Marin Headlands

Guidebook

By Keerthana Surbhi Rachana

Divyani and Divija

Table of

ContentsAnimalsCalifornia Sea Lion

Elephant Seal

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Harbor Seal

Mission Blue Butterfly

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly

Sea Otter

Snowy Egret

PlantsBeach Grass

Beach Morning Glory

Beach Strawberry

Bermuda Buttercups

European Dune

Grass

Ice Plant

Gum Plant

Sand Verbena

Sea Fig

Sea Rocket

Silver Beach Weed

Animals

California Sea Lion

The Very playful california Sea Lion or the

Zalophus Californianus lives in the Rocky

Coastal area Itrsquos life span can come up to

30 years This mammal goes hunting for

30 hours taking 4-5 minute dives They eat

shellfish fish and squid They live in big

groups called Rookeries and when they

mate they mate in those groups by the

Coastal Rocky shores or in man made

structures The males grow up to be 850

p0unds and the females are 220 pounds

you can identify the california Sea Lion by

their Chocolate brown skin Want to know

a cool thing about the California Sea Lion

They are about as tall as a full grown

man

Here is picture of

a Baby California

Sea Lion

This is a

picture of

a California

Sea Lion with

her baby

Elephant

SealThe Elephant Sealrsquos scientific name is Mirounga and they are identified as

Earless Seals They are found in California and Baja California And they

like to eat fish but they also eat other types of seafood Male seals eat

various food like octopuses small sharks rays other bottom-dwelling

fish But female seals mostly eat squid Male seals can grow to 20 feet and

weigh 8800 pounds But female seals grow up to 10 feet and weigh up to

1500 pounds Adults could grow over 13 feet and weigh up to 4500

pounds And also Elephant Seals are the largest seals in the world and

can live to 23 years They are called pinnipeds because they have four

flippers Elephant Seal life span is different for each gender For female

they live up to 19-20 years but for male they live only up to 13-14 years

Female seals give birth in late winter to a single pup each year Elephant

Seal might look big but they are fast they can swim 10-15 miles per

hourThey use their whiskers which are called vibrissae to help locate

their food Elephant Seal communicate different ways like belches grunts

snorts whimpering squeals screams and hisses They make really deep

dives and hold their breathe for 25-30 minutes for an average dive a deep

they hold their breathe for 80 minutes Pups have black fur until 6 weeks

and they turn silver Adult seals are brown or gray They put sand on

themselves to keep cool in the sun Elephant Seals get their name from

elephants because male seals when they inhale their noses are filled with

father seal

sleeping with

his baby

father looking

out for her

children

Great Blue HeronThe Great Blue Heron or Ardea herodias is a majestic sight The

Great Blue Heron lives along the shallow waters along the edges

of rivers lakes and marshes across the Great Lakes Region The

oldest Great Heron to live was 23 years old they usually donrsquot

live that long The average lifespan of the Great Blue Heron is 15

years old This bird eats all kinds of fish frogs salamanders

lizards snakes grasshoppers dragonflies large aquatic insects

crustaceans shrews mice and other small rodents Great Blue

Herons have one date per breeding season They breed from

March to May in the Northern part of their range and November

through April in the Southern hemisphere Females usually lay

between 2 and 7 pale-blue eggs Both parents take turn taking

care of the eggs and the eggs hatch after 26 to 30 days After

living in the nest for about 2 months the chicks are ready to go

from there parents They are usually ready to reproduce when

they are about 22 months old Great Blue Herons stand

approximately 60cm tall and are 97 to 137cm long They weigh

21 to 25 kg You can identify a Great Blue Heron by its long

feathers long wings long pointed bill and short tail There bills

are a yellowish color there legs are yellowish-green to gray

with a gray upper body There necks are streaked with white

black and rust-brownThey have gray feathers of the back of

their necks and chestnut colored feathers on their thighs They

feature a plume of black feathers that start behind their eyes

which extends out behind their headsThey are tall water birds

chicks- chicks is another

word for babies kids

streaked- means lines all

over the something

Finall

y

found

Fish

looking out for

prey

My sketch

of a Great

Blue Heron

Great Egret

The Great Egret lives in many places

Some are freshwater saltwater ponds

streams and mudflats Its lifespan comes

up to 15 years and reproduces around the

age of 2-3 years in the the tall trees near

water There are soon eggs each nest

each nests has about 3-4 eggs the cute

babies learn to fly in 6-7 weeksThe

majestic animal can be as tall as half of a

full grown man and Its weight is 22 lbs or

1 kg The carnivorous birdrsquos diet includes

frogs salamanders snakes and other

small animals Here is a fun facts about

the great egret Its weight is 170 of a full

grown man which is 1 kilogram

Here is a picture

of a mother egret

with her small baby

Egrets

Here is another

Picture of a great

egret

Harbor

SealThe Harbor Seal or Phoca Vitulina is a

cute looking animal Harbor Seals live in

the Coastal regions of the North Pacific

and Atlantic Oceans they also live in the

Arctic region They can live up to be 30

years old In size an average male is 63

inches long a female is 58 inches long

and a pup (baby) is 32 inches long

Harbor seals eat crustaceans squid fish

and mollusks You can identify a Harbor

Seals by its range of color from silver to

red with dark and light spots Males are

mature at the age 3 to 7 years and reach

the weight of 165lbs and female are

mature at the age 3 to 6 and reach the

weight of 110 lbs The pregnancy time is

from 9 to 11 months Pups are born

between February and July

Adult Harbor

Seal on Ice

Two harbor

seals (Dining

and Billiard)

engage in rest

and relaxation

Days old harbor

seal pup found

on beach alone

Harbor Seal looking toward you

The mission blue butterfly also known as the

Icaricia Icarioides missionensis lives in the coastal

grassland habitat The mission blue butterflies diet

is nectar The life cycle for a mission blue butterfly

is after hatching a caterpillar starts to eat a plant

The caterpillar sheds its skin several times during

this stage It looks for a sheltered spot then spins

it self up with silken threads and sheds its skin

one last time revealing skin that will harden from

the chrysalis or the pupa Six to 10 days later a

fully developed winged adult emerges from the

chrysalis and the cycle starts all over again One

of the special things about the mission blue

butterfly is that it is rare and endangered The

predators for the mission blue butterfly are wasps

other insects and rodents

A mission blue butterfly resting on a leaf

A mission blue butterfly drinking nectar

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly

The San Bruno Elfin butterfly known as

Incisalia Mossii bayensis lives on the

Coastal grasslands Coastal scrubs and

Rocky soils The butterfly drinks the

nectar from the coastal flower as there

food The butterfly can grow up to be 22-

24 mm They start mating in february

and march when the flowers are full of

nectarIf you want to see these butterflies

you can go to San Bruno mountain San

Mateo county or San francisco Peninsula

also known as Marin headlands Sadly

The San Bruno Butterfly is endangered It

was listed Endangered in 1976

Here is a

picture of a

caterpillar of

the San

Bruno Elfin

butterfly

Here is a

picture of the

San Bruno

Butterfly

Sea OtterThe Sea Otter or the Enhydra Lutris is normally found near

the shallow coastal waters off the Pacific OceanThe

normal lifespan for a female is around 15 to 20 years The

normal lifespan for a male is 10 to 15 years For

reproduction they have mating season the whole

yearThe female normally have pregnancy for 6 to 8

months A female sea otter normally has one pup or a

baby sea otter but she can also have twins or two babies

Sea otters have the diet of urchins abalonemussels

clams crabs snails and about 40 other marine

speciesSea otters grow up to about four feet Their weight

for female is 45 pounds and the male go to about 65

pounds The identification for a sea otter is A layer of far

apart guard hairs overlays the underfurSea otters are

completely covered with fur except for the nose padsthe

inside of the ear flaps and the pads on the bottom of the

feet The color of the fur is from dark brown to reddish

brown Older sea otters become grizzled with the fur

around the head neck and shoulders almost becoming

white

A sea otter eating food

A sea otter resting

Grizzled means having streaked or with gray hair

The Snowy EgretThe snowy egret or Egretta Thula [its

scientific name] is not a common sight but

a beautiful one It is a threatened species

and lives near coastal or marshy areas A

baby egret is born out of a bluegreen egg

and leaves the nest after 20-25 days to go

out on its own It takes both parents to

incubate the eggs and that means not

much food A snowy egret eats almost

anything that is a small aquatic creature

or water plantThis includes of shrimp

crayfish fiddler crab snakes snails and

frogs The lifespan is about 16 years and

is a medium sized heronIt is about 20-27

inches long and is 41 inches long in

wingspan It is 13 ounces and you can

identify it with its slenderblack beak and

yellow feet and it is much smaller than the

great egret

Flying female

snowy egret

Male snowy

egret

showing off

3 newly hatched

egret

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

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blue-heronhtml

Table of

ContentsAnimalsCalifornia Sea Lion

Elephant Seal

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Harbor Seal

Mission Blue Butterfly

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly

Sea Otter

Snowy Egret

PlantsBeach Grass

Beach Morning Glory

Beach Strawberry

Bermuda Buttercups

European Dune

Grass

Ice Plant

Gum Plant

Sand Verbena

Sea Fig

Sea Rocket

Silver Beach Weed

Animals

California Sea Lion

The Very playful california Sea Lion or the

Zalophus Californianus lives in the Rocky

Coastal area Itrsquos life span can come up to

30 years This mammal goes hunting for

30 hours taking 4-5 minute dives They eat

shellfish fish and squid They live in big

groups called Rookeries and when they

mate they mate in those groups by the

Coastal Rocky shores or in man made

structures The males grow up to be 850

p0unds and the females are 220 pounds

you can identify the california Sea Lion by

their Chocolate brown skin Want to know

a cool thing about the California Sea Lion

They are about as tall as a full grown

man

Here is picture of

a Baby California

Sea Lion

This is a

picture of

a California

Sea Lion with

her baby

Elephant

SealThe Elephant Sealrsquos scientific name is Mirounga and they are identified as

