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San Diego Botanic Garden (SDBG) is a botanical garden in Encinitas, California. It displays more than 5,000 plant species and varieties and has 15 gardens that represent different regions of the world, 12 demonstration gardens, and the largest public bamboo collection in North America. The garden sits on 37 acres (15 ha) of land.
Acanthomintha ilicifolia, known by the common name San Diego thornmint, is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family. It is native to Baja California and San Diego County, California , where it is a resident of the chaparral and coastal sage scrub plant communities and vernal pools .
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Recommended Species — provides a national searchable supplier directory for landscaping, environmental consultants, seed sources and nurseries; recommended plant lists that can be filtered to include plants native to California; and plant recommendations for specific regions of California.
Bahiopsis laciniata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names San Diego County sunflower, San Diego viguiera and tornleaf goldeneye. It is native to the deserts and dry mountain slopes of northwestern Mexico (States of Sonora and Baja California ), its distribution extending north as far as Ventura ...
Ambrosia pumila is a rare species of herbaceous perennial plant known by the common names San Diego ragweed and San Diego ambrosia. It is native to far southern California, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It grows in floodplains and open grasslands in proximity to wetland areas. [3] [4] [5] [6]
I’ve bought a lot of plants off eBay (most either haworthias or bromeliads) and I’ve only been disappointed one time, but I don’t buy plants that cost $1,000, and I don’t buy from out-of ...
This plant relies on wildfire for seed germination and burned plants can crown-sprout and keep growing. Animals rarely eat Artemisia californica , probably due to the presence of bitter aromatic terpenes , but it does provide good cover for smaller birds and other animals that can fit between its stems. [ 5 ]
The California Floristic Province is a world biodiversity hotspot as defined by Conservation International, due to an unusually high concentration of endemic plants: approximately 8,000 plant species in the geographic region, and over 3,400 taxa limited to the CFP proper, as well as having lost over 70% of its primary vegetation. A biodiversity ...