Flora of Bolsa Chica Marsh

Bob Muns, 1983, 1999

Latin names in parentheses are probable, but not certain, identifications.

An enhanced version of this page has been created by Mark Bixby. It contains the following additions:

  1. Each Latin name has been hyperlinked into the http://plants.usda.gov/ database.

  2. A column has been added which shows the wetland indicator status (if any) for each species.

  3. A column has been added with links to photographs of each species, usually from CalPhotos.

  4. Some of the Latin names have been updated. Those names have been highlighted in yellow but with the original names retained here.

  5. Red highlighting has been added for wetland status indicators with conflicting information in the USDA PLANTS database; i.e. different varieties of a species are listed with different indicator values, etc.

Due primarily to the links, this enhanced version of the page is significantly larger, 164 kB compared to the 30 kB of this page.

#, Latin Name Common Name Life
Form
Intro
sp*
Flower
Period
Plant Communities

Dicots

AizoaceaeCarpet-Weed Family
1 Carpobrotus chilensisSea Fig*P 4-9 sand dunes, bluffs, CS, CSS
2 Carpobrotus chilensis X C. edulis(hybrid)*P - along coast
3 Carpobrotus edulisHottentot Fig*P 4-10 dunes along coast
4 Malephora crocea Red Ice Plant *P11-9 wetlands, coastal bluffs
5 Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Crystalline Ice Plant *A3-10 CS, CSS, coastal bluffs
6 Mesembryanthemum nodiflorumLittle Ice Plant*A4-11 CS, CSS, saline wetlands
7 Sesuvium verrucosum Sea Purslane P 4-11 margins of saline wetlands
8 Tetragonia tetragonioidesNew Zealand Spinach*A 4-9 beaches, near salt marshes
 
AmaranthaceaeAmaranth Family
9 Amaranthus albusPigweed *A 6-12 cultivated & waste places
10 Amaranthus deflexus Prostrate Amaranth *A 5-11 W
 
AnacardiaceaeSumac Family
11 Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian pepper tree *S/T - edges of CSM
12 Toxicodendron diversilobumPoison Oak S 4-5 canyons, slopes, Ch, OW
 
ApiaceaeCarrot Family
13 Apium graveolensCelery*P 5-7 wet places, edges of marsh
14 Ciclospermum leptophyllum Marsh Parsley *A 4-8 weed in gardens, etc.
15 Conium maculatumPoison Hemlock *B 4-9 moist, disturbed places
16 Foeniculum vulgare Fennel *P 5-9 roadsides, W
 
