MCSTOPPP/native riparian trees of Eastern Marin

Lithocarpus densiflorus flowers: June-August

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Tanoak Evergreen thick leaves to 5",
with prominent parallel leaf veins. Bark
dark, broken into irregular plates. Fat,
slightly velvety acorns in bristly cups.
Ht: to 60ft.

Umbellularia californica     flowers: Dec-March
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California Bay  Evergreen lustrous leaves
to 3", spicy scented. Bark grey-brown,
broken into irregular small plates. Fruits
to 1" have appearance of miniature avocados.
Ht:to 60ft.

Quercus agrifolia flowers: March-April

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Coast live oak Evergreen leaves to 2 1/2",
dark, shiny and convex above, with prickly
edge. Bark smooth, grey aging dark with
shallow furrows. Acorns long-pointed.
Ht:to 50ft.

Quercus lobata flowers: April-May

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Valley oak Deciduous lobed leaves to 3"
on pendulous twigs. Trunk dark, broken
into small plates. Acorns large, red-brown.
Ht:to 100ft. Oregon oak has larger,shiny leaf.

Sequoia sempervirens flowers: Nov-March back
Redwood Evergreen blue-green leaves
to 1" in flat sprays. Top-most leaves
needle-like, encircling twig. Bark fibrous,
reddish. Cones to 1". Ht: to 300ft.

Aesculus californica flowers: May-June back
Buckeye Deciduous leaves to 10", with
5 leaflets, withering in late summer. Bark
smooth and pale. Flowers white or rose, in
upright 10" clusters. Poisonous nut to 2".
Ht: to 30ft.

Note: leaf length includes the stalk; 'leaflets' are subdivisions of a leaf, which, if deciduous, falls as a whole.

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Photos Copyright Charles Kennard 2000