Science Camp Guide

By: Atmaja, Lakshita, and Rimjhim

Table of Contents

Animals● California Sea Lion -------page 3

● Elephant Seal----------------page4

● Harbor Seal ------------------page 5

● Sea Otter--------------------- page 6

Plants ● California-Poppy----------page 8

● Douglas Iris ----------------page 9

● Foxtail ------------------------page 10

● Lupine ------------------------page 11

● Poison-Hemlock ----------page 12

● Ripgut Grass ---------------page 13

● Wild Oats --------------------page 14

● Wild Rye ---------------------page 15

● Yarrow-------------------------page 16

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Bibliography ● Atmaja’s Bibliography---page 17-18

● Lakshita’s Bibliography page19

● Rimjhim’s Bibliography-page 20

Animals

By: Lakshita

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California Sea LionCalifornia sea lions live in southeast Alaska to Central Mexico. They live for about 20-30

years. The pups are born in June and July. The pups weigh around 13 to 20 pounds.

The pups will nurse for about 5-6 months. California sea lions eat anchovies, sardines,

whiting, mackerel, rockfish, and market squid. Males are around 2.4 meters long and

weigh about 350 kilograms. Females are around 1.8 meters long and weigh about 100

kilograms. The scientific name for the California sea lion is Zalophus Californianus.

Califonia Sea Lion

● Predators: killer whales, large sharks,Steller sea lion

● Colors: tawny yellow, dark brown, black, light tan

● Litter Size: 1 pup or twins

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Fun Fact: A male sea lion is

a bull, a female sea lion is a

cow, a baby sea lion is a

pup.

Elephant SealElephant seals live in California and Baja California. They live 13-19 years. The

females are sexually mature at around 2 years of age. Elephant seals eat shark,

flatfish, ratfish, crab, squid, and octopus. They can grow to over 13 feet long and can

weigh up to 4,500 pounds.The scientific name for the elephant seal is Mirounga

Angustirostris.

A group of elephant seals on a beach

● Predators: great white sharks, killer whales

● Colors: dark gray to brown

● Litter Size: 1 pup

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Fun Fact: Males elephant seals

fight for territorial rights, mating

rights, and higher standing in

the male hierarchy. Blood is

drawn during the fights.

Harbor Seal

Harbor seals live in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They live in Alaska to Baja

California. Harbor seals live 20-30 years. Adult females usually mate and give birth to

one pup a year. Females become sexually active between 3-7 years. Harbor seals eat

squid, crustaceans, molluscs, and a variety of fish including rockfish, herring, flounder,

salmon, hake, and sand lance. They can reach up to 5-6 feet and can weigh up to 300

pounds. The scientific name is Phoca Vitulina.

Harbor seal pup

● Predators:orcas, sharks, polar bears, bears,

coyotes, eagles, steller sea lions, walruses

● Colors: silver-gray, brown, black

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Fun Fact: Many harbor seal pups

shed a white wooly coat before

they are born.

Sea OtterSea Otters live in the coastal waters in the Central and North Pacific ocean. The like to

rest in kelp forests. Males live 10-15 years whereas females live 15-20 years. Sea otters

will be sexually mature between 2-3 years of age. Sea otters eat urchins, abalone,

mussels, clams, crabs, and snails. They are around 5 feet long and weigh up to 70

pounds. The scientific name is Enhydra Lutris. Sea otter eating a urchin

● Predators: great white sharks, killer whales, seals,

sea lions, steller sea lions, coyotes, bears, eagles

● Colors: brown, black, silver, light brown, white

● Litter Size: one pup or twins

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Fun Fact: Sea otters have

built in pockets under their

arms.

Plants

By: Atmaja and Rimjhim

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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

The California Poppy enjoys moist weather. This plant mostly sprouts in the spring. This plant was

founded by a botanist named Albert Vuan Comisso (lived from 1781-1838) This man named the flower

after his friend Johan Frederick Eschscholtz. In the U.S. , it is also called the Eschscholtz Poppy. This

is California’s state poppy. Its flower part is 6 in. wide. The whole plant is 12 in. tall.The California

poppy petals can close on a cloudy day. In California, this poppy is sometimes called the Eschscholtz

Poppy. This flower is protected by the law, if you pick the flower, you can be arrested!

● lives mostly on the

west coast of the

U.S.

