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Santa Catalina Island Swains Canyon

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Much of this area is grassland but there is perhaps a third in coastal sage scrub and there is some woodland as well.

The area has an outstanding grove of the Catalina ironwood, Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. floribundus. Other endemics present include Eriogonum giganteum ssp. giganteum, Ceanothus arboreus, Ceanothus megacarpus ssp. insularis, Rhamnus pirifolia and Arctostaphylos catalinae.

See Avalon Canyon, Ben Weston Beach, and Bird and Indian Rocks.

February 1977

Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2008 Steven Louis Hartman







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