Earless Seals They are found in California and Baja California And they

like to eat fish but they also eat other types of seafood Male seals eat

various food like octopuses small sharks rays other bottom-dwelling

fish But female seals mostly eat squid Male seals can grow to 20 feet and

weigh 8800 pounds But female seals grow up to 10 feet and weigh up to

1500 pounds Adults could grow over 13 feet and weigh up to 4500

pounds And also Elephant Seals are the largest seals in the world and

can live to 23 years They are called pinnipeds because they have four

flippers Elephant Seal life span is different for each gender For female

they live up to 19-20 years but for male they live only up to 13-14 years

Female seals give birth in late winter to a single pup each year Elephant

Seal might look big but they are fast they can swim 10-15 miles per

hourThey use their whiskers which are called vibrissae to help locate

their food Elephant Seal communicate different ways like belches grunts

snorts whimpering squeals screams and hisses They make really deep

dives and hold their breathe for 25-30 minutes for an average dive a deep

they hold their breathe for 80 minutes Pups have black fur until 6 weeks

and they turn silver Adult seals are brown or gray They put sand on

themselves to keep cool in the sun Elephant Seals get their name from

elephants because male seals when they inhale their noses are filled with

father seal

sleeping with

his baby

father looking

out for her

children

Great Blue HeronThe Great Blue Heron or Ardea herodias is a majestic sight The

Great Blue Heron lives along the shallow waters along the edges

of rivers lakes and marshes across the Great Lakes Region The

oldest Great Heron to live was 23 years old they usually donrsquot

live that long The average lifespan of the Great Blue Heron is 15

years old This bird eats all kinds of fish frogs salamanders

lizards snakes grasshoppers dragonflies large aquatic insects

crustaceans shrews mice and other small rodents Great Blue

Herons have one date per breeding season They breed from

March to May in the Northern part of their range and November

through April in the Southern hemisphere Females usually lay

between 2 and 7 pale-blue eggs Both parents take turn taking

care of the eggs and the eggs hatch after 26 to 30 days After

living in the nest for about 2 months the chicks are ready to go

from there parents They are usually ready to reproduce when

they are about 22 months old Great Blue Herons stand

approximately 60cm tall and are 97 to 137cm long They weigh

21 to 25 kg You can identify a Great Blue Heron by its long

feathers long wings long pointed bill and short tail There bills

are a yellowish color there legs are yellowish-green to gray

with a gray upper body There necks are streaked with white

black and rust-brownThey have gray feathers of the back of

their necks and chestnut colored feathers on their thighs They

feature a plume of black feathers that start behind their eyes

which extends out behind their headsThey are tall water birds

chicks- chicks is another

word for babies kids

streaked- means lines all

over the something

Finall

y

found

Fish

looking out for

prey

My sketch

of a Great

Blue Heron

Great Egret

The Great Egret lives in many places

Some are freshwater saltwater ponds

streams and mudflats Its lifespan comes

up to 15 years and reproduces around the

age of 2-3 years in the the tall trees near

water There are soon eggs each nest

each nests has about 3-4 eggs the cute

babies learn to fly in 6-7 weeksThe

majestic animal can be as tall as half of a

full grown man and Its weight is 22 lbs or

1 kg The carnivorous birdrsquos diet includes

frogs salamanders snakes and other

small animals Here is a fun facts about

the great egret Its weight is 170 of a full

grown man which is 1 kilogram

Here is a picture

of a mother egret

with her small baby

Egrets

Here is another

Picture of a great

egret

Harbor

SealThe Harbor Seal or Phoca Vitulina is a

cute looking animal Harbor Seals live in

the Coastal regions of the North Pacific

and Atlantic Oceans they also live in the

Arctic region They can live up to be 30

years old In size an average male is 63

inches long a female is 58 inches long

and a pup (baby) is 32 inches long

Harbor seals eat crustaceans squid fish

and mollusks You can identify a Harbor

Seals by its range of color from silver to

red with dark and light spots Males are

mature at the age 3 to 7 years and reach

the weight of 165lbs and female are

mature at the age 3 to 6 and reach the

weight of 110 lbs The pregnancy time is

from 9 to 11 months Pups are born

between February and July

Adult Harbor

Seal on Ice

Two harbor

seals (Dining

and Billiard)

engage in rest

and relaxation

Days old harbor

seal pup found

on beach alone

Harbor Seal looking toward you

The mission blue butterfly also known as the

Icaricia Icarioides missionensis lives in the coastal

grassland habitat The mission blue butterflies diet

is nectar The life cycle for a mission blue butterfly

is after hatching a caterpillar starts to eat a plant

The caterpillar sheds its skin several times during

this stage It looks for a sheltered spot then spins

it self up with silken threads and sheds its skin

one last time revealing skin that will harden from

the chrysalis or the pupa Six to 10 days later a

fully developed winged adult emerges from the

chrysalis and the cycle starts all over again One

of the special things about the mission blue

butterfly is that it is rare and endangered The

predators for the mission blue butterfly are wasps

other insects and rodents

A mission blue butterfly resting on a leaf

A mission blue butterfly drinking nectar

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly

The San Bruno Elfin butterfly known as

Incisalia Mossii bayensis lives on the

Coastal grasslands Coastal scrubs and

Rocky soils The butterfly drinks the

nectar from the coastal flower as there

food The butterfly can grow up to be 22-

24 mm They start mating in february

and march when the flowers are full of

nectarIf you want to see these butterflies

you can go to San Bruno mountain San

Mateo county or San francisco Peninsula

also known as Marin headlands Sadly

The San Bruno Butterfly is endangered It

was listed Endangered in 1976

Here is a

picture of a

caterpillar of

the San

Bruno Elfin

butterfly

Here is a

picture of the

San Bruno

Butterfly

Sea OtterThe Sea Otter or the Enhydra Lutris is normally found near

the shallow coastal waters off the Pacific OceanThe

normal lifespan for a female is around 15 to 20 years The

normal lifespan for a male is 10 to 15 years For

reproduction they have mating season the whole

yearThe female normally have pregnancy for 6 to 8

months A female sea otter normally has one pup or a

baby sea otter but she can also have twins or two babies

Sea otters have the diet of urchins abalonemussels

clams crabs snails and about 40 other marine

speciesSea otters grow up to about four feet Their weight

for female is 45 pounds and the male go to about 65

pounds The identification for a sea otter is A layer of far

apart guard hairs overlays the underfurSea otters are

completely covered with fur except for the nose padsthe

inside of the ear flaps and the pads on the bottom of the

feet The color of the fur is from dark brown to reddish

brown Older sea otters become grizzled with the fur

around the head neck and shoulders almost becoming

white

A sea otter eating food

A sea otter resting

Grizzled means having streaked or with gray hair

The Snowy EgretThe snowy egret or Egretta Thula [its

scientific name] is not a common sight but

a beautiful one It is a threatened species

and lives near coastal or marshy areas A

baby egret is born out of a bluegreen egg

and leaves the nest after 20-25 days to go

out on its own It takes both parents to

incubate the eggs and that means not

much food A snowy egret eats almost

anything that is a small aquatic creature

or water plantThis includes of shrimp

crayfish fiddler crab snakes snails and

frogs The lifespan is about 16 years and

is a medium sized heronIt is about 20-27

inches long and is 41 inches long in

wingspan It is 13 ounces and you can

identify it with its slenderblack beak and

yellow feet and it is much smaller than the

great egret

Flying female

snowy egret

Male snowy

egret

showing off

3 newly hatched

egret

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Animals

California Sea Lion

The Very playful california Sea Lion or the

Zalophus Californianus lives in the Rocky

Coastal area Itrsquos life span can come up to

30 years This mammal goes hunting for

30 hours taking 4-5 minute dives They eat

shellfish fish and squid They live in big

groups called Rookeries and when they

mate they mate in those groups by the

Coastal Rocky shores or in man made

structures The males grow up to be 850

p0unds and the females are 220 pounds

you can identify the california Sea Lion by

their Chocolate brown skin Want to know

a cool thing about the California Sea Lion

They are about as tall as a full grown

man

Here is picture of

a Baby California

Sea Lion

This is a

picture of

a California

Sea Lion with

her baby

Elephant

SealThe Elephant Sealrsquos scientific name is Mirounga and they are identified as

Earless Seals They are found in California and Baja California And they

like to eat fish but they also eat other types of seafood Male seals eat

various food like octopuses small sharks rays other bottom-dwelling

fish But female seals mostly eat squid Male seals can grow to 20 feet and

weigh 8800 pounds But female seals grow up to 10 feet and weigh up to

1500 pounds Adults could grow over 13 feet and weigh up to 4500

pounds And also Elephant Seals are the largest seals in the world and

can live to 23 years They are called pinnipeds because they have four

flippers Elephant Seal life span is different for each gender For female

they live up to 19-20 years but for male they live only up to 13-14 years

Female seals give birth in late winter to a single pup each year Elephant

Seal might look big but they are fast they can swim 10-15 miles per

hourThey use their whiskers which are called vibrissae to help locate

their food Elephant Seal communicate different ways like belches grunts

snorts whimpering squeals screams and hisses They make really deep

dives and hold their breathe for 25-30 minutes for an average dive a deep

they hold their breathe for 80 minutes Pups have black fur until 6 weeks

and they turn silver Adult seals are brown or gray They put sand on

themselves to keep cool in the sun Elephant Seals get their name from

elephants because male seals when they inhale their noses are filled with

father seal

sleeping with

his baby

father looking

out for her

children

Great Blue HeronThe Great Blue Heron or Ardea herodias is a majestic sight The

Great Blue Heron lives along the shallow waters along the edges

of rivers lakes and marshes across the Great Lakes Region The

oldest Great Heron to live was 23 years old they usually donrsquot

live that long The average lifespan of the Great Blue Heron is 15

years old This bird eats all kinds of fish frogs salamanders

lizards snakes grasshoppers dragonflies large aquatic insects

crustaceans shrews mice and other small rodents Great Blue

Herons have one date per breeding season They breed from

March to May in the Northern part of their range and November

through April in the Southern hemisphere Females usually lay

between 2 and 7 pale-blue eggs Both parents take turn taking

care of the eggs and the eggs hatch after 26 to 30 days After

living in the nest for about 2 months the chicks are ready to go

from there parents They are usually ready to reproduce when

they are about 22 months old Great Blue Herons stand

approximately 60cm tall and are 97 to 137cm long They weigh

21 to 25 kg You can identify a Great Blue Heron by its long

feathers long wings long pointed bill and short tail There bills

are a yellowish color there legs are yellowish-green to gray

with a gray upper body There necks are streaked with white

black and rust-brownThey have gray feathers of the back of

their necks and chestnut colored feathers on their thighs They

feature a plume of black feathers that start behind their eyes

which extends out behind their headsThey are tall water birds

chicks- chicks is another

word for babies kids

streaked- means lines all

over the something

Finall

y

found

Fish

looking out for

prey

My sketch

of a Great

Blue Heron

Great Egret

The Great Egret lives in many places

Some are freshwater saltwater ponds

streams and mudflats Its lifespan comes

up to 15 years and reproduces around the

age of 2-3 years in the the tall trees near

water There are soon eggs each nest

each nests has about 3-4 eggs the cute

babies learn to fly in 6-7 weeksThe

majestic animal can be as tall as half of a

full grown man and Its weight is 22 lbs or

1 kg The carnivorous birdrsquos diet includes

frogs salamanders snakes and other

small animals Here is a fun facts about

the great egret Its weight is 170 of a full

grown man which is 1 kilogram

Here is a picture

of a mother egret

with her small baby

Egrets

Here is another

Picture of a great

egret

Harbor

SealThe Harbor Seal or Phoca Vitulina is a

cute looking animal Harbor Seals live in

the Coastal regions of the North Pacific

and Atlantic Oceans they also live in the

Arctic region They can live up to be 30

years old In size an average male is 63

inches long a female is 58 inches long

and a pup (baby) is 32 inches long

Harbor seals eat crustaceans squid fish

and mollusks You can identify a Harbor

Seals by its range of color from silver to

red with dark and light spots Males are

mature at the age 3 to 7 years and reach

the weight of 165lbs and female are

mature at the age 3 to 6 and reach the

weight of 110 lbs The pregnancy time is

from 9 to 11 months Pups are born

between February and July

Adult Harbor

Seal on Ice

Two harbor

seals (Dining

and Billiard)

