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California Horn Snail (Cerithideopsis californica)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Found near a small stream on the right side of the reserve. Found several alive at the same place. Very pointy, almost like a very sharp cone. Black almost purplish. Near a water source at an elevation of 2-3 feet.
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Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
green waxy leaves and yellow tubular flowers. Seems to be an invasive specie to the reserve, found in the outskirts of the reserve where sandy soils are not abundant.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Growing in patches on the ground in sand-dun area, egg-shaped leaves succulent-like and red.
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Coppery Mesemb (Malephora crocea)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Found in sandy conditions at what it seems to be a highly disturbed area. Higher elevation than the actual coast line. Approximately 1 meter higher. Flowering plant.
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Cloudy Bubble Snail (Bulla gouldiana)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Found in the intertidal zone among algae where there’s mud. Orange looking from the inside of its shell, size of about half a finger.
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Red Sand-Verbena (Abronia maritima)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Flowering plant found in the coastal line in the sand. Which means it has a salinity tolerance, succulent tissues and tiny clusters of flowers, branches forming a dense mat.
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Pacific Oyster (Magallana gigas)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
A cluster of several oysters found in the mud approximately 6 meters away from the shoreline.
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Beach Suncup (Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Leafy stems lying on sand. With bright yellow flowers facing upward near ends, four-petaled flowers. Long stems with silvery grey-green leaves.
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Shore Grass (Distichlis littoralis)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Found in the same part of the salt marsh as the Alkali Heath (Frankenia salina). The leaves are sharply folded and are brownish green. About 20 cm tall.
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Alkali Heath (Frankenia salina)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Found in the upper part of the berm between the salt marsh and the shore where sand is predominant. This means that the plant has a preference for saline soils. It’s is currently not flowering, but the stems are reddish and the leaves are small and waxy almost succulent like.
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Darkling Beetles (Family Tenebrionidae)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Shiny, spines on the first pair of legs, and the relatively small head.
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Chilicothe (Marah macrocarpa)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
The fruit is longer than it is wide, 5–6 cm in diameter and 15–20 cm long, and covered in prickles, bright green
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Narrow-leaved Cryptantha (Johnstonella angustifolia)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
tiny white, yellow-centered flowers are borne in curving, elongated clusters, opening to five rounded lobes
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
four-petaled flowers, flowers are solitary and long-stalked, yellow-orange flowers
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California Brittlebush (Encelia californica)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
solitary daisy flowers that are bright yellow, approximately 100 cm tall
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Wishbone Bush (Mirabilis laevis)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Stems are numerous, brittle and repeatedly branched. Approximately 2 feet tall
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Chaparral Pricklypear (Opuntia oricola)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
The oval-shaped pads are dark green in color, about 4 feet tall
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Lanceleaf Liveforever (Dudleya lanceolata)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
solitary species with very fleshy, tender, lance-like, dull-green leaves.
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Woolly Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja foliolosa)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Woolly hairs covering the stems and both sides of the leaves, 1-3 feet, red to yellow flowers
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Deerweed (Acmispon glaber)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Flowers are long, yellow, aging to orange. They have the bilateral shape.
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Black Sage (Salvia mellifera)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
small dark green, resinous leaves, highly aromatic, 3-6 ft. tall and as wide
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Wart-stemmed Ceanothus (Ceanothus verrucosus)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
unique pattern of angular, rigid branchlets of unequal sizes, small white clustered flowers
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California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
diffusely branched, from 2 and 12 feet tall, leaves are needle-like.
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Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Approximately 12 meters high, opened crowned pine, cones are stout.
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Gould Beanclam (Donax gouldii)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Very abundant, found about 15 similar specimens. About 30-50 meters offshore under sand.
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Isopods (Order Isopoda)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Found under the sand, 30 centimeters in. 40 meters offshore.
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Bean Clam Hydroid (Eucheilota bakeri)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Cream with orange coloration, bean clam hydroid attached to the posterior end of the shell.
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Torrey's Surfgrass (Phyllospadix torreyi)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Found among the giant kelp. Offshore about 30-50 meters in. Flies around it. Green long stripes.
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Flies (Order Diptera)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
Found in the giant kelps that are washed away by the waves. Abundant. 6 legs, black.
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Polychaete Worms (Class Polychaeta)Observer
alondracaracosaDescription
About 2 centimeters in length, found under the sand ~20 centimeters deep. Found 50 meters offshore.
