More Mesa Plant Guide

Box Elder 1
Acer negundo
Chaparral Lotus 2
Acmispon grandiflorus grandiflorus
Deerweed 2
Acmispon glaber
Desert Lotus 2
Acmispon strigosus
Prostrate Amaranth 3
Amaranthus blitoides
Western Ragweed 4
Ambrosia psilostachya
Common Fiddleneck 5
Amsinckia intermedia
Seaside Fiddleneck 2
Amsinckia spectabilis spectabilis
Nuttall's Snapdragon 2
Antirrhinum nuttallianum
California Sagebrush 2
Artemisia californica
Mugwort 6
Artemisia douglasiana
Narrowleaf Milkweed 2
Asclepias fascicularis
Big Saltbush 2
Atriplex lentiformis lentiformis
Spearscale 7
Atriplex prostrata
Marsh Baccharis
Baccharis glutinosa
Coyote Brush 2
Baccharis pilularis
Mule Fat 5
Baccharis salicifolia
Goldenstar 5
Bloomeria crocea
Saltmarsh Bulrush 5
Bolboschoenus maritimus paludosus
Dwarf Brodiaea 5
Brodiaea terrestris kernensis
California Brome 5
Bromus carinatus
Redmaids 5
Calandrinia ciliata
Coast Morning Glory 6
Calystegia macrostegia cyclostegia
Beach Suncup 6
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
California Goosefoot 2
Chenopodium californicum
Short Styled Thistle 2
Cirsium brevistylum
Miner's Lettuce 2
Claytonia perfoliata
Chaparral Clematis 5
Clematis lasiantha
California Aster 2
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
Pigmyweed 8
Crassula aquatica
Pygmy Stonecrop 2
Crassula connata
Spreading Alkaliweed 9
Cressa truxillensis
California Croton 2
Croton californicus
Turkey Mullein 2
Croton setigerus
Tall Flatsedge 10
Cyperus eragrostis
Umbrella Papyrus
Cyperus involucratus
Jimson Weed 5
Datura wrightii
Slender Tarweed 5
Deinandra fasciculata
Grassland Tarweed 2
Deinandra increscens increscens
Salt Grass 2
Distichlis spicata
Sticky Cinquefoil 2
Drymocallis glandulosa glandulosa
Coastal Woodfern 11
Dryopteris arguta
Needle Spikerush 2
Eleocharis acicularis
Common Spikerush 2
Eleocharis macrostachya
Giant Wild Rye 12
Elymus condensatus
California Brittlebush 2
Encelia californica
Fringed Willowherb 13
Epilobium ciliatum
Horseweed 5
Erigeron canadensis
Seacliff Wild Buckwheat 5
Eriogonum parvifolium
Coyote-thistle 2
Eryngium vaseyi
California Poppy 5
Eschscholzia californica
Western Goldenrod 5
Euthamia occidentalis
California Coffeeberry 14
Frangula californica
Alkali Heath 5
Frankenia salina
Saw-toothed Goldenbush 15
Hazardia squarrosa
Seaside Heliotrope 2
Heliotropium curassavicum
Toyon 2
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Telegraphweed 2
Heterotheca grandiflora
Jaumea 2
Jaumea carnosa
Baltic rush 2
Juncus balticus
Toad Rush 16
Juncus bufonius bufonius
Western Rush 2
Juncus occidentalis
Spreading Rush 5
Juncus patens
Brownheaded Rush 2
Juncus phaeocephalus phaeocephalus
Shaggyfruit Pepperweed 17
Lepidium lasiocarpum lasiocarpum
Shining Pepperweed 18
Lepidium nitidum
Creeping Wild Rye 9
Leymus triticoides
Miniature Lupine 6
Lupinus bicolor
Sky Lupine 2
Lupinus nanus
Arroyo Lupine 6
Lupinus succulentus
Coast Tarweed 19
Madia sativa
Alkali Mallow 2
Malvella leprosa
Marah Man-root 11
Marah macrocarpa
Foothill Needle Grass 20
Nassella lepida
Purple Needlegrass 6
Nassella pulchra
Blue Toadflax 2
Nuttallanthus texanus
Hooker's Evening Primrose 2
Oenothera elata
Hairy Wood Sorrel 5
Oxalis pilosa
Willow Weed 21
Persicaria lapathifolia
Dotted Knotweed 22
Persicaria punctata
Lacy Phacelia 2
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Fiesta Flower 2
Pholistoma auritum auritum
California Plantain 5
Plantago erecta
Western Sycamore 23
Platanus racemosa
Black Cottonwood 2
Populus trichocarpa
California Cudweed 5
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Slender Woolly-marbles 24
Psilocarphus tenellus
Coast Live Oak 2
Quercus agrifolia
California Buttercup 2
Ranunculus californicus
Lemonade Berry 6
Rhus integrifolia
California Rose 2
Rosa californica
California Blackberry 5
Rubus ursinus
Willow Dock 9
Rumex salicifolius
Pacific Pickleweed 25
Salicornia pacifica
Narrowleaf Willow 6
Salix exigua
Red Willow 6
Salix laevigata
Arroyo Willow 6
Salix lasiolepis
Pacific Willow 26
Salix lucida
Elderberry 6
Sambucus nigra

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