuce
  • serriola prickly lettuce
    Lasthenia goldfields
  • californica (L. chrysostoma) goldfields
  • coronaria southern goldenfields
  • glabrata ssp. coulteri goldfields, smooth lasthenia
    Lessingia
  • filaginifolia (Corethrogyne f.) California/cudweed/sand aster
    Malacothrix
  • saxatilis cliff malacothrix
    Osmadenia
  • tenella (Calycadenia t.) southern rosinweed
    Picris ox tongue
  • echioides
    Silybum milk thistle
  • marianum
    Solidago goldenrod
  • sp.
    Sonchus sow-thistle
  • asper ssp. asper prickly/common sow thistle
    Stephanomeria
  • virgata ssp. virgata tall/twiggy wreath plant
    Xanthium cocklebur
  • strumarium (no vars) cocklebur

    Boraginaceae (borage family)
    Amsinckia fiddleneck
  • menziesii var. intermedia (A. i.) common fiddleneck
    Cryptantha forget-me-not
  • intermedia common forget-me-not
    Heliotropium heliotrope
  • curassavicum (no vars) salt/alkali/wild heliotrope
    Plagiobothrys popcorn flower
  • sp.

    Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (mustard family)
    Brassica mustard
  • nigra black mustard
    Capsella shepherd's purse
  • bursa-pastoris
    Cardamine bitter-cress, toothwort
  • californica (Dentaria c.) milkmaids
    Hirschfeldia
  • incana (Brassica geniculata) shortpod/summer mustard
    Lepidium peppergrass
  • nitidum shining/common peppergrass
    Raphanus wild radish
  • sativus wild radish
    Rorippa yellow/water cress
  • nasturtium-aquaticum (Nasturtium officinale) water cress

    Cactaceae (cactus family)
    Opuntia prickly-pear, cholla
  • littoralis (no vars) coastal prickly pear
  • prolifera coastal cholla

    Capparaceae (caper family)
    Isomeris bladderpod
  • arborea (no vars) (Cleome isomeris)

    Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family)
    Sambucus elderberry
  • mexicana (S. caerulea) blue elderberry
    Symphoricarpos waxberry, snowberry
  • mollis spreading/creeping snowberry

    Caryophyllaceae (pink family)
    Silene catchfly, campion
  • gallica windmill pink
  • laciniata ssp. major indian/mexican/southern/fringed pink

    Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family)
    Salsola
  • tragus (S. australis, iberica, kali) russian thistle, tumbleweed

    Convolvulaceae (morning-glory family)
    Calystegia (Convolvulus) bindweed, morning-glory
  • macrostegia
    Convolvulus bindweed, morning glory
  • arvensis common/field bindweed

    Crassulaceae (stonecrop family)
    Dudleya live-forever
  • lanceolata lance-leaved/coastal live-forever
  • multicaulis many-stemmed live-forever
  • pulverulenta chalk dudleya/lettuce/live-forever
  • stolonifera Laguna beach dudleya

    Cucurbitaceae (gourd family)
    Cucurbita gourd, melon
  • foetidissima calabazilla, coyote gourd/melon
    Marah wild cucumber, big-root, man-root
  • macrocarpus

    Cuscutaceae (split from Convolvulaceae) (dodder family)
    Cuscuta dodder, witch's hair
  • californica California witch's hair

    Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)
    Chamaesyce (Euphorbia) prostrate spurge
  • albomarginata rattlesnake weed/spurge (E. a.)
    Eremocarpus
  • setigerus turkey mullein, doveweed

    Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (pea family)
    Lathyrus wild pea
  • vestitus (L. laetiflorus) chaparral sweet pea
    Lotus bird's-foot trefoil
  • scoparius deer weed, California broom
    Lupinus lupine
  • albifrons var. albifrons (L. a. var. eminens) silver bush-lupine
  • bicolor (no vars) dove/miniature lupine
  • microcarpus var. microcarpus (L. ruber, densiflorus, subvexus)) chick/whorled/clay/red/hairy lupine
    Medicago
  • polymorpha bur-clover
    Melilotus sweetclover
  • alba (M. albus) white sweetclover
  • indica (M. indicus) yellow sweetclover
    Trifolium clover
  • pratense red clover
  • willdenovii (no vars) (T. tridentatum) tomcat clover
    Vicia vetch
  • americana var. americana

    Fagaceae (oak family)
    Quercus oak
  • agrifolia coast live oak
  • berberidifolia (most of Q. dumosa) California scrub oak

    Geraniaceae (geranium family)
    Erodium storksbill, filaree
  • botrys long-beaked/broad-leaf filaree
  • cicutarium red stemmed filaree
  • moschatum white/green-stemmed filaree
    Geranium cranesbill, geranium
  • carolinianum Carolina geranium

    Grossulariaceae (Saxifragaceae) (gooseberry family)
    Ribes currant, gooseberry
  • speciosum fuchsia-flowered gooseberry

    Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf family)
    Eucrypta
  • chrysanthemifolia common/torry eucrypta
    Nemophila
  • menziesii baby blue eyes
    Phacelia
  • parryi Parry's phacelia
  • ramosissima branching phacelia
    Pholistoma
  • auritum var. auritum (P. a.) fiesta flower

    Iridaceae (iris family)
    Sisyrinchium
  • bellum blue-eyed-grass

    Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (mint family)
    Marrubium horehound
  • vulgare
    Monardella
  • lanceolata horse/mustang mint
    Salvia
  • apiana white sage
  • mellifera black sage
    Stachys hedge-nettle
  • ajugoides
    Trichostema bluecurls
  • lanceolatum vinegar weed

