Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay
Index by Common Name

Introduction
African Daisy  (Osteospermum ecklonis)
Alkali Goosefoot  (Chenopodium rubrum)
Alkali Heath   (Frankenia salina)
Alkali Weed (Cressa truxillensis)
Arroyo Willow   (Salix lasiolepis)
Artichoke Thistle  (Cynara cardunculus)
Arundo, Giant Reed  (Arundo donax)
Aster, California  (Lessingia filaginifolia)
Australian Saltbush  (Atriplex semibaccata)
Baby Blue Eyes   (Nemophila menziesii)
Baby Tears   (Soleirolia soleirolii)
Beach Evening Primrose   (Camissonia cheiranthifolia)
Bedstraw   (Galium aparine)
Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae)
Birdfoot Trefoil  (Lotus corniculatus)
Black Mustard   (Brassica nigra)
Black Sage  (Salvia mellifera)
Black Willow   (Salix gooddingii)
Blackberry, California  (Rubus ursinus)
Bladderpod   (Isomeris arborea)
Blue-Eyed Grass  (Sisyrinchium bellum)
Blue Dicks  (Dichelostemma capitatum)
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)
Boxthorn, California  (Lycium californicum)
Buckwheat, California  (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
Bull Thistle  (Cirsium vulgare)
Bulrush  (Scirpus ssp.)
Bur-clover  (Medicago polymorpha ssp. hispida)
Bush Mallow  (Malacothamnus fasciculatus)
Bush Monkey Flower  (Mimulus aurantiacus)
Bush Sunflower  (Encelia californica)
Calabazilla  (Cucurbita foetidissima)
California Aster  (Lessingia filaginifolia)
California Blackberry  (Rubus ursinus)
California Boxthorn  (Lycium californicum)
California Buckwheat  (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
California Encelia  (Encelia californica)
California Everlasting  (Gnaphalium californicum)
California Poppy  (Eschscholzia californica)
California Sagebrush  (Artemisia californica)
California Wild Rose  (Rosa californica)
Cardoon 
(Cynara cardunculus)
Castor Bean  (Ricinus communis)
Cattail, Broad-leaved  (Typha latifolia)
Celery  (Apium graveolens)
Cheeseweed  (Malva parviflora)
Chia  (Salvia columbariae)
Cholla, Coast  (Opuntia prolifera)
Chrysanthemum, Garland  (Chrysanthemum coronarium)
Cliff Aster  (Malacothrix saxatilis)
Club Rush  (Scirpus cernuus)
Coast Cholla  (Opuntia prolifera)
Coast Goldenbush  (Isocoma menziesie 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)
Common Stock  (Matthiola incana)
Cordgrass   (Spartina foliosa)
Cottonwood, Fremont  (Populus fremontii)
Coyote Melon  (Cucurbita foetidissima)
Croceum Ice Plant  (Malephora crocea)
Crystalline Ice Plant  (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
Curly Dock   (Rumex crispus)
Deerweed   (Lotus Scoparius)
Dodder   (Cuscuta salina)
Dove Weed   (Eremocarpus setigerus)
Dwarf Nettle   (Urtica urens)
Echium   (Echium candicans)
Elderberry, Mexican  (Sambucus mexicana)
Emory's Baccharis  (Baccharis emoryi)
Encelia   (Encelia farinosa)
Encelia, California  (Encelia californica)
Estuary Sea-blight (Suaeda esteroa)
Eucrypta, Common  (Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia)
Everlasting, California  (Gnaphalium californicum)
Everlasting, Pink  (Gnaphalium ramosissimum)
Fan Palm  (Washingtonia ssp.)
