Salt, brackish, and freshwater marshlands are found adjacent to Drakes Estero and Abbotts Lagoon. The other communities identified by Evens are the coastal strand, dominated by European beach grass ("Ammophila arenaria"), ice plant ("Carprobrotus edulis", also called sea fig or Hottentot fig), sea rocket ("Cakile maritima") and other species that thrive on the immediate coast; northern coastal prairie, found on a narrow strip just inland from the coastal strand that includes some native grasses; coastal rangeland, the area still grazed by the cattle from the peninsula's remaining working ranches; northern coastal scrub, dominated by coyote bush ("Baccharis pilularis"); and the intertidal and subtidal plant communities.