| Criteria: found in Santa Cruz County • is not native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 828 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 376 plants | ||
Lifeform: Biennial | 4 plants | ||
| Dipsacus sativus ! | Indian teasel | Biennial herb | |
| Hesperis matronalis | Dame's rocket | Biennial, Perennial herb | 6 |
| Verbascum speciosum | Showy mullein | Biennial herb | |
| Verbena litoralis | Shore vervain | Biennial, Perennial herb | |
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Lifeform: Perennial | 290 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Fern | 2 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Shrub | 88 plants | ||
| Acacia baileyana ! | Cootamundra wattle | Tree, Shrub | 5 |
| Acacia dealbata ! | Silver wattle | Tree, Shrub | 1 |
| Acacia mearnsii | Black wattle | Tree, Shrub | |
| Albizia lophantha | Stink bean | Tree, Shrub | |
| Berberis darwinii ! | Darwin's berberis | Shrub | 5 |
| Buddleja davidii ! | Butterfly bush | Tree, Shrub | 6 |
| Callistemon speciosus | Gray bottlebrush | Tree, Shrub | |
| Calystegia silvatica | Shortstalk false bindweed | Vine, Shrub | |
| Calystegia silvatica ssp. disjuncta | Shortstalk false bindweed | Vine, Shrub | |
| Cestrum fasciculatum | Early flowering jassamine | Shrub | 5 |
| Cistus creticus | Pink rockrose | Shrub | 9 |
| Cistus incanus | Hairy rockrose | Shrub | 10 |
| Coprosma repens | Creeping mirrorplant | Shrub | 6 |
| Cotoneaster franchetii ! | Cotoneaster | Shrub | |
| Cotoneaster integrifolius | Entire-leaved cotoneaster | Shrub | 3 |
| Cotoneaster lacteus ! | Milkflower cotoneaster | Shrub | 2 |
| Cotoneaster microphyllus | Shrub | 3 | |
| Cotoneaster pannosus ! | Woolly cotoneaster | Shrub | |
| Crataegus monogyna ! | Hawthorn | Shrub | 2 |
| Cytisus scoparius ! | Scotch broom | Shrub | 1 |
| Cytisus striatus ! | Portuguese broom | Shrub | |
| Delosperma litorale | Ice plant | Shrub (stem succulent) | |
| Echium candicans ! | Pride of madeira | Shrub | 14 |
| Echium pininana | Pine echium | Shrub | |
| Echium vulgare | Common viper's bugloss | Shrub | 2 |
| Erica canaliculata | Hairy grey heather | Shrub | 2 |
| Erica lusitanica ! | Spanish heather | Shrub | |
| Fuchsia boliviana | Bolivian fuchsia | Shrub | 2 |
| Genista monosperma ! | Bridal broom | Shrub | 1 |
| Genista monspessulana ! | French broom | Shrub | |
| Grevillea rosmarinifolia | rosemary grevillea | Shrub | |
| Hedera helix ! | English ivy | Vine, Shrub | 6 |
| Holodiscus dumosus | Rockspirea | Shrub | 40 |
| Hypericum androsaemum ! | Sweet amber | Shrub | 3 |
| Hypericum calycinum | Aaron's beard | Shrub | 7 |
| Hypericum canariense ! | Canary island st john's wort | Shrub | |
| Ilex aquifolium ! | Holly | Tree, Shrub | 3 |
| Lavandula angustifolia | English lavender | Shrub | 11 |
| Lavandula stoechas | French lavender | Shrub | 14 |
| Lavatera arborea | Tree mallow | Shrub | |
| Lavatera olbia | Tree lavatera | Shrub | 1 |
| Leptospermum laevigatum ! | Australian tea tree | Shrub | 5 |
| Leptospermum scoparium | Broom teatree | Shrub | 5 |
| Ligustrum japonicum | Japanese privet | Tree, Shrub | 9 |
| Ligustrum lucidum ! | Glossy privet | Tree, Shrub | 3 |
| Ligustrum vulgare | European privet | Tree, Shrub | 3 |
| Lonicera japonica | Japanese honeysuckle | Vine, Shrub | 7 |
| Malva arborea | Tree mallow | Shrub | |
| Malva pseudolavatera | Cretan mallow | Shrub | |
| Maytenus boaria ! | Mayten | Tree, Shrub | 6 |
| Maytenus magellanica | Magellan's mayten | Tree, Shrub | |
| Myoporum laetum ! | Ngaio tree | Tree, Shrub | 2 |
| Nandina domestica | Sacred bamboo | Shrub | 10 |
| 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 |
| Pieris japonica | Japanese pieris | Shrub | 3 |
| Pittosporum crassifolium | Thick leaf box | Tree, Shrub | 8 |
| Pittosporum undulatum ! | Victorian box | Tree, Shrub | 4 |
| Polygala myrtifolia ! | Myrtle leaf milkwort | Shrub | 4 |
| Prunus laurocerasus | Cherry laurel | Tree, Shrub | 5 |
| Pyracantha angustifolia ! | Firethorn | Shrub | 2 |
