| Scientific Name | Common Name | Family | Native | COPR Herbarium | UCSB Herbarium | Clements study | Observations | ||
| Abronia maritima | Red sand verbena | Nyctaginaceae | X | x | Foredune | ||||
| Abronia umbellata | Pink sand verbena | Nyctaginaceae | X | x | After the first set of dunes, flower color ranges from white to dark pink | ||||
| Acacia longifolia | Acacia | Fabaceae | x | Common on backdunes until 1996. Eradicated during dune restoration | |||||
| Ambrosia chamissonis | Beach Burr | Asteraceae | X | x | Unstable dunes | ||||
| Ambrosia psilostachya | Western Ragweed | Asteraceae | X | x | North Margin Restoration Site | ||||
| Amsinckia spectabilis var spetabilis | Seaside fiddleneck | Boraginaceae | X | x | Top of dunes near main entrance and top of dunes along beach fence | ||||
| Anagallis arvensis | Scarlet Pimpernel | Primulaceae | x | BS, North margin restoration site | |||||
| Anemopsis californica | Hierba Mansa | Saururaceae | X | X | |||||
| Antirrhinum nuttallianum | Snapdragon | Scrophulariacae | X | Rare on back dune scrub. Well established on acacia restoration area(ARA) since 1998 | |||||
| Artemisia californica | California Sagebrush | Asteraceae | X | x | West dune swale near willows, North Margin Restoration Site | ||||
| Artemisia douglasiana | Mugwhort | Asteraceae | X | x | Edge of slough north of VP, established at Acacia Restoration Area, planted in North Margin Restoration Site | ||||
| Arthrocnemun subterminale | Parish’s Glaswort | Chenopodiaceae | X | x | Two plants 100 feet east and west of slough culvert | ||||
| Aster subulatus v. ligulatus | Slim Aster | Asteraceae | X | North Margin Restoration Site | |||||
| Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus | Ventura Marsh Milkvetch | Fabaceae | X | Planted in Enchanted Forest (2000) test plant sites in on west dune swale ( 2001) and North Margin Restoration Site (2003) | |||||
| Atriplex californica | California Saltbush | Chenopodiaceae | X | ||||||
| Atriplex lentiformis | Quailbush | Chenopodiaceae | X | One plant near Monarch point (probably introduced) several plants on Acacia Restoration Area and point from Ellwood bluffs, planted in North margin restoraiton site | |||||
| Atriplex leucophyla | Beach saltbush | Chenopodiaceae | foredunes | ||||||
| Atriplex semibaccata | Australian Saltbush | Chenopodiaceae | North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Atriplex triangularis | Spearscale/Spear-leaved saltbush | Chenopodiaceae | X | x | North margin restoration site | ||||
| Avena fatua | Wild Oats | Poaceae | Scattered locations including North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Baccharis pilularis | Coyote Brush | Asteraceae | X | x | Scattered locations including North Margin Restoration site, Dominant of back dune scrub | ||||
| Baccharis salicifolia | Mulefat | Asteraceae | X | A few plants around dune pond. Planted in Slough Restoration Area, planted at North Margin Restoration Area | |||||
| Brassica nigra | Black Mustard | Brassicaceae | Scattered locations including North Margin Restoration site | ||||||
| Bromus carinatus | California Brome | Poaceae | X | Back dunes near cypress, North Margin Restoration Site | |||||
| Bromus diandrus | Ripgut Brome | Poaceae | Common in scattered locations including North Margin Restoration site | ||||||
| Bromus hordeaceus | Soft Chess | Poaceae | x | Widely scattered locations including North Margin Restoration site | |||||
| Cakile maritima | Sea rocket | Brassicaceae | X | x | foredunes and inland of sandy beach, common | ||||
| Calystegia macrostegia ssp. cyclostegia | Coastal Morning-glory | Convolvulaceae | X | x | Common in scattered locations including North Margin Restoration site | ||||
| Calystegia soldanella | Beach Morning-Glory | Convolvulaceae | X | x | Several areas | ||||
| Camissonia cheiranthifolia | Beach Evening Primrose | Onagraceae | X | x | Dunes, more common on eastern dunes, resistant to trampling | ||||
| Camissonia micrantha | Small Primrose | Onagraceae | X | x | |||||
