Editing Los Angeles (section)

===Vegetation===
{{see also|California coastal sage and chaparral}}
[[File:The Duck Pond at Playa del Rey.jpg|thumb|left|[[Del Rey Lagoon Park|Del Rey Lagoon]] in [[Playa del Rey]]]]
Los Angeles is rich in native plant species partly because of its diversity of habitats, including beaches, [[wetland]]s, and mountains. The most prevalent plant communities are [[coastal sage scrub]], [[chaparral]] shrubland, and [[riparian woodland]].<ref name="Miller2008">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RjbPQ6ZOgzMC&pg=PA15|title=Landscaping with Native Plants of Southern California|last=Miller|first=George Oxford|date=January 15, 2008|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-0-7603-2967-2|page=15|access-date=October 6, 2011|archive-date=November 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106164900/https://books.google.com/books?id=RjbPQ6ZOgzMC&pg=PA15|url-status=live}}</ref> Native plants include: the [[California poppy]], [[matilija poppy]], [[Heteromeles|toyon]], [[Ceanothus]], [[Chamise]], [[Coast Live Oak]], [[Platanus racemosa|sycamore]], [[willow]] and [[Leymus condensatus|Giant Wildrye]]. Many of these native species, such as the [[Helianthus nuttallii|Los Angeles sunflower]], have become so rare as to be considered endangered. [[Washingtonia robusta|Mexican Fan Palms]], [[Phoenix canariensis|Canary Island Palms]], [[Syagrus romanzoffiana|Queen Palms]], [[Date Palm]]s, and [[Washingtonia filifera|California Fan Palms]] are common in the Los Angeles area, although only the last is native to California, though still not native to the City of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles has a number of official flora:
*the official tree of Los Angeles is the Coral Tree (''[[Erythrina afra]]'')<ref name="Innovation1979">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkArAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA258|title=Tropical legumes: resources for the future : report of an ad hoc panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Commission on International Relations, National Research Council|author=National Research Council (U.S.). Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation|publisher=National Academies|year=1979|page=258|id=NAP:14318|access-date=October 6, 2011|archive-date=November 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106164903/https://books.google.com/books?id=MkArAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA258|url-status=live}}</ref>
*the official flower is the Bird of Paradise (''[[Strelitzia reginae]]'')<ref name="Communications2003">{{cite book|title=Los Angeles Magazine|date=April 2003|publisher=Emmis Communications|page=62|chapter=Flower|issn=1522-9149|access-date=October 6, 2011|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-10EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62|archive-date=November 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106164901/https://books.google.com/books?id=-10EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*the official plant is toyon (''[[Heteromeles|Heteromeles arbutifolia]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schreiner |first=Casey  |date=December 29, 2022 |title=In 2023, let's add toyon to our native plant gardens and put an urban legend to rest |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/newsletter/2022-12-29/native-plant-toyon-california-holly-red-berries-the-wild |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215181332/https://www.latimes.com/travel/newsletter/2022-12-29/native-plant-toyon-california-holly-red-berries-the-wild |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |access-date=December 15, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>