Plant Guide

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Grasses

Purple Needle Grass

Close up of Purple Needle Grass on Valley View Trail.
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This plant guide is possible thanks to grants from San Mateo County Parks Foundation, meeting space and equipment from the San Mateo County Parks Department and volunteers like Melanie Heisler, Shane Kadlecik, Geri Kelleher, Karlijn Purdy, Raquel Iverson, Gwen Sanderson, Jane A’Hearn and Lisa Ryner, and experts like Morgan Stickrod and J.R. Blair.

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The Friends of San Pedro Valley Park are creating a Plant Guide and we need your help. With 299 known plants found in the park, we’d like your help collecting photos for all the plant pages. If you wish to help, please share your photos with us below. Photos must be taken in the park and can be the entire plant or highlight any parts of the plants, such as buds, flowers, fruits, seeds, leaves, bark, needles, fronds and spores.

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Select one of the seven trails in San Pedro Valley Park.
Please share the common name or scientific name. If you don't know you can tell us that too.
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I hereby grant to the Friends of San Pedro Valley County Park the absolute and irrevocable right and unrestricted permission to publish, distribute, exhibit, or otherwise use the above-described image(s) / photo(s) shot by me. I hereby release the Friends of San Pedro Valley County Park from all claims, demands, and liabilities whatsoever in connection with the photographs.

I understand that the images may be altered or modified in any manner, and I hereby waive any right to inspect or approve any final product using my photographs.

I acknowledge that the images may be used, without limitation, personal or commercial use, in print publications, online publications, website entries, and or social media.

Additionally, I waive any right to royalties or other compensation arising or related to the use of the photographs taken of me.

I have read and fully understand the aforementioned terms and conditions and the above photo(s) release. I affirm that I am at least 18 years of age, or, if I am under 18 years of age, I have obtained the required consent of my parents/guardians listed above.

Interested in researching plants for our Plant Guide Project? Contact Volunteer@fspvp.org to learn more.