Culver City Parks Task 8.1 Final Plan - Flipbook - Page 145
CULVER CITY PLANT COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS
Coastal Sage Scrub
Coastal sage scrub typically occurs on slopes and cliffs in coastal areas, and many species in this
community can tolerate salt. While this plant community does not include many trees when
found in natural open space areas, it can be planted with some canopy species or transition
to a woodland plant community.
Artemisia californica (California sagebrush)
Eriogonum fasciculatum (California buckwheat)
Salvia mellifera (black sage)
Chaparral
Chaparral is an upland community that is found on all slope aspects that can tolerate dry
conditions. This plant community prefers soils that are nutrient poor and fast-draining. While
this plant community does not include many trees when found in natural open space areas,
it can be planted with some canopy species or transition to a woodland plant community.
Baccharis pilularis (coyote bush)
Ceanothus leucodermis (chaparral whitethorn)
Mimulus aurantiacus (bush monkey 昀氀ower)
Figure 144. Artemisia californica. Source: Antandrus at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, https://
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ArtemisiaCalifornica-GaviotaCA.jpg.
Figure 145. Eriogonum fasciculatum. Source: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/
wiki/File:Eriogonum_fasciculatum_10.jpg.
Figure 146. Salvia mellifera. Source: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
File:Salvia_mellifera_1a.jpg.
Figure 147. Arcostaphylos glandulosa. Source: Tortie tude, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
File:Arctostaphylos_glandulosa_crassifolia.jpg.
Figure 148. Ceanothus leucodermis. Source: Pl@ntNet, lovemy3cs, 2024. https://identify.plantnet.org/es/k-world-flora/species/
Ceanothus%20leucodermis%20Greene/data.
Figure 149. Mimulus aurantiacus. Source: oliveoligarchy, California, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.
wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mimulus_aurantiacus_(sticky_monkeyflower)_(7184197630).jpg.
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