The Vascular Flora of Yaqui Ridge, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

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Introduction
Species Checklist

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Introduction

Pinyon / Yaqui Ridge is the prominent ridge seen south and southwest from the Borrego Valley that forms the southern boundary of Borrego Valley. The Ridge has been raised along faults on its north and south side, creating very steep slopes for much of its north and south slopes.

The Ridge is cut near its eastern end at Yaqui Pass, which is traversed by Highway S3, the Yaqui Pass Road, which is renamed Borrego Springs Road when it enters the Borrego Valley. The portion of the Ridge east of Yaqui Pass has been named Yaqui Ridge.

This flora is currently for the Yaqui Ridge area. It includes species found in the Yaqui Pass area, as well as species found in The Narrows area.

Species Checklist

The Checklist follows the 2012 Jepson Manual Second Edition with only a few exceptions.

See Information about the links from the Scientific Name and Common Name.

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#	Family	Scientific Name	(*) Common Name
Lycopods
1	Selag	Selaginella eremophila	desert spike-moss
Ferns
2	Pteri	Cheilanthes parryi	woolly lipfern
3	Pteri	Notholaena californica ssp. californica	California cloak fern
Gymnosperms
4	Cupre	Juniperus californica	California juniper
5	Ephed	Ephedra aspera	Mormon tea
6	Ephed	Ephedra californica	desert tea
Eudicots
7	Acant	Justicia californica	chuparosa
8	Amara	Amaranthus fimbriatus	fringed amaranth
9	Apiac	Spermolepis lateriflora	bristly spermolepis
10	Apocy	Asclepias albicans	white-stemmed milkweed
11	Apocy	Asclepias subulata	rush milkweed
12	Apocy	Funastrum hirtellum	rambling milkweed
13	Apocy	Matelea parvifolia	spearleaf
14	Aster	Adenophyllum porophylloides	San Felipe dogweed
15	Aster	Ambrosia dumosa	burroweed
16	Aster	Ambrosia salsola var. salsola	cheesebush
17	Aster	Baccharis brachyphylla	short-leaved baccharis
18	Aster	Bahiopsis parishii	Parish's viguiera
19	Aster	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush
20	Aster	Brickellia frutescens	shrubby brickellia
21	Aster	Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia	pebble pincushion
22	Aster	Chaenactis stevioides	desert pincushion
23	Aster	Dicoria canescens	desert dicoria
24	Aster	Encelia farinosa	brittlebush
25	Aster	Ericameria brachylepis	boundary goldenbush
26	Aster	Eriophyllum wallacei	Wallace's woolly daisy
27	Aster	Geraea canescens	hairy desert-sunflower
28	Aster	Gutierrezia californica	California matchweed
29	Aster	Logfia arizonica	Arizona herba impia
30	Aster	Monoptilon bellioides	desert star
31	Aster	Palafoxia arida var. arida	Spanish needle
32	Aster	Pectis papposa var. papposa	chinch-weed
33	Aster	Perityle emoryi	Emory's rock-daisy
34	Aster	Pleurocoronis pluriseta	arrow-leaf
35	Aster	Porophyllum gracile	odora
36	Aster	Psathyrotes ramosissima	turtleback
37	Aster	Rafinesquia neomexicana	desert chicory
38	Aster	Stephanomeria pauciflora	wire-lettuce
39	Aster	Trichoptilium incisum	yellow-head
40	Aster	Trixis californica var. californica	California trixis
41	Bigno	Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata	desert-willow
42	Borag	Amsinckia intermedia	common fiddleneck
43	Borag	Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata	bristly fiddleneck
44	Borag	Cryptantha angustifolia	narrow-leaved cryptantha
45	Borag	Cryptantha barbigera var. barbigera	bearded cryptantha
46	Borag	Cryptantha micrantha	red-root cryptantha
47	Borag	Cryptantha nevadensis var. nevadensis	Nevada cryptantha
48	Borag	Cryptantha racemosa	bushy cryptantha
49	Borag	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	whispering bells
50	Borag	Nama demissa var. demissa	purple mat
