1. NATIVE PLANTS OF SAUSAL REDWOOD COMMUNITY
PERIOD 4 Environmental Studies I________
COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAME
PICTURE
NATIVE OR NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE?)
ROLE IN COMMUNITY
GROWTH FORM AND OTHER INFORMATION
*ADD references for information.

2. California Blueberry Rubus ursinus
The berries are widely used as a food source for wildlife.
Interesting Facts:
1. vigorous spreaders, and need high amounts of moisture to set large fruit
2. can form a good sized patch, growing as much as 3 ft. tall by 6 ft. wide
ANGELINA LI

3. Berkeley Sedge
Carex divulsa
Berkeley sedge is a good solution for areas under stress where lawn grasses often fail. It is not a native species and it is a type of grass.
RIKEY CHEN

4. Amy Wong

5. Wild Ginger What does it do for the community?
make excellent ground covers for shady sites
Used for medicine and food purposes
Interesting Facts:
Native Americans used the root to flavor foods, but it’s not the same as the ginger in the supermarkets
Used for many medical purposes including the treatment of digestive disorders, especially gas, and in a poultice on sores
Plant type: Perennial
Wild Ginger
Common Name:
Scientific Name: Asarum canadense
Special Features:
Attractive Foliage, Deer Resistant, Easy to Grow
The flowers of wild ginger, Asarum canadense, are small, dark-colored and hidden by the foliage.
Lai Chao

6. Kevin Truong http://gpnc.org/spiderwo.htm

7. California Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum ) by Jacky Ngay
Perennial sub shrub. Dicotyledon native to the U.S. Most active growth period in the spring and summer. At maturity, it will reach up to 8 feet high and lives up to 20 years. It provides food/materials and natural shade to the environment.

8. Berkeley Sedge (Carex divulsa) By: Denny Zhu
Genus: Carex
Type: Grasses
Height: 1 ft. to 3 ft.
Spread: 1 ft. to 3 ft.
Growth Habit: Clumps
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade; Part Shade to Full Shade
The Berkeley Sedge is a Native Species
It is not endangered or threatened
Description:
The Plant has long leaves.

9. Milkmaids Category-Dicot General Type-Forb/herb
Growth Duration-Perennial
Plant Nativity-Native to U.S.
By Jacky Chau

10. Stream Violet (Viola Glabella) By: Christopher Ngo
The Wahiawa Stream Violet (Viola Helenae) is generally described as a perennial subshrub or shrub or forb/herb. This dicot (dicotyledon) is native to the U.S. (United States) .

11. Baneberry (Actaea Rubra)
Baneberry grows rapidly to two or three feet and then puts out long flower stems topped by a cylinder of white flowers.
  native from northern and western America in the family. (tiara Barrington)

12. Woolly Angelica Native plant (Angelica tomentosa)
It is native to the coastal mountain ranges of California The leaves may be nearly a meter long but are actually made up of many leaf like leaflets, each up to 12 centimeters long and lance-shaped to oval and sometimes toothed (carmen calderon)

13. Salal Plant Common name: Salal
Scientific name:Gaultheria shallon Pursh
Growth Habit: Shrub
This Salal Plant is a Native Species.
It’s actively growing during: Spring, Summer, and Fall
BETTY HO

14. CA Blackberry (Rubus ursinus)
Native plant
The berries are used as a food source for wildlife.
Offers excellent escape and nesting cover and is good for erosion control
Habitat: Shrubs
JENNIFER LAM

15. Wood Rose (Rosa gymnocarpa)
Native Plant
Wood Rose provides food for birds such as humming birds
An interesting fact about this flower is that it gives off a fragrance
The flower’s fruit is edible
Growth Habitat : Shrub
VAN LA

16. California Blackberry Rubus ursinus
The berries are widely used as a food source for wildlife.
vigorous spreaders, and need high amounts of moisture to set large fruit
can form a good sized patch, growing as much as 3 ft. tall by 6 ft. wide
NATIVE
Offers excellent escape and nesting cover and is good for erosion control
Angelina Li

17. Lai Chao Lai Chao Wild Ginger What does it do for the community?
make excellent ground covers for shady sites
Used for medicine and food purposes
Interesting Facts:
Native Americans used the root to flavor foods, but it’s not the same as the ginger in the supermarkets
Used for many medical purposes including
the treatment of digestive disorders,
especially gas, and in a poultice on sores
Lai Chao
Lai Chao
Plant type: Perennial
Common Name:
Native Species!
Scientific Name: Asarum canadense
Wild Ginger
Special Features:
Attractive Foliage, Deer Resistant, Easy to Grow
The flowers of wild ginger are small, dark-colored and hidden by the foliage.

