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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