Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay
Common Name Picture Index
Alkali Heath
(Frankenia salina)		 Arroyo Willow
(Salix lasiolepis)
Artichoke Thistle
(Cynara cardunculus)		 Arundo, Giant Reed
(Arundo donax)
Australian Saltbush
(Atriplex semibaccata)		 Beach Evening Primrose
(Camissonia cheiranthifolia)
Black Mustard
(Brassica nigra)		 Black Sage
(Salvia mellifera)
Black Willow
(Salix gooddingii)		 Bladderpod
(Isomeris arborea)
Blue-Eyed Grass  (Sisyrinchium bellum) Brassbuttons
(Cotula coronopifolia)
Brazilian Pepper Tree
(Schinus terebinthifolius)		 Brewers Saltbush
(Atriplex lentiformis ssp. Breweri)
Bristly Ox-Tongue
(Picris echioides)		 Broadleaf Cattail
(Typha latifolia)
Bulrush
(Scirpus ssp.)		 Bur-clover
(Medicago polymorpha ssp. hispida)
Bush Mallow
(Malacothamnus fasciculatus)
Bush Monkey Flower
(Mimulus aurantiacus)
California Boxthorn
(Lycium californicum)		 California Buckwheat
(Eriogonum fasciculatum)
California Encelia,
Bush Sunflower
(Encelia californica)		 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)
Cliff Aster
(Malacothrix saxatilis)
Coast Cholla
(Opuntia prolifera)
Coast Goldenbush
(Isocoma menziisii var vernonioides)
Coast Prickly Pear
(Opuntia littoralis)
Coast Wholly Heads
(Nemacaulis denudata)
Cocklebur
(Xanthium strumarium)
Common Fiddleneck  (Amsinckia menziesii)
Cordgrass
(Spartina foliosa)
Coyote Melon (Cucurbita foetidissima) Crocium Iceplant
(Malephora crocea)
Crystaline Iceplant
(Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)		 Curly Doc
(Rumex crispus)
Deerweed
(Lotus Scoparius)		 Dodder
(Cuscuta salina)
Emory's Baccharis
(Baccharis emoryii)
Encelia, Brittlebush
(Encelia farinosa)
Fiesta Flower  (Pholistoma auritum) Fan Palm
(Washingtonia ssp.)
Filaree
(Erodium brachycarpum)		 Five-hook Bassia
(Bassia hyssopifolia)
Four Wing Saltbush
(Atriplex canescens)		 Fremont Cottonwood
(Populus fremontii)
Freeway Daisy
(Osteospermum ecklonis)
Garden Stock
(Matthiola incana)
Garland Chrysanthemum
(Chrysanthemum coronarium)
Giant Rye Grass
(Leymus condensatus)
Golden Yarrow
(Eriophyllum confertiflorum)
Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)
Horseweed
(Conyza canadensis)		 Hottentot Fig
(Carpobrotus edulis)
Lemonadeberry
(Rhus integrifolia)
Lilac Verbena
(Rhus integrifolia)
Live-forever
(Dudleya spp)		 Lupine
(Lupinus ssp)
Marsh Fleabane
(Pluchea odorata)
Marsh Rosemary
(Limonium californicum)
Mexican Elderberry
(Sambucus mexicana)		 Miner's Lettice
(Claytonia perfoliata)
Morning Glory
(Calystegia macrostegia)
Mugwort
(Artemisia douglasiana)
Mulefat
(Baccharis salicifolia)
Myoporum
(Myoporum laetum)
Nasturtium
(Tropaeolum majus)		 Pampas Grass
(Cordateria selloana)
Peruvian Pepper Tree
(Schinus molle)
Pickleweed - Virginica
(Salicornia Virginica)
Pineapple Weed  (Chamomilla suaveolens) Poison Hemlock
(Conium maculatum)
Poison Oak
(Toxicodendron diversilobum)		 Prickly Lettuce  (Lactuca serriola)
Prickly Sow-Thistle  (Sonchus asper)
Purple Owl's Clover
(Castilleja exserta)
Russian Thistle
(Salsola tragus)
Salt Marsh Birds Beak
(Cordylanthus maritimus)
Saltgrass
(Distichlis spicata)		 Saltwort
(Batis Maritima)
Salty Susan
(Jaumea carnosa)
Sand Plantain
(Plantago ondica)
Scarlet Pimpernel  (Anagallis arvensis)
Sea Fig
(Carpobrotus chilensus)
Sea Rocket
(Cakile maritima)
Sharp-leafed Rush
(Juncus acutus ssp. leopoldii)
Shoregrass
(Monanthochloe littoralis)
Slender Arrow Grass
(Triglochin concinna)
Slender-leaved Iceplant
(Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum)		 Southern Spikeweed,
Southern Tarweed
(Hemizonia parryi ssp australis)
Spanish Broom
(Spartium junceum)		 Spanish Sunflower
(Pulicaria paludosa)
Spittle-bug
Stinging Nettle
(Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea)
Sweet Fennel
(Foeniculum vulgare)		 Tansy-leaf Phacelia
(Phacelia tanacetifolia)
Tansy Mustard
(Descurainia pinnata)
Telegraph Weed
(Heterotheca grandiflora)
Toyon
(Heteromeles arbutifolia)		 Tree Tobacco
(Nicotiana glauca)
Turkey Mullein
(Eremocarpus setigerus)		 Twiggy Wreath Plant
(Stephanomeria virgata)
Weedy Oxalis
(Oxalis corniculata)		 Western Ragweed
(Ambrosia psilostachya)
Western Sycamore
(Platanus racemosa)
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)
Wishbone Bush
(Mirabilis californica)
Wooly Seablight
(Suaeda taxifolia)		 Yellow Star Thistle
(Centaurea melitensis)
Yellow Sweet Clover
(Melilotus indica)
Yerba Mansa
(Anemopsis californica)
  Date: 2/16/2004