Plants of Garland Ranch Regional Park    | Coe Home
Carmel Valley, California
 A project of Mindbird Maps & Books
Plants of Garland Park: Introduction

This is a continuing project.  It is an illustrated annotated list of the vascular plants (those with a vascular conducting system: ferns and "fern allies" and seed plants) of Garland Ranch Regional Park located at the northern end of the Santa Lucia Range of the central California Coast Ranges.  It is based on the first plant list made shortly after the park was opened in 1975, by Dr. James R. Griffin, and expanded upon by myself in subsequent years.  Members of the California Native Plant Society have added additional species, some from the original 541 acre park and more from the numerous properties added in the now 32 years since.
The list should not be considered complete.  There are undoubtedly many additonal species to be added.  I would appreciate receiving your amendments at question [at] mindbird.com (replace the "[at]" with "@" and remove the spacing).

If you have images of Garland Park plants that you would be willing to let me use on this website, please let me know.  If they are not already in electronic format, I can scan your slides, negatives, or prints.  All images must be of plants photographed from within the boundaries of the park.  You will receive full credit and retain copyright for any images I use.  All images are subject to editing; if unsure of the species, I will probably be able to identify it for you.

Last update: 15 September 2007

An asterisk (*) preceding a name designates a non-native (alien) species.

The annotated list itself is in the public domain.  
All photos copyright Ó Lee Dittmann, except where otherwise noted.

Lee Dittmann




These pages are dedicated to the memory of Jeanne Bernier

For information on Garland Park, see the website of the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District.

Though this list is hosted on an unofficial Henry W. Coe State Park website, there is no connection between Coe State Park and Garland Ranch Regional Park.  It is here merely as a matter of convenience—until I get the time to put it in its own domain!

For that matter, let me emphasize that this website has no connection to either the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District or to California State Parks.  It is purely a private venture, a service of my business, Mindbird Maps & Books (formerly buddha-nature maps & books).  Your purchase of products from the store website (such as botany books, water-shedding journals, and hand lenses!) will help support the hosting and improvement of this plant catalog.

—LD