After 1 March 2003, updates to plant guides for the Santa Rosa Plateau, and its flora, are given in that site's update log; some are also given here.
4 August 2008 added preliminary flora of Tamarack, Round and Long Valleys
31 July 2008 added preliminary flora of Tahquitz and red Tahquitz peak area
16 July 2008 removed the hirshberg and clemons laguna mountain checklist.
6 July 2008 added checklist for San Jacinto Peak.
2 July 2008 added Calyptridium monospermum to Hall's online flora.
28 June 2008 added flora of hidden lake from 6/25/08 fieldwork.
27 June 2008 added lilium parryi to hall's online flora.
23 June 2008 added dodecatheon alpinum to hall's online flora.
21 June 2008 added montia chamossoi, epilobium ciliatum two subspecies, and e. glaberrium to hall's online flora, and table of rough elevations for hall's life zones.
14 June 2008 updated margarita peak flora and webpage from 6/13/08 fieldwork.
7 June 2008 updated cactus spring trail plant guide from the 5/28/06 fieldwork, made all the rest of the updates from the 4/30/08 and 5/24/08 fieldwork, and updated the entire page. added checklist for the trail in traditional family order.
27 May 2008 updated cactus spring trail plant guide, with most of the results from the 5/24/08 fieldwork, and more results from the 4/30/08 fieldwork.
23 May 2008 updated cactus spring trail plant guide, with most of the results from the 4/30/08 fieldwork.
18 May 2008 added link to astragalus site from California db page.
27 April 2008 switched eastern SnGb flora link from the 2005 initial swinney flora to dick's new page.
12 March 2008 added analysis page phacelia minor with spots like p. parryi.
5 March 2008 added analysis page phacelia nashiana = p. campanularia^2.
1 March 2008 added botanical report and flora of smoke tree canyon from 2/26/08 fieldtrip; updated flora of se Santa Rosa Mountains to include results from four additional fieldtrips; created flora of palo verde canyon as a separate page.
28 February 2008 updated flora of palm wash / calcite mine area to change the baby plants I thought were "chaenactis carphoclinia" to "calycoseris wrightii", after I saw buds on them in smoke tree wash.
25 February 2008 updated flora of palm wash / calcite mine area and botanical report to add andy sander's review of the Petalonyx linearis candidate probably being p. thurberi.
24 February 2008 added flora of palm wash / calcite mine area from 2/21/08 fieldwork, and added botanical report from that day. Added statement to "reports by area" that it has not been updated since 2005. Added botanical report from 2/16/08 fieldwork, link to botanical reports from red butte area flora, and added list of 12 taxa new to our lists found there.
20 February 2008 updated flora of red butte wash / hayfield area with results from 2/16/08 fieldwork.
15 February 2008 updated flora of red butte wash / hayfield area to link to wayne's pix; added botanical report from 2/11/08 trip.
14 February 2008 added flora of red butte wash / hayfield area.
10 February 2008 changed "3000 feet elevation contour" to "3000 foot elevation contour" in bpc plots.
9 February 2008 added first draft of flora of Borrego Palm Canyon; also linked it from bpc trail guide. Transferred page of duffie clemons' Anza-Borrego Desert State Park flora again, since it was incomplete online for some reason.
8 February 2008 added botanical report from 2/6/08.
4 February 2008 added botanical report from 2/2/08; flora of henderson canyon from 2/2/08 fieldwork and vouchers; and added new map of opuntia ganderi and echinocarpa locations in northern Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
3 February 2008 added source for rainfall maps in cholla location page, and discussed their uncertainty.
31 January 2008 added comment about green along s22 due to non-native weeds; split out 2005-2006 from current update log; added plant trail guide to villager peak trail from 1/29/08 fieldwork and linked it from botanical report.
30 January 2008 added "Species never abundant anywhere" to facts, and began with asclepias albicans; added botanical report from 1/29/08 trip; added presence of cryptobiotic crust to northeast San Diego County botanical report.
27 January 2008 updated page on o. ganderi in extreme ne San Diego County, and page on o. acanthocarpa coloradensis, to make them clearer, aided by comments from bill sullivan.
26 January 2008 added page on o. ganderi in extreme ne San Diego County.
24 January 2008 thanks to jane strong, fixed html error in 2008 sd reports page, which had extra blank and the unnecessary close tag on the img tag.
23 January 2008 added botanical report from 1/21/08 fieldtrip; added webpage on opuntia acanthocarpa coloradensis, with pix from my trip earlier in the year from the cargo muchacho mountains.
22 January 2008 added flora of extreme ne corner of San Diego County, from 1/21/08 fieldwork and gander vouchers supplied by jon rebman.
