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Thursday, February 21, 2008

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+


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


elderberry (sambucus mexicana)

HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY

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

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


Photo of Sambucus mexicana (Mexican elderberry) on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, taken May 2005 by User:Stan Shebs

bladderpod (isomeris arborea) CAPER FAMILY

B slopes near Hastings canyon

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

coastal tuna cactus (opuntia littoralis)

D slopes

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


tuna cactus (opuntia ficus-indicus)

CACTUS FAMILY

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

peppergrass (lepidium virginicum, variety pubescens)

A,B,B bluffs

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

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

California mustard (guillenia lasiophylla)

Listed in Existing Conditions study

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


Friday, February 08, 2008

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

Borage family

A,B,C, D

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


Popcorn flower or white forget-me-not (cryptantha intermedia)

Borage family

B, D sandy areas

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

© 2001 California Academy of Sciences

Seaside fiddleneck (amsinckia spectabilis)

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


Rough cocklebur (xanthium strumarium, variety canadense)

Sunflower family

A,B, D

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

click for enlargement
Xanthium strumarium


Spiny cocklebur (xanthium spinosum)

Sunflower family

Listed in Existing Conditions study

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

small wire lettuce (stephanomeria exigua) found by Brandman

Sunflower family

A,B

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


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

Sunflower family

A,B, C, D

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

Image:Stephanomeria virgata.jpg

western goldenrod (solidago occidentalis)

Sunflower family

B,D

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


California goldenrod, (solidago californica)

Sunflower family

Listed in Existing Conditions study

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

Sylvan Hairstreak (Satyrium sylvinus) on California Goldenrod (Solidago californica)

Sylvan Hairstreak (Satyrium sylvinus) on California Goldenrod (Solidago californica) at Sage Ranch Park.

California chicory (rafinesquia Californica)

Sunflower family

Slopes above site

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


perezia (perezia microcephala or acorta microcephala)

Sunflower family

B bluffs

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


microseris

Sunflower family

D

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