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Vascular Plants

SELAGINELLACEAE - SPIKE-MOSS FAMILY

Selagimlia bigclovii - Bigelow's spike-moss
Selaginella cinerascens - ashy spike-moss

Angiospermae (dicotyledones)

AIZOACEAE - CARPET-WEED FAMILY

*Carpobrotus edulis - hottentot-fig

AMARANTHACEAE - AMARANTH FAMILY

*Amaranthus albus - tumbleweed
Amaranthus hybridus - slender pigweed

ANACARDIACEAE - SUMAC FAMILY

Malosma laurina - laurel sumac
Rhus integrifolia - lemonadeberry
*Schinus molle - Peruvian pepper-tree
Toxicodendron diversilobum - poison-oak

APIACEAE - CARROT FAMILY

Apiastrum angustifolium - wild celery
*Conium maculatum - poison-hemlock
*Foeniculum vulgare - sweet fennel

ASTERACEAE - SUNFLOWER FAMILY

Achillea mille-folium var. californica - yarrow
Acourtia microcephala - sacapellote
Ambrosia psilostachya var. californica - western ragweed
Artemisia californica - coastal sagebrush
Artemisia douglasiaria - California mugwort
Artemisia dracunculus - tarragon
Artemisia palmeri - Palmer's sagewort
Aster subulatus - slender aster
Baccharis pilularis - coyote brush
Baccharis salicifolia - mule fat
Baccharis sarothroides - chaparral broom
*Bidens pilosa - beggar-ticks
Brickellia californica - California brickellbush
*Carduus pyenocephalus - Italian thistle
*Centaurea inelitensis - tocalote
Cirsium vulgare - bull thistle
*Conyza canadensis - horseweed
*Cotula coronopifolia - African brass-buttons
*Cynara cardunculus - cardoon, artichoke thistle
Encelia californica - California bush sunflower
*Filago gallica - narrow-leaf filago
Gnaphalium californicum - California everlasting
Gutierrezia sarothrae - broom snake-weed, matchweed
Hazardia squarrosa ssp. grindelicides - saw-toothed goldenbush
*Helianthus ciliaris - blueweed
Hemizonia fasciculaia - fascicled tarweed
Heferotheca grandiflcra - telegraph weed
Isocoma menziesii ssp. veneta - coastal goldenbush
lva hayesiana - San Diego marsh elder
Lessingia sp. - sand aster
Microseris douglasii - Douglas's microseris
*Picris echioides - bristly ox-tongue
Pluchea odorata - marsh-fleabane
*Senecio mikonioides - German ivy
Stephanomeria virgata - Twiggy wreathplant
*Taraxacum officinale - Common dandelion

BORAGINACEAE - BORAGE FAMILY

Heliotropium curassavicum - wild heliotrope

BRASSICACEAE - MUSTARD FAMILY

*Brassica nigra - black mustard
*Brassica raya - field mustard
*Raphanus sativas - wild radish
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum - water cress

CACTACEAE - CACTUS FAMILY

Opuntia oricola - pancake prickly-pear
Opuntia prolifera - coast cholla

CAPRIFOLIACEAE - HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY

Loniccra subspicata var. denudata - southern honeysuckle
Sambucus mexicana - Mexican elderberry

CARYOPHYLLACEAE - PINK FAMILY

*Stellaria media - common chickweed

CHENOPODIACEAE - GOOSEFOOT FAMILY

*Atriplex triangularis - Habard-leaved saitbush
*Salsola tragus - Russian-thistle

CISTACEAE - ROCK-ROSE FAMILY

Helianthemum scoparium var. aldersonii - Alderson's rock-rose

CRASSULACEAE - STONECROP FAMILY

Dudleya edulis - ladies-fingers
Dudleya pulverulenta - chalk dudleya

ONAGRACEAE - EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY

Epilobium canum - California fuchsia
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri - Hooker's evening primrose

PLANTAGINACEAE - PLANTAIN FAMILY

*Plantago lanceolata - English plantain
*Plantago major - common plantain

PLATANACEAE - SYCAMORE FAMILY

Platanus racemosa - western sycamore

POLEMONIACEAE - PHLOX FAMILY

Navamtia hamata - hooked navarretia

POLYGONACEAE - BUCKWHEAT FAMILY

Eriogonum fasciculatum - California buckwheat
Polygonum arenastrum - perennial smartweed
*Rumex crispus - curly dock
Rumex salicifolius - willow dock

PRIMULACEAE - PRIMROSE FAMILY

*Anagallis arvensis - scarlet pimpernel

RHAMNACEAE - BUCKTHORN FAMILY

Ceanothus verrucosus - warty-stemmed ceanothus

ROSACEAE - ROSE FAMILY

Ade-nostoma fasciculatum - chamise
Heteromeles arbutifolia - toyon
Rosa californica - California rose
Rubus ursinus - California blackberry