18. Stream Violet (Viola Glabella) By: Christopher Ngo
The Wahiawa Stream Violet (Viola Helenae) is generally described as a perennial subshrub or shrub or forb/herb. This dicot (dicotyledon) is native to the U.S. (United States) .

19. Berkeley Sedge (Carex divulsa) By: Denny Zhu
Genus: Carex
Type: Grasses
Height: 1 ft. to 3 ft.
Spread: 1 ft. to 3 ft.
Growth Habit: Clumps
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade; Part Shade to Full Shade
The Berkeley Sedge is a Native Species
It is not endangered or threatened
Description:
The Plant has long leaves.

20. Fringe Cups Native plant species
Provide food [for hummingbirds], herbs, provide oxygen, great for bird gardens or butterfly gardens
Growth form: forbs
It doesn’t tolerates drainage and seasonal flooding
Tellima grandiflora

21. Giant Trillium Trillium Cholorpetalum
The giant trillium are native plants and the live in groups in a woodland or shady area. They are subshrub type of plants, which mean they grow usually under 0.5 m. Their flowers come in a variety of colors- purple, white, and yellow. 
Denise Man

22. Wych Elm tree(ULMUS Glabra) By: Eric saechin
Invasive To sasual creek
Can reach to 40 meter; uneven leaves
Can get disease like Dutch elm disease
Bad for Env. Of sasual creek
Deep stuck in roots;derooting is difficult
Can spread to 10 ft

23. Redwood Sorrel (Oregon oxalis)
Redwood Sorrel’s role in a
community is to preserve moisture and
it makes a lush, solid, inviting carpet
on the cool floors of a redwood
forest. Also, they act like dripping
umbrellas and covers hidden spots
where tree frogs hide. It’s edible too.
Redwood Sorrel is known as a forb
because it has soft stems and leaves.
Erika Huang

24. Angelica tomentosa Wooly Angelica Native Plant Dicot Compound umbel
Perennial
Herb
Used for medicine, cake decorations, candies, and to ward off evil spirits
Likes rich, moist garden soil in partial shade, especially likes cool northern regions
By Becky Tsang

25. Cape Ivy 1) Scientific name: Delairea odorata
2) Its an invasive species
What makes it a "BAD" plant?
Cape ivy grows rapidly, and takes root wherever a leaf node touches the ground.
Tiny portions of stem can survive for long periods before resprouting.
Plants can live an extended period without light or water.
The dense vines overtop and smother out native shrubs, tree seedlings, and associated herbaceous plants.
Cape ivy is a threat to the integrity of coastal scrub and riparian vegetation.
Ana Patito

26. Giant Trillium Trillium Cholorpetalum
The giant trillium are native plants and the live in groups in a woodland or shady area. They are subshrub type of plants, which mean they grow usually under 0.5 m. Their flowers come in a variety of colors- purple, white, and yellow. 
Denise Man

27. Scientific Name: Monardella villosa
Coyote Mint
Common Name:
Scientific Name: Monardella villosa
Growth Habit: Forbs
Interesting Fact: Smells like a minty toothpaste and was used by Spanish as cure for sore throats.
What it does in the community: Butterflies use as a nectar source.
BETTY HU

28. Fairy Bells Disporum maculatum
Scientific Name: Disporum maculatum
Common Name: Fairy Bells
Ranges from Michigan to Georgia
Forb
Provides oxygen, and it prevent erosions.
BETTY DO

29. Jimmy Luong 3- 4 period http://en. wikipedia
Common Name Poison Oak
Scientific Name Toxicodendron diversilobum
Ability to cause allergic rashes after contact
The areas of Untied States and Canada
Forb/Herb
Resemblances of Poison Ivy

