Research Article

A Phytogeographical Classification of the North American Pacific Coast Based on Climate, Vegetation and a Floristic Analysis of Vascular Plants

Table 8

Main floristical differences among Californian provinces. Only coastal taxa are shown.

Northern Californian province endemicsSouthern Californian province endemicsMartirense province endemics

Agrostis blasdaleiArctostaphylos cruzensisAchnatherum diegoensis
Arabis blepharophyllaArctostaphylos edmundsiiAesculus parryi
Castilleja wightiiArctostaphylos hookeri subsp. hearstiorumAgave shawii subsp. shawii
Erysimum menziesii subsp. concinnumArctostaphylos morroensisAstragalus anemophilus
Erysimum menziesii subsp. eurekenseArctostaphylos rudisAstragalus harbisonii
Grindelia hirsutula var. hirsutulaArctostaphylos pumilaBergerocactus emoryi
Grindelia stricta subsp. platyphyllaCastilleja mollisCeanothus verrucosus
Heterotheca sessiliflora subsp. bolanderiCeanothus megacarpus var. megacarpusChamaebatia australis
Lotus junceus var. biolettiiChorizanthe pungensCneoridium dumosum
Lupinus variicolorCirsium loncholepisDudleya attenuata subsp. orcuttii
Phacelia argénteaDudleya caespitosaDudleya campanulata
Sequoia sempervirensErigeron blochmaniaeDudleya cultrata
Solidago spathulata subsp. spathulataErysimum insulare subsp. suffrutescensDudleya ingens
Stellaria littoralisErysimum menziesii subsp. yadoniiEchinocereus maritimus
Malacothrix incana
Angelica lucidaMonardella crispaHaplopappus berberidis
Armeria maritima subsp. californicaDifferential taxa of the southern provincesHaplopappus rosaricus
Carex lyngbyeiAmblyopappus pusillusHaplopappus venetus subsp. tridentatus
Castilleja ambigua subsp. ambiguaAphanisma blitoidesMalacothamnus densiflorus
Conioselinum gmeliniiAtriplex watsoniiMammillaria brandegei
Disporum smithiiCamissonia cheiranthifolia subsp. suffruticosaOpuntia littoralis
Glehnia littoralis subsp. leiocarpaCoreopsis maritimaOpuntia rosarica
Helenium bolanderiEriogonum parvifoliumOrnitostaphylos oppositifolia
Lathyrus japonicus var. maritimusIsocoma menziesii var. sedoidesPinus torreyana
Picea sitchensisMalacothamnus fasciculatusRibes tortuosum
Pinus contorta var. contortaOpuntia proliferaRosa minutifolia
Poa confinisPentagramma triangularis var. viscosaSalvia munzii
Poa macranthaQuercus dumosaSelaginella cinerascens
Salix hookerianaSuaeda esteroaXylococcus bicolor