Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the White Wash Area, Santa Rosa Mountains

Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the White Wash Area, Santa Rosa Mountains

White Wash is a drainage in the southwestern part of the Santa Rosa Mountains. It joins Horse Canyon one mile above Turkey Track. Turkey Track is where Tule, Nance and Horse Canyons meet to form the middle section of Coyote Creek; the map view of these drainages resembler the footprint of a turkey. Turkey Track is 10 air miles southeast of the town of Anza, 5 air miles southeast of Terwilliger Valley, 7.1 miles along Coyote Canyon Road from its beginning in Terwilliger Valley.
See a map showing this location.
This webpage is just a quickly-done version made for fieldwork on 12/7/12. The next iteration will include vouchers from this area.
This list is extremely incomplete, especially for annuals and perennials, since it was made from a single field trip at the worst-possible time of year, in late fall, covering only 1.15 miles of White Wash Canyon.
The Checklist follows the 2012 Jepson Manual Second Edition with only a few exceptions.
The Checklist is sorted first by the eight evolutionary categories (clades) used in the 2012 Second Edition Jepson Manual - lycophytes, ferns, etc., to eudicots and monocots - and then by family and scientific name. The clades are labeled in the Checklist. Note that this changes the order of presentation of the taxa from that of the 1993 First Edition.
The family name is abbreviated to the first five characters in order to save space in the table rows.
A few species have qualifiers given in front of the scientific name, indicating that the species determination is not 100%. Notes on many of those species are given in the next section. (qualifiers to be added after the 12/7/12 fieldwork)
An asterisk before the Common Name indicates a non-native taxon.
The three columns under the header #Plants give a minimum estimate of the number of plants we saw along our entire survey in each area (up to a maximum of 99 plants).
The column labeled CR is uppermost Coyote Canyon Road, with species recorded at a few random stops from the crossing of Nance Creek to Turkey Track. No estimate of the number of plants was made; an X indicates we saw that species.
The column labeled HC gives an estimate of the abundance for species seen in Horse Canyon that were not seen in White Wash on 2 December 2012.
The column labeled WW gives the minimum number of plants seen in the survey of the lowermost 1.2 miles of White Wash on 2 December 2012.
The scientific name is linked to the latest online Jepson Manual description for each species, which also gives the months in which each species flowers. That link also gives a map of where the species occurs in California; a plot of elevation vs. latitude for California; and a histogram of the voucher collections by month. Only a few species will not have working links, if their names have been updated more recently (such as Mimulus diffusus, which is still listed under M. palmeri in the online flora, or if they are reserved-judgment taxa which are listed in the entry for another taxon name.
The common name for each species in the checklist is linked to Calphotos to give pictures of most taxa. Note that the link will not always return pictures, since not every species has pictures at Calphotos, and a number of species still have their Calphotos pictures under the Jepson Manual First Edition Names.
