Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay
Common Name Picture Index
Alkali Heath
(Frankenia salina)		 Alkali Weed
(Cressa truxillensis)
Arroyo Willow
(Salix lasiolepis)		 Artichoke Thistle, Cardoon
(Cynara cardunculus)
Arundo, Giant Reed
(Arundo donax)		 Australian Saltbush
(Atriplex semibaccata)
Baby Blue Eyes
(Nemophila menziesii)
Baby Tears
(Soleirolia soleirolii)
Beach Evening Primrose
(Camissonia cheiranthifolia)		 Bedstraw
(Galium aparine)
Birdfoot Trefoil
(Lotus corniculatus)		 Black Mustard
(Brassica nigra)
Black Sage
(Salvia mellifera)		 Black Willow
(Salix gooddingii)
Bladderpod
(Isomeris arborea)		 Blue Dicks  (Dichelostemma capitatum)
Blue-Eyed Grass  (Sisyrinchium bellum) Bowlesia
(Bowlesia incana)
Brass-buttons
(Cotula coronopifolia)		 Brazilian Pepper Tree
(Schinus terebinthifolius)
Brewer's Saltbush
(Atriplex lentiformis ssp. breweri)		 Bristly Ox-Tongue
(Picris echioides)
Brittlebush, Encelia
(Encelia farinosa)
Broad-leaved Cat-tail
(Typha latifolia)
Bull Thistle
(Cirsium vulgare)
Bulrush
(Scirpus ssp.)
Bur-Chervil
(Anthriscus caucalis)
Bur-clover
(Medicago polymorpha ssp. hispida)
Bush Mallow
(Malacothamnus fasciculatus)

Bush Monkey Flower
(Mimulus aurantiacus)
Bush Sunflower, California Encelia
(Encelia californica)		 California Aster
(Lessingia filaginifolia)
California Blackberry
(Rubus ursinus)		 California Boxthorn
(Lycium californicum
California Buckwheat
(Eriogonum fasciculatum)
 California Everlasting
(Gnaphalium californicum)
California Poppy
(Eschscholzia californica)		 California Sagebrush
(Artemisia californica)
California Wild Rose
(Rosa californica)
Castor Bean
(Ricinus communis)
Celery
(Apium graveolens)		 Cheeseweed
(Malva parviflora)
Chia
(Salvia columbariae)
Cliff Aster
(Malacothrix saxatilis)
Club Rush
(Scirpus cernuus)
Coast Cholla
(Opuntia prolifera)
Coast Goldenbush
(Isocoma menziesii var vernonioides)
Coast Prickly Pear
(Opuntia littoralis)
Coastal Woolly Heads
(Nemacaulis denudata)
Cocklebur
(Xanthium strumarium)
Common Eucrypta  (Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia)
Common Fiddleneck  (Amsinckia menziesii)
Common Plantain
(Plantago major)		 Common Sunflower
(Helianthus annuus)
Cordgrass
(Spartina foliosa)		 Coyote Melon, Stinking Gourd, Calabazilla
 (Cucurbita foetidissima)
Croceum Ice Plant
(Malephora crocea)
Crystalline Ice Plant, Common Ice Plant
(Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
Curly Dock
(Rumex crispus)		 Deerweed
(Lotus Scoparius)
Dodder
(Cuscuta salina)		 Dwarf Nettle
(Urtica urens)
Emory's Baccharis
(Baccharis emoryi)
 Estuary Sea-blight
(Suaeda esteroa)
Fan Palm
(Washingtonia ssp.)
Fiesta Flower  (Pholistoma auritum)
Filaree
(Erodium ssp.)		 Five-hook Bassia
(Bassia hyssopifolia)
Fourwing Saltbush
(Atriplex canescens)
Freeway Daisy,
African Daisy
(Osteospermum ecklonis)
Fremont Cottonwood
(Populus fremontii)
Garden Stock, Common Stock
(Matthiola incana)
Garland Chrysanthemum
(Chrysanthemum coronarium)
Giant Wild Rye 
(Leymus condensatus)
Golden Yarrow
(Eriophyllum confertiflorum)
Goldfields
(Lasthenia californica)
Hooker's Evening Primrose
(Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri)		 Horehound
(Marrubium vulgare)
 Horseweed,
Mare's Tail
(Conyza canadensis)		 Hottentot Fig
(Carpobrotus edulis)
Jimson Weed
(Datura wrightii)		 Lemonadeberry
(Rhus integrifolia)
Lilac Verbena
(Rhus integrifolia)
Live-forever
(Dudleya lanceolata)
Lupine
(Lupinus ssp)
Marsh Fleabane
(Pluchea odorata)
Marsh Rosemary
(Limonium Californicum)
Mexican Elderberry
(Sambucus mexicana)
Mexican Sprangletop
(Leptochloa uninervia)		 Miner's Lettuce
(Claytonia perfoliata)
Morning Glory
(Calystegia macrostegia)
Mugwort
(Artemisia douglasiana)
Mule Fat
(Baccharis salicifolia)
Myoporum,
Lollypop Tree
(Myoporum laetum)
Nasturtium
(Tropaeolum majus)
Pampas Grass
(Cortaderia selloana)

