Estero de Punta Banda: plants
| English common name | Scientific name | Source | |
| Beach sand verbena | Abronia maritima | N | 1,2,3,4 |
| Sand verbena | Abronia umbellata | N | 3 |
| Buckeye | Aesculus parryi + | Ae | 8 |
| Century plant | Agave shawii | Ag | 8 |
| Iodine Bush | Allenrolfea occidentalis | Ch | 5 |
| Aloe | Aloe arborescens | Li | 8 |
| Aloe | Aloe vera | Li | 8 |
| Amblyopappus pusillus | C | 5 | |
| Ambrosia chamissonia ssp. bipinnatisecta | C | 3 | |
| Ambrosia chamissonis | C | 10 | |
| Ragweed | Ambrosia psilostachya | C | 5 |
| San Migelito | Antigonum leptopus | Pg | 8 |
| Snapdragon | Antirhinum cyathiferum | S | 8 |
| Araucaria bedwillii | Au | 8 | |
| Giant Reed | Arundo donax | Po | 1 |
| Astragalus anemophilus | Fa | 3 | |
| Loco weed | Astragalus didymocarphus var. didymocarphus | Fa | 8 |
| Astragalus trichopodus | Fa | 8 | |
| Four-winged saltbush | Atriplex canescens ssp. canescens | Ch | 1,3 |
| Atriplex coulteri | Ch | 9 | |
| Atriplex leucophylla | Ch | 3 | |
| Atriplex lindleyi | Ch | 9 | |
| Australian saltbush | Atriplex semibaccata* | Ch | 2,5 |
| Atriplex watsonii | Ch | 1 | |
| Broom baccharis | Baccharis sarathroides | C | 1,8 |
| Baccharis viminea | C | 1 | |
| Salt-Wort | Batis maritima | Ba | 1,2,4,7 |
| Bauhinia grandiflora | Le | 8 | |
| Bauhinia purpurea * | Le | 8 | |
| Velvet cactus | Bergerocactus emoryi + | Ct | 1 |
| Bougainvillea | Bougainvillea spectabilis | N | 8 |
| Brassica tournefortia * | Br | 8 | |
| Bromegrass | Bromus arizonicus | Po | 5 |
| Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens (=B rubens) | Po | 9 | |
| Bromus mollis* | Po | 8 | |
| Bromus trinii * | Po | 5,9 | |
| Sea rocket | Cakile edentula subsp. Californica | Br | 1 |
| Sea rocket | Cakile maritima * | Br | 3 |
| Callistemon citrinus | My | 8 | |
| Camissonia bistorta | On | 3 | |
| Camissonia cheiranthifolia subsp. suffruticosa | On | 1,3 | |
| Sea fig | Carpobrotus aequilaterus + | Ai | 8 |
| California lilac | Ceanothus verrucosus + | Rh | 8 |
| Chenopodium album | Ch | 5 | |
| Chrysanthemum coronarium * | C | 5 | |
| Chrysopsis villosa var. echioides | C | 1 | |
| Clematis lasiantha | R | 9 | |
| Cleome isomeris var. arborea (=Isomeris arborea) | Cp | 8 | |
| Cneridium dumosum + | Ru | 8 | |
| Conyza bonariensis* | C | 9 | |
| Conyza canadensis | C | 9 | |
| Salt marsh bird's beak | Cordylanthus maritimus var. maritimus + | S | 1 |
| Cotula coronopifolia * | C | 9, 10 | |
| Croton | Croton californicus var. californicus | Eu | 1,3 |
| Dodder | Cuscuta salina | Co | 4,7 |
| Bermuda grass | Cynodon dactylon | Po | 5 |
| Dichondra occidentalis | Po | 9 | |
