Bolsa Chica marsh (Bob Muns web site 2003, http://tchester.org/plants/muns/index.html)
Aizoaceae (fig-marigold family)
Carpobrotus
chilensis (C. aequilaterus) sea-fig
chilensis x C. edulis sea-fig
edulis hottentot fig
Malephora
crocea red ice plant
Mesembryanthemum ice-plant
crystallinum crystalline ice-plant
nodiflorum slender-leaf ice-plant
Sesuvium sea-purslane
verrucosum western/lowland sea-purslane
Tetragonia
tetragonioides New Zealand spinach
Amaranthaceae (amaranth family)
Amaranthus
albus tumbleweed
deflexus prostrate amaranthus
Anacardiaceae (sumac family)
Schinus pepper tree
terebinthifolius Brazilian pepper tree
Toxicodendron (Rhus)
diversilobum (Rhus d.) poison oak
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (carrot family)
Apium
graveolens common celery
Ciclospermum
leptophyllum marsh parsley
Conium poison hemlock
maculatum
Foeniculum
vulgare fennel
Arecaceae (palm family)
Washingtonia
filifera California fan palm
Asteraceae (Compositae) (sunflower family)
Amblyopappus
pusillus coast weed
Ambrosia (Franseria) ragweed, bursage
chamissonis (A. bipinnatifida) beach-bur
psilostachya (no vars) western ragweed
Artemisia sagebrush
douglasiana mugwort
Aster aster
subulatus var. ligulatus (A. exilis) slender aster
Baccharis
douglasii marsh baccharis
emoryi
pilularis (no vars) coyote brush (bush), chaparral broom
salicifolia (B. glutinosa) mule fat, seepwillow, water wally
Bidens
pilosa var. pilosa common beggar-ticks
Centaurea star thistle
melitensis tocalote, yellow star thistle
Chrysanthemum
sp.
Cirsium thistle
vulgare bull thistle
Conyza
bonariensis flax-leaved fleabane
canadensis common/canada horseweed
coulteri Coulter's horseweed
Cotula
australis australian/southern brass-buttons
coronopifolia african brass-buttons
Encelia
californica California brittlebush
Euthamia
occidentalis (Solidago o.) western goldenrod
Gazania
linearis
Gnaphalium cudweed, everlasting
californicum California/green everlasting
canescens ssp. microcephalum (G. m.) white everlasting
luteo-album weedy/white cudweed
stramineum (G. chilense)? cotton batting plant
Hedypnois
cretica
Hemizonia tarweed, tarplant
fasciculata fascicled tarweed
sp.
Heterotheca
grandiflora telegraph weed
Hypochaeris (Hypochoeris) cat's ear
glabra smooth cat's ear
Isocoma goldenbush (Haplopappus)
menziesii (H. venetus) coastal g.b.
Jaumea
carnosa fleshy jaumea
Lasthenia goldfields
californica (L. chrysostoma) goldfields
glabrata goldfields, smooth lasthenia
Osteospermum
fruticosum (not in Jepson) african daisy
Picris ox tongue
echioides
Pluchea
odorata (P. purpurascens) salt-marsh fleabane
Pulicaria
paludosa
Senecio groundsel, ragwort, butterweed
vulgaris common groundsel
Sonchus sow-thistle
asper ssp. asper prickly/common sow thistle
oleraceus common sow thistle
Stephanomeria
virgata tall/twiggy wreath plant
sp. wreath plant
Xanthium cocklebur
strumarium (no vars) cocklebur
Bataceae (batis family)
Batis saltwort
maritima saltwort
Boraginaceae (borage family)
Amsinckia fiddleneck, fireweed
spectabilis seaside fiddleneck
Cryptantha forget-me-not
clevelandii
Heliotropium heliotrope
curassavicum (no vars) salt/alkali/wild heliotrope
Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (mustard family)
Brassica mustard
nigra black mustard
rapa field mustard
Cakile sea rocket
maritima (C. edentulata)
Coronopus sart, swine-cress
didymus
Hirschfeldia
incana (Brassica geniculata) shortpod/summer mustard
Lepidium peppergrass
latifolium
sp.
