Black Point Headlands
Map SatelliteOn this marine terrace, which dates to the late Pleistocene but which has marine Cretaceous sedimentaries exposed on the cliffs, is a coastal-bluff community returning to a typical state after the cessation of grazing.
The dominants on this headland include Erigeron glaucus, Armeria maritima, Dudleya sp., Eriophyllum sp., and Carpobrotus chilensis. Two rare plants occur within several hundred meters and may be present on the terrace, the Erigeron supplex and Veratrum fimbriatum.
There are two sandy beaches and a number of rocks offshore, providing both protected and unprotected rocky intertidal communities.
Integrity: There are buildings on the site but they have not disturbed the main elements.
Use: Private
October 1976
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2009 Steven Louis Hartman
