Monday, September 1, 2014

Part VI | San Diego | White Sage and Coastal Scrub Habitat

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The California Condor Exhibit at the San Diego Zoo
features white sage and cactus, native to the southern California coast.

The California Condor  Exhibit at the San Diego Zoo
features white sage and cactus, native to the southern California coast.

White sage (Salvia apiana) also bee sage is an evergreen perennial shrub that is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, found mainly in the coastal sage scrub habitat of Southern California and Baja California, on the western edges of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. The California Native Plant Society 
Coastal sage scrub, or soft chaparral, is a low scrubland plant community of the California coastal sage and chaparral subecoregion, found in coastal California and northwestern coastal Baja California. It is within the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.

































































Visiting San Diego


Part I San Diego Zoo | Balboa Park | Erythrina​​
Part II San Diego Zoo | Balboa Park | Pollinator Habitat​
Part III San Diego Zoo | Balboa Park | Hawaiian Native Plant Garden
Part IV​ San Diego | Lavender Farms
Part V San Diego | Succulents and Tropicals
​Part VI San Diego | Iris, Bird of Paradise, Cactus, Desert, White Sage
Part VII San Diego | Cabrillo National Monument Old Point Loma Lighthouse
Part VIII San Diego | Exotic Plants
Part IX San Diego | Trees
Part X | San Diego | Coronado Island
Part XI San Diego | Making Music with Exotic Woods | Taylor Guitars
Part XII San Diego | Vineyard and Winery
Part XIII San Diego | Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
Architecture and Design in San Diego
Part XIII | San Diego |Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery