Martin Dunes Field Guide

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Odorous House Ant ¹
Tapinoma sessile

Yellow Sand Verbena ²
Abronia latifolia

Pink Sand Verbena ³
Abronia umbellata

California Mussel ⁴
Mytilus californianus

Feather Boa Kelp ⁵
Egregia menziesii

Nuttall's Cockle ⁶
Clinocardium nuttallii

Eccentric Sand Dollar ⁷
Dendraster excentricus

Northern Legless Lizard ³
Anniella pulchra

Sea Palm ⁸
Postelsia palmiformis

Sanderling ⁹
Calidris alba

Bull Kelp ¹⁰
Nereocystis luetkeana

Garden Snail ¹¹
Cornu aspersum

Liveforever ¹²
Dudleya

Dasymutilla californica ¹³

Cibdelis

seaside agoseris ¹⁴
Agoseris apargioides

California Bordered Plant Bug ¹⁵
Largus californicus

California Goldenbush ¹⁶
Ericameria ericoides

California Aster ¹⁷
Corethrogyne filaginifolia

lupines ¹⁸
Lupinus

beach saltbush ¹⁹
Atriplex leucophylla

Long-billed Curlew ²⁰
Numenius americanus

Orgyia ¹⁶

European Searocket ²¹
Cakile maritima

Mule Deer ²²
Odocoileus hemionus

beach wormwood ²³
Artemisia pycnocephala

Northern Fulmar ²⁴
Fulmarus glacialis

Seaside Buckwheat ²⁵
Eriogonum latifolium

beach knotweed ²⁶
Polygonum paronychia

Chamisso Bush Lupine ²⁷
Lupinus chamissonis

Bicolored Carpenter Ant ²⁸
Camponotus vicinus

Coast Dudleya ²⁹
Dudleya caespitosa

Commando Isopod ³⁰
Alloniscus perconvexus

Dinothenarus saphyrinus

Monterey Spineflower ³¹
Chorizanthe pungens

Monterey Gilia ³²
Gilia tenuiflora

Sandmat manzanita ³³
Arctostaphylos pumila

Dodder ³⁴
Cuscuta pacifica

Soap Plant ³⁵
Chlorogalum pomeridianum divaricatum

Iceplant ³⁶
Carpobrotus edulis

Poison Hemlock ³⁷
Conium maculatum

Beach Bur (Silver beachweed) ³⁸
Ambrosia chamissonis

California mugwort ³⁹
Artemisia douglasiana

Douglas' baccharis ⁴⁰
Baccharis glutinosa

Coyote brush (Dwarf chaparral broom) ⁴¹
Baccharis pilularis

Coyote brush ⁴²
Baccharis pilularis consanguinea

Mule fat ³²
Baccharis salicifolia

Common brassbuttons ⁴³
Cotula coronopifolia

Cape ivy ⁴⁴
Delairea odorata

Seaside daisy ⁴⁵
Erigeron glaucus

Telegraphweed ⁸
Heterotheca grandiflora

Coast cryptantha
Cryptantha leiocarpa

Branching phacelia ⁴⁶
Phacelia ramosissima

Common mustard ⁴⁷
Brassica rapa

Coast wallflower ⁴⁸
Erysimum ammophilum

Menzies' wallflower ⁴⁹
Erysimum menziesii yadonii

Big saltbush ⁵⁰
Atriplex lentiformis

Fat-hen ⁵¹
Atriplex prostrata

Lamb's quarters ⁵²
Chenopodium album

California orach ⁵³
Extriplex californica

Saltmarsh dodder ¹⁸
Cuscuta salina

Pigmy weed ⁵⁴
Crassula connata

Monterey cypress ⁵⁵
Cupressus macrocarpa

California croton ⁵⁶
Croton californicus

Deerweed ⁵⁶
Acmispon glaber

Round leaved heermann's lotus
Acmispon heermannii orbicularis

Strigose lotus ⁵⁷
Ottleya strigosa

Coastal heron's bill ⁵⁸
Erodium cicutarium

Scarlet pimpernel ⁵⁹
Lysimachia arvensis

Watson's willowherb ⁶⁰
Epilobium ciliatum watsonii

Monterey indian paintbrush ⁶¹
Castilleja latifolia

Thrift seapink ⁶²
Armeria maritima

California sea pink ²³
Armeria maritima californica

Bromegrass ⁶³
Bromus diandrus

Soft brome ⁶⁴
Bromus hordeaceus

Foxtail brome ⁵⁷
Bromus rubens

Inland saltgrass
Distichlis stricta

American dune grass ²⁶
Leymus mollis mollis

Pacific wild rye ⁶⁵
Leymus pacificus

Beardless wild rye ⁵⁶
Leymus triticoides

Douglas bluegrass
Poa douglasii

Greater yellowthroat gilia ⁶⁶
Gilia tenuiflora arenaria

Diffuse spineflower ⁶⁷
