Flora of Mishe Mokwa Trail, Santa Monica Mountains

Bob Muns, 1994, 1995

This is a working list, about which we make no guarantees until we finish checking
it. The information below is incomplete, and there may be errors we haven't caught yet.

April 1994 was the first spring after the burn.

#, Latin Name	Common Name	Life Form Intro sp*	Flower Period	Plant Communities
Ferns and Fern Allies
Dryopteridaceae	Woodfern Family
1 Dryopteris arguta	Woodfern	P	4-11	on wooded slopes, OW
Pteridaceae	Fern Family
2 Adiantum jordanii	California Maidenhair	P	3-5	shaded slopes under shrubs
3 Aspidotis californica	Lace Fern	P	-	dry shaded slopes and cliffs, MC
4 Pellaea andromedifolia	Coffee Fern	P	1-4	brushy slopes
5 Pellaea mucronata	Bird's Foot Fern	P	12-6	brushy slopes
6 Pentagramma triangularis	Goldback Fern	P	12-4	rock crevices, under shrubs
Selaginellaceae	Spike-Moss Family
7 Selaginella bigelovii	Spike-Moss	P	-	rocky or brushy slopes
Dicots
Anacardiaceae	Sumac Family
8 Malosma laurina	Laurel Sumac	S	6-7	Ch, south-facing slopes
9 Rhus ovata	Sugar Bush	S	3-5	Ch, OW
10 Toxicodendron diversilobum	Poison Oak	S	3-4	CSS, Ch, OW
Apiaceae	Carrot Family
11 Apiastrum angustifolium	Wild Celery	A	4-5	Ch, CSS, under shrubs, burns
12 Daucus pusillus	Rattlesnake Weed	A	4-5	grassy slopes in Ch, CSS
13 Lomatium dasycarpum	Woolly Lomatium	P	3-4	grassy openings, Ch, CSS
14 Sanicula crassicaulis	Pacific Sanicle	P	2-4	shaded slopes in OW
15 Sanicula tuberosa	Tuberous Sanicle	P	3-4	vernally moist grassy slopes
16 Tauschia arguta	Tauschia	P	2-4	openings in Ch, road cuts
Asteraceae	Sunflower Family
17 Acourtia microcephala	Perezia	P	5-8	CSS, Ch, OW
18 Centaurea melitensis	Yellow Star Thistle	*A	5-7	W
19 Chaenactis artemisiifolia	White Pincushion	A	4-6	Ch, W, burns
20 Chaenactis glabriuscula	Yellow Pincushion	A	4-6	open places, Ch, VG
21 Chamomilla suaveolens	Pineapple Weed	*A	5-9	disturbed places
22 Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale	Cobweb Thistle	B	4-7	grassy, brushy places, Ch, CSS, CS
