Coastal Live Oak Riparian Forest

Will Elder, NPS

 

Coast Live Oak Riparian Forest

Live oak riparian forest is a stream or lake associated community dominated by dense stands of coast live oak. It is found above the willow riparian zone. The understory is usually more dense than that found under oak woodland, but at the one site where this community exists in the Presidio, along Lobos Creek, the understory is degraded by a dense cover of Cape ivy.

Typical Sites at the Presidio: Bordering Lobos Creek.

Common Native Plants

Common Name	Scientific Name	Family
Poison oak	Toxicodendron diversilobum	Anacardiaceae
Wild cucumber	Marah fabaceus	Cucurbitaceae
Coast live oak	Quercus agrifolia	Fagaceae
Bee plant/California figwort	Scrophularia californica	Scrophulariaceae

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