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Sphagnum is a genus of moss that is found primarily in the Northern Hemisphere, as well as in some areas of South America, New Zealand and Tasmania. Sphagnum moss is notable because it forms peat. Sporobolus, cordgrasses. Typha, known as cattails or bulrushes, are found throughout the world and a characteristic plant of wetland environments.
Pontederia crassipes (formerly Eichhornia crassipes), commonly known as common water hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to South America, naturalized throughout the world, and often invasive outside its native range. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] It is the sole species of the subgenus Oshunae within the genus Pontederia. [ 4 ]
Upland plants commonly found at vernal pools in California include yellow pansies, several sweet-scented clovers, yellow and bright lavender monkeyflowers, star lilies, and yarrow. Vernal pools are often threatened by development in the same way that other wetlands are. As a result, most pools have been converted into residential zones, roads ...
Los Cerritos Wetlands. Coordinates: 33°45′43″N 118°6′30″W. Los Cerritos Wetlands, Zedler Marsh. Los Cerritos Wetlands is located in both Los Angeles County and Orange County in the cities of Long Beach, California, and Seal Beach, California. The San Gabriel River, historically and currently flows through the Los Cerritos Wetlands ...
Public Domain Mark 1.0 (PDM 1.0). California's coastal salt marsh is a wetland plant community that occurs sporadically along the Pacific Coast from Humboldt Bay to San Diego. This salt marsh type is found in bays, harbors, inlets, and other protected areas subject to tidal flooding.
Bishop pine (Pinus muricata)*. Monterey pine (Pinus radiata)*. Pine (Pinus sp.)*. Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana)*. Blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) American dogwood (Cornus sericea)*. Eastwood ...
Darlingtonia californica / d ɑːr l ɪ ŋ ˈ t oʊ n i ə k æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr n ɪ k ə / —also called the California pitcher plant, the Oregon pitcher plant, cobra lily or cobra plant—is a species of carnivorous plant in the new world pitcher plant family, Sarraceniaceae. It is the sole species within its monotypic genus, Darlingtonia.
Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (pronunciation: "Bah-yo-nuh" [ 1 ] or "Buy-yo-nah" [ 2 ]) is a protected area that once served as the natural estuary for neighboring Ballona Creek. The 577-acre (2.34 km 2) [ 3 ] site is located in Los Angeles County, California, just south of Marina del Rey. Ballona—the second-largest open space within ...