INSECTS

Bark Beetles

Common Name	Scientific Name
California fivespined ips	Ips paraconfusus
Cedar bark beetles	Phloeosinus sp.
Douglas-fir beetle	Dendroctonus pseudotsugae
Douglas-fir engraver	Scolytus unispinosus
Fir engraver	Scolytus ventralis
Jeffrey pine beetle	Dendroctonus jeffreyi
Monterey pine ips	Ips mexicanus
Mountain pine beetle	Dendroctonus ponderosae
Pine engravers	Ips spp.
Red turpentine beetle	Dendroctonus valens
Western pine beetle	Dendroctonus brevicomis

Defoliators

Common Name	Scientific Name
California oakworm	Phryganidia californica
California budworm	Choristoneura carnana californica
Douglas-fir tussock moth	Orgyia pseudotsugata
Elm leaf beetle	Xanthogaleruca luteola
Fruittree leafroller	Archips argyrospilus
Gypsy moth	Lymantria dispar
Lodgepole pine needleminer	Coleotechnites milleri
Modoc budworm	Choristoneura retiniana
Pine needleminer	Coleotechnites sp., near milleri
Silverspotted tiger moth	Halisidota argentata
Tent caterpillar	Malacosoma sp.
Western tent caterpillar	Malacosoma californicum
White fir needleminer	Epinotia meritana

Tree regeneration insects

Common Name	Scientific Name
Black vine weevil	Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Branch and twig beetles	Carphoborus pinicolens
	Pityophthorus tuberculatus
	Pityophthorus conifertus
	Pityophthorus jeffreyi
	Pityophthorus sp.
Douglas-fir reproduction weevil	Cylindrocopturus furnissi
Gouty pitch midge	Cecidomyia piniinopsis
Pine needle sheathminer	Zelleria haimbachi
Pine reproduction weevil	Cylindrocopturus eatoni
Flatheaded fir borer	Melanophila drummondi
Roundheaded fir borer	Tetropium abietis

Other

Common Name	Scientific Name
Africanized honey bee	Apis mellifera scutellata
Asia longhorned borer	Anaplophora glabripennis
	Phalacrus sp.

 

PATHOGENS

Cankers

Common Name	Scientific Name
Diplodia blight of pines	Diplodia pinea (Sphaeropsis sapinea)
Pine pitch canker	Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini
Phomopsis canker	Diaporthe lokoyae

Dwarf mistletoes

Common Name	Scientific Name
Western dwarf mistletoe	Arceuthobium campylopodum

Foliage diseases

Common Name	Scientific Name
Elytroderma needle disease	Elytroderma deformans
Fir needle cast	Lirula abietis-concoloris
Fusarium hypocotyl rot	Fusarium spp.
Leaf spot of arbutus	Coccomyces arbutifolius
Powdery mildew on live oaks	Sphaerotheca lanestris

Root diseases

Common Name	Scientific Name
Annosus root disease	Heterobasidion annosum
Black stain root disease	Leptographium wagneri
Charcoal root rot	Macrophomina phaseolina
Laminated root disease	Phellinus weirii
Phytophthora root rot	Phytophthora spp.
Port-Orford-cedar root disease	Phytophthora lateralis

Rusts

Common Name	Scientific Name
Western gall rust	Peridermium harknessi
White pine blister rust	Cronartium ribicola

True mistletoes

Common Name	Scientific Name
Leafy mistletoe	Phoradendron spp.

 

TREES

Conifers

Common Name	Scientific Name
Pines	Pinus spp.
Bishop pine	Pinus muricata
Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi
Knobcone pine	Pinus attenuata
Limber pine	Pinus flexilis
Lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta var. murrayana
Monterey pine	Pinus radiata
Ponderosa pine	Pinus ponderosa
Singleleaf pinyon pine	Pinus monophylla
Sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana

True firs

Common Name	Scientific Name
Red fir	Abies magnifica
White fir	Abies concolor

Others

Common Name	Scientific Name
Douglas-fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii
Giant sequoia	Sequoiadendron giganteum
Incense-cedar	Libocedrus decurrens
Port-Orford-cedar	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Sitka spruce	Picea sitchensis

Hardwoods, Oaks

Common Name	Scientific Name
California black oak	Quercus kelloggii
Coast live oak	Quercus agrifolia

Other, California natives

Common Name	Scientific Name
California laurel	Umbellularia californica
Elm	Ulmus spp.
Pacific madrone	Arbutus menziesii
Tanoak	Lithocarpus densiflorus
Willow	Salix spp.

 

SHRUBS

 

Common Name	Scientific Name
Antelope bitterbrush	Purshia tridentata
Ceanothus	Ceanothus sp.
Current, gooseberry	Ribes spp.
Laurel sumac	Rhus laurina
Sugarbush chaparral	Rhus ovata

 

GRASSES

 

Common Name	Scientific Name
California brome	Bromus carinatus