Monday, November 13, 2006

NEWS FLASH!

NOVEMBER 2006 STATE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT WETLANDS SURVEY SHOWS WE WERE RIGHT IN 2003: THE BALLONA WETLAND IS RESTORING ITSELF NATURALLY!!
The Department of Fish and Game has resurveyed the 600 acre State-owned portion of the Ballona Wetlands and has determined what a lot of ussuspected back in 2003 when the State purchase was being negotiated: a lot more of the land is a wetland than Playa Vista was admitting. For along time, Playa Vista was using maps of the "delineated" wetlands drawn up in 1992 during a five-year drought, first to say that very little was a wetland, and second, to show that only their development plan could restore the rest. What the revised (2006) map shows is that the land west of Lincoln Blvd. (highway 1) originally targetted for 1000's of condos is mostly functioning wetlands. The added areas are colored in purple on the map and are labeled "palustrine wetlands on fill". (This label is slightly off, however, in that the southern portion of the purple zone is not"fill" but is at the original 3 feet above sea level elevation and is densely covered in pickleweed and other marsh plants.)
The crux of this is that when the State paid $139 million for this property, it was on the belief that a substantial amount of development could have been allowable under the State's Coastal Act. However, the Coastal Act bans any development upon wetlands. So it seems that it is likely that the State overpaid. While we are very happy to have this land saved, it means we were not being over-cautious when we questioned the sale price and the assumptions used to arrive at it.

(below) 2006 Map of the Habitat Zones in the Ballona Wetlands State Preserve
(click to enlarge)

For an expanded version of this map and supporting documentation, go to http://www.scc.ca.gov/Ballona/documents/061011_tabloid_exist_habitat_digital.pdf and http://www.scc.ca.gov/Ballona/Nov18_workshop.htm

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(the rare Suffrutescent Wallflower, photo by Jonathan Coffin)

A Guide to the Native Plants of Ballona and the Wildlife that Relies Upon It

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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Fall is the best time to plant native plants;

87 species found at the Ballona wetlands and bluffs and the Baldwin Hills can be purchased at Theodore Payne Foundation nursery, located in the San Fernando Valley, the nearest native plant nursery.

http://www.theodorepayne.org/

Fall is the best time to plant native plants;

87 species found at the Ballona wetlands and bluffs and the Baldwin Hills can be purchased at Theodore Payne Foundation nursery, located in the San Fernando Valley, the nearest native plant nursery.

http://www.theodorepayne.org/


Available Ballona Plants:


WHITE FLOWERS:

Achillea millefolium, yarrow

Adenostoma fasciculatum, chamise

Ambrosia chammisonis, dune ragweed

Anemopsis californica, yerba mansa

Artemisia californica, California or coastal Sage

Artemisia palmeri, San Diego sagewort

Asclepias eriocarpa, Indian milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis, narrow-leaf milkweed

Baccharis emoryi, emory baccharis

Baccharis pilularis, coyote brush

Baccharis salicifolia, mulefat

Calystegia macrostegia, morning glory

Clematis ligusticifolia, clematis

Datura wrightii, jimson weed

Eriogonum californica, calif. buckwheat

Eriogonum cinereum, ashy leaf buckwheat

Eriogonum parvifolium, sea-cliff buckwheat

Gnaphalium microcephalum, white everlasting

Heteromeles arbutifolia, toyon

Lonicera subspicata, Santa Barbara honeysuckle

Malosma laurina, laurel sumac

Marah macrocarpa, wild cucumber

Prunus illicofolia, holly leaf cherry

Rhamnus Californica, coffeeberry

Rhomneya coulteri, matilija poppy

Salvia apiana, white sage

Sambucus mexicanus, elderberry

Yucca whipplei, our lord’s candle


BLUE/PURPLE FLOWERS:

Dichelostemma capitatum, blue dicks

Lessingia filaginifolia, cudweed aster

Lupinus albifrons, silver lupine

Lupinus bicolor, dove lupine

Lupinus longiflorus, longleaf bush lupine

Lupinus succulentus, arroyo lupine

Malacothamnus fasciculatus, bush mallow

Penstemon spectabilis, showy penstemon

Phacelia campanularia desert bells

Phacelia parryi, Parry’s phacelia

Salvia leucophylla, purple sage

Salvia mellifera, black sage

Sisyrinchium bellum, blue-eyed grass

Solanum xantii, purple nightshade

Trichostema lanatum, wooly blue curls


YELLOW FLOWERS:

