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Pampas grass, Cortaderia selloana, brought to California as a decorative plant by horticulturist Joseph Sexton in Goleta, California, is now a major invasive species along the California coast

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Description

Pampas grass, Cortaderia selloana, brought to California as a decorative plant by horticulturist Joseph Sexton in Goleta, California, is now a major invasive species along the California coast.

Photographer

Captain Albert E. Theberge

Display Date

2003 October

Location

California, Highway 1, south of Half Moon Bay

Collection

America's Coastlines

West Coast

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA Corps (ret.)

Keywords

Coastline

West Coast California

Flora