AsteraceaeSunflower Family
17 Amblyopappus pusillusCoast WeedA 3-4 coastal bluffs, old dunes
18 Ambrosia chamissonisSilver Beach BurP 7-11 beaches, dunes, CS
19 Ambrosia psilostachyaWestern Ragweed P 7-11 roadsides, fields, Ch, CSS
20 Artemisia douglasianaMugwort P 6-10 W, drainages
21 Aster subulatus var. ligulatus - - - -
22 Baccharis douglasii Marsh Baccharis P 7-10 near streams, CSM, CSS
23 Baccharis emoryiEmory BaccharisS 8-12 river banks, washes, marshes
24 Baccharis pilularisCoyote Brush S 8-11 coastal, CS, CSS
25 Baccharis salicifoliaMule Fat S 1-12 streamsides, moist places
26 Bidens pilosa var. pilosaBeggar-Ticks*A 5-11 W
27 Centaurea melitensis Tocalote *A 5-6 W, along trails
28 Chrysanthemum sp. Chrysanthemum *- escape from cultivation, coastal
29 Cirsium vulgareBull Thistle *B 6-9 W
30 Conyza bonariensisLittle Horseweed *A 6-8 W, urban sites
31 Conyza canadensisHorseweed A 6-9 W
32 Conyza coulteriCoulter's HorseweedA 5-10 moist flats, CSS
33 Cotula australisAustralian Brassbutton *A 1-5 urban weed, coastal areas
34 Cotula coronopifoliaBrassbutton*A 3-12 CSM, FWM
35 Encelia californica California Bush Sunflower S 3-6 coastal bluffs, CSS, Ch
36 Euthamia occidentalisWestern Goldenrod P 7-11 streambanks, CSM, FWM
37 Gazania linearis - * - -
38 Gnaphalium californicum Green Everlasting B 1-7 open wooded slopes, CSS, Ch
39 Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalumFelt-Leaf Everlasting B/P 7-10 open slopes, Ch, CSS
40 Gnaphalium luteo-albumCudweed*A 4-10 fields, W
41 Gnaphalium (stramineum) White Everlasting A/B 6-10 W
42 Hedypnois creticaCrete Weed*A 3-5 W
43 Hemizonia fasciculataTarweedA 5-9 coastal plains, CSS, OW, VG
44 Hemizonia sp. - - - -
45 Heterotheca grandifloraTelegraph Weed A 1-12 W, dry streams
46 Hypochaeris glabra Cat's-Ear *A 3-6 W
47 Isocoma menziesiiCoast Goldenbush S 4-12 CS, CSS, CSM
48 Jaumea carnosa Jaumea P 5-10 CSM, bases of sea cliffs
49 Lasthenia californica California Goldfields A 2-6 open pl, CSS. VG, etc.
50 Lasthenia glabrataMarsh GoldfieldA 4-5 CSM, AS, vernal pools
51 Osteospermum fruticosum Freeway Daisy *P - escape from cultivation, coastal
52 Picris echioides Prickly Ox-Tongue *A 6-12 W, fields, etc.
53 Pluchea odorataMarsh FleabaneA/P 7-11 alkaline wet places, CSM, FWM
54 Pulicaria paludosa Pulicaria *A/P - along streams, marsh edges
55 Senecio vulgarisCommon Groundsel *A 1-12weed of gardens and waste places
56 Sonchus asper ssp. asperPrickly Sow Thistle*A 1-12 W
57 Sonchus oleraceusSow Thistle *A 1-12 W, garden weed
58 Stephanomeria sp. Wreath Plant A - -
59 Stephanomeria virgataWand Chicory A 7-10 W, open slopes
60 Xanthium strumariumCocklebur A 7-10 weed of moist disturbed places
 
BataceaeBatis Family
61 Batis maritima Saltwort P 7-10 along coast, CSM
 
BoraginaceaeBorage Family
62 Amsinckia spectabilis Seaside Fiddleneck A 3-6 sandy places, edges of marshes
63 Cryptantha clevelandii Popcorn Flower A 4-6 slopes, rocky places, CSS, CS, Ch
64 Heliotropium curassavicumWild HeliotropeP 3-10 moist to dry, saline soils
 
BrassicaceaeMustard Family
65 Brassica nigraBlack Mustard *A 4-7 grassy hills & fields
66 Brassica rapa Field Mustard *A 1-5 W
67 Cakile maritimaSea Rocket*A 3-10 sand dunes, CS
68 Coronopus didymusWart Cress*A 3-7 W, gardens
69 Hirschfeldia incanaMediterranean Mustard *B 5-10 weed of waste places, along roads
70 Lepidium latifolium Perennial Peppergrass *P 6-8 beaches, roadsides, saline places
71 Lepidium sp.Peppergrass A - -
72 Lobularia maritimaSweet Alyssum *A 1-12 garden escape, coastal
73 Matthiola incana Purple Stock *P 3-5 sandy pl, bluffs, coastal
74 Raphanus sativusWild Radish *A 2-7 W
75 Sisymbrium irioLondon Rocket*A 1-4 W
 
CactaceaeCactus Family
76 Opuntia ficus-indicaMission Cactus *S/T 5-6 -
77 Opuntia proliferaCoast ChollaS 4-6 -
78 Opuntia sp.Prickly Pear *S -Ch, CSS, VG, YPF
 
CapparaceaeCaper Family
79 Isomeris arboreaBladder PodS 1-12 coastal bluffs, deserts
 