| Pyracantha crenatoserrata | Chinese firethorn | Shrub | 5 |
| Pyracantha fortuneana | Chinese firethorn | Shrub | 5 |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur oak | Tree, Shrub | 4 |
| Quercus suber | Cork oak | Tree, Shrub | 12 |
| Ricinus communis ! | Castor bean | Shrub | 1 |
| Roldana petasitis | Velvet groundsel | Shrub | 1 |
| Rosa canina | Dog rose | Shrub | |
| Rosa multiflora | Multiflora rose | Shrub, Vine | 1 |
| Rosmarinus officinalis | Rosemary | Shrub | 28 |
| Rubus armeniacus ! | Himalayan blackberry | Shrub | |
| Rubus discolor | Blackberry | Shrub | |
| Rubus fruticosus | Shrubby 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 | |
| Salvia microphylla | Baby sage | Shrub | 20 |
| Sedum dendroideum | Tree stonecrop | Shrub | 1 |
| Solanum aviculare ! | New zealand nightshade | Shrub | 1 |
| Solanum marginatum | White margined nightshade | Shrub | |
| Solanum physalifolium | Hoe nightshade | Shrub | |
| Solanum villosum | Hairy nightshade | Shrub | |
| Spartium junceum ! | Spanish broom | Shrub | 2 |
| Tamarix ramosissima ! | Tamarisk | Tree, Shrub | |
| Ulex europaeus ! | Gorse | Shrub | |
| Vitis vinifera | Cultivated grape | Vine, Shrub | 5 |
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Lifeform: Tree | 51 plants | ||
| Acacia decurrens | Green wattle | Tree | |
| Acacia longifolia ! | Golden wattle | Tree | 5 |
| Acacia melanoxylon ! | Blackwood acacia | Tree | 5 |
| Acacia retinodes | Ever blooming acacia | Tree | |
| Ailanthus altissima ! | Tree of heaven | Tree | 2 |
| Alnus cordata | Italian alder | Tree | 7 |
| Araucaria heterophylla | Norfolk island pine | Tree | 2 |
| Castanea dentata | American chestnut | Tree | 1 |
| Catalpa bignonioides | Southern catalpa | Tree | 1 |
| Ceratonia siliqua | St. john's bread | Tree | 5 |
| Cestrum elegans | Purple cestrum | Tree | 5 |
| Cinnamomum camphora | Camphortree | Tree | 6 |
| Cordyline australis | Cabbage tree | Tree | 11 |
| Diospyros kaki | Japanese persimmon | Tree | |
| Eriobotrya japonica | Loquat | Tree | 4 |
| Eucalyptus camaldulensis ! | Red gum | Tree | 2 |
| Eucalyptus erythrocorys | Tree | ||
| Eucalyptus globulus ! | Blue gum | Tree | 4 |
| Eucalyptus grandis | Grand eucalyptus | Tree | 1 |
| Eucalyptus polyanthemos | Silver dollar gum | Tree | 3 |
| Eucalyptus robusta | Swampmahogany | Tree | 1 |
| Eucalyptus rudis | Western australian floodedgum | Tree | 1 |
| Eucalyptus sideroxylon | Red iron bark | Tree | 2 |
| Eucalyptus viminalis | Manna gum | Tree | |
| Ficus carica ! | Common fig | Tree | 1 |
| Grevillea robusta ! | Silkoak | Tree | 4 |
| Juglans cinerea | Butternut | Tree | |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut | Tree | 2 |
| Juglans regia | English walnut | Tree | 1 |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum | Tree | 7 |
| Malus pumila | Paradise apple | Tree | 2 |
| Malus sylvestris | Apple | Tree | |
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides | Dawn redwood | Tree | 4 |
| Nerium oleander | Oleander | Tree | 8 |
| Phoenix canariensis ! | Canary island date palm | Tree | 2 |
| Pinus halepensis | Aleppo pine | Tree | 9 |
| Pinus pinea | Italian stone pine | Tree | 7 |
| Pinus sylvestris | Scotch pine | Tree | 7 |
| Populus Xcanadensis | Carolina poplar | Tree | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern cottonwood | Tree | 3 |
| Prunus cerasifera ! | Cherry plum | Tree | 8 |
| Prunus persica | Peach | Tree | 4 |
| Pyrus communis | Common pear | Tree | 1 |
| Quercus cerris | European turkey oak | Tree | |
| Quercus ilex | Holly oak | Tree | 7 |
| Quercus robur | English oak | Tree | 3 |
| Quercus virginiana | Live oak | Tree | 6 |
| Robinia pseudoacacia ! | Black locust | Tree | 6 |
| Schinus molle ! | Peruvian pepper tree | Tree | 9 |
| Ulmus americana | American elm | Tree | 3 |
| Ulmus parvifolia | Siberian elm | Tree | 10 |
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Lifeform: Vine | 13 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 Santa Cruz 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. | ||