| Carduus pycnocephalus | Italian Thistle | Asteraceae | Scattered locations including North Margin Restoration site | ||||||
| Castilleja densiflora subsp. Densiflora | Owl's clover | Scrophulariaceae | x | ||||||
| Centaurium muhlenbergii | Monterey Centaury | Gentianaceae | x | x | southern limit in region | ||||
| Chenopodium ambrosioides | Mexican Tea | Chenopodiaceae | Common near gate to entrance of Reserve | ||||||
| Chenopodium californicum | Soap plant | Chenopodiaceae | X | x | dunes | ||||
| Cirsium rhothophilum | Surf Thistle | Asteraceae | X | dunes, CNPS1B | |||||
| Cirsium vulgare | Bull Thistle | Asteraceae | North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Claytonia perfoliata var. perfoliata | Miner’s Lettuce | Portulaceae | X | x | Under enchanted forest, see east of dune pond | ||||
| Clematis ligusticifolia | Virgin’s Bower | Ranunculaceae | X | ||||||
| Conyza canadensis | Horseweed | Asteraceae | Common in North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Cortaderia selloana | Pampas Grass | Poaceae | Removed from North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Cotula coronopifolia | Brass buttons | Asteraceae | x | ||||||
| Cressa truxillensis | Alkali weed | Convolvulaceae | X | x | Occasional, North Margin Restoration Site | ||||
| Cupressus macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | Cupressaceae | x | ||||||
| Cynodon dactylon | Bermuda Grass | Poaceae | Occasional North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Cyperus eragrostis | Cyperaceae | X | wetlands | ||||||
| Datura wrightii | Toloache | Solanaceae | X | Occasional near parking lot | |||||
| Distichlis spicata | Salt Grass | Poaceae | X | x | Dunes, dune swale, along Devereux slough edge, dune pond (with population of Wandering Skipper), patch on west campus bluffs near parking lot, North Margin Restoration Site | ||||
| Eleocharis macrostachya | Common Spikerush | Cyperaceae | X | back dune scrub near cypress row | |||||
| Elymus glaucus | Western Rye | Poaceae | x | x | |||||
| Encelia californica | California Bush Sunflower | Asteraceae | X | Planted in North Margin Restoration Site (2003) | |||||
| Epilobium canum | California Fuchsia | Onagraceae | x | Introduced from North Bluff to ARA 1999 | |||||
| Eriogonum parviflorum | Seacliff Buckwheat | Polygonaceae | X | COPR dunes, planted in North Margin Restoration Site (2003) | |||||
| Erodium cicutarium | Red-stem Filaree | Geraniaceae | Scattered locations including North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Eschscholzia californica var. maritima | California Coastal Poppy | Papaveraceae | X | x | Lower parts of dunes and north west corner. Planted in ARA. Large dune population has orange and yellow varieties. Other smaller pop. Have only yellow. | ||||
| Foeniculum vulgare | Fennel | Apiaceae | x | Scattered locations including North Margin Restoration Site | |||||
| Frankenia salina | Alkali Heath | Frankeniaceae | X | x | Common in North Margin Restoration Site | ||||
| Geranium sp. | Geranium/Cranesbill | Geraniaceae | Scattered in North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Gnaphalium bicolor | Everlasting | Asteraceae | |||||||
| Gnaphalium californicum | Green Everlasting | Asteraceae | |||||||
| Gnaphalium luteo-album | California Everlasting | Asteraceae | X | x | |||||
| Gnaphalium purpurea | Purple Cudweed | Asteraceae | |||||||
| Grindelia camporun | Gum Plant | Asteraceae | x | ||||||
| Hazardia squarrosa var squarrosa | Sawttoth goldenbush | Asteraceae | x | a few plants on highest point on pond trail | |||||
| Helioptrophium curassavicum | Heliotrope | Boraginaceae | X | x | Dune swale | ||||
| Hemizonia fasciculata | Fascicled tarweed | Asteraceae | X | x | along trails | ||||
| Hemizonia parryi subsp. Australis | Southern tarweed | Asteraceae | X | Disturbed areas near wetlands | |||||
| Heterotheca grandiflora | Telegraph weed | Asteraceae | x | ||||||
| Hordeum bracheantemun | Meadow Barley | Poaceae | X | West campus bluffs and loop | |||||
| Hordeum californicum | California barley | Poaceae | X | x | On west campus bluffs | ||||