CaryophyllaceaePink Family
80 Polycarpon depressum Allseed A 4-6 bluffs, Ch, W
81 Polycarpon tetraphyllum Four-Leaf Allseed *A 5-7 W, along roads
82 Silene gallica Common Catchfly *A 2-5 W
83 Spergularia bocconeiBoccone's Sand Spurry*A 4-9 CSM, alkaline areas, sandy places
84 Spergularia marina Sand Spurry A 3-9 CSM, mud flats, alkaline places
 
ChenopodiaceaeGoosefoot Family
85 Atriplex californicaCalifornia SaltbushP 4-11 sandy places, coastal dunes, CSM
86 Atriplex canescensFour Wing SaltbushS 6-8 CS, CSS, along coast, deserts
87 Atriplex lentiformis Quail Bush S 7-10 CSM, saline places, CSS, deserts
88 Atriplex (rosea) Annual Saltbush *A 7-10 W
89 Atriplex semibaccataAustralian Saltbush *P 4-12 saline waste places, roadsides, etc.
90 Atriplex sp. Saltbush SS - border of salt marshes
91 Atriplex triangularisArrow-Leaf SaltbushA 6-11 moist saline pl, AS, CSM
92 Atriplex watsonii Watson's Saltbush P 2-10 CS, CSM, CSS, coastal bluffs
93 Bassia hyssopifolia Five-Hook *A 7-10 weed of alkaline places
94 Beta vulgaris Beet *A/P 7-10 low damp places
95 Chenopodium albumLamb's Quarters *A 6-10 weed in waste places
96 Chenopodium ambrosioidesMexican Tea *A/P 6-10 weed in waste & damp places
97 Chenopodium macrospermum var. halophilumCoast Goosefoot A 7-10 moist places, CSM, CS
98 Chenopodium multifidum Cut-Leaf Goosefoot *A 6-11 wayside weed
99 Chenopodium muraleNettle-Leaved Goosefoot *A 1-12 weed of disturbed places, gardens
100 Salicornia bigelovii Annual Pickleweed A 7-11 CSM
101 Salicornia subterminalis Bushy Pickleweed P/SS 4-9 CSM
102 Salicornia virginica Pickleweed P/SS 8-11 CSM
103 Salsola tragusRussian Thistle *A 7-10 weed of disturbed places
104 Suaeda taxifolia Sea Blite SS 7-10 CSM
 
ConvolvulaceaeMorning Glory Family
105 Calystegia soldanella Beach Morning Glory P 4-5 beaches, CS
106 Cressa truxillensisAlkali WeedP 5-10 saline, alkaline places
 
CrassulaceaeStonecrop Family
107 Crassula connataPygmy Weed A 2-5 dry places, after burns
 
CucurbitaceaeGourd Family
108 Marah macrocarpusWild Cucumber P 1-4 dry places, CSS, Ch, OW
 
CuscutaceaeDodder Family
109 Cuscuta salinaSalt Marsh DodderA 5-9 CSM
110 Cuscuta sp.Dodder A --
 
EuphorbiaceaeSpurge Family
111 Chamaesyce prostrata Mat Spurge *A 8-9 W
112 Chamaesyce (serpens) Mat Spurge A - W
 
FabaceaePea Family
113 Lotus scopariusDeerweed SS 3-8 CSS, Ch
114 Lotus strigosus Bishop's Lotus A 3-6 dry, disturbed places
115 Lupinus bicolorMiniature LupineA 3-6 CSS, &
116 Medicago polymorphaBur Clover *A 3-6 W
117 Melilotus albaWhite Sweet Clover *A 5-9waste and damp places
118 Melilotus indicaSour Clover *A 4-10 open disturbed areas
 
FrankeniaceaeFrankenia Family
119 Frankenia salinaAlkali Heath P 6-10 CSM, CS
 
GeraniaceaeGeranium Family
120 Erodium botrysBig Beak Filaree *A 3-5 open, dry, disturbed places
121 Erodium cicutariumRed Stem Filaree *A 2-5 W
122 Erodium moschatumWhite Stem Filaree *A 2-5 W
 
HydrophyllaceaePhacelia Family
123 Phacelia distansFern-Leaf Phacelia A 3-6 fields, slopes, MC
 
LamiaceaeMint Family
124 Marrubium vulgareHorehound *P most waste places, old fields, etc.
 