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# Family Scientific Name (*) Common Name #Plants
CR HC WW
Ferns
1 Pteri Cheilanthes covillei beady lipfern 30
2 Pteri Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata bird's-foot fern 1
Gymnosperms
3 Cupre Juniperus californica California juniper X 99
4 Ephed Ephedra californica desert tea X 99
5 Pinac Pinus monophylla pinyon pine X
Eudicots
6 Adoxa Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea blue elderberry X
7 Anaca Rhus ovata sugar bush X 5
8 Aster Adenophyllum porophylloides San Felipe dogweed X 5
9 Aster Ambrosia acanthicarpa bur-ragweed X 20
10 Aster Ambrosia salsola var. salsola cheesebush X 50
11 Aster Artemisia dracunculus wild tarragon X
12 Aster Artemisia tridentata big sagebrush X
13 Aster Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia mule fat X 10
14 Aster Baccharis salicina Emory's baccharis 2
15 Aster Baccharis sarothroides broom baccharis X
16 Aster Bahiopsis parishii Parish's viguiera X 10
17 Aster Bebbia juncea var. aspera sweetbush X 1
18 Aster Brickellia atractyloides var. arguta California spear-leaved brickellia X 2
19 Aster Corethrogyne filaginifolia California-aster X
20 Aster Encelia actoni Acton encelia X 2
21 Aster Ericameria brachylepis boundary goldenbush X
22 Aster Ericameria linearifolia narrowleaf goldenbush X 5
23 Aster Ericameria paniculata blackbanded rabbitbrush 99
24 Aster Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum golden yarrow 15
25 Aster Gutierrezia sarothrae matchweed X 50
26 Aster Isocoma acradenia var. eremophila solitary-leaved alkali goldenbush X 1
27 Aster Lepidospartum squamatum scale-broom 15
28 Aster Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera sticky lessingia X
29 Aster Pluchea sericea arrow-weed 10
30 Aster Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii bush senecio 3
31 Aster Stephanomeria exigua slender wreathplant X
32 Aster Stephanomeria pauciflora wire-lettuce X 40
33 Aster Stephanomeria virgata twiggy wreath plant X
34 Bigno Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata desert-willow 3
35 Borag Phacelia distans common phacelia X 1
36 Borag Pholisma arenarium sand plant 47
37 Brass Boechera perennans perennial rock-cress 5
38 Brass Hirschfeldia incana *shortpod mustard X
39 Brass Sisymbrium altissimum *tumble-mustard X 5
40 Brass Stanleya pinnata var. pinnata prince's plume 2
41 Cacta Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri cane cholla X
42 Cacta Cylindropuntia ganderi Gander's cholla X 99
43 Cacta Echinocereus engelmannii Engelmann's hedgehog cactus X 99
44 Cacta Ferocactus cylindraceus California barrel cactus X
45 Cacta Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris beavertail cactus X 99
46 Cacta Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii Engelmann prickly-pear 1
47 Cacta Opuntia phaeacantha desert prickly-pear X 3
48 Cheno Atriplex canescens var. canescens (s.l.) four-wing saltbush X
49 Cheno Salsola tragus *Russian thistle X
50 Cleom Peritoma arborea bladderpod X
51 Crass Dudleya pulverulenta California chalk lettuce X
52 Crass Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides desert dudleya 2
53 Cucur Cucurbita foetidissima stinking gourd X
54 Cucur Marah macrocarpa wild-cucumber X
55 Erica Arctostaphylos glauca bigberry manzanita 3
56 Eupho Bernardia myricifolia western bernardia X 99
57 Eupho Stillingia linearifolia linear-leaved stillingia X
58 Fabac Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus short-winged deerweed X 99
59 Fabac Acmispon rigidus desert lotus 5
60 Fabac Amorpha fruticosa western false-indigo X 10
61 Fabac Astragalus pachypus var. jaegeri Jaeger's milk-vetch 2
62 Fabac Astragalus palmeri Palmer's milk-vetch 15
63 Fabac Lupinus concinnus bajada lupine X