● Comes in many

colors such as red,

yellow, golden, &

scarlet

Golden California Poppy

Red California Poppypage:8

Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana)The Douglas Iris prefers shade with moist soils. mostly along the coastlines of California and Oregon.

It comes in many colors such as purple, blue, white, sometimes even yellow. Has three large and

three small petals coming out of the center.It uses “Nodes” or growing centers that store food and can

send out roots and vertical stems to form a new plant. Seeds form in large capsules that turn from

green to brown and open at the top when the seed is ripe. The fibers of the Douglas Iris is as smooth

as silk.Fresh Iris Roots may be toxic. The Iris Douglas is a flowering perennial.

Close up of Center White Iris

❖ can go from about

1-2 feet tall

❖ It grows naturally in

coastal bluffs,

prairies, and mixed

evergreen forest

communities

Purple Iris

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Foxtail (Setaria)

The Foxtail flower is bushy and bristly and put into groups called florets. Giant Foxtail: 3 to 7 inches. Yellow

Foxtail: 7/10 to 3 inches. Green Foxtail: 7/10 to 6 inches.They grow in dry and moist soil and roadsides,

ditch banks, fields, pastures, cropland, orchards, vineyards, gardens, and other disturbed sites.

● Foxtail are between 1 to 3 feet.

● They grow in loose clumps or sometimes singly

stems have bent base leaf blades that are are 4 to 15 inches

and usually have a spiral twist.

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Lupine (Lupinus)

● reaching 1 to 4

feet in height

● likes to grow in

groups

Lupine Garden

different colors of Lupine

The Lupine plant comes in many different colors such as purple, indigo, magenta, and other shades of

purple. This plant disperses seeds using pores that hold somewhere from 2-12 seeds. After a while, when

these pods are ripe, the pod opens up and the seeds fall out. This is a plant liked by many people to grow

in their gardens. These plants take the average time to sprout. This pant is loved by many gardeners to

have. But it is very gentle and it cannot be transplanted. This plant has a tap root and it does not survive if

its tap root is disturbed, It won’t survive.

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Poison Hemlock(Conium maculatum)

All parts of the Poison Hemlock are toxic and both animals and humans will get rashes when in

contact with the juice.The Poison Hemlock appear from June to August. A single Poison Hemlock may

produce over 38,000 seeds. Although only a few of the seeds may remain there for 5 years and

successfully grow. Poison Hemlock doesn’t have a habitat because it grows everywhere.

● 1/12 to 1/6 inch across

● Mostly have 5 white petals

● Form umbrella shaped clusters that are 1 to 3 inches in diameter

● Biennial Plant

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Ripgut Grass(Bromus diandrus)

A tubular sheath distinguishes ripgut brome seedlings from most other grass seedlings.Each individual

flowers have tiny, rough teeth like leaves that can injure livestock and pets.

● This weed comes mostly in green, but this plant can have maroonish blossoms.

● Ripgut Grass are between 1 to 2 inches.

● Open branching flower head resemble that of oats.

● Large spikelets with needlelike awns.

● Central and Southern California

● Annual Grass

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Wild Oats (Avena sativa)

Wild Oats are a pest for people. It grows in grassland, crop fields, orchards,

vineyards, gardens, roadsides, and other disturbed sites. Wild oats have a

unique way to diapers seeds. The oats dispers the seeds using little pockets

called florets. once these florets land in the ground, They use the grounds

moisture to roll around and stretch the floret open causing the seed inside the

pocket to come out. This plant is a short-lived perennial.

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Wild Oats

seed

dispersal

video.

Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis)

The wild rye lives all over Canada, and some of the U.S.Long and furry on the end.The seeds of the

wild rye are in the furry hairs on the end of the plant that blow away. This plant is a Perennial It is good

at resprouting and is only living for a year. The wild rye comes in many uses to people.

● fuzzy part is 3-6 in. in length

● come in colors such as green, blue, and brown.

Blue Wild

RyeGreen Wild Rye

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Yarrow(Achillea millefolium)

By seed and by sprouting from underground horizontal, creeping stems (rhizomes).Bloom takes place

from March through September. Small white or yellow flowers cluster into dense, flat-topped flower

heads at the ends of stems.

● It lives in places such as those in coastal bluffs, sand dune, salt marshes, grasslands, semi-

deserts, and alpine areas.

● Yarrow are between 12 inches to 18 inches.

● Can come in colors such as creamy yellow, lavender, or white.

