Crystal Cove (Bob Muns web site 2003, http://tchester.org/plants/muns/index.html)

Dennstaedtiaceae (bracken fern family)
Pteridium bracken fern
  • aquilinum var. pubescens bracken fern

    Dryopteridaceae (wood fern family)
    Dryopteris wood fern
  • arguta coastal wood fern

    Polypodiaceae (polypody fern family)
    Polypodium
  • californicum California polypody

    Pteridaceae (brake fern family)
    Adiantum
  • jordanii California maiden-hair fern
    Pellaea
  • andromedifolia (P. andromedaefolia) (no vars) coffee fern
    Pentagramma (Pityrogramma) gold/silverback fern
  • triangularis (Pityrogramma t.)

    Aizoaceae (fig-marigold family)
    Carpobrotus
  • edulis hottentot fig
    Mesembryanthemum ice-plant
  • crystallinum crystalline ice-plant
  • nodiflorum slender-leaf ice-plant

    Anacardiaceae (sumac family)
    Hardephyllum
  • caffrum (not in Jepson) Caffir Plum
    Malosma (Rhus)
  • laurina (Rhus l.) laurel sumac
    Rhus sumac
  • integrifolia lemonade berry
    Schinus pepper tree
  • terebinthifolius Brazilian pepper tree
    Toxicodendron (Rhus)
  • diversilobum (Rhus d.) poison oak

    Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (carrot family)
    Apiastrum
  • angustifolium wild celery, mock parsley
    Apium
  • graveolens common celery
    Berula
  • erecta cut-leaved water-parsnip
    Conium poison hemlock
  • maculatum
    Daucus
  • pusillus rattlesnake weed
    Foeniculum
  • vulgare fennel
    Sanicula sanicle, snakeroot
  • crassicaulis pacific sanicle
    Yabea (Caucalis)
  • microcarpa (Caucalis m.) California hedge parsley

    Arecaceae (palm family)
    Phoenix
  • canariensis Canary island date palm
    Washingtonia
  • sp.

    Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family)
    Asclepias milkweed
  • eriocarpa indian milkweed
  • fascicularis narrow-leaf/mexican milkweed

    Asteraceae (Compositae) (sunflower family)
    Amblyopappus
  • pusillus coast weed
    Ambrosia (Franseria) ragweed, bursage
  • psilostachya (no vars) western ragweed
    Artemisia sagebrush
  • californica coastal sagebrush
  • douglasiana mugwort
  • dracunculus tarragon
    Baccharis
  • pilularis (no vars) coyote brush (bush), chaparral broom
  • salicifolia (B. glutinosa) mule fat, seepwillow, water wally
    Brickellia brickelbush
  • californica California brickelbush
    Centaurea star thistle
  • melitensis tocalote, yellow star thistle
    Chamomilla
  • suaveolens (Matricaria matricarioides) pineapple weed
    Chrysanthemum
  • coronarium garland chrysanthemum
    Cirsium thistle
  • vulgare bull thistle
    Conyza
  • canadensis common/canada horseweed
  • coulteri Coulter's horseweed
    Cotula
  • australis australian/southern brass-buttons
  • coronopifolia african brass-buttons
    Cynara
  • cardunculus artichoke thistle, cardoon
    Encelia
  • californica California brittlebush
    Ericameria (Haplopappus) goldenbush
  • palmeri (H. p.) Palmer's ericameria
  • pinifolia (H. pinifolius) pine goldenbush
    Eriophyllum wooly sunflower
  • confertiflorum golden yarrow
    Filago herba impia
  • californica California fluffweed
  • gallica narrow-leaf filago
    Gnaphalium cudweed, everlasting
  • bicolor Bioletti's cudweed
  • californicum California/green everlasting
  • canescens ssp. beneolens (G. b.) fragrant everlasting
  • canescens ssp. microcephalum (G. m.) white everlasting
  • luteo-album weedy/white cudweed
  • palustre lowland cudweed
  • ramosissimum pink everlasting
  • stramineum (G. chilense) cotton batting plant
    Grindelia gum plant
  • camporum (G. robusta) gum plant
    Helenium sneezeweed
  • puberulum rosilla
    Helianthus sunflower
  • annuus (no vars) western sunflower
    Hemizonia tarweed, tarplant
  • fasciculata fascicled tarweed
    Heterotheca
  • grandiflora telegraph weed
    Hypochaeris (Hypochoeris) cat's ear
  • glabra smooth cat's ear
  • radicata hairy cat's ear
    Isocoma goldenbush (Haplopappus)
  • menziesii var. sedoides (H. venetus ssp. s.) succulent g.b.
  • menziesii var. vernonioides (H. venetus ssp. v.) coastal g.b.
    Lactuca lettuce
  • serriola prickly lettuce
    Lasthenia goldfields
  • californica (L. chrysostoma) goldfields
  • coronaria southern goldenfields
  • glabrata goldfields, smooth lasthenia
    Layia
  • platyglossa tidy tips
    Lessingia
  • filaginifolia (Corethrogyne f.) California/cudweed/sand aster
    Malacothrix
  • saxatilis cliff malacothrix
    Picris ox tongue
  • echioides
    Rafinesquia
  • californica California chicory
    Senecio groundsel, ragwort, butterweed
  • californicus California butterweed
  • vulgaris common groundsel
    Silybum milk thistle
  • marianum
    Sonchus sow-thistle
  • asper ssp. asper prickly/common sow thistle
  • oleraceus common sow thistle
    Stebbinsoseris
  • heterocarpa (Microseris h.)
    Stephanomeria
  • virgata tall/twiggy wreath plant
    Xanthium cocklebur
  • spinosum spiny cocklebur
  • strumarium (no vars) cocklebur

