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Some Special Problem Plants at Batiquitos Lagoon

LBugBult.gif (215 bytes) Since the soil in the areas in and along the trail has been disturbed (graded
and used as a road) over the years, many destructive plants have been brought
in.  These are a few of the worst ones.  (Many non-natives included in the
"Upland Plants of Batiquitos" are also invasive problems.)


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Common Name:

Tumbleweed or Russian Thistle

Scientific Name:

 Salsola pestifer (or australis)

Size/Location:

 Near trail (disturbed areas)

Comments:

 Red stems; many seeds; breaks loose when mature and dry and disperses seeds over wide area as it rolls around

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Common Name:

Pampas Grass

Scientific Name:

 Cortaderia spp.

Size/Location:

 Grows in lowland "waste" areas

Comments:

 Individual plants get wider and wider; sawtooth leaves; spread over wide areas by wind-carried seeds from plumes

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Common Name:

Date Palm

Scientific Name:

 Phoenix dactylifera

Size/Location:

 Salt-intolerant; near trail; very wide

Comments:

 Inappropriate and encroaching on places more appropriate plants should be

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Common Name:

Giant Reed

Scientific Name:

 Arundo donax

Size/Location:

 Grows very tall (over 20 feet) and spreads rapidly

Comments:

 A state-wide problem, choking waterways. In the lagoon, choking out cattails and bulrushes in the water, as well as upland plants.

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