SITP Balboa Park Species Guide

A guide for School in the Park students to help them identify species for their SITP project at The San Diego Natural History Museum.

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Australian Tortoise Beetle ¹
Trachymela sloanei

Lady Beetles ²
Coccinellidae

Asian Lady Beetle ³
Harmonia axyridis

Wooly Darkling Beetle ⁴
Eleodes osculans

Green Fig Beetle ⁵
Cotinis mutabilis

Ten-lined June Beetle ⁶
Polyphylla decemlineata

Tropical House Cricket ⁷
Gryllodes sigillatus

Gray Bird Grasshopper ⁸
Schistocerca nitens

Red Gum Lerp Psyllid ⁹
Glycaspis brimblecombei

Red-shouldered Bug ¹⁰
Jadera haematoloma

Variegated Meadowhawk ¹¹
Sympetrum corruptum

Common Earwig ¹²
Forficula auricularia

Filter Fly ¹³
Clogmia albipunctata

Mexican Cactus Fly ¹⁴
Copestylum mexicanum

American Cockroach
Periplaneta americana

Common Pill-bug ¹⁵
Armadillidium vulgare

Common Earthworm ¹⁶
Lumbricus terrestris

crimson clover ¹⁷
Trifolium incarnatum

white clover ¹⁸
Trifolium repens

deerweed ¹⁹
Acmispon glaber

American Coral Tree ²⁰
Erythrina americana

Toyon ²¹
Heteromeles arbutifolia

Dwarf Nettle ²²
Urtica urens

Greater periwinkle ²³
Vinca major

Common Purslane ²⁴
Portulaca oleracea

nightblooming cereus ²⁵
Peniocereus greggii

Coast Cholla ²⁶
Cylindropuntia prolifera

California buckwheat ²⁷
Eriogonum fasciculatum

St. Catherine's-lace ²⁸
Eriogonum giganteum

Common Catchfly ²¹
Silene gallica

Crystalline Ice Plant ²⁹
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

Wishbone Bush ³⁰
Mirabilis laevis

nettle-leaved goosefoot ²⁴
Chenopodium murale

Australian saltbush ³¹
Atriplex semibaccata

Prickly Russian Thistle ¹⁰
Salsola tragus

Redmaids ³²
Calandrinia menziesii

jojoba ³³
Simmondsia chinensis

Two-color Rabbit Tobacco ³⁴
Pseudognaphalium biolettii

California Sagebrush ³⁵
Artemisia californica

Australian Waterbuttons ³⁶
Cotula australis

Garland Daisy ³⁷
Glebionis coronaria

Glebionis coronaria discolor ³⁸

mule fat ²¹
Baccharis salicifolia

common sowthistle ³⁹
Sonchus oleraceus

Coastal Goldenbush ²¹
Isocoma menziesii

Lemonade Berry ⁴⁰
Rhus integrifolia

Peruvian peppertree ⁴¹
Schinus molle

Brazilian pepper tree ⁴²
Schinus terebinthifolius

Laurel Sumac ⁴³
Malosma laurina

Showy Honey-myrtle ⁴⁴
Melaleuca nesophila

Denseflower Indian Paintbrush ⁴⁵
Castilleja densiflora

African tulip tree ⁴⁶
Spathodea campanulata

Black Sage ¹⁹
Salvia mellifera

white horehound ⁴⁷
Marrubium vulgare

Texas toadflax ⁴⁸
Nuttallanthus texanus

California poppy ⁴⁹
Eschscholzia californica

sacred datura ⁵⁰
Datura wrightii

tree tobacco ⁵¹
Nicotiana glauca

Southern Honeysuckle ³⁴
Lonicera subspicata

black elderberry ⁵²
Sambucus nigra

cheeseweed mallow ⁵³
Malva parviflora

chaparral bush-mallow ²¹
Malacothamnus fasciculatus

chaparral bush-mallow ⁵⁴
Malacothamnus fasciculatus fasciculatus

Arroyo Willow ⁵⁵
Salix lasiolepis

Petty Spurge ⁵⁶
Euphorbia peplus

spotted spurge ⁵⁷
Euphorbia maculata

Canary Island St. John's Wort ⁵⁸
Hypericum canariense

Caterpillar Phacelia ⁵⁵
Phacelia cicutaria

Thick-leaved Yerba Santa ³⁰
Eriodictyon crassifolium

common eucrypta ³⁰
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia

narrow-toothed pectocarya ⁵⁹
Pectocarya linearis ferocula

shepherd's purse ⁶⁰
Capsella bursa-pastoris

London rocket ⁶¹
Sisymbrium irio

wild radish ⁶²
Raphanus sativus

Fuchsiaflower Gooseberry ⁶³
Ribes speciosum

jade plant ⁶⁴
Crassula ovata

Cape Smilax ⁶⁵
Asparagus asparagoides

Belladonna Lily ⁶⁶
Amaryllis belladonna

Onion-Leafed Asphodel ⁶⁷
Asphodelus fistulosus

Mexican Fan Palm ⁶⁸
Washingtonia robusta

Synchytrium papillatum ⁶⁹

Bleachy Entoloma ⁷⁰
Entoloma ferruginans

Agaricus californicus ⁷⁰

Shaggy Parasol ⁷¹
Chlorophyllum brunneum

Green-spored Parasol ⁷²
Chlorophyllum molybdites

Pale Brittlestem ⁷³
Psathyrella candolleana

Western Jack-o'-lantern Mushroom ²¹
Omphalotus olivascens

turkey-tail ⁷⁴
Trametes versicolor

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