| Criteria: found in Los Angeles County • is native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 3845 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 1389 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Biennial | 3 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Perennial | 1591 plants | ||
Lifeform: Fern | 74 plants | ||
| Adiantum aleuticum | Five finger fern | Fern | 9 |
| Adiantum capillus-veneris | Venus hair | Fern | 14 |
| Adiantum jordanii | Adiantum | Fern | 4 |
| Argyrochosma jonesii | Jones' false cloak fern | Fern | |
| Aspidotis californica | California lace fern | Fern | 1 |
| Asplenium vespertinum | Western spleenwort | Fern | |
| 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 | |
| Azolla mexicana | Mexican mosquito fern | Fern | |
| Azolla microphylla | Mexican mosquito fern | Fern | |
| Botrychium crenulatum | Scalloped moonwort | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Cheilanthes clevelandii | Cleveland's lipfern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes covillei | Coville's lip fern | Fern | 4 |
| Cheilanthes gracillima | Lace lip fern | Fern | 1 |
| Cheilanthes newberryi | Newberry's lipfern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes parryi | Parry cloak fern | 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 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 clevelandii | Cleveland's lip fern | Fern | |
| Myriopteris covillei | Coville's lip fern | Fern | 4 |
| Myriopteris gracillima | Lace lip fern | Fern | 1 |
| Myriopteris newberryi | Newberry's lip fern | Fern | |
| Myriopteris parryi | Parry's lip fern | Fern | |
| Notholaena californica | California cloak fern | Fern | |
| Notholaena californica ssp. californica | California cloak fern | Fern | |
| Notholaena californica ssp. leucophylla | California cloak fern | Fern | |
| Ophioglossum californicum | California adder's tongue | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Pellaea andromedifolia | Coffee fern | Fern | 3 |
| Pellaea andromedifolia var. pubescens | Coffee fern | Fern | 3 |
| Pellaea mucronata | Bird's foot fern | Fern | 2 |
| Pellaea mucronata var. californica | Bird's foot fern | Fern | |
| Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata | Bird's foot fern | Fern | |
| Pentagramma glanduloviscida | 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 | |
| Pentagramma triangularis ssp. viscosa | Sticky gold back fern | Fern | |
| Pentagramma viscosa | Sticky 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 |
| 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 |
| Polystichum scopulinum | Mountain holly fern | Fern | |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Western brackenfern | Fern | 5 |
| Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens | Western bracken fern | Fern | |
| Selaginella asprella | Bluish spike moss | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Selaginella bigelovii | Bigelow's moss fern | Fern (mosslike) | 2 |
| Selaginella cinerascens | Ashy spike moss | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Selaginella leucobryoides | Mojave spike moss | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Selaginella watsonii | Watson's spike moss | Fern (mosslike) | |
| Thelypteris puberula | Showy fern | Fern (rhizomatous) | 4 |
| Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis | Sonoran fern | Fern (rhizomatous) | 1 |
| Woodwardia fimbriata | Western chain fern | Fern | 31 |
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Lifeform: Shrub | 681 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Tree | 101 plants | ||
| Abies concolor | White fir | Tree | 22 |
| Acer macrophyllum | Bigleaf maple | Tree | 52 |
| Acer negundo | Boxelder | Tree | 30 |
| Acer negundo var. californicum | California box elder | Tree | 30 |
| Acer negundo var. interius | Boxelder | Tree | 27 |
| Adenostoma sparsifolium | Red shanks | Tree | 5 |
| Aesculus californica | Buckeye | Tree | 46 |
| Alnus rhombifolia | White alder | Tree | 38 |
| Arbutus menziesii | Madrono | Tree | 35 |
| Callitropsis forbesii | Tecate cypress | Tree | 3 |
| Callitropsis goveniana | Gowen cypress | Tree | |
| Callitropsis macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | Tree | 5 |
| Callitropsis nevadensis | Piute cypress | Tree | |
| Callitropsis stephensonii | Arizona cypress | Tree | 3 |
| Calocedrus decurrens | Incense cedar | Tree | 40 |
| Cercidium floridum ssp. floridum | Blue palo verde | Tree | 7 |
| Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | Port orford cedar | Tree | 14 |
