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Scientific Name
Common Name
Abronia latifolia
Yellow sand verbena
Abronia umbellata
Beach sand verbena
Acacia farnesiana var. farnesiana
Sweet acacia
Acalypha californica
California copperleaf
Acer macrophyllum
Big leaf maple
Achillea millefolium
Yarrow
Achnatherum coronatum
Needlegrass
Achnatherum speciosum
Desert needlegrass
Achyrachaena mollis
Blow-wives
Acourtia microcephala
Perezia
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Chamise
Adenostoma sparsifolium
Ribbon bush
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Maiden-hair fern
Aesculus californica
California buckeye
Agave shawii
Shaw's agave
Ageratina adenophora
Eupatorium
Agrostis stolonifera
Red top
Allium crispum
Crinkled onion
Allium haematochiton
Red-skinned wild onion
Allium lacunosum var. lacunosum
Wild onion
Allium peninsulare
Wild onion
Alnus rhombifolia
White alder
Amaranthus albus
Tumbleweed
Amaranthus blitoides
Mat amaranthus
Amaranthus retroflexus
Amaranthus
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Annual bur-sage
Ambrosia chamissonis
Beach bur
Ambrosia psilostachya
Western ragweed
Amsinckia eastwoodiae
Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii
Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia
Fiddleneck
Anagallis arvensis
Poor man's weather glass
Anaphalis margaritacea
Pearly everlasting
Anemopsis californica
Yerba mansa
Anthemis cotula
Mayweed
Anthriscus caucalis
Bur-chervil
Antirrhinum coulterianum
White snapdragon
Antirrhinum kelloggii
Twining snapdragon
Antirrhinum multiflorum
Rose snapdragon
Antirrhinum nuttallianum
Wild snapdragon
Aquilegia formosa
Columbine
Arabis blepharophylla
Coast rock cress
Arbutus menziesii
Pacific madrone
Arctostaphylos glauca
Big berry manzanita
Arctostaphylos rudis
Sand mesa manzanita
Armeria maritima var. californica
Thrift
Artemisia californica
California sagebrush
Artemisia douglasiana
California mugwort
Arundo donax
Giant reed
Asclepias eriocarpa
Indian milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis
Narrow-leaf milkweed
Asphodelus fistulosus
Asphodel
Aster lanceolatus ssp. hesperius
Aster
Astragalus brauntonii
Braunton's milkvetch
Astragalus trichopodus
Milkvetch
Astragalus trichopodus var. lonchus
Southern California milkvetch
Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorus
Lady fern
Atriplex lentiformis
Big saltbush
Atriplex rosea
Redscale
Atriplex semibaccata
Australian saltbush
Atriplex triangularis
Spearscale
Atriplex watsonii
Atriplex
Avena fatua
Wild oats
Azolla filiculoides
Mosquito fern
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