Coreopsis maritime, sea dahlia

Dendromicon rigida, bush poppy

Encelia californica, bush sunflower

Helianthus annus, sunflower

Isocoma menziesii, coast goldenbush

Isomeris arborea, bladderpod

Oenothera elata hookeri, hooker’s evening primrose

Opuntia littoralis, prickly-pear cactus

Solidago californica, California goldenrod

Cammisonia bistorta, suncup

Cammisonia cheiranthifolia, beach evening primrose

Chaenactis glabriuscula, yellow pincushion

Cucurbita foetidissima, coyote melon

Lotus scoparius, deerweed


RED OR PINK FLOWERS:

Atriplex lentiformis breweri, big saltbush

Dudleya pulverulenta, chalk live-forever

Rhus integrifolia, lemonade berry

Rhus ovata, sugar bush

Ribes malavaceum, chaparral currant

Rosa californica, california. rose


ORANGE FLOWERS:

Eschscholtzia California, Calif. poppy

Mimulus aurantiacus, monkeyflower


GREEN FLOWERS:

Artemisia douglasiana, mugwort

Rumex salicifolia, willow leaved dock


TREES:

Alnus rhombifolia, alder

Fraxinus velutina, Arizona ash

Juglans calif., California walnut

Platanus racemosa, California sycamore

Populus fremontii, cottonwood

Salix exigua, narrow-leaf willow

Salix goodingi, goodings willow

Salix laevigata, red willow

Salix lasiolepis, arroyo willow

Umbellularia calif, Calif. Bay laurel

Quercus agrifolia, coast live oak


GRASSES & MARSH PLANTS:

Carex praegracilus, clustered field sedge

Distichlis spicata, saltgrass

Eleocharis macrostachya, pale spike rush

Eleocharis montevidensis, slender creeping spike rush

Juncus acutus leopoldi, spike rush

Juncus mexicanus, Mexican rush

Melica imperfecta, melic grass

Nasella pulchra, purple needlegrass

Typha latifolia, cattails


WEBSITES WITH MORE NATIVE PLANT INFO

www.Ballonaplants.blogspot.com

www.Calnativeplants.blogspot.com

www.Laspilitas.com

www.Nativegarden.org


Friday, September 22, 2006

THE COMPLETE LIST OF NATIVE PLANTS OF THE BALLONA WETLANDS

Compiled and edited by
Rex Frankel
Updated September 2006

(PLEASE CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE)

Includes native plants found by in studies by Clark/UCLA, 1979; Gustafson, L.A. County Natural History Museum; Brandman, 1985 for the Playa Vista annexation; and Henrickson, 1991, for the Playa Vista Master Plan project, and in the Draft Existing Conditions Report published by the California Coastal Conservancy in 2006, appendix B (located http://www.scc.ca.gov/Ballona/documents/Appendicies_ExistingConditions-Aug2006.pdf)

KEY TO TABLE:

Plants are listed in alphabetical order by family by the Latin name, as they would be listed in botanical books. The first line features the common name first, followed by the botanical name (in Latin).

The second line features the location in the Ballona Wetlands area where the plants have been found. Parcels A, B and C are owned by the State of California and were acquired in 1988 and 2003. Parcel A is located north of Ballona Creek and West of Lincoln Blvd. Parcel B is located south of Ballona Creek and West of Lincoln Blvd. Parcel C is located north of Ballona Creek and east of Lincoln Blvd.

Parcel D is located south of Ballona Creek and east of Lincoln Blvd. and is being developed and bulldozed currently, although approximately half of this 460 acre parcel has not been developed yet.

The third line is a photo link with many photos and other information about the plant.

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CARPETWEED FAMILY

Lowland purslane or sea purslane (sesuvium verrucosum) found by Brandman

A, B saltmarsh

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=sesuvium+verrucosum&btnG=Search

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PIGWEED FAMILY

California pigweed or Calif. Amaranth (amaranthus californicus)

B lowlands, B and D slopes

http://images.google.com/images?q=amaranthus+californicus&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

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SUMAC FAMILY

lemonade berry (rhus integrifolia)

A, B and D slopes

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=rhus+integrifolia

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laurel-leaved sumac (rhus laurina)

A, B slopes, C, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=rhus+laurina

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sugar bush (rhus ovata)

A

http://images.google.com/images?q=rhus+ovata&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

