Jovan+Santa+Cruz

Santa Cruz’s Native Plants ** Northern island bush poppy ** is in the poppy family. This plant grows only on Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands. This plant represents Americas National plant that is Native. ** Cliff-aster ** is in the sunflower family. This plant grows only on Santa Cruz, San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Anacapa and San Nicolas Islands. This plant is a Native plant to all these Islands. **Island Morning Glory ** is in the Morning Glory family. This plant grows only on Santa Cruz, San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Anacapa and Santa Catalina Islands, plus the two Mexican islands of San Marin and Guadalupe. This plant is a Native plant to all these Islands. **Island monkey flower ** is in the figwort family (although it will likely be reclassified). It grows only on Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Anacapa and San Clemente Islands. This plant is a Native plant to all these Islands. 
 * (//Dendromecon harfordii//) **
 * (//Malacothrix saxatilis v. implicata//) **
 * (//Calystegia macrostegia s. macrostegia//) **
 * (Mimulus flemingii) **

 

 __ Sea star facts __ There are 2,000 living species of starfish that occur in all the world's oceans, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian as well as in the Arctic and the Southern Ocean. You often see sea stars in tied pools or in coral reefs out in the deep ocean lying flat on rocks. The sea stars that are greenish mostly camouflage with algae and the sea stars that are brownish colored camouflages with the rocks. The bright colored sea stars camouflage with the bright colored coral, sea slugs, and sea anemones. Sea stars eat stuff such as [|clams], [|oysters] , some [|snails] , or any other animal too slow to evade the attack.   Written By: Jovan 