| Hordeum marinum subsp. Gussoneanum | Mediterranean Barley | Poaceae | x | ||||||
| Hypochoeris glabra | Smooth cat’s Year | Asteraceae | x | ||||||
| Isocoma menziesii var. menziesii | Coast Goldenbush | Asteraceae | X | Erect variety on bluff tops, dunes, planted in North Margin Restoraiton Site (2003), prostrate variety on vertical slopes of Ellwood bluffs. Introduced large variety on soil remediation site | |||||
| Isocoma meziessi var. sedoides | Asteraceae | X | Vertical bluffs, prostrate, succulent | ||||||
| Jaumea carnosa | Marsh Jaumea | Asteraceae | X | x | Common in North Margin Restoration Site | ||||
| Juncus bufonius | Toad Rush | Juncaceae | X | x | North Margin Restoration Site | ||||
| Juncus mexicanus | Mexican rush | Juncaceae | X | Under enchanted forest, see east of dune pond | |||||
| Juncus patens | Common Rush/Indian rush | Juncaceae | X | A few plants on trail towards the dune pond, west of the pond, mixed with Bacharis, planted in North Margin Restoration Site (2003) | |||||
| Juncus phaeocephalis | Brown-headed rush | Juncaceae | X | x | Seep east of dune pond | ||||
| Lactuca serriola | Prickly lettuce | Scattered | |||||||
| Lessingia filaginifolia | Califonrnia Aster | Asteraceae | X | Dunes | |||||
| Leymus condensatus | Giant Rye Grass | Poaceae | X | North Bluff, planted in North Margin Restoration Site (2003) | |||||
| Leymus triticoides | Alkali Rye grass | Poaceae | X | ||||||
| Lolium multiflorum | Italian ryegrass | Poaceae | Scattered locations including North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Lolium perenne ssp multiflorum | English Rye | Poaceae | x | ||||||
| Lonicera subspicata var. subspicata | Santa Barbara Honeysuckle | Caprifoliaceae | X | Planted in North Margin Restoration Site (2003), few plants near Mimulus on back dunes | |||||
| Lotus purshianus | Spanish clover | Fabaceae | x | x | Dune swale wetland by dune pond | ||||
| Lotus sp. | Dune lotus? | Fabaceae | X | ||||||
| Lupinus arboreus | Bush Lupine | Fabaceae | X | x | Around dune swale | ||||
| Lupinus bicolor | Miniature Lupine | Fabaceae | X | Along trail north of VP | |||||
| Lupinus nanus nanus | Sky Lupine | Fabaceae | x | ||||||
| Lupinus suculentus | Succulent Lupine | Fabaceae | X | One plant after acacia was removed on ARA, several plants on edge of slough | |||||
| Lythrium californicum | California loosestrife | Lythraceae | X | x | wetlands | ||||
| Madia sativa | Coastal Tarweed | Asteraceae | x | x | |||||
| Malacothrix saxatilis tenuifolia | Seacliff Daisy | Asteraceae | X | On back on first dunes, near the Buckwheat | |||||
| Malacothrix saxatilis var saxatalis | Seacliff Daisy | Asteraceae | X | x | On Ellwood bluffs and ARA | ||||
| Medicago polymorpha | Bur-clover | Fabaceae | Scattered locations including North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Melilotus albus | White sweet-clover | Fabaceae | North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Melilotus indicus | Yellow sweet-clover | Fabaceae | Common in North Margin Restoration Site and adjacent wetland | ||||||
| Microseris douglasii subsp. Douglasii | Asteraceae | ||||||||
| Mimulus longiflorus | Bush Monkey Flower | Scrophulariaceae | X | x | Rare, 100 ft from beach on dune scrub, near poison oak and honeysuckle | ||||
| Monanthochloe littoralis | Salt cedar | Poaceae | X | backdunes between scrub and dunes | |||||
| Myoporum laetum | Myoporum | Myoporaceae | Removed from North Margin Restoration Site (2003) and dunes (2002) | ||||||
| Nasella lepida | Needle Grass | Poaceae | X | Scatered on grassland, common under Eucaliptus | |||||
| Nasella pulchra | Purple Needle Grass | Poaceae | x | ||||||
| Navarretia atractyloides? | Holly-leaved navarretia | Polemoniaceae | x | x | edge of Baccharis scrub along trail near Cypress row | ||||
| Oenothera hookei | Hooker's primrose | Onagraceae | |||||||
| Oxalis pes-caprae | Bermuda Buttercup | Oxalidaceae | x | North Margin Restoration Site | |||||
| Parapholis incurva | Sickle Grass | Poaceae | |||||||
| Phacelia ramosissima astrolitoralis | Branching Phacelia | Hydrophyllaceae | X | x | Backdunes | ||||
