Flora of Bolsa Chica Marsh

Bob Muns, 1983, 1999

This enhanced version of the Flora of Bolsa Chica Marsh 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.

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

#, Latin Name	Common Name	Life Form Intro sp*	Flower Period	Plant Communities	Wetland Indicator Status	Images
Dicots
Aizoaceae	Carpet-Weed Family
1 Carpobrotus chilensis	Sea Fig	*P	4-9	sand dunes, bluffs, CS, CSS		CalPhotos
2 Carpobrotus chilensis X C. edulis	(hybrid)	*P	-	along coast
3 Carpobrotus edulis	Hottentot Fig	*P	4-10	dunes along coast		CalPhotos
4 Malephora crocea	Red Ice Plant	*P	11-9	wetlands, coastal bluffs		CalPhotos
5 Mesembryanthemum crystallinum	Crystalline Ice Plant	*A	3-10	CS, CSS, coastal bluffs		CalPhotos
6 Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum	Little Ice Plant	*A	4-11	CS, CSS, saline wetlands	FACU	CalPhotos
7 Sesuvium verrucosum	Sea Purslane	P	4-11	margins of saline wetlands	FACW	CalPhotos
8 Tetragonia tetragonioides	New Zealand Spinach	*A	4-9	beaches, near salt marshes		UWM
Amaranthaceae	Amaranth Family
9 Amaranthus albus	Pigweed	*A	6-12	cultivated & waste places	FACU	CalPhotos
10 Amaranthus deflexus	Prostrate Amaranth	*A	5-11	W
Anacardiaceae	Sumac Family
11 Schinus terebinthifolius	Brazilian pepper tree	*S/T	-	edges of CSM		CalPhotos
12 Toxicodendron diversilobum	Poison Oak	S	4-5	canyons, slopes, Ch, OW		CalPhotos
Apiaceae	Carrot Family
13 Apium graveolens	Celery	*P	5-7	wet places, edges of marsh	FACW*	CalPhotos
14 Ciclospermum leptophyllum	Marsh Parsley	*A	4-8	weed in gardens, etc.	NI	TENN
15 Conium maculatum	Poison Hemlock	*B	4-9	moist, disturbed places	FACW	CalPhotos
16 Foeniculum vulgare	Fennel	*P	5-9	roadsides, W	FACU	CalPhotos
Asteraceae	Sunflower Family
17 Amblyopappus pusillus	Coast Weed	A	3-4	coastal bluffs, old dunes	FACW-	CalPhotos
18 Ambrosia chamissonis	Silver Beach Bur	P	7-11	beaches, dunes, CS		CalPhotos
19 Ambrosia psilostachya	Western Ragweed	P	7-11	roadsides, fields, Ch, CSS	FAC	CalPhotos
20 Artemisia douglasiana	Mugwort	P	6-10	W, drainages	FACW	CalPhotos
21 Aster subulatus var. ligulatus	-	-	-	-		TENN
22 Baccharis douglasii	Marsh Baccharis	P	7-10	near streams, CSM, CSS	OBL	CalPhotos
23 Baccharis emoryi	Emory Baccharis	S	8-12	river banks, washes, marshes	FACW	Google
24 Baccharis pilularis	Coyote Brush	S	8-11	coastal, CS, CSS		CalPhotos
25 Baccharis salicifolia	Mule Fat	S	1-12	streamsides, moist places	FACW	CalPhotos
26 Bidens pilosa var. pilosa	Beggar-Ticks	*A	5-11	W	FACW	Google
27 Centaurea melitensis	Tocalote	*A	5-6	W, along trails		CalPhotos
28 Chrysanthemum sp.	Chrysanthemum	*	-	escape from cultivation, coastal
29 Cirsium vulgare	Bull Thistle	*B	6-9	W	FACU	CalPhotos