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poison oak (toxicodendron diversilobum) found by Brandman

bluff slopes

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=toxicodendron+diversilobum

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SUNFLOWER FAMILY

spiny-fruited ragweed (ambrosia acanthicarpa)

A,B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=ambrosia+acanthicarpa

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dune ragweed or silver beach-bur (ambrosia chamissonis)

A, B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=ambrosia+chamissonis

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western ragweed (ambrosia psilostachya, subspecies Californica)

A,B,C

http://images.google.com/images?q=ambrosia+psilostachya&hl=en

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coastal sagebrush or Calif. sagebrush (artemisia Californica)

A, B,C, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=artemisia+Californica

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Douglas' mugwort (artemisia douglasiana)

A, B, C

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=artemisia+douglasiana&btnG=Search

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Mugwort also called wild tarragon or dragon sagewort (artemisia dracunculus)

B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=artemisia+dracunculus

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marsh aster or slender aster (aster exilis)

B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=aster+exilis

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coyote bush (baccharis pilularis, subspecies consanguinea)

A,B,C, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=baccharis+pilularis

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mulefat - or seep willow (baccharis salicifolia or glutinosa)

A,B,C,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=baccharis+salicifolia+

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emory baccharis (baccharis emoryi) found by Brandman

C,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=baccharis+emoryi

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California brickellbush (brickellia Californica)

B, C

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=brickellia+Californica

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yellow pincushion (chaenactis glabriuscula, variety tenuifolia)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=chaenactis+glabriuscula&btnG=Search

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horseweed (conyza canadensis)

A,B,C,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=conyza+canadensis

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Coulter's horseweed (conyza coulteri)

A,B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=conyza+coulteri&btnG=Search

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bush aster (corethrogyne filaginifolia, variety: virgata) also known as lessingia filaginifolia

B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=corethrogyne+filaginifolia

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Bush sunflower, (encelia californica)

Listed in Existing Conditions study, found in coastal sage areas

http://images.google.com/images?q=encelia+californica&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

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filago (filago)

C

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=filago+plant

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everlasting (gnaphalium beneolens,

A,B,C,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=gnaphalium+beneolens&btnG=Search

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gnaphalium chilense,

A,B, D (Existing Conditions study calls it non-native)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=gnaphalium+chilense

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gnaphalium microcephalum,

A,B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=gnaphalium+microcephalum&btnG=Search

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gnaphalium ramosissimum (“pink”)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=gnaphalium+ramosissimum

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cudweed (gnaphalium Californicum “Calif. Everlasting”,

B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=gnaphalium+Californicum+

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gnaphalium bicolor (“two color”)

B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=gnaphalium+bicolor+

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gumplant (grindelia robusta) found by Gustafson and brandman

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=grindelia+robusta&btnG=Search

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golden bush or mock heather (haplopappus ericoides)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=haplopappus+ericoides

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=ericameria+ericoides

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haplopappus pinifolius (pine goldenbush)

B, D slopes

http://images.google.com/images?q=Ericameria+pinifolia&hl=en

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sunflower (helianthus annuus, subspecies lenticularis)

A,B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=helianthus+annuus

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tarweed (hemizonia paniculata or deinandra paniculata)

A,B,C,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=hemizonia+paniculata

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fascicled or slender tarweed (hemizonia fasciculata or deinandra fasciculata)

A,C,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=hemizonia+fasciculata

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Southern tarplant (hemizonia parryi subspecies Australis)

C

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=hemizonia+parryi

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telegraph weed (heterotheca grandiflora)

A,B,C,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=heterotheca+grandiflora

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Hairy goldenaster (heterotheca villosa or chrysopis villosa)

Listed in Existing Conditions study

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=heterotheca+villosa+&btnG=Search

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fleshy or marsh jaumea (jaumea carnosa)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=jaumea+carnosa

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cliff aster (malcothrix saxatilis)

A,B,C,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=malacothrix+saxatilis&btnG=Search

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smooth lasthenia (lasthenia glabrata)

Brandman said it was extirpated, but could be in B saltmarsh and dune

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=lasthenia+glabrata

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pineapple weed (matricaria matricarioides) found by Brandman

A,B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=matricaria+matricarioides

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microseris

D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=microseris

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perezia (perezia microcephala or acorta microcephala)

B bluffs

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=perezia+microcephala+

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California chicory (rafinesquia Californica)

Slopes above site

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=rafinesquia+californica&btnG=Search

