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Sign: Coastal Sage Scrub

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Sign: Coastal Sage Scrub

Quick Facts

This community thrives on dry, sunny, south- and east-facing slopes in rocky, shallow soils. Plants here are typically small, soft-woody shrubs or perennial herbs with white-woolly or white-waxy leaves and shallow roots.

Common plants include coastal sagebrush, Santa Cruz Island buckwheat, bladderpod, California sunflower, and lemonade berry.

Channel Islands National Park

Last updated: May 6, 2021