Wildlife at Camp Emerald Bay

A naturalist's guide to flora and fauna known to exist around Camp Emerald Bay on the West End of Santa Catalina Island, California. Guide includes terrestrial and marine species seen on land and in the waters directly surrounding Emerald Bay and Doctor's Cove.

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Xantus Swimming Crab ¹
Portunus xantusii

Striped Shore Crab ²
Pachygrapsus crassipes

Tuna Crab ³
Pleuroncodes planipes

California Spiny Lobster ⁴
Panulirus interruptus

Western Sea Roach ⁵
Ligia occidentalis

By-the-wind Sailor ⁶
Velella velella

Crowned sea urchin ⁷
Centrostephanus coronatus

California Polypody ⁸
Polypodium californicum

Acmispon argophyllus argenteus ⁹

birchleaf mountain mahogany ¹⁰
Cercocarpus betuloides

Toyon ¹¹
Heteromeles arbutifolia

Catalina Cherry ¹²
Prunus ilicifolia lyonii

island redberry ¹³
Rhamnus pirifolia

scarlet pimpernel ¹⁴
Lysimachia arvensis

narrowleaf milkweed ¹¹
Asclepias fascicularis

coastal prickly pear ¹⁵
Opuntia littoralis

wishbone bush ¹⁶
Mirabilis laevis

California Sagebrush ¹⁷
Artemisia californica

common yarrow ¹⁸
Achillea millefolium

coyote brush ¹⁵
Baccharis pilularis

mule fat ¹⁹
Baccharis salicifolia

giant coreopsis ²⁰
Leptosyne gigantea

California brittlebush ²¹
Encelia californica

lemonade berry ²²
Rhus integrifolia

Peruvian peppertree ²³
Schinus molle

Laurel Sumac ²⁴
Malosma laurina

river redgum ²⁵
Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Silver Dollar Gum ²⁶
Eucalyptus polyanthemos

island scrub oak ²⁷
Quercus pacifica

black sage ⁵
Salvia mellifera

white horehound ²⁸
Marrubium vulgare

Island Bush Snapdragon ²⁹
Gambelia speciosa

heartleaf keckiella ³⁰
Keckiella cordifolia

Orange Bush Monkeyflower ³¹
Mimulus aurantiacus

island poppy ³²
Eschscholzia ramosa

Channel Islands Tree Poppy ²⁴
Dendromecon harfordii

tree tobacco ³³
Nicotiana glauca

greenspot nightshade ²
Solanum douglasii

coast morning glory ⁹
Calystegia macrostegia

Pink Honeysuckle ¹¹
Lonicera hispidula

blue elderberry ¹⁵
Sambucus nigra caerulea

Sweet Fennel ³⁴
Foeniculum vulgare

cheeseweed mallow ³⁵
Malva parviflora

Santa Catalina Island bush-mallow ³⁶
Malacothamnus fasciculatus catalinensis

Arroyo Willow ³⁷
Salix lasiolepis

California Golden Violet ³⁸
Viola pedunculata

castor bean ³⁹
Ricinus communis

Common Fiddleneck ⁴⁰
Amsinckia menziesii

Bladderpod ⁴¹
Peritoma arborea

Chilicothe ⁵
Marah macrocarpa

Catalina Liveforever ⁴²
Dudleya virens hassei

Blue Dicks ⁴³
Dichelostemma capitatum

goldenstar ²
Bloomeria crocea

western blue-eyed grass ⁴⁴
Sisyrinchium bellum

Paperwhite ⁴⁵
Narcissus papyraceus

Catalina mariposa lily ¹⁶
Calochortus catalinae

California fan palm ⁴⁶
Washingtonia filifera

Canary Island palm ⁴⁷
Phoenix canariensis

Dead Man's Fingers ⁴⁸
Codium fragile

green spongy cushion
Codium setchellii

Western Jack-o'-lantern Mushroom ¹¹
Omphalotus olivascens

Common Fieldcap ⁴⁹
Agrocybe pediades

yellow fieldcap ⁵⁰
Bolbitius titubans

hare's foot inkcap ⁵¹
Coprinopsis lagopus

Stubble Rosegill ⁵²
Volvopluteus gloiocephalus

Contumyces rosellus ⁵³

Giant Kelp ⁵⁴
Macrocystis pyrifera

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Wildlife at Camp Emerald Bay