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California goldenrod, (solidago californica)

Listed in Existing Conditions study

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=solidago+californica&btnG=Search

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western goldenrod (solidago occidentalis)

B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=solidago+occidentalis

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wand chicory or tall stephanomeria or twiggy wreathplant (stephanomeria virgata)

A,B, C, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=stephanomeria+virgata&btnG=Search

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small wreath plant (stephanomeria exigua) found by Brandman

A,B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=stephanomeria+exigua

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Spiny cocklebur (xanthium spinosum)

Listed in Existing Conditions study

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=xanthium+spinosum&btnG=Search

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Rough cocklebur (xanthium strumarium, variety canadense)

A,B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=xanthium+strumarium

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Marsh or slender aster (symphyotrichum subulatum var. ligulatum)

Salt and freshwater marshes (listed in Existing Conditions Study)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=symphyotrichum+subulatum&btnG=Search

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SALTWORT FAMILY

Salt wort (batis maritima)

Listed in Existing Conditions study

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=batis+maritima&btnG=Search

BORAGE FAMILY

Seaside fiddleneck (amsinckia spectabilis)

Considered extirpated by Brandman from B saltmarsh and dune, but found in Culver loop in 2003 and is seen in spring in parcel C north of Culver)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=amsinckia+spectabilis

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Large flowered popcorn flower or white forget-me-not (cryptantha intermedia)

B, D sandy areas

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=cryptantha+intermedia

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seaside heliotrope or sand heliotrope (heliotropium curassavicum, variety oculatum)

A,B,C, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=heliotropium+curassavicum

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MUSTARD FAMILY

Sea rocket (cakile maritima) found by Brandman

B sand dune (Existing Conditions study calls it non-native)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=cakile+maritima

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coastal spectacle-pod (dithyrea maritima)

called locally extinct

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=dithyrea+maritima&btnG=Search

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suffrutescent wallflower (erysimum suffrutescens)

B sand dune

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=erysimum+suffrutescens

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California mustard (guillenia lasiophylla)

Listed in Existing Conditions study

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=guillenia+lasiophylla&btnG=Search

peppergrass (lepidium virginicum, variety pubescens)

A,B,B bluffs

http://www.calflora.net/bloomingplants/images/wildpeppergrass4.jpg

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CACTUS FAMILY

tuna cactus (opuntia ficus-indicus)

B dunes, D slopes (Existing Conditions study calls it non-native)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=opuntia+ficus-indica&spell=1

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coastal tuna cactus (opuntia littoralis)

D slopes

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=opuntia+littoralis

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CAPER FAMILY

bladderpod (isomeris arborea)

B slopes near Hastings canyon

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=isomeris+arborea

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HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY

elderberry (sambucus mexicana)

B, D slopes (Existing Conditions study calls it non-native)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=sambucus+mexicana

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PINK FAMILY

sand spurrey (spergularia bocconii)

B,C (Existing Conditions study calls it non-native)

http://images.google.com/images?q=spergularia+bocconii&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

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spergularia macrotheca “large flowered”,

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=spergularia+macrotheca

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spergularia marina “salt marsh”,

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=spergularia+marina

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spergularia villosa

B, D (Existing Conditions study calls it non-native)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=spergularia+villosa

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GOOSEFOOT FAMILY

California saltbush (atriplex Californica)

A, B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=atriplex+Californica

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coastal or big saltbush or quailbush (atriplex lentiformis, subspecies breweri)

A,B,C

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=atriplex+lentiformis

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spear saltbush (atriplex patula, subspecies hastata) found by Gustafson and Brandman

Henrickson calls it non-native

B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=atriplex+patula

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Spearscale(atriplex triangularis)

Listed in Existing Conditions study, found in saltmarsh

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=atriplex+triangularis&btnG=Search

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goosefoot (chenopodium album)

B (Existing Conditions study calls it non-native)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=chenopodium+album&spell=1

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chenopodium berlandieri, variety sinuatum

B, C , D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=chenopodium+berlandieri

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Mexican tea (chenopodium ambrosioides) also called epazote

B, D (Existing Conditions study calls it non-native)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=chenopodium+ambrosioides

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Coast goosefoot (chenopodium macrospermum)

Brandman described it as extirpated from B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=chenopodium+macrospermum&btnG=Search

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Annual pickleweed (salicornia bigelovii)

Listed in Existing Conditions study

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=salicornia+bigelovii&btnG=Search

