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90 relations: Agriculture, Alluvium, Artemisia californica, Baccharis pilularis, Baja California, Baja California Peninsula, Big Sur, Biome, Bird, Cactus, California, California chaparral and woodlands, California coastal prairie, California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion, California gnatcatcher, Central Coast (California), Chaparral, Claremont Colleges, Cneoridium, Coreopsis gigantea, Diplacus aurantiacus, Dudleya, Ecoregion, El Segundo blue, Encelia californica, Endangered species, Endemism, Ensenada, Baja California, Eriodictyon californicum, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Euphorbia misera, Evergreen, Ferocactus viridescens, Frangula californica, Garrya elliptica, Gaultheria shallon, Herb, Herbaceous plant, Hesperoyucca whipplei, Heteromeles, Iris douglasiana, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Basin, Los Angeles International Airport, Lupinus arboreus, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub, ..., Monterey County, California, Northern coastal scrub, Opuntia littoralis, Orange County, California, Oregon, Oxnard Plain, Pacific coast, Palos Verdes blue, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Pine, Plant community, Poaceae, Pogogyne abramsii, Prairie, Rare species, Rhus integrifolia, Riverside County, California, Robert J. Bernard Field Station, Salvia apiana, Salvia mellifera, San Diego, San Diego County, California, San Francisco Bay Area, San Luis Obispo County, California, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Shrub, Shrubland, Sisyrinchium bellum, Southern California, Succulent plant, Temescal Mountains, Terrace (geology), Tijuana, Torrey pine, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, Toxicodendron diversilobum, Urbanization, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Vernal pool, World Wide Fund for Nature. Expand index (40 more) »
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.
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Alluvium
Alluvium (from the Latin alluvius, from alluere, "to wash against") is loose, unconsolidated (not cemented together into a solid rock) soil or sediments, which has been eroded, reshaped by water in some form, and redeposited in a non-marine setting.
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Artemisia californica
Artemisia californica, also known as California sagebrush, is a species of western North American shrubs in the sunflower family.
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Baccharis pilularis
Baccharis pilularis, called coyote brush (or bush), chaparral broom, and bush baccharis, is a shrub in the daisy family native to California, Oregon, Washington, and Baja California.
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Baja California
Baja CaliforniaSometimes informally referred to as Baja California Norte (North Lower California) to distinguish it from both the Baja California Peninsula, of which it forms the northern half, and Baja California Sur, the adjacent state that covers the southern half of the peninsula.
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Baja California Peninsula
The Baja California Peninsula (Lower California Peninsula, Península de Baja California) is a peninsula in Northwestern Mexico.
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Big Sur
Big Sur is a rugged section of California's Central Coast between Carmel Highlands and San Simeon, where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean, that is frequently praised for its dramatic views.
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Biome
A biome is a community of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in.
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Bird
Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
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Cactus
A cactus (plural: cacti, cactuses, or cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae,Although the spellings of botanical families have been largely standardized, there is little agreement among botanists as to how these names are to be pronounced.
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California
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.
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California chaparral and woodlands
The California chaparral and woodlands is a terrestrial ecoregion of lower northern, central, and southern California (United States) and northwestern Baja California (Mexico), located on the west coast of North America.
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California coastal prairie
California coastal prairie, also known as northern coastal grassland, is a grassland plant community of California and Oregon in the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome.
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California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion
The California coastal sage and chaparral, a sub-ecoregion of the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion, is found in southwestern California and northwestern Baja California in Mexico.
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California gnatcatcher
The California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica) is a small long insectivorous bird which frequents dense coastal sage scrub growth.
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Central Coast (California)
The Central Coast is an area of California, United States, roughly spanning the coastal region between Point Mugu and Monterey Bay.
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Chaparral
Chaparral is a shrubland or heathland plant community found primarily in the US state of California and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico.
