ANIMALS OF ORANGE COUNTY
Chaparral
Mini description of chaparral
Artemisia californica
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
Bush Monkey Flower
Mimulus aurantiacus
California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
California Coffeeberry/Buckthorn
Rhamnus californica
Ceonothus
Ceonothus spp.
Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
(previously Lotus scoparius)
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Quercus berberidifolia
Dodder
Cuscuta californica
Fuchsia-Flower Gooseberry
Ribes speciosum
Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
Islay/Hollyleaf Cherry
Prunus ilicifolia
Laurel sumac
Malosma laurina
Lemonade Berry
Rhus integrifolia
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Manzanita
Arctostophylos ssp.
Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus spp.
Purple Sage
Salvia leucophylla
Sugar Bush
Rhus ovata
White Sage
Salvia apiana
Wild Cucumber
Marah fabaceus
Coastal "Beach" Dune
Mini description of coastal dunes
Calystegia soldanella
Crystaline Iceplant/Common Iceplant
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Beach Bur/Sand Bur
Ambrosia chamissonis
Beach Evening Primrose
Camissonia cheiranthifolia
California Poppy
Eschsholzia californica
Coast Goldenbush
/Menzies' Goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii
Coast Woollyheads
Nemacaulis denudata
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Atriplex leucophylla
Cortaderia selloana
Dune Buckwheat/Seacliff Buckwheat
Eriogonum parvifolium
Giant Coreopsis
Coreopsis gigantea
Giant Wildrye
Elymus condensatus
Hottentot-fig/Highway Iceplant
Carpobrotus edulis
Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
Red Sand Verbena
Abronia maritima
Abronia umbellata
Distichlis spicata
Sandcarpet
Cardionema ramosissimum
Sea Cliff Daisy/Cliff Aster
Malacothrix saxatilis
Sea/Seaside Fiddleneck
Amsinckia spectabilis
Sea Rocket
Cakile maritima
Seaside Heliotrope
Heliotropium curvassavicium
Western Wagweed
Ambrosia psilostachya
Coastal Sage Scrub
Mini description of CSS
Salvia mellifera
Opuntia littoralis
Bladderpod
Peritoma arborea
Bush/Chaparral Mallow
Malacothamnus fasciculatus
Bush Monkeyflowers
Mimulus aurantiacus
California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
California Scrub Oak
Quercus berberidifolia
Chaparral Yucca
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Baccharis pilularis
Clif Spurge
Euphorbia misera
Coast Brittlebush/Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
Coast/Menzies' Goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii
Coastal Sage Scrub Oak/
Nuttall's Scrub Oak
Quercus dumosa
Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
Fuchsia-Flower Gooseberry
Ribes speciosum
Cylindropuntia prolifera
Rhus integrifolia
Giant Coreopsis
Coreopsis gigantea
Laurel Sumac
Malosuma laurina
Purple Sage
Salvia Leucophylla
Redberry/Spiny Redberry
Rhamnus crocea
Saw-tooth Goldenbush
Hazardia squarrosa
Toyon/California Holly
Heteromeles arbutifolia
White Sage
Salvia apiana
Grassland
Mini description
California Everlasting/Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Bloomeria crocea
Bent Grass
Agrostris spp.
Blue Dicks
Dichelostemma capitatum
Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
Brome Grass
Bromus spp.
California Black Walnut
Juglans californica
California Deer Grass
Muhlenbergia rigens
California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
California Scrub Oak
Quercus berberidifolia
Catalina Mariposa Lily
Calochortus catalinae
Clover
Trifolium spp.
Eschschozia californica
Calochortus splendens
Coastal Live Oaks
Quercus agrifolia
Dove Weed/Turkey Mullein
Eremocarpus setiger
Fascicled Tarweed
Hemizonia fasciculata
Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii
Giant Wild Rye
Leymus condensatus
Ground Pink
Linanthus Dianthiflorus
Gumplant
Grindelia camporum
Italian Ryegrass
Lolium multiflorum
Meadow Barley
Hordeum Brachyantherum
Miniature Lipine
Lupinus bicolor
Phacelia cicutaria
Achillea millifolium
Needlegrass
Nassella spp.
