Zoie Matthew
Zoie Matthew is an L.A.-based journalist who covers the environment, housing, urbanization, and grassroots organizing. Her writing has appeared in LAist, Los Angeles magazine, Curbed, Bitch, Civil Eats, The Cut, Alta journal, and elsewhere. Her musings about Los Angeles, literature, baking, and birds can be found on her twitter.
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The black mustard plant is said to have been introduced by Spanish missionaries who planted trails of yellow flowers along El Camino Real. Thriving along the coast, the plant crowds out native species as it takes over the landscape.