engage in rest

and relaxation

Days old harbor

seal pup found

on beach alone

Harbor Seal looking toward you

The mission blue butterfly also known as the

Icaricia Icarioides missionensis lives in the coastal

grassland habitat The mission blue butterflies diet

is nectar The life cycle for a mission blue butterfly

is after hatching a caterpillar starts to eat a plant

The caterpillar sheds its skin several times during

this stage It looks for a sheltered spot then spins

it self up with silken threads and sheds its skin

one last time revealing skin that will harden from

the chrysalis or the pupa Six to 10 days later a

fully developed winged adult emerges from the

chrysalis and the cycle starts all over again One

of the special things about the mission blue

butterfly is that it is rare and endangered The

predators for the mission blue butterfly are wasps

other insects and rodents

A mission blue butterfly resting on a leaf

A mission blue butterfly drinking nectar

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly

The San Bruno Elfin butterfly known as

Incisalia Mossii bayensis lives on the

Coastal grasslands Coastal scrubs and

Rocky soils The butterfly drinks the

nectar from the coastal flower as there

food The butterfly can grow up to be 22-

24 mm They start mating in february

and march when the flowers are full of

nectarIf you want to see these butterflies

you can go to San Bruno mountain San

Mateo county or San francisco Peninsula

also known as Marin headlands Sadly

The San Bruno Butterfly is endangered It

was listed Endangered in 1976

Here is a

picture of a

caterpillar of

the San

Bruno Elfin

butterfly

Here is a

picture of the

San Bruno

Butterfly

Sea OtterThe Sea Otter or the Enhydra Lutris is normally found near

the shallow coastal waters off the Pacific OceanThe

normal lifespan for a female is around 15 to 20 years The

normal lifespan for a male is 10 to 15 years For

reproduction they have mating season the whole

yearThe female normally have pregnancy for 6 to 8

months A female sea otter normally has one pup or a

baby sea otter but she can also have twins or two babies

Sea otters have the diet of urchins abalonemussels

clams crabs snails and about 40 other marine

speciesSea otters grow up to about four feet Their weight

for female is 45 pounds and the male go to about 65

pounds The identification for a sea otter is A layer of far

apart guard hairs overlays the underfurSea otters are

completely covered with fur except for the nose padsthe

inside of the ear flaps and the pads on the bottom of the

feet The color of the fur is from dark brown to reddish

brown Older sea otters become grizzled with the fur

around the head neck and shoulders almost becoming

white

A sea otter eating food

A sea otter resting

Grizzled means having streaked or with gray hair

The Snowy EgretThe snowy egret or Egretta Thula [its

scientific name] is not a common sight but

a beautiful one It is a threatened species

and lives near coastal or marshy areas A

baby egret is born out of a bluegreen egg

and leaves the nest after 20-25 days to go

out on its own It takes both parents to

incubate the eggs and that means not

much food A snowy egret eats almost

anything that is a small aquatic creature

or water plantThis includes of shrimp

crayfish fiddler crab snakes snails and

frogs The lifespan is about 16 years and

is a medium sized heronIt is about 20-27

inches long and is 41 inches long in

wingspan It is 13 ounces and you can

identify it with its slenderblack beak and

yellow feet and it is much smaller than the

great egret

Flying female

snowy egret

Male snowy

egret

showing off

3 newly hatched

egret

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

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heron-nest-athtmlgt

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2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

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American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

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California Sea Lion

The Very playful california Sea Lion or the

Zalophus Californianus lives in the Rocky

Coastal area Itrsquos life span can come up to

30 years This mammal goes hunting for

30 hours taking 4-5 minute dives They eat

shellfish fish and squid They live in big

groups called Rookeries and when they

mate they mate in those groups by the

Coastal Rocky shores or in man made

structures The males grow up to be 850

p0unds and the females are 220 pounds

you can identify the california Sea Lion by

their Chocolate brown skin Want to know

a cool thing about the California Sea Lion

They are about as tall as a full grown

man

Here is picture of

a Baby California

Sea Lion

This is a

picture of

a California

Sea Lion with

her baby

Elephant

SealThe Elephant Sealrsquos scientific name is Mirounga and they are identified as

Earless Seals They are found in California and Baja California And they

like to eat fish but they also eat other types of seafood Male seals eat

various food like octopuses small sharks rays other bottom-dwelling

fish But female seals mostly eat squid Male seals can grow to 20 feet and

weigh 8800 pounds But female seals grow up to 10 feet and weigh up to

1500 pounds Adults could grow over 13 feet and weigh up to 4500

pounds And also Elephant Seals are the largest seals in the world and

can live to 23 years They are called pinnipeds because they have four

flippers Elephant Seal life span is different for each gender For female

they live up to 19-20 years but for male they live only up to 13-14 years

Female seals give birth in late winter to a single pup each year Elephant

Seal might look big but they are fast they can swim 10-15 miles per

hourThey use their whiskers which are called vibrissae to help locate

their food Elephant Seal communicate different ways like belches grunts

snorts whimpering squeals screams and hisses They make really deep

dives and hold their breathe for 25-30 minutes for an average dive a deep

they hold their breathe for 80 minutes Pups have black fur until 6 weeks

and they turn silver Adult seals are brown or gray They put sand on

themselves to keep cool in the sun Elephant Seals get their name from

elephants because male seals when they inhale their noses are filled with

father seal

sleeping with

his baby

father looking

out for her

children

Great Blue HeronThe Great Blue Heron or Ardea herodias is a majestic sight The

Great Blue Heron lives along the shallow waters along the edges

of rivers lakes and marshes across the Great Lakes Region The

oldest Great Heron to live was 23 years old they usually donrsquot

live that long The average lifespan of the Great Blue Heron is 15

years old This bird eats all kinds of fish frogs salamanders

lizards snakes grasshoppers dragonflies large aquatic insects

crustaceans shrews mice and other small rodents Great Blue

Herons have one date per breeding season They breed from

March to May in the Northern part of their range and November

through April in the Southern hemisphere Females usually lay

between 2 and 7 pale-blue eggs Both parents take turn taking

care of the eggs and the eggs hatch after 26 to 30 days After

living in the nest for about 2 months the chicks are ready to go

from there parents They are usually ready to reproduce when

they are about 22 months old Great Blue Herons stand

approximately 60cm tall and are 97 to 137cm long They weigh

21 to 25 kg You can identify a Great Blue Heron by its long

feathers long wings long pointed bill and short tail There bills

are a yellowish color there legs are yellowish-green to gray

with a gray upper body There necks are streaked with white

black and rust-brownThey have gray feathers of the back of

their necks and chestnut colored feathers on their thighs They

feature a plume of black feathers that start behind their eyes

which extends out behind their headsThey are tall water birds

chicks- chicks is another

word for babies kids

streaked- means lines all

over the something

Finall

y

found

Fish

looking out for

prey

My sketch

of a Great

Blue Heron

Great Egret

The Great Egret lives in many places

Some are freshwater saltwater ponds

streams and mudflats Its lifespan comes

up to 15 years and reproduces around the

age of 2-3 years in the the tall trees near

water There are soon eggs each nest

each nests has about 3-4 eggs the cute

babies learn to fly in 6-7 weeksThe

majestic animal can be as tall as half of a

full grown man and Its weight is 22 lbs or

1 kg The carnivorous birdrsquos diet includes

frogs salamanders snakes and other

small animals Here is a fun facts about

the great egret Its weight is 170 of a full

grown man which is 1 kilogram

Here is a picture

of a mother egret

with her small baby

Egrets

Here is another

Picture of a great

egret

Harbor

SealThe Harbor Seal or Phoca Vitulina is a

cute looking animal Harbor Seals live in

the Coastal regions of the North Pacific

and Atlantic Oceans they also live in the

Arctic region They can live up to be 30

years old In size an average male is 63

inches long a female is 58 inches long

and a pup (baby) is 32 inches long

Harbor seals eat crustaceans squid fish

and mollusks You can identify a Harbor

Seals by its range of color from silver to

red with dark and light spots Males are

mature at the age 3 to 7 years and reach

the weight of 165lbs and female are

mature at the age 3 to 6 and reach the

weight of 110 lbs The pregnancy time is

from 9 to 11 months Pups are born

between February and July

Adult Harbor

Seal on Ice

Two harbor

seals (Dining

and Billiard)