| Saltgrass | Distichlis spicata var. stolonifera | Po | 1,2,4,7 |
| Distichlis stricta | Po | 3 | |
| Dryopteris arguta | Pp | 9 | |
| Dudleya brittonni + | Cr | 1 | |
| Dudleya lanceolata + | Cr | 8 | |
| Emmenanthe penduliflora | H | 9 | |
| California encelia | Encelia californica | C | 3 |
| Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | C | 1 |
| Mormon tea, Joint fir, | Ephedra californica | E | 3 |
| Mormon tea | Ephedra trifurca | E | 3 |
| Eucelipto | Eucalyptus spp. | My | 8 |
| Spurge | Euphorbia pulcherima | Eu | 8 |
| Alkali-heath | Frankenia salina (synonym for F. grandifolia) | Fr | 1,2,3,4,7 |
| Ash | Fraxinus trifoliata+ | O | 8 |
| Gnaphalium californicum | C | 9 | |
| Simple Pappus | Haplopappus venetus. subsp. vernonioides | C | 2, 3 |
| Haplopappus berberedis +(=Haplopappus berberedis +) | C | 3 | |
| Helianthus niveus | C | 3 | |
| Helianthus tuberosus | C | 8 | |
| Heliotropre | Heliotopium curassavicum var. oculatum | B | 3 |
| Hemizonia fasciculata | C | 9 | |
| Toyon | Heteromeles arbustifolia | Ro | 8 |
| Heterotheca grandiflora | C | 9 | |
| Hordeum leporinum* | Po | 9 | |
| Barley | Hordeum vulgare | Po | 5 |
| Hosackia (Lotus) disticka | ? | 1,8 | |
| Hypochoeris glabra | C | 9 | |
| Isocoma menziesii var. mensiesii (=Haplopappus venetus spp. oxyphyllus +) | C | 1 | |
| Isocoma menziesii var. mensiesii (=Haplopappus venetus subsp. furfuraceus) | C | 3 | |
| Isocoma menziesii var. mensiesii (=Haplopappus venetus) | C | 5 | |
| Fleshy Jaumea, Salty Susan | Jaumea carnosa | C | 1,2,4,7 |
| Spiny rush | Juncus acutus | Jc | 1,2,4 |
| Lepidium nitidum | Br | 9 | |
| Sea lavender or Marsh-Rosemary | Limonium californicum var. mexicanum | P | 1,2,4,7 |
| Lotus argophyllus var.argophyllus | Fa | 3 | |
| Lotus distichus + | Fa | 3 | |
| Lotus nuttalianus | Fa | 8 | |
| Lycium brevipes | So | 1,3,5 | |
| Lycium spp. | So | 5 | |
| Machaeocereus gummosus | Ct | 9 | |
| Malacothamnus fasciculatus | M | 9 | |
| Cheese Weed | Malva parviflora * | M | 5 |
| Fishhook cactus | Mammillaria dioica | Ct | 1 |
| Sea fig | Mesembryanthemun chilense * | Ai | 1,2,3 |
| Ice plant or Sea fig | Mesembryanthemun crystallinum | Ai | 2,3, 11 |
| Mesembryanthemun edule * | Ai | 2 | |
| Mesembryanthemun nodiflorum | Ai | 2 | |
| Salt cedar | Monanthocloe littoralis | Po | 1,2,4,5,7 |
| Myoporum laetum | Mp | 1,8 | |
| Nemacaulis denudata var. denudata | Pg | 1,3 | |
| Tobacco | Nicotiana glauca * | So | 5,8,9 |
| Prickly-Pear | Opuntia littoralis | Ct | 1 |
| Orthocarpus purpurascens | S | 9 | |
| Phacelia distans | H | 3 | |
| Pharapolis incurva * | Po | 4 | |
| Surf grass | Phyllospadix torreyi | Zo | 10 |
