St. Francis Wood Tree Locations
(Note: if you do not find the tree you are looking for, click here to check a listing of less-common trees citywide). For photos of most of these trees, visit Friends of the Urban Forest's tree photos page (trees listed alphabetically by latin name).
St. Francis Wood doesn't have the most varied urban forest in the City, but it certainly has one of the best kept. The trees in this neighborhood are planted and cared for by professional arborists hired by the neighborhood associations, and it shows. Large, well-pruned trees and no overhead wires.
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Tree Species |
Tree Location (Street/Cross-street) |
| Acacia Baileyana (Bailey's Acacia) | |
| Acacia longifolia (Sydney Golden Wattle) | |
| Acacia Melanoxylon (Blackwood Acacia) | Monterey between Junipero Serra and Santa Clara (street-side; not in the street median) |
| Agonis flexuosa (Peppermint Willow) | |
| Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree) | |
| Arecastrum romanzoffianum (Queen Palm) | |
| Callistemon citrinus (Lemon Bottlebrush) | |
| Callistemon viminalis (Weeping Bottlebrush) | |
| Ceonothus | 90 Ravenwood/Fernwood |
| Ceratonia siliqua (Carob) | |
| Cinnamomum camphora (Camphor) | |
| Cordyline australis (Giant Dracaena) | 160 Miraloma |
| Crataegus laevigata (English Hawthorne) | 145 Santa Paula |
| Crataegus phaenopyrum (Washington Thorn) | |
| Cupaniopsis anacardioides (Carrotwood) | |
| Dodonaea viscosa (Hopseed) | 29 Maywood/Ravenwood (in yard) |
| Eriobotrya deflexa (Bronze Loquat) | |
| Eucalyptus ficifolia (Red Flowering Gum) | middle strip of Monterey near San Rafael; 30 Santa Paula |
| Eucalyuptus polyanthemos (Silver Dollar Gum) | Santa Ana between Monterey and St. Francis (both sides of street) |
| Eucalyptus sideroxylon (Red Ironbark) | |
| Eucalyptus viminalis (manna gum) | many lining Santa Clara |
| Fagus sylvatica (European Beech) | 230 Santa Clara/San Anselmo |
| Ficus microcarpa (Ficus) | |
| Geijera parviflora (Australian Willow) | |
| Gingko biloba (Maidenhair) | |
| Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust) | |
| Hymenosporum flavum (Sweet Shade) | |
| Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda) | |
| Laurus nobilis (Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel) | |
| Leptospermum laevigatum (Australian Tea) | |
| Ligustrum lucidum (Glossy Privet) | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua (American Sweet Gum) | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip) | |
| Lyonothamnus floribundus (Catalina Ironwood) | |
| Magnolia Grandiflora (Southern Magnolia) | 210 San Rafael/Monterey |
| Maytenus boaria (Mayten) | 94 Santa Monica/Santa Paula |
| Melaleuca Linarifolia (Flaxleaf Paperbark) | |
| Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cajeput) | |
| Metrosideros excelsus (New Zealand Christmas) | |
| Michelia doltsopa (Michelia) | |
| Myoporum laetum (Myoporum) | |
| Olea europaea (Olive) | |
| Phoenix canariensis (Canary Island Palm) | 25 Miraloma |
| Photinia fraseri (Photinia) | |
| Pistacia chinensis (Chinese Pistache) | |
| Pittosporum undulatum (Victorian Box) | Fernando Street near St. Francis (entire street) |
| Platanus acerfolia (Sycamore; London Plane) | San Anselmo Street, near Santa Clara (entire street; pollarded specimens) |
| Prunus blireiana (Flowering Plum) | |
| Prunus cerasifera (Purple Leaf Plum) | San Rafael Street, either side of Monterey (both sides of street) |
| Prunus serrulata (Cherry) | |
| Pyrus calleryana 'Aristocrat' (Flowering Pear) | |
| Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford' (Flowering Pear) | |
| Pyrus kawakamii (Evergreen Pear) | |
| Rhamnus alaternus (Italian Buckthorn) | |
| Rhaphiolepis (Indian Hawthorn) | |
| Rhus lancea (African Sumac) | |
| Schinus Molle (California Pepper) | |
| Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian Pepper) | |
| Syzygium paniculatum (Brush Cherry) | 50 San Buenaventura/St. Francis |
| Trachycarpus fortunei (Windmill Palm) | |
| Tristania Conferta (Brisbane Box) | |
| Tristania laurina (Small-Leaf Tristania) | |
| Ulmus parvifolia (Chinese Elm) | |