Plantain
Plantago erecta
Poison Oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Popcorn Flower
Plagiobothrys nothofolvus
Purple Owl's Clover
Castilleja exserta
Shooting Stars
Dodecatheon clevelandii
Small-Flowered Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
Wild Oats
Avena fatua
Wishbone Brush
Mirabilis laevis
Oak Woodland
Mini description
Arctostaphylos glauca
Quercus engelmannii
Barb Goatgrass
Aegilops triuncialis
Blue Gum
Eucalyptus globulus
California Coffeeberry/Buckthorn
Frangula californica
California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
California Wild Rose
Rosa californica
Canyon Live Oak
Quercus chrysolepis
Rubus ursinus
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Chaparral Currant
Ribes malvaceum
Coast Live Oak
Quercus agrifolia
Coyote Brush/Bush
Baccharis pilularis
Creeping Snowberry
Symphoricarpos mollis
Fiesta Flower
Pholistoma auritum
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
(formerly trilobota)
Fuchsia Flower Gooseberry
Ribes speciosum
Aesculus californica
Rhus ovata
Interior Live Oak
Quercus wislizenii
Lemonade Berry
Rhus integrifolia
Purple Chinese Houses
Collinsia heterophylla
(syn. C. bicolor)
Southern California Black Walnut
Juglans californica
Spiny Redberry
Rhamnus crocea
Toyon/California Holly
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Valley Oak
Quercus lobata
Riparian
Mini description
Salix lasiolepis
Mugwort
Artemisia douglasiana
Blue Elderberry
Sambucus Mexicana
California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
California Box Elder
Acer negundo californicum
California Grape
Vitis californica
California Wild Rose
Rosa californica
California Sycamore
Platanus racemosa
Big Leaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum
Mulefat
Baccharis salicifolia
Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis macrostachya
Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
Narrowleaf/Sandbar Willow
Salix exigua
Pacific/Shining Willow
Salix lucida lasiandra
Red Willow
Salix laevigata
Rough Sedge
Carex senta
Coast Live Oak
Quercus agrifolia
Valley/California White Oak
Quercus lobata
Southern California Black Walnut
Juglans californica
Spicebush
Calycanthus occidentalis
Velvet Ash
Fraxinus velutina
Western Dogwood
Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis
Western/Fremont Cottonwood
Populus fremontii
White Alder
Alnus rhombifolia
Tide Pool
Mini description
Nereocystis luetkeana
Rockweed/Bladderwrack
Fucus gardneri
Dead Man's Fingers
Codium fragile
Devil Weed
Sargassum horneri
Dwarf Rockweed
Pelvetiopsis limitata
Feather Boa Kelp
Egregia menziesii
Giant (Bladder) Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera
Golden Rockweed
Silvetia compressa
Eelgrass
Zostera marina
Sea Lettuce
Ulva spp.
Iridescent Weed
Mazzaella splendens
Japanese Wireweed
Sargassum muticum
Killer Algae
Caulerpa taxifolia
Nori
Porphyra spp.
Red Comb Weed
Plocamium cartilagineum
Sea Cabbage Kelp
Saccharina sessilis
Encrusting Coralline Algae
Lithothamnion spp.
Surf Grass
Phyllospadix spp.
Sea Palm
Postelsia palmaeformis
Sea Potato/Sea Cauliflower
Leathesia marina
(Leathesia difformis)
Tidepool Coralline
Corallina spp.
Turkish Washcloth/Black Tar Spot
Mastocarpus papillatus
Wakame
Undaria pinnatifida
Wetland
Mini description
Frankenia salina
Hottentot-Fig/Highway Ice Plant
Carpobrotus edulus/chilensis
Alkali Weed
Cressa truxillensis
Bermuda Buttercup
Oxalis pes-caprae
California Bulrush
Schoeplectus californicus
California Cordgrass
Spartina foliosa
Eelgrass
Zostera marina
Estuary Seablite
Suaeda californica
California Sea Lavender
Limonium californicum
Pickleweed
Salicornia virginica
Marsh Fleabane
Pluchea odorata
Marsh Jaumea
Jaumea carnosa
Mulefat/Seepwillow
Baccharis salicifolia
Rough Cocklebur
Xanthium strumarium
Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
Sea Rocket
Cakile maritima
Common Cattail
Typha latifolia
Saltwort
Batis maritima
Sedge
Carex sp.
Shoregrass
Distichlis littoralis
Tree Tobacco
Nicotiana glauca
Wild Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
Wild Radish
Raphanus sativus
Yerba Mansa
Anemopsis californica