    Boraginaceae (borage family)
    Amsinckia fiddleneck, fireweed
  • menziesii var. intermedia (A. i.) common fiddleneck
    Cryptantha forget-me-not
  • intermedia common forget-me-not
    Heliotropium heliotrope
  • curassavicum (no vars) salt/alkali/wild heliotrope
    Plagiobothrys popcorn flower
  • collinus var. fulvescens
  • nothofulvus rusty popcorn flower

    Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (mustard family)
    Brassica mustard
  • nigra black mustard
  • rapa field mustard
    Cakile sea rocket
  • maritima (C. edentulata)
    Capsella shepherd's purse
  • bursa-pastoris
    Cardamine bitter-cress, toothwort
  • californica (Dentaria c.) milkmaids
    Coronopus sart, swine-cress
  • didymus
    Hirschfeldia
  • incana (Brassica geniculata) shortpod/summer mustard
    Lepidium peppergrass
  • nitidum shining/common peppergrass
    Lobularia sweet alyssum
  • maritima
    Raphanus wild radish
  • sativus wild radish
    Rorippa yellow/water cress
  • nasturtium-aquaticum (Nasturtium officinale) water cress
    Sisymbrium
  • irio London rocket
  • officinale hedge mustard
  • orientale hare's-ear cabbage
    Tropidocarpum
  • gracile slender keel-fruit

    Cactaceae (cactus family)
    Opuntia prickly-pear, cholla
  • littoralis (no vars) coastal prickly pear
  • prolifera coastal cholla

    Capparaceae (caper family)
    Isomeris bladderpod
  • arborea (no vars) (Cleome isomeris)

    Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family)
    Sambucus elderberry
  • mexicana (S. caerulea) blue elderberry
    Symphoricarpos waxberry, snowberry
  • mollis spreading/creeping snowberry

    Caryophyllaceae (pink family)
    Cardionema
  • ramosissimum sand mat
    Cerastium mouse-ear chickweed
  • glomeratum (no vars) sticky mouse-ear chickweed
    Polycarpon
  • tetraphyllum
    Silene catchfly, campion
  • gallica windmill pink
  • laciniata ssp. major indian/mexican/southern/fringed pink
    Spergula spurrey
  • arvensis ssp. arvensis stickwort, starwort
    Spergularia sand-spurrey
  • villosa villous sand-spurrey
    Stellaria chickweed, starwort, stitchwort
  • media common chickweed

    Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family)
    Atriplex salt bush
  • californica
  • canescens four-winged saltbush, shad-scale
  • lentiformis big saltbush
  • semibaccata australian saltbush
    Chenopodium pigweed, goosefoot
  • album lamb's quarter
  • ambrosioides mexican tea
  • californicum California goosefoot, soap plant
  • murale nettle-leaved goosefoot
    Salsola
  • tragus (S. australis, iberica, kali) russian thistle, tumbleweed
    Suaeda sea-blight, seepweed
  • californica