19 January 2008 added map of survey route for little surprise canyon; added baby annual pix from 1/16/08
18 January 2008 added botanical report for 1/16/08 fieldwork, and the resulting flora of little surprise canyon.
15 January 2008 corrected error in one id for borrego palm canyon guide; "chrysothamnus paniculatus" was actually ericameria brachylepis, thanks to jon rebman reviewing my voucher.
12 January 2008 added botanical report from 1/12/08.
11 January 2008 added botanical report from 1/10/08.
9 January 2008 added botanical report from 1/7/08; updated map of cholla locations from the 1/7/08 survey; added baby pix of some Anza-Borrego Desert State Park annuals.
6 January 2008 added botanical report from 1/3/08; added list of plants in blooms from that trip; and updated checklist for first crossing to lower willows.
5 January 2008 minor rephrasing of 12/27/07 botanical report.
2 January 2008 added Rich Schilk's name to 12/30/07 botanical report and desert gardens et al checklist after he granted permission to put his name online.
1 January 2008 added botanical report from 12/27/07 and 12/30/07 trips; added checklist for desert gardens and first crossing.
29 December 2007 updated alcoholic pass plant trail guide from 12/27/07 fieldwork; added initial flora of southeast Santa Rosa Mountains; added name for collector rh, thanks to input from jon rebman.
27 December 2007 corrected initial flora for the coyote mountain area, and alcoholic pass plant trail guide, correcting "cottontop cactus" to hedgehog cactus.
26 December 2007 added initial flora for the coyote mountain area.
24 December 2007 added botanical report from 12/22/07 trip, and new plant trail guide to alcoholic pass trail.
20 December 2007 updated db page to add sd county plant atlas and sdnhm db.
19 December 2007 updated db page to give new url for consortium, thanks to input from dick more; added rsa search page; added simpson's cryptantha page.
18 December 2007 updated pilostyles analysis page to includes results and analysis from 11 and 15 December 2007 fieldwork; I also appended the email with preliminary conclusions from the 11 January 2006 fieldwork.
17 December 2007 added botanical report from 12/15/07; added initial flora for the borrego badlands; updated main plants page to add "southern California's most unusual wildflower" to the title of the pilostyles link.
12 December 2007 updated botanical report from yesterday's hike with details on the geology.
11 December 2007 added botanical report from today's hike.
10 December 2007 updated directions to trailhead for s. SMR trail.
7 December 2007 updated "pinus edulis"?? page with brief analysis of lanner's claim.
6 December 2007 updated "pinus edulis"?? page to add lanner's claim, and reference to earle's page on this same tree.
5 December 2007 updated "pinus edulis"?? page to give correct determination as p. monophylla X p. quadrifolia, from analysis of specimens gathered on 12/3/07.
30 November 2007 updated b. santarosae pages to include possibility of it occurring on santiago peak volcanics, and thus possibly outlasting the Santa Rosa Basalt.
26 November 2007 added section on basalt endemism at clay hill in B. santarosae page.
22 November 2007 added draft flora of margarita peak.
16 November 2007 linked b. santarosae's key to brodiaeas of southern California to wayne's pix page.
12 November 2007 linked press release on b. santarosae.
2 November 2007 added link to pdf copy of madrono paper on B. santarosae.
25 October 2007 added link to swinney's glendora south hills flora; added link to pix of sterile hybrid of B. santarosae and B. terrestris ssp. kernensis, in pix for B. santarosae page.
21 October 2007 added pix of two-needle pine at SnJt.
19 October 2007 added distribution maps of ponderosa and jeffrey pine in a larger area at San Jacinto Mountain.
16 October 2007 finished putting online the brodiaea santarosae pages.
15 October 2007 added first brodiaea santarosae pages online, now that the madrono article has come out. Much more will be added in the next few days.
14 October 2007 added sugar pine to hall's online flora.
13 October 2007 added page on difference between dry and wet jeffrey and ponderosa pine cones.
12 October 2007 added pix of prickles for jeffrey and ponderosa pines; added remarks on hospital separate these species are; restored alphabetical order to species on main plant page; added note to plant trail report from 7/26/06 about the uselesness of the "prickly ponderosa, gentle jeffrey" mnemonic.
11 October 2007 updated devils slide trail to correct id of pinus ponderosa, previously misdetermined as p. jeffreyi, and to add first p. jeffreyi on trail; added page on discriminating the two species, with gps locations on the devils slide trail and pix; removed non-linked placeholders for future analysis pages on main plants page
8 October 2007 added off-trail Pinus canariensis to Brown Mountain Fire Road Plant Guide, thanks to Michael Charters.
7 October 2007 added initial plant trail guide to ernie maxwell trail from 10/4/07 fieldwork, adding the family for the first time; added family abbreviations, and # db entries for each family, reorganized main plants page, and added explanation of family column to trail guide explanation.
