A seagull flies over the California Coastal National Monument which stretches along the entire coast of California and extends 12 miles into the Pacific Ocean.  The Monument includes 20,000 rocks, islands, pinnacles and reefs.
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Piedras Blancas Light Station Outstanding Natural Area
Native Flora (updated October, 2006)

 

ANACARDIACEA (cashew family)
Toxidendron diversilobum
poison oak
  
APIACEAE (carrot family)
Daucus pusillus
Sanicula crassicaulis
rattlesnake weed
pacific sanicle
  
ASTERACEAE (sunflower family)
Achillea millefolium
Ambrosia chamissonis
Artemisia californica
Artemisia douglasiana
Baccharis pilularis
Cirsium occidentale
var. compactum
Conyza canadensis
Erigeron glaucus
Eriophyllum staechadifolium
Gnaphalium bicolor
Gnaphalium californicum
Gnaphalium purpureum
Gnaphalium stramineum
Grindelia stricta
var. platyphylla
Hazardia squarrosa var.squarrosa

Hemizonia congesta ssp. luzulifolia
Hemizonia increscens ssp. increscens
Jaumea carnosa
Lasthenia californica
Layia platyglossa
Lessingia filaginifolia
Madia sativa
common (white) yarrow
beach-bur
California (coastal) sagebrush
mugwort
coyote brush
compact cobweb thistle
horseweed
seaside daisy
seaside woolly yarrow
bicolor cudweed
California everlasting
purple cudweed
cotton-batting plant
Pacific gum-plant
sawtoothed goldenbush
hayfield tarweed
grassland tarweed
jaumea
coast goldfields
tidy tips
common beach aster
coast tarweed
  
BORAGINACEAE (borage family)
Amsinckia spectabilis
Heliotropium curassavicum
seaside fiddleneck
wild heliotrope
  
CARYOPHYLLACEAE (carnation family)
Spergularia macrotheca var. macrotheca
sand spurry
  
CHENOPODIACEAE (goosefoot family)
Atriplex californica
Atriplex lentiformis
ssp. lentiformis
Chenopodium californicum
Salicornia virginica
California saltbush
quail bush
California goosefoot
pickleweed
  
CONVOLVULACEAE (morning glory family)
Calystegia macrostegia ssp.cyclostegia
Calystegia soldanella
coast morning glory
beach morning glory
  
CUCURBITACEAE (gourd family)
Marah fabaceus
 man-root/wild cucumber
  
EUPHORBIACEAE (spurge family)
Euphorbia spathulata
 reticulate-seeded spurge
  
FABACEAE (bean family)
Astragalus nuttalii var. nuttalii
Lotus heermannii
var. orbicularis
Lupinus arboreus
locoweed/rattleweed
prostrate deerweed
coastal bush (tree) lupine
  
FRANKENIACEAE (frankenia family)
Frankenia salina
alkali heath
  
GERANIACEAE (geranium family)
Geranium bicknellii
Bicknell’s geranium
  
HYDROPHYLLACEAE (waterleaf family)
Phacelia distans
common phacelia
  
IRIDACEAE (iris family)
Iris douglasiana
Sisyrinchium bellum
Douglas iris
blue-eyed grass
  
JUNCACEAE (rush family)
Juncus bufonius var. bufonius
Juncus
sp.
toad rush
rush
  
LAMIACEAE (mint family)
Salvia mellifera
Stachys bullata
black sage
hedge-nettle
  
LILIACEAE (lily family)
Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. divaricatumsoap plant
sand verbena
  
NYCTAGINACEAE (four o’clock family)
Abronia sp.
soap plant
  
ONOGRACEAE (evening primrose family)
Camissonia cheiranthifolia
Camissonia micrantha
Camissonia ovata
Epilobium canum
Oenothera elata
beach primrose
small primrose
suncups
California fuchsia
Hooker’s evening primrose
  
OROBANCHACEAE (broomrape family)
Orobanche californica
California broomrape
  
PAPAVERACEAE (poppy family)
Eschscholzia californica var. maritima
California poppy/seaside poppy
  
PLANTAGINACEAE (plantain family)
Plantago maritima
Pacific seaside plantain
  
PLUMBAGINACEAE (leadwort family)
Armeria maritima
sea pink/thrift
  
POACEAE (grass family)
Distichlis spicata
salt grass
  
POLYGONACEAE (buckwheat family)
Eriogonum latifolium
Eriogonium parvifolium
Pterostegia drymariodies
coast buckwheat
dune buckwheat
fairy mist
  
PORTULACACEAE (purslane family)
Calandrinia ciliate
Claytonia perfoliata
red maids
miner’s lettuce
  
RANUNCULACEAE (buttercup family)
Ranunculus californicus var. cuneatus
California buttercup
  
RHAMNACEAE (buckhorn family)
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
blue blossom
  
ROSACEAE (rose family)
Rubus ursinus
Horkelia californica
California blackberry
California horkelia
  
RUBIACEAE (madder family)
Galium aparine
goose-grass/sticky willy
  
SCROPHULARIACEAE (figwort family)
Linaria canadensis
Mimulus aurantiacus
Scrophulariaceae californica
ssp. californicafigwort
blue toad-flax
sticky monkey flower
  
SOLANACEAE (nightshade family)
Solanum douglasii
white (Douglas’) nightshade

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