23 Cotula australis	Australian Brassbutton	*A	1-4	W
24 Eriophyllum confertiflorum	Golden Yarrow	P/SS	1-7	Ch, CSS, OW
25 Filago californica	Filago	A	3-6	burns, CSS, Ch
26 Gnaphalium californicum	Green Everlasting	B	1-7	dry hills, W
27 Gnaphalium canescens	White Everlasting	B/P	7-10	Ch
28 Hazardia squarrosa	Sawtooth Goldenbush	S	7-11	CSS, Ch
29 Hemizonia fasciculata	Tarweed	A	5-9	VG, OW, W
30 Lactuca serriola	Prickly Lettuce	*A	6-9	W
31 Lasthenia californica	Goldfields	A	2-6	dry open places, CSS, VG
32 Lasthenia coronaria	Goldfields	A	3-4	VG, CSS, open places
33 Lessingia filaginifolia	Cudweed Aster	P/SS	7-10	Ch, CSS
34 Malacothrix saxatilis	Cliff Aster	P	3-9	open places, W
35 Micropus californicus	Cottonweed	A	4-5	Ch, CSS
36 Psilocarphus tenellus	Woolly Heads	A	4-6	dried vernal pools
37 Rafinesquia californica	White Chicory	A	4-6	shaded places, burns
38 Senecio vulgaris	Common Groundsel	*A	1-12	W
39 Stebbinsoseris heterocarpa	Brown Microseris	A	3-5	grassy slopes, CSS
40 Stylocline sp.	Nest-Straw	A	-	open grassy areas
41 Uropappus lindleyi	Silver Puffs	A	4-5	open grassy places, Ch, &
42 Venegasia carpesioides	Canyon Sunflower	SS	2-9	CSS, Ch, OW
Boraginaceae	Borage Family
43 Cryptantha clevelandii	Cleveland Cryptantha	A	3-6	CSS, Ch
44 Cryptantha intermedia	Popcorn Flower	A	2-6	Ch, CSS, burns
45 Cryptantha micromeres	Mini-Flowered Cryptantha	A	3-5	Ch, burns
46 Cryptantha muricata	Purple-Rooted Popcorn Flower	A	2-6	CSS, Ch, burns
47 Plagiobothrys nothofulvus	Rusty Popcorn Flower	A	3-4	grassy slopes
Brassicaceae	Mustard Family
48 Barbarea orthoceras	Winter Cress	B	4-6	moist places, Ch
49 Capsella bursa-pastoris	Shepherd's Purse	*A	1-12	W
50 Cardamine californica	Milk Maids	P	2-4	moist, shaded places, Ch, OW
51 Caulanthus heterophyllus	San Diego Jewel Flower	A	3-5	openings in Ch, burns
52 Guillenia lasiophylla	California Mustard	A	4-6	dry stream beds, OW, Ch, CSS
53 Hirschfeldia incana	Mediterranean Mustard	*A/B	3-9	W
54 Sisymbrium officinale	Hedge Mustard	*A	4-7	OW, Ch
55 Sisymbrium orientale	Oriental Mustard	*A	4-6	W
56 Thysanocarpus curvipes	Lace-Pod	A	2-4	open areas in Ch
Caprifoliaceae	Honeysuckle Family
57 Lonicera subspicata var. denudata	Wild Honeysuckle	S	4-5	Ch
58 Sambucus mexicana	Elderberry	S/T	4-8	Ch, open washes
59 Symphoricarpos mollis	Snowberry	SS	4-5	Ch, OW, Rp
Caryophyllaceae	Pink Family
60 Cerastium glomeratum	Mouse-Ear Chickweed	*A	3-5	rare weed of W
61 Herniaria hirsuta ssp. cinerea	Herniaria	*A	5-6	disturbed slopes in Ch
62 Silene antirrhina	Sleepy Catchfly	A	4-5	rare in W
63 Silene gallica	Common Catchfly	*A	2-5	W
64 Silene multinervia	Nervy Catchfly	A	4-5	burns and disturbed places
65 Stellaria media	Chickweed	*A	2-4	W
Chenopodiaceae	Goosefoot Family
66 Salsola tragus	Russian Thistle	*A	7-10	W
Cistaceae	Rock-Rose Family
67 Helianthemum scoparium	Wild Rock Rose	SS	3-6	dry slopes and ridges, CSS, Ch
Convolvulaceae	Morning Glory Family
68 Calystegia macrostegia	Wild Morning Glory	P	2-5	brushy slopes, CSS
Crassulaceae	Stonecrop Family
69 Crassula connata	Pygmy Weed	A	2-4	in shade of shrubs, &
70 Dudleya lanceolata	Lance-Leaf Liveforever	P	5-7	dry slopes and banks
Cucurbitaceae	Gourd Family
71 Marah macrocarpus	Wild Cucumber	P	1-6	Ch, CSS, OW
Cuscutaceae	Dodder Family
72 Cuscuta sp.	Dodder	A	-	Ch, CSS
Datiscaceae	Datisca Family
73 Datisca glomerata	Durango Root	P	5-8	canyons near water
Fabaceae	Pea Family
74 Astragalus gambelianus	Annual Locoweed	A	3-6	grassy places, OW, CSS
75 Lathyrus vestitus	Wild Sweetpea	P	3-5	CSS, Ch, OW
