Science Camp

Guidebook

By: Aadharsh, Rohit, Malhar, and Santiago

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Table of Contents (plants)

● Beach Grass (Page 5)

● Beach Morning Glory (Page 6)

● Beach Strawberry (Page 7)

● Bermuda Buttercups (Page 8)

● European Dune Grass (Page 9)

● Gum Plant (Page 10)

● Ice Plant (Page 11)

● Sand Verbena (Page 12)

● Sea Fig (Page 13)

● Sea-Rocket (Page 14)

● Silver Beach Weed (Page 15)

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Table of Contents (animals)● Blue Bellied Lizard (Page 17)

● Garter Snake (Page 18)

● Gopher Snake (Page 19)

● Western Newt (Page 20)

● Western Fence Lizard (Page 21)

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Beach Grass

The scientific name for the Beach Grass is Ammophila breviligulata Fernald.

Beach Grass can natural winds against the storm surge. The Beach Grass is

part of the grass family.

Height: 1-3 feet long Color: Light Green

Bloom Time: July - September The Beach Grass is

at Lake Michigan

in spring

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Beach Morning Glory Scientific name: ipomoea pes caprae

The Beach Morning Glory is in the morning glory family.

It includes trees, shrubs, vines and herbs. It is also Known

as the Goat’s Foot. Most of them are vines. It grows on

sand dunes and beaches in tropical regions throughout

the world. It is mashed up

and gurgled to help throat

and mouth infections.

Height:4 to 6 inchesan early morning favorite

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Beach StrawberryScientific Name-Fragaria chiloensis

Height-10 cm Width-30-100 cm

Where it mainly lives- California Color-White

Beach Strawberry will emerge in March to

August. After 30 years, it will have delicious

strawberries. They live in California, Alaska,

Hawaii, and South America.

A beach strawberry in bloom

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Bermuda Buttercups scientific name: Oxalis pes-caprae

The Bermuda Buttercups are also

known as sourgrass. It is a weed.

● Found south of South Africa,now

found all over California and parts of

Australia. It is an excellent salad.

● Grows from November throughout

April.Height: 6-12 in.

the bright yellow flowers of the Bermuda

buttercup

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European Dune Grass

The scientific name for a European Dune Grass is Elymus arenarius.

Sometimes used to stabilize sand dunes. The European Dune Grass grows so

fast. Plus, the European Dune Grass could spread about 23- 35 inches.

Height: 5-2 feet long Color: Blue

Bloom Time: Mid Summer, Late Summer

The right of the picture is the

European Dune Grass

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Gum Plant● Scientific name- Grindelia stricta venulosa

height[m]:

0.30 to 0.50 width[m]: 0.80 to 1.20

The Gum plant belongs to the family Asteraceae, commonly called the Aster or Sunflower Family.

There are about 15 types of gum plants.Antispasmodic, demulcent, diaphoretic, expectorant, sedative are the medicines made by Gum plant.

A beautiful yellow Gum Plant

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Ice Plant

Scientific name: Carpobrotus edulis

There are many different type

of ice plant. There are 2 colors in

ice plants ( purple & yellow). It is also native to

South Africa.As with all other succulents, the ice plant

requires very little water.

a purple ice plant

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Sand Verbena

The scientific name for Sand Verbena is Abronia villosa. A soft-haired, sticky

plant, bright pink flowers in heads that bloom on stalk. The ranges are

southern California through Nevada to Utah, Arizona and into Mexico.

Height: up to 3 feet long Flower color: Bright pink

Bloom Time: February - July

Sand Verbena habitats

are

in different parts

of the beach

or at the

desert

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Sea Fig Scientific name: Carpobrotus chilensis

The sea fig is in the Aizoaceae family. It mostly grows in

sandy areas. The sea fig is also eaten by ground squirrels.

