The Edgewood Botanic Garden is a small botanical garden of less than 1 acre (0.4 ha) on the southeastern side of Mount Tamalpais , in Mill Valley , Marin County, California . It is located at 436 Edgewood Avenue, near the intersection with Cypress Avenue in Mill Valley.
5-547: The botanical garden is dedicated to the native plants of the region. It is not actively maintained currently. The native Coast redwood trees ( Sequoia sempervirens ) dominate the local landscape. It also has about ten species of other trees, either locally native or from other California Coast Ranges habitats. 37°54′10″N 122°33′36″W / 37.90280°N 122.55988°W / 37.90280; -122.55988 This Marin County, California –related article
10-556: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a garden in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of California native plants California native plants are plants that existed in California prior to the arrival of European explorers and colonists in the late 18th century. California includes parts of at least three phytochoria . The largest
15-482: Is the California Floristic Province , a geographical area that covers most of California, portions of neighboring Oregon , Nevada , and Baja California , and is regarded as a "world hotspot" of biodiversity . In 1993, The Jepson Manual estimated that California was home to 4,693 native species and 1,169 native subspecies or varieties, including 1,416 endemic species. A 2001 study by
20-872: The California Native Plant Society estimated 6,300 native plants. These estimates continue to change over time. Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ). Numerous plant groupings exist in California, and botanists work to structure them into identifiable ecoregions , plant communities , vegetation types , and habitats , and taxonomies . California native plants include some that have widespread horticultural use. Sometimes
25-705: The appreciation began outside of California— lupines , California fuchsias , and California poppies were first cultivated in British and European gardens for over a century. Some California native plants are in rapid decline in their native habitat due to urban sprawl , agriculture, overgrazing, recreational impacts, pollution, and invasive non-native species (invasive exotics) colonization pressures (animals and other kingdoms of life, as well as plants). California also has 1,023 species of non-native plants, some now problematic invasive species such as yellow starthistle , that were introduced during
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