Plant Guide to
Carlsbad Beach Sidewalk, San Diego County

Mile#id?Common NameLatin Name#here#all
0.00  Begin plant guide at southwest corner of Pine Ave and Carlsbad Blvd. This guide only lists plants on the right of the sidewalk that are easily visible from the sidewalk; one cannot necessarily touch the species from the sidewalk.
0.001 *natal plumCarissa macrocarpa3 / 21
0.002 *European sea rocketCakile maritima20 / 92
0.003~*ripgut bromeBromus diandrus / 141
0.004 *creeping Australian saltbushAtriplex semibaccata20 / 910
0.005 *Russian thistleSalsola tragus99 / 924
0.006 *marsh rosemaryLimonium perezii10 / 51
0.007 *stockMatthiola incana30 / 92
0.00  First bench and palm tree on sidewalk.
0.008 coastal goldenbushIsocoma menziesii+99 / 911
0.01  Second palm tree and end of this bay in sidewalk.
0.019 sacred daturaDatura wrightii10 / 914
0.0110 *sea figCarpobrotus chilensis10 / 22
0.0411 seaside heliotropeHeliotropium curassavicum10 / 37
0.0712~coast chollaOpuntia prolifera30 / 93
0.0913 *castor beanRicinus communis / 14
0.09  Second bay with benches. Jct. Walnut Ave.
0.0914 *little horseweedConyza bonariensis50 / 911
0.10  Lots of cholla.
0.11  A close cholla
0.1315 saltgrassDistichlis spicata99 / 910
0.14  Pedestrian crossing to Sycamore Ave.
0.1516 California enceliaEncelia californica30 / 512
0.15  Stairs to beach.
0.18  Jct. Chestnut Ave.
0.21  Third bay with benches.
0.2217 *red bromeBromus madritensis ssp. rubens / 142
0.23  Stairs to beach.
0.2518sspCalifornia buckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum10 / 240
0.25  Pedestrian crossing to Maple Ave.
0.2919?unk annual in habit like filago.
0.32  Fourth bay with benches. Jct. Acacia Ave.
0.34  Large water meter.
0.38  Stairs to beach and pedestrian crossing to Cherry Ave.
0.40  Fifth bay with benches, with flower planting in sidewalk that includes a tree or large shrub.
 20?unk annual like sweet clover (location not precise)
0.4221 *Bermuda grassCynodon dactylon50 / 520
0.4322 *campground shrubMyoporum laetum / 2
0.45  Sixth long bay, from Juniper Ave. to Hemlock Ave.
0.48  Planted tree in grass on left of sidewalk.
0.5423spumbrella plant?Cyperus involucratus?10 / 1 
0.55  Stairs to beach; jct. Redwood Ave.
0.5524?unk annual like sweet alyssum101
0.5725 *spotted spurgeChamaesyce maculata / 2
0.5826 *giant reedArundo donax / 8
0.5827 *dallis grassPaspalum dilatatum / 5
0.60  Take stairs to beach (just before jct. with Tamarack Ave.), and turn right at bottom, back toward beginning of loop.
   Locations are not yet precise for the return trip along the lower beach sidewalk.
   Stairs to upper sidewalk.
 28 *tree tobaccoNicotiana glauca / 18
   Stairs to upper sidewalk.
 29?spider lily? naked ladies?Lycoris squamigera? Amaryllis belladonna?5 / 1 
   Stairs to upper sidewalk.
 30 sea-cliff buckwheatEriogonum parvifolium3 / 14
 31?subshrub with leaflet like deerweed11
   Stairs to upper sidewalk; lifeguard station #28.
 32 unknown plant with thick leaf, petiole ~ blade, elliptic blade51
 33 *prostrate myoporumMyoporum parvifolium5 / 11
1.21  Sidewalk curves right and goes uphill.
1.22  End plant guide back at the beginning.
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Updated 15 October 2004.