Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay
Listed by Scientific Name

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