Dune Plants - Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Find and explore some of these common plants found in the dunes of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the San Francisco region.

Yellow Sand Verbena

The perennial flower Abronia latifolia is a species of sand-verbena known commonly as the coastal, or yellow sand-verbena. It is native to the west coast of North America, from southern California to the Canadian border.

willow dock

Rumex salicifolius is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by the common name willow dock. It is native to much of western North America and it can be found in parts of Europe as an introduced species and a roadside weed. It is an extremely variable plant which is generally divided into many varieties, some of which may actually be specimens of other ...more ↓

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