Xantus Swimming Crab 1 Portunus xantusii

Striped Shore Crab 2 Pachygrapsus crassipes

Tuna Crab 3 Pleuroncodes planipes

California Spiny Lobster 4 Panulirus interruptus

Western Sea Roach 5 Ligia occidentalis

By-the-wind Sailor 6 Velella velella

Crowned sea urchin 7 Centrostephanus coronatus

California Polypody 8 Polypodium californicum

Acmispon argophyllus argenteus 9

birchleaf mountain mahogany 10 Cercocarpus betuloides

Toyon 11 Heteromeles arbutifolia

Catalina Cherry 12 Prunus ilicifolia lyonii

island redberry 13 Rhamnus pirifolia

scarlet pimpernel 14 Lysimachia arvensis

narrowleaf milkweed 11 Asclepias fascicularis

coastal prickly pear 15 Opuntia littoralis

wishbone bush 16 Mirabilis laevis

California Sagebrush 17 Artemisia californica

common yarrow 18 Achillea millefolium

coyote brush 15 Baccharis pilularis

mule fat 19 Baccharis salicifolia

giant coreopsis 20 Leptosyne gigantea

California brittlebush 21 Encelia californica

lemonade berry 22 Rhus integrifolia

Peruvian peppertree 23 Schinus molle

Laurel Sumac 24 Malosma laurina

river redgum 25 Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Silver Dollar Gum 26 Eucalyptus polyanthemos

island scrub oak 27 Quercus pacifica

black sage 5 Salvia mellifera

white horehound 28 Marrubium vulgare

Island Bush Snapdragon 29 Gambelia speciosa

heartleaf keckiella 30 Keckiella cordifolia

Orange Bush Monkeyflower 31 Mimulus aurantiacus

island poppy 32 Eschscholzia ramosa

Channel Islands Tree Poppy 24 Dendromecon harfordii

tree tobacco 33 Nicotiana glauca

greenspot nightshade 2 Solanum douglasii

coast morning glory 9 Calystegia macrostegia

Pink Honeysuckle 11 Lonicera hispidula

blue elderberry 15 Sambucus nigra caerulea

Sweet Fennel 34 Foeniculum vulgare

cheeseweed mallow 35 Malva parviflora

Santa Catalina Island bush-mallow 36 Malacothamnus fasciculatus catalinensis

Arroyo Willow 37 Salix lasiolepis

California Golden Violet 38 Viola pedunculata

castor bean 39 Ricinus communis

Common Fiddleneck 40 Amsinckia menziesii

Bladderpod 41 Peritoma arborea

Chilicothe 5 Marah macrocarpa

Catalina Liveforever 42 Dudleya virens hassei

Blue Dicks 43 Dichelostemma capitatum

goldenstar 2 Bloomeria crocea

western blue-eyed grass 44 Sisyrinchium bellum

Paperwhite 45 Narcissus papyraceus

Catalina mariposa lily 16 Calochortus catalinae

California fan palm 46 Washingtonia filifera

Canary Island palm 47 Phoenix canariensis

Dead Man's Fingers 48 Codium fragile

green spongy cushion Codium setchellii

Western Jack-o'-lantern Mushroom 11 Omphalotus olivascens

Common Fieldcap 49 Agrocybe pediades

yellow fieldcap 50 Bolbitius titubans

hare's foot inkcap 51 Coprinopsis lagopus

Stubble Rosegill 52 Volvopluteus gloiocephalus

Contumyces rosellus 53

Giant Kelp 54 Macrocystis pyrifera