Fascicled Tarweed  (Hemizonia fasciculata)
Fiddleneck, Common  (Amsinckia menziesii)
Fiesta Flower  (Pholistoma auritum)
Filaree  (Erodium brachycarpum)
Five-hook Bassia  (Bassia hyssopifolia)
Fleshy Jaumea   (Jaumea  carnosa)
Fourwing Saltbush  (Atriplex canescens)
Freeway Daisy  (Osteospermum ecklonis)
Fremont Cottonwood  (Populus fremontii)
Garden Stock  (Matthiola incana)
Garland Chrysanthemum  (Chrysanthemum coronarium)
Giant Reed  (Arundo donax)
Giant Wild Rye  (Leymus condensatus)
Goldenbush, Coast  (Isocoma menziesie var vernonioides)
Goldenrod, Western  (Euthamia occidentalis)
Golden Yarrow  (Eriophyllum confertiflorum)
Goldfields  (Lasthenia californica)
Goosefoot, Red  (Chenopodium rubrum)
Hooker's Evening Primrose  (Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri)
Horehound   (Marrubium vulgare)
Horseweed (Conyza canadensis)
Hottentot Fig   (Carpobrotus edulis)
Ice Plant, Croceum  (Malephora crocea)
Ice Plant, Crystalline  (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
Ice Plant, Hottentot Fig  (Carpobrotus edulis)
Ice Plant, Sea Fig   (Carpobrotus chilensis)
Ice Plant, Slender-leaved  (Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum)
Ice Plant, Small-flowered  (Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum)
Jimson Weed  (Datura wrightii)
Lemonadeberry   (Rhus integrifolia)
Lettuce, Miner's  (Claytonia perfoliata)
Lettuce, Prickly   (Lactuca serriola)
Lilac Verbena  (Verbena lilacina)
Live-forever  (Dudleya spp.)
Lollypop Tree   (Myoporum laetum)
Lupine  (Lupinus ssp.)
Malta Star Thistle  (Centaurea melitensis)
Mare's Tail  (Conyza canadensis)
Marsh Fleabane  (Pluchea odorata)
Marsh Rosemary  (Limonium  californicum)
Marsh Rosemary  (Limonium  perezii)
Mexican Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana)
Mexican Sprangletop  (Leptochloa uninervia)
Miner's Lettuce  (Claytonia perfoliata)
Monkey Flower, Bush  (Mimulus aurantiacus)
Morning Glory  (Calystegia macrostegia)
Mugwort  (Artemisia douglasiana)
Mule Fat   (Baccharis salicifolia)
Mustard, Black   (Brassica nigra)
Mustard, Tansy   (Descurainia pinnata)
Myoporum   (Myoporum laetum)
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Nightshade, Purple  (Solanum xanti)
Nightshade, White  (Solanum douglasii)
Owl's Clover, Purple  (Castilleja exserta)
Oxalis (Oxalis pes-caprae)
Pampas Grass   (Cortaderia selloana)
Parry's Phacelia   (Phacelia parryi)
Penstemon, Showy  (Penstemon spectabilis)
Pepper Tree, Brazilian   (Schinus terebinthifolius)
Pepper Tree, Peruvian  (Schinus molle)
Peruvian Pepper Tree  (Schinus molle)
Phacelia, Parry's   (Phacelia parryi)
Phacelia, Tansy-leaf  (Phacelia tanacetifolia)
Pickleweed - bigelovii  (Salicornia bigelovii)
Pickleweed - virginica  (Salicornia virginica)
Pineapple Weed  (Chamomilla suaveolens)
Pink Everlasting  (Gnaphalium ramosissimum)
Plantain, Common (Plantago major)
Plantain, Sand  (Plantago indica)
Poison Hemlock   (Conium maculatum)
Poison Oak   (Toxicodendron diversilobum)
Poppy, California  (Eschscholzia californica)
Prickly Lettuce (Lactuca serriola)
Prickly Pear, Coast  (Opuntia littoralis)
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)
Ragweed, Western  (Ambrosia psilostachya)
Red Goosefoot  (Chenopodium rubrum)
Rose, California Wild  (Rosa californica)
Rush, Club  (Scirpus cernuus)
Rush, Sharp-leaved  (Juncus acutus ssp. Leopoldii)
Russian Thistle  (Salsola tragus)
Rye, Giant Wild  (Leymus condensatus)
Sage, Black  (Salvia mellifera)