5 October 2007 added more info about Euonymus occidentalis var. parishii in online hall flora.
4 October 2007 added Euonymus occidentalis var. parishii to online hall flora.
23 September 2007 changed link to bright angel trail to the new guide beginning at the trailhead
29 August 2007 added initial plant trail guide to round valley loop trail from 8/16/07 fieldwork.
24 August 2007 added initial plant trail guide to tamarack valley trail from 8/21/07 fieldwork.
20 August 2007 added initial plant trail guide to long valley desert view trail.
19 August 2007 expanded plant trail guide to tram sidewalk to include characteristics of the 11 species, with links to pix, and expanded intro with a typo corrected, thanks to input from paula knoll, dave stith, and dick newell; added initial plant trail guide to long valley nature trail.
18 August 2007 added acer glabrum to online hall flora; added plant trail guide to tram sidewalk.
15 August 2007 added trip report from 8/12/07; put in Table of Contents for regional floras master list; added cercocarpus to hall's online flora; updated wellman divide to san jacinto peak trail guide, and round valley trail guide, from 8/12/07 fieldwork.
14 August 2007 added definition of southern California floristically, linked from intro to site.
13 August 2007 added calochortus to hall's online flora, added a note that hall's paper is now offline, and made format for hall's names uniform.
11 August 2007 completed webpage for round valley trail, and added print versions. Added first mini-legend for columns; added first plant trail guide to trail from wellman divide to SnJt peak (partial).
10 August 2007 added botanical trip report from 8/7/07 hike, and first plant trail guide to round valley trail.
8 August 2007 added ribes species, rumex salicifolius, and link to carex in SnJt hall flora.
5 August 2007 added coulter pine cone mass, speed when falling, and equivalent impact if one hit you in the head, to facts.
4 August 2007 updated plots of # species in bloom at Devils Slide Trail at SnJt, from 3 more days of fieldwork.
30 July 2007 added first plant trail guide to james reserve nature trail at SnJt, from 7/28/07 fieldwork.
25 July 2007 added first plant trail guide to 7 pines / marion mtn trail loop at SnJt, from 7/20/07 fieldwork.
22 July 2007 added link to hall's 1902 flora, now available from google books.
21 July 2007 added senecio triangularis, pinus flexilis and Dodecatheon redolens to the online hall flora of SnJt.
9 July 2007 updated bloom status on devils slide trail, from 6/29 and 7/8/07 observations.
7 July 2007 clarification added about the presence of gnaphalium canescens thermale on the west side of SnJt, in caramba trip report, thanks to dave stith.
6 July 2007 added epilobium glabberimum to caramba east trail, thanks to input from jim adams; corrected link to caramba trail guide from trip report.
4 July 2007 added initial plant trail guide to Caramba east trail, and linked it from the trip report.
1 July 2007 added botanical report from 29 June 2007 trip to Caramba Overlook, and entered names of trips in last month or so; added salvia pachyphylla to the online hall flora.
24 June 2007 added chaenactis parishii, kelloggia and galium oregonense to hall's SnJt flora extract; updated south ridge trail, SnJt, up version only, from 5/11/07 fieldwork, and added dave stith as a coauthor.
22 June 2007 added gilia splendens and g. ochroleuca exilis to hall's SnJt flora extract.
18 June 2007 added plot of # of species in full bloom vs time for the devils slide trail.
17 June 2007 added plot of # of species in bloom vs time, and finished blooming, for devils slide trail, and linked it from blooms; updated blooms to add srp bloom time plots.
14 June 2007 updated volcan plant trail guide from input by jeri hirshberg, kate shapiro, and my follow-up work.
31 May 2007 added reason behind volcan preservation, and note on hubbell gateway, to volcan mtn trail guide, thanks to kate shapiro.
