Bio 114: Lab Midterm #1

SN: Conicosia pugioniformis CN: Slender leaved ice plant Community: Coastal Scrub, I think - a lot skinnier and greener than the other succulents MAYBE-LIKELY

PLANT #36

SN: Eriogonum parvifolia CN: Coastal buckwheat COMMUNITY: ? MAYBE-UNLIKELY

PLANT #38

Scientific Name: Salvia Mellifera Common Name: Black Sage Community: Coastal Scrub - has woody fruit at the top - smells like mint YES

Plant #1

CN: Chamise SN: Adenostoma fasciculatum Community: ? - leaves group in bundles UNLIKELY

Plant #10

CN: Sticky Monkey Flower SN: Diplacus aurantiacus Community: Coastal Scrub - super sticky and has leaves that look dead on the plant YES

Plant #11

SN: Acmispon glaber CN: Deerweed Community: Coastal Scrub - Alternate, Palmately Compound - Yellow and Orange flowers YES

Plant #12

SN: Toxicodendron diversilobum CN: Poision Oak Community: Coastal Oak Woodland - Alternate, Pinnately Compound, 3-5 leafed "usually" - Tannish Brown Stems! - Summer=Bright Red Leaves - Looks like blackberry bushes, But NOT prickly or hairy - Shiny=Posion Oak YES

Plant #13

SN: Salvia spathacea CN: Hummingbird Sage Community: Oak Woodland - large leaves, pinnate venation Smell: like the Chinese hard candy you get at restaurants MAYBE

Plant #14

SN: Rhamnus crocea CN: Red Berry Community: Oak Woodland - Wood=Yellow - Flower=Yellow - Pollenated=Red Berries MAYBE

Plant #15

SN: Umbellularia californica CN: California Bay Laurel Community: Oak Woodland - super strong bay leaf sent - evergreen YES

Plant #16

SN: Platanus racemosa CN: California Sycamore Community: Oak Woodland - Bottom of Leaf= Soft - Top of Leaf= Hard Fruit of Tree= Balls on String MAYBE-LIKELY

Plant #17

SN: Eucalyptus globulus CN: Blue Gum Community: Riparian + Oak Woodland - flakey bark that kills underbrush MAYBE-LIKELY

Plant #18

SN: Baccharis pilularis CN: Coyote Brush Community: Coastal Scrub - Dormant RN - makes those fluffy flowers where you can blow off the petioles NO

Plant #19

Scientific Name: Artemisia Californica Common Name: California SageBrush Community: Coastal Scrub - Smells like the plant above Van Ness House with HELLA black widows YES

Plant #2

SN: Cercocarpus betuloides CN: Mountain Mahogany Community: Probably Chaparral - makes really hard wood because it grows so slow MAYBE

Plant #20

SN: Paeonia californica CN: California Peony Community: ? Smell: Like Onion MAYBE-UNLIKELY

Plant #21

SN: Galium andrewsii CN: Prickly Bedstraw Community: Oak Woodland - 1st plant with whorled leaved MAYBE-UNLIKELY

Plant #22

SN: Prunus ilicifolia CN: Holly Leafed Cherry UNLIKELY

Plant #23

SN: Frangula Californica CN: Coffee Berry - Central Vein is very prominent on the underside MAYBE

Plant #24

SN: Salix lasiolepis CN: Arroyo Willow LIKELY

Plant #25

SN: Hesperoyucca whipplei CN: Chaparral Yucca Community: Rock Outcrop - "Spiky Plants" -Reed YES

Plant #26

SN: Dudleya abamsii ssp. murina CN: Mouse Gray Dudleya COMMUNITY: ROCK OUTCROP YES

Plant #27

SN: Cardamine californica CN: Milkmaids Community: ? MAYBE

Plant #28

SN: Pentagramma triangularis CN: goldback fern Community: ? MAYBE

Plant #29

SN: Ericameria Ericoides CN: Mock Heather Community: Coastal Scrub - Small leaves YES

Plant #3

SN: Heteromeles arbutifolia CN: Toyon Community: Chaparral MAYBE-UNLIKELY

Plant #30

SN: Quercus durata CN: Leather oak Community: Chaparral - like coast live oak but smaller leaves YES

Plant #31

SN: Galium californicum CN: California bedstraw Community: ? MAYBE

Plant #32

SN: Achillea millefolium CN: Yarrow MAYBE

Plant #33

SN: Astragalus curtipes CN: Locoweed Community: ? MAYBE

Plant #34

SN: Ehrharta calycina CN: African veldt grass Community: Grassland - Taking EVERYTHING over, better watch your women YES

Plant #35

SN: Croton californicus CN: California Croton Community: ? MAYBE-UNLIKELY

Plant #37

SN: Ambrosia chamissonis CN: beach bursage Community: ? MAYBE-UNLIKELY

Plant #39

SN: Ceanothus Cuneatus CN: Buck Brush Community: Chaparral Impossible to walk through, stout thick evergreen "usually" MAYBE

Plant #4

SN: Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia CN: dune evening primrose Community: ? MAYBE-UNLIKELY

Plant #40

SN: Carpobrotus spp CN: ice plant Community: ? MAYBE-LIKELY

Plant #41

SN: Cakile marítima CN: Sea rocket Community: Costal Dune MAYBE-UNLIKELY

Plant #42

SN: Abronia marítima CN: Dune Sand Verbena Community: Coastal Dune MAYBE-UNLIKELY

Plant #43

SN: Calystegia soldanella CN: Dune morning glory Community: Coastal Dune MAYBE-UNLIKELY

Plant #44

SN: Lupinus chamissonis CN: Silver Dune Lupine Community: Coastal Scrub - unique silvery leaves LIKELY

Plant #5

SN: Ribes Speciosum CN: Fuchsia-Flowered Gooseberry Community: Chaparral - the weird red pea/balls with strands that hang from the pea/ball MAYBE

Plant #6

SN: Quercus Agrifolia CN: California Live Oak Community: Coastal Live Oak Woodland - Spines on the margins of the leaves, hairy armpits, and acorns YES

Plant #7

CN: Lace Lichen SN: Ramalina menziesii Community: Coastal Live Oak Woodland - sticks to the tress and is very unique! MAYBE-LIKELY

Plant #8

CN: Morro Bay Manzanita SN: Arctostaphylos Morroensis Community: Chaparral - super pretty pink flowers MAYBE-UNLIKELY

Plant #9

Serpentine Rock NO

state rock - huge in iron and mercury - chunk of heavy mantle rock - Blue/Green color