Montgomery High school is on the west end of Otay Mesa. It overlooks the Otay River to the north. Practically every plant endemic to Otay Mesa is in peril of extinction due to the rapid development planned for the mesa. We have a mound of clay on which we are attempting to grow plants native to our area, which no longer grow wild around our school.

Bladder Pod (Isomeris arborea), Box Thorn (Lycium californica),  Bush Poppy (Dendromecon rigida), California Brome (Bromus carinatus), California Spinebush (Adolphia californica), California Sunflower (Encelia californica), Foothill Needlegrass (Nasella cernua), Golden Bush (Isocoma menzii), Golden Yarrow ( Eriophyllum confertiflorum), Jojoba (Simmondia chinensis), Munzi Sage (Salvia munzii), Small Leafed Milkweed (Asclepias fasicaia), Red Fescue (Fesctuca rubra from Northern CA), San Diego Bur Sage (Ambrosia chenopodifolia), San Diego Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus minutiflorus), Summer Holly (Comarostaphylis diversifolia), White Sage (Salvia apiana), White Yarrow (Achillea millefolium),

 All the Dudleyas have been placed here on west slope for easier monitoring: Dudleya attentuata, Dudleya edulis, Dudleya lancelota, Dudleya multicaulis, Dudleya pulverulenta.