LythraceaeLoosestrife Family
125 Lythrum hyssopifolium Grass Poly *A/P 4-10 moist places
 
MalvaceaeMallow Family
126 Malva parvifloraRound Leaf Mallow *A most W
127 Malvella leprosaAlkali MallowP 5-10 moist, saline places
 
MyoporaceaeMyoporum Family
128 Myoporum laetumCampground Shrub*S 1-8 W
 
NyctaginaceaeFour-O'Clock Family
129 Abronia umbellataPink Sand Verbena P most sandy places, CS
130 Mirabilis californicaWish Bone Plant P 12-6 grassy areas, Ch, dunes
 
OnagraceaeEvening Primrose Family
131 Camissonia cheiranthifolia Beach Primrose P 4-8 coastal dunes, beaches, CS
132 Camissonia (lewisii) Suncups A 4-5 grassland, coastal
133 Camissonia (micrantha) Mini Suncups A 3-5 coastal dunes, beaches, sandy places
134 Oenothera elataHooker's Evening Primrose B/P 6-8 moist places, Ch, CSS
135 Oenothera (laciniata) Evening Primrose *A spring -
 
OxalidaceaeOxalis Family
136 Oxalis pes-capraeBermuda buttercup*P 11-3 disturbed, waste places
 
PapaveraceaePoppy Family
137 Eschscholzia californicaCalifornia PoppyA/P 2-9 grassy, open places
 
PlantaginaceaePlantain Family
138 Plantago coronopus Cut-Leaf Plantain *A/B 4-7 sea cliffs, about salt marshes
139 Plantago indicaSand Plantain*A 7-11 sandy, waste places
140 Plantago major English Plantain *P 4-9weed of damp waste places
 
PlumbaginaceaeLeadwort Family
141 Limonium californicumSea LavenderP 7-12 CSM, CS
142 Limonium pereziiMarsh Rosemary*P3-9 coastal sandy places, beaches
 
PolygonaceaeBuckwheat Family
143 Emex spinosa Devil's Thorn *A 7-11 W
144 Nemacaulis denudata Woolly-Heads A 4-9 dunes, CS, deserts
145 Polygonum arenastrumKnotweed *A 5-11 disturbed places
146 Pterostegia drymarioidesThread Stem A 3-7 shady places, MC
147 Rumex crispusCurly Dock *P 3-6 W
148 Rumex salicifoliusWillow DockP 5-10 moist places
 
PrimulaceaePrimrose Family
149 Anagallis arvensisScarlet Pimpernel*A 2-10 disturbed places, beaches, etc.
 
RubiaceaeBedstraw Family
150 Galium aparineCleavers A 3-5 half-shaded places
 
SaururaceaeLizard-Tail Family
151 Anemopsis californicaYerba MansaP 3-9 CSM, saline, alkaline soils
 
ScrophulariaceaeSnapdragon Family
152 Castilleja exsertaOwl's Clover A 3-5 open grassy places, CSS, etc.
153 Linaria canadensisBlue Toadflax A/B 3-5 dry slopes, waste places, CSS, Ch
 
SolanaceaeNightshade Family
154 Lycium californicumCalifornia Box ThornS 1-3 coastal bluffs, CSS
155 Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato *A/P 7-9 W
156 Nicotiana glaucaTree Tobacco *S/T 3-9 open disturbed places
157 Solanum americanum Little Flowered Nightshade A/P 4-11 open disturbed, damp places
158 Solanum sp. White Nightshade P/SS most CSS, Ch, CS
 
TamaricaceaeTamarisk Family
159 Tamarix sp.Tamarisk *S - edges of marsh, moist places
 
TropaeolaceaeNasturtium Family
160 Tropaeolum majusGarden nasturtium *A/P most moist, shaded places
 
UrticaceaeNettle Family
161 Parietaria hesperaPellitoryA 4-5 moist, shaded places
162 Urtica dioica ssp. holosericeaStinging NettleP 6-10 moist places, streambanks
163 Urtica urens Dwarf Nettle *A 1-4 weed of garden, disturbed places
 
 