Lobularia sweet alyssum
maritima
Matthiola
incana common stock
Raphanus wild radish
sativus wild radish
Sisymbrium
irio London rocket
Cactaceae (cactus family)
Opuntia prickly-pear, cholla
ficus-indica indian-fig, prickly-pear
prolifera coastal cholla
sp.
Capparaceae (caper family)
Isomeris bladderpod
arborea (no vars) (Cleome isomeris)
Caryophyllaceae (pink family)
Polycarpon
depressum
tetraphyllum
Silene catchfly, campion
gallica windmill pink
Spergularia sand-spurrey
bocconei (S. bocconii) sand-spurrey
marina salt-marsh sand-spurry
Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family)
Atriplex salt bush
californica
canescens four-winged saltbush, shad-scale
lentiformis big saltbush
rosea? tumbling oracle
semibaccata australian saltbush
triangularis (A. patula ssp. hastata) spearscale
watsonii
sp.
Bassia
hyssopifolia
Beta beet
vulgaris cultivated beet
Chenopodium pigweed, goosefoot
album lamb's quarter
ambrosioides mexican tea
macrospermum var. halophilum coast goosefoot
multifidum cutleaf goosefoot
murale nettle-leaved goosefoot
Salicornia pickleweed, glasswort
bigelovii annual pickleweed
subterminalis bushy pickleweed
virginica
Salsola
tragus (S. australis, iberica, kali) russian thistle, tumbleweed
Suaeda sea-blight, seepweed
taxifolia (S. californica var. t.)
Convolvulaceae (morning-glory family)
Calystegia (Convolvulus) bindweed, morning-glory
soldanella
Cressa alkali weed
truxillensis
Crassulaceae (stonecrop family)
Crassula
connata (Tillaea erecta, C. e.) pigmy stonecrop
Cucurbitaceae (gourd family)
Marah wild cucumber, big-root, man-root
macrocarpus
Cuscutaceae (split from Convolvulaceae) (dodder family)
Cuscuta dodder, witch's hair
salina salt-marsh dodder
sp.
Cyperaceae (sedge family)
Carex sedge
sp. sedge
Scirpus
acutus var. occidentalis common tule
americanus (S. olneyi) three square
californicus
cernuus California club rush
robustus prairie/alkali bullrush
Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)
Chamaesyce (Euphorbia) prostrate spurge
prostrata mat-spurge
serpens? mat-spurge
Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (pea family)
Lotus bird's-foot trefoil
scoparius deer weed, California broom
strigosus (no vars) (L. tomentellus) hairy lotus
Lupinus lupine
bicolor (no vars) dove/miniature lupine
Medicago
polymorpha bur-clover
Melilotus sweetclover
alba (M. albus) white sweetclover
indica (M. indicus) yellow sweetclover
Frankeniaceae (frankenia family)
Frankenia
salina (F. grandifolia) alkali heath
Geraniaceae (geranium family)
Erodium storksbill, filaree
botrys long-beaked/broad-leaf filaree
cicutarium red stemmed filaree
moschatum white/green-stemmed filaree
Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf family)
Phacelia
distans blue/common/fern phacelia
Juncaceae (rush family)
Juncus rush, wire-grass
acutus ssp. leopoldii spiny/spike rush
balticus? wire rush, baltic grass/rush
bufonius toad rush
Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (mint family)
Marrubium horehound
vulgare
Lythraceae (loosestrife family)
Lythrum loosestrife
hyssopifolium (L. hyssopifolia)
Malvaceae (mallow family)
Malva
parviflora cheeseweed
Malvella
leprosa (Sida l. hederacea) alkali-mallow
Myoporaceae (myoporum family)
Myoporum
laetum
Nyctaginaceae (four-O'clock family)
Abronia sand verbena
umbellata
Mirabilis four-O'clock
californica (M. laevis) wishbone bush
Onagraceae (evening-primrose family)
Camissonia (Oenothera) sun cup
cheiranthifolia beach evening primrose
lewisii? sun cup
micrantha? small primrose
Oenothera evening primrose
elata (O. hookeri)
laciniata?