| Cupressus arizonica ssp. nevadensis | Piute cypress | Tree | |
| Cupressus forbesii | Tecate cypress | Tree | 7 |
| Cupressus goveniana | Gowen cypress | Tree | 3 |
| Cupressus goveniana ssp. goveniana | Gowen cypress | Tree | |
| Cupressus lawsoniana | Port orford cedar | Tree | 14 |
| Cupressus macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | Tree | 24 |
| Cupressus stephensonii | Arizona cypress | Tree | 4 |
| Fraxinus latifolia | Oregon ash | Tree | 29 |
| Fraxinus velutina | Arizona ash | Tree | 11 |
| Hesperocyparis forbesii | Tecate cypress | Tree | 7 |
| Hesperocyparis goveniana | Gowen cypress | Tree | 2 |
| Hesperocyparis macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | Tree | 24 |
| Hesperocyparis nevadensis | Piute cypress | Tree | 1 |
| Hesperocyparis stephensonii | Cuyamaca cypress | Tree | 21 |
| Juglans californica | Southern california black walnut | Tree | 12 |
| Juglans californica var. californica | Southern california black walnut | Tree | 12 |
| Juglans californica var. hindsii | Northern california black walnut | Tree | 13 |
| Juglans hindsii | Northern california black walnut | Tree | 13 |
| Juniperus grandis | Sierra juniper | Tree | |
| Juniperus occidentalis | Western juniper | Tree | 2 |
| Juniperus occidentalis var. australis | Sierra juniper | Tree | |
| Lyonothamnus floribundus | Island ironwood | Tree | 15 |
| Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. asplenifolius | Santa cruz island ironwood | Tree | 5 |
| Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. aspleniifolius | Santa cruz island ironwood | Tree | 5 |
| Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. floribundus | Santa catalina island ironwood | Tree | |
| Parkinsonia florida | Blue paloverde | Tree | 17 |
| Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | Tree | 18 |
| Pinus attenuata | Knobcone pine | Tree | 6 |
| Pinus contorta | Lodgepole pine | Tree | 30 |
| Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana | Lodgepole pine | Tree | 4 |
| Pinus coulteri | Coulter pine | Tree | 13 |
| Pinus edulis | Two needle pinyon pine | Tree | 9 |
| Pinus flexilis | Limber pine | Tree | 6 |
| Pinus jeffreyi | Jeffrey pine | Tree | 17 |
| Pinus lambertiana | Sugar pine | Tree | 13 |
| Pinus monophylla | Single leaf pinyon | Tree | 10 |
| Pinus monophylla var. monophylla | Singleleaf pinyon | Tree | 10 |
| Pinus muricata | Bishop pine | Tree | 12 |
| Pinus ponderosa | Yellow pine | Tree | 29 |
| Pinus ponderosa var. pacifica | Pacific ponderosa pine | Tree | |
| Pinus quadrifolia | Parry pine | Tree | |
| Pinus radiata | Monterey pine | Tree | 8 |
| Pinus sabiniana | Gray pine | Tree | 28 |
| 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 | 36 |
| Populus Xparryi | Tree | ||
| Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa | Black cottonwood | Tree | 27 |
| Populus fremontii | Fremont cottonwood | Tree | 32 |
| 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 |
| Quercus Xalvordiana | Alvord's oak | Tree | |
| Quercus Xmacdonaldii | Macdonald's oak | Tree | |
| Quercus Xmorehus | Oracle oak | Tree | 1 |
| Quercus agrifolia | Coast live oak | Tree | 52 |
| Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia | Coast live oak | Tree | 3 |
| Quercus agrifolia var. oxyadenia | Southern coast live oak | Tree | |
| Quercus berberidifolia | Inland scrub oak | Tree | 13 |
| Quercus chrysolepis | Gold cup live oak | Tree | 24 |
| Quercus cornelius-mulleri | Desert scrub oak | Tree | 1 |
| Quercus douglasii | Blue oak | Tree | 26 |
| Quercus engelmannii | Engelmann oak | Tree | 10 |
| Quercus garryana | Oregon oak | Tree | 24 |
| Quercus garryana var. breweri | Oregon oak | Tree | 2 |
| Quercus garryana var. semota | Oregon white oak | Tree | |
| Quercus john-tuckeri | Tucker's oak | Tree | |
| Quercus kelloggii | California black oak | Tree | 24 |
| Quercus lobata | Valley oak | Tree | 40 |
| Quercus tomentella | Island oak | Tree | 5 |
| Salix gooddingii | Gooding's willow | Tree | 7 |
| 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 | 34 |
| Sequoiadendron giganteum | Redwood | Tree | 19 |
| Umbellularia californica | California bay | Tree | 40 |
| Washingtonia filifera | California fan palm | Tree | 9 |
| Yucca brevifolia | Joshua tree | Tree | 15 |
| Yucca schidigera | Mohave yucca | Tree | 13 |
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Lifeform: Vine | 1 plant | ||
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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 Los Angeles 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. | ||