This page shows pictures of geophytes growing in the wild in northern California along the Sonoma Mendocino coast. Rainfall starts in the fall with the most rain coming in December and January with less rain continuing sometimes as late as May. Summers are dry although there are periods of fog in summer which brings some moisture. Temperatures are moderate year round. Habitats are mixed evergreen and Redwood forests, bluff scrub, riparian and some limited grasslands, but much of this latter habitat (grasslands) is now gone. Most flowers bloom late spring into summer. Photos by Mary Sue Ittner and Bob Rutemoeller of a couple of habitats.
Mendocino Coast, Mary Sue Ittner Mendocino Coast, Mary Sue Ittner Sonoma Coast, Bob Rutemoeller

To view the pictures of the plants found in this region select the plant by name from the table or look at the plants arranged alphabetically on the pages listed below.


Allium to CalypsoCamassia to DichelostemmaEpipactis to MaianthemumMarah to SisyrinchiumTrientalis to Zigadenus


Allium dichlamydeum Allium triquetrum Allium unifolium Amaryllis belladonna Asarum caudatum
Brodiaea terrestris Calochortus amabilis Calochortus tolmiei Calochortus uniflorus Calypso bulbosa
Camassia quamash Cardamine california Chlorogalum pomeridianum Clintonia andrewsiana Corallorhiza maculata
Corallorhiza mertensiana Delphinium hesperium Delphinium nudicaule Dichelostemma capitatum Disporum smithii
Epipactis gigantea Erythronium californicum Fritillaria affinis Iris douglasiana Iris purdyi
Lilium maritimum Lilium pardalinum Maianthemum dilatatum Maianthemum racemosum Maianthemum stellatum
Marah fabaceus Marah oreganus Oxalis oregana Oxalis pes-caprae Prosartes smithii
Scoliopus bigelovii Sisyrinchium bellum Smilacina racemosa Smilacina stellata Trientalis latifolia
Trillium ovatum Triteleia hyacinthina Triteleia laxa Triteleia peduncularis Veratrum fimbriatum
Watsonia meriana Zantedeschia aethiopica Zigadenus fremontii

Allium to CalypsoCamassia to DichelostemmaEpipactis to MaianthemumMarah to SisyrinchiumTrientalis to Zigadenus


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