    Liliaceae (lily family)
    Bloomeria golden stars
  • crocea
    Calochortus mariposa lily
  • catalinae
  • splendens splendid/lilac mariposa lily
    Chlorogalum soap plant, amole
  • pomeridianum
    Dichelostemma (Brodiaea)
  • capitatum (B., D. pulchella) blue dicks, wild hyacinth
    Zigadenus zygadene, death-camas
  • fremontii (no vars) star-lily

    Malvaceae (mallow family)
    Malacothamnus bushmallow
  • fasciculatus (no vars) bushmallow, chaparral mallow
    Malva
  • parviflora cheeseweed

    Nyctaginaceae (four-O'clock family)
    Mirabilis four-O'clock
  • californica (M. laevis) wishbone bush

    Onagraceae (evening-primrose family)
    Camissonia (Oenothera) sun cup
  • bistorta California/southern sun cups
    Clarkia
  • purpurea four-spot/wine-cup clarkia
    Epilobium fireweed, willow herb
  • canum (Zauschneria californica, cana) California fuchsia

    Oxalidaceae (oxalis or wood-sorrel family)
    Oxalis wood-sorrel
  • pes-caprae bermuda buttercup, buttercup sorrel

    Papaveraceae (poppy family)
    Eschscholzia
  • californica (no vars) California poppy
    Platystemon cream cups
  • californicus (no vars)

    Plantaginaceae (plantain family)
    Plantago plantain
  • major common plantain

    Platanaceae (sycamore family)
    Platanus
  • racemosa California/western sycamore

    Polygonaceae (buckwheat family)
    Eriogonum wild buckwheat
  • fasciculatum California buckwheat
    Rumex dock, sorrel
  • crispus curly dock

    Portulacaceae (purslane family)
    Calandrinia
  • ciliata (no vars) red maids
    Claytonia (Montia)
  • perfoliata (Montia perfoliata) miner's lettuce

    Primulaceae (primrose family)
    Anagallis pimpernel
  • arvensis (no vars) scarlet pimpernel
    Dodecatheon shooting star
  • clevelandii ssp. clevelandii padre's shooting star

    Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)
    Ranunculus buttercup, crowfoot
  • californicus (no vars) California buttercup

    Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family)
    Ceanothus California-lilac
  • megacarpus var. megacarpus bigpod ceanothus
    Rhamnus buckthorn
  • californica coffeeberry
  • ilicifolia holly-leaf redberry

    Rosaceae (rose family)
    Cercocarpus mountain-mahogany
  • betuloides var. betuloides birch-leaf mountain-mahogany
    Heteromeles toyon, christmas berry, Calif. holly
  • arbutifolia
    Potentilla cinquefoil
  • glandulosa sticky cinquefoil
    Rosa rose
  • californica California wild rose
    Rubus
  • ursinus California blackberry

    Rubiaceae (madder family)
    Galium bedstraw, cleavers
  • angustifolium ssp. angustifolium narrow-leaf/chaparral bedstraw
  • aparine common bedstraw, goose grass
  • nuttallii ssp. nuttallii nuttall's bedstraw

    Salicaceae (willow family)
    Populus
  • fremontii ssp. fremontii alamo/fremont cottonwood
    Salix willow
  • gooddingii (no vars) black/southwestern willow
  • laevigata (no vars) red willow
  • lasiolepis (no vars) arroyo willow

    Saururaceae (lizard-tail family)
    Anemopsis Yerba mansa
  • californica yerba mansa

    Saxifragaceae (saxifrage family)
    Lithophragma woodland/rock star
  • affine (no vars)

    Scrophulariaceae (figwort family)
    Antirrhinum snapdragon
  • kelloggii twining/climbing snapdragon
  • nuttallianum purple snapdragon
    Castilleja indian paintbrush
  • affinis coastal paintbrush
  • exserta (Orthocarpus purpurascens) common/purple owl's-clover
    Keckiella
  • cordifolia heart-leaved bush penstemon
    Mimulus monkeyflower
  • aurantiacus (M. aridus, longiflorus, puniceus) bush/sticky monkeyflower
  • cardinalis scarlet monkey-flower
  • guttatus (no vars) (M. nasutus) common monkey flower

    Solanaceae (nightshade family)
    Datura thorn-apple, jimson-weed
  • wrightii (D. meteloides) western jimsonweed
    Nicotiana tobacco
  • glauca tree tobacco
    Solanum nightshade
  • douglasii douglas' nightshade
  • umbelliferum (no vars) blue witch
  • xanti (S. xantii) (no vars) (S. tenuilobatum) purple/chaparral nightshade

    Typhaceae (cattail family)
    Typha cattail
  • latifolia broad-leaved/tall cattail

    Urticaceae (nettle family)
    Urtica stinging nettle
  • dioica ssp. holosericea (U. h.) hoary/common/creek nettle

    Verbenaceae (vervain family)
    Verbena
  • lasiostachys

    Violaceae (violet family)
    Viola violet
  • pedunculata jonny-jump-up, wild pansy

    Viscaceae (Loranthaceae) (mistletoe family)
    Phoradendron mistletoe
  • macrophyllum (P. tomentosum m.) chaparral/big-leaf mistletoe

    number of families = 51
    number of genera = 138
    number of species, subspecies and varieties = 171