64 Fabac Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus mountain grape-soda lupine 2
65 Fabac Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana honey mesquite X 2
66 Fabac Psorothamnus schottii indigo bush 99
67 Fabac Senegalia greggii catclaw X 10
68 Fagac Quercus cornelius-mulleri desert scrub oak X 20
69 Geran Erodium cicutarium *redstem filaree 50
70 Krame Krameria bicolor white rhatany 13
71 Krame Krameria erecta Pima rhatany 99
72 Lamia Salvia apiana white sage X 21
73 Lamia Salvia columbariae chia X 10
74 Lamia Salvia eremostachya desert sage X 99
75 Loasa Mentzelia laevicaulis giant blazing star 4
76 Malva Sphaeralcea ambigua apricot mallow 2
77 Onagr Camissoniopsis confusa San Bernardino sun-cup 3
78 Onagr Eulobus californicus California suncup 99
79 Oroba Castilleja foliolosa woolly Indian paintbrush 5
80 Plant Antirrhinum coulterianum Coulter's snapdragon 1
81 Plant Keckiella antirrhinoides var. microphylla little-leaved chaparral beard-tongue X 20
82 Plant Penstemon clevelandii var. connatus San Jacinto beardtongue X
83 Polem Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum southern mountain woolly-star X 5
84 Polem Eriastrum sapphirinum sapphire woolly-star 10
85 Polem Leptosiphon floribundus ssp. hallii Santa Rosa Mtns. linanthus 2
86 Polyg Centrostegia thurberi red triangles X
87 Polyg Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu brittle spineflower 1
88 Polyg Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum long-stemmed buckwheat 3
89 Polyg Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium California buckwheat X 99
90 Polyg Eriogonum gracile var. incultum slender buckwheat 20
91 Polyg Eriogonum saxatile rock buckwheat 15
92 Polyg Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum Wright's buckwheat X 5
93 Ranun Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum intermediate larkspur 1
94 Rhamn Rhamnus ilicifolia hollyleaf redberry X
95 Rhamn Ziziphus parryi var. parryi lotebush X 20
96 Rosac Adenostoma fasciculatum chamise X
97 Rosac Adenostoma sparsifolium red shanks X
98 Rosac Prunus fasciculata var. fasciculata desert almond X
99 Rosac Prunus fremontii desert apricot X 99
100 Rosac Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia hollyleaf cherry X
101 Rubia Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium narrowleaf bedstraw 3
102 Rutac Thamnosma montana turpentine broom X 25
103 Salic Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii Fremont cottonwood X 20
104 Salic Salix exigua narrowleaf willow X
105 Salic Salix exigua var. exigua narrowleaf willow 10
106 Salic Salix laevigata red willow X 5
107 Salic Salix lasiolepis arroyo willow X
108 Simmo Simmondsia chinensis jojoba X 20
109 Solan Datura wrightii sacred datura X
110 Solan Lycium andersonii Anderson's desert-thorn 1
111 Tamar Tamarix ramosissima *saltcedar X 1
112 Visca Phoradendron bolleanum dense mistletoe 99
113 Visca Phoradendron californicum desert mistletoe X 15
114 Zygop Larrea tridentata creosote bush X 99
Monocots
115 Agava Agave deserti var. deserti desert agave X 99
116 Agava Hesperoyucca whipplei chaparral yucca X 1
117 Agava Yucca schidigera Mohave yucca X 99
118 Poace Aristida purpurea purple three-awn X
119 Poace Bromus diandrus *ripgut brome X
120 Poace Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens *red brome X 99
121 Poace Bromus tectorum *downy brome X
122 Poace Distichlis spicata saltgrass X
123 Poace Hilaria rigida big galleta 20
124 Poace Melica imperfecta coast-range melic X
125 Poace Poa secunda ssp. secunda one-sided bluegrass 5
126 Poace Stipa speciosa desert needlegrass X 5
127 Rusca Nolina parryi Parry's nolina X 3
128 Themi Bloomeria crocea goldenstar X

#	Family	Scientific Name	(*) Common Name	#Plants
CR	HC	WW
Ferns
1	Pteri	Cheilanthes covillei	beady lipfern			30