30 Conyza bonariensis	Little Horseweed	*A	6-8	W, urban sites		CalPhotos
31 Conyza canadensis	Horseweed	A	6-9	W	FAC	CalPhotos
32 Conyza coulteri	Coulter's Horseweed	A	5-10	moist flats, CSS	FAC+	Google
33 Cotula australis	Australian Brassbutton	*A	1-5	urban weed, coastal areas		CalPhotos
34 Cotula coronopifolia	Brassbutton	*A	3-12	CSM, FWM	FACW+	CalPhotos
35 Encelia californica	California Bush Sunflower	S	3-6	coastal bluffs, CSS, Ch		CalPhotos
36 Euthamia occidentalis	Western Goldenrod	P	7-11	streambanks, CSM, FWM	OBL	CalPhotos
37 Gazania linearis	-	*	-	-		CalPhotos
38 Gnaphalium californicum	Green Everlasting	B	1-7	open wooded slopes, CSS, Ch		CalPhotos
39 Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum	Felt-Leaf Everlasting	B/P	7-10	open slopes, Ch, CSS		CalPhotos
40 Gnaphalium luteo-album	Cudweed	*A	4-10	fields, W	FACW-	CalPhotos
41 Gnaphalium (stramineum)	White Everlasting	A/B	6-10	W	FAC-	CalPhotos
42 Hedypnois cretica	Crete Weed	*A	3-5	W		CalPhotos
43 Hemizonia fasciculata	Tarweed	A	5-9	coastal plains, CSS, OW, VG		CalPhotos
44 Hemizonia sp.	-	-	-	-
45 Heterotheca grandiflora	Telegraph Weed	A	1-12	W, dry streams		CalPhotos
46 Hypochaeris glabra	Cat's-Ear	*A	3-6	W		CalPhotos
47 Isocoma menziesii	Coast Goldenbush	S	4-12	CS, CSS, CSM	FACW	CalPhotos
48 Jaumea carnosa	Jaumea	P	5-10	CSM, bases of sea cliffs	OBL	CalPhotos
49 Lasthenia californica	California Goldfields	A	2-6	open pl, CSS. VG, etc.	FACU	CalPhotos
50 Lasthenia glabrata	Marsh Goldfield	A	4-5	CSM, AS, vernal pools	FACW	CalPhotos
51 Osteospermum fruticosum	Freeway Daisy	*P	-	escape from cultivation, coastal		Google
52 Picris echioides	Prickly Ox-Tongue	*A	6-12	W, fields, etc.	FAC	CalPhotos
53 Pluchea odorata	Marsh Fleabane	A/P	7-11	alkaline wet places, CSM, FWM		CalPhotos
54 Pulicaria paludosa	Pulicaria	*A/P	-	along streams, marsh edges		Google
55 Senecio vulgaris	Common Groundsel	*A	1-12	weed of gardens and waste places	NI*	CalPhotos
56 Sonchus asper ssp. asper	Prickly Sow Thistle	*A	1-12	W	FAC	CalPhotos
57 Sonchus oleraceus	Sow Thistle	*A	1-12	W, garden weed	NI*	CalPhotos
58 Stephanomeria sp.	Wreath Plant	A	-	-
59 Stephanomeria virgata	Wand Chicory	A	7-10	W, open slopes		CalPhotos
60 Xanthium strumarium	Cocklebur	A	7-10	weed of moist disturbed places	FAC+	CalPhotos
Bataceae	Batis Family
61 Batis maritima	Saltwort	P	7-10	along coast, CSM	OBL	CalPhotos
Boraginaceae	Borage Family
62 Amsinckia spectabilis	Seaside Fiddleneck	A	3-6	sandy places, edges of marshes	FACU	CalPhotos
63 Cryptantha clevelandii	Popcorn Flower	A	4-6	slopes, rocky places, CSS, CS, Ch		CalPhotos
64 Heliotropium curassavicum	Wild Heliotrope	P	3-10	moist to dry, saline soils	OBL	CalPhotos