engage in rest

and relaxation

Days old harbor

seal pup found

on beach alone

Harbor Seal looking toward you

The mission blue butterfly also known as the

Icaricia Icarioides missionensis lives in the coastal

grassland habitat The mission blue butterflies diet

is nectar The life cycle for a mission blue butterfly

is after hatching a caterpillar starts to eat a plant

The caterpillar sheds its skin several times during

this stage It looks for a sheltered spot then spins

it self up with silken threads and sheds its skin

one last time revealing skin that will harden from

the chrysalis or the pupa Six to 10 days later a

fully developed winged adult emerges from the

chrysalis and the cycle starts all over again One

of the special things about the mission blue

butterfly is that it is rare and endangered The

predators for the mission blue butterfly are wasps

other insects and rodents

A mission blue butterfly resting on a leaf

A mission blue butterfly drinking nectar

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly

The San Bruno Elfin butterfly known as

Incisalia Mossii bayensis lives on the

Coastal grasslands Coastal scrubs and

Rocky soils The butterfly drinks the

nectar from the coastal flower as there

food The butterfly can grow up to be 22-

24 mm They start mating in february

and march when the flowers are full of

nectarIf you want to see these butterflies

you can go to San Bruno mountain San

Mateo county or San francisco Peninsula

also known as Marin headlands Sadly

The San Bruno Butterfly is endangered It

was listed Endangered in 1976

Here is a

picture of a

caterpillar of

the San

Bruno Elfin

butterfly

Here is a

picture of the

San Bruno

Butterfly

Sea OtterThe Sea Otter or the Enhydra Lutris is normally found near

the shallow coastal waters off the Pacific OceanThe

normal lifespan for a female is around 15 to 20 years The

normal lifespan for a male is 10 to 15 years For

reproduction they have mating season the whole

yearThe female normally have pregnancy for 6 to 8

months A female sea otter normally has one pup or a

baby sea otter but she can also have twins or two babies

Sea otters have the diet of urchins abalonemussels

clams crabs snails and about 40 other marine

speciesSea otters grow up to about four feet Their weight

for female is 45 pounds and the male go to about 65

pounds The identification for a sea otter is A layer of far

apart guard hairs overlays the underfurSea otters are

completely covered with fur except for the nose padsthe

inside of the ear flaps and the pads on the bottom of the

feet The color of the fur is from dark brown to reddish

brown Older sea otters become grizzled with the fur

around the head neck and shoulders almost becoming

white

A sea otter eating food

A sea otter resting

Grizzled means having streaked or with gray hair

The Snowy EgretThe snowy egret or Egretta Thula [its

scientific name] is not a common sight but

a beautiful one It is a threatened species

and lives near coastal or marshy areas A

baby egret is born out of a bluegreen egg

and leaves the nest after 20-25 days to go

out on its own It takes both parents to

incubate the eggs and that means not

much food A snowy egret eats almost

anything that is a small aquatic creature

or water plantThis includes of shrimp

crayfish fiddler crab snakes snails and

frogs The lifespan is about 16 years and

is a medium sized heronIt is about 20-27

inches long and is 41 inches long in

wingspan It is 13 ounces and you can

identify it with its slenderblack beak and

yellow feet and it is much smaller than the

great egret

Flying female

snowy egret

Male snowy

egret

showing off

3 newly hatched

egret

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

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Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

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kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

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rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

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Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

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thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

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hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

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Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

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heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Elephant

SealThe Elephant Sealrsquos scientific name is Mirounga and they are identified as

Earless Seals They are found in California and Baja California And they

like to eat fish but they also eat other types of seafood Male seals eat

various food like octopuses small sharks rays other bottom-dwelling

fish But female seals mostly eat squid Male seals can grow to 20 feet and

weigh 8800 pounds But female seals grow up to 10 feet and weigh up to

1500 pounds Adults could grow over 13 feet and weigh up to 4500

pounds And also Elephant Seals are the largest seals in the world and

can live to 23 years They are called pinnipeds because they have four

flippers Elephant Seal life span is different for each gender For female

they live up to 19-20 years but for male they live only up to 13-14 years

Female seals give birth in late winter to a single pup each year Elephant

Seal might look big but they are fast they can swim 10-15 miles per

hourThey use their whiskers which are called vibrissae to help locate

their food Elephant Seal communicate different ways like belches grunts

snorts whimpering squeals screams and hisses They make really deep

dives and hold their breathe for 25-30 minutes for an average dive a deep

they hold their breathe for 80 minutes Pups have black fur until 6 weeks

and they turn silver Adult seals are brown or gray They put sand on

themselves to keep cool in the sun Elephant Seals get their name from

elephants because male seals when they inhale their noses are filled with

father seal

sleeping with

his baby

father looking

out for her

children

Great Blue HeronThe Great Blue Heron or Ardea herodias is a majestic sight The

Great Blue Heron lives along the shallow waters along the edges

of rivers lakes and marshes across the Great Lakes Region The

oldest Great Heron to live was 23 years old they usually donrsquot

live that long The average lifespan of the Great Blue Heron is 15

years old This bird eats all kinds of fish frogs salamanders

lizards snakes grasshoppers dragonflies large aquatic insects

crustaceans shrews mice and other small rodents Great Blue

Herons have one date per breeding season They breed from

March to May in the Northern part of their range and November

through April in the Southern hemisphere Females usually lay

between 2 and 7 pale-blue eggs Both parents take turn taking

care of the eggs and the eggs hatch after 26 to 30 days After

living in the nest for about 2 months the chicks are ready to go

from there parents They are usually ready to reproduce when

they are about 22 months old Great Blue Herons stand

approximately 60cm tall and are 97 to 137cm long They weigh

21 to 25 kg You can identify a Great Blue Heron by its long

feathers long wings long pointed bill and short tail There bills

are a yellowish color there legs are yellowish-green to gray

with a gray upper body There necks are streaked with white

black and rust-brownThey have gray feathers of the back of

their necks and chestnut colored feathers on their thighs They

feature a plume of black feathers that start behind their eyes

which extends out behind their headsThey are tall water birds

chicks- chicks is another

word for babies kids

streaked- means lines all

over the something

Finall

y

found

Fish

looking out for

prey

My sketch

of a Great

Blue Heron

Great Egret

The Great Egret lives in many places

Some are freshwater saltwater ponds

streams and mudflats Its lifespan comes

up to 15 years and reproduces around the

age of 2-3 years in the the tall trees near

water There are soon eggs each nest

each nests has about 3-4 eggs the cute

babies learn to fly in 6-7 weeksThe

majestic animal can be as tall as half of a

full grown man and Its weight is 22 lbs or

1 kg The carnivorous birdrsquos diet includes

frogs salamanders snakes and other

small animals Here is a fun facts about

the great egret Its weight is 170 of a full

grown man which is 1 kilogram

Here is a picture

of a mother egret

with her small baby

Egrets

Here is another

Picture of a great

egret

Harbor

SealThe Harbor Seal or Phoca Vitulina is a

cute looking animal Harbor Seals live in

the Coastal regions of the North Pacific

and Atlantic Oceans they also live in the

Arctic region They can live up to be 30

years old In size an average male is 63

inches long a female is 58 inches long

and a pup (baby) is 32 inches long

Harbor seals eat crustaceans squid fish

and mollusks You can identify a Harbor

Seals by its range of color from silver to

red with dark and light spots Males are

mature at the age 3 to 7 years and reach

the weight of 165lbs and female are

mature at the age 3 to 6 and reach the

weight of 110 lbs The pregnancy time is

from 9 to 11 months Pups are born

between February and July

Adult Harbor

Seal on Ice

Two harbor

seals (Dining

and Billiard)

engage in rest

and relaxation

Days old harbor

seal pup found

on beach alone

Harbor Seal looking toward you

The mission blue butterfly also known as the

Icaricia Icarioides missionensis lives in the coastal

grassland habitat The mission blue butterflies diet

is nectar The life cycle for a mission blue butterfly

is after hatching a caterpillar starts to eat a plant

The caterpillar sheds its skin several times during

this stage It looks for a sheltered spot then spins

it self up with silken threads and sheds its skin

one last time revealing skin that will harden from

the chrysalis or the pupa Six to 10 days later a

fully developed winged adult emerges from the

chrysalis and the cycle starts all over again One

of the special things about the mission blue

butterfly is that it is rare and endangered The

predators for the mission blue butterfly are wasps

other insects and rodents

A mission blue butterfly resting on a leaf

A mission blue butterfly drinking nectar

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly

The San Bruno Elfin butterfly known as

Incisalia Mossii bayensis lives on the

Coastal grasslands Coastal scrubs and

Rocky soils The butterfly drinks the

nectar from the coastal flower as there

food The butterfly can grow up to be 22-

24 mm They start mating in february

and march when the flowers are full of

nectarIf you want to see these butterflies

you can go to San Bruno mountain San

Mateo county or San francisco Peninsula

also known as Marin headlands Sadly

The San Bruno Butterfly is endangered It

was listed Endangered in 1976

Here is a

picture of a

caterpillar of

the San

Bruno Elfin

butterfly

Here is a

picture of the

San Bruno

Butterfly

Sea OtterThe Sea Otter or the Enhydra Lutris is normally found near

the shallow coastal waters off the Pacific OceanThe

normal lifespan for a female is around 15 to 20 years The

normal lifespan for a male is 10 to 15 years For

reproduction they have mating season the whole

yearThe female normally have pregnancy for 6 to 8

months A female sea otter normally has one pup or a

baby sea otter but she can also have twins or two babies

Sea otters have the diet of urchins abalonemussels

clams crabs snails and about 40 other marine

speciesSea otters grow up to about four feet Their weight

for female is 45 pounds and the male go to about 65

pounds The identification for a sea otter is A layer of far

apart guard hairs overlays the underfurSea otters are

completely covered with fur except for the nose padsthe

inside of the ear flaps and the pads on the bottom of the

feet The color of the fur is from dark brown to reddish

brown Older sea otters become grizzled with the fur

around the head neck and shoulders almost becoming

white

A sea otter eating food

A sea otter resting

Grizzled means having streaked or with gray hair

The Snowy EgretThe snowy egret or Egretta Thula [its

scientific name] is not a common sight but

a beautiful one It is a threatened species

and lives near coastal or marshy areas A

baby egret is born out of a bluegreen egg

and leaves the nest after 20-25 days to go

out on its own It takes both parents to

incubate the eggs and that means not

much food A snowy egret eats almost

anything that is a small aquatic creature

or water plantThis includes of shrimp

crayfish fiddler crab snakes snails and

frogs The lifespan is about 16 years and

is a medium sized heronIt is about 20-27

inches long and is 41 inches long in

wingspan It is 13 ounces and you can

identify it with its slenderblack beak and

yellow feet and it is much smaller than the

great egret

Flying female

snowy egret

Male snowy

egret

showing off

3 newly hatched

egret

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Great Blue HeronThe Great Blue Heron or Ardea herodias is a majestic sight The