Sage, White  (Salvia apiana)
Sagebrush, California  (Artemisia californica)
Salt Heliotrope  (Heliotropium curassavicum)
Saltbush, Australian  (Atriplex semibaccata)
Saltbush, Brewer's   (Atriplex lentiformis ssp. Breweri)
Saltbush, Fourwing  (Atriplex canescens)
Saltbush,  Spearscale (Atriplex triangularis)
Saltbush, Watson's  (Atriplex watsonii)
Saltgrass  (Distichlis spicata)
Salt Marsh Bird's Beak  (Cordylanthus maritimus)
Saltwort   (Batis maritima)
Salty Susan   (Jaumea  carnosa)
Sand Plantain  (Plantago indica)
Scarlet Pimpernel  (Anagallis arvensis)
Sea-blight, Estuary (Suaeda esteroa)
Sea-blight, Woolly  (Suaeda taxifolia)
Sea Fig   (Carpobrotus chilensis)
Sea Lavender  (Limonium  californicum)
Sea Lavender  (Limonium  perezii)
Sea Lavender, Winged (Limonium sinuatum)
Sea Rocket   (Cakile maritima)
Sharp-leaved Rush  (Juncus acutus ssp. Leopoldii)
Shoregrass  (Monanthochloe littoralis)
Showy Penstemon  (Penstemon spectabilis)
Slender Arrow Grass  (Triglochin concinna)
Slender-leaved Ice Plant  (Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum)
Slender Tarweed  (Hemizonia fasciculata)
Smilax (Smilax ssp.)
Sour Grass (Oxalis pes-caprae)
Southern Spikeweed  (Centromadia parryi ssp. australis)
Southern Tarplant  (Hemizonia parryi ssp. australis)
Spanish Broom   (Spartium junceum)
Spanish Sunflower  (Pulicaria paludosa)
Spearscale Saltbush  (Atriplex triangularis)
Spittle Bug
Sprangletop, Mexican  (Leptochloa uninervia)
Star Thistle, Malta  (Centaurea melitensis)
Statice (Limonium sinuatum)
Stinging Nettle  (Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea)
Stock, Common  (Matthiola incana)
Stock, Garden  (Matthiola incana)
Sunflower, Bush  (Encelia californica)
Sunflower, Common  (Helianthus annuus)
Sunflower, Spanish  (Pulicaria paludosa)
Sweet-clover, White  (Melilotus alba)
Sweet-clover, Yellow  (Melilotus indica)
Sweet Fennel   (Foeniculum vulgare)
Sycamore, Western   (Platanus racemosa)
Tansy-leaf Phacelia  (Phacelia tanacetifolia)
Tansy Mustard   (Descurainia pinnata)
Tarplant, Southern  (Hemizonia parryi ssp. australis)
Tarweed, Fascicled  (Hemizonia fasciculata)
Tarweed, Slender  (Hemizonia fasciculata)
Telegraph Weed  (Heterotheca grandiflora)
  (Cynara cardunculus)
Thistle, Bull  (Cirsium vulgare)
Thistle, Russian  (Salsola tragus)
Tocalote  (Centaurea melitensis)
Toyon   (Heteromeles arbutifolia)
Tree Tobacco   (Nicotiana glauca)
Turkey Mullein   (Eremocarpus setigerus)
Twiggy Wreath Plant (Stephanomeria diegensis)
Verbena, Lilac  (Verbena lilacina)
Verbena, Western 
(Verbena lasiostachys ssp. lasiostachys
Watercress  (Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum)
Waterweed, Yellow (Ludwigia peploides ssp. peploides)
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 Heliotrope  (Heliotropium curassavicum)
Wild Radish   (Raphanus sativus)
Wild Rose, California  (Rosa californica)
Willow, Arroyo   (Salix lasiolepis)
Willow, Black   (Salix gooddingii)
Willowherb  (Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum)
Winged Sea Lavender (Limonium sinuatum)
Wiregrass  (Monanthochloe littoralis)
Wishbone Bush   (Mirabilis californica)
Woolly Heads, Coastal   (Nemacaulis denudata)
Woolly Sea-blight  (Suaeda taxifolia)
Yarrow, Golden  (Eriophyllum confertiflorum)
Yellow Sweet-clover  (Melilotus indica)
Yellow Waterweed (Ludwigia peploides ssp. peploides)
Yerba Mansa  (Anemopsis californica)
                         Date:  4/8/2011