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Santa Clara River Natural History

Plants, Animals, and Fungi of the Santa Clara River

California bulrush 1
Schoenoplectus californicus
Spanish Broom 2
Spartium junceum
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil 3
Lotus corniculatus
Redstem Filaree 4
Erodium cicutarium
branching phacelia 5
Phacelia ramosissima
Black Sage 6
Salvia mellifera
Stream Orchid 7
Epipactis gigantea
California Bee Plant 8
Scrophularia californica
Pacific Poison Oak 9
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Hooker's evening primrose 10
Oenothera elata
Fremont Cottonwood 11
Populus fremontii
cobwebby thistle 12
Cirsium occidentale
slender wild oat
Avena barbata
ripgut brome 13
Bromus diandrus
common yarrow 14
Achillea millefolium
Scarlet Pimpernel 15
Anagallis arvensis
California Mugwort 16
Artemisia douglasiana
poison hemlock 17
Conium maculatum
fringed willowherb 12
Epilobium ciliatum
California Fuchsia 18
Epilobium canum
sweet fennel 19
Foeniculum vulgare
Jersey cudweed 20
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum
pink everlasting 5
Pseudognaphalium ramosissimum
shortpod mustard 21
Hirschfeldia incana
Prickly Lettuce 22
Lactuca serriola
Common Deerweed 6
Acmispon glaber
spiny sow thistle
Sonchus asper
California sagebrush 23
Artemisia californica
Coyote Brush 24
Baccharis pilularis
California wild rose 25
Rosa californica
California blackberry 26
Rubus ursinus
Arroyo Willow 27
Salix lasiolepis
Southern California Walnut 27
Juglans californica
Pacific Willow
Salix lucida
chaparral currant
Ribes malvaceum
California Buckwheat 28
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Lemonade Berry 10
Rhus integrifolia
Saltcedar 27
Tamarix ramosissima
Castor Oil Plant 29
Ricinus communis
Narrowleaf milkweed 30
Asclepias fascicularis
Narrowleaf Cottonrose 31
Logfia gallica
annual beard grass 32
Polypogon monspeliensis
stiffbranch bird's beak 33
Cordylanthus rigidus
tumbleweed 21
Amaranthus albus
Russian thistle 18
Salsola tragus
Annual Bur-Sage 13
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
tarragon 13
Artemisia dracunculus
Mule Fat 30
Baccharis salicifolia
Tocalote 34
Centaurea melitensis
Coulter's horseweed 35
Laennecia coulteri
California Broomsage 30
Lepidospartum squamatum
California Aster 6
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
seaside heliotrope 36
Heliotropium curassavicum
four-wing saltbush 18
Atriplex canescens
Big Saltbush 6
Atriplex lentiformis
purple sage 37
Salvia leucophylla
western sycamore 38
Platanus racemosa
Giant Woollystar 39
Eriastrum densifolium
red willow 40
Salix laevigata
Tree Tobacco 41
Nicotiana glauca
sacred datura 42
Datura innoxia
Baltic rush 13
Juncus balticus
Basket Rush
Juncus textilis
chaparral yucca 43
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Common Mediterranean Grass 44
Schismus barbatus
Wild Celery 45
Apium graveolens
Indian hemp 46
Apocynum cannabinum
California brickellbush 24
Brickellia californica
Western Goldenrod 6
Euthamia occidentalis
Two-color Rabbit Tobacco 29
Pseudognaphalium biolettii
Telegraphweed 6
Heterotheca grandiflora
durango root 47
Datisca glomerata
white sweetclover 48
Melilotus albus
Common Purslane 49
Portulaca oleracea
Narrowleaf Willow 13
Salix exigua
Olney's three-square bulrush 1
Schoenoplectus americanus
deergrass 50
Muhlenbergia rigens
red brome 51
Bromus rubens
western ragweed 52
Ambrosia psilostachya
Salt Marsh Fleabane 37
Pluchea odorata
broadleaved pepperweed 53
Lepidium latifolium
Asparagus 54
Asparagus officinalis
Rescuegrass 55
Bromus catharticus
Black Elderberry 56
Sambucus nigra
Retama 57
Parkinsonia aculeata
Coast Morning Glory 58
Calystegia macrostegia
Giant Reed 10
Arundo donax
Century Plant 59
Agave americana
desert wild grape 60
Vitis girdiana
Greenspot Nightshade 39
Solanum douglasii
Laurel Sumac 11
Malosma laurina
White Sage 61
Salvia apiana
Saw-toothed Goldenbush 18
Hazardia squarrosa
puncture vine 62
Tribulus terrestris
vanilla-scented wattle 61
Acacia redolens
Santa Barbara Milkvetch
Astragalus trichopodus
marsh baccharis
Baccharis glutinosa
California Croton 6
Croton californicus
Canyon Dodder 63
Cuscuta subinclusa
beardless wild rye 13
Elymus triticoides

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