Great Blue Heron lives along the shallow waters along the edges

of rivers lakes and marshes across the Great Lakes Region The

oldest Great Heron to live was 23 years old they usually donrsquot

live that long The average lifespan of the Great Blue Heron is 15

years old This bird eats all kinds of fish frogs salamanders

lizards snakes grasshoppers dragonflies large aquatic insects

crustaceans shrews mice and other small rodents Great Blue

Herons have one date per breeding season They breed from

March to May in the Northern part of their range and November

through April in the Southern hemisphere Females usually lay

between 2 and 7 pale-blue eggs Both parents take turn taking

care of the eggs and the eggs hatch after 26 to 30 days After

living in the nest for about 2 months the chicks are ready to go

from there parents They are usually ready to reproduce when

they are about 22 months old Great Blue Herons stand

approximately 60cm tall and are 97 to 137cm long They weigh

21 to 25 kg You can identify a Great Blue Heron by its long

feathers long wings long pointed bill and short tail There bills

are a yellowish color there legs are yellowish-green to gray

with a gray upper body There necks are streaked with white

black and rust-brownThey have gray feathers of the back of

their necks and chestnut colored feathers on their thighs They

feature a plume of black feathers that start behind their eyes

which extends out behind their headsThey are tall water birds

chicks- chicks is another

word for babies kids

streaked- means lines all

over the something

Finall

y

found

Fish

looking out for

prey

My sketch

of a Great

Blue Heron

Great Egret

The Great Egret lives in many places

Some are freshwater saltwater ponds

streams and mudflats Its lifespan comes

up to 15 years and reproduces around the

age of 2-3 years in the the tall trees near

water There are soon eggs each nest

each nests has about 3-4 eggs the cute

babies learn to fly in 6-7 weeksThe

majestic animal can be as tall as half of a

full grown man and Its weight is 22 lbs or

1 kg The carnivorous birdrsquos diet includes

frogs salamanders snakes and other

small animals Here is a fun facts about

the great egret Its weight is 170 of a full

grown man which is 1 kilogram

Here is a picture

of a mother egret

with her small baby

Egrets

Here is another

Picture of a great

egret

Harbor

SealThe Harbor Seal or Phoca Vitulina is a

cute looking animal Harbor Seals live in

the Coastal regions of the North Pacific

and Atlantic Oceans they also live in the

Arctic region They can live up to be 30

years old In size an average male is 63

inches long a female is 58 inches long

and a pup (baby) is 32 inches long

Harbor seals eat crustaceans squid fish

and mollusks You can identify a Harbor

Seals by its range of color from silver to

red with dark and light spots Males are

mature at the age 3 to 7 years and reach

the weight of 165lbs and female are

mature at the age 3 to 6 and reach the

weight of 110 lbs The pregnancy time is

from 9 to 11 months Pups are born

between February and July

Adult Harbor

Seal on Ice

Two harbor

seals (Dining

and Billiard)

engage in rest

and relaxation

Days old harbor

seal pup found

on beach alone

Harbor Seal looking toward you

The mission blue butterfly also known as the

Icaricia Icarioides missionensis lives in the coastal

grassland habitat The mission blue butterflies diet

is nectar The life cycle for a mission blue butterfly

is after hatching a caterpillar starts to eat a plant

The caterpillar sheds its skin several times during

this stage It looks for a sheltered spot then spins

it self up with silken threads and sheds its skin

one last time revealing skin that will harden from

the chrysalis or the pupa Six to 10 days later a

fully developed winged adult emerges from the

chrysalis and the cycle starts all over again One

of the special things about the mission blue

butterfly is that it is rare and endangered The

predators for the mission blue butterfly are wasps

other insects and rodents

A mission blue butterfly resting on a leaf

A mission blue butterfly drinking nectar

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly

The San Bruno Elfin butterfly known as

Incisalia Mossii bayensis lives on the

Coastal grasslands Coastal scrubs and

Rocky soils The butterfly drinks the

nectar from the coastal flower as there

food The butterfly can grow up to be 22-

24 mm They start mating in february

and march when the flowers are full of

nectarIf you want to see these butterflies

you can go to San Bruno mountain San

Mateo county or San francisco Peninsula

also known as Marin headlands Sadly

The San Bruno Butterfly is endangered It

was listed Endangered in 1976

Here is a

picture of a

caterpillar of

the San

Bruno Elfin

butterfly

Here is a

picture of the

San Bruno

Butterfly

Sea OtterThe Sea Otter or the Enhydra Lutris is normally found near

the shallow coastal waters off the Pacific OceanThe

normal lifespan for a female is around 15 to 20 years The

normal lifespan for a male is 10 to 15 years For

reproduction they have mating season the whole

yearThe female normally have pregnancy for 6 to 8

months A female sea otter normally has one pup or a

baby sea otter but she can also have twins or two babies

Sea otters have the diet of urchins abalonemussels

clams crabs snails and about 40 other marine

speciesSea otters grow up to about four feet Their weight

for female is 45 pounds and the male go to about 65

pounds The identification for a sea otter is A layer of far

apart guard hairs overlays the underfurSea otters are

completely covered with fur except for the nose padsthe

inside of the ear flaps and the pads on the bottom of the

feet The color of the fur is from dark brown to reddish

brown Older sea otters become grizzled with the fur

around the head neck and shoulders almost becoming

white

A sea otter eating food

A sea otter resting

Grizzled means having streaked or with gray hair

The Snowy EgretThe snowy egret or Egretta Thula [its

scientific name] is not a common sight but

a beautiful one It is a threatened species

and lives near coastal or marshy areas A

baby egret is born out of a bluegreen egg

and leaves the nest after 20-25 days to go

out on its own It takes both parents to

incubate the eggs and that means not

much food A snowy egret eats almost

anything that is a small aquatic creature

or water plantThis includes of shrimp

crayfish fiddler crab snakes snails and

frogs The lifespan is about 16 years and

is a medium sized heronIt is about 20-27

inches long and is 41 inches long in

wingspan It is 13 ounces and you can

identify it with its slenderblack beak and

yellow feet and it is much smaller than the

great egret

Flying female

snowy egret

Male snowy

egret

showing off

3 newly hatched

egret

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Great Egret

The Great Egret lives in many places

Some are freshwater saltwater ponds

streams and mudflats Its lifespan comes

up to 15 years and reproduces around the

age of 2-3 years in the the tall trees near

water There are soon eggs each nest

each nests has about 3-4 eggs the cute

babies learn to fly in 6-7 weeksThe

majestic animal can be as tall as half of a

full grown man and Its weight is 22 lbs or

1 kg The carnivorous birdrsquos diet includes

frogs salamanders snakes and other

small animals Here is a fun facts about

the great egret Its weight is 170 of a full

grown man which is 1 kilogram

Here is a picture

of a mother egret

with her small baby

Egrets

Here is another

Picture of a great

egret

Harbor

SealThe Harbor Seal or Phoca Vitulina is a

cute looking animal Harbor Seals live in

the Coastal regions of the North Pacific

and Atlantic Oceans they also live in the

Arctic region They can live up to be 30

years old In size an average male is 63

inches long a female is 58 inches long

and a pup (baby) is 32 inches long

Harbor seals eat crustaceans squid fish

and mollusks You can identify a Harbor

Seals by its range of color from silver to

red with dark and light spots Males are

mature at the age 3 to 7 years and reach

the weight of 165lbs and female are

mature at the age 3 to 6 and reach the

weight of 110 lbs The pregnancy time is

from 9 to 11 months Pups are born

between February and July

Adult Harbor

Seal on Ice

Two harbor

seals (Dining

and Billiard)

engage in rest

and relaxation

Days old harbor

seal pup found

on beach alone

Harbor Seal looking toward you

The mission blue butterfly also known as the

Icaricia Icarioides missionensis lives in the coastal

grassland habitat The mission blue butterflies diet

is nectar The life cycle for a mission blue butterfly

is after hatching a caterpillar starts to eat a plant

The caterpillar sheds its skin several times during

this stage It looks for a sheltered spot then spins

it self up with silken threads and sheds its skin

one last time revealing skin that will harden from

the chrysalis or the pupa Six to 10 days later a

fully developed winged adult emerges from the

chrysalis and the cycle starts all over again One

of the special things about the mission blue

butterfly is that it is rare and endangered The

predators for the mission blue butterfly are wasps

other insects and rodents

A mission blue butterfly resting on a leaf

A mission blue butterfly drinking nectar

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly

The San Bruno Elfin butterfly known as

Incisalia Mossii bayensis lives on the

Coastal grasslands Coastal scrubs and

Rocky soils The butterfly drinks the

nectar from the coastal flower as there

food The butterfly can grow up to be 22-

24 mm They start mating in february

and march when the flowers are full of

nectarIf you want to see these butterflies

you can go to San Bruno mountain San

Mateo county or San francisco Peninsula

also known as Marin headlands Sadly

The San Bruno Butterfly is endangered It

was listed Endangered in 1976

Here is a

picture of a

caterpillar of

the San

Bruno Elfin

butterfly

Here is a

picture of the

San Bruno

Butterfly

Sea OtterThe Sea Otter or the Enhydra Lutris is normally found near

the shallow coastal waters off the Pacific OceanThe

normal lifespan for a female is around 15 to 20 years The

normal lifespan for a male is 10 to 15 years For

reproduction they have mating season the whole

yearThe female normally have pregnancy for 6 to 8

months A female sea otter normally has one pup or a

baby sea otter but she can also have twins or two babies

Sea otters have the diet of urchins abalonemussels

clams crabs snails and about 40 other marine

speciesSea otters grow up to about four feet Their weight

for female is 45 pounds and the male go to about 65

pounds The identification for a sea otter is A layer of far

apart guard hairs overlays the underfurSea otters are

completely covered with fur except for the nose padsthe

inside of the ear flaps and the pads on the bottom of the

feet The color of the fur is from dark brown to reddish

brown Older sea otters become grizzled with the fur

around the head neck and shoulders almost becoming

white

A sea otter eating food

A sea otter resting

Grizzled means having streaked or with gray hair

The Snowy EgretThe snowy egret or Egretta Thula [its

scientific name] is not a common sight but

a beautiful one It is a threatened species

and lives near coastal or marshy areas A

baby egret is born out of a bluegreen egg

and leaves the nest after 20-25 days to go

out on its own It takes both parents to

incubate the eggs and that means not

much food A snowy egret eats almost

anything that is a small aquatic creature

or water plantThis includes of shrimp

crayfish fiddler crab snakes snails and

frogs The lifespan is about 16 years and

is a medium sized heronIt is about 20-27

inches long and is 41 inches long in

wingspan It is 13 ounces and you can

identify it with its slenderblack beak and

yellow feet and it is much smaller than the

great egret

Flying female

snowy egret

Male snowy

egret

showing off

3 newly hatched

egret

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Harbor

SealThe Harbor Seal or Phoca Vitulina is a

cute looking animal Harbor Seals live in

the Coastal regions of the North Pacific

and Atlantic Oceans they also live in the

Arctic region They can live up to be 30

years old In size an average male is 63

inches long a female is 58 inches long

and a pup (baby) is 32 inches long

Harbor seals eat crustaceans squid fish

and mollusks You can identify a Harbor

Seals by its range of color from silver to

red with dark and light spots Males are

mature at the age 3 to 7 years and reach

the weight of 165lbs and female are

mature at the age 3 to 6 and reach the

weight of 110 lbs The pregnancy time is

from 9 to 11 months Pups are born

between February and July

Adult Harbor

Seal on Ice

Two harbor

seals (Dining

and Billiard)