● Perennial

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Atmaja’s Bibliography

Websites:❖ http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/onlinelearningcenter/species/douglas_iris

"Douglas Iris." Aquarium of the Pacific. Web. 25 Mar. 2015.

❖ http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_irdo.pdfStevens, Michelle. "DOUGLAS IRIS Iris Douglasiana Herbert." USDA NRCS. USDA, NRCS, National Plant Data Center. Web. 21 Mar. 2015.

❖ http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/lupine/growing-lupines.htmBadgett, Becca. "Planting Lupine Flowers – How To Grow Lupines." Gardening Know How. 23 Apr. 2011. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

❖ http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/WEEDS/wild_oat.html"Wild Oat (Avena Fatua)." Weed Gallery: Wild Oat--UC IPM. Agriculture and Natural Resources. Web. 26 Mar. 2015.

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Atmaja’s Bibliography (continued)

Pictures:❖ http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/canrye.htmlhttp://www.fnanaturesearch.org/index.php?opti

❖ https://billnoble.wordpress.com/page/3/http://www.matilijanursery.com/plants/iris-douglasiana-

douglas-iris/❖ https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1680&bih=963&q=douglas+Iris&oq=douglas+Iris&gs_l=

img.3..0l2j0i5i30j0i24l4.1862.6743.0.7133.14.11.1.2.2.0.94.750.11.11.0.msedr...0...1ac.1.64.img..1.13.684.dhq3UAxZeOU

❖ https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1680&bih=963&q=douglas+Iris&oq=douglas+Iris&gs_l=

img.3..0l2j0i5i30j0i24l4.1862.6743.0.7133.14.11.1.2.2.0.94.750.11.11.0.msedr...0...1ac.1.64.img..1.13.684.dhq3UAxZeOU#hl=en&tbm=i

sch&q=CAlilfornia+poppy&imgdii=_

❖ https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1680&bih=963&q=douglas+Iris&oq=douglas+Iris&gs_l=

img.3..0l2j0i5i30j0i24l4.1862.6743.0.7133.14.11.1.2.2.0.94.750.11.11.0.msedr...0...1ac.1.64.img..1.13.684.dhq3UAxZeOU#hl=en&tbm=i

sch&q=Lupine&imgdii=_

Videos:❖ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0yEZKKlVH0

❖ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm50O3moNMA

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Lakshita’s BibliographyWebsites:

● "HOME." California Sea Lion. Web. 27 Mar. 2015. <http://www.elephantseal.org/Marine-mammals/sealion.html>.

● "Otter Reproduction." Otter Facts and Information. Web. 27 Mar. 2015. <http://www.otter-world.com/otter-reproduction/>.

● Web. 27 Mar. 2015. <http://www.elephantseal.org/Research-friends/Reproduction.pdf>.

● http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/education/marine-mammal-information/pinnipeds/california-sea-lion/

● "California Sea Lion." The Marine Mammal Center :. Web. 27 Mar. 2015. <http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/education/marine-

mammal-information/pinnipeds/california-sea-lion/>.

Images:● Sea Otter eating one of its natural prey, the Sea Urchin, Online Image, https://closetstudioblog.wordpress.com/, 3/26/15

● Aww…. Very cute otters, Online Image https://jillscabanastories.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/sea-otter-and-wildlife-quest-sitka-alaska/, 3/26/15

● this is a gray seal, Online Images, https://buscoscience.wikispaces.com/Sea+lions, 3/26/15

● California Sea Lion Stock Pack, Online Image, http://sabrinafranek.deviantart.com/art/California-Sea-Lion-Stock-Pack-310644926,

3/26/15● Online Image, https://www.flickr.com/photos/brentdanley/1013114081/, 3/26/15

● Online Image, https://www.flickr.com/photos/iamtheh/4345015414/, 3/26/15

● Online Image, https://exceptionalanimals.wordpress.com/, 3/26/15

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Rimjhim’s Bibliography

Images and Websites: ★ "Foxtails (Setaria Spp.)." Weed Gallery: Foxtails--UC IPM. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/WEEDS/foxtails.html>.

★ Web. 18 Mar. 2015. <http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/WEEDS/poison_hemlock.html>.

★ "Ripgut Brome (Bromus Diandrus)." Weed Gallery: Ripgut Brome--UC IPM. Web. 21 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/WEEDS/ripgut_brome.html>.

★ “Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium).”Weed Gallery: Common Yarrow--UC IP. Web.27 Mar.2015.<http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/WEEDS/common

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