Bright vibrant yellow sunflower with lots of petals. Found alongside fence and upper gradient of the marsh. Big bushes with many flowers
Big plant located on slope of sand hill. Goes high higher to lower gradient location, large with small clustered fish is / bright purple flowers
Sea snail with light orange coloring and a smooth shell with cream, brown, and black coloring. Slimy in texture
Found in the mid marsh. Unfortunately, we visited too early in the spring to see the purple flowers produced by the Limonium californicum.
Torrey Pine- large tree on trail loop, only found naturally here and Santa Rosa island. Having issues with bark beetles as well as drought. Green with spikey needles
Cholla with spikes and slightly dry. Medium in size off trail. Light green and brown in color
Found along the tail in an area that was relatively far from the ocean, sunny, and not very windy.
Found along the wrack line of the previous high tide, located at the border of the light, dry sand and the hard, wet sand.
Found within a band of Gould Beanclams about halfway between the water's edge and the dry sand. The sand here still retained lots of moisture.
Found struggling to move in very shallow waters. The Western Honey Bee did not seem to be in this location by choice.
Found along the side of the trail, about midway down the mountain. It was located in/close to the chaparral.