Plants in Bloom in Joshua Tree National Park in November 2017

Cuscuta subinclusa, canyon dodder

Ericameria nauseosa var. mohavensis = Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. mohavensis, Mohave common rabbitbrush

Lupinus andersonii, Anderson's lupine

Fig. 1. Some of the blooms from 7 November 2017. Click on the pictures for larger versions. See also pictures of some of the species we observed in bloom from 3 November 2017.

This is a list of plants seen in bloom in two surveys of Joshua Tree National Park, on 3 and 7 November 2017. The estimated number of plants in bloom is given, up to a maximum of 99 for each species.

On 3 November 2017, Tom Chester, Walt Fidler, Mike Crouse, Michael Charters and Bill Bulger surveyed the first two miles of the Boy Scout Trail area, along with a brief excursion south of the Quail Springs Picnic Area. We recorded at least 2,724 plants of 47 species in bloom. See pictures of some of the species we observed in bloom.

On 7 November 2017, Tom Chester, Walt Fidler, Nancy Accola and Mike Crouse surveyed three areas: near the west entrance station; the drainage 0.4 miles south of the Boy Scout Trail; and an area in Queen Valley about 0.4 miles sw of the Desert Queen Well, along with a brief excursion south of the Quail Springs Picnic Area. We recorded at least 2,776 plants of 60 species in bloom.

On both days combined, we saw at least 3,701 plants of 65 species in bloom.

Not bad for November!

The following table gives the number of plants of each taxon observed to be in bloom on each day.

See also list of all species seen in these surveys.

Basic information about the checklist presentation and links:

• Notes on the Scientific Names Used At This Site and
• Information about the links from the Scientific Name and Common Name.

An asterisk before the Common Name indicates a non-native taxon.

#	Fam	Scientific Name Link goes to the Jepson eflora	(*)Common Name Link goes to Calphotos	# Pls in Bloom
				11/3	11/7
Eudicots
1	Ama	Amaranthus fimbriatus	fringed amaranth	99	99
2	Apo	Amsonia tomentosa	woolly amsonia		15
3	Apo	Matelea parvifolia	spearleaf		1
4	Ast	Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. sphaerocephalus	goldenhead	1	10
5	Ast	Adenophyllum cooperi	Cooper's dogweed	30	15
6	Ast	Ambrosia dumosa	burroweed		99
7	Ast	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta	mountain mugwort	50
8	Ast	Bahiopsis parishii	Parish's goldeneye	20	99
9	Ast	Baileya pleniradiata	woolly marigold	99	99
10	Ast	Brickellia desertorum	desert brickellia		2
11	Ast	Chaenactis stevioides	desert pincushion	4
12	Ast	Encelia actoni	Acton encelia	50	99
13	Ast	Ericameria cooperi var. cooperi	Cooper's goldenbush	50	99
14	Ast	Ericameria cuneata var. spathulata	wide-leaved rock goldenbush	99	99
15	Ast	Ericameria nauseosa var. mohavensis	Mohave common rabbitbrush		99
16	Ast	Eriophyllum wallacei var. wallacei	Wallace's woolly daisy		2
17	Ast	Gutierrezia microcephala	sticky snakeweed	50	50
18	Ast	Malacothrix glabrata	desert dandelion	5	2
19	Ast	Nicolletia occidentalis	western nicolletia	60	99
20	Ast	Pectis papposa var. papposa	chinch-weed	99	99
21	Ast	Pseudognaphalium canescens	white everlasting	1
22	Ast	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua	slender wreathplant	99	50
23	Ast	Stephanomeria pauciflora	wire-lettuce		1
24	Ast	Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia	Mojave-aster		7
25	Con	Cuscuta subinclusa	canyon dodder		25
26	Eup	Chamaesyce albomarginata	rattlesnake weed	99	99
27	Eup	Chamaesyce micromera	Sonoran spurge	10	5
28	Eup	Chamaesyce setiloba	starfish (Yuma) spurge	5	5
29	Eup	Croton californicus	California croton	50	20
30	Fab	Acmispon rigidus	desert lotus	5	4
31	Fab	Astragalus lentiginosus var. variabilis
32	Fab	Lupinus andersonii	Anderson's lupine		40
33	Fab	Senna armata	spiny senna		99
34	Ger	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree	15	1
35	Kra	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany	40	20
36	Lam	Monardella robisonii	Robison's monardella	5	3
37	Lam	Salvia columbariae	chia		1
38	Lam	Scutellaria mexicana	Mexican bladder sage	99	99
39	Mal	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua	apricot mallow	1	10
40	Mol	Mollugo cerviana	*carpet-weed	99
41	Nyc	Abronia villosa var. villosa	hairy sand-verbena	99	99
42	Nyc	Allionia incarnata var. incarnata	small-flowered trailing four o'clock		4
43	Nyc	Boerhavia coulteri var. palmeri	Coulter's spiderling	99	99
44	Nyc	Mirabilis laevis var. villosa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock	99	50
45	Pol	Eriastrum densifolium	giant woolly-star	50	20
46	Pol	Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum	desert woolly-star	99	99
47	Pol	Eriogonum angulosum	angled-stem buckwheat	99	99
48	Pol	Eriogonum brachyanthum	short-flowered buckwheat	50	99
49	Pol	Eriogonum davidsonii	Davidson's buckwheat	10	99
50	Pol	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. flavoviride	California buckwheat	30	20
51	Pol	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	California buckwheat		10
52	Pol	Eriogonum inflatum	desert trumpet	99	25
53	Pol	Eriogonum nidularium	birdnest buckwheat	99	99
54	Pol	Eriogonum plumatella	yucca buckwheat	99	99
55	Pol	Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum	Wright's buckwheat	50	10
56	Pol	Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum	Wright's buckwheat		2
57	Rha	Rhamnus ilicifolia	hollyleaf redberry	1
58	Sol	Nicotiana obtusifolia	desert tobacco	99	2
59	Sol	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry	2	10
60	Zyg	Larrea tridentata	creosote bush	99	99
Monocots
61	Poa	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama		10
62	Poa	Bouteloua barbata var. barbata	six-weeks grama		1
63	Poa	Hilaria rigida	big galleta	99	99
64	Poa	Muhlenbergia porteri	Porter's muhly	99	30
65	Poa	Sporobolus flexuosus	mesa dropseed		1

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