Rain and Sun in Heritage Creek

The rains in Heritage Creek have stimulated many plants back to life .  Sun after the rain brings out many local creatures.  Come sit awhile and enjoy a bit of nature on campus.

Northern Mockingbird surveys his territory.

 

Native rabbits are busy eating the new grass and cheeseweed.

Hedgerow has plants in flower and fruit - lots of birds and bees.

 

Fall Native Plant Sale - November 18 & 19

Fall Native Plant Sale  

 

  When:   Friday 11/18  - 11:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

               Saturday 11/19 - 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

    Where: Biology Dept. Greenhouse (behind NSM building; http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/map.html )

    What:  CA native plants suitable for home

               gardens (trees, shrubs, flowers)

     Prices: $4.00 - $10.00 donation/plant (a deal!)

Proceeds support native plant propagation/restoration

                   on campus  -  Cash/checks only

 

For an annotated plant list see: http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/plants-available-pring-2014-plant-sale.html

Plant List –  Fall CSUDH – November 18, 19

 

#	Sent	Common Name	Scientific Name	Notes	Reterned
1 gallon and larger shrubs/trees and woody vines - $8.00
2		Marsh baccharis	Baccharis douglasii
4		Coyote bush	Baccharis pilularis
3		Mule fat	Baccharis salicifolia
2		*Western redbud	Cercis orbiculata/ occidentalis
12		CA bush sunflower	Encelia californica
2		Mock heather	Ericameria ericoides
6		*Rabbitbush	Ericameria nauseosa
4		Toyon	Heteromeles arbutifolia
2		Laurel sumac	Malosma laurina
4		Catalina cherry	Prunus ilicifolia
4		Coast live oak	Quercus agrifolia - $10.00
		Lemonadeberry	Rhus integrifolia
4		Blue elderberry	Sambucus nigra cerulea
7		Wild grape	Vitis girdiana
1 gallon perennials/sub-shrubs - $7.00
3		Western columbine	Aquilegia formosa
5		Sticky cinquefoil	Drymocallis (Potentilla) glandulosa
1		Narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium
6		Telegraph plant	Heterotheca grandiflora
6		Sweetscent	Pluchea odorata
2		Feltleaf everlasting	Pseudognaphalium canescens
2		Willow dock	Rumex salicifolius
3		Shrubby butterweed	Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii
8		Bee plant	Scrophularia californica
1 gallon herbaceous groundcovers - $7.00
3		Yarrow	Achillea millefolia
8		Yerba santa	Anemopsis californica
1		Mugwort	Artemisia douglasiana	Large pot - $8.00
2		Salty susan	Jaumea carnosa
14		Blue-eyed Grass	Sisyrinchium bellum
3		CA wood mint	Stachys bullata
12		* Pacific aster	Symphyotrichum chilense (Aster chilensis)
1 gallon perennial succulents/bulbs - $7.00
4		*Shaw’s agave	Agave shawii
4		*Douglas’ iris	Iris douglasii
7		* Banana yucca	Yucca bacata
1 gallon grasses/sedges/rushes/cattails - $7.00
8		*Dune sedge	Carex pansa
		Clustered field sedge	Carex praegracilis
12		*Showy sedge	Carex spectabilis
2		Common scouring rush	Equisetum hyemale
4		Mexican rush	Juncus mexicanus
4		California rush	Juncus patens
6		Basket Rush	Juncus textilis
10		Creeping wildrye	Leymus triticoides
6		Small Cattail	Typha angustifolia
Small pots: trees, shrubs and sub-shrubs - $5.00
4		CA bush sunflower	Encelia californica
10		Dune Buckwheat	Eriogonum parvifolium
15		*Rabbitbush	Ericameria nauseosa
Small pots: perennials /biennials - $5.00
10		* Rosy Buckwheat	Eriogonum grande var. rubescens
12		Coastal gumplant	Grindelia hirsutula
10		Telegraph plant	Heterotheca grandiflora
6		*Seaside alumroot	Heuchera pilosissima
2		Red monkeyflower	Mimulus cardinalis
8		Hooker’s Primrose	Oenothera elate hookeri
20+		Blue-eyed Grass	Sisyrinchium bellum
Small pots: perennial succulents - $5.00
4		* Banana yucca	Yucca bacata
Small pots: groundcovers - $5.00 or 5 for $20.00
10		Fog fruit/Lippia	Phyla nodiflora
6		* Pacific aster	Symphyotrichum chilense (Aster chilensis)
Small pots: grasses/sedges/rushes/cattails - $5.00
4		California rush	Juncus patens
8		Creeping wildrye	Leymus triticoides

 

* CA native, but not native to South Bay