CUCURBITACEAE - GOURD FAMILY

Marah macrocarpus - wild cucumber

CUSCUTACEAE - DODDER FAMILY

Cuscuta californica - California dodder

ERICACEAE - HEATH FAMILY

Xylococcus bicolor - mission manzanita

EUPHORBIACEAE - SPURGE FAMILY

*Ricinus communis - castor-bean

FABACEAE - PEA FAMILY

*Acacia bailyanca - Baileys acacia
Lotus scoparius - deerweed
*Melilotus albus - white sweet-clover

FAGACEAE - BEECH FAMILY

Quercus agrifolia - coast live oak
Quercus sp. - suspect quercus palmerii

HYDROPHYLLACEAE - WATERLEAF FAMILY

Phacelia sp. - phacelia

LAMIACEAE - MINT FAMILY

Salvia apiana - white sage
Salvia mellifera - black sage

MYRTACEAE - MYRTLE FAMILY

*Eucalyptus sp. - eucalyptus
*Eucalyptus globulus - blue gum

RUBIACEAE - MADDER FAMILY

Calium angustifolium - narrow-leaved bedstraw
Calium nuttallu - Nuttall's bedstraw

RUTACEAE - RUE FAMILY

Cneoridium dumosum - bushrue, coast spicebush

SALICACEAE - WILLOW FAMILY

Populus fremontii - F remont's cottonwood
Salix lasiolepis var. bracelinae - arroyo willow

SAURURACEAE - LIZARD'S-TAIL FAMILY

Anemopsis califomica - yerba mansa

SCROPHULARIACEAE - FIGWORT FAMILY

Cordylanthus rigidus - dark-tipped bird's-beak
Mimulus aurantiacus - bush monkeyflower

SOLANACEAE - NIGHTSHADE FAMILY

*Nicotiana glauca - tree tobacco
Solanum americanum - small-flowered nightshade

URTICACEEAE - NETTLE FAMILY

Urtica dioica - giant creek nettle

VERBENACEAE - VERVAIN FAMILY

Verbena lasiostachys - western verbena

VITACEAE - GRAPE FAMILY

Vitis girdiana - desert grape

CUCURBITACEAE - GOURD FAMILY

Marah macrocarpus - wild cucumber

CUSCUTACEAE - DODDER FAMILY

Cuscuta californica - California dodder

ERICACEAE - HEATH FAMILY

Xylococcus bicolor - mission manzanita

EUPHORBIACEAE - SPURGE FAMILY

Ricinus communis - castor-bean

FABACEAE - PEA FAMILY

Acacia bailyanca - Baileys acacia
Lotus scoparius - deerweed
Melilotus albus - white sweet-clover

FAGACEAE - BEECH FAMILY

Quercus agrifolia - coast live oak
queucus sp. - suspect quercus palmerii

HYDROPHYLLACEAE - WATERLEAF FAMILY

Phacelia sp. - phacelia

LAMIACEAE - MINT FAMILY

Salvia apiana - white sage
Salvia mellifera - black sage

MYRTACEAE - MYRTLE FAMILY

Eucalyptus sp. - eucalyptus
Eucalyptus globulus - blue gum

ARACEAE - PALM FAMILY

*Phoenix canariensis - Canary Island date palm
*Washingtonia robusta - Mexican fan palm

CYPERACEAE - SEDGE FAMILY

Carex spissa - San Diego sedge
Carex tricfuetra - triangular-fruited sedge
*Cyperus ligularis - umbrella-plant
Scirpus robustus - Pacific coast bulrush

IRIDACEAE - IRIS FAMILY

Sisyrinchium bellum - blue-eyed grass

JUNCACEAE - RUSH FAMILY

Juncus acutus - spiny rush
Juncus bahicus - wire rush
Juncus bufonius - toad rush

LEMNACEAE - DUCKWEED FAMILY

Lemna miniscula - least duckweed

LILIACEAE - LILY FAMILY

Allium praecox - common wild onion Calochonus sp. - mariposa lily
Yucca whipplei - our lord's candle

POACEAE - GRASS FAMILY

*Agrostis stolonifera - creeping bent
*Arundo donax - giant reed
*Avena barbata - slender oat
*Bromus diandrus - ripgut grass
*Bromus hordeaceus - soft chess
Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens - foxtail chess
*Cortaderia sellcana - pampas grass
*Cynodon dactylon - Bermuda grass
*Digitaria sanguinalis - hairy crabgrass
*Gastridium ventricosum - nitgras
*Lamarckia aurea - goldentop
*Lolium perenne - English ryegrass
Nassella pulchra - purple needlegrass
*Paspalum dilatatum - dallas grass
*Pennisetum clandestinum - kikuyu grass
*Poa sp. - bluegrass
*Poa annua - annual bluegrass
*Polypogon monspeliensis - rabbit's-foot grass

TYPHACEAE - CATTAIL FAMILY

Typha domingmsis - slender cattail