Bulbs
Flower Basics
Flower Beds & Specialty Gardens
Flower Garden
Garden Furniture
Garden Gnomes
Garden Seeds
Garden Sheds
Garden Statues
Garden Tools & Supplies
Gardening Basics
Green & Organic
Groundcovers & Vines
Growing Annuals
Growing Basil
Growing Beans
Growing Berries
Growing Blueberries
Growing Cactus
Growing Corn
Growing Cotton
Growing Edibles
Growing Flowers
Growing Garlic
Growing Grapes
Growing Grass
Growing Herbs
Growing Jasmine
Growing Mint
Growing Mushrooms
Orchids
Growing Peanuts
Growing Perennials
Growing Plants
Growing Rosemary
Growing Roses
Growing Strawberries
Growing Sunflowers
Growing Thyme
Growing Tomatoes
Growing Tulips
Growing Vegetables
Herb Basics
Herb Garden
Indoor Growing
Landscaping Basics
Landscaping Patios
Landscaping Plants
Landscaping Shrubs
Landscaping Trees
Landscaping Walks & Pathways
Lawn Basics
Lawn Maintenance
Lawn Mowers
Lawn Ornaments
Lawn Planting
Lawn Tools
Outdoor Growing
Overall Landscape Planning
Pests, Weeds & Problems
Plant Basics
Rock Garden
Rose Garden
Shrubs
Soil
Specialty Gardens
Trees
Vegetable Garden
Yard Maintenance
Plants of the California Coast
Plants of the California Coast. The coast of California is home to a wide variety of plants, including scrubs, grasses and strands that grow near the ocean but far enough away that they are protected from the spray of saltwater. Nearly 80 species of wildflowers are also present along the coast of California. A number of distinctive plant species...
The coast of California is home to a wide variety of plants, including scrubs, grasses and strands that grow near the ocean but far enough away that they are protected from the spray of saltwater. Nearly 80 species of wildflowers are also present along the coast of California. A number of distinctive plant species grow at and around the fragile sand dunes of the California coast, while other plants grow low on the bluffs of the coast.
Wildflowers
There are at least 79 kinds of wildflowers growing along the coast of California, including the Bermuda buttercup, butterfly mariposa lily, common California aster, climbing morning glory, coast paintbrush, fetid adder's tongue, five-fingered fern, flowering currant, horsetail ferns, Indian warrior, Mediterranean linseed, morning glory, pacific hound's tongue, redwood wood sorrel, sticky monkeyflower, sunflowers, western coltsfoot, yellow-eyed grass and yellow skunk cabbage.
Coastal Scrub
Coastal scrubs are typically found in areas that don't have many trees -- if there are any at all -- but are abundant in low shrubs. The different families of scrubs that are located along the coast of California include creosote bush scrub, sagebrush scrub, shadscale scrub, coastal sage scrub and northern coastal scrub. Scrubs can grow near beaches and in areas known as scrublands.
Coastal Grasses
Many species of grasses grow along the coast of California during the springtime and throughout the summer. Grass species that grow along the California coast include bentgrass, hairgrass, reedgrass and oatgrass, as well as some species that are not native to California but are still often found along the coast, such as wild oat and bromegrass.
Coastal Strand
Coastal strand plant species that grow along the California coast include the four-wing salt bush, the California poppy plant, sand strawberry, yellow-eyed grass, clustered field sedge, bluff California lilac, deerweed, camphor dune tansy and the yellow sand verbena. These plants grow in areas of the California coast that have saline soils, shifting sands and windy beaches where the ocean often has many waves.
