List of species endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area

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This is a list of species endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area, the nine California counties which border on San Francisco Bay. The area has a number of highly diverse, local bioregions, including San Bruno Mountain.

Flora

Acanthomintha duttonii, common names San Mateo thornmint or Dutton's acanthomintha, found at Montara Mountain in San Mateo County
Amsinckia grandiflora, common name large-flowered fiddleneck, found near the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Alameda County
Arctostaphylos bakeri, common name Baker's manzanita, found in Sonoma County
Arctostaphylos densiflora, common name Vine Hill manzanita, found on land owned and protected by the California Native Plant Society, near Sebastopol, in Sonoma County
Arctostaphylos hookeri, common name Franciscan manzanita, found in The Presidio, San Francisco, in San Francisco County
Arctostaphylos imbricata, common name San Bruno Mountain manzanita, found on San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo County
Arctostaphylos montaraensis, common name Montara manzanita, found on San Bruno Mountain and Montara Mountain in San Mateo County
Arctostaphylos pallida, common names pallid manzanita, Oakland Hills manzanita, and Alameda manzanita, found in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area
Arctostaphylos virgata, common names Bolinas manzanita and Marin manzanita, found in Marin County

Blennosperma bakeri, common names Baker's stickyseed and Sonoma sunshine, found in Sonoma County

Calochortus raichei, common names Cedars fairy-lantern and Cedars mariposa lily, found in Sonoma County
Calochortus tiburonensis, common name Tiburon mariposa lily, found at Ring Mountain in Marin County
Carex albida, common name white sedge, found in Sonoma County
Ceanothus ferrisiae, common name coyote ceanothus, found at Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County
Ceanothus masonii
Chorizanthe valida
Clarkia imbricata
Cordylanthus nidularius

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Jepson Manual Treatment - Arctostaphylos montaraensis
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Jepson Manual Treatment — Arctostaphylos virgata

States

Topics

General	* Flora of North America List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA) List of invasive species in North America § Plants List of endangered plants of North America List of Northern American nectar sources for honey bees

Floristic regions and provinces	Circumboreal region North American Atlantic region Rocky Mountain floristic region Madrean region Caribbean bioregion Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain province Appalachian province Laurentian Mixed Forest Province Great Basin floristic province California floristic province

Ethnobotany	Native American Cherokee Iroquois Navajo Zuni List of medicinal plants of the American West

Categories	Flora of the United States Ecoregions Plant communities Grasslands Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Places

East of the Mississippi River	Wildflowers of New England Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains Flora of Door County, Wisconsin List of lichens of Maryland Soldiers Delight: Graminoids, Wildflowers, Woody plants, Ferns and fern allies, Lichens

Missouri River valley	List of species described by the Lewis and Clark Expedition § Plants

Colorado	Flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region

Puerto Rico	List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico List of grasses of Puerto Rico

Arizona and New Mexico	Flora of the Sonoran Desert (by common name) List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers Flora of the Arizona Upland

California

Pacific islands	Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands § Plants List of Samoan plant common names