Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Dabbling duck with iridescent green male head, yellow bill, and chestnut breast. Frequents Bay Area wetlands, ponds, and larger gardens with water. Forages vegetation; presence indicates healthy aquatic habitat.
Plants that support Mallard
30 plants
Broad-leaf Cattail
Typha latifolia
grass
Seeds
Amphibious Bistort
Persicaria amphibia
perennial herb
Seeds
Beggar-ticks
Bidens frondosa
annual
Seeds
Common rush
Juncus effusus
perennial herb
Foliage
Creeping Fescue
Festuca rubra
grass
Seeds
Inland Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
grass
Foliage
Mexican Rush
Juncus mexicanus
grass
Foliage
Red Willow
Salix laevigata
shrub
Shelter
Slender Club-rush
Isolepis cernua
grass
Foliage
Small-fruited bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
perennial herb
Seeds
Wire rush
Juncus balticus ssp. ater
perennial herb
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Alkali Seaheath
Frankenia salina
perennial herb
Foliage
Anserina
Potentilla anserina subsp. pacifica
perennial herb
Foliage
Brittle Bladder Fern
Cystopteris fragilis
fern
Foliage
Common Horsetail
Equisetum arvense
fern
Foliage
Creeping Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
grass
Seeds
Fleshy Jaumea
Jaumea carnosa
perennial herb
Foliage
Giant Horsetail
Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii
perennial herb
Foliage
Hairy Water Clover
Marsilea vestita
perennial herb
Foliage
Horsetail
Equisetum hyemale ssp. Affine
perennial herb
Foliage
Sacramento Valley Buttercup
Ranunculus canus var. canus
perennial herb
Foliage
Sitka Brome
Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus
grass
Seeds
Slender Wheatgrass
Elymus trachycaulus subsp. trachycaulus
grass
Seeds
Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
perennial herb
Foliage
Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
grass
Seeds
Water Birch
Betula occidentalis
perennial herb
Seeds
Water Pennywort
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
perennial herb
Foliage
Watercress
Nasturtium officinale
perennial herb
Foliage
Western Dock
Rumex occidentalis
perennial herb
Seeds
Western marsh rosemary
Limonium californicum
perennial herb
Foliage