Last updated: March 2002 - 84 spp.

LEGEND

General characterization of vegetation: Three main habitats, walnut savannah, oak-walnut-toyon woodland, and coastal sage scrub. Walnut savannah on south-facing slopes is relatively monotonous, with large walnut trees growing in dense clumps surrounded by exotic grasses. Woodland on north-facing slopes is more floristically diverse, with large shrubs (e.g. Lemonadeberry) in the understory. Coastal Sage Scrub, rich in native annuals, is highly localized and extensively fire-damaged; largely restricted to steep sites on the northwest corner of site adjacent to Griffin Ave.

DICOTS

ANACARDIACEAE

Rhus integrifolia

Lemonadeberry

Rhus ovata

Sugarbush

Malosma laurina

Laurel Sumac

Toxicodendron diversilobum

Poison Oak

ASCLEPIADACEAE

Asclepias eriocarpa

Indian Milkweed

A. fascicularis

Narrow-leaf Milkweed

ASTERACEAE

Artemisia californica

California Sagebrush

A. douglasiana

Mugwort

Baccharis pilularis var. consanguinea

Coyotebush

B. salicifolia

Mulefat

Brickellia californica

California Brickellbush

Encelia californica

California Encelia

Ericameria palmeri var. pachylepis

Palmer’s Goldenbush

Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus

Fleabane Aster

Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum

Golden Yarrow

Gnaphalium californicum

Green Everlasting

G. canescens ssp. microcephalum

White Everlasting

G. stramineum

(no common name)

Hazardia squarrosa var. gindelioides

Saw-toothed Goldenbush

Hemizonia ramosissima

Slender Tarplant

Heterotheca grandiflora

Telegraph Weed

Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides

Coast Goldenbush

Lessingia f. var. filaginifolia

California-aster

Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia

Cliff-aster

Stephanomeria v. ssp. virgata

Wand Chicory

CACTACEAE

Opuntia x. vaseyi

(hybrid between O. littoralis and O. phaecantha)

CAPRIFOLIACEAE

Lonicera subspicata var. denudata

Chaparral Honeysuckle

Sambucus mexicana

Blue Elderberry

Symphoricarpos mollis

Creeping Snowberry

CONVOLVULACEAE

Calystegia macrostegia ssp. intermedia

Morning-glory

CUCURBITACEAE

Cucurbita foetidissima

Calabazilla

Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

Wild Cucumber, Man-root

CUSCUTACEAE

Cuscuta californica var. californica

Dodder

EUPHORBIACEAE

Eremocarpus setigerus

Doveweed

FABACEAE

Amorpha californica var. californica

California False-Indigo

Lotus salsuginosus var. salsuginosus

(No common name)

L. scoparius

Deerweed

Lupinus succulentus

Arroyo Lupine

Vicia sp.

Vetch sp.

FAGACEAE

Quercus agrifolia

Coast Live Oak

Q. x.

(hybrid between Q. berberidifolia and Q. lobata, fide A. Sanders, UCR Herbarium)

GROSSULARIACEAE

Ribes aureum var. gracillimum

Golden Currant

R. speciosum

Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry

HYDROPHYLLACEAE

Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida

Caterpillar Phacelia

P. viscida

Sticky Phacelia

P. brachyloba

Yellow-throated Phacelia

Pholistoma auritum var. auritum

Blue Fiesta Flower

JUGLANDACEAE

Juglans californica var. calif.

California Black Walnut

LAMINACEAE

Salvia mellifera

Black Sage

(S. apiana White Sage – known from adjacent "Montecito Hills" just to the south)

Stachys bullata

California Hedge Nettle

NYCTAGINACEAE

Mirabilis californica

Wishbone Bush

ONAGRACEAE

Clarkia c. ssp. cylindrica

Farewell-to-spring

C. unguiculata

Elegant Clarkia

Epilobium c. ssp. canum

California Fuchsia

PAPAVERACEAE

Eschscholzia californica

California Poppy (may have been planted)

PLATANACEAE

Platanus racemosa

Western Sycamore

POLYGONACEAE

Eriogonum e. var. elongatum

Long-stemmed Buckwheat

E. fasciculatum ssp. foliolosum

California Buckwheat

PORTULACACEAE

Claytonia p. ssp. perfoliata

Miner’s-lettuce

RANUNCULACEAE

Ranunculus californicus

California Buttercup

RHAMNACEAE

Rhamnus c. ssp. californica

California Coffeeberry

R. ilicifolia

Holly-leaved Redberry

ROSACEAE

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Toyon

Prunus ilicifolia

Holly-leaved Cherry

Rosa californica

California Wild Rose

RUBIACEAE

Galium a. ssp. angustifolium

Narrow-leaved Bedstraw

G. aparine

Goosegrass

Mimulus aurantiacus

Bush Monkeyflower

Keckiella cordifolia

Heart-leaved Penstemon

SOLANACEAE

Datura wrightii

Jimsonweed

Solanum douglasii

White Nightshade

URTICACEAE

Parietaria hespera var. hespera

Western Pellitory

Urtica dioica ssp. holosericeae

Hoary Nettle

VERBENACEAE

Verbena lasiostachys

Vervain

MONOCOTS

AMARYLLIDACEAE

Bloomeria crocea

Golden Stars

Dichelostemma pulchellum

Wild Hyacinth

IRIDACEAE

Sisyrinchium bellum

Blue-eyed Grass

POACEAE

Bromus carinatus

California Brome

Leymus condensatus

Giant Ryegrass

L. glauca

Blue Ryegrass

Melica imperfecta

Coast Melic

Nassella pulchra

Purple Needlegrass

Typha sp.

Cattail

POTOMOGETONACEAE

Potamogeton pectinatus

Sago Pondweed