| Criteria: found in Santa Cruz County • is native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 1949 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 666 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 | 885 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Fern | 48 plants | ||
| Adiantum aleuticum | Five finger fern | Fern | 9 |
| Adiantum jordanii | Adiantum | Fern | 4 |
| Aspidotis californica | California 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 | |
| Azolla mexicana | Mexican mosquito fern | Fern | |
| Azolla microphylla | Mexican mosquito fern | Fern | |
| Blechnum spicant | Deer fern | Fern | 30 |
| Botrychium multifidum | Common grapefern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes cooperae | Mrs. cooper's 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 nuttallii | Nuttall's quillwort | Fern | |
| Isoetes orcuttii | Orcutt's quillwort | Fern (aquatic) | |
| Myriopteris cooperae | Cooper's lip fern | Fern | |
| Pellaea andromedifolia | Coffee fern | Fern | 3 |
| Pellaea mucronata | Bird's foot fern | Fern | 2 |
| Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata | Bird's foot 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 | |
| Struthiopteris spicant | Deer fern | Fern | 30 |
| Woodwardia fimbriata | Western chain fern | Fern | 31 |
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Lifeform: Shrub | 274 plants | ||
|
Lifeform: Tree | 62 plants | ||
| Acer macrophyllum | Bigleaf maple | Tree | 52 |
| Acer negundo | Boxelder | Tree | 30 |
| Acer negundo var. californicum | California box elder | Tree | 30 |
| Aesculus californica | Buckeye | Tree | 46 |
| Alnus rhombifolia | White alder | Tree | 38 |
| Arbutus menziesii | Madrono | Tree | 35 |
| Callitropsis abramsiana | Santa cruz cypress | Tree | 2 |
| Callitropsis goveniana | Gowen cypress | Tree | |
| Callitropsis macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | Tree | 5 |
| Calocedrus decurrens | Incense cedar | Tree | 40 |
| Cupressus abramsiana | Santa cruz cypress | Tree | 3 |
| Cupressus goveniana | Gowen cypress | Tree | 3 |
| Cupressus goveniana ssp. goveniana | Gowen cypress | Tree | |
| Cupressus macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | Tree | 24 |
| Fraxinus latifolia | Oregon ash | Tree | 29 |
| Hesperocyparis abramsiana | Santa cruz cypress | Tree | 3 |
| Hesperocyparis abramsiana var. abramsiana | Santa cruz cypress | Tree | |
| Hesperocyparis abramsiana var. butanoensis | Santa cruz cypress | Tree | 1 |
| Hesperocyparis goveniana | Gowen cypress | Tree | 2 |
| Hesperocyparis macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | Tree | 24 |
| Juglans californica var. hindsii | Northern california black walnut | Tree | 13 |
| Juglans hindsii | Northern california black walnut | Tree | 13 |
| Lyonothamnus floribundus | Island ironwood | Tree | 15 |
| Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | Tree | 18 |
| Pinus attenuata | Knobcone pine | Tree | 6 |
| Pinus contorta | Lodgepole pine | Tree | 30 |
| Pinus contorta ssp. contorta | Shore pine | Tree | 12 |
| Pinus coulteri | Coulter pine | Tree | 13 |
| Pinus monticola | Western white pine | Tree | 10 |
| Pinus muricata | Bishop pine | Tree | 12 |
| Pinus ponderosa | Yellow pine | Tree | 29 |
| Pinus ponderosa var. pacifica | Pacific ponderosa 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 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 |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas fir | Tree | 31 |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii | Douglas fir | Tree | 4 |
| Quercus Xmorehus | Oracle oak | Tree | 1 |
| Quercus agrifolia | Coast live oak | Tree | 52 |
| 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 garryana | Oregon oak | Tree | 24 |
| 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 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 |
| Torreya californica | California nutmeg | Tree | 9 |
| Umbellularia californica | California bay | Tree | 40 |
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Lifeform: Vine | 2 plants | ||
| Rubus nivalis | Snow dwarf bramble | Vine | |
| 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 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. | ||