Oxalidaceae (oxalis or wood-sorrel family)
Oxalis wood-sorrel
pes-caprae bermuda buttercup, buttercup sorrel
Papaveraceae (poppy family)
Eschscholzia
californica (no vars) California poppy
Plantaginaceae (plantain family)
Plantago plantain
coronopus
indica sand plantain
major common plantain
Plumbaginaceae (leadwort family)
Limonium sea-lavender
californicum
perezii
Poaceae (grass family)
Arundo
donax giant reed
Avena oat
barbata slender wild oat
fatua wild oats
sativa
Brachypodium
distachyon purple false brome, false barley
Bromus brome
catharticus rescue grass
diandrus (B. rigidus) ripgut grass/brome
hordeaceus (B. mollis) soft/smooth chess/brome
madritensis ssp. rubens (B. r.) red/foxtail chess/brome
Cortaderia
selloana (C. atacamensis) pampas grass
Cynodon
dactylon bermuda grass
Distichlis salt grass
spicata (no vars)
Hordeum barley
intercedens? slender foxtail
murinum barley
Lamarckia goldentop
aurea
Lolium rye grass
multiflorum italian/common rye-grass
Monanthochloe
littoralis shoregrass
Parapholis
incurva sickle grass
Paspalum
dilatatum dallis grass
Pennisetum
clandestinum
Poa bluegrass
annua annual bluegrass, watergrass
Polypogn beardgrass
monspeliensis rabbitfoot grass, annual beardgrass
Schismus mediterranean grass
barbatus mediterranean/split grass
Spartina
foliosa cord-grass
Stenotaphrum
secundatum St. Augustine grass
Triticum
aestivum wheat
Vulpia
myuros mousetail fescue
Polygonaceae (buckwheat family)
Emex
spinosa
Nemacaulis
denudata coast wooly-heads
Polygonum knotweed, smartweed
arenastrum (P. aviculare) common knotweed
Pterostegia
drymarioides wing-over, calif. threadstem, fairy mist, granny's hairnet
Rumex dock, sorrel
crispus curly dock
salicifolius (R. californicus) willow/California dock
Primulaceae (primrose family)
Anagallis pimpernel
arvensis (no vars) scarlet pimpernel
Rubiaceae (madder family)
Galium bedstraw, cleavers
aparine common bedstraw, goose grass
Saururaceae (lizard-tail family)
Anemopsis Yerba mansa
californica yerba mansa
Scrophulariaceae (figwort family)
Castilleja indian paintbrush
exserta (Orthocarpus purpurascens) common/purple owl's-clover
Linaria toadflax
canadensis larger blue toad-flax
Solanaceae (nightshade family)
Lycium box-thorn
californicum California box-thorn/wolfberry
Lycopersicon
esculentum tomato
Nicotiana tobacco
glauca tree tobacco
Solanum nightshade
americanum (S. nodiflorum) small-flowered nightshade
sp.
Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family)
Tamarix tamarisk
sp.
Tropaeolaceae (nasturtium family)
Tropaeolum nasturtium
majus garden nasturtium
Typhaceae (cattail family)
Typha cattail
sp.
Urticaceae (nettle family)
Parietaria pellitory
hespera (P. floridana) pellitory
Urtica stinging nettle
dioica ssp. holosericea (U. h.) hoary/common/creek nettle
urens dwarf nettle
number of families = 45
number of genera = 137
number of species, subspecies and varieties = 201