51	Borag	Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula	slender combseed
52	Borag	Pectocarya recurvata	curvenut combseed
53	Borag	Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora	little-flowered heliotrope phacelia
54	Borag	Phacelia curvipes	curve-stem phacelia
55	Borag	Phacelia distans	common phacelia
56	Borag	Phacelia pedicellata	pedicellate phacelia
57	Borag	Tiquilia canescens var. canescens	gray coldenia
58	Borag	Tiquilia palmeri	Palmer's coldenia
59	Brass	Brassica tournefortii	*Asian mustard
60	Brass	Descurainia pinnata	western tansy-mustard
61	Brass	Descurainia sophia	*herb sophia
62	Brass	Dithyrea californica	spectacle-pod
63	Brass	Hirschfeldia incana	*shortpod mustard
64	Brass	Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum	hairy-podded pepper-grass
65	Brass	Lyrocarpa coulteri	Coulter's lyrepod
66	Brass	Streptanthella longirostris	longbeak streptanthella
67	Brass	Thysanocarpus curvipes	fringe-pod
68	Cacta	Cylindropuntia bigelovii	teddy-bear cholla
69	Cacta	Cylindropuntia ganderi	Gander's cholla
70	Cacta	Cylindropuntia ramosissima	pencil cholla
71	Cacta	Echinocereus engelmannii	Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
72	Cacta	Ferocactus cylindraceus	California barrel cactus
73	Cacta	Mammillaria dioica	California fish-hook cactus
74	Cacta	Mammillaria tetrancistra	desert fish-hook cactus
75	Cacta	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	beavertail cactus
76	Cacta	Opuntia phaeacantha	desert prickly-pear
77	Campa	Nemacladus glanduliferus	glandular nemacladus
78	Cheno	Atriplex polycarpa	cattle saltbush
79	Cheno	Chenopodium murale	*nettle-leaved goosefoot
80	Cheno	Monolepis nuttalliana	Nuttall's poverty weed
81	Cleom	Peritoma arborea	bladderpod
82	Convo	Cuscuta californica var. papillosa	papillate dodder
83	Crass	Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides	desert dudleya
84	Cucur	Cucurbita palmata	coyote melon
85	Eupho	Chamaesyce melanadenia	red-gland spurge
86	Eupho	Chamaesyce micromera	Sonoran spurge
87	Eupho	Chamaesyce polycarpa	small-seeded spurge
88	Eupho	Chamaesyce setiloba	starfish (Yuma) spurge
89	Eupho	Croton californicus	California croton
90	Eupho	Ditaxis lanceolata	narrowleaf ditaxis
91	Eupho	Ditaxis neomexicana	New Mexico ditaxis
92	Eupho	Euphorbia eriantha	beetle spurge
93	Eupho	Stillingia linearifolia	linear-leaved stillingia
94	Fabac	Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus	short-winged deerweed
95	Fabac	Acmispon rigidus	desert lotus
96	Fabac	Acmispon strigosus	strigose lotus
97	Fabac	Astragalus palmeri	Palmer's milk-vetch
98	Fabac	Dalea mollis	silky dalea
99	Fabac	Dalea mollissima	downy dalea
100	Fabac	Hoffmannseggia glauca	hog potato
101	Fabac	Lupinus arizonicus	Arizona lupine
102	Fabac	Lupinus concinnus	bajada lupine
103	Fabac	Marina parryi	Parry's marina
104	Fabac	Olneya tesota	ironwood
105	Fabac	Parkinsonia florida	blue palo verde
106	Fabac	Psorothamnus emoryi	Emory's indigo-bush
107	Fabac	Psorothamnus schottii	indigo bush
108	Fabac	Psorothamnus spinosus	smoke tree
109	Fabac	Senegalia greggii	catclaw
110	Fabac	Senna armata	spiny senna
111	Fouqu	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	ocotillo
112	Geran	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree
113	Geran	Erodium texanum	Texas filaree
114	Krame	Krameria bicolor	white rhatany
115	Krame	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany
116	Lamia	Hyptis emoryi	desert-lavender
117	Lamia	Salvia columbariae	chia
118	Lamia	Salvia vaseyi	Vasey's sage
119	Lamia	Scutellaria mexicana	Mexican bladder sage
120	Loasa	Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi	Thurber's sandpaper-plant
121	Malva	Ayenia compacta	ayenia
122	Malva	Hibiscus denudatus	rock hibiscus
123	Malva	Horsfordia newberryi	Newberry's velvet mallow