engage in rest

and relaxation

Days old harbor

seal pup found

on beach alone

Harbor Seal looking toward you

The mission blue butterfly also known as the

Icaricia Icarioides missionensis lives in the coastal

grassland habitat The mission blue butterflies diet

is nectar The life cycle for a mission blue butterfly

is after hatching a caterpillar starts to eat a plant

The caterpillar sheds its skin several times during

this stage It looks for a sheltered spot then spins

it self up with silken threads and sheds its skin

one last time revealing skin that will harden from

the chrysalis or the pupa Six to 10 days later a

fully developed winged adult emerges from the

chrysalis and the cycle starts all over again One

of the special things about the mission blue

butterfly is that it is rare and endangered The

predators for the mission blue butterfly are wasps

other insects and rodents

A mission blue butterfly resting on a leaf

A mission blue butterfly drinking nectar

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly

The San Bruno Elfin butterfly known as

Incisalia Mossii bayensis lives on the

Coastal grasslands Coastal scrubs and

Rocky soils The butterfly drinks the

nectar from the coastal flower as there

food The butterfly can grow up to be 22-

24 mm They start mating in february

and march when the flowers are full of

nectarIf you want to see these butterflies

you can go to San Bruno mountain San

Mateo county or San francisco Peninsula

also known as Marin headlands Sadly

The San Bruno Butterfly is endangered It

was listed Endangered in 1976

Here is a

picture of a

caterpillar of

the San

Bruno Elfin

butterfly

Here is a

picture of the

San Bruno

Butterfly

Sea OtterThe Sea Otter or the Enhydra Lutris is normally found near

the shallow coastal waters off the Pacific OceanThe

normal lifespan for a female is around 15 to 20 years The

normal lifespan for a male is 10 to 15 years For

reproduction they have mating season the whole

yearThe female normally have pregnancy for 6 to 8

months A female sea otter normally has one pup or a

baby sea otter but she can also have twins or two babies

Sea otters have the diet of urchins abalonemussels

clams crabs snails and about 40 other marine

speciesSea otters grow up to about four feet Their weight

for female is 45 pounds and the male go to about 65

pounds The identification for a sea otter is A layer of far

apart guard hairs overlays the underfurSea otters are

completely covered with fur except for the nose padsthe

inside of the ear flaps and the pads on the bottom of the

feet The color of the fur is from dark brown to reddish

brown Older sea otters become grizzled with the fur

around the head neck and shoulders almost becoming

white

A sea otter eating food

A sea otter resting

Grizzled means having streaked or with gray hair

The Snowy EgretThe snowy egret or Egretta Thula [its

scientific name] is not a common sight but

a beautiful one It is a threatened species

and lives near coastal or marshy areas A

baby egret is born out of a bluegreen egg

and leaves the nest after 20-25 days to go

out on its own It takes both parents to

incubate the eggs and that means not

much food A snowy egret eats almost

anything that is a small aquatic creature

or water plantThis includes of shrimp

crayfish fiddler crab snakes snails and

frogs The lifespan is about 16 years and

is a medium sized heronIt is about 20-27

inches long and is 41 inches long in

wingspan It is 13 ounces and you can

identify it with its slenderblack beak and

yellow feet and it is much smaller than the

great egret

Flying female

snowy egret

Male snowy

egret

showing off

3 newly hatched

egret

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

The mission blue butterfly also known as the

Icaricia Icarioides missionensis lives in the coastal

grassland habitat The mission blue butterflies diet

is nectar The life cycle for a mission blue butterfly

is after hatching a caterpillar starts to eat a plant

The caterpillar sheds its skin several times during

this stage It looks for a sheltered spot then spins

it self up with silken threads and sheds its skin

one last time revealing skin that will harden from

the chrysalis or the pupa Six to 10 days later a

fully developed winged adult emerges from the

chrysalis and the cycle starts all over again One

of the special things about the mission blue

butterfly is that it is rare and endangered The

predators for the mission blue butterfly are wasps

other insects and rodents

A mission blue butterfly resting on a leaf

A mission blue butterfly drinking nectar

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly

The San Bruno Elfin butterfly known as

Incisalia Mossii bayensis lives on the

Coastal grasslands Coastal scrubs and

Rocky soils The butterfly drinks the

nectar from the coastal flower as there

food The butterfly can grow up to be 22-

24 mm They start mating in february

and march when the flowers are full of

nectarIf you want to see these butterflies

you can go to San Bruno mountain San

Mateo county or San francisco Peninsula

also known as Marin headlands Sadly

The San Bruno Butterfly is endangered It

was listed Endangered in 1976

Here is a

picture of a

caterpillar of

the San

Bruno Elfin

butterfly

Here is a

picture of the

San Bruno

Butterfly

Sea OtterThe Sea Otter or the Enhydra Lutris is normally found near

the shallow coastal waters off the Pacific OceanThe

normal lifespan for a female is around 15 to 20 years The

normal lifespan for a male is 10 to 15 years For

reproduction they have mating season the whole

yearThe female normally have pregnancy for 6 to 8

months A female sea otter normally has one pup or a

baby sea otter but she can also have twins or two babies

Sea otters have the diet of urchins abalonemussels

clams crabs snails and about 40 other marine

speciesSea otters grow up to about four feet Their weight

for female is 45 pounds and the male go to about 65

pounds The identification for a sea otter is A layer of far

apart guard hairs overlays the underfurSea otters are

completely covered with fur except for the nose padsthe

inside of the ear flaps and the pads on the bottom of the

feet The color of the fur is from dark brown to reddish

brown Older sea otters become grizzled with the fur

around the head neck and shoulders almost becoming

white

A sea otter eating food

A sea otter resting

Grizzled means having streaked or with gray hair

The Snowy EgretThe snowy egret or Egretta Thula [its

scientific name] is not a common sight but

a beautiful one It is a threatened species

and lives near coastal or marshy areas A

baby egret is born out of a bluegreen egg

and leaves the nest after 20-25 days to go

out on its own It takes both parents to

incubate the eggs and that means not

much food A snowy egret eats almost

anything that is a small aquatic creature

or water plantThis includes of shrimp

crayfish fiddler crab snakes snails and

frogs The lifespan is about 16 years and

is a medium sized heronIt is about 20-27

inches long and is 41 inches long in

wingspan It is 13 ounces and you can

identify it with its slenderblack beak and

yellow feet and it is much smaller than the

great egret

Flying female

snowy egret

Male snowy

egret

showing off

3 newly hatched

egret

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly

The San Bruno Elfin butterfly known as

Incisalia Mossii bayensis lives on the

Coastal grasslands Coastal scrubs and

Rocky soils The butterfly drinks the

nectar from the coastal flower as there

food The butterfly can grow up to be 22-

24 mm They start mating in february

and march when the flowers are full of

nectarIf you want to see these butterflies

you can go to San Bruno mountain San

Mateo county or San francisco Peninsula

also known as Marin headlands Sadly

The San Bruno Butterfly is endangered It

was listed Endangered in 1976

Here is a

picture of a

caterpillar of

the San

Bruno Elfin

butterfly

Here is a

picture of the

San Bruno

Butterfly

Sea OtterThe Sea Otter or the Enhydra Lutris is normally found near

the shallow coastal waters off the Pacific OceanThe

normal lifespan for a female is around 15 to 20 years The

normal lifespan for a male is 10 to 15 years For

reproduction they have mating season the whole

yearThe female normally have pregnancy for 6 to 8

months A female sea otter normally has one pup or a

baby sea otter but she can also have twins or two babies

Sea otters have the diet of urchins abalonemussels

clams crabs snails and about 40 other marine

speciesSea otters grow up to about four feet Their weight

for female is 45 pounds and the male go to about 65

pounds The identification for a sea otter is A layer of far

apart guard hairs overlays the underfurSea otters are

completely covered with fur except for the nose padsthe

inside of the ear flaps and the pads on the bottom of the

feet The color of the fur is from dark brown to reddish

brown Older sea otters become grizzled with the fur

around the head neck and shoulders almost becoming

white

A sea otter eating food

A sea otter resting

Grizzled means having streaked or with gray hair

The Snowy EgretThe snowy egret or Egretta Thula [its

scientific name] is not a common sight but

a beautiful one It is a threatened species

and lives near coastal or marshy areas A

baby egret is born out of a bluegreen egg

and leaves the nest after 20-25 days to go

out on its own It takes both parents to

incubate the eggs and that means not

much food A snowy egret eats almost

anything that is a small aquatic creature

or water plantThis includes of shrimp

crayfish fiddler crab snakes snails and

frogs The lifespan is about 16 years and

is a medium sized heronIt is about 20-27

inches long and is 41 inches long in

wingspan It is 13 ounces and you can

identify it with its slenderblack beak and

yellow feet and it is much smaller than the

great egret

Flying female

snowy egret

Male snowy

egret

showing off

3 newly hatched

egret

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Sea OtterThe Sea Otter or the Enhydra Lutris is normally found near

