Nature & Science

 

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Mother Nature
Welcome to the Nature and Science section of the John Muir National Historic Site website. There is a large variety of plants, animals and insects that inhabit this park, including the many acres of Mount Wanda. We work hard to protect and preserve this land and it's inhabitants. There are many native and some non-native species that thrive here. We have provided lists of all the animals, plants and insects that we are aware of, which are accessible by clicking on the sub-menus underneath the main menu of "Nature and Science". From time to time, we are looking for volunteers to help with maintaining the plants and land around the John Muir NHS and Mount Wanda. If you are interested in volunteering, you may contact:

Keith Park
Horticulturalist
925-228-8860 Ext. 6312

 

Plum trees and grape vines at the John Muir NHS

 

Plant List For The John Muir National Historic Site
Apple	Apricot	Atlas Cedar	Autumn Sage
Black Locust	Black Walnut	Blue Elderberry	Bluegum Eucalyptus
California Poppy	California Wild Rose	California Fuchsia	California Hibisucs
California Scrub Oak	Canary Island Date	Carmel Creeper	Catalina Cherry
Cedar-of-Lebanon	Chasmanthe	Cherokee Rose	Chinese Wisteria
Coast Live Oak	Coast Silk Tassel	Common Fig	Cork Oak
Coulter Pine	Coyote Bush	Deodar Cedar	Douglas Iris
English Hawthorn	English Walnut	Fuchsia-flowering Gooseberry	Gian Sequoia
Grapes: Muscat, Tokay, Zinfandel	Harison's Yellow Rose	Honey Locust	Honey Mesquite
Incense Cedar	Italian Stone Pine	Japanese Plum	Japanese Flowering Quince
Jeffery Pine	Lady Bank's Rose	Lemon	Loquat
Manzanita	Matillija Poppy	Mexican FanPalm	Mourning Cypress
Naked Lady	Olive	Orange	Oregon Grape
Oregon White Oak	Pacific Dogwood	Pacific Willow	Peach
Pear	Pecan	Periwinkle	Plum
Pomegranate	Purple Needle Grass	Quince	Red Fescue
Red Hot Poker	Redwood	Sticky Monkeyflower	Strawberry Tree
Sweet Bay	Toyon	Valley Oak	Western Redbu

 

 

Native Grasses At The John Muir National Historic Site
Poacaeae (Grass)	Spike Redtop (Agrostis exarata)	California Brome (Bromus carinatus)	Blue Wild Rye (Elymus glaucus)
Giant Wild Rye (Leymus codensatus)	Creeping Wild Rye (Leymus triticoides)	California Melic (Melica californica)	Torrey Meli (Melica torreyana)
Foothil Needlegrass (Nasella lepida)	Purple Needlegrass (Nasella pulchra)	One-sided Bluegrass (Poa secunda)	Few-flowered fescue (Vulpia microstachys)

 

Mount Wanda grasses

 

Wildflowers At The John Muir National Historic Site
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth)	Prostrate Pigweed	Anacardiaceae (Sumac)	Western Poison Oak
Western Poison Ivy	Apiaceae(Carrot)	Rattlesnake weed	Bladder Parsnip
Mountain Sweet Cicely	Foothill Lomatium	Kellogg's Yampah	Purple Sanicle
Pacific Snakeroot	Aristolochiaceae (Birthwort)	California Dutchman's Pipe	Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed)
Heart-leaved Milkweed	Narrowleaf Milkweed	Asteraceae (Sunflower)	Yarrow
Blow Wives	California Dandelion	California Sagebrush	California Mugwort
Woodland Aster	Pacific Aster	Coyote Brush	Horseweed
Golden Yarrow	Fluff Weed

 

California Poppy at the John Muir NHS

 

Please visit the San Francisco Bay Area National Parks Science and Learning website to learn more about John Muir NHS science and resources.