Coastal Dunes
Table 1
Common and scientific names of species cited in Coastal Dunes section.
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Plants | |
Alkali heath | Frankenia salina |
Beach salt bush | Atriplex leucophylla |
Beach-bur | Ambrosia chamissonis |
Black sage | Salvia mellifera |
Bluegrass, dune | Poa douglasii |
Bush monkey flower | Mimulus aurantiacus |
California sagebrush | Artemisia californica |
Coyote bush | Baccharis pilularis |
European dune grass (marram) | Ammophila arenaria |
Fleshy jaumea | Jaumea carnosa |
Gilia, sand | Gilia teniflora arenaria |
Hottentot fig | Carpobrotus edulis |
Layia, beach | Layia carnos |
Live-forever | Dudleya farinosa |
Lizard tail | Eriophyllum confertiflorum |
Lupine, blue beach | Lupinus chamissonis |
Lupine, Tidestrom's | Lupinus tidestromii |
Mock heather | Ericameria ericoides |
Morning glory, beach | Calystegia macrostegia |
Paintbrush, Monterey Indian | Castilleja latifolia |
Pea, silky beach | Lathyrus littoralis |
Pickleweed | Salicornia viginica |
Rushes | Juncus spp. |
Sagewort, beach | Artemisia pycnocephala |
Salt grass | Distichlis spicata |
Sea fig | Carpobrotus chilensis |
Sea rocket | Cakile edentula |
Sea rocket | Cakile maritima |
Spineflower, Monterey | Chorizanthe p. pungens |
Verbena, pink sand | Abronia umbellata |
Verbena, yellow sand | Abronia latifolia |
Wallflower, coast | Erysimum ammophilum |
Wallflower, Yadon's | Erysimum menziesii yadoni |
Wild rye, beach | Leymus mollis |
Trees | |
Santa Lucia fir | Abies bracteata |
Gowen cypress | Cupressus g. goveniana |
Monterey cypress | Cupressus macrocarpa |
Bishop pine | Pinus muricata |
Monterey Pine | Pinus radiata |
Torrey pine | Pinus torreyana |
Oak | Quercus spp. |
Alder | Alnus spp. |
Willow | Salix spp. |
Mammals | |
Elk | Cervus elaphus nannoides |
Grizzly | Ursus horribilis |
Red fox | Vulpes vulpes |
Sea otter | Enhydra lutris |
Elephant seal | Mirounga angustirostris |
Whale (Gray) | Eschrichtius robustus |
Birds | |
Pied-billed grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
Coot | Fulica americana |
Brown pelican | Pelicanus occidentalis |
Gadwall | Anas strepera |
Caspian tern | Sterna caspia |
Forster's tern | Sterna forsteri |
Least tern | Sterna antillarum |
Western snowy plover | Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus |
Black-necked stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
American avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
Short-eared owl | Asio flammeus |
Burrowing owl | Athene cunicularia |
Marsh wren | Cistothorus palustris |
Common yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
Reptiles | |
Black legless lizard | Anniella pulchra nigra |
Silvery legless lizard | Anniella pulchra pulchra |
California horned lizard | Phrynosoma coronatum frontale |
Fishes | |
Salmon | Oncorhynchus spp. |
Steelhead | Oncorhynchus mykiss |
Lamprey | Lampetra tridentata |
Sculpins | Cottus and Leptocottus spp. |
Eulachon | Thaleichthys pacificus |
Herring | Clupea pallasii |
Tidewater goby | Eucyclogobius newberryi |
Stickleback | Gasterosteus aculeatus |
Killifish | Fundulus parvipinnis |
Starry flounder | Platichthys stellatus |
Surf perch | Cymatogaster aggregata |
Arthropods | |
Beach isopod | Alloniscus perconvexus |
Beach hopper | Megalorchestia spp. |
Beach hopper | Traskorchestia traskiana |
Kelp fly | Coelopidae |
Staphylinid beetle | Staphylinidae |
Globose dune beetle | Coelus globosus |
Smith's blue butterfly | Euphilotes enoptes smithi |