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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Photographer: Captain Albert E. Theberge
Affiliation: NOAA Corps (ret.)
Date: 2003 October
Location: California, Highway 1, south of Half Moon Bay
Subject: Coastline
Subject: West Coast California
Subject: Flora