    Convolvulaceae (morning-glory family)
    Calystegia (Convolvulus) bindweed, morning-glory
  • macrostegia
    Convolvulus bindweed, morning glory
  • arvensis common/field bindweed

    Crassulaceae (stonecrop family)
    Crassula
  • connata (Tillaea erecta, C. e.) pigmy stonecrop
    Dudleya live-forever
  • lanceolata lance-leaved/coastal live-forever
  • multicaulis many-stemmed live-forever
  • pulverulenta chalk dudleya/lettuce/live-forever

    Cucurbitaceae (gourd family)
    Cucurbita gourd, melon
  • foetidissima calabazilla, coyote gourd/melon
    Marah wild cucumber, big-root, man-root
  • macrocarpus

    Cuscutaceae (split from Convolvulaceae) (dodder family)
    Cuscuta dodder, witch's hair
  • californica California witch's hair

    Cyperaceae (sedge family)
    Carex sedge
  • sp. sedge
    Cyperus
  • odoratus
    Scirpus
  • cernuus California club rush
  • koilolepis long-leaved club rush
  • maritimus alkali bullrush

    Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)
    Chamaesyce (Euphorbia) prostrate spurge
  • albomarginata rattlesnake weed/spurge (E. a.)
    Croton croton
  • californicus (no vars) California croton
    Eremocarpus
  • setigerus turkey mullein, doveweed
    Ricinus castor-bean
  • communis

    Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (pea family)
    Acacia
  • cyclops
    Astragalus milkvetch, rattleweed, locoweed
  • didymocarpus two-seeded milkvetch, white dwarf locoweed
    Lathyrus wild pea
  • palustris marsh pea
  • vestitus var. alefeldii (L. laetiflorus ssp. a.) chaparral sweet pea
    Lotus bird's-foot trefoil
  • hamatus San Diego lotus
  • heermannii var. heermannii silky lotus
  • salsuginosus alkali lotus
  • scoparius deer weed, California broom
  • strigosus (no vars) (L. tomentellus) hairy lotus
  • wrangelianus (L. subpinnatus) calf/short-winged lotus
    Lupinus lupine
  • albifrons var. albifrons (L. a. var. eminens) silver bush-lupine
  • bicolor (no vars) dove/miniature lupine
  • hirsutissimus stinging lupine
  • microcarpus var. microcarpus (L. ruber, densiflorus, subvexus) chick/whorled/clay/red/hairy lupine
  • succulentus succulent/arroyo lupine
  • truncatus blunt-leaf/collar lupine
    Medicago
  • polymorpha bur-clover
    Melilotus sweetclover
  • alba (M. albus) white sweetclover
  • indica (M. indicus) yellow sweetclover
    Robinia locust
  • pseudoacacia black locust
    Trifolium clover
  • pratense red clover
  • willdenovii (no vars) (T. tridentatum) tomcat clover

    Fagaceae (oak family)
    Quercus oak
  • agrifolia coast live oak
  • berberidifolia (most of Q. dumosa) California scrub oak
  • Xmacdonaldii

    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
    Geranium cranesbill, geranium
  • carolinianum Carolina geranium

    Grossulariaceae (Saxifragaceae) (gooseberry family)
    Ribes currant, gooseberry
  • speciosum fuchsia-flowered gooseberry

    Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf family)
    Emmenanthe
  • penduliflora whispering bells
    Eucrypta
  • chrysanthemifolia common/torry eucrypta
    Phacelia
  • cicutaria caterpillar phacelia
  • distans blue/common/fern phacelia
  • parryi Parry's phacelia
  • ramosissima branching phacelia
    Pholistoma
  • auritum var. auritum (P. a.) fiesta flower

    Iridaceae (iris family)
    Sisyrinchium
  • bellum blue-eyed-grass

    Juncaceae (rush family)
    Juncus rush, wire-grass
  • balticus wire rush, baltic grass/rush
  • xiphioides iris-leaved rush

    Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (mint family)
    Marrubium horehound
  • vulgare
    Monardella
  • lanceolata horse/mustang mint
    Salvia
  • apiana white sage
  • apiana x S. mellifera hybrid
  • mellifera black sage
  • spathacea hummingbird sage, scarlet pitcher sage
    Scutellaria skullcap
  • tuberosa (no vars)
    Stachys hedge-nettle
  • ajugoides var. rigida (S. r.)
  • albens white hedge-nettle
    Trichostema bluecurls
  • lanceolatum vinegar weed

    Lemnaceae (duckweed family)
    Lemna duckweed
  • sp.

