 Rice Canyon is characterized by oak woodland along the course of the stream and on the lower south slopes of the canyon, and by chaparral on the north slopes of the canyon to the narrows.Sycamore and cottonwood appear along the creek in places where water remains through the year, mostly underground in the dry season.Just above the narrows and just below it are found cottonwoods and in the wash below the narrows both oak and sycamore amidst coastal sage scrub.