| Criteria: found in Contra Costa County • is not native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 782 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 360 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Biennial | 3 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Perennial | 269 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Fern | 2 plants | ||
Lifeform: Shrub | 87 plants | ||
| Acacia baileyana ! | Cootamundra wattle | Tree, Shrub | 5 |
| Acacia cyclops ! | Coastal wattle | Shrub | |
| Acacia dealbata ! | Silver wattle | Tree, Shrub | 1 |
| Acacia redolens | Bank catclaw | Tree, Shrub | 15 |
| Acacia verticillata | Star acacia | Tree, Shrub | 2 |
| Albizia julibrissin | Silktree | Tree, Shrub | 9 |
| Albizia lophantha | Stink bean | Tree, Shrub | |
| Berberis darwinii ! | Darwin's berberis | Shrub | 5 |
| Caesalpinia gilliesii | Bird of paradise | Tree, Shrub, Vine | 10 |
| Callistemon citrinus | Crimson bottlebrush | Tree, Shrub | 12 |
| Calystegia silvatica | Shortstalk false bindweed | Vine, Shrub | |
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern redbud | Tree, Shrub | 66 |
| Cistus salviifolius | Sage leaf rockrose | Shrub (stem succulent) | 16 |
| Coprosma repens | Creeping mirrorplant | Shrub | 6 |
| Cotoneaster franchetii ! | Cotoneaster | Shrub | |
| Cotoneaster horizontalis | Wall or herringbone cotoneaster | Shrub | 4 |
| Cotoneaster lacteus ! | Milkflower cotoneaster | Shrub | 2 |
| Cotoneaster pannosus ! | Woolly cotoneaster | Shrub | |
| Crataegus monogyna ! | Hawthorn | Shrub | 2 |
| Cytisus scoparius ! | Scotch broom | Shrub | 1 |
| Cytisus scoparius var. scoparius | Scotch broom | Shrub | 1 |
| Cytisus striatus ! | Portuguese broom | Shrub | |
| Echium candicans ! | Pride of madeira | Shrub | 14 |
| Elaeagnus angustifolia ! | Russian olive | Tree, Shrub | 2 |
| Ficus microcarpa | Chinese banyan | Shrub | 4 |
| Genista canariensis | Canary island broom | Shrub | |
| Genista monspessulana ! | French broom | Shrub | |
| Hedera helix ! | English ivy | Vine, Shrub | 6 |
| Helichrysum petiolare ! | Licorice plant | Shrub, Vine | 5 |
| Holodiscus dumosus | Rockspirea | Shrub | 40 |
| Hypericum calycinum | Aaron's beard | Shrub | 7 |
| Ilex aquifolium ! | Holly | Tree, Shrub | 3 |
| Isocoma veneta | Shrub | 11 | |
| Lavatera arborea | Tree mallow | Shrub | |
| Leptospermum scoparium | Broom teatree | Shrub | 5 |
| Ligustrum japonicum | Japanese privet | Tree, Shrub | 9 |
| Ligustrum lucidum ! | Glossy privet | Tree, Shrub | 3 |
| Ligustrum ovalifolium | California privet | Tree, Shrub | 1 |
| Ligustrum sinense | Chinese privet | Tree, Shrub | 1 |
| Ligustrum vulgare | European privet | Tree, Shrub | 3 |
| Lonicera japonica | Japanese honeysuckle | Vine, Shrub | 7 |
| Lycium chinense | Matrimony vine | Shrub | 2 |
| Maclura pomifera | Osage orange | Tree, Shrub | 3 |
| Malva arborea | Tree mallow | Shrub | |
| Malva pseudolavatera | Cretan mallow | Shrub | |
| Maytenus boaria ! | Mayten | Tree, Shrub | 6 |
| Myoporum laetum ! | Ngaio tree | Tree, Shrub | 2 |
| Nicotiana glauca ! | Tree tobacco | Tree, Shrub | 2 |
| Olea europaea ! | Olive | Tree, Shrub | 10 |
| Opuntia ficus-indica | Tuna | Shrub (stem succulent) | 4 |
| Parthenocissus inserta | Woodbine | Vine, Shrub | 10 |
| Pelargonium inquinans | South african pelargonium | Shrub (stem succulent) | |
| Phoradendron tomentosum | Christmas mistletoe | Shrub (parasitic) | |
| Photinia serratifolia | Taiwanese photinia | Shrub, Tree | |
| Pittosporum tobira | Mock orange | Tree, Shrub | 9 |
| Pittosporum undulatum ! | Victorian box | Tree, Shrub | 4 |
| Pyracantha angustifolia ! | Firethorn | Shrub | 2 |
| Pyracantha coccinea ! | Scarlet firethorn | Shrub | 4 |
| Pyracantha crenatoserrata | Chinese firethorn | Shrub | 5 |
| Pyracantha fortuneana | Chinese firethorn | Shrub | 5 |
| Pyracantha koidzumii | Taiwan firethorn | Shrub | 3 |
| Quercus suber | Cork oak | Tree, Shrub | 12 |
| Rhamnus alaterna | Italian buckhorn | Shrub | 8 |
| Rhamnus alaternus ! | Italian buckthorn | Shrub | 8 |
| Ricinus communis ! | Castor bean | Shrub | 1 |
| Robinia hispida | Bristly locust | Tree, Shrub | |
| Rosmarinus officinalis | Rosemary | Shrub | 28 |
| Rubus armeniacus ! | Himalayan blackberry | Shrub | |
| Rubus discolor | Blackberry | Shrub | |
| Rubus pensilvanicus | Pennsylvania blackberry | Vine, Shrub | |
| Rubus ulmifolius | Elmleaf blackberry | Vine, Shrub | |
| Rubus ulmifolius var. anoplothyrsus | Elm leaf bramble | Vine, Shrub | |
| Rubus ulmifolius var. inermis | Elm leaf bramble | Vine, Shrub | |
| Salsola damascena | Russian thistle | Shrub | |
| Salvia microphylla | Baby sage | Shrub | 20 |
| Schinus terebinthifolius ! | Brazilian pepper tree | Tree, Shrub | 4 |
| Senna multiglandulosa | Glandular cassia | Shrub | 2 |
| Sesbania punicea ! | Rattlebox | Shrub | 1 |
| Solanum aviculare ! | New zealand nightshade | Shrub | 1 |
| Solanum lanceolatum | Lance leaf nightshade | Shrub | |
| Solanum physalifolium | Hoe nightshade | Shrub | |
| Spartium junceum ! | Spanish broom | Shrub | 2 |
| Tamarix parviflora | Tamarisk | Tree, Shrub | |
| Tamarix ramosissima ! | Tamarisk | Tree, Shrub | |
| Ulex europaeus ! | Gorse | Shrub | |
| Viburnum rigidum | Canary Laurustinus | Shrub | |
| Vitis vinifera | Cultivated grape | Vine, Shrub | 5 |
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Lifeform: Tree | 54 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Vine | 5 plants | ||
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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 Contra Costa 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. | ||