Villa Grande/PPP Plants
Updated June 2020  
 
GENUS SPECIES COMMON NAME Native COMMENTS
Acacia dealbata Acacia   Removed in 2010.
Acer macrophylum Big-leaf maple 🗸  
Acer griseum Paperbark maple   Removed in 2020
Acer  negundo Box elder 🗸 Variety: californicum
Adiantum jordanii CA maidenhair fern 🗸  
Adiantum  aleuticum Five finger fern 🗸 Found near dead Tan oak 2020
Allium  triquetrum Three corner leek   Looks like green onions
Alnus rubra Red alder 🗸 Cannot find in PPP as of 2019
Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting 🗸  
Angallis arvensis Scarlet pimpernel    
Aralia californica California aralia 🗸 Found 2017; gone after 2019 flood
Aristolochia californica Dutchmen's pipevine 🗸 Six Pipevine butterfles in May 2019 
Artemisia douglasiana Mugwort 🗸 Many regenerating
Arum maculatum Arum cuckoopint   Comes up in winter (Dec-Jan)
Arundo donax Giant reed   Removed
Asarum caudatum Wild ginger 🗸 Recommended & planted; doing nicely
Athyrium filix-femina Common lady fern 🗸  
Atropa belladonna Nightshade    
Baccharis pilularis Coyote brush 🗸 Not desired in PPP
Baccharis salicifolia Mule fat 🗸 Found 2013; gone 2019
Barbarea orthoceras American wintercress 🗸 On the beaches, looks like mustard
Bidens frondosa Devil's beggarticks 🗸 2018 Native per Cal Flora now gone
Brassica nigra Black Mustard    
Briza maxima Rattlesnake grass    
Calycanthus  occidentalis Spicebush 🗸 Planted by STRAW
Cardamine californica Milkmaids 🗸 Recommended by 2019 plant survey
Cardamine oligosperma Western bittercress 🗸 On the beach; shoots seeds
Carex barbarae Basket sedge 🗸 Found & added above sandy beach 
Carex  obnupta Slough sedge 🗸 On beaches & softer than Basket sedge
Chenopodimm album Lamb's quarters   Near path at gravel beach
Claytonia pertoliata Miner's lettuce 🗸 Synonym Montia pertoliata
Clematis lingusticifolia Virgin's bower 🗸  
Conium maculatum Poison hemlock   Removed
Convulvulus arvensis Bindweed   Looks like morning glory
Cornus sericea Stream dogwood 🗸 Variety: sericea.  Sprigged 2019
Corylus cornuta Hazelnut 🗸 Variety: californica
Crocosimia species Fire lily    
Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass   Keep removing
Dicentra formosa Pacific bleeding heart 🗸 Variety: formosa
Digitalis purpurea Common foxglove    
Ehrharta erecta Panic veldt grass    
Epipactis helleborine Broad-leaved hellebore    
Equisetum telmateia Giant horsetail 🗸 Variety: braunii.  Hedgerow
Erigeron sumatrensis White horseweed    Canadensis species is native
Erythranthe guttata Yellow monkey flower 🗸 Native on beaches
Euthamia occidentalis Western goldenrod 🗸 Blooming 2019 on beach path
Festuca rubra Red fescue molate 🗸 Variety: molate.  STRAW  seeded 2019
Foeniculum vulgare Fennel    
Fragaria vesca  Wood Strawberry    Above fallen redwood
Fraxinus  latifolia Oregon ash 🗸  
Galium aparine Bedstraw    
Geranium robertianum Robert's geranium    
Geranium disectium Cut-leaved cranesbill    
Gnaphalium sp. Everlasting  🗸 Same as Anaphalis margaritacea  
Hedra helix German/English ivy    
Heracleum lanatum Cow parsnip 🗸 Found 2013 & added by STRAW 2019
Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon 🗸 Hedgerow
Hydrillia verticillata Waterthyme    Along river's edge
Juglands californica No. CA black walnut 🗸 Variety: hindsii.  Volunteer saplings
Juncus patens California Gray Rush 🗸 Sandy beach 2018
Juncus effusus Soft bog rush 🗸  
Lactuca serriola Prickly lettuce   AKA Compass plant
Lactuca  saligna Willow lettuce    
Lamium album Dead hedge nettle   Encroaching from neighbors
Lapsana communis Nipplewort   Like bee plant but yellow flowers 
Lemna  species Duckweed 🗸 In the water only; 9 types
Lithocarpus densiflorus Tan oak 🗸 Dead from Sudden Oak Death
