Santa Clara Valley Chapter
Some plants observed along the Sequoia Audubon trail, Pescadero Marsh, during a CNPS field trip, October 21 1989. Leaders: Hawkeye Rondeau and Ken Himes.
Abronia umbellata Pink sand verbena Dunes Achillea millefolium arenicola Yarrow Dunes Alnus oregona Red alder Riparian Ambrosia chamissonis Beach-bur Dunes Artemisia douglasiana Calif. mugwort Moist areas Artemisia pycnocephala Beach sagewort Dunes Aster chilensis Common Calif. aster Moist areas Astragalus pycnostachyus Marsh locoweed Brackish marsh Baccharis douglasii Salt marsh baccharis Brackish marsh Baccharis pilularis consanguinea Coyote brush Brushy slopes Baccharis pilularis pilularis Dwarf coyote bush Dunes Calystegia soldanella Beach morning glory Dunes Carex species Sedge (32 species) Boggy ground Castilleja wightii Wight's Painbrush Dunes Cyperus species Umbrella sedge Moist areas Distichlis spicata Salt grass High salt marsh Dryopteris arguta Coastal wood fern Wooded slopes Elymus mollis American dune grass Dunes Eriogonum latifolium Coast buckwheat Dunes Eriophyllum staechadifolium Lizard tail Coastal bluffs Frankenia grandifolia Alkali heath High salt marsh Grindelia latifolia Coastal gum plant Brackish marsh Helenium puberulum Sneezeweed Riparian/marsh Heliotropium curassavicum oculatum Seaside heliotrope Brackish areas Horkelia californica Calif. horkelia Coastal bluffs Jaumea carnosa Fleshy jaumea Brackish marsh Juncus sp. Rush Moist areas Lonicera involucrata Twinberry Riparian Lupinus arboreus Yellow beach lupine Dunes Madia capitata Headland tarweed Coastal bluffs Mesembryanthemum edule* Hottentot fig Dunes Myrica californica Calif. wax myrtle Moist slopes Polygonum paronychia Dune knotweed Dunes Polystichum munitum Western sword fern Moist areas Rhus diversiloba Poison oak Many areas Ribes divaricatum Straggly gooseberry Moist areas Ribes menziesii Canyon gooseberry Moist woods Ribes sanguineum glutinosum Pink flow. currant Riparian Rosa californica Calif. wild rose Riparian/bluffs Rubus ursinus Calif. blackberry Coastal bluffs Salicornia virginica Pickelweed Salt marsh Salix species Willow Riparian Satureja douglasii Yerba buena Brushy slopes Scirpus species Bulrush, Tule Marsh Scrophularia californica Calif. figwort Coastal scrub Solidago occidentalis Western goldenrod Moist areas Typha angustifolia Narrow-leaf cattail Fresh/brackish Urtica species Nettle Vicia gigantea Giant vetch Moist areas _______________________________________ * Non-native