    Liliaceae (lily family)
    Bloomeria golden stars
  • crocea
    Calochortus mariposa lily
  • catalinae
  • splendens splendid/lilac mariposa lily
  • weedii var. intermedius
    Chlorogalum soap plant, amole
  • pomeridianum
    Dichelostemma (Brodiaea)
  • capitatum (B., D. pulchella) blue dicks, wild hyacinth
    Triteleia (Brodiaea)
  • ixioides (Brodiaea lutea) pretty face, golden brodiaea

    Malvaceae (mallow family)
    Malacothamnus bushmallow
  • fasciculatus (no vars) bushmallow, chaparral mallow
    Malva
  • parviflora cheeseweed

    Myoporaceae (myoporum family)
    Myoporum
  • laetum

    Myrtaceae (myrtle family)
    Eucalyptus gum tree
  • globulus blue gum

    Nyctaginaceae (four-O'clock family)
    Abronia sand verbena
  • maritima seaside sand verbena
    Mirabilis four-O'clock
  • californica (M. laevis) wishbone bush

    Oleaceae (olive family)
    Ligustrum
  • ovalifolium (not in Jepson) privet

    Onagraceae (evening-primrose family)
    Camissonia (Oenothera) sun cup
  • bistorta California/southern sun cups
  • cheiranthifolia beach evening primrose
  • micrantha small primrose
    Epilobium fireweed, willow herb
  • canum ssp. canum (Zauschneria californica ssp. cana, E. canum ssp. mexicanum) California fuchsia

    Oxalidaceae (oxalis or wood-sorrel family)
    Oxalis wood-sorrel
  • pes-caprae bermuda buttercup, buttercup sorrel

    Papaveraceae (poppy family)
    Eschscholzia
  • californica (no vars) California poppy

    Pinaceae (pine family)
    Pinus pine
  • torreyana torry pine

    Plantaginaceae (plantain family)
    Plantago plantain
  • erecta (no vars) California/western/annual/dwarf plantain
  • major common plantain
  • subnuda mexican plantain

    Platanaceae (sycamore family)
    Platanus
  • racemosa California/western sycamore

    Plumbaginaceae (leadwort family)
    Limonium sea-lavender
  • perezii

    Poaceae (grass family)
    Agrostis bentgrass
  • exarata spike redtop
  • stolonifera (no vars) European redtop, creeping bent
    Arundo
  • donax giant reed
    Avena oat
  • barbata slender wild oat
  • fatua wild oats
    Brachypodium
  • distachyon purple false brome, false barley
    Bromus brome
  • carinatus California 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
    Cynodon
  • dactylon bermuda grass
    Distichlis salt grass
  • spicata (no vars)
    Elymus
  • glaucus ryegrass, blue wild rye
    Gastridium
  • ventricosum nitgrass
    Hordeum barley
  • murinum ssp. leporinum (H. l.) hare/foxtail/wild barley
  • vulgare var. trifurcatum cultivated barley
  • sp.
    Lamarckia goldentop
  • aurea
    Leymus
  • condensatus (Elymus c.) giant/big wild rye
  • triticoides (Elymus t.) beardless/alkali/valley/creeping wild rye
    Lolium rye grass
  • multiflorum italian/common rye-grass
    Melica melic, oniongrass
  • imperfecta small-flowered melic
    Muhlenbergia muhly
  • microsperma littleseed muhly
    Nassella needlegrass
  • lepida (Stipa l. var. lepida) foothill needlegrass, feather-grass
  • pulchra (Stipa p.) purple needlegrass
    Pennisetum
  • setaceum african fountain grass
    Phalaris
  • paradoxa paradox canary grass
    Piptatherum
  • miliaceum (Oryzopsis miliacea)
    Polypogn beardgrass
  • interruptus ditch beardgrass
  • monspeliensis rabbitfoot grass, annual beardgrass
    Vulpia
  • myuros var. hirsuta (Festuca megalura) foxtail/rattail fescue

    Polemoniaceae (phlox family)
    Linanthus
  • dianthiflorus (no vars) ground pink, fringed gilia

