Ina Coolbrith Park
Russian Hill

Ina Coolbrith Park is a on a clay soil, east-facing hillside with beautiful views of Coit Tower, San Francisco Bay and the Bay Bridge. SFRPD seems to have planted Ina Coolbrith Park with natives in approximately 2000. The park is in the Russian Hill neighborhood with North Beach transit access and sunny weather.

Ina Coolbrith Park is a on a clay soil, east-facing hillside with beautiful views of Coit Tower, San Francisco Bay and the Bay Bridge. SFRPD seems to have planted Ina Coolbrith Park with natives in approximately 2000. The park is in the Russian Hill neighborhood with North Beach transit access and sunny weather.

There is one Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia. This oak is a powerhouse at feeding and housing wildlife. It is good at holding its hill, as well as anchoring its ecosystem. Coast live oak is the keystone plant in San Francisco’s local oak woodland plant community.

Design
SF Recreation and Parks Department

Favorite plants
Coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia); California Buckeye (Aesculus californica); Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa); Ceanothus; Barberries; Manzanitas; Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis); native salvias (may be S. mellifera and S. leucophylla); Bee Plant (Scrophularia californica); Yarrow (Achillea millefolium); Heuchera; Coffeeberry (Frangula californica); California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum); Artemisias; Pink-flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum); Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum)

Wildlife include, but are not limited to…
Anna Hummingbirds, Dark Eyed Juncos, Scrub Jays, Cedar Waxwings,, Wilson’s Warblers,, Robins,, kinglets, sapsuckers, hawks, bumblebees, lady beetles, Echo Azure butterfly, Anise Swallowtail butterfly, Umber Skipper butterfly, Red Admiral butterfly, West Coast Lady butterfly and Painted Lady butterflys. Thank you to everyone on iNaturalist for taking pictures of wildlife and plants!

Favorite thing
Coast live oak and the variety of native plants have a year-round bloom providing food and habitat for resident native wildlife species, as well as migrating native species. Plus, the views are spectacular.

Biggest challenge
Convincing SFRPD and all SF city agencies to plant 100% native plants in all our parks to provide the local food web to feed our local and migrating wildlife.

Advice for those who want to get started
The easiest way to grow an oak is from an acorn. Acorns grow a long tap root their first year.