The Ventura County flora consists of about 2,228 species (including subspecies and varieties) of native and nonnative plants. Ventura County is located between Santa Barbara, Kern, and Los Angeles Counties, and the Pacific Ocean, in southern California. Ventura County occurs within the Southwest Bioregion of the California Floristic Province. Selected plants of Ventura County are presented on the following webpages. Some of my checklists of plants from various parts of Ventura County are posted on the California Native Plant Society Channel Islands Chapter's website.
The flora of 2,228 taxa represents approximately 35 % of the California flora. For an area representing __% of the state, this is a floristically rich part of the state. This is likely are result of the County's geographic position between northern and southern California, high topographic relief (sea level to 8,831 feet), and proximaty to coastal and marine climates and desert climates. Only Los Angeles County immediately to the east possesses similar attributes, but possibly to a greater extreme. However, Los Angeles County is also considerably larger than Ventura County. Below are links to additional web pages focusing on specific regions of Ventura County.
All photos copyrighted by David L. Magney 1978-2008.
