Blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium bellum Iridaceae

Inland sticky cinquefoil Drymocallis glandulosa var, glandulosa Rosaceae		Narrow-leaved bedstraw Galium angustifolium var. angustifolium Rubiaceae

Silver puffs Uropappus lindleyi Asteraceae [Named for John Lindley, 1799-1865]

Shining willow Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra Salicaceae

		Yellow tidy tips Layia platyglossa Asteraceae

Western lady's mantle Aphanes occidentalis Rosaceae

Bermuda grass * Cynodon dactylon Poaceae

Fragrant everlasting Pseudognaphalium beneolens Asteraceae

Long-leaved rush Juncus macrophyllus Juncaceae

Ratttlesnake weed Euphorbia albomarginata Euphorbiaceae		Saltgrass Distichlis spicata Poaceae

Horehound * Marrubium vulgare Lamiaceae

Black mustard * Brassica nigra Brassicaceae

Dallis grass * Paspalum dilatatum Poaceae [Named for 19th century Georgia farmer A.T. Dallis]

Narrow-leaved milkweed Asclepias fascicularis Apocynaceae		Tiny bedstraw * Galium murale Rubiaceae

		Seashore bentgrass Agrostis pallens Poaceae		Mexican rush Juncus mexicanus Juncaceae
Deergrass Muhlenbergia rigens Poaceae [Named for Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, 1753-1815]

Tarantula and its hole in the ground Aphonopelma sp. Theraphosidae

California sagebrush Artemisia californica Asteraceae				Western ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya Asteraceae

		Common toad rush Juncus bufonius var. bufonius Juncaceae
California brome Bromus carinatus var. carinatus Poaceae

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