30. Small False Solomon’s Seal
Smilacina racemosa
It is a forb, and it is not native.
The root is used medicinally as an astringent, demulcent and tonic. The powdered roots make an excellent poultice for bruises, piles, inflammations and tumors.
RIKEY CHEN
CHRISTINA LEW

31. Western Sword Fern Polystichum munitum
This long type of grass was eaten by Native Americans during the spring when they had no food to eat. They would usually be found on the ground in rather moist forests. Western Sword Ferns are have an extremely rough texture and are able to withstand dry weather if there is much water and little sunlight. Cool weather is preferred by this plant for best growing activities.
Done by Andrew Kwan
Western Sword Fern: F -Picture, What it does for community,

32. Large Solomon Seal By Justin Li
Scientific Name: False Solomon Seal
The leaves are long and broad, coming to a point.
Noticeable Veins
Running the length of the leaf
Fruit: Round, Red Berries
Found in low sub alpine areas, widespread in wet forests and clearings
JUSTIN LI

33. Kevin T. Nguyen Period:3-4
Viola sempervirens
Also known as Evergreen Violet
It is a Native plant from Alaska to California.
Once the Evergreen Violet had taken roots it will spread it seeds.
Species of the Evergreen Violet is a forb/herb.
It grow in shaded and well drained soil area.
It provide home for animals and provide nutrient for habitats.
Kevin T. Nguyen
Period:3-4

34. Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) By: Andy Pham
Genus: Tradescantia
Kingdom: Plantae
Native in eastern United States from Maine to Alabama, and Canada in southern Ontario
Blooms in the Spring & Summer
Colors: pink, blue, purple, or white
Has three petals and six yellow anthers

35. Fringe cups -(Tellima Grandiflora) Native
This plant needs a moist, partially shady to totally shady spot to thrive.  The leaves may grow as large as a fist when it is older and in the perfect spot. Tellima or fringe cup makes an attractive ground cover and will slowly extend itself into other areas of your garden if you let the flowers go to seed. It is not invasive though and can be easily weeded out if you don’t want it moving into a particular spot in your garden.
Sophie Li

36. Five fingered Fern Scientific Name: (Adiantum pedatum)
Found in Western North America(Native)
Perennial
Known for “Fingered foliage”, Hasani Brown)

37. Star Flower Trientalis borealis
It is a forb and is native to Northern United States
Bee-pollinated white flowers found in small clusters and shoot development Self-pollination is possible but rarely results in fruiting.
Possibly is wind dispersed but falls near parent plant and does not germinate in the cold.
The consumption of Trientalis borelais greatly reduces the occurrence of infection, which develops in autumn and could potentially select for higher disease resistance
En.wikipedia.rog/wiki/trienlaslis_norealis
By:Vicki Luong

38. Common Name: Elm Tree Scientific Name: Ulmus
Non-native (non-invasive)
Does not reproduce by a seed
It provides shade
It is a dicot
Root system: Single stem
It’s wider on the top than the bottom
Growth form: Tree
It is a perennial
Nancy Truong Period: 6

39. Coast Redwood By: Shirley Lo Period 5 and 6
Sequoia Sempervirens
Coastal Redwood
Native
A shelter for animals and also help give oxygen much more fresh air
Trees ~It can grow 60 inches in twenty years
Things about this plant is the clones that are listed in the trade do not seem to do as well in the interior as the seedlings.
Shirley Lo
Period 5 and 6

40. Redwood Sorrel Oxalis oregana Native It’s a Forb
Perennial=growth formation
The leaves were eaten by Native Americans, in small quantities
By Melina Huang
Period 5-6

41. Berkeley Sedge Berkeley Sedge Carex divulsa Invasive plant
May create an safe and undisturbed home for many other organisms.
Plant Form: Shrub
By: Malcolm Davis
Period 5 & 6

42. wild ginger is a small plant with paired,
heart-shaped leaves emerging from the ground
Youíll find it in partially sunny wooded areas throughout eastern North America
Diana?