Brassicaceae	Mustard Family
65 Brassica nigra	Black Mustard	*A	4-7	grassy hills & fields		CalPhotos
66 Brassica rapa	Field Mustard	*A	1-5	W		CalPhotos
67 Cakile maritima	Sea Rocket	*A	3-10	sand dunes, CS	FACW	CalPhotos
68 Coronopus didymus	Wart Cress	*A	3-7	W, gardens		TENN
69 Hirschfeldia incana	Mediterranean Mustard	*B	5-10	weed of waste places, along roads		CalPhotos
70 Lepidium latifolium	Perennial Peppergrass	*P	6-8	beaches, roadsides, saline places	FACW	CalPhotos
71 Lepidium sp.	Peppergrass	A	-	-
72 Lobularia maritima	Sweet Alyssum	*A	1-12	garden escape, coastal		CalPhotos
73 Matthiola incana	Purple Stock	*P	3-5	sandy pl, bluffs, coastal		Google
74 Raphanus sativus	Wild Radish	*A	2-7	W		CalPhotos
75 Sisymbrium irio	London Rocket	*A	1-4	W		CalPhotos
Cactaceae	Cactus Family
76 Opuntia ficus-indica	Mission Cactus	*S/T	5-6	-		USF
77 Opuntia prolifera	Coast Cholla	S	4-6	-		CalPhotos
78 Opuntia sp.	Prickly Pear	*S	-	Ch, CSS, VG, YPF
Capparaceae	Caper Family
79 Isomeris arborea	Bladder Pod	S	1-12	coastal bluffs, deserts		CalPhotos
Caryophyllaceae	Pink Family
80 Polycarpon depressum	Allseed	A	4-6	bluffs, Ch, W
81 Polycarpon tetraphyllum	Four-Leaf Allseed	*A	5-7	W, along roads		CalPhotos
82 Silene gallica	Common Catchfly	*A	2-5	W		CalPhotos
83 Spergularia bocconei	Boccone's Sand Spurry	*A	4-9	CSM, alkaline areas, sandy places		Google
84 Spergularia marina	Sand Spurry	A	3-9	CSM, mud flats, alkaline places	OBL	CalPhotos
Chenopodiaceae	Goosefoot Family
85 Atriplex californica	California Saltbush	P	4-11	sandy places, coastal dunes, CSM	FAC	Google
86 Atriplex canescens	Four Wing Saltbush	S	6-8	CS, CSS, along coast, deserts	FACU	CalPhotos
87 Atriplex lentiformis	Quail Bush	S	7-10	CSM, saline places, CSS, deserts	FAC	CalPhotos
88 Atriplex (rosea)	Annual Saltbush	*A	7-10	W	FACU	Google
89 Atriplex semibaccata	Australian Saltbush	*P	4-12	saline waste places, roadsides, etc.	FAC	CalPhotos
90 Atriplex sp.	Saltbush	SS	-	border of salt marshes
91 Atriplex triangularis	Arrow-Leaf Saltbush	A	6-11	moist saline pl, AS, CSM		CalPhotos
92 Atriplex watsonii	Watson's Saltbush	P	2-10	CS, CSM, CSS, coastal bluffs	FACW+
93 Bassia hyssopifolia	Five-Hook	*A	7-10	weed of alkaline places	FAC	CalPhotos
94 Beta vulgaris	Beet	*A/P	7-10	low damp places	FACU	CalPhotos
95 Chenopodium album	Lamb's Quarters	*A	6-10	weed in waste places	FAC	UWM
96 Chenopodium ambrosioides	Mexican Tea	*A/P	6-10	weed in waste & damp places	FAC	CalPhotos
97 Chenopodium macrospermum var. halophilum	Coast Goosefoot	A	7-10	moist places, CSM, CS
98 Chenopodium multifidum	Cut-Leaf Goosefoot	*A	6-11	wayside weed		Google
99 Chenopodium murale	Nettle-Leaved Goosefoot	*A	1-12	weed of disturbed places, gardens		TENN