    Polygonaceae (buckwheat family)
    Chorizanthe spineflower
  • staticoides (no vars) turkish rugging
    Emex
  • spinosa
    Eriogonum wild buckwheat
  • elongatum var. elongatum long-stemmed buckwheat
  • fasciculatum California buckwheat
  • parvifolium seacliff buckwheat
    Lastarriaea (Chorizanthe)
  • coriacea (C. c.)
    Polygonum knotweed, smartweed
  • arenastrum (P. aviculare) common knotweed
    Rumex dock, sorrel
  • conglomeratus whorled/green dock
  • crispus curly dock
  • salicifolius (R. californicus) willow/California dock

    Portulacaceae (purslane family)
    Claytonia (Montia)
  • perfoliata (Montia perfoliata) miner's lettuce

    Primulaceae (primrose family)
    Anagallis pimpernel
  • arvensis (no vars) scarlet pimpernel
    Dodecatheon shooting star
  • clevelandii padre's shooting star
    Samolus
  • parviflorus water-pimpernel, brookweed

    Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)
    Clematis virgin's bower
  • ligusticifolia western virgin's bower
    Ranunculus buttercup, crowfoot
  • californicus (no vars) California buttercup

    Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family)
    Rhamnus buckthorn
  • ilicifolia holly-leaf redberry

    Rosaceae (rose family)
    Heteromeles toyon, christmas berry, Calif. holly
  • arbutifolia
    Potentilla cinquefoil
  • glandulosa sticky cinquefoil
    Rosa rose
  • californica California wild rose
    Rubus
  • ursinus California blackberry

    Rubiaceae (madder family)
    Galium bedstraw, cleavers
  • angustifolium narrow-leaf/chaparral bedstraw
  • aparine common bedstraw, goose grass
  • nuttallii ssp. nuttallii nuttall's bedstraw

    Salicaceae (willow family)
    Salix willow
  • gooddingii (no vars) black/southwestern willow
  • laevigata (no vars) red willow
  • lasiolepis (no vars) arroyo willow

    Saururaceae (lizard-tail family)
    Anemopsis Yerba mansa
  • californica yerba mansa

    Scrophulariaceae (figwort family)
    Antirrhinum snapdragon
  • nuttallianum purple snapdragon
    Castilleja indian paintbrush
  • affinis coastal paintbrush
  • exserta (Orthocarpus purpurascens) common/purple owl's-clover
  • foliolosa woolly/felt paintbrush
    Keckiella
  • cordifolia heart-leaved bush penstemon
    Linaria toadflax
  • canadensis larger blue toad-flax
    Mimulus monkeyflower
  • aurantiacus (M. aridus, longiflorus, puniceus) bush/sticky monkeyflower
  • brevipes
  • guttatus (no vars) (M. nasutus) common monkey flower
    Scrophularia figwort
  • californica bee plant
    Veronica speedwell
  • sp.

    Solanaceae (nightshade family)
    Datura thorn-apple, jimson-weed
  • wrightii (D. meteloides) western jimsonweed
    Lycium box-thorn
  • californicum California box-thorn/wolfberry
    Nicotiana tobacco
  • glauca tree tobacco
  • quadrivalvis (N. bigelovii) indian tobacco
    Physalis ground cherry
  • crassifolia (no vars) (inc. P. greenei)
    Salpichroa
  • origanifolia
    Solanum nightshade
  • americanum (S. nodiflorum) small-flowered nightshade
  • douglasii douglas' nightshade
  • umbelliferum (no vars) blue witch
  • xanti (S. xantii) (no vars) (S. tenuilobatum) purple/chaparral nightshade

    Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family)
    Tamarix tamarisk
  • chinensis chinese tamarisk

    Tropaeolaceae (nasturtium family)
    Tropaeolum nasturtium
  • majus garden nasturtium

    Typhaceae (cattail family)
    Typha cattail
  • latifolia broad-leaved/tall cattail

    Urticaceae (nettle family)
    Hesperocnide western nettle
  • tenella
    Parietaria pellitory
  • hespera (P. floridana) pellitory
    Urtica stinging nettle
  • dioica ssp. holosericea (U. h.) hoary/common/creek nettle
  • urens dwarf nettle

    Verbenaceae (vervain family)
    Verbena
  • lasiostachys

    Viscaceae (Loranthaceae) (mistletoe family)
    Phoradendron mistletoe
  • macrophyllum (P. tomentosum m.) chaparral/big-leaf mistletoe

    number of families = 65
    number of genera = 216
    number of species, subspecies and varieties = 314