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Santa Clara River Natural History

Plants, Animals, and Fungi of the Santa Clara River

Orange Bush Monkeyflower 1
Mimulus aurantiacus
Scarlet Monkeyflower 2
Mimulus cardinalis
moth mullein 3
Verbascum blattaria
Blue Water-speedwell 4
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Jimson Weed 5
Datura stramonium
Sacred Datura 6
Datura wrightii
purple nightshade 7
Solanum xanti
smallflower tamarisk 8
Tamarix parviflora
southern cattail 9
Typha domingensis
Common Cattail 10
Typha latifolia
Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea 11
Urtica dioica holosericea
Western Vervain 12
Verbena lasiostachys
Broadleaf Mistletoe 13
Phoradendron macrophyllum
Phoradendron villosum ssp. villosum 14
Phoradendron serotinum tomentosum
Blue Elderberry 15
Sambucus nigra caerulea
Bermuda Grass
Cynodon dactylon dactylon
alkali heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum oculatum
Scorpionweeds 16
Phacelia
Prickly Pears 17
Opuntia
Rushes 18
Juncus
calla lilies 19
Zantedeschia
Matted Sandmat 9
Euphorbia serpens
California sun cup
Camissoniopsis bistorta
Hooker's evening primrose 20
Oenothera elata hookeri
mountain sagebrush 3
Artemisia tridentata vaseyana
Artemisia 21
Echinochloa 16
Dodders 22
Cuscuta
Coastal Goldenbush 12
Isocoma menziesii
Bur-marigold 23
Bidens
cutleaf water parsnip 24
Berula erecta
Date Palm 25
Phoenix dactylifera
Common Orache 26
Atriplex patula
Yellow Nutsedge 27
Cyperus esculentus
tall wheat grass
Elymus ponticus
Brazilian pepper tree 28
Schinus terebinthifolius
Wand Mullein 29
Verbascum virgatum
Mexican Fan Palm 30
Washingtonia robusta
Peruvian peppertree 31
Schinus molle
White Bladderflower 32
Araujia sericifera
Seacliff Wild Buckwheat 33
Eriogonum parvifolium
Thicket Creeper
Parthenocissus inserta
Buffalo Gourd 33
Cucurbita foetidissima
Western Vervain 12
Verbena lasiostachys

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