Native Plants

Older plant lists

Carlsbad Highlands Ecological Reserve 3-23-19 plant list (James Dillane)

Current Lake Calavera plant list 3-2017 (James Dillane)

Taken by P. DeCino; 2012

Felt-leaf everlasting (Psuedognaphalium microcephalum)

Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium curassavicum); P. DeCino

Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium curassavicum)

Taken by P. DeCino; 2012

Sagebrush (Artemisia californica)

Taken by P. DeCino; Jan. 2013

Lemonadeberry (Rhus integrifolia)

Taken by P. DeCino; 2013

Mission Manzanita (Xylococcus bicolor)

Taken by P. DeCino; 2012

Coyote Brush (Baccaris pilularis)

Taken by P. DeCino; 2012

California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)

Taken by P. DeCino; 2012

California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

Taken by P. DeCino; 2012

Bush monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus)

Taken by P. DeCino; 2012

Deerweed, coastal (Lotus scoparius)

photo by P. DeCino; 4/20/13, Lake Calavera

Chaparral bush mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus)

photo by P. DeCino; 4/20/13, Lake Calavera

Golden-rayed pentachaeta (Pentachaeta aurea)

Checker Bloom (Sidalcea sparsifolia)

Checker Bloom (Sidalcea sparsifolia)

Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)

Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)

white-eyed grass

white-eyed grass

Mariposa lily (Calochortus splendens)

Mariposa lily (Calochortus splendens)

Adolphia californica

Adolphia californica; species of concern. Watch out for the thorns.

San Diego bedstraw, Galium nuttallii

San Diego bedstraw (Galium nuttallii)