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pickleweed (salicornia virginica or sarcocornia pacifica)

A,B,C, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=salicornia+virginica

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Parish’s pickleweed or samphire, (Salicornia subterminalis or arthrocnemum subterminale)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=salicornia+subterminalis

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Sea-blite (suaeda esteroa)

Listed in Existing Conditions study

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=suaeda+esteroa&btnG=Search

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Woolly sea-blite (suaeda taxifolia also called Californica, variety pubescens)

B, C

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=suaeda+taxifolia+

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Horned or annual sea-blite (suaeda depressa, variety erecta or suaeda calceoliformis)

B (only seen by Gustafson)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=suaeda+depressa

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MORNING GLORY FAMILY

morning glory (calystegia macrostegia, variety cyclostegia)

A,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=calystegia+macrostegia&btnG=Search

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alkali weed (cressa truxillensis, subspecies vallicola)

A, B, C, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=cressa+truxillensis

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dodder (cuscuta Californica)

B coastal dunes

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=cuscuta+Californica

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cuscuta campestris,

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=cuscuta+campestris

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cuscuta indecora

D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=cuscuta+indecora

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salt marsh dodder (cuscuta salina)

Brandman (1985) described as extirpated from B, but Existing Conditions study listed it as found in 1991

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=cuscuta+salina

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western dichondra (dichondra occidentalis)

D by large pile of dirt

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=dichondra+occidentalis

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STONECROP FAMILY

pygmy weed or dwarf stonecrop (crassula erecta)

A,B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=crassula+erecta

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GOURD FAMILY

calabazilla or coyote melon (cucurbita foetidissima)

A,B,D uplands

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=cucurbita+foetidissima

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SPURGE FAMILY

croton (croton Californicus)

A,B,C,D, sandy soils

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=croton+Californicus

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rattlesnake weed (euphorbia albomarginata)

A,B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=euphorbia+albomarginata

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perennial spurge or golondrina (euphorbia polycarpa)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=euphorbia+polycarpa

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serpentine spurge (euphorbia serpens)

A,B,D Existing Conditions study calls it non-native

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=euphorbia+serpens

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BEAN OR PEA FAMILY

loco weed (astragalus trichopodus, subspecies leucopsis)

D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=astragalus+trichopodus

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deerweed (lotus purshianus “spanish clover”)

A, B dunes, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=lotus+purshianus+

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deerweed, lotus scoparius,

A,B,C, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=lotus+scoparius

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lotus strigosus

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=lotus+strigosus

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annual lupine (lupinus bicolor subspecies microphyllus, “Dove”;

B, D by pile of dirt

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=lupinus+bicolor

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lupinus succulentus;

B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=lupinus+succulentus

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lupinus truncatus “collar”

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=lupinus+truncatus

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bush lupine (lupinus chamissonis)

B sand dune

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=lupinus+chamissonis

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lupinus longiflorus

B, D slopes and northerly sandy areas

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=lupinus+longiflorus

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Hall’s bush lupine (lupinus excubitus subspecies hallii)

Gustafson found 2 plants in A, and in B at base of bluffs

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=hall%27s+bush+lupine

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hoffmanseggia (hoffmanseggia densiflora)

B, and Brandman stated possibly in D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=hoffmanseggia+densiflora

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BEECH FAMILY

Coast live oak, quercus agrifolia

Listed in Exisiting Conditions study

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=quercus+agrifolia&btnG=Search

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FRANKENIA FAMILY

alkali heath or frankenia (frankenia salina or grandifolia)

A,B,C

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=frankenia+salina+

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WATERLEAF FAMILY

Caterpillar phacelia (phacelia cicutarium) found by Brandman

B coastal dune, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=phacelia+cicutaria

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small canterberry bell or parry’s phacelia (phacelia parryi)

D sandy flats along Jefferson

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=phacelia+parryi

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wild heliotrope (phacelia ramosissima, variety austrolitoralis)

A, B sand dunes and bluffs, D bluffs

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=phacelia+ramosissima

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MINT FAMILY

Purple sage (salvia leucophylla)

D bluffs (offsite)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=salvia+leucophylla

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Black sage (salvia mellifera)

D bluffs (offsite)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=salvia+mellifera

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LYTHRUM FAMILY

Red stem (ammania sp.)

