| Criteria: found in Monterey County • is native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 2769 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 1089 plants | ||
Lifeform: Biennial | 2 plants | ||
| Gnaphalium ramosissimum | Pink everlasting | Biennial herb | 3 |
| Pseudognaphalium ramosissimum | Pink cudweed | Biennial herb | 3 |
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Lifeform: Perennial | 1162 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Fern | 59 plants | ||
| Adiantum aleuticum | Five finger fern | Fern | 9 |
| Adiantum capillus-veneris | Venus hair | Fern | 14 |
| Adiantum jordanii | Adiantum | Fern | 4 |
| Aspidotis californica | California lace fern | Fern | 1 |
| Aspidotis carlotta-halliae | Carlotta hall's lace fern | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Aspidotis densa | Lace fern | Fern | 1 |
| Athyrium filix-femina | Common ladyfern | Fern | 19 |
| Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum | Subarctic ladyfern | Fern | |
| Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum | Western lady fern | Fern | 1 |
| Azolla filiculoides | Mosquito fern | Fern | |
| Botrychium multifidum | Common grapefern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes cooperae | Mrs. cooper's lipfern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes covillei | Coville's lip fern | Fern | 4 |
| Cheilanthes gracillima | Lace lip fern | Fern | 1 |
| Cheilanthes intertexta | Coastal lipfern | Fern | |
| Cystopteris fragilis | Brittle fern | Fern | 1 |
| Dryopteris arguta | Wood fern | Fern | 7 |
| Dryopteris expansa | Spreading wood fern | Fern | 4 |
| Equisetum Xferrissii | Ferris' horsetail | Fern | |
| Equisetum arvense | Common horsetail | Fern | 6 |
| Equisetum hyemale | Scouringrush horsetail | Fern | 31 |
| Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine | Giant scouring rush | Fern | 7 |
| Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouringrush horsetail | Fern | 4 |
| Equisetum laevigatum | Smooth scouring rush | Fern | 2 |
| Equisetum telmateia | Giant horsetail | Fern | 3 |
| Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii | Giant horsetail | Fern | 1 |
| Equisetum telmateia var. braunii | Giant horsetail | Fern | 1 |
| Isoetes howellii | Quillwort | Fern | |
| Isoetes nuttallii | Nuttall's quillwort | Fern | |
| Isoetes orcuttii | Orcutt's quillwort | Fern (aquatic) | |
| Marsilea vestita | Hairy waterclover | Fern | 6 |
| Marsilea vestita ssp. vestita | Hairy pepperwort | Fern | 5 |
| Myriopteris cooperae | Cooper's lip fern | Fern | |
| Myriopteris covillei | Coville's lip fern | Fern | 4 |
| Myriopteris gracillima | Lace lip fern | Fern | 1 |
| Myriopteris intertexta | Coastal lip fern | Fern | |
| Ophioglossum californicum | California adder's tongue | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Pellaea andromedifolia | Coffee fern | Fern | 3 |
| Pellaea mucronata | Bird's foot fern | Fern | 2 |
| Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata | Bird's foot fern | Fern | |
| Pentagramma pallida | Silver back fern | Fern | |
| Pentagramma triangularis | Gold back fern | Fern | 3 |
| Pentagramma triangularis ssp. semipallida | Pale gold back fern | Fern | 3 |
| Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis | Gold back fern | Fern | |
| Pilularia americana | Pillwort | Fern | |
| Polypodium californicum | California polypody | Fern | 12 |
| Polypodium calirhiza | Licorice fern | Fern | 3 |
| Polypodium glycyrrhiza | Licorice fern | Fern | 8 |
| Polypodium scouleri | Leather fern | Fern | 8 |
| Polystichum californicum | California sword fern | Fern | |
| Polystichum dudleyi | Dudley's sword fern | Fern | |
| Polystichum imbricans | Narrow leaved sword fern | Fern | 1 |
| Polystichum imbricans ssp. curtum | Cliff sword fern | Fern | |
| Polystichum imbricans ssp. imbricans | Rock sword fern | Fern | |
| Polystichum munitum | Western sword fern | Fern | 43 |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Western brackenfern | Fern | 5 |
| Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens | Western bracken fern | Fern | |
| Selaginella bigelovii | Bigelow's moss fern | Fern (mosslike) | 2 |
| Woodwardia fimbriata | Western chain fern | Fern | 31 |
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Lifeform: Shrub | 378 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Tree | 66 plants | ||
| Abies bracteata | Santa lucia fir | Tree | 3 |
| Acer macrophyllum | Bigleaf maple | Tree | 53 |
