Yellow-throated Phacelia - Phacelia brachyloba
Dan Cooper © Audubon
Blue Fiesta Flower - Pholistoma auritum var. auritum,
Alison Sheehey © Nature Ali
Golden Currant - Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
Dan Cooper © Audubon
Caterpillar Phacelia
Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida
Dan Cooper © Audubon
Purple Needlegrass Nassella pulchra
Dan Cooper © Audubon
California Sycamore tree seed pods - Alison Sheehey © Nature Ali
Native Vascular Plants of Debs Park
Golden Stars - Bloomeria crocea
Daniel Cooper © Audubon California
Native Vascular Plants of Ernest E. Debs Park Highland Park/Montecito Heights, Los Angeles, California. Compiled by Daniel S. Cooper - former Director of Bird Conservation, Audubon California
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.
Last updated: March 2002 - 84 spp. |
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| DICOTS | |
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ANACARDIACEAE |
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Rhus integrifolia |
Lemonadeberry |
Rhus ovata |
Sugarbush |
Malosma laurina |
Laurel Sumac |
Toxicodendron diversilobum |
Poison Oak |
ASCLEPIADACEAE |
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Asclepias eriocarpa |
Indian Milkweed |
A. fascicularis |
Narrow-leaf Milkweed |
ASTERACEAE |
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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 |
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Opuntia x. vaseyi |
(hybrid between O. littoralis and O. phaecantha) |
CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
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Lonicera subspicata var. denudata |
Chaparral Honeysuckle |
Sambucus mexicana |
Blue Elderberry |
Symphoricarpos mollis |
Creeping Snowberry |
CONVOLVULACEAE |
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Calystegia macrostegia ssp. intermedia |
Morning-glory |
CUCURBITACEAE |
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Cucurbita foetidissima |
Calabazilla |
Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus |
Wild Cucumber, Man-root |
CUSCUTACEAE |
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Cuscuta californica var. californica |
Dodder |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
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Eremocarpus setigerus |
Doveweed |
FABACEAE |
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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 |
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Quercus agrifolia |
Coast Live Oak |
Q. x. |
(hybrid between Q. berberidifolia and Q. lobata, fide A. Sanders, UCR Herbarium) |
GROSSULARIACEAE |
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Ribes aureum var. gracillimum |
Golden Currant |
R. speciosum |
Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry |
HYDROPHYLLACEAE |
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Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida |
Caterpillar Phacelia |
P. viscida |
Sticky Phacelia |
P. brachyloba |
Yellow-throated Phacelia |
Pholistoma auritum var. auritum |
Blue Fiesta Flower |
JUGLANDACEAE |
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Juglans californica var. calif. |
California Black Walnut |
LAMINACEAE |
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Salvia mellifera |
Black Sage |
(S. apiana White Sage – known from adjacent "Montecito Hills" just to the south) |
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Stachys bullata |
California Hedge Nettle |
NYCTAGINACEAE |
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Mirabilis californica |
Wishbone Bush |
ONAGRACEAE |
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Clarkia c. ssp. cylindrica |
Farewell-to-spring |
C. unguiculata |
Elegant Clarkia |
Epilobium c. ssp. canum |
California Fuchsia |
PAPAVERACEAE |
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Eschscholzia californica |
California Poppy (may have been planted) |
PLATANACEAE |
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Platanus racemosa |
Western Sycamore |
POLYGONACEAE |
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Eriogonum e. var. elongatum |
Long-stemmed Buckwheat |
E. fasciculatum ssp. foliolosum |
California Buckwheat |
PORTULACACEAE |
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Claytonia p. ssp. perfoliata |
Miner’s-lettuce |
RANUNCULACEAE |
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Ranunculus californicus |
California Buttercup |
RHAMNACEAE |
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Rhamnus c. ssp. californica |
California Coffeeberry |
R. ilicifolia |
Holly-leaved Redberry |
ROSACEAE |
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Heteromeles arbutifolia |
Toyon |
Prunus ilicifolia |
Holly-leaved Cherry |
Rosa californica |
California Wild Rose |
RUBIACEAE |
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Galium a. ssp. angustifolium |
Narrow-leaved Bedstraw |
G. aparine |
Goosegrass |
| SCROPHULARIACEAE | |
Mimulus aurantiacus |
Bush Monkeyflower |
Keckiella cordifolia |
Heart-leaved Penstemon |
SOLANACEAE |
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Datura wrightii |
Jimsonweed |
Solanum douglasii |
White Nightshade |
URTICACEAE |
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Parietaria hespera var. hespera |
Western Pellitory |
Urtica dioica ssp. holosericeae |
Hoary Nettle |
VERBENACEAE |
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Verbena lasiostachys |
Vervain |
MONOCOTS AMARYLLIDACEAE |
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Bloomeria crocea |
Golden Stars |
Dichelostemma pulchellum |
Wild Hyacinth |
IRIDACEAE |
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Sisyrinchium bellum |
Blue-eyed Grass |
POACEAE |
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Bromus carinatus |
California Brome |
Leymus condensatus |
Giant Ryegrass |
L. glauca |
Blue Ryegrass |
Melica imperfecta |
Coast Melic |
Nassella pulchra |
Purple Needlegrass |
Typha sp. |
Cattail |
POTOMOGETONACEAE |
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Potamogeton pectinatus |
Sago Pondweed |
