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
Parcel D is located south of Ballona Creek and east of
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
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
A, B,C, D
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=artemisia+Californica
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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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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
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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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Slopes above site
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=rafinesquia+californica&btnG=Search
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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
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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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)
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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
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
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)
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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
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
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
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
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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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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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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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
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
