Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay
Common Name Halophytes Index
Alkali Heath
(Frankenia salina)		 Australian Saltbush
(Atriplex semibaccata)
Brassbuttons
(Cotula coronopifolia)		 Brewers Saltbush
(Atriplex lentiformis ssp. Breweri)
Bulrush
(Scirpus californicus)		 Coast Wolly Heads
(Nemacaulis denudata)
Cordgrass
(Spartina foliosa)		 Crystaline Iceplant
(Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
Dodder
(Cuscuta salina)		 Emory's Baccharis
(Baccharis emoryi)
Four-winged Saltbush
(Atriplex canescens)		 Marsh Fleabane
(Pluchea odorata)
Marsh Rosemary
(Limonium californicum)		 Pickleweed - Virginica
(Salicornia Virginica)
Saltgrass
(Distichlis spicata)		 Saltmarsh Birds Beak
(Cordylanthus maritimus)
Saltwort
(Batis Maritima)		 Salty Susan
(Jaumea carnosa)
Sharp-leafed Rush
(Juncus acutus ssp. leopoldii)		 Shoregrass
(Monanthochloe littoralis)
Slender Arrow Grass
(Triglochin concinna)		 Slender-leaved Ice Plant
(Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum)
Wild Heliotrope
(Heliotropium curassavicum)		 Woolly Seablight
(Anemopsis californica)
Yerba Mansa
(Anemopsis californica)

  Date:  1/7/2004