Appendix X - Plants Associated with Redwoods

Plants associated with coast redwood (After Becking, 1982; Borchert et al., 1988; Cooney-Lazaneo et al., 1981; Jepson, 1984; Nunz and Kenk, 1973; Person, 1937; Roy, 1966; Shreve, 1927; Thomas, 1961).

While no one associate has a range completely coincidental with the distribution of coast redwood (Langenhelm and Thimann, 1982), the more frequently associated trees are indicated by asterisk (*).

Associated Conifers

Santa Lucia fir (Abies bracteata)	Sugar pine (P. lambertiana)
Grand fir (A. grandis) (*)	Bishop pine (P. muricata)
Incense-cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)	Douglas-flr (Pseudotsuga menziesii) (*)
Port Oxford cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)	Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia) (*)
Gowen cypress (cupressus goveniana)	Western redcedar ( Thuja plicata)
Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) (*)	California nutmeg (Torreya californica) (*)
Knobcone pine (Pinus attenuata)	Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophtlla) (*)
Lodgepole pine (P. contorta)

Associated Hardwoods

Vine maple (Acer circinatum)	Black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)
Bigleaf maple (A. macrophyllum) (*)	Coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia)
California buckeye (Aesculus californica)	Canyon live oak (Q. chrysolepis)
Red alder (Alnus oregona ) (*)	Oregon white oak (Q. garryana)
White alder (A. rhombifolia) (*)	California black oak (Q. kelloggii)
Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) (*)	Interior live oak (Q. wislizeni)
Golden chinquapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla)	Cascara sagrada (Rhamnus purshiana)
Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)	Pacific willow (Salix lasiandra)
Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia)	Arroyo willow (S. lasiolepis)
Tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflora) (*)	Sitka willow (S. sitchensis)
Pacific wax myrtle (Myrica californica) (*)	California bay (Umbellularia californica) (*)
Western sycamore (Platanus racemosa)

Associated Shrubs

Lady bloom (Ceanothus parryi)	Poison oak (Rhus diversiloba)
Blue-blossom (C. thyrsiflorus)	Stink currant (Ribes bracteosum)
Creek dogwood (Cornus californica)	Straggly gooseberry (R. divaricatum)
Smooth dogwood (C. glabrata)	Canyon gooseberry (R. menziesii)
California hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica)	Blood currant (R. sanguineum)
Western burning bush (Euonymus occidentalis)	California rose (Rosa californica)
Quinine bush (Garrya elliptica)	Wood rose (R. gymnocarpa)
Salal (Gaultheria shallon)	Nootka rose (R. nutkana)
Ocean spray (Holodiscus discolor)	Western raspberry (Rubus leucodermis)
Wild honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula)	Thimbleberry (R. parviflorus var. velutinus)
Mock azalea (Menziesia ferruginea)	Salmon berry (R. spectabilis)
Oso berry (Osmaronia cerasiformis)	Pacific blackberry (R. ursinus)
Pacific pinebark (Physocarpus capitatus)	Coast red elderberry (Sambucus callicarpa)
Coffee berry (Rhamnus californica)	California huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum)
California rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)	Red huckleberry (V. parvifolium)
Western azalea (R. occidentale)

Associated Herbs

Lady bloom (Ceanothus parryi)	Poison oak (Rhus diversiloba)
Blue-blossom (C. thyrsiflorus)	Stink currant (Ribes bracteosum)
Creek dogwood (Cornus californica)	Straggly gooseberry (R. divaricatum)
Smooth dogwood (C. glabrata)	Canyon gooseberry (R. menziesii)
California hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica)	Blood currant (R. sanguineum)
Western burning bush (Euonymus occidentalis)	California rose (Rosa californica)
Quinine bush (Garrya elliptica)	Wood rose (R. gymnocarpa)
Salal (Gaultheria shallon)	Nootka rose (R. nutkana)
Ocean spray (Holodiscus discolor)	Western raspberry (Rubus leucodermis)
Wild honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula)	Thimbleberry (R. parviflorus var. velutinus)
Mock azalea (Menziesia ferruginea)	Salmon berry (R. spectabilis)
Oso berry (Osmaronia cerasiformis)	Pacific blackberry (R. ursinus)
Pacific pinebark (Physocarpus capitatus)	Coast red elderberry (Sambucus callicarpa)
Coffee berry (Rhamnus californica)	California huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum)
California rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)	Red huckleberry (V. parvifolium)
Western azalea (R. occidentale)
Lady bloom (Ceanothus parryi)	Poison oak (Rhus diversiloba)
Blue-blossom (C. thyrsiflorus)	Stink currant (Ribes bracteosum)
Creek dogwood (Cornus californica)	Straggly gooseberry (R. divaricatum)
Smooth dogwood (C. glabrata)	Canyon gooseberry (R. menziesii)
California hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica)	Blood currant (R. sanguineum)
Western burning bush (Euonymus occidentalis)	California rose (Rosa californica)
Quinine bush (Garrya elliptica)	Wood rose (R. gymnocarpa)
Salal (Gaultheria shallon)	Nootka rose (R. nutkana)
Ocean spray (Holodiscus discolor)	Western raspberry (Rubus leucodermis)
Wild honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula)	Thimbleberry (R. parviflorus var. velutinus)
Mock azalea (Menziesia ferruginea)	Salmon berry (R. spectabilis)
Oso berry (Osmaronia cerasiformis)	Pacific blackberry (R. ursinus)
Pacific pinebark (Physocarpus capitatus)	Coast red elderberry (Sambucus callicarpa)
Coffee berry (Rhamnus californica)	California huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum)
California rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)	Red huckleberry (V. parvifolium)
Western azalea (R. occidentale)

Associated Ferns

California maidenhair (Adiantum jordanii)	California polypody (Polypodium californicum)
Five-finger fern (A. pedatum var. aleuticum)	Licorice fern (P. glycyrrhiza)
Western lady fern (Athyrlum filix-femina)	Leather fern (P. scouleri)
Deer fern (Blechnum spicant)	DudleyÕs shield fern (Polystichum dudleyi)
Brittle fern (Cystopteris fragilis)	Western sword fern (P. munitum)
Coastal wood fern (Dryopteris arguta)	Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens)
Spreading wood fern (D. dilatata)	Western chain fern (Woodwardia fimbriata)
Goldenback fern (Pityrogramma triangularis)

Associated Grasses

Narrow-flowered brome grass (Bromus vulgaris)	California vanilla grass (Hierochloe occidentalis)
Reed grass (Calamagrostis rubescens)	GeyerÕs onion grass (Melica geyeri)
Western fescue (Festuca occidentalis)	Tall trisetum (Trisetum canescens)

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