100 Salicornia bigelovii	Annual Pickleweed	A	7-11	CSM	OBL	USF
101 Salicornia subterminalis	Bushy Pickleweed	P/SS	4-9	CSM	OBL
102 Salicornia virginica	Pickleweed	P/SS	8-11	CSM	OBL	CalPhotos
103 Salsola tragus	Russian Thistle	*A	7-10	weed of disturbed places	FACU	CalPhotos
104 Suaeda taxifolia	Sea Blite	SS	7-10	CSM		CalPhotos
Convolvulaceae	Morning Glory Family
105 Calystegia soldanella	Beach Morning Glory	P	4-5	beaches, CS		CalPhotos
106 Cressa truxillensis	Alkali Weed	P	5-10	saline, alkaline places	FACW	CalPhotos
Crassulaceae	Stonecrop Family
107 Crassula connata	Pygmy Weed	A	2-5	dry places, after burns		CalPhotos
Cucurbitaceae	Gourd Family
108 Marah macrocarpus	Wild Cucumber	P	1-4	dry places, CSS, Ch, OW		CalPhotos
Cuscutaceae	Dodder Family
109 Cuscuta salina	Salt Marsh Dodder	A	5-9	CSM		CalPhotos
110 Cuscuta sp.	Dodder	A	-	-
Euphorbiaceae	Spurge Family
111 Chamaesyce prostrata	Mat Spurge	*A	8-9	W		TENN
112 Chamaesyce (serpens)	Mat Spurge	A	-	W	FAC*	TENN
Fabaceae	Pea Family
113 Lotus scoparius	Deerweed	SS	3-8	CSS, Ch		CalPhotos
114 Lotus strigosus	Bishop's Lotus	A	3-6	dry, disturbed places		CalPhotos
115 Lupinus bicolor	Miniature Lupine	A	3-6	CSS, &		CalPhotos
116 Medicago polymorpha	Bur Clover	*A	3-6	W		CalPhotos
117 Melilotus alba	White Sweet Clover	*A	5-9	waste and damp places	FACU+	CalPhotos
118 Melilotus indica	Sour Clover	*A	4-10	open disturbed areas	FAC	CalPhotos
Frankeniaceae	Frankenia Family
119 Frankenia salina	Alkali Heath	P	6-10	CSM, CS	FACW+	CalPhotos
Geraniaceae	Geranium Family
120 Erodium botrys	Big Beak Filaree	*A	3-5	open, dry, disturbed places		CalPhotos
121 Erodium cicutarium	Red Stem Filaree	*A	2-5	W		CalPhotos
122 Erodium moschatum	White Stem Filaree	*A	2-5	W		CalPhotos
Hydrophyllaceae	Phacelia Family
123 Phacelia distans	Fern-Leaf Phacelia	A	3-6	fields, slopes, MC		CalPhotos
Lamiaceae	Mint Family
124 Marrubium vulgare	Horehound	*P	most	waste places, old fields, etc.	FAC	CalPhotos
Lythraceae	Loosestrife Family
125 Lythrum hyssopifolium	Grass Poly	*A/P	4-10	moist places	FACW	CalPhotos
Malvaceae	Mallow Family
126 Malva parviflora	Round Leaf Mallow	*A	most	W		CalPhotos
127 Malvella leprosa	Alkali Mallow	P	5-10	moist, saline places	FAC*	CalPhotos
Myoporaceae	Myoporum Family
128 Myoporum laetum	Campground Shrub	*S	1-8	W		CalPhotos
Nyctaginaceae	Four-O'Clock Family
129 Abronia umbellata	Pink Sand Verbena	P	most	sandy places, CS		CalPhotos
130 Mirabilis californica	Wish Bone Plant	P	12-6	grassy areas, Ch, dunes		CalPhotos
Onagraceae	Evening Primrose Family
131 Camissonia cheiranthifolia	Beach Primrose	P	4-8	coastal dunes, beaches, CS		CalPhotos
132 Camissonia (lewisii)	Suncups	A	4-5	grassland, coastal