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Claremont Colleges
The Claremont Colleges are an American consortium of five undergraduate and two graduate schools of higher education located in Claremont, California, a city east of downtown Los Angeles and west of downtown San Bernardino.
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Cneoridium
Cneoridium is a monotypic genus in the citrus family which contains the single species Cneoridium dumosum, known by the common name bushrue.
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Coreopsis gigantea
Coreopsis gigantea with the common name giant coreopsis, is a woody perennial plant native to coastal regions of central and southern California and also to northern Baja California.
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Diplacus aurantiacus
Diplacus aurantiacus, the sticky monkey-flower or orange bush monkey-flower, is a flowering plant that grows in a subshrub form, native to southwestern North America from southwestern Oregon south through most of California.
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Dudleya
Dudleya is a genus of succulent perennials, consisting of about 45 species in southwest North America.
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Ecoregion
An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than an ecozone.
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El Segundo blue
The El Segundo blue (Euphilotes battoides allyni) is a butterfly local to a small dune ecosystem in Southern California that used to be a community called Palisades del Rey, close to the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
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Encelia californica
Encelia californica is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name California brittlebush.
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Endangered species
An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.
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Endemism
Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
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Ensenada, Baja California
Ensenada is a coastal city in Mexico, the third-largest in Baja California.
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Eriodictyon californicum
Eriodictyon californicum is a species of plant within the Boraginaceae family.
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Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriogonum fasciculatum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common names California buckwheat and eastern Mojave buckwheat.
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Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Eriophyllum confertiflorum, commonly called golden yarrow or yellow yarrow, is a North American species of plants in the (sunflower family), native to California and Baja California.
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Euphorbia misera
Euphorbia misera, known by the common name cliff spurge, is a species of spurge in western North America.
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Evergreen
In botany, an evergreen is a plant that has leaves throughout the year, always green.
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Ferocactus viridescens
Ferocactus viridescens is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae.
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Frangula californica
Frangula californica (previously classified as Rhamnus californica) is a species of flowering plant in the buckthorn family native to western North America.
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Garrya elliptica
Garrya elliptica, the coast silk-tassel, silk tassel bush or wavyleaf silktassel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Garryaceae, native to the coastal ranges of California and southern Oregon.
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Gaultheria shallon
Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family (Ericaceae), native to western North America.
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Herb
In general use, herbs are plants with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, in medicine, or as fragrances.
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Herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plants (in botanical use frequently simply herbs) are plants that have no persistent woody stem above ground.
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Hesperoyucca whipplei
Hesperoyucca whipplei (syn. Yucca whipplei) (chaparral yucca, our Lord's candle, Spanish bayonet, Quixote yucca or foothill yucca is a species of flowering plant closely related to, and formerly usually included in, the genus Yucca. It is native to southern California, United States and Baja California, Mexico, where it occurs mainly in chaparral, coastal sage scrub, and oak woodland plant communities at altitudes of 0–2500 m.
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Heteromeles
Heteromeles arbutifolia (more commonly by Californian botanists), commonly known as toyon, is a common perennial shrub native to extreme southwest Oregon, California, Baja California, and British Columbia.
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Iris douglasiana
Iris douglasiana (Douglas iris) is a common wildflower of the coastal regions of Northern and Central California and southern Oregon in the United States.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.
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Los Angeles Basin
The Los Angeles Basin is a sedimentary basin located in southern California, in a region known as the Peninsular Ranges.
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Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles, California.
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Lupinus arboreus
Lupinus arboreus, common name yellow bush lupine (US) or tree lupin (UK), is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae.
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Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar), formerly Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Miramar and Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.
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Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps.
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Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate or dry summer climate is characterized by rainy winters and dry summers.
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Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub are generally characterized by dry summers and rainy winters, although in some areas rainfall may be uniform.
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Monterey County, California
Monterey County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California.
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Northern coastal scrub
Northern coastal scrub is a scrubland plant community of California and Oregon.
