Here are a few pictures of the Plant Communities of California.
About a third of all the plant species that grow in the United States grow in California.We've managed to grow about 1200 of those. Here are some pictures of the diverse plant communities that occur in California. If you want to donate better ones, we'd love some of them.
Alkali Sink or more at The alkali sink plant community.
Openings in the Central Oak woodland or Foothill woodland plant community.used to look like this.
Weeds have replaced the wildflowers in most of California's Central Oak Woodland.
Sierran Chaparral is a form of the chaparral plant community.
Much of the populated areas of
Southern California used to look like this. NOT BROWN! Coastal Sage Scrub in early summer.
The California Coastal strand plant community can be on clay or sand.
If it wasn't so HOT, Creosote Bush Scrub is a great place to live.
Douglas Fir Forest is mostly a ways from us.California Douglas Fir Plant Community and its plants.
California mixed evergreen forest. and it's plants
The California Shadscale Scrub Plant community has mostly Atriplex and wildflowers. If it burns, weeds replace the natives.
