Quercus agrifolia, the coast live oak, is a highly variable, often shrubby evergreen oak tree, a type of live oak, native to the California Floristic Province.

Frangula californica is a species of flowering plant in the buckthorn family native to western North America. It is commonly known as California coffeeberry and California buckthorn.

Rosa californica, the California wildrose, or California rose, is a species of rose native to the U.S. states of California and Oregon and the northern part of Baja California, Mexico.

Arroyo willow is an abundant and widespread native tree or shrub that grows in northern, southern and central California.

Red elderberry is a widespread shrub to small tree that occurs in moist cool places, including our own Redwood Creek.

Triteleia laxa is a triplet lily known by several common names, including Ithuriel's spear, common triteleia and grassnut.

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Most who appreciate wildlife will agree that the San Francisco garter snake is California’s most beautiful snake.

The California red-legged frog is the largest native frog in the western United States.

The San Bruno elfin butterfly is a U.S. federally listed endangered subspecies that inhabits rocky outcrops and cliffs in coastal scrub on the San Francisco Peninsula.