For Project #6 in Science, students will be assigned one of these species that we saw on our field trip to Torrey Pines. Students have instructions for this project in their binders, and will work on this in the computer lab:

Wild Cucumber Marah macrocarpus

Torrey Pine Pinus torreyana

Monkey Flower Mimulus aurantiacus

Yerba Santa Eriodictyon crassifolium

Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia littoralis

Baccaharis Baccharis salicifolia

Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia

Mojave Yucca Yucca schidigera

Lemonade Berry Rhus integrifolia

Laurel Sumac Malosma laurina

Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus minutiflorus

Deerweed Lotus scoparius 

Scrub Oak Quercus berberidifolia

Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum

Black Sage Salvia mellifera

Manzanita Arctostaphylos glandulosa

Sagebrush Artemisia californica

California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum

Ceanothus Ceanothus tomentosus

Spice Bush Cneoridium dumosum

Sideblotch lizard Uta stansburiana

Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex californicus

Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis

Raven Corvus corax

Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa

Silver Argiope Spider Argiope argentata

California Ground Squirrel Otospermophilus beecheyi