amyly1998's Identifications

Found along a south-facing slope near the ocean in a very windy area.

found by itself on the shore

Bright vibrant yellow sunflower with lots of petals. Found alongside fence and upper gradient of the marsh. Big bushes with many flowers

Big plant located on slope of sand hill. Goes high higher to lower gradient location, large with small clustered fish is / bright purple flowers

Sea snail with light orange coloring and a smooth shell with cream, brown, and black coloring. Slimy in texture

Found in the mid marsh. Unfortunately, we visited too early in the spring to see the purple flowers produced by the Limonium californicum.

Found in large numbers in higher elevations along the upper marsh.

Seen on the sandy dunes lining the beach.

Found in the upper marsh near the sand of the beach.

Torrey Pine- large tree on trail loop, only found naturally here and Santa Rosa island. Having issues with bark beetles as well as drought. Green with spikey needles

Cholla with spikes and slightly dry. Medium in size off trail. Light green and brown in color

Found along the tail in an area that was relatively far from the ocean, sunny, and not very windy.

Found next to the trail along a south-facing slope close to the ocean.

Found along a south-facing slope near the ocean in a very windy area.

Found on side of trail among coastal sage scrub

Found at top of cliff, growing in sandy soil. Probably 20ft tall

Found on slope in sandy soil

found at water’s edge on low tide

Found along the wrack line of the previous high tide, located at the border of the light, dry sand and the hard, wet sand.

Found along the line of wrack near some Giant Kelp. Found on the dry sand far from the water during low tide.

Found within a band of Gould Beanclams about halfway between the water's edge and the dry sand. The sand here still retained lots of moisture.

Found struggling to move in very shallow waters. The Western Honey Bee did not seem to be in this location by choice.

Found as wrack around high tide line

Found as wrack around high tide line

Found along sea wall

Seen in small patches along this western-facing slope near the edge of the burned area.

Found along the side of the trail, about midway down the mountain. It was located in/close to the chaparral.