Chorizanthe diffusa

Monterey spineflower ⁶⁸
Chorizanthe pungens pungens

Seacliff buckwheat ⁶⁹
Eriogonum parvifolium

Canada toadflax ⁷⁰
Nuttallanthus canadensis

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Martin Dunes Field Guide

Odorous House Ant 1 Tapinoma sessile

Yellow Sand Verbena 2 Abronia latifolia

Pink Sand Verbena 3 Abronia umbellata

California Mussel 4 Mytilus californianus

Feather Boa Kelp 5 Egregia menziesii

Nuttall's Cockle 6 Clinocardium nuttallii

Eccentric Sand Dollar 7 Dendraster excentricus

Northern Legless Lizard 3 Anniella pulchra

Sea Palm 8 Postelsia palmiformis

Sanderling 9 Calidris alba

Bull Kelp 10 Nereocystis luetkeana

Garden Snail 11 Cornu aspersum

Liveforever 12 Dudleya

Dasymutilla californica 13

Cibdelis

seaside agoseris 14 Agoseris apargioides

California Bordered Plant Bug 15 Largus californicus

California Goldenbush 16 Ericameria ericoides

California Aster 17 Corethrogyne filaginifolia

lupines 18 Lupinus

beach saltbush 19 Atriplex leucophylla

Long-billed Curlew 20 Numenius americanus

Orgyia 16

European Searocket 21 Cakile maritima

Mule Deer 22 Odocoileus hemionus

beach wormwood 23 Artemisia pycnocephala

Northern Fulmar 24 Fulmarus glacialis

Seaside Buckwheat 25 Eriogonum latifolium

beach knotweed 26 Polygonum paronychia

Chamisso Bush Lupine 27 Lupinus chamissonis

Bicolored Carpenter Ant 28 Camponotus vicinus

Coast Dudleya 29 Dudleya caespitosa

Commando Isopod 30 Alloniscus perconvexus

Dinothenarus saphyrinus

Monterey Spineflower 31 Chorizanthe pungens

Monterey Gilia 32 Gilia tenuiflora

Sandmat manzanita 33 Arctostaphylos pumila

Dodder 34 Cuscuta pacifica

Soap Plant 35 Chlorogalum pomeridianum divaricatum

Iceplant 36 Carpobrotus edulis

Poison Hemlock 37 Conium maculatum

Beach Bur (Silver beachweed) 38 Ambrosia chamissonis

California mugwort 39 Artemisia douglasiana

Douglas' baccharis 40 Baccharis glutinosa

Coyote brush (Dwarf chaparral broom) 41 Baccharis pilularis

Coyote brush 42 Baccharis pilularis consanguinea

Mule fat 32 Baccharis salicifolia

Common brassbuttons 43 Cotula coronopifolia

Cape ivy 44 Delairea odorata

Seaside daisy 45 Erigeron glaucus

Telegraphweed 8 Heterotheca grandiflora

Coast cryptantha Cryptantha leiocarpa

Branching phacelia 46 Phacelia ramosissima

Common mustard 47 Brassica rapa

Coast wallflower 48 Erysimum ammophilum

Menzies' wallflower 49 Erysimum menziesii yadonii

Big saltbush 50 Atriplex lentiformis

Fat-hen 51 Atriplex prostrata

Lamb's quarters 52 Chenopodium album

California orach 53 Extriplex californica

Saltmarsh dodder 18 Cuscuta salina

Pigmy weed 54 Crassula connata

Monterey cypress 55 Cupressus macrocarpa

California croton 56 Croton californicus

Deerweed 56 Acmispon glaber

Round leaved heermann's lotus Acmispon heermannii orbicularis

Strigose lotus 57 Ottleya strigosa

Coastal heron's bill 58 Erodium cicutarium

Scarlet pimpernel 59 Lysimachia arvensis

Watson's willowherb 60 Epilobium ciliatum watsonii

Monterey indian paintbrush 61 Castilleja latifolia

Thrift seapink 62 Armeria maritima

California sea pink 23 Armeria maritima californica

Bromegrass 63 Bromus diandrus

Soft brome 64 Bromus hordeaceus

Foxtail brome 57 Bromus rubens

Inland saltgrass Distichlis stricta

American dune grass 26 Leymus mollis mollis

Pacific wild rye 65 Leymus pacificus