Listed in Existing Conditions report)

http://images.google.com/images?q=ammania&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

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lythrum (lythrum hyssopifolia)

B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=lythrum+hyssopifolia

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MALLOW FAMILY

mesa bush mallow (malacothamnus fasciculatus)

B, D slopes

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=malacothamnus+fasciculatus

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alkali mallow (sida leprosa, variety hederacea)

A,B, C, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=sida+leprosa&btnG=Search

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FOUR-O'CLOCK FAMILY

beach or pink sand verbena (abronia umbellata)

B coastal dune

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=abronia+umbellata

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OLIVE FAMILY

Arizona ash (fraxinus velutina, variety coriacea)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=fraxinus+velutina

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EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY

southern sun cup (camissonia bistorta)

B bluffs and coastal dune, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=camissonia+bistorta

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beach evening primrose (camissonia cheiranthifolia, subspecies suffrutescens)

A,B coastal dunes

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=camissonia+cheiranthifolia

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Lewis's primrose (camissonia lewisii)

B, C sandy soils, D

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Small evening primrose (camissonia micrantha)

B dunes, C

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=camissonia+micrantha

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willow herb (epilobium ciliatum, also called epilobium adenocaulon, variety prishii)

D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=epilobium+ciliatum

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Hairy evening primrose (oenothera elata ssp. Hirsutissima)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=oenothera+elata+ssp.+Hirsutissima&btnG=Search

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Hooker's evening primrose (oenothera hookeri, subspecies grisea)

B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=Hooker%27s+evening+primrose+

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WOOD-SORREL FAMILY

oxalis (oxalis albicans, subspecies pilosa)

disturbed uplands throughout site

http://www.cnpsci.org/Photos/Plants/Oxalis_albicans_pilosa.jpg

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POPPY FAMILY

California poppy (eschscholzia Californica)

B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=eschscholzia+Californica

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LEADWORT FAMILY

Sea lavender (limonium californicum)

Listed in Exisitng Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=limonium+californicum&btnG=Search

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SYCAMORE FAMILY

western sycamore (platanus racemosa)

D, near old hangar buildings. Has been added in freshwater marsh restoration project

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=platanus+racemosa

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BUCKWHEAT FAMILY

California buckwheat (eriogonum fasciculatum)

B,C,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=eriogonum+fasciculatum

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annual buckwheat (eriogonum gracile)

B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=eriogonum+gracile

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dune buckwheat or sea cliff buckwheat (eriogonum parvifolium)

A,B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=eriogonum+parvifolium

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smartweed or willow weed (polygonum lapathifolium)

B,C, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=polygonum+lapathifolium

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golden dock (rumex fueginus)

B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=rumex+fueginus

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willow-leaved dock (rumex salicifolius)

B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=rumex+salicifolius

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CROWFOOT FAMILY

Virgen's bower (clematis ligusticifolia)

B central area by bluffs

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=clematis+ligusticifolia

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ROSE FAMILY

Chamise (adenostoma fasciculatum)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=adenostoma+fasciculatum&btnG=Search

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California rose (rosa californica)

B and D bluff slopes

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=rosa+californica

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toyon (heteromeles arbutifolia)

D slopes (offsite below LMU)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=heteromeles+arbutifolia

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MADDER FAMILY

Narrow leaved bedstraw (gallium angustifolium)

B and D slopes

http://images.google.com/images?q=galium+angustifolium&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

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WILLOW FAMILY

Fremont's cottonwood (populus fremontii)

B west end, D streambed

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=populus+fremontii

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Narrow leaved willw (Salix exigua or hindsiana)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=Salix+exigua+&btnG=Search

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Black willow (salix gooddingii)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=salix+gooddingii&btnG=Search

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red willow (salix laevigata)

A, B, C, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=salix+laevigata

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arroyo willow (salix lasiolepis)

A,B,C,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=salix+lasiolepis

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LIZARD-TAIL FAMILY

yerba mansa (anemopsis californica)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=anemopsis+californica

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SAXIFRAGE FAMILY

chaparral currant (ribes malvaceum)

A (one plant found near Ballona Creek in 1981)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=ribes+malvaceum

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FIGWORT FAMILY

Bird’s beak (cordylanthus maritimus)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=cordylanthus+maritimus&btnG=Search

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POTATO FAMILY

jimson weed or tolguacha (datura wrightii or datura meteloides)

A,B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=datura+wrightii+

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petunia (petunia parviflora)

