Bay Area Hiker: Plants

Perennial shrubs (click on any image for a larger view)
Bush Monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus), spring, Ridge Trail, Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve View more Bush monkeyflower photos Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum), winter, Stevens Creek Trail, Stevens Creek County Park View more Chamise photos California coffeeberry (Rhamnus californica), autumn, Valley View Trail, San Pedro Valley Park View more California coffeeberry photos Coast silk-tassel (Garrya elliptica), autumn, Ridge Trail, Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve (This shrub is sometimes seen tree size.) View more silk-tassel photos Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum), spring, Hassler Trail, Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve Labrador tea (Ledum glandulosum), late spring, Johnstone Trail, Tomales Bay State Park Leatherwood (Dirca occidentalis), late winter, Hamms Gulch Trail, Windy Hill Open Space Preserve (This plant can grow to tree size, but in the wild you'll probably see it in shrub form.) Goldenfleece (Ericameria arborescens), summer, Old Stage Road, Mount Tamalpais Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster franchetii), winter, Phillips Loop Trail, Redwood Regional Park	California sagebrush (Artemisia californica), winter, East Shore Trail, Del Valle Regional Park View more California sagebrush photos Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia), winter, Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve View more Toyon photos Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis), autumn, Round Top Loop Trail, Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve View more Coyote Brush photos Chaparral pea (Pickeringia montana), spring, Knobcone Point Road, Mount Diablo State Park Wartleaf ceanothus (Ceanothus papillosus), winter, El Sereno Open Space Preserve View more Ceanothus photos Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry (Ribes speciosum), winter, Donner cabin site, Mount Diablo State Park Mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus betuloides), summer, Cora Older Trail, Fremont Older Open Space Preserve (This shrub is sometimes seen tree size.) Holly-leaf cherry (Prunus ilicifolia), spring, Ridge Trail, Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve Oso berry (Oemleria cerasiformis), winter, Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve Spicebush (Calycanthus occidentalis), summer, Martha Walker Native Habitat Garden, Skyline Wilderness Park French broom (Genista monspessulana), winter, French Cut-off, Mount Tamalpais State Park Spanish broom (Spartium junceum), Camp Eastwood Road, Mount Tamalpais State Park Heather (Phyllodoce), winter, Coastal Trail, above Frank's Valley, GGNRA	Twinberry (Lonicera involucrata), spring, Summit Loop Trail, San Bruno Mountain State and County Park View more Twinberry photos Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus), Windy Hill Open Space Preserve View more Common Snowberries photos Manzanita (Arctostaphylos), winter, China Camp State Park View more Manzanita photos Pitcher Sage (Lepechinia calycina), spring, Hazelnut Trail, San Pedro Valley Park View more Pitcher sage photos Spiny redberry (Rhamnus crocea), summer, Chaparral Trail, Skyline Wilderness Park Wild rose, autumn, Corte Madera Trail, Arastradero Preserve Creambush (Holodiscus discolor), autumn, Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve View more Creambush photos Black sage (Salvia mellifera), spring, Hidden Springs Trail, Santa Teresa County Park Ninebark (Physocarpus capitatus), spring, Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail, Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve Western azalea (Rhododendron occidentale), summer, Cataract Trail, Mount Tamalpais Oregon grape (Berberis), spring, Milagra Ridge Mock heather (Ericameria ericoides), summer, Lobos Creek Trail, the Presidio Rock rose (Cistus creticus), spring, Sylvan Loop Trail, Edgewood Park and Preserve