133 Camissonia (micrantha)	Mini Suncups	A	3-5	coastal dunes, beaches, sandy places		CalPhotos
134 Oenothera elata	Hooker's Evening Primrose	B/P	6-8	moist places, Ch, CSS	FACW	CalPhotos
135 Oenothera (laciniata)	Evening Primrose	*A	spring	-	NI*	TENN
Oxalidaceae	Oxalis Family
136 Oxalis pes-caprae	Bermuda buttercup	*P	11-3	disturbed, waste places		CalPhotos
Papaveraceae	Poppy Family
137 Eschscholzia californica	California Poppy	A/P	2-9	grassy, open places		CalPhotos
Plantaginaceae	Plantain Family
138 Plantago coronopus	Cut-Leaf Plantain	*A/B	4-7	sea cliffs, about salt marshes	FAC	CalPhotos
139 Plantago indica	Sand Plantain	*A	7-11	sandy, waste places		CalPhotos
140 Plantago major	English Plantain	*P	4-9	weed of damp waste places	FACW-	CalPhotos
Plumbaginaceae	Leadwort Family
141 Limonium californicum	Sea Lavender	P	7-12	CSM, CS	OBL	CalPhotos
142 Limonium perezii	Marsh Rosemary	*P	3-9	coastal sandy places, beaches		CalPhotos
Polygonaceae	Buckwheat Family
143 Emex spinosa	Devil's Thorn	*A	7-11	W		Google
144 Nemacaulis denudata	Woolly-Heads	A	4-9	dunes, CS, deserts		Google
145 Polygonum arenastrum	Knotweed	*A	5-11	disturbed places		CalPhotos
146 Pterostegia drymarioides	Thread Stem	A	3-7	shady places, MC		CalPhotos
147 Rumex crispus	Curly Dock	*P	3-6	W	FACW-	CalPhotos
148 Rumex salicifolius	Willow Dock	P	5-10	moist places	OBL	CalPhotos
Primulaceae	Primrose Family
149 Anagallis arvensis	Scarlet Pimpernel	*A	2-10	disturbed places, beaches, etc.	FAC	CalPhotos
Rubiaceae	Bedstraw Family
150 Galium aparine	Cleavers	A	3-5	half-shaded places	FACU	CalPhotos
Saururaceae	Lizard-Tail Family
151 Anemopsis californica	Yerba Mansa	P	3-9	CSM, saline, alkaline soils	OBL	CalPhotos
Scrophulariaceae	Snapdragon Family
152 Castilleja exserta	Owl's Clover	A	3-5	open grassy places, CSS, etc.		CalPhotos
153 Linaria canadensis	Blue Toadflax	A/B	3-5	dry slopes, waste places, CSS, Ch		CalPhotos
Solanaceae	Nightshade Family
154 Lycium californicum	California Box Thorn	S	1-3	coastal bluffs, CSS		Google
155 Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	*A/P	7-9	W		CalPhotos
156 Nicotiana glauca	Tree Tobacco	*S/T	3-9	open disturbed places	FAC	CalPhotos
157 Solanum americanum	Little Flowered Nightshade	A/P	4-11	open disturbed, damp places	FAC	CalPhotos
158 Solanum sp.	White Nightshade	P/SS	most	CSS, Ch, CS
Tamaricaceae	Tamarisk Family
159 Tamarix sp.	Tamarisk	*S	-	edges of marsh, moist places
Tropaeolaceae	Nasturtium Family
160 Tropaeolum majus	Garden nasturtium	*A/P	most	moist, shaded places		CalPhotos
Urticaceae	Nettle Family
161 Parietaria hespera	Pellitory	A	4-5	moist, shaded places		CalPhotos
162 Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea	Stinging Nettle	P	6-10	moist pla