D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=petunia+parviflora

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Small-flowered nightshade (solanum americanum or nodiflorum)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=solanum+americanum+&btnG=Search

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Douglas' or white nightshade (solanum douglasii)

A,B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=solanum+douglasii

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Purple nightshade (solanum xantii, variety intermedia)

A, D by pile of dirt

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=solanum+xantii

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NETTLE FAMILY

bull nettle or creek nettle or stinging nettle (urtica holosericea)

B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=urtica+holosericea

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VERVAIN FAMILY

Frog fruit (lippia lanceolata) found by Brandman

C

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=lippia+lanceolata

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Western verbena or common vervain (verbena lasiostachys)

A,B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=verbena+lasiostachys

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WATER-PLANTAIN FAMILY

California arrowhead (sagittaria calycina)

B freshwater marshes

http://www.missouriplants.com/Whitealt/Sagittaria_montevidensis_page.html

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AMARYLLIS FAMILY

blue dicks (dichelostemma pulchella)

B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=dichelostemma+pulchella

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SEDGE FAMILY

Prairie bulrush (bolboschoenus or scirpus maritimus ssp. Paludosus)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=bolboschoenus+maritimus&btnG=Search

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Clustered field sedge (carex praegracilis)

B, found by Gustafson and Brandman

http://images.google.com/images?q=carex+praegracilis&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

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umbrella sedge or tall flatsedge (cyperus eragrostis)

B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=cyperus+eragrostis

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nut sedge or yellow nut grass (cyperus esculentus)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=cyperus+esculentus

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purple nut grass (cyperus rotundus)

B, in D was found by Brandman

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=cyperus+rotundus

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spike-rush (eleocharis--two species: macrostachya “pale spike rush”,

B and D slopes in willow thicket

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=eleocharis+macrostachya+

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montevidensis “slender creeping spike rush”)

B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=eleocharis+montevidensis

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Olney bulrush (schoenoplectus or scirpus americanus)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=schoenoplectus+americanus&btnG=Search

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tule (scirpus or schoenoplectus californicus)

A,B,C, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=scirpus+californicus

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threesquare or olney bulrush (scirpus olneyi)

B,C,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=scirpus+olneyi

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robust sedge or Pacific coast bulrush (scirpus or bolboschoenus robustus)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=scirpus+robustus

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RUSH FAMILY

Spike rush (juncus acutus var. leopoldi)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=juncus+acutus&btnG=Search

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Wire rush (juncus balticus)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=juncus+balticus

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juncus sphaerocarpus)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=juncus+sphaerocarpus&btnG=Search

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small rush or toad rush (juncus bufonius)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=juncus+bufonius

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mexican rush (juncus mexicanus)

B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=juncus+mexicanus

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Arrow grass (triglochin maritima or concinnum)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=triglochin+maritima+&btnG=Search

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GRASS FAMILY

Mountain brome (bromus marginatus)

B, found by Gustafson and Brandman

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=Bromus+marginatus+

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saltgrass (distichlis spicata)

A, B,C

http://images.google.com/images?q=distichlis+spicata&hl=en

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giant rye-grass (elymus condensatus)

B and D bluff slopes

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=elymus+condensatus

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meadow or tall fescue (festuca arundinacea)

B,D found by Brandman (Existing Conditions report calls it non-native)

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=festuca+arundinacea&btnG=Search

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(festuca megalura) found by Gustafson

A,B, C, D, Henrickson calls it non-native

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Alkali barley (hordeum depressum)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=hordeum+depressum&btnG=Search

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spangletop (leptochloa uninervia)

B,D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=leptochloa+uninervia

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Alkali ryegrass (leymus triticoides)

Listed in Existing Conditions Report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=leymus+triticoides&btnG=Search

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melic grass or small flowered melica (melica imperfecta)

B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=melica+imperfecta

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shoregrass (monanthochloe littoralis)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=monanthochloe+littoralis

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Bristlegrass (setaria gracilis or geniculata)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=setaria+gracilis+&btnG=Search

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Cordgrass (spartina foliosa)

Listed in Existing Conditions report

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=spartina+foliosa&btnG=Search

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needlegrass (stipa cernua)

D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=stipa+cernua

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PONDWEED FAMILY

ditchgrass (ruppia maritima)

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=ruppia+maritima

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CATTAIL FAMILY

cattail (typha--two species: domingensis

B, D

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=typha+domingensis

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and latifolia “broad leaved cattail” )

B

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=typha+latifolia