They are found in California and Oregon in

grasslands,beaches and especially

in areas with a warm

winter climate. It has thick pointed

purple leaves. It grows in the

summer. Height:24 to 32 inchesTheir roots are lunch for a squirrel

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Sea-Rocket

The scientific name for Sea-rocket are Cakile lacustris, Cakile maritima, and

Cakile edentula. The thick stems and leaves help control moisture under the

hot sun and burning sands. During the winter they are leafy, but summer

comes their seed pods look almost like a cactus.

Height: 6-20 inches Flower color: pale lavender

The Sea-Rocket habitat

Bloom Time: July to September are usually at the beach

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Silver Beach Weed scientific name:Ambrosia chamissonia

The silver beach weed grows in large

clumps on beaches and dunes. They have

tiny hairs to protect their leaves from

getting damaged. Its silvery reflects the

sunlight.

● Color: Green and yellow

● Height:

15

you can see the tiny yellow

hairs of the silver beach

weed

Animals

ANIMALS

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Blue Bellied Lizard

Scientific name-Sceloporus occidentalis

Length-8.4 inches Snout:3.9 inches

A blue bellied lizard is actually another

name for the western fence lizard (check page

21). They, like geckos, can walk on walls and

not fall off. The eggs of these lizard will hatch

in August. They will hibernate in the winter

time. Blue bellied lizards will mainly be around

in less populated places. A blue

bellied lizard looking for food

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Garter Snake

1. Scientific name: Thamnophis

Garter snakes are among the most common

snakes in North America, with a range spanning from

Canada to Florida. It is most kept as pets.They are not

dangerous to people. There are many color of Garter Snakes.

A friendly Garter Snake

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Gopher Snake

Scientific name: Pituophis catenifer

Length: Gopher snake is usually between 36 and 96 inches

long.

The Gopher Snake is a subspecies. Its other name is

Bull Snake. It is also the most common snake found in California. Its

lifespan is till 15 years. It eats small mammals like mice. It is not

poisonous to most of the humans.

a long Gopher snake

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Western NewtScientific Name-Taricha torosa

Length(sides)-2 ⅔-3 ½ Length-4.9 inches-7.8 inches

Western Newts are found in California. They

mate for 6-12 weeks. Western Newts tend to lay

7-47 eggs. The will eat small invertebrates to live.

The males will stay longer than the females, unlike

humans. They are amphibians, and have poison.

Western Newts can live for 20 years.

A Western Newt Resting

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Western Fence LizardScientific Name:Sceloporus occidentalis

Length:8.4 inches Snout:3.9 inches

Western Fence Lizard lives in western

Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and California.

They will eat beetles, flies, caterpillars,

ants, other insects, and spiders. The

predators are the shrew, raptors and

snakes. In spring, they will mate, and

females will lay eggs in summer.

Western Fence Lizard clinging to a tree 21

Bibliography

Malhar’s Bibliography

"Gopher Snakes." - DesertUSA. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.desertusa.com/reptiles/gopher-snake.html>.

1. Beaulieu, David. "Purple Ice Plant - Hardy Delosperma." Web. 18 Mar. 2015.

<http://landscaping.about.com/od/perennialflowers/p/iceplant.htm>.

Images

1. Garter Snake - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Digital image. Wikipedia. Web.

2. Gopher Snakes - DesertUSA. Digital image. DesertUSA. Web.

3. Reed, Kerry. Purple Ice Plant by Kerry Reed. Digital image. Web.

4. Index of /. Digital image.

5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge

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Malhar’s continued

Websites

1. "Grindelia Stricta Venulosa, Coastal Groundcover Gum Plant." Grindelia Stricta Venulosa, Coastal Groundcover Gum

Plant. Web. 19 Mar. 2015. <http://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/852--grindelia-stricta-venulosa>.

2. "Spotlight on Gum Plant." Bee Informed Partnership. Web. 20 Mar. 2015. <http://beeinformed.org/2012/08/spotlight-on-

gum-plant/>.

