Santa Margarita Lake plant community

Question 1

Pinus sabiniana – Foothill pine

Answer 1

Foothill woodland

Question 2

Quercus douglasii – Blue oak

Answer 2

Foothill woodland

Question 3

Quercus lobata – Valley oak

Answer 3

Valley oak woodland, Oak savannah

Question 4

Eriogonum elongatum – Elongate buckwheat

Answer 4

Grassland, Oak savannah

Question 5

Monardella villosa – Coyote mint

Answer 5

Oak woodlands, coastal scrub

Question 6

Arctostaphylos glauca – Bigberry manzanita

Answer 6

Chaparral

Question 7

Phoradendron leucarpum – Oak mistletoe

Answer 7

Parasite

Question 8

Sambucus mexicana – Blue elderberry

Answer 8

Riparian, coastal scrub, oak woodland

Question 9

Foothill woodland

Answer 9

vegetation type characterized by an overstory of broadleaf and coniferous trees, generally found in areas of higher elevations and more precipitation than grasslands and oak savannah, and at lower elevations and less precipitation than mixed coniferous

Question 10

Oak savannah

Answer 10

a plant community with scattered “open-grown” fire tolerant oak trees

Question 11

Parasitism

Answer 11

Parasitic plants connect to the vasculature of a host plant and take part or all of the water, nutrients, and assimilates they need to complete their life cycle

Question 12

Forbs

Answer 12

wildflowers, annual non-grass species