Monocots

ArecaceaePalm Family
164 Washingtonia filifera California Fan Palm *T 6 desert springs, other moist places
 
CyperaceaeSedge Family
165 Carex sp.Sedge P -wet or moist places
166 Scirpus acutus var. occidentalis Tule P 4-10 marshes, lakes, streambanks
167 Scirpus americanus Three-Square P 1-8 marshes, ponds
168 Scirpus californicusCalifornia BulrushP 4-10 marshes, wet places
169 Scirpus cernuus Low Club Rush A 5-8 moist sandy places, CSM, FWM
170 Scirpus robustus Bull Tule P 4-8 CSM, FWM, AS
 
JuncaceaeRush Family
171 Juncus acutus ssp. leopoldiiSpiny RushP 5-6 moist saline places, CSM, alkali seep
172 Juncus (balticus) Wire GrassP 5-8 moist places, MC
173 Juncus bufonius Toad Rush A 4-9 moist places
 
PoaceaeGrass Family
174 Arundo donaxGiant Reed*P 3-9 moist places, seeps, ditch banks
175 Avena barbataSlender Oats *A 3-6 disturbed places, grassy fields
176 Avena fatuaWild Oats *A 4-6 disturbed places, grassy fields
177 Avena sativa Cultivated Oats *A 4-6 W
178 Brachypodium distachyonFalse Brome*A 4-5 W, dry sites
179 Bromus catharticusRescue Grass*A/B 4-11 disturbed places, fields
180 Bromus diandrus Rip Gut *A 4-6 open fields, disturbed sites
181 Bromus hordeaceusSoft Chess *A 3-6 open, often disturbed places
182 Bromus madritensis ssp. rubensRed Brome *A 3-6 open, disturbed places
183 Cortaderia selloana Pampas Grass *P late summer along coastal bluffs, etc.
184 Cynodon dactylonBermuda Grass *P 6-8 W
185 Distichlis spicataSalt GrassP 4-9 CSM, alkaline places
186 Hordeum (intercedens) Slender Foxtail A - grassy areas, coastal
187 Hordeum murinum Foxtail *A 3-7 moist, disturbed sites
188 Lamarckia aureaGoldentop *A 3-5 W, rocky places, trails
189 Lolium multiflorum Italian Rye *A 4-10 W
190 Monanthochloe littoralisSalt-CedarP 5-6 CSM
191 Parapholis incurvaSicklegrass*A 4-6 edges of CSM
192 Paspalum dilatatum Dallis Grass *P 5-11 moist places, ditches, roadsides
193 Pennisetum clandestinumKikuyu Grass*P 7-10 roadsides, W
194 Poa annuaAnnual Bluegrass *A 1-7 disturbed, moist places
195 Polypogon monspeliensis Rabbitsfoot *A 4-8 moist places, along streams
196 Schismus barbatusAbu-Mashi *A 3-4 dry open places, W
197 Spartina foliosa Cord Grass P 7-11 CSM
198 Stenotaphrum secundatum St. Augustine Grass *P 7-9 fields, roadsides, moist places
199 Triticum aestivum Wheat *A 4-5 W
200 Vulpia myuros Rattail Fescue *A 3-4 open places, sandy soils
 
Typhaceae Cat-Tail Family
201 Typha sp. Cat-Tail P 6-7 marshy areas
Legend:
T = Tree
S = Shrub
SS = Subshrub
* = Introduced
A = Annual
P = Perennial
B = Biennial
CS = Coastal Strand
CSS = Coastal Sage Scrub
CSM = Coastal Salt Marsh
FWM = Freshwater Marsh
Ch = Chaparral
OW = Oak Woodland
VG = Valley Grassland
AS = Alkali Sink
W = Weedy, Waste and Disturbed Places
& = And Other Communities

Maps showing locations of the following taxa:


Plant list digitized by Tom Chester and Michael Charters 3 November 2002; maps scanned by Michael Charters 3 November 2002.

The only changes made from the printed edition of 1999 were to incorporate the additional species into the main list, the addition of the non-native designation for #125, Lythrum hyssopifolium, and a re-alphabetization.


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