Lonicera  involucrata Twinberry 🗸  
Ludwigia species Water primrose   Probably L. peploides; a scourge 
Lunaria annua Money plant   At the front
Lythrum salicaria Purple loosestrife   Sandy beach
Magnolia species Tulip magnolia   Removed 2020
Maianthemum racemosum False Solomon's seal 🗸 Also called Smilacina
Marah oregana Wild cucumber  🗸 Also called Manroot
Medicago minima Little bur-clover   On beaches non-native
Melilotus albus White sweetclover    
Melissa officinalis Lemon balm   Looks like mint; on path to gravel beach
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn redwood   Removed all three in 2012
Myosotis scorpioides Forget-me-not    
Myrica californica Pacific wax myrtle 🗸 Hedgerow; planted 2 in 2019 
Oxalis oregana Redwood sorrel 🗸  
Oxalis pres-capre Sour grass      
Pentagramma triangularis Goldback fern 🗸 Found on Starrett Hill
Persicaria amphibia Water knotweed   Polygonum = Persicaria
Persicaria lapathifolia Common Smartweed 🗸 On gravel path
Physocarpus capitatus Ninebark 🗸  
Pipatherum miliaceum Smilo grass    
Plantago major Common plantain    
Polypodium californicum California polypody  🗸  
Polypodium glycyrrhiza Licorice fern 🗸  
Polypogon monspeliensis Rabbit's foot grass 🗸 "Furry flowers" on beach
Polystichum munitum Western sword fern 🗸  
Populus  fremontii Fremont Cottonwood 🗸 Variety:  fremontii.  Recommended.
Prosartes hookeri Fairy bells 🗸  
Prunella vulagaris Mountain selfheal 🗸 Variety: laceolata.
Prunus species Plum trees   Removed large one in 2016
Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir 🗸 Large tree dead in PPP
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken fern 🗸 Variety: pubesens
Quercus agrifolia Coast live oak 🗸 Hedgerow
Raphanus sativus Wild radish   Non-native but is Pipevine butterfly food
Rhamnus  californica Coffeeberry 🗸 Hedgerow
Ribes sanguineum Pink-flowering currant 🗸 Variety: glutinosum.  Suggested & added
Ribes divaricatum Black gooseberry  🗸 Added but died
Rorippa  palustris Bog yellowcress 🗸  
Rosa californica California wild rose 🗸 STRAW added more
Rosa eglanteria Eglantine Rose    
Rubus armeniacus Armenian blackberry    
Rubus ursinus California blackberry 🗸 Taking over in various areas
Rubus parviflorus Thimbleberry 🗸 Variety: parviflorus
Rumex crispus Dock    
Rumex acetosella Sheep sorrel    
Salix lasiolepis Arroyo willow 🗸  
Salix exigua Sandbar willow 🗸  
Salix lasiandra Pacific/Yellow willow 🗸 Variety: lasiandra.  Was named S. lucida
Salix  lavigata Red willow 🗸  
Sambucus mexicana Blue elderberry 🗸  
Scrophularia californica Bee plant 🗸 Spring up in lighter areas
Sequoia sempervirens Coast redwood 🗸  
Solanum laxum Potato vine   Mostly removed 2019
Stachys byzantina Lamb's ear   Also known as Hedge nettle
Stellaria media Chickweed    
Symphoricarpos albus Snowberry 🗸 Variety: laevigatus 
Taraxacum officinalis Dandelion    
Tellima grandiflora Fringe cups 🗸 Doing very well
Tetragonia tetragonoides New Zealand spinach    
Toxicodendron  diversilobum Poison oak 🗸 Patch above Sandy beach
Tradescantia fluminesis Wandering Jew    
Trifolium hirtum Rose clover    
Trillium oatum Western trillium 🗸 Added in 2016; lost in 2019
Umbellularia  californica Bay laurel 🗸 arries SOD & has leaf necrosis
Utrica dioca Stinging nettle 🗸 Variety: gracilis
Vaccinium membranaceum Wild huckleberry 🗸  
Verbascum thapsus Great mullein    
Veronica sp. Blue water speedwell   On beaches
Vinca major Periwinkle    
Viola  glabella Stream violet 🗸  
Viola  sempervirens Redwood violet 🗸 Not in PPP; found on Starrett hill
Vitis californicus California wild grape 🗸 STRAW added more
Whipplea modesta Modesty 🗸 On Starrett Hill
Xanthium strumarum Common cocklebur 🗸 Beaches & beach paths