2	Pteri	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	bird's-foot fern			1
Gymnosperms
3	Cupre	Juniperus californica	California juniper	X		99
4	Ephed	Ephedra californica	desert tea	X		99
5	Pinac	Pinus monophylla	pinyon pine	X
Eudicots
6	Adoxa	Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea	blue elderberry	X
7	Anaca	Rhus ovata	sugar bush	X		5
8	Aster	Adenophyllum porophylloides	San Felipe dogweed	X		5
9	Aster	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	bur-ragweed	X	20
10	Aster	Ambrosia salsola var. salsola	cheesebush	X		50
11	Aster	Artemisia dracunculus	wild tarragon	X
12	Aster	Artemisia tridentata	big sagebrush	X
13	Aster	Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia	mule fat	X	10
14	Aster	Baccharis salicina	Emory's baccharis		2
15	Aster	Baccharis sarothroides	broom baccharis	X
16	Aster	Bahiopsis parishii	Parish's viguiera	X		10
17	Aster	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush	X		1
18	Aster	Brickellia atractyloides var. arguta	California spear-leaved brickellia	X		2
19	Aster	Corethrogyne filaginifolia	California-aster	X
20	Aster	Encelia actoni	Acton encelia	X		2
21	Aster	Ericameria brachylepis	boundary goldenbush	X
22	Aster	Ericameria linearifolia	narrowleaf goldenbush	X		5
23	Aster	Ericameria paniculata	blackbanded rabbitbrush			99
24	Aster	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	golden yarrow			15
25	Aster	Gutierrezia sarothrae	matchweed	X		50
26	Aster	Isocoma acradenia var. eremophila	solitary-leaved alkali goldenbush	X		1
27	Aster	Lepidospartum squamatum	scale-broom			15
28	Aster	Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera	sticky lessingia	X
29	Aster	Pluchea sericea	arrow-weed		10
30	Aster	Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii	bush senecio		3
31	Aster	Stephanomeria exigua	slender wreathplant	X
32	Aster	Stephanomeria pauciflora	wire-lettuce	X		40
33	Aster	Stephanomeria virgata	twiggy wreath plant	X
34	Bigno	Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata	desert-willow			3
35	Borag	Phacelia distans	common phacelia	X		1
36	Borag	Pholisma arenarium	sand plant			47
37	Brass	Boechera perennans	perennial rock-cress			5
38	Brass	Hirschfeldia incana	*shortpod mustard	X
39	Brass	Sisymbrium altissimum	*tumble-mustard	X		5
40	Brass	Stanleya pinnata var. pinnata	prince's plume			2
41	Cacta	Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri	cane cholla	X
42	Cacta	Cylindropuntia ganderi	Gander's cholla	X		99
43	Cacta	Echinocereus engelmannii	Engelmann's hedgehog cactus	X		99
44	Cacta	Ferocactus cylindraceus	California barrel cactus	X
45	Cacta	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	beavertail cactus	X		99
46	Cacta	Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii	Engelmann prickly-pear			1
47	Cacta	Opuntia phaeacantha	desert prickly-pear	X		3
48	Cheno	Atriplex canescens var. canescens (s.l.)	four-wing saltbush	X
49	Cheno	Salsola tragus	*Russian thistle	X
50	Cleom	Peritoma arborea	bladderpod	X
51	Crass	Dudleya pulverulenta	California chalk lettuce	X
52	Crass	Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides	desert dudleya			2
53	Cucur	Cucurbita foetidissima	stinking gourd	X
54	Cucur	Marah macrocarpa	wild-cucumber	X
55	Erica	Arctostaphylos glauca	bigberry manzanita			3
56	Eupho	Bernardia myricifolia	western bernardia	X		99
57	Eupho	Stillingia linearifolia	linear-leaved stillingia	X
58	Fabac	Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus	short-winged deerweed	X		99
59	Fabac	Acmispon rigidus	desert lotus			5
60	Fabac	Amorpha fruticosa	western false-indigo	X	10
61	Fabac	Astragalus pachypus var. jaegeri	Jaeger's milk-vetch			2
62	Fabac	Astragalus palmeri	Palmer's milk-vetch			15
63	Fabac	Lupinus concinnus	bajada lupine	X
64	Fabac	Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus	mountain grape-soda lupine			2