| Acer negundo | Boxelder | Tree | 31 |
| Acer negundo var. californicum | California box elder | Tree | 31 |
| Aesculus californica | Buckeye | Tree | 47 |
| Alnus rhombifolia | White alder | Tree | 39 |
| Arbutus menziesii | Madrono | Tree | 36 |
| Callitropsis goveniana | Gowen cypress | Tree | |
| Callitropsis macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | Tree | 6 |
| Calocedrus decurrens | Incense cedar | Tree | 40 |
| Cornus sessilis | Western cornelian cherry | Tree | 6 |
| Cupressus goveniana | Gowen cypress | Tree | 3 |
| Cupressus goveniana ssp. goveniana | Gowen cypress | Tree | |
| Cupressus macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | Tree | 25 |
| Hesperocyparis goveniana | Gowen cypress | Tree | 2 |
| Hesperocyparis macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | Tree | 25 |
| Juglans californica | Southern california black walnut | Tree | 12 |
| Juglans californica var. hindsii | Northern california black walnut | Tree | 14 |
| Juglans hindsii | Northern california black walnut | Tree | 14 |
| Lyonothamnus floribundus | Island ironwood | Tree | 15 |
| Pinus attenuata | Knobcone pine | Tree | 6 |
| Pinus coulteri | Coulter pine | Tree | 13 |
| Pinus jeffreyi | Jeffrey pine | Tree | 17 |
| Pinus lambertiana | Sugar pine | Tree | 13 |
| Pinus muricata | Bishop pine | Tree | 12 |
| Pinus ponderosa | Yellow pine | Tree | 29 |
| Pinus ponderosa var. pacifica | Pacific ponderosa pine | Tree | |
| Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa | North plateau ponderosa pine | Tree | 2 |
| Pinus quadrifolia | Parry pine | Tree | |
| Pinus radiata | Monterey pine | Tree | 8 |
| Pinus sabiniana | Gray pine | Tree | 29 |
| Pinus torreyana | Island torrey pine | Tree | 14 |
| Pinus torreyana ssp. insularis | Santa rosa isl. torrey pine | Tree | |
| Pinus torreyana ssp. torreyana | Torrey pine | Tree | 1 |
| Platanus racemosa | California sycamore | Tree | 37 |
| Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa | Black cottonwood | Tree | 27 |
| Populus fremontii | Fremont cottonwood | Tree | 33 |
| Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii | Cottonwood | Tree | 4 |
| Populus tremuloides | Quaking aspen | Tree | 28 |
| Populus trichocarpa | Black cottonwood | Tree | 27 |
| Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii | Island cherry | Tree | 24 |
| Pseudotsuga macrocarpa | Bigcone spruce | Tree | 3 |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas fir | Tree | 31 |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii | Douglas fir | Tree | 4 |
| Quercus Xalvordiana | Alvord's oak | Tree | |
| Quercus Xmorehus | Oracle oak | Tree | 1 |
| Quercus agrifolia | Coast live oak | Tree | 53 |
| Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia | Coast live oak | Tree | 3 |
| Quercus berberidifolia | Inland scrub oak | Tree | 13 |
| Quercus chrysolepis | Gold cup live oak | Tree | 24 |
| Quercus douglasii | Blue oak | Tree | 27 |
| Quercus garryana | Oregon oak | Tree | 25 |
| Quercus garryana var. garryana | Oregon oak | Tree | 1 |
| Quercus john-tuckeri | Tucker's oak | Tree | |
| Quercus kelloggii | California black oak | Tree | 24 |
| Quercus lobata | Valley oak | Tree | 40 |
| Quercus parvula | Santa cruz island oak | Tree | 1 |
| Quercus parvula var. shrevei | Shreve's oak | Tree | 1 |
| Salix gooddingii | Gooding's willow | Tree | 8 |
| Salix laevigata | Polished willow | Tree | 17 |
| Salix lasiandra | Pacific willow | Tree | 20 |
| Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra | Pacific willow | Tree | 6 |
| Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra | Shining willow | Tree | 6 |
| Sequoia sempervirens | Coast redwood | Tree | 33 |
| Torreya californica | California nutmeg | Tree | 9 |
| Umbellularia californica | California bay | Tree | 42 |
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Lifeform: Vine | 1 plant | ||
| Vicia hassei | Hasse's vetch | Vine | |
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Pink background indicates a plant is non-native.
! indicates a plant is potentially invasive. |
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| NB: found in Monterey County is intended to indicate only plants found growing in the wild. However, the evidence is not always clear, and may occasionally include plants found in cultivation. To verify the wild presence of any particular plant in the list above, please click through to Calflora and look closely at the observations in this county. | ||