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Additions to the vascular plant checklist for Santa Cruz County, CaliforniaDWTaylor October 2006, revised Oct. 2009

Pinaceae

Pinus coulteri D. Don.

Ben Lomond Mountain, along powerline parallel to Empire Grade Road about 1.3 miles north of thejunction with Alba Road, June 3, 2004,D.W. Taylor 19079 (JEPS backlog). Freely seeding this site, from

trees planted in the 1930s as part of wildland conservation program.

Pinus torreyana Carrire

trees planted circa 1950 with the construction of Highway 1 freeway persist, and seed feebly (as between

at Mar Monte exit and Buena Vista exit); trees remain from plantings in Aptos area, as terrace north ofCabrillo.

Anacardiaceae

Malosma laurina (Nutt.) AbramsFreely seeding in the Freedom region; planted in the 1930s as part of wildland conservation programs.

Voucher will be secured.

Araliaceae

Hedera helix L. ssphelix(our plants are this, cf. JEPS101745 , we do not have a voucher of ssp.

canariensis (Willd.) Cout.) and I have not seen it locally.

Asteraceae

Calendula officinalis L.

coastal bluff near Davenport, February 1, 2002,D.W. Taylor 17932 (JEPS backlog)

Holocarpha obconica (J. Clausen & Keck) Keck ssp. obconicaridge forming summit Santa Cruz Mountains 1 mile North of Atherton Peak, 10 October 2003,D.W.

Taylor 19008 (JEPS100259)

Brassicaceae

Hesperis matrionalis L.Sporadically established Aptos, persistent, reproducing but short lived in any one place

Matthiola incana (L.) R. Br.Persistent and long established on coastal bluffs in Davenport region (cf. CHSC22757)

Boraginaceae

Borago officinalis L

Sporadically established , persistent, reproducing but short lived in any one place

Echium candicans L. f.

Sporadically established Seacliff, persistent, sparingly reproducing.

Symphytum officinale LSporadic throughout Aptos region, often vegetative: rapidly spreads in the garden, then is discarded,

where it long persists.

Caryophyllaceae

Polycarpon depressum Nutt not extirpateddivide between Aptos Creek and Mangles Gulch, 12 April 1989,D.W. Taylor 10202 (JEPS backlog)

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Ericaceae

Erica lusitanica Rudolphiwestern boundary Nisene Marks State Park, on coastal marine terrace at headwater of Borregas Gulch, 1

February 2001,D.W. Taylor 17603 (JEPS backlog). Moderately invasive; formerly raised commercially

in the Aptos area, and perhaps now not subject to local reinvasion.

Fagaceae

Quercus Xchasei McMinn, Babcock & Righter

Monte Toyon, very headwater of Mangles Gulch, April 11, 1990,D.W. Taylor 11577(JEPS backlog)

Polygonaceae

Eriogonum arborescens E. Greenefully established on sea bluffs at Seacliff, September 21, 2001,D.W. Taylor 17901 (JEPS backlog)

Fallopia japonica (Houttuyn) Ronse Decraene var.japonica

Aptos, 9055 Soquel Drive, September 10, 1967, T. C. Fuller 18887(UC1364999). Not relocated at thissite by DWT in 2004.

Nyctaginaceae

Mirabilis jalapa L

Sporadic throughout Aptos region, often vegetative: rapidly spreads in the garden, then is discarded,

where it long persists.

OxalidaceaeOxalis purpurea L.noxious and persistent garden weed along Redwood Drive 1.5 miles up from Monte Toyon, 30 January

1998,D.W. Taylor 16249 (JEPS101958)

Fumariaceae (inappropriately, Papaveraceae) note, I have seen all three taxa in the county

Fumaria capreolata L.

Aptos, along railroad trestle N side of Soquel Drive, 5 July 1994,D.W. Taylor 14472 (JEPS96580)Fumaria officinalis L.

bank of Lake Tynan, 9 September 1967, V.F. Hesse 3347(JEPS53984)

Plumbaginaceae

Limonium sinuatum (L.) Mill.

Established near La Selva Beach

Ranunculaceae

Anemone:in FNA, our plants areA. grayi Behr & Kellogg, notA. oregana

Anemone coronaria L.

coastal terrace near Davenport; hillslope just east of San Vicinte Creek and north of Highway 1, April 5,2002,D.W. Taylor 17967(JEPS backlog)Ranunculus uncinatus D. Don ex G. Don

divide between Aptos Creek and Magles Gulch, April 24, 1989,D.W. Taylor 10228 (UC1731513)Veronica filiformis Sm.

along 3400 block of Redwood Drive, 4/23/2001,D.W. Taylor 17625 (JEPS100282)

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Scrophulariaceae

Linaria purpurea (L.) Mill.

Capitola,E. Dean s.n. (UCD21517)

Liliaceae (sensu lato)

Leucojum aestivum L.

fully established about Aptos

Kniphofia uvaria (L.) Okenestablished along railroad right of way near Davenport

Narcissus tazetta L.

established near Davenport and about AptosAnigozanthos sp.

established along railroad right of way near Davenport.: the taxon I have not been able to determine since

we do not have reliable material. A voucher will be taken this year.

Iridaceae

Crocosmia Xcrocosmiiflora (Lemoine) N.E. Br.adjoining Nisene Marks State Park, weed along 1000 block of Redwood Drive, 24 August 2002,D.W.Taylor 18321 (JEPS109764). Frequently, but sparingly, established in NM region.Moraea collina Thunb.

marine terrace lying east of Rodeo Gulch and Hidden Valley Road, May 2, 2000, D.W. Taylor 17446

(JEPS101180). Noxious and highly invasive. APHIS restricted. has this been controlled?

Nymphaceae

Nupharpolysepala Engelm

William H. Brewer, in his notebooks associated with the Geological Survey of California collections atUC/JEPS, noted it grew in the laguna near Watsonville. On August 4th, 1861, Brewer left camp at San

Juan Bautista, and rode to Santa Cruz, passing out of the mouth of the Pajaro river en route, noted its

presence. It is uncertain to which present day lake Brewers reference to the laguna , Pinto Lake, KellyLake and Kelly Lake are candidates, while College Lake and Lake Tynan are similarly implicated (it was

a time of no local placenames, and Brewers party was of course making the first real maps!). Now

extirpated. The pre-settlement presence of Nuphar implies also that a boreal marsh florula might havebeen present locally, now of course extirpated. Plants likeRorippa gambelii and Arenaria paludicola

come to mind...

Zingberaceae

Hedychium flavescensCarey ex Roscoe

gully in Nisene Marks below 3400 block Redwood Dr, 30 August 1997, D.W. Taylor 16194 (JEPS96571).

Sporadic throughout NM, often vegetative: rapidly spreads in the garden, then is discarded, where it longpersists.