65	Fabac	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana	honey mesquite	X		2
66	Fabac	Psorothamnus schottii	indigo bush			99
67	Fabac	Senegalia greggii	catclaw	X		10
68	Fagac	Quercus cornelius-mulleri	desert scrub oak	X		20
69	Geran	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree		50
70	Krame	Krameria bicolor	white rhatany			13
71	Krame	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany			99
72	Lamia	Salvia apiana	white sage	X		21
73	Lamia	Salvia columbariae	chia	X		10
74	Lamia	Salvia eremostachya	desert sage	X		99
75	Loasa	Mentzelia laevicaulis	giant blazing star			4
76	Malva	Sphaeralcea ambigua	apricot mallow			2
77	Onagr	Camissoniopsis confusa	San Bernardino sun-cup			3
78	Onagr	Eulobus californicus	California suncup			99
79	Oroba	Castilleja foliolosa	woolly Indian paintbrush			5
80	Plant	Antirrhinum coulterianum	Coulter's snapdragon			1
81	Plant	Keckiella antirrhinoides var. microphylla	little-leaved chaparral beard-tongue	X		20
82	Plant	Penstemon clevelandii var. connatus	San Jacinto beardtongue	X
83	Polem	Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum	southern mountain woolly-star	X	5
84	Polem	Eriastrum sapphirinum	sapphire woolly-star			10
85	Polem	Leptosiphon floribundus ssp. hallii	Santa Rosa Mtns. linanthus			2
86	Polyg	Centrostegia thurberi	red triangles	X
87	Polyg	Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu	brittle spineflower			1
88	Polyg	Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum	long-stemmed buckwheat			3
89	Polyg	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	California buckwheat	X		99
90	Polyg	Eriogonum gracile var. incultum	slender buckwheat			20
91	Polyg	Eriogonum saxatile	rock buckwheat			15
92	Polyg	Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum	Wright's buckwheat	X		5
93	Ranun	Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum	intermediate larkspur			1
94	Rhamn	Rhamnus ilicifolia	hollyleaf redberry	X
95	Rhamn	Ziziphus parryi var. parryi	lotebush	X		20
96	Rosac	Adenostoma fasciculatum	chamise	X
97	Rosac	Adenostoma sparsifolium	red shanks	X
98	Rosac	Prunus fasciculata var. fasciculata	desert almond	X
99	Rosac	Prunus fremontii	desert apricot	X		99
100	Rosac	Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia	hollyleaf cherry	X
101	Rubia	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	narrowleaf bedstraw			3
102	Rutac	Thamnosma montana	turpentine broom	X		25
103	Salic	Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii	Fremont cottonwood	X	20
104	Salic	Salix exigua	narrowleaf willow	X
105	Salic	Salix exigua var. exigua	narrowleaf willow		10
106	Salic	Salix laevigata	red willow	X	5
107	Salic	Salix lasiolepis	arroyo willow	X
108	Simmo	Simmondsia chinensis	jojoba	X		20
109	Solan	Datura wrightii	sacred datura	X
110	Solan	Lycium andersonii	Anderson's desert-thorn			1
111	Tamar	Tamarix ramosissima	*saltcedar	X	1
112	Visca	Phoradendron bolleanum	dense mistletoe			99
113	Visca	Phoradendron californicum	desert mistletoe	X		15
114	Zygop	Larrea tridentata	creosote bush	X		99
Monocots
115	Agava	Agave deserti var. deserti	desert agave	X		99
116	Agava	Hesperoyucca whipplei	chaparral yucca	X		1
117	Agava	Yucca schidigera	Mohave yucca	X		99
118	Poace	Aristida purpurea	purple three-awn	X
119	Poace	Bromus diandrus	*ripgut brome	X
120	Poace	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	*red brome	X		99
121	Poace	Bromus tectorum	*downy brome	X
122	Poace	Distichlis spicata	saltgrass	X
123	Poace	Hilaria rigida	big galleta			20
124	Poace	Melica imperfecta	coast-range melic	X
125	Poace	Poa secunda ssp. secunda	one-sided bluegrass			5
126	Poace	Stipa speciosa	desert needlegrass	X		5
127	Rusca	Nolina parryi	Parry's nolina	X		3
128	Themi	Bloomeria crocea	goldenstar	X

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Updated 5 December 2012.