29 May 2007 added introduction, map, and print versions for volcan mountain plant trail guide.
28 May 2007 updated plant trail guide for volcan mountain, San Diego County, from fieldwork on 5/25/07.
27 May 2007 added analysis page on symphoricarpos albus.
24 May 2007 added plant trail guide for volcan mountain, San Diego County, from fieldwork on 5/16/07 and 5/20/07.
14 May 2007 added lara hartley's wildflower image page to plant pix and db; updated # of species at paula knoll's site.
12 April 2007 made draft plant trail guide for iron mountain nearly complete except for the bulk of the mileages.
9 April 2007 added incomplete draft plant trail guide for iron mountain.
5 April 2007 updated # of taxa in blume's SnJt list.
2 April 2007 added plant trail guide to fobes trail, SnJt, from 3/18/07 fieldwork.
30 March 2007 updated cactus spring trail from 3/18/07 fieldwork.
22 March 2007 updated cholla location and elevation plots from 3/18 and 3/20/07 fieldwork.
17 March 2007 updated plant guide to devils slide trail, SnJt, from 8/21/06 through 3/14/07 fieldwork.
16 March 2007 added page on geographic locations for arctostaphylos pringlei and pungens in SnJt area.
12 March 2007 added info about park list, including key to symbol, to torrey pines flora page, thanks to input from an anonymous reader; updated SnJt south ridge trail from 3/10/07 fieldwork.
11 March 2007 added link to san jacinto mtn voucher checklist by blume.
9 March 2007 corrected "ephedra aspera" on borrego palm canyon trail to e. nevadensis, after determining identical plants in the SnRsMtns as e. nevadensis.
7 March 2007 added flora links to blume's list for volcan mtn and laguna mtns.
4 March 2007 added flora links to blume's list for anza borrego state park and rancho cuyamaca state park; changed daley ranch link back from dillane's no-longer-active url to wayne's link; updated cholla key to incorporate my recent knowledge.
3 March 2007 more updates to page on locations of four cholla species; added dawson to references; added corrections to page on "Analysis of How Well Non-Blooming Specimens Are Distinguished" to correct determination of specimen #5.
2 March 2007 updated locations of four cholla species, added elevation plots, and split locations into a separate webpage.
28 February 2007 added webpages on "intergradation" of o. parryi and o. ganderi, and results of fieldwork on the boundary between these species along s2; some updates to "locations and pictorial identification guide" to make it more correct from my latest work.
27 February 2007 a few updates to opuntia ganderi et al webpage.
26 February 2007 updated intro to opuntia ganderi et al webpage.
25 February 2007 updated opuntia ganderi et al webpage to include latest maps and latest results.
23 February 2007 added links to 12 floras compiled by erik blume at his website.
22 February 2007 thanked bonnie adkins by name in the SnRsMtns visitor center trail guide, and added thanks to andy sanders for confirming my determination of ambrosia d.
19 February 2007 updated plant trail guide for SnRsMtns visitor center trail from 2/17/07 fieldwork; updated guide to art smith trails to correct petalonyx id.
18 February 2007 updated map for SnRsMtns visitor center trail
16 February 2007 added plant trail guide to SnRsMtns visitor center trail.
5 February 2007 updated borrego palm canyon trail guide from 2/2/07 fieldwork, and kate shapiro's find of crossosoma.
1 February 2007 updated erik's flora of garner valley with lists of changed and rejected voucher names, plus statistics on the list.
27 January 2007 added analysis of data collected on o. ganderi, echinocarpa, wolfii and parryi which verified the species determinations made in the field; added one ref to refs page.
26 January 2007 added page on o. ganderi, echinocarpa, wolfii and parryi, giving locations in San Diego County and how to distinguish them; updated cholla page with improved key for o. parryi, and links to new page and wayne's new pix; added a few references to refs page.
25 January 2007 updated o. fosbergii / bigelovii page with more pix of the bands, along with info from the geologic maps.
20 January 2007 added new section giving results from analysis of voucher specimens of poa infirma and p. annua to that page.
18 January 2007 added section on the species of poa infirma and p. annua to that page, stimulated by comments from scott white.
16 January 2007 added page on poa infirma and p. annua; added few items to willow page, thanks to suggestions by dick newell and an anonymous reader.
14 January 2007 jane and I added key to willows of coastal southern California with pix; updated willow primer for San Gabriel Mountains.
12 January 2007 updated moonlight canyon trail from 1/8/07 fieldwork; added pix of mature specimens of o. bigelovii and o. fosbergii to their page.
9 January 2007 added pix page on opuntia bigelovii and o. fosbergii, linked from main cholla page pix section and main plant page.
7 January 2007 put erik's updated garner valley checklist online.
6 January 2007 updated cholla page to link to wayne's pix of o. ramosissima, o. fosbergii, and o. acanthocarpa.
5 January 2007 created 100th plant trail guide, to moonlight canyon trail, agua caliente county park, from 1/3/07 fieldwork.
2 January 2007 updated print version of hirshberg flora for revised life forms.
1 January 2007 made new plant trail guide to reroute section of art smith trail from 12/30/06 fieldwork; added "a" to hirshberg lifeform table.
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