the shallow coastal waters off the Pacific OceanThe

normal lifespan for a female is around 15 to 20 years The

normal lifespan for a male is 10 to 15 years For

reproduction they have mating season the whole

yearThe female normally have pregnancy for 6 to 8

months A female sea otter normally has one pup or a

baby sea otter but she can also have twins or two babies

Sea otters have the diet of urchins abalonemussels

clams crabs snails and about 40 other marine

speciesSea otters grow up to about four feet Their weight

for female is 45 pounds and the male go to about 65

pounds The identification for a sea otter is A layer of far

apart guard hairs overlays the underfurSea otters are

completely covered with fur except for the nose padsthe

inside of the ear flaps and the pads on the bottom of the

feet The color of the fur is from dark brown to reddish

brown Older sea otters become grizzled with the fur

around the head neck and shoulders almost becoming

white

A sea otter eating food

A sea otter resting

Grizzled means having streaked or with gray hair

The Snowy EgretThe snowy egret or Egretta Thula [its

scientific name] is not a common sight but

a beautiful one It is a threatened species

and lives near coastal or marshy areas A

baby egret is born out of a bluegreen egg

and leaves the nest after 20-25 days to go

out on its own It takes both parents to

incubate the eggs and that means not

much food A snowy egret eats almost

anything that is a small aquatic creature

or water plantThis includes of shrimp

crayfish fiddler crab snakes snails and

frogs The lifespan is about 16 years and

is a medium sized heronIt is about 20-27

inches long and is 41 inches long in

wingspan It is 13 ounces and you can

identify it with its slenderblack beak and

yellow feet and it is much smaller than the

great egret

Flying female

snowy egret

Male snowy

egret

showing off

3 newly hatched

egret

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

The Snowy EgretThe snowy egret or Egretta Thula [its

scientific name] is not a common sight but

a beautiful one It is a threatened species

and lives near coastal or marshy areas A

baby egret is born out of a bluegreen egg

and leaves the nest after 20-25 days to go

out on its own It takes both parents to

incubate the eggs and that means not

much food A snowy egret eats almost

anything that is a small aquatic creature

or water plantThis includes of shrimp

crayfish fiddler crab snakes snails and

frogs The lifespan is about 16 years and

is a medium sized heronIt is about 20-27

inches long and is 41 inches long in

wingspan It is 13 ounces and you can

identify it with its slenderblack beak and

yellow feet and it is much smaller than the

great egret

Flying female

snowy egret

Male snowy

egret

showing off

3 newly hatched

egret

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Plants

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Beach Grass

The Beach Grass or Ammophila

breviligulata looks just like grass Beach

Grass spreads along the entire foredunes

of the Long Beach Peninsula It now fronts

most foredunes from the mouth of the

Columbia River to the mouth of the

Copalis Beach Grass lives forever but

needs Sandy conditions to live Beach

Grass spreads by the winter currents The

foredunes are about 9 feet high Each

blade of Beach Grass in height is 2 to 4

feet

A beautiful view of Beach

Grass

Beach Grass near the Beachforedunes- part of a system of

sand dunes on the nearest

side to the sea

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Beach Morning

GloryThe Beach Morning Gloryrsquos scientific name is

Ipomoea Pes-Caprae and is also known as

Goatrsquos Foot or Railroad Vine They live by

ocean shores by the sea near the sand area

and railroads so sometimes they are called

railroad vines The Beach Morning Glory plant

grows a height between 4in-6 inches the stems

might crawl along the floor to 75 feet The

leaves are less 6 inches 25-4 inches long

Beach Morning Glory plants lived for a long

time like five years There are small round seed

pods that contain seeds the color velvet dark

brown These seeds will appear on the plant

after flowering Then the seeds flow and end up

by the sea The leaves are shaped like a goat or

horse foot The Beach Morning Glory plant

opens up in the morning and closes back up by

the afternoon The plant can be used differently

for medicine or the leaves of the plant could be

two pink beach

morning glory

pointing up

one purple beach

morning glory

showing off

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Beach StrawberryThe Beach Strawberry scientific name is

Fragaria Chiloensis and is also known as

Pacific Beach Strawberry or Sandwich Beach

Strawberry They can be found on ocean

beaches on the sand near the ocean Dunes

grasslands coastal prairie herbs Or by the

Ocean at the border of North and South

America Beach Strawberry plants can grow

from 0-1 foot Its lifespan is moderate They

spread by seed or leafless stolons Beach

Strawberry produce small red berries similar

to strawberries and blooms April to August

Beach Strawberry has three green sharp

oval leaves with waxy texture that helps

keep the plant moisture The edible part of

the plant is the fruit Beach Strawberry

younger plants are strong and produce

beach strawberry

opened up

beach

strawberry

pointing

upward

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

This light yellow Bermuda Buttercup also

known as Buttercup Oxalis it can grow in

many places some are Vineyards

gardens Urban areas and turfs This

plant does not have seeds in California

so had does it grow there It grows from

bulbs These small bulbs stay dormant

through winter and finally bloom in

spring These flowers reproduce by

people replanting and the bulbs These

plants only bloom on time in the year

Want to know some fun facts The

Bermuda Buttercup come in groups of 20

or less and it spreadrsquos really fast add 1

and you will have 10 in a few days

Bermuda Buttercup This is a picture

of bermuda

buttercup

This is a picture of

a Double Bermuda

Buttercup

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

European Dune GrassEuropean dune grass might seem

like the most boring thing in the world but

its quite interesting It is not a native plants

and obviously is from Europe The plant and

a few other dune grasses stabilize the

dunes and european dune grasses stabilize

them the most The dunes that are

stabilized by this plant can grow up to 14

feet The european dune grass can grow up

to 3 feet tall and is a green slender tall

grass It resides on sandy shores especially

in the west coast of the United

States[California Washington and Oregon]

The life cycle of the european dune grass is

perennial and it got in the Usa during 1896

Because it was non-native it spread like

wildfire and soon the entire coast was

European dune grass on the

beach

European dune

grassEuropean dune

grass range

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

The ice plant or the Carpobrotus Edulis is found at the

California coasts The ice plant needs full sun and

prefers a sharply-drained soil The ice plant is identified

by its three sided leaves Each side is 4-5 inches long

The spring flowers are 2-6 inches acrossand are

colored white yellow pink or deep magenta The ice

plant is not native to marin headlands It was originally

brought to California in the 1900rsquos for stabilizing soil

around the railroad tracks The seed for the ice plant

also looks like powder Ice plant is not endangered and

it is alive all year long All aphids and mealy bugs eat

the ice plant flower Some tips on growing ice plant are

that the ice plant will tolerate sandy or gravelly soils

well but will not tolerate compacted heavy or clay

soils Some uses for the ice plant is they look great

growing in rock gardens rock walls flower boxes and

hanging baskets all around the house

exert force on (something) to make it more dense compress

Ice Plant

A yellow ice plant

A magenta ice plant

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Gum plant

The gum plant or the Grindelia Stricta Venusola is

found near the California coast It is a beautiful sight

because it is also alive all year It is called the gum

plant because it is covered with a resinous

substance giving it a sticky gum-like varnished

appearance Some interesting facts about the gum

plant are

that the gum plant has many different names Two of

those names are the Broad-leafed gum plant and the

scary grindelia

The gum plant is also used as a herb The gum plant

is threatened so we all should work to save the gum

plant together The gum plant is also native to marin

headlands and the reproduction happens with the

seeds that are in the middle of the gum plant

Resinous Full of or contaning

Varnish Something coating or resembling a coat of gloss

a closed gum plant

A open gum plant on a beach in California

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Sand VerbenaThe sand verbena is a beautiful

common sight on the beach in marin

headlands It only grows in dry sand

like desert sand and beach sand [away

from the water] The yellow sand

verbena is a coastal plant and is a

common sight in marin headlands It

has a perennial life cycle and blooms

in the spring and summer It has a

height of 1-4 inches and the stalk is

only 1-3 inches long The leaves are

thick and rounded and are 1-2 inches

across The flowers are frac14-frac12 inches

large You can identify this plant

because of its bright yellow and the

flowers form a dome shape Its leaves

sand

verbena in

full bloom

perennial means year

round

Sand

verbena

at the

beach

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Sea Figpink sea fig plant

pink sea fig plant

shining in the sun

The Sea Fig scientific name is

Carpobrotus Chilensis or also

commonly known as Ice PLant Itrsquos

habitat is in the sand and is native to

South Africa The Sea Fig plant uses

full sun and is a showy plant The Sea

Fig plant is about 6-12 inches and the

leaves are 15-27 inches It lived for a

perennial time The Sea Fig plant

usually blooms May through July

spring and summer It stores food in

its swollen leaves The Sea Fig plant

grows low covering the ground It is

the color rose-magenta pink color

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Sea-Rocket

This plant is part of the Mustard Family and its scientific

name is Cakile The Sea Rocket covers large areas of land at

coastal lands Sea Rocket has 4 lavender to white petals 4

green sepals 6 stamens The Sea Rocket is a Summer plant

and usually about 6 to 20 inches tall Sea Rockets flowers

bloom in mid fall to mid summer and last about 3 months

Reproduction is done by pollenation Which is where bees

beetles and fleas take pollen and take it to different flowers

in the plant( sea rocket) This plant can be identified by its

juicy leaves and unusual placement of seapods The Sea

Rocket is found on the Atlantic Coast and around the Great

LakesThe Sea Rocket originated in Europe and apparently

in California in the 1930s

Sea Rocket picture

with flowers

Sea Rocket

Flowers

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Silver Beach Weed

Silver beach weed is a

common native plant at Marin

Headlands It has has many other

names such as the silver beach burr

and etc Its scientific name is

Ambrosia Chamissonis The silver

beach weed plant has a perennial

life cycle and identified by its highly

dissected pale colored curvy

leaves and the light foliage collects

sunlight It also is on the coast

silver beach weed

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

WebsitesCritter Catalog BioKIDS Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Sea Rocket

(Cakile Edentula Lacustris) Web 25 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwillinoiswildflowersinfoprairieplantxsea_roc

kethtmlgt

National Marine Mammal Laboratory National Marine

Mammal Laboratory Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwafscnoaagovnmmleducationpinnipedsha

rborphpgt

Harbor Seal Harbor Seal Macalester Web 20 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwmacalesteredu~montgomeryHarborSealht

mlgt

Essay - Sea Rocket Essay - Sea Rocket Beach

Watchers Web 27 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbeachwatcherswsueduislandessaysrocke

thtmgt

Critter Catalog BioKIDS BioKids Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwbiokidsumicheducrittersArdea_herodiasgt

PicturesFileHarbor Seal Mammal Phoca Vitulinajpg Wikimedia 8 Jan

2015 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileHarbor_seal_mammal_p

hoca_vitulinajpggt

American Sea-rocket Flickr Yahoo Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos8583446N052958698891gt

Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo LIVESTREAM Great Blue Heron Nest

at Cornell Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttprenewnrgblogspotcom201304livestream-great-blue-

heron-nest-athtmlgt

Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpswwwllnlgovnewssea-lions-harbor-

seals-receive-helping-hand-llnl-technology-newly-developed-

diagnostic-devicegt

Bumblebee - Our 2000th Harbor Seal The Marine Mammal

Center Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgabout-usNews-

Room2013-news-archives2000-harbor-seal-name-

contesthtmlgt

Picture Of A Harbor Seal I Alaska Travel Photos Web 16 Mar

2015 lthttpwwwalaska-in-picturescompicture-of-a-harbor-

seal-8057-pictureshtmgt

Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwoodruffsartcentercomned-

manterphpgt

Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron Pictures | Herons of North

American | Florida Birds | Birds Great Blue Heron | Great Blue

Heron Pictures | Herons of North American | Florida Birds | Birds

Web 23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwbirds-of-north-americanetgreat-

blue-heronhtml

Websitesbeach Grass The Columbia Encyclopedia 6th Ed 2014

and marram Grass The Columbia Encyclopedia 6th Ed

2014 Beach Grass Encyclopediacom HighBeam

Research 1 Jan 2014 Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwencyclopediacomtopicbeach_grassaspxgt