43. White Trillium By: Philicia Ragsdale
Common name: White trillium
Scientific name:
Grandiflorum
Native or invasive?:
This flower is invasive to California but native to the U.S. (mostly Canada)
Growth Form: Forb
Interesting Facts: belongs to Lily family, some species have pink petals, three leaves,

44. Hawaiian Baby Wood-Rose By Richard Kong
Scientific Name: Argyreia Nervosa
Common names: Wood-Rose, Baby Wood-Rose, Hawaiian Baby Wood-Rose, Elephant climber, Silver-Morning-Glory, and Vidhara
The Wood-Rose is Native.
The Wood-Rose’s are used in medicine as a pain reliever or a Hallucinogen.

45. Large False Solomon’s Seal
Large False Solomon’s Seal
_Smilacina racemosa
_Native Plant
_False Solomons Seal is a cm. tall perennial often found in bunches
_powerful scent
_widespread in wet forests and clearings
By: Chan M.

46. Woolly Angelica by Ismael Chavira
Angelica tomentosa
It is a native plant
Dicot
It helps give oxygen,medicine,food,cover,and shade
Forb/herb

47. Cardamine C. California
Common Names: Milk Maid, Cuckoo Flower, Lady’s Smock
Forb/herb
Root system type: Brassicaceae
It grows in 31 locations: Baja California…. Etc.
It is a dominant plant
It is a native plant
It is a dicot
Decreasing throughout the country
Found in abundant numbers along many redwood pathways.
By: Le Thuy Hang Dang
Period 5/6

48. Wild Ginger Asarum canadense Perenial
Excellent ground cover and use in medicine
Native plant
by. Christopher Chhin Period 5-6

50. About the California Huckleberry & what it does FOR our community
Known as Perennial Subshrub, it is native t the U.S.
Most active growth period in the spring and summer, greatest bloom in late spring
Long life span, reaches up to 8ft.high;maxiumum height at 20yrs.of 8ft.
Not available for nurseries, slow ability to spread through seed production
Has medium tolerance to drought and water conditions
It is a Dicot
It can provide food
It also gives off oxygen
Ajai Robinson

51. By: Stephanie Hang Period 5/6
Common names: Wood Strawberry
and California strawberry
Species: European
Scientific name:Fragaria vesca
Family: Rosaceae
Purpose: To provide food
Habitat: trails and roadsides,
embankments, hillsides, stone
and gravel laid paths and roads,
meadows, young woodlands, sparse forest,
woodland edges
Wood Strawberry

52. Salal -Gaultheria shallon Pursh
-Though salal is typically found in the wild, it is also seen in cultivation.
-this plant is mainly as a source of food.
Nancy Hernandez
12/18/19
Per.5/6

53. Baneberry Diana Burgos 12/18/09 Per.5&6

54. Hedera caneriensis (Algerian ivy)
Not native to north America
It is a vine
Its duration is perennial
It is used for ground covering
Their vigorous growth must be contained
BY VIDAEL SARSENO

55. Common Name: Coyote Mint Scientific Name: Monardella villosa
Native
Used by Native American groups as a remedy for stomach upset, respiratory conditions, and sore throat.
Growth Form: Subshrub Forb/Herb
Birds & insects eat the seeds from the coyote mint.
Kent Ho
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56. Poison Oak Toxicodendron diversilobum
Native specimen
Shrub
Mainly eaten by goats, gophers, and prairie dogs
Used by the Japanese to make lacquer
Helps protect other plants in the community
Albert Nim

57. Cape Ivy by Steven Saefong
Delairea odorata
Found in most Costal Califronia watersheds
Threat to Native Habitats
Difficult to remove
Found in areas difficult to get to and sensitive to disturbances

58. Fairy Bells Common name – Fairy bells
Scientific Name – Prosartes lanuginosa
Distributes in the USA(AL, AR, GA, KY, MD, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV) and Canada(ON)
Forb
Provides oxygen and prevents erosion
Jennifer Duong

59. Stream Violet By Brian Saechao Common name- Stream Violet
Scientific name- Viola glabella
Growth Habit: Subshrub Shrub Forb/herb Native plant.

60. Scientific Name: Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Licorice Fern
Scientific Name: Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Native Plant
Roots chewed for their pleasant flavor
Evergreen native to western North America
Non Invasive Species
Uses its spores on the underside of its leaves, releasing them in cool weather and high humidity.
By: Julie Huynh