| Criteria: found in San Diego County • is native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 3522 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 1326 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Biennial | 3 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Perennial | 1414 plants | ||
Lifeform: Fern | 67 plants | ||
| Adiantum capillus-veneris | Venus hair | Fern | 14 |
| Adiantum jordanii | Adiantum | Fern | 4 |
| Aspidotis californica | California lace fern | Fern | 1 |
| Aspidotis densa | Lace fern | Fern | 1 |
| Asplenium vespertinum | Western spleenwort | Fern | |
| Azolla filiculoides | Mosquito fern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes clevelandii | Cleveland's lipfern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes covillei | Coville's lip fern | Fern | 4 |
| Cheilanthes feei | Slender lipfern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes intertexta | Coastal lipfern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes newberryi | Newberry's lipfern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes parryi | Parry cloak fern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes viscida | Viscid lip fern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes wootonii | Wooton's lace fern | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Cystopteris fragilis | Brittle fern | Fern | 1 |
| Dryopteris arguta | Wood fern | Fern | 7 |
| 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 clevelandii | Cleveland's lip fern | Fern | |
| Myriopteris covillei | Coville's lip fern | Fern | 4 |
| Myriopteris gracilis | Slender lip fern | Fern | |
| Myriopteris intertexta | Coastal lip fern | Fern | |
| Myriopteris newberryi | Newberry's lip fern | Fern | |
| Myriopteris parryi | Parry's lip fern | Fern | |
| Myriopteris viscida | Viscid lace fern | Fern | |
| Notholaena californica | California cloak fern | Fern | |
| Notholaena californica ssp. californica | 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. mucronata | Bird's foot fern | Fern | |
| Pellaea truncata | Cliff brake | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Pentagramma glanduloviscida | Fern | ||
| Pentagramma maxonii | Maxon's gold back fern | Fern | |
| Pentagramma rebmanii | Fern | ||
| Pentagramma triangularis | Gold back fern | Fern | 3 |
| Pentagramma triangularis ssp. maxonii | Maxon's gold back fern | Fern | |
| 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 |
| 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 asprella | Bluish spike moss | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Selaginella bigelovii | Bigelow's moss fern | Fern (mosslike) | 2 |
| Selaginella cinerascens | Ashy spike moss | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Selaginella eremophila | Desert spike moss | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Woodwardia fimbriata | Western chain fern | Fern | 31 |
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Lifeform: Shrub | 621 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Tree | 81 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 |
| Adenostoma sparsifolium | Red shanks | Tree | 5 |
| Alnus rhombifolia | White alder | Tree | 38 |
| Arbutus menziesii | Madrono | Tree | 36 |
| Bursera microphylla | Elephant tree | Tree | 2 |
| Callitropsis forbesii | Tecate cypress | Tree | 3 |
| Callitropsis macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | Tree | 5 |
| Callitropsis stephensonii | Arizona cypress | Tree | 3 |
| Calocedrus decurrens | Incense cedar | Tree | 40 |
| Celtis reticulata | Net leaf hackberry | Tree | 6 |
| Cercidium floridum ssp. floridum | Blue palo verde | Tree | 7 |
| Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | Port orford cedar | Tree | 14 |
| Cupressus forbesii | Tecate cypress | Tree | 7 |
| 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 macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | Tree | 24 |
| 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 |
| Olneya tesota | Ironwood | Tree | 6 |
| Parkinsonia florida | Blue paloverde | Tree | 17 |
| 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 monophylla | Single leaf pinyon | Tree | 10 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Platanus racemosa var. wrightii | Arizona sycamore | Tree | 5 |
| 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 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 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 cedrosensis | Cedros island oak | Tree | |
| 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 john-tuckeri | Tucker's oak | Tree | |
| Quercus kelloggii | California black oak | Tree | 24 |
| Quercus lobata | Valley oak | Tree | 39 |
| 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 |
| Umbellularia californica | California bay | Tree | 40 |
| Washingtonia filifera | California fan palm | Tree | 9 |
| 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 San Diego 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. | ||