Parry's Phacelia  (Phacelia parryi)
Perez's Sea Lavender
(Limonium perezii)
Peruvian Pepper Tree
(Schinus molle)
Pickleweed - bigelovii
(Salicornia bigelovii)
Pickleweed - virginica
(Salicornia virginica)
Pineapple Weed  (Chamomilla suaveolens)
Pink Everlasting  (Gnaphalium ramosissimum) Poison Hemlock
(Conium maculatum)
Poison Oak
(Toxicodendron diversilobum)		 Prickly Lettuce  (Lactuca serriola)
Prickly Sow-Thistle  (Sonchus asper)
Pride of Madeira, Echium
(Echium candicans)
Province Sea-lavender  (Limonium ramosissimum)
Purple Nightshade
(Solanum xanti)
Purple Owl's Clover
(Castilleja exserta)		 Rabbitfoot Grass
(Polypogon monspeliensis)
Red Goosefoot
(Chenopodium rubrum)
Russian Thistle
(Salsola tragus)
Salt Heliotrope,
Wild Heliotrope
(Heliotropium curassavicum)
Salt Marsh Birds Beak
(Cordylanthus maritimus)
Saltgrass
(Distichlis spicata)		 Saltwort
(Batis Maritima)
Salty Susan,
Fleshy Jaumea
(Jaumea carnosa)
Sand Plantain
(Plantago indica)
Scarlet Pimpernel  (Anagallis arvensis)
Sea Fig
(Carpobrotus chilensis)
Sea Rocket
(Cakile maritima)
Sharp-leaved Rush
(Juncus acutus ssp. leopoldii)
Shoregrass, Wiregrass
(Monanthochloe littoralis)
Showy Penstemon
(Penstemon spectabilis)
Slender Arrow Grass
(Triglochin concinna)
Slender-leaved Iceplant,
Small-flowered Ice Plant
(Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum)
Slender Tarweed,  Fascicled Tarweed
(Hemizonia fasciculata)
Smilax
(Smilax ssp.)
Sour Grass, Oxalis, Bermuda-Buttercup
(Oxalis pes-caprae)		 Southern Spikeweed,
Southern Tarweed
(Hemizonia parryi ssp australis)
Spanish Broom
(Spartium junceum)		 Spanish Sunflower
(Pulicaria paludosa)
Spearscale Saltbush
(Atriplex triangularis)		 Spittle-bug
Statice, Winged Sea Lavender
(Limonium sinuatum)
Stinging Nettle
(Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea)
Sweet Fennel
(Foeniculum vulgare)
Tansy-leaf Phacelia
(Phacelia tanacetifolia)
Tansy Mustard
(Descurainia pinnata)
Telegraph Weed
(Heterotheca grandiflora)
Tocalote, Malta Star Thistle
(Centaurea melitensis)
Toyon
(Heteromeles arbutifolia)
Tree Tobacco
(Nicotiana glauca)		 Turkey Mullein,
Dove Weed
(Eremocarpus setiger)
Twiggy Wreath Plant
(Stephanomeria diegensis)		 Watercress
(Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum)
Watson's Saltbush
(Atriplex watsonii)		 Western Goldenrod
(Euthamia occidentalis)
Western Ragweed
(Ambrosia psilostachya)
Western Sycamore
(Platanus racemosa)
Western Verbena
(Verbena lasiostachys ssp. lasiostachys)
White Nightshade
(Solanum douglasii)
White Sage
(Salvia apiana)
White Sweet-clover
(Melilotus alba)
Wild Cucumber
(Marah macrocarpus)
Wild Radish
(Raphanus sativus)
Willowherb
(Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum)
Willow Smartweed
(Polygonum lapathifolium)
Wishbone Bush
(Mirabilis californica)		 Woolly Sea-blight
(Suaeda taxifolia)
Yellow Sweet-clover
(Melilotus indica)
Yellow Waterweed
(Ludwigia peploides ssp. peploides)
Yerba Mansa
(Anemopsis californica)


  Date: 4/8/2011