Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay
Pickelweed - S. virginica  (Salicornia Virginica)
Plant: A perennial with straight and spreading fleshy stems. It does not require air passage to its roots, and it tolerates salt by concentrating it in its segmented stems which break off when full.  Dodder (Cuscuta salina) is an orange, string parasitic plant found growing on pickleweed.
Plant: Big Canyon - 3-Aug-02
Plant: Indian Springs - 24-May-02
Date:  10/27/2003