3. "Ice Plant Facts." GardenGuides. Web. 22 Mar. 2015. <http://www.gardenguides.com/93620-ice-plant.html>.

4. "Calflora: Plant Search." Calflora: Plant Search. Web. 22 Mar. 2015. <http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-

genus=Grindelia>.

5. Szalay, By. "Garter Snake Facts." LiveScience. TechMedia Network, 10 Dec. 2014. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.livescience.com/44072-garter-snake.html>.

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Santiago’s Bibliography

Sea-Rocket

"Foraging Texas: Sea Rocket." Foraging Texas: Sea Rocket. 27 Aug. 2008. Web. 16 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.foragingtexas.com/2006/02/sea-rocket.html>.

Photo of a Sea-rocket plant and Info.

"Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula)." Sea Rocket (Cakile Edentula). Web. 17 Mar. 2015. <http://www.ct-botanical-

society.org/galleries/cakileeden.html>.

Sand Verebena

"Desert Sand Verbena." - Abronia Villosa. Web. 19 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.desertusa.com/flowers/desert-sand-verbena.html>.

"Desert Sand Verbena Abronia Villosa." ENature: FieldGuides: Species Detail. 1 Jan. 2007. Web. 19 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recnum=WF0861>.

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Santiago’s Bibliography Continued

Photo of a Sand Verbena Plant

"Desert Sand Verbena Abronia Villosa." ENature: FieldGuides: Species Detail. 1 Jan. 2007. Web. 19 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/enlarged.asp?imageID=21171>.

Beach Grass

"Plants Profile for Ammophila Breviligulata (American Beachgrass)." Plants Profile for Ammophila Breviligulata

(American Beachgrass). Web. 23 Mar. 2015. <http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ambr>.

"NPIN: Native Plant Database." Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 6 Dec. 2009. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AMBR>.

"Native Beach Plants." Plants. 1 Jan. 2011. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. <http://ca-sgep.ucsd.edu/focus-areas/healthy-coastal-marine-

ecosystems/explore-beach-ecosystems/beach-plants-and-animals/plants>.

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Santiago’s Bibliography Continued

Photo of a Beach Grass Plant

"Ammophila Breviligulata." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 10 June 2014. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammophila_breviligulata>.

European Dune Grass

"Common Name: European Dune Grass - Elymus Arenarius." Common Name: European Dune Grass -

Elymus Arenarius. 24 Mar. 2015. Web. 24 Mar. 2015. <http://luirig.altervista.org/naturaitaliana/viewpics2.php?rcn=25720>

Photo and Info. of a European Dune Grass

"Leymus Arenarius." Plant Profile for. Valleybrook International Ventures Inc. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.perennials.com/plants/leymus-arenarius.html>.

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Rohit’s Bibliography

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california/plants/312--fragaria-chiloensis>

2. Folino, Franco. Beach Strawberry. Digital image. Http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beach_Strawberry_(Fragaria_chiloensis).jpg.

25 Apr. 2004. Web.

3. "Toxic Animals Around the World." Toxic Animals Around the World. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.

<http://people.uwec.edu/piercech/animals/newt.htm>.

4. Adams, Fred, and Diana Adams. Toxic Animals Around the World. Digital image. Http://people.uwec.edu/piercech/animals/newt.htm. Web.

5. Bass, Cary. Western Fence Lizard. Digital image.

Http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Western_Fence_Lizard_(Sceloporus_occidentalis).jpg. 2 May 2008. Web.

6. "Sceloporus Occidentalis (Western Fence Lizard)." Sceloporus Occidentalis (Western Fence Lizard). Web. 19 Mar. 2015.

<http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/reptile/lacer/scoc/scocfram.htm>.

7. Munz, Philip A. Shore Wildflowers of California, Oregon, and Washington,. Berkeley: U of California, 1964. Print.

8. Sullivan, Jon. Blue Bellied Lizard. Digital image.Http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lizards_blue_belly_scales.jpg. 21 Feb. 2013.