76 Lotus hamatus	Hook Pod Lotus	A	3-6	dry slopes, Ch, CSS
77 Lotus salsuginosus	Coastal Lotus	A	2-5	Ch, CSS
78 Lotus scoparius	Deerweed	SS	1-12	CSS, Ch
79 Lotus strigosus	Bishop's Lotus	A	3-5	CSS
80 Lotus wrangelianus	California Lotus	A	3-6	Ch, W
81 Lupinus concinnus	Elegant Lupine	A	3-5	dry open places, W, MC
82 Lupinus hirsutissimus	Stinging Lupine	A	4-5	W, burns
83 Lupinus longifolius	Silver Bush Lupine	S	1-12	CSS, Ch, OW
84 Lupinus truncatus	Truncate Lupine	A	3-5	open grassy pl, burns, Ch, etc.
85 Medicago polymorpha	Bur Clover	*A	2-7	grassy, disturbed places
86 Trifolium albopurpureum	Rancheria Clover	A	3-6	open grassy places, VG, OW
87 Trifolium willdenovii	Tomcat Clover	A	3-5	grassy slopes
88 Vicia sativa	Spring Vetch	*A	4-5	W, pastures, &
Fagaceae	Oak Family
89 Quercus agrifolia	Coast Live Oak	T	2-4	moist canyons
90 Quercus berberidifolia	Scrub Oak	S	3-4	Ch
Garryaceae	Silk-Tassel Family
91 Garrya veatchii	Silk-Tassel	S	12-3	Ch
Geraniaceae	Geranium Family
92 Erodium botrys	Big Bill Filaree	*A	4-6	W
93 Erodium brachycarpum	Filaree	*A	4-8	dry open places, W
94 Erodium cicutarium	Red Stem Filaree	*A	1-4	grassy slopes, W
95 Erodium moschatum	White Stem Filaree	*A	2-5	open disturbed places
Grossulariaceae	Gooseberry Family
96 Ribes californicum	Hillside Gooseberry	S	1-3	shaded slopes in Ch, OW
97 Ribes malvaceum	Chaparral Currant	S	10-3	dry places, Ch, OW
98 Ribes speciosum	Fuchsia-Flowered Gooseberry	S	2-4	Ch
Hydrophyllaceae	Phacelia Family
99 Emmenanthe penduliflora	Whispering Bells	A	4-5	Ch, OW, burns
100 Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia	Eucrypta	A	2-5	Ch, CSS, OW
101 Phacelia brachyloba	White Phacelia	A	3-6	Ch, burns
102 Phacelia cicutaria	Caterpillar Phacelia	A	3-6	Ch, burns
103 Phacelia egena	Mountain Phacelia	P	5-6	Ch, OW, open areas
104 Phacelia grandiflora	Large-Flowered Phacelia	A	5-6	Ch, OW, CSS, burns
105 Phacelia parryi	Parry's Phacelia	A	3-5	disturbed areas in Ch
106 Phacelia ramosissima	Branching Phacelia	P	5-8	Ch
107 Pholistoma auritum	Fiesta Flower	A	3-5	grassy places, Ch, OW
Lamiaceae	Mint Family
108 Marrubium vulgare	Horehound	*P	4-5	W
109 Salvia columbariae	Chia	A	4-5	CSS, open banks
110 Salvia mellifera	Black Sage	S	3-6	Ch, CSS
111 Scutellaria tuberosa	Danny's Skullcap	P	3-5	Ch, OW
112 Stachys albens	White Hedge Nettle	P	5-8	wet areas
113 Trichostema lanatum	Wooly Blue Curls	S	3-6	Ch, CSS
Lauraceae	Laurel Family
114 Umbellularia californica	California Bay	S/T	12-5	along streams, moist slopes
Loasaceae	Stick-Leaf Family
115 Mentzelia micrantha	Blazing Star	A	4-5	open or disturbed places
Lythraceae	Loosestrife Family
116 Lythrum californicum	California Loosestrife	P	4-10	damp ground, along streams
Malvaceae	Mallow Family
117 Malacothamnus fasciculatus	Bush Mallow	S	4-10	CSS, W, burns
118 Malva parviflora	Round Leaf Mallow	*A	1-12	weed of disturbed places
Onagraceae	Evening Primrose Family
119 Camissonia californica	Mustard Suncups	A	4-5	disturbed places, Ch, CSS
120 Camissonia sp.	Suncup	-	-	-
121 Camissonia sp.	Suncup	-	-	-
122 Clarkia sp.	Clarkia	A	-	-
123 Epilobium canum	California Fuchsia	SS	7-11	Ch, CSS, OW
Paeoniaceae	Peony Family
124 Paeonia californica	California Peony	P	1-4	brushy slopes, under Ch
Papaveraceae	Poppy Family
125 Dicentra ochroleuca	White Eardrops	P	5-7	Ch, W, burns
126 Eschscholzia caespitosa	Collarless Poppy	A	4-5	grassy, open areas
127 Papaver californicum	Fire Poppy	A	2-9	grassy areas, open slopes
Plantaginaceae	Plantain Family