124	Malva	Sphaeralcea ambigua	apricot mallow
125	Mollu	Mollugo cerviana	*carpet-weed
126	Monti	Calyptridium monandrum	sand cress
127	Nycta	Abronia villosa var. villosa	hairy sand-verbena
128	Nycta	Allionia incarnata	trailing four o'clock
129	Nycta	Allionia incarnata var. villosa	large-flowered trailing four o'clock
130	Nycta	Boerhavia coccinea	scarlet spiderling
131	Nycta	Boerhavia triquetra var. intermedia	fivewing spiderling
132	Nycta	Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia	California four o'clock
133	Nycta	Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock
134	Nycta	Mirabilis laevis var. villosa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock
135	Oleac	Menodora scabra var. glabrescens	broom twinberry
136	Onagr	Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida	pale suncup
137	Onagr	Chylismia cardiophylla ssp. cardiophylla	heartleaf suncup
138	Onagr	Chylismia claviformis ssp. peirsonii	brown-eyed primrose
139	Onagr	Eremothera boothii ssp. condensata	Booth's evening primrose
140	Onagr	Eulobus californicus	California suncup
141	Papav	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	small-flowered poppy
142	Papav	Eschscholzia parishii	Parish's poppy
143	Phrym	Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii	Bigelow's monkeyflower
144	Plant	Mohavea confertiflora	ghost flower
145	Plant	Penstemon clevelandii	Cleveland's beardtongue
146	Plant	Plantago ovata	desert plantain
147	Polem	Aliciella latifolia ssp. latifolia	broad-leaf gilia
148	Polem	Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum	desert woolly-star
149	Polem	Langloisia setosissima ssp. setosissima	bristly langloisia
150	Polem	Loeseliastrum schottii	Schott's calico
151	Polyg	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	California buckwheat
152	Polyg	Eriogonum inflatum	desert trumpet
153	Polyg	Eriogonum reniforme	kidney-leaf buckwheat
154	Polyg	Eriogonum thomasii	Thomas' buckwheat
155	Polyg	Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum	Wright's buckwheat
156	Ranun	Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum	intermediate larkspur
157	Rubia	Galium stellatum	star-flowered bedstraw
158	Rutac	Thamnosma montana	turpentine broom
159	Salic	Salix exigua var. exigua	narrowleaf willow
160	Simmo	Simmondsia chinensis	jojoba
161	Solan	Datura discolor	desert thornapple
162	Solan	Lycium andersonii	Anderson's boxthorn
163	Solan	Lycium brevipes	desert boxthorn
164	Solan	Lycium cooperi	Cooper's boxthorn
165	Solan	Lycium fremontii	Fremont's boxthorn
166	Solan	Nicotiana obtusifolia	desert tobacco
167	Solan	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry
168	Visca	Phoradendron californicum	desert mistletoe
169	Zygop	Fagonia laevis	California fagonia
170	Zygop	Kallstroemia californica	California caltrop
171	Zygop	Larrea tridentata	creosote bush
Monocots
172	Agava	Agave deserti var. deserti	desert agave
173	Agava	Yucca schidigera	Mohave yucca
174	Lilia	Calochortus splendens	splendid mariposa lily
175	Poace	Aristida adscensionis	six-weeks three-awn
176	Poace	Aristida californica	California three-awn
177	Poace	Aristida purpurea	purple three-awn
178	Poace	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama
179	Poace	Bouteloua barbata var. barbata	six-weeks grama
180	Poace	Bromus diandrus	*ripgut brome
181	Poace	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	*red brome
182	Poace	Cynodon dactylon	*Bermuda grass
183	Poace	Dasyochloa pulchella	fluff grass
184	Poace	Hilaria rigida	big galleta
185	Poace	Phalaris minor	*little-seed canarygrass

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Voucher data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria (ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/).

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Updated 26 December 2014.