Plant List Department of Fish and Game Watsonville Slough Ecological Reserve May, 2008 * indicates non-native species

Alisma plantago aquatica Water Plantain * Allium vineale Wild Garlic * Amaranthus deflexus Low Amaranth * Anagallis arvensis Scarlet Pimpernel Artemisia douglasiana Mugwort Aster chilensis California Aster Aster subspicatus Early Blooming California Aster Atriplex triangularis Spearscale * AvenaA barbatabb SlenderSl d WildW ld OatO Azolla filiculoides Fern-like Azolla Baccharis pilularis Coyote Bush Bidens laevis Bur-Marigold * Brassica nigra Black mustard Bromus carinatus California Brome * Bromus catharticus Rescue Grass * Bromus diandrus Rip-Gut Brome * Bromus hordaceus Soft Chess Calandrinia ciliata Red Maids Calystegia subacaulis Hill Morning Glory Camissonia ovata Sun Cups * Cardaria draba Hoary Cress * Carduus pycnocephalus Italian Thistle Carex densa Dense Sedge Carex lanuginosa Woolly Sedge Carex schottii Schott’s Sedge Carex tumulicola Little Hill Dweller Sedge * Centauria melitensis Tocalote Ceratophyllum demersum Hornwort * Chamomilla suaveolens Pinapple Weed * Chenopodium macrospermum Coast Goosefoot * Cichorium intybus Chicory * Cirsium vulgare Bull Thistle * Conium maculatum Poison Hemlock * Convolvulus arvensis Field Bindweed Conyza canadensis Horseweed Cuscuta pentagona Western Field Dodder Cyperus eragrostis Tall Cyperus * Dactylis glomerata Orchard Grass DhDanthonia californicalf CaliforniaClf OatO GrassG Eleocharis macrostachya Pale Spike-Rush Epilobium brachycarpum Willow Herb Equisetum laevigatum Smooth Scouring Rush * Erodium spp. Filaree Eschscholzia californica California Poppy Euthamia occidentalis Western Goldenrod * Festuca arundinacea Tall Fescue * Foeniculum vulgare Fennel * Geranium dissectum Cut-Leaved Geranium Gnaphalium stramineum Cotton Batting Plant Hemizonia congestsa ssp. luzulifolia Hayfield Tarweed Hordeum brachyantherum Meadow Barley * Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum Barnyard Foxtail Hydrocotyle ranunculoides Floating Marsh Pennywort Juncus bufonious Common Toad Rush Juncus effusus var. pacificus Common Rush Juncus patens Blue Rush Juncus phaeocephalus Brown Headed Rush * Kicksia elatine Sharp-Leaved Fluellin * Lactuca saligna Willow Lettuce * Lactuca serriola Prickly Lettuce Lemna spp. (2 species) Duck Weed Leymus triticoides Creeping Wild Rye * Lolium multiflorum Italian Ryegrass * Lolium perenne Perennial Ryegrass * Lotus corniculatus Bird's-Foot Trefoil Lotus salsuginosus Coastal Trefoil Ludwigia peploides Yellow Water Weed Lupinus bicolor Lindley’s annual lupine MdMadia sativa CoastC TarweedT d * Medicago polymorpha Bur-Clover Oenanthe sarmentosa Pacific Oenanthe Orobanche sp. Broomrape * Paspalum dilatatum Dallis Grass * Phalaris aquatica Harding Grass * Picris echioides Bristly Ox-Tongue * Plantago lanceolata English Plantain * Poa annua Annual Bluegrass Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Swamp Knotweed * Polygonum arenastrum Common Knotweed Polygonum hydropiperoides Water-Pepper Polygonum persicaria Lady’s Thumb Polygonum punctatum Water Smartweed * Polypogon monspeliensis Rabbitfoot grass * Portulaca oleracea Purslane Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica Pacific Cinquefoil * Raphanus sativus Wild Radish Rhamnus californicus Coffeeberry Rorippa palustris ssp. occidentalis Marsh Yellow Cress Rosa californica California Rose * Rubus discolor Himalayan Blackberry Rubus ursinus California Blackberry * Rumex acetosella Sheep Sorrel * Rumex crispus Curly Dock Rumex maritimus Golden Dock Rumex salicifolius var. transitorius Willow Dock Salix lasiolepis Arroyo Willow Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra Yellow Willow * Scandix pecten-veneris Venus’ Needle SScirpus americanus ThreeTh SquareS Scirpus californicus California Tule Scirpus microcarpus Panicled Bulrush Scirpus robustus Prairie Bulrush Scrophularia californica Bee Plant Sida hederacea Alkalai Mallow * Silybum marianum Milk Thistle Sisyrinchium bellum Blue-Eyed Grass Solanum americanum Small-Flowered Nightshade * Sonchus asper Prickly Sow-Thistle * Sonchus oleraceus Sow Thistle Sparganium eurycarpum Broad-Fruited Bur-Reed Stachys ajugoides var. rigida Rigid Wood Mint Symphoricarpos albus Common Snowberry Toxicodendron diversilobum Poison Oak * Tragopogon porrifolius Salsify Typha latifolia Broad-Leaved Cat-Tail Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea Stinging Nettle Verbena lasiostachys Western Vervain * Vicia sativa Spring Vetch Xanthium spinosum Spiny Cocklebur