Plants of Channel Islands National Park
The plants most often spotted in Channel Islands, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
Most-observed plants in Channel Islands
giant coreopsis
Leptosyne gigantea
1,622 observations · iNaturalist
lemonade berry
Rhus integrifolia
953 observations · iNaturalist
Santa Cruz Island wild buckwheat
Eriogonum arborescens
917 observations · iNaturalist
blue dicks
Dipterostemon capitatus
749 observations · iNaturalist
island bush monkeyflower
Diplacus parviflorus
723 observations · iNaturalist
coast morning glory
Calystegia macrostegia
550 observations · iNaturalist
California poppy
Eschscholzia californica
520 observations
Island hazardia
Hazardia detonsa
518 observations · iNaturalist
Toyon
Heteromeles arbutifolia
495 observations · iNaturalist
island paintbrush
Castilleja hololeuca
476 observations · iNaturalist
California sagebrush
Artemisia californica
470 observations
coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis
461 observations · iNaturalist
Redflower Buckwheat
Eriogonum grande
440 observations · iNaturalist
Cliff Aster
Malacothrix saxatilis
426 observations · iNaturalist
Greene's dudleya
Dudleya greenei
416 observations · iNaturalist
cardinal catchfly
Silene laciniata
404 observations · iNaturalist
Coast Paintbrush
Castilleja affinis
390 observations · iNaturalist
island ceanothus
Ceanothus arboreus
365 observations · iNaturalist
Crystalline ice plant
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
355 observations · iNaturalist
common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
337 observations
purple salsify
Tragopogon porrifolius
324 observations · iNaturalist
San Miguel Island milkvetch
Astragalus miguelensis
324 observations · iNaturalist
White Horehound
Marrubium vulgare
304 observations · iNaturalist
Sacred Datura
Datura wrightii
302 observations
laurel sumac
Malosma laurina
284 observations · iNaturalist
Catalina mariposa lily
Calochortus catalinae
283 observations · iNaturalist
Torrey pine
Pinus torreyana
267 observations
island scrub oak
Quercus pacifica
266 observations · iNaturalist
fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
265 observations · iNaturalist
California brittlebush
Encelia californica
265 observations · iNaturalist
western blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
264 observations · iNaturalist
island broom
Acmispon dendroideus
257 observations · iNaturalist
chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
253 observations · iNaturalist
southern bush monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
252 observations · iNaturalist
seaside daisy
Erigeron glaucus
243 observations · iNaturalist
coastal wild buckwheat
Eriogonum cinereum
238 observations · iNaturalist
European Searocket
Cakile maritima
237 observations · iNaturalist
Coastal Goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii
234 observations · iNaturalist
White Globe Lily
Calochortus albus
230 observations · iNaturalist
ironwood
Lyonothamnus floribundus
225 observations · iNaturalist
coast live oak
Quercus agrifolia
224 observations
southern coastal bushmallow
Malacothamnus fasciculatus
220 observations · iNaturalist
island oak
Quercus tomentella
202 observations · iNaturalist
Cobwebby Thistle
Cirsium occidentale
201 observations · iNaturalist
chaparral yucca
Hesperoyucca whipplei
198 observations · iNaturalist
California fuchsia
Epilobium canum
197 observations · iNaturalist
Pink Sand Verbena
Abronia umbellata
194 observations · iNaturalist
Silver Bush Lupine
Lupinus albifrons
182 observations · iNaturalist
narrowleaf milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis
181 observations · iNaturalist
summer holly
Comarostaphylis diversifolia
180 observations · iNaturalist