Rachanarsquos Bibliography

PicturesBeach Grass Flickr Yahoo 28 July 2011 Web 23 Mar

2015

lthttpwwwflickrcomphotos54814530N005984629375gt

Sea Rocket Flower Flickr Yahoo 19 Jan 2012 Web 27

Mar 2015

lthttpswwwflickrcomphotos31031835N086698919773gt

Great Egret Audubon National Audubon Society 13 Nov 2014 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwaudubonorgfield-guidebirdgreat-egretgt

Great Egrets Great Egret Pictures Gray Egret Facts - National Geographic National Geographic Web 16

Mar 2015 lthttpanimalsnationalgeographiccomanimalsbirdsgreat-egretgt

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly Calendar RSS Web 17 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwparksconservancyorgconservationplants-animalsendangered-speciessan-bruno-elfinhtmlgt

To Protect Invertebrates The Xerces Society raquo Elfins San Bruno Elfin (Callophrys Mossii Bayensis) Web 17

Mar 2015 lthttpwwwxercesorgsan-bruno-elfingt

How to Manage Pests Creeping Woodsorrel and Bermuda Buttercup Management Guidelines--UC IPM Web

19-20 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwipmucdaviseduPMGPESTNOTESpn7444htmlgt

California Sea Lions California Sea Lion Pictures California Sea Lion Facts - National Geographic National

Geographic Web 20-23 Mar 2015 lthttpanimalsnationalgeographiccomanimalsmammalscalifornia-sea-

liongt

California Sea Lion The Marine Mammal Center Web 20 -23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwmarinemammalcenterorgeducationmarine-mammal-informationpinnipedscalifornia-sea-liongt

Bermuda Buttercup (Buttercup Oxalis) (Oxalis Pes-caprae) Weed Gallery Buttercup Oxalis (Bermuda Buttercup)-UC

IPM Web 18 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwipmucdaviseduPMGWEEDSbermuda_buttercuphtmlgt

Divyanirsquos Bibliography

San Bruno Elfin Butterfly Calendar RSS Web 18 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwparksconservancyorgconservationplants-

animalsendangered-speciessan-bruno-elfinhtmlgt

San Bruno Elfin Caterpillar

Baby Great Egrets at Gatorland Dinas City Wildlife Adventures 10 June 2012 Web 16 Mar 2015

lthttpdinascitywildlifecom20120610baby-great-egrets-at-gatorlandgt

Adult great Egret with itrsquos Small Egret

Cute News Picture of the Day | First News Cute News Picture of the Day | First News Web 20-23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwfirstnewscouknews-in-picturescute-news-picture-of-the-day-i148baby-california-sea-lion-p7182gt

Picture of baby California Sea Lion

California Sea Lion Animal Spot Web 20-23 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwanimalspotnetcalifornia-sea-lionhtmlgt

Picture of California sea Lion with baby

Moss Elfin Moss Elfin Web 17 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwadamwinercombutterfliesMossElfinhtmlgt

Picture of San Bruno Butterfly

Fables and Flora Fables and Flora Web 18 Mar 2015 lthttpsfablesandflorawordpresscomtagsour-grassgt

Bermuda Buttercup flower

Oxalis Pes-caprae - Bermuda Buttercup - (Oxalidaceae) Oxalis Pes-caprae Web 18 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwfirst-

naturecomflowersoxalis-pes-capraephpgt -Double Bermuda Buttercup

Divyanirsquos Pictures Part 1

Great Egret Untitled 1 Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpsdakotabirdscomspeciesgreat_egret_infohtmgt

Picture of great Egret

Divyanirsquos pIctures Part 2

WebsiteSea otter-

1 wwwdefendersorgsea-otterbasic-facts

2 animalsnationalgeographiccomanimalsmammalss

ea-otter

3 wwwmontereybayaquariumorgconservationresearc

hsouth

ern-sea-otters

MIssion Blue Butterfly-

1 wwwparksconservancyorgconservationplants-

animalsenngered-specdaiesMission-blue-

butterflyhtml

2 wwwdefendersorgbutterfliesbasic-facts

3 wwwfwsgovscacramentoles_kidsMission-Blue-

Butterflyhtm

Surbhirsquos bibliography

(Animal)

PictureSea otter-

Top picture httpiimagescdnfotopediacomflickr-

2245417021-

hdEndangered_SpeciesEndangeredSea_OtterSea_Otterjpg

Bottom picture

httpiimagescdnfotopediacomflickr-2112207670-

hdEndangered_SpeciesEndangeredSea_OtterAdult_Sea_Ott

er_Enhydra_lutris_in_Morro_Bay_CAjpg

Mission Blue Butterfly

Top picture-

httpfarm3staticflickrcom26974469940072_063d1f7080jpg

Bottom picture-

httpfarm5staticflickrcom41295114226710_7e28afd271_zjp

g

Thank you slide

httpisendyouremailcomwp-

contentuploads201411thank-

youjpgthank20you202190x877

Surbhirsquos Bibliography (plant)

WebsiteIce Plant-

1 wwwehocomabout_6718216_ice-plant-

informationhtml

2 wwwparkscagovpages23071filesiceplanta

Gum plant-

1 wwwhortpurdueedunewcropherbhuntersgumplant

html

2 wwwfwsgovnevadaprotected_speciesplantsspeci

esam_gumplanthtml

PictureIce Plant-

Top picture

httpfarm5staticflickrcom40525079446931_e8cab1fa99_zjpg

Bottom Picture

httpfarm4staticflickrcom31113124071668_13c5acb9e1_zjpg

Gum Plant-

Top picture

httpfarm3staticflickrcom22982150454915_1713b898bb_zjpg

Bottom Picture

httpsfarm5staticflickrcom40654324634490_d10e471274_zjpg

Snowy Egret

Writing

1 httpswitchzoocomprofilessnowyegret

2httpwwwctgovdeepcwpviewaspq=32608

8

Pictures

1httpwwwfredmirandacomforumtopic11203

53

2httpwwwkansascomnewsarticle1117785ht

ml

3httpfloridaphotomattcom20130114canon-

5d-mark-iii-autofocus

4httpwwwbioexpeditioncomsnowy-egret

European Dune Grass

Writing

1httpwwwca-

ipcorgipmanagementipcwpagesdetailreortcfm

usernumber=5ampsurveynumber=182php

2httpaquariumorgexhibitssandy-

shoresanimalseuropean-beach-grass

3httpwwwecywagovprogramsseacoastduneg

rasshtml

Pictures

1httpwwwdailykoscomstory20110601981243

-The-Oregon-Coast-Bullards-Beach-State-Park-

Keerthanarsquos

Bibliography

Sand Verbena

Writing

1httpwwwpnwflowerscomflowerabroni-a-latifoia

Pictures

1httpenwikipediaorgwikiAbronia_latifolia

2httpswwwflickrcomphotos24870394N035889180

513

Silver Beach Weed

Writing

1httpwwwcloudphotographiccombot165lab9silver

20beach-weedhtml

Pictures

1httpwwwcloudphotographiccombot165lab9index

html

Animals Cover Page

1httpwwwgrahamowengallerycomphotographysnowy_e

gretshtm

2httpsdakotabirdscomdiffidswhite_egretshtm

3httpwildobscomplaceOklahoma-USAGreat-Blue-Heron

4httpwwwportolahotelcomblog201303sea-otterssea-

6httpwwwbritannicacomEBcheckedtopic184410elephant-seal

7httpca-sgepucsdedufocus-areashealthy-coastal-marine-ecosystemsexplore-beach-ecosystemsbeach-plants-

and-animalsmarine-mammals

Front Page

8httpwwwgeorgekrevskygallerycomdynamicartwork_detailaspArtworkID=2562ampExhibitID=169

Continued

Divijarsquos BibliographyBecker John E ldquoAmazing Sea Creaturesrdquo The Northern Elephant Seal Detroit Mich KidHaven 2005 6-14 pages Print

Goldish Meish Southern Elephant Seal The Biggest Seal in the World New York NY Bearport Pub 2010 Print

ldquoNorthern Elephant Seal (Mirounga Angustirostris) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheriesrdquo Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga

Angustirostris) - Office Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries 14 May 2014 Web 21 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwnmfsnoaagovprspeciesmammalspinnipedsnorthernelephantsealhtmlgt

ldquoBeach Morning Glory (Ipomoea Pes-Caprae) on the Shores of Singapore ldquoBeach Morning Glory (Ipomoea Pes-Caprae) on the Shores of

Singapore 1 Jan 2008 Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpwwwwildsingaporecomwildfactsplantscoastalipomoeapescapraegt

ldquoNative Plants Hawaiirdquo Native Plantshawaiiedu 1 Jan 2009 Web 19 Mar 2015 lthttpnativeplantshawaiieduplantviewIpomoea-pes-

caparaebrasiliensisgt

ldquoIpomoea Pes-Caprae Beach Morning Glory1rdquo EDIS New Publication RSSgt Web 16 Mar 2015 lthttpsedisifasufledufp283gt

United States National Park Service ldquoBeach Strawberryrdquo National Parks Service US Department of Interior 26 Mar Web 18 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwnpsgovprsflearnnaturebeach-strawberryhtmlgt

ldquoBeach Strawberry (Chiloensis)rdquo Beach Strawberry Plant Guide Demand Media Web 23 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwgardenguidescomtaxonomybeach-strawberry-fragaria-chiloensisgt

ldquoPacific Beach Strawberryrdquo PLant Guide Web 20 Mar 2015 lthttpplantsusdagovplantguidepdfcs_frchppdfgt

ldquoWSU Clark County Extensionrdquo Beach Strawberry Board of Regents 1 Jan 2015 Web 19 Mar 2015

lthttpwwwpnwplantswsueduPlantDisplayaspxPlantID=514gt

Sea Fig

1 httpenwikipediaorgwikiNorthern_elephant_seal

2 httpmatthewmeierphotophotosheltercomimageI0000kUHtzKXzX9c

Beach Morning Glory

1 httpfriendsofpajarodunesorgeducationinteractive-plant-listmorning-glory-

convolvulaceaebeach-morning-glory

2 httpwwwbotanyhawaiiedubaschuhnpscesuhtmsnpsapln2fish_popsconvolvul

ipopescapr1htm

Beach Strawberry

1 httpcommonswikimediaorgwikiFileBeach_Strawberry_(Fragaria_chiloensis)jp

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2 httpwwwgardenguidescom70278-grow-pacific-beach-strawberryhtml

Sea Fig

1 httpdavesgardencomguidespfshowimage38760b

2 httpwwwnerjarobcomnaturesea-fig

Divijarsquos Bibliography (Pictures)