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Opuntia littoralis
Opuntia littoralis is a species of prickly pear cactus known by the common name coastal pricklypear.
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Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California.
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Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States.
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Oxnard Plain
The Oxnard Plain is a large coastal plain in southwest Ventura County, California, United States surrounded by the mountains of the Transverse ranges.
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Pacific coast
A country's Pacific coast is the part of its coast bordering the Pacific Ocean.
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Palos Verdes blue
The Palos Verdes blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis) is a small endangered butterfly native to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southwest Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Palos Verdes Peninsula
The Palos Verdes Peninsula (from Spanish Palos Verdes: Green sticks) is a landform and a geographic sub-region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, within southwestern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California.
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Pine
A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus,, of the family Pinaceae.
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Plant community
A plant community (sometimes "phytocoenosis" or "phytocenosis") is a collection or association of plant species within a designated geographical unit, which forms a relatively uniform patch, distinguishable from neighboring patches of different vegetation types.
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Poaceae
Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses, commonly referred to collectively as grass.
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Pogogyne abramsii
Pogogyne abramsii is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name San Diego mesa mint.
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Prairie
Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type.
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Rare species
A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered.
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Rhus integrifolia
Rhus integrifolia, also known as lemonade sumac, lemonade berry, or lemonadeberry, is a shrub to small tree.
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Riverside County, California
Riverside County, California, is one of fifty-eight counties in the U.S. state of California.
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Robert J. Bernard Field Station
The 85 acre Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station (BFS) is located on the north side of Foothill Boulevard between College Avenue and Mills Avenue in Claremont, California.
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Salvia apiana
Salvia apiana (white sage, bee sage, or sacred sage) is an evergreen perennial shrub that is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, found mainly in the coastal sage scrub habitat of Southern California and Baja California, on the western edges of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
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Salvia mellifera
Salvia mellifera (black sage) is a small, highly aromatic, evergreen shrub of the genus Salvia (the sages) native to California, and Baja California, Mexico.
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San Diego
San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.
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San Diego County, California
San Diego County is a county in the southwestern corner of the state of California, in the United States.
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San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area (popularly referred to as the Bay Area) is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun estuaries in the northern part of the U.S. state of California.
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San Luis Obispo County, California
San Luis Obispo County, officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a county located in California.
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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is a United States National Recreation Area containing many individual parks and open space preserves, located primarily in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California.
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Shrub
A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant.
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Shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterised by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes.
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Sisyrinchium bellum
Sisyrinchium bellum, the western blue-eyed grass or Californian blue-eyed grass, is the common blue-eyed grass of California and Oregon in and west of the Sierra Nevada, its range extending south into Baja California.
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Southern California
Southern California (colloquially known as SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California's southernmost counties.
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Succulent plant
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants that have some parts that are more than normally thickened and fleshy, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions.
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Temescal Mountains
Temescal Mountains, formerly the Sierra Temescal, are one of the northernmost mountain ranges of the Peninsular Ranges in western Riverside County, in Southern California in the United States.
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Terrace (geology)
In geology, a terrace is a step-like landform.
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Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and on the Baja California Peninsula, located at the center of the Tijuana and the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan areas.
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Torrey pine
The Torrey pine, Pinus torreyana, is a rare pine species in the United States.
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Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve is 2,000 acres of coastal state park located in the community of La Jolla, in San Diego, California, off North Torrey Pines Road.
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Toxicodendron diversilobum
Toxicodendron diversilobum (syn. Rhus diversiloba), commonly named Pacific poison oak or western poison oak, is a woody vine or shrub in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae.
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Urbanization
Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural to urban residency, the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas, and the ways in which each society adapts to this change.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base northwest of Lompoc, California.
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Vernal pool
Vernal pools, also called vernal ponds or ephemeral pools, are temporary pools of water that provide habitat for distinctive plants and animals.
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of the wilderness preservation, and the reduction of human impact on the environment.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_sage_scrub
