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California Sagebrush
Riparian Zone
keystone species in costal sage scrub community
smells like sage
Goodding’s Black Willow
Riparian zone
most common tree
Male and female flowers are on separate plants (dioecious)
Flowers are called catkins
bright green on the both sides of leaves
Mulefat
Riparian zone
jagged leaves, both sides are green
male flowers are smaller clusters
female flowers make a cotton-like matrix
Narrow-leaved/sandbar willow
Riparian zone
leaves are linear and skinny
both sides of leaves are light grey
Arroyo Willow
Riparian zone
thicker leaves - one side green, one side grey
Western Sycamore
Riparian zone
large hand-shaped leaves
fuzz on the undersides
Cottonwood
Riparian zone
leaves are large and heart-shaped
Alkali Mallow
Transition zone
fan-shaped, lighter in color
likes alkaline and saline soils
Heliotrope
Transition zone
small white flowers in clumps
likes alkaline and saline soils
Alkali Heath
Transition zone
pointy, tree like leaves on the shrub
pinkish flowers with 5 petals
likes alkaline and saline soils
Yerba Mansa
Transition zone
broad, flat leaves
Alkali Weed
transitional zone
non-native
white flowers
looks like heath but with fuzzy, bulbous leaves
Western sea purslane
transitional zone
bulbous leaves
pinkish purple leaves with long filament/anthers
Fennel
Transitional zone
thin wiry leaves
sometimes tiny yellow flowers in clumps
non-native perennial
edible
smells like black licorice!
Crystalline Ice Plant
transitional zone
non-native annual species
large, bendy, curvy leaves
Poison hemlock
transitional zone
snowflake-like leaves
non-native, will make you itchy
Common beet
transitional zone
not native
leaves look like swiss greens (salad)
California wild rose
transitional zone
roundish pinkish, rose flowers.
pink fruits
round, serrated leaves
thorns
California mugwort
transitional zone
can have 3-5 lateral lobes - shape varies
looks like a beyblade, or a large snowflake from the top
Saltgrass
transitional zone
tufted, clump like grass
looks like wheat
Pickleweed
transitional zone
worm looking
green and red/pink
salty, edible succulent
Ragweed
transitional zone
kinda looks like weed
Black Elderberry
transitional zone
light colored/yellow flat flowers fanning out
California Bulrush/Tule
Emergent zone
flowers at the tip of the blade
cylindrical stems
up to 7 feet tall
Alkali Bulrush/Sea Clubrush
Emergent zone
Clusters embedded in 3 leaves
Leaves are grass and blade-like
Chairmaker’s bulrush
Emergent zone
flowers below the tip of the blades
triangular blades!!!!
Broadleaf cattail
Emergent zone
soft, tufted flower hot dog head
flat, sword-like leaves
Distichlis spicata
Saltgrass scientific name
Salix gooddingii
Black willow scientific name
Schoenoplectus californicus
California bulrush/Tule scientific name
Typha latifolia
Broadleaf cattail scientific name
Schoenoplectus americanus
Chairmaker’s bulrush scientific name
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Alkali bulrush/Sea Clubrush scientific name
Baccharis salicifolia
Mulefat scientific name