| Bluegrass | Poa howelii | Po | 5 |
| Polypogon monspeliensis* | Po | 2 | |
| Psidium guajaba | My | 8 | |
| Ptelea aptera + | Ru | 9 | |
| Oak | Quercus dumosa | F | 8 |
| Wild radish | Raphanus sativus* | Br | 5 |
| Lemonade Berry | Rhus integrifolia | An | 1,3 |
| Ditch-grass, Seatassle or Breakfrui | Ruppia maritima | Po | 11 |
| Pickleweed | Salicornia bigelovii | Ch | 1,2,4,7 |
| Salicornia pacifica (synonym for Sarcocornia pacifica) | Ch | 2,4, 11 | |
| Parish´s Glasswort | Salicornia subterminalis | Ch | 1,3 |
| Common Pickleweed | Salicornia virginica | Ch | 1,4,7 |
| Russian thistle | Salsola kali var. tenuifolia * | Ch | 5,8 |
| Sage | Salvia munzii | L | 8 |
| Sarcostema arenarium + | As | 8 | |
| Olney´s Bulrush | Scirpus olneyi | Cy | 2 |
| Groundsel | Senecio californicus var. ammophilus + | C | 3 |
| Senecio vulgaris | C | 5 | |
| Goatnut | Simmondsia chinensis | Bu | 1,3 |
| Sisymbrium irio * | Br | 5 | |
| Solidago occidentalis | C | 5 | |
| Cordgrass | Spartina foliosa | Po | 1,2,4 |
| Spharealcea spp | M | 9 | |
| Stephanomeria virgata | C | 9 | |
| Sea-Blite | Suaeda californica var. californica | Ch | 2,3,4 |
| Suaeda esteroa | Ch | 3,4,7 | |
| Sea-Blite | Suaeda taxifolia subsp. brevifolia | Ch | 3 |
| Torrey´s Sea-Blite | Suaeda torreyana | Ch | 2,4, 11 |
| Syringodium sp. | Z | 2 | |
| Sysimbrium orientale | Br | 9 | |
| Tamarisck | Tamarix aphylla * | Tm | 1 |
| Tamarix pentandra * | Tm | 5 | |
| Triglochin concinnum | Jg | 7 | |
| Triglochin maritima | Jg | 4 | |
| Uropappus heterocarpa (=Microseris heterocarpa) | C | 10 | |
| Viguiera laciniata | C | 8 | |
| Vitis | Vitis ssp. * | V | 8 |
| Xilococus bicolor | Er | 8 | |
| Eelgrass | Zostera marina | Zo | 4 |
FAMILIES LIST ARAUCARIACEAE Au AESCULACEAE Ae AGAVACEAE Ag AIZOACEAE Ai ANACARDIACEAE An ASCLEPIADACEAE As BATIDACEAE Ba BORAGINACEAE B BRASSICACEAE (Crussiferae) Br BUXACEAE Bu CACTACEAE Ct CAPPARIDACEAE Cp CHENOPODIACEAE Ch COMPOSITAE (Asteraceae) C CONVOLVULACEAE Co CRASSULACEAE Cr CYPERACEAE Cy EPHEDRACEAE E ERICACEAE Er EUPHORBIACEAE Eu FABOIDEAE (Papilionoideae) Fa FAGACEAE F FRANKENIACEAE Fr HIDROPHYLLACEAE H JUNCACEAE Jc JUNCAGINACEAE Jg LABIATAE L LEGUMINOSAE (Fabaceae) Le LILIACEAE Li MALVACEAE M MYRTACEAE My NYCTAGINACEAE N OLEACEAE O ONAGRACEAE On PLUMBAGINACEAE P POACEAE (Gramineae) POLYGONACEAE Pg POLYPODIACEAE Pp RANUNCULACEAE R RHAMNACEAE Rh ROSACEAE Ro RUTACEAE Ru SCROPHULARIACEAE S SOLANACEAE So TAMARICACEAE Tm VITACEAE V ZANNICHELLIACEAE Z ZOSTERACEAE Zo * Non-native species
+ Special status species
# Breeding special species
Last Updated on 06/19/99
By Pro Esteros
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