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Plant Species of Younger Lagoon Reserve

This plant species list is compiled from surveys conducted by Randall Morgan and by students from UCSC working on survey projects over the course of many years.

The list is organized according to taxonomic classification in the following format:

  • FAMILY
  • COMMON NAME Scientific name
                                                                               
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    Native Plant Species of Younger Lagoon Reserve

  • FERNS:
    COASTAL WOOD FERN Dryopteris arguta
    CALIFORNIA POLYPODY Polypodium californicum
    SWORD FERN Polystichum munitum
    BRACKEN FERN Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens


  • GRASSES:
    BENT GRASS Agrostis diegoensis
    SEASIDE LARGE MOUNTAIN BROME GRASS Bromus marginatus var. maritimus
    SLOUGH SEDGE Carex obnupta
    TALL CYPERUS Cyperus eragrostis
    SALTGRASS Distichlis spicata var. stolonifera
    BLUE WILD RYE Elymus glaucus
    CREEPING RED FESCUE Festuca rubra
    MEADOW BARLEY Hordeum brachyantherum
    BALTIC RUSH Juncus balticus or mexicanus
    BOG RUSH Juncus effusus brunneus
    WESTERN RUSH Juncus patens
    ALKALI RYE GRASS Leymus triticoides
    TORREY'S MELICA Melica torreyana
    PURPLE NEEDLEGRASS Nassella pulchra
    3 SQUARE SEDGE Scirpus americanus
    BULRUSH Scirpus californicus
    LOW CLUB RUSH Scirpus ceruus var. californicus
    PRAIRIE BULRUSH Scirpus robustus

  • HERBS AND SHRUBS:
    YELLOW SAND VERBENA Abronia latifolia
    PINK SAND VERBENA Abronia umbellata
    CALIFORNIA ACAENA Acaena californica
    YARROW Achillea millefolium
    BUCKEYE Aesculus californica
    SEA PINK Armeria maritima
    CALIFORNIA SAGEBRUSH Artemesia californica
    DOUGLAS' MUGWORT Artemisia douglasiana
    BEACH SAGEWORT Artemesia pycnocephala
    COMMON CALIFORNIA ASTER Aster chilensis
    SALTBUSH Atriplex patula
    SALT MARSH BACCHARIS Baccharis douglasii
    COYOTE BRUSH Baccharis pilularis
    SUNCUPS *Cammisonia ovata
    COAST GOOSEFOOT Chenopodium macrospermum var. farinosum
    SOAP PLANT Clorogalum pomeridianum
    WESTERN MORNING-GLORY Convolvulus occidentalis
    BEACH MORNING-GLORY Convolvulus soldanalla
    COMMON CORETHROGYNE Corethrogyne filaginifolia var. rigida
    BLUFF LETTUCE Dudleya farinosa
    SAN FRANCISCO WILLOW HERB Epilobium watsonii var franciscanum
    WILLOW HERB Epilobium sp.
    SEASIDE DAISY Erigeron glauca
    COASTAL BUCKWHEAT Eriogonum latifolium
    SEASIDE WOOLY SUNFLOWER Eriophyllum staechadifolium
    CALIFORNIA POPPY Escholtzia californica
    ALKALI HEATH Frankenia grandifolia
    BEACH BUR Franseria chamissonis
    BEACH BUR F. chamissonis ssp. bipinnatisect
    BEDSTRAW Galium ssp.
    CALIFORNIA CUDWEED Gnaphalium californicum
    CUDWEED, COTTON BATTING PLANT Gnaphalium chilense
    PINK EVERLASTING Gnaphalium ramosissimum
    PEARLY EVERLASTINGS Gnaphalium luteo-Album
    COASTAL GUM PLANT Grindelia latiflolia
    SEASIDE HELIOTROPE Heliotropium curassanicum
    CALIFORNIA HORKELIA Horkelia californica
    FLESHY JAUMEA Jaumea carnosa
    SILVER LEAF LUPINE Lupinus albifrons
    YELLOW TREE LUPINE Lupinus arboreus var. arboreus
    WILD CUCUMBER Marah fabaceus
    STICKEY MONKEY FLOWER Mimulus auranticus
    MINER'S LETTUCE Montia perfoliata
    PACIFIC OENANTHE Oenanthe sarmentosa
    HAIRY WOOD SORREL Oxalis pilosa
    CALIFORNIA SEASIDE PLANTAIN Plantago juncoides var. californica
    PACIFIC SILVERWEED Potentilla egedii var. grandis
    COFFFEEBERRY Rhamnus californica
    CALIFORNIA BUTTERCUP Ranunculus californicus
    CALIFORNIA WILD ROSE Rosa californica
    BLACKBERRY Rubus ursinus
    WILLOW-LEAVED DOCK Rumex salicifolius
    PICKLEWEED Salicornia virginica
    ARROYO WILLOW Salix lasiolepis
    RED ELDERBERRY Sambucus callicarpa
    FOOTSTEPS OF SPRING Sanicula arctopoides
    SANICLE Sanicula crassicaulus
    BEE PLANT Scrophularia californica
    CHECKERBLOOM *Sidalcea malvaeflora
    BLUE EYED GRASS *Sisyrinchium bellum
    LARGE-FLOWERED SAND SPURRY Spergularia macrotheca
    HEDGE NETTLE Stachys bullata
    SNOWBERRY Symphoricarpus albus
    POISON OAK Toxicodendron diverilobum
    HOARY NETTLE Urtica holosericea
    FREMONT'S STAR LILY Zygadenus fremontii

    Introduced Plant Species of Younger Lagoon Reserve
  • GRASSES:
    WILD OATS Avena barbata
    RIPGUT BROME Bromus diandrus
    SOFT CRESS Bromus mollis
    FOXTAIL BARLEY Hordeum leporinum
    ANNUAL RYEGRASS Lolium multiflorum
    RABBIT'S FOOT GRASS, BEARD GRASS Polypogon monspeliensis
    SIX WEEKS GRASS Vulpia myorus

  • HERBS AND SHRUBS:
    SCARLET PIMPERNEL (SOME BLUE) Anagalus arvensis
    FIELD MUSTARD Brassica campestris
    BLACK MUSTARD Brassica nigra
    ITALIAN THISTLE Carduus pycnocephalus
    CANADA THISTLE Cirsium arvense
    BULL THISTLE Cirsium vulgare
    POISON HEMLOCK Conium maculatum
    HORSEWEED Conyza canadensis
    BRASS BUTTONS Cotula coronopiflolia
    STORK'S BILL Erodium bothyrus
    PEARLY EVERLASTING Gnaphalium luteo-album
    BULL MALLOW Malva nicaeensis
    BUR CLOVER Medicago lupulina
    ICE PLANT Mesembryanthemum chilense
    INDIAN MELILOT Melilotus indicus
    WARTY OX TONGUE Picris echioides
    CUT-LEAVED PLANTAIN Plantago coronopus
    ENGLISH PLANTAIN Plantago lanceolata
    WILD RADISH Raphinus sativa
    CURLY (YELLOW) DOCK Rumex crispus
    PRICKLY SOWTHISTLE Sonchus asper


    list last edited March 7, 1996
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