Web.

9. "California Newt - Taricha Torosa." California Newt. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.californiaherps.com/salamanders/pages/t.t.torosa.html#description>.

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Aadharsh’s Bibliography

Beach Morning Glory

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=IPIM

"NPIN: Native Plant Database." Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Web. 16 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=IPIM>.

"A Wandering Botanist." : Plant Story: Morning Glories. Web. 16 Mar. 2015. <http://khkeeler.blogspot.com/2013/04/plant-story-

morning-glories.html>.

http://friendsofpajarodunes.org/education/interactive-plant-list/morning-glory-convolvulaceae/beach-morning-glory/

"Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea Pes-caprae)." Friends of Pajaro Dunes RSS. Web. 16 Mar. 2015.

<http://friendsofpajarodunes.org/education/interactive-plant-list/morning-glory-convolvulaceae/beach-morning-glory/>.

http://www.mysilversands.com/content/west_beach.aspx?subnav=silversands

"West Beach (aka Derby Beach) Silver Sands, Jamaica." West Beach (aka Derby Beach) Silver Sands, Jamaica. Web. 18 Mar.

2015.

"Ipomoea Pes Caprae, Ipomoea Biloba , Beach Morning Glory, Gost Foot Creeper, Railroad Vine -." Rare Plants for Home and

Garden. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.

https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/ipomoea_pes_caprae.htm

http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/Santa_Barbara_95-96/pages/sea%20fig%20flower.htm

"Sea Fig Flower." Sea Fig Flower. Accessed March 19, 2015.

http://www.cal-ipc.org/ip/management/plant_profiles/Carpobrotus_chilensis.php

"Carpobrotus Chilensis (sea-fig, Iceplant)." Cal-IPC: Carpobrotus Chilensis. Web. 20 Mar.

http://www.pennilessparenting.com/2012/07/foraging-ice-plant-fruit-hottentot-figs.html

"Foraging Ice Plant Fruit- Hottentot Figs, Sour Figs, Sea Figs | Penniless Parenting." Foraging Ice Plant Fruit- Hottentot Figs, Sour

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Aadharsh’s Bibliography continued...

Beach Morning Glory Continued

"Foraging Ice Plant Fruit- Hottentot Figs, Sour Figs, Sea Figs | Penniless Parenting." Foraging Ice Plant Fruit- Hottentot Figs, Sour

Figs, Sea Figs | Penniless Parenting. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

Sea Fig:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/64335/#b

"PlantFiles: Sea Fig, Ice Plant." Dave's Garden. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/arcata/arcweeds/plants/seafig.html

"Sea Fig." Sea Fig. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.

http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/Santa_Barbara_95-96/pages/sea%20fig%20flower.htm

http://www.americansouthwest.net/plants/wildflowers/carpobrotus-chilensis.html\

"Carpobrotus Chilensis, Sea Fig." Sea Fig, Carpobrotus Chilensis. Web. 20 Mar. 2015.

http://www.vegetablesinfo.com/ice-plant/

"What Is Ice Plant, Sea Fig, Sea Marigold." Information, History and Nutritional Value of Ice Plant, Sea Fig, Sea Marigold. Web. 20

Mar. 2015.

Bermuda Buttercups:

http://ccmg.ucanr.edu/files/83817.pdf

"Oxalis Pes‐caprae, or Bermuda Buttercup, Has Become a Serious Nuisance Plant in Gardens." Originally Published in the 29

Aadharsh’s Bibliography Continued….

Contra Costa

"Wild Edible: Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis Pes-caprae )." Root Simple. 24 Jan. 2013. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55661/#b

"PlantFiles: Bermuda Buttercup, Yellow Sour Grass, Cape Sorrel, African Woodsorrel, Sour Sob, Goat's Foot." Dave's Garden.

Web. 24 Mar. 2015.

Silver Beach Weed:

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