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Marina State Beach (CSUMB-BIO 211L guide)

A guide to plants at the Marina State Beach in restored and unrestored areas for the BIO 211L Dune Lab module at CSUMB.

Some plants added manually if absent from iNaturalist checklists but known to be in this area.

Monterey spineflower 1
Chorizanthe pungens
greater yellowthroat gilia 2
Gilia tenuiflora
Menzies' wallflower 3
Erysimum menziesii
Sand-loving Wallflower 4
Erysimum ammophilum
Redstem Stork's-bill 5
Erodium cicutarium
coast live oak 6
Quercus agrifolia
purple owl's-clover 7
Castilleja exserta
Sky Lupine 8
Lupinus nanus
black sage 9
Salvia mellifera
Menzies' baby blue eyes 10
Nemophila menziesii
tall evening primrose 11
Oenothera elata
Bluff Lettuce 2
Dudleya farinosa
Cobwebby Thistle 12
Cirsium occidentale
Short-styled Thistle 13
Cirsium brevistylum
cottonbatting plant 14
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
Bermuda buttercup 15
Oxalis pes-caprae
Sheep's sorrel 16
Rumex acetosella
common groundsel 17
Senecio vulgaris
Common Sow-thistle 18
Sonchus oleraceus
Golden Yarrow 19
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Toyon 20
Heteromeles arbutifolia
hairy bittercress 21
Cardamine hirsuta
American wild carrot 22
Daucus pusillus
rabbitfoot grass 23
Polypogon monspeliensis
Bermuda grass 24
Cynodon dactylon
Brass Buttons 25
Cotula coronopifolia
Coastal Tarweed 26
Deinandra corymbosa
seaside woolly sunflower 27
Eriophyllum staechadifolium
Cutleaf burnweed 28
Senecio glomeratus
beach saltbush 29
Atriplex leucophylla
coastal bush lupine 30
Lupinus arboreus
woolly clover 31
Trifolium tomentosum
European marram grass 32
Ammophila arenaria
St. Catherine's-lace 33
Eriogonum giganteum
Nuttall's Milkvetch 34
Astragalus nuttallii
California croton 35
Croton californicus
sticky cinquefoil 36
Drymocallis glandulosa
horseweed 37
Erigeron canadensis
featherweed 38
Gamochaeta ustulata
Australian Tea Tree 39
Leptospermum laevigatum
Blue statice 40
Limonium sinuatum
hoary stock 41
Matthiola incana
Texas toadflax 42
Nuttallanthus texanus
California manroot 43
Marah fabacea
Blue Dicks 44
Dipterostemon capitatus
deerweed 35
Acmispon glaber
Chamisso Bush Lupine 45
Lupinus chamissonis
coffeeberry 46
Frangula californica
greater yellowthroat gilia 2
Gilia tenuiflora
beach knotweed 47
Polygonum paronychia
Seaside Buckwheat 48
Eriogonum latifolium
Seacliff Wild Buckwheat 49
Eriogonum parvifolium
Monterey spineflower 1
Chorizanthe pungens
Sandcarpet 50
Cardionema ramosissimum
Chilean sea fig 51
Carpobrotus chilensis
sea fig 52
Carpobrotus edulis
Yellow Sand Verbena 53
Abronia latifolia
Pink Sand Verbena 54
Abronia umbellata
Sea Thrift 55
Armeria maritima
miner's lettuce 56
Claytonia perfoliata
California sagebrush 6
Artemisia californica
beach wormwood 50
Artemisia pycnocephala
Common Yarrow 57
Achillea millefolium
coyote brush 58
Baccharis pilularis
California Goldenbush 43
Ericameria ericoides
Telegraphweed 59
Heterotheca grandiflora
seaside daisy 60
Erigeron glaucus
California Aster 61
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
silver beachweed 62
Ambrosia chamissonis
Pacific poison oak 63
Toxicodendron diversilobum
beach suncup 2
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
Buck's-horn Plantain 11
Plantago coronopus
orange bush monkeyflower 64
Diplacus aurantiacus
California poppy 65
Eschscholzia californica
bluewitch nightshade 66
Solanum umbelliferum
branching phacelia 67
Phacelia ramosissima
European Searocket 68
Cakile maritima
sand pygmyweed 9
Crassula connata
Coast Dudleya 58
Dudleya caespitosa

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