Conor made signs with cardboard and chopsticks and a sparkly pen. See all the tools in the picture of the tools. I'm a native plant geek, so I knew where to find some native plants without signs. In fact, one of the places where the native plants lack signs is in the Botanical Gardens. I know that they would like to have signs on all of their plants, but it is a lot of work and city parks have no money! Hey, neither do any other parks at this point.
Anyway, we went to the park and placed signs by the plants that took our fancy.

Please note that these plants are all native to the San Francisco peninsula, not just to the state or something.

Sticky monkey flower is a common component of northern California back dune scrub. In other words, it grows in sand that has been deposited as part of a sand dune complex, but only in the areas where the sand is stable and there is significant moisture retention due to accumulated organic material in the soil. It can also be found in other soils, but it prefers soils that drain well.

The Coast live oak once was found along protected water ways all over what is now San Francisco. One of the few remnant stands of this tree in San Francisco is at the north east corner of Golden Gate Park, this would have been just at the outer edge of sand dunes that spread across the peninsula from Ocean Beach to the East. Oaks don't grow in shifting sand, but they will grow in the same back dune areas as the sticky monkey flower. Another great place to see them is at the restored portion of Lobos Creek in the Presidio (this is a natural creek that still provides water to much of the Presidio).

The pink-flowering currant is a very versatile plant. It is one of the shade-tolerant shrubs that can be seen growing in the understory of non-native trees that have been planted all over the peninsula. You can also find them in back dunes, growing in openings of native woodlands, and pretty much rocking every habitat. They have nice berries that are popular with lots of birds and pretty pink flowers that make them a great garden plant.

The clarkia is a hot little annual wildlfower that is mostly associated with grasslands and coastal prairies. I've also found it growing on the sides of bluffs; it can grow in a variety of places where people don't walk all over it.

Let me point out that this is great task for educating people about native plants, and with this new knowledge people can perhaps alter what they are growing in their own yards (yes?) and also think about the people who work hard every day to make sure that we actually have some of these native plants left amidst all the parking lots and piles of English Ivy (stupid ivy!). So, if you go out to do this task in one of our local parks, please be respectful. And, hey, if you see a park gardener or a ranger, say thanks!