| Phalaris aquatica | Harding grass | Poaceae | Common North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Picris echioides | Bristly Ox-tongue | Asteraceae | Common North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Piptatherum miliaceum | Smilo Grass | Poaceae | North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Plantago lanceolata | English Plantain | Plantaginaceae | x | Common North Margin Restoration Site | |||||
| Polypogon monspeliensis | Rabbit’s foot grass | Poaceae | x | North Margin Restoration Site | |||||
| Populus fremontii | Fremont Cottonwood | Salicaceae | X | Introduced to willow woodland at North Margin Restoration Site | |||||
| Quercus agrifolia | Coast Live Oak | Fagaceae | X | Willow woodland North Margin Restoration Site | |||||
| Raphanus raphanistrum | Jointed Charlock | Brassicaceae | x | ||||||
| Raphanus sativus | Wild radish | Brassicaceae | x | Common North Margin Restoration Site | |||||
| Rhamnus crocea | Redberry | Rhamnaceae | x | ||||||
| Rhus integrifolia | Lemonade Berry | Anacardiaceae | X | Ellwood bluff, used in landscape and ARA (from North Bluff) | |||||
| Rubus sp. | Blackberry | Rosaceae | Willow woodland North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Rumex crispus | Curly Dock | Polygonaceae | x | salt marsh, vernal pools and dune swale | |||||
| Rumex salicifolius var. crassus | Willow Dock | Polygonaceae | x | x | on wetland around dune pond | ||||
| Salicornia virginica | Pickleweed | Chenopodiaceae | X | x | Dominant on slough and scatered on dune swale and around dune pond, North Margin Restoration Site | ||||
| Salix lasiolepis | Arroyo Willow | Salicaceae | X | x | On dune swales, North Margin | ||||
| Sambucus mexicana | Elderberry | Caprifoliaceae | X | x | Dune swale, planted in North Margin Restoration Site (2003) | ||||
| Sanicula arguta | Sharp toothed sanicle | Apiaceae | X | x | Dune swale | ||||
| Saponaria officinalis | Soap wort | Caryophylaceae | West COPR Clements experiment | ||||||
| Scirpus ? | Cyperaceae | X | Slough edge | ||||||
| Scirpus californicus | California Bulrush | Cyperaceae | X | Dune swale | |||||
| Scirpus maritimus | Prairie Bulrush | Cyperaceae | X | x | West south finger, seep east of dune pond, North Margin Restoration Site | ||||
| Scirpus pungens | Common threesqaure | Cyperaceae | X | ||||||
| Scirpus robustus | X | x | West south finger | ||||||
| Scrophularia atrata | Lompoc figwort | Scrophulariaceae | X | backdunes. Southernmost limit | |||||
| Scrophularia californica floribunda | Bee Plant/California Figwort | Scrophulariaceae | X | x | Mixed with Bacharis on dune scrub, North Margin | ||||
| Sisyrinchium bellum | Blue eyed grass | Iridaceae | X | Grassland around VP, large path on top of dune scrub near wetland by Cypress row. | |||||
| Solanum douglasii | Douglas Nightshade | Solanaceae | x | Scattered, common after removal of Acacia on Acacia Restoration Area, North Margin Restoration Site | |||||
| Sonchus oleraceus | Common Sow-thistle | Asteraceae | Common North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Spergularia marina | Salt Marsh sand Spurry | Caryophyllaceae | X | x | near marshes | ||||
| Stachys bullata | Wood mint | Lamiaceae | X | x | Planted in North Margin Restoration Site (2003) | ||||
| Stephanomeria elata | Tall Stephanomeria | Asteraceae | X | Dunes | |||||
| Suaeda taxifolia | Wooly Sea-Blite | Chenopodiaceae | X | Lower Ellwood bluffs, occasional around slough mouth. Common on lower part of Ellwood Bluffs, Planted on SRA from Ellwood | |||||
| Tamarix sp. | Tamarisk | Tamaricaceae | Scattered North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Tetragonia tetragonioides | New Zealand spinach | Aizoaceae | x | Dune swale | |||||
| Tragopogon porrifolius | Oyster root | Asteraceae | x | ||||||
| Verbena lasiostachys var lasyostachys | Western vervain | Verbenaceae | X | x | coastal scrub | ||||
| Vicia benghalensis | vetch | Fabaceae | x | ||||||
| Vulpia sp. | Fescue | Poaceae | Scattered North Margin Restoration Site | ||||||
| Xanthium strumarium | Cockleburr | Asteraceae | wetlands | ||||||