128 Plantago erecta	California Plantain	A	2-5	open places in grassy areas
Platanaceae	Sycamore Family
129 Platanus racemosa	Sycamore	T	2-4	along streams, moist areas
Polemoniaceae	Phlox Family
130 Allophyllum glutinosum	Stinky Gilia	A	4-6	disturbed slopes, burns
131 Gilia capitata	Globe Gilia	A	4-5	burns, roadsides, W
Polygonaceae	Buckwheat Family
132 Chorizanthe staticoides	Turkish Rugging	A	4-6	grassy slopes, openings in Ch
133 Eriogonum fasciculatum	California Wild Buckwheat	S	4-10	Ch, CSS
134 Polygonum arenastrum	Knotweed	*A	5-11	W
135 Pterostegia drymarioides	Thread Stem	A	3-5	grassy slopes
136 Rumex sp.	Dock	P	-	-
Portulacaceae	Purslane Family
137 Calandrinia breweri	Brewer's Red Maids	A	3-6	W, burns
138 Calyptridium monandrum	Sand Cress	A	3-6	W, burns
139 Claytonia perfoliata	Miner's Lettuce	A	2-5	shaded and vernally moist places
Primulaceae	Primrose Family
140 Anagallis arvensis	Scarlet Pimpernel	*A	2-10	W
Ranunculaceae	Buttercup Family
141 Clematis lasiantha	Virgin's Bower	S	3-6	hillsides, canyons, near streams, Ch, woods
142 Delphinium cardinale	Scarlet Larkspur	P	6-7	brushy slopes, roadbanks
143 Delphinium parryi	Parry's Larkspur	P	4-5	exposed grassland
144 Delphinium patens	Zigzag Larkspur	P	3-5	rocky banks in OW
Rhamnaceae	Buckthorn Family
145 Ceanothus megacarpus	Big Pod Ceanothus	S	1-3	Ch
146 Ceanothus oliganthus	Hairy-Leaf Ceanothus	S	2-4	dry slopes, Ch
147 Rhamnus ilicifolia	Holly-Leaf Red Berry	S	1-5	Ch
Rosaceae	Rose Family
148 Adenostoma fasciculatum	Chamise	S	5-6	Ch, CSS
149 Adenostoma sparsifolium	Red Shanks	S	7-8	Ch
150 Cercocarpus betuloides	Mountain Mahogany	S/T	3-5	Ch
151 Heteromeles arbutifolia	Toyon	S	6-7	Ch, CSS
152 Potentilla glandulosa	Sticky Cinquefoil	P	4-6	Ch, shaded hillsides
153 Prunus ilicifolia	Holly-Leaf Cherry	T	3-5	Ch
154 Rosa californica	California Wild Rose	S	4-7	CSS, OW, along streams
155 Rubus ursinus	California Blackberry	S	2-5	open, protected places
Rubiaceae	Bedstraw Family
156 Galium angustifolium	Chaparral Bedstraw	P/SS	4-6	CSS or open Ch
157 Galium aparine	Cleavers	A	3-5	shaded slopes
158 Galium nuttallii	Nuttall Bedstraw	SS	2-6	shaded Ch slopes
159 Galium sp.	Bedstraw	-	-	-
Salicaceae	Willow Family
160 Salix lasiolepis	Arroyo Willow	S/T	1-3	wet places, riparian woodland
Saxifragaceae	Saxifrage Family
161 Lithophragma affine	Woodland Star	P	2-6	shaded moist slopes
Scrophulariaceae	Snapdragon Family
162 Antirrhinum kelloggii	Twining Snapdragon	A	3-5	CSS, Ch, burns
163 Antirrhinum multiflorum	Bush Snapdragon	A/P	5-8	Ch, burns
164 Castilleja exserta	Owl's Clover	A	3-5	openings in Ch, burns
165 Collinsia heterophylla	Chinese Houses	A	4-5	OW, openings in Ch
166 Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setigerus	Bird's Beak	A	6-9	open grassy areas, Ch, OW
167 Keckiella cordifolia	Heart-Leaf Penstemon	S	3-6	Ch, CSS, OW
168 Mimulus aurantiacus	Bush Monkey Flower	SS	4-7	CSS, Ch, dry slopes
169 Mimulus brevipes	Yellow Monkey Flower	A	4-5	Ch, burns
170 Mimulus cardinalis	Scarlet Monkey Flower	P	5-10	along streams
171 Mimulus guttatus	Creek Monkey Flower	A/P	3-8	moist areas, along streams
172 Veronica persica	Persian Speedwell	*A	2-5	W
Solanaceae	Nightshade Family
173 Solanum xanti	Purple Nightshade	S	1-5	CSS, openings in Ch
Verbenaceae	Vervain Family
174 Verbena lasiostachys	Vervain	P	4-10	CSS, Ch, OW
Monocots
Cyperaceae	Sedge Family
175 Carex sp.	Sedge	P	-	wet or moist places
Liliaceae	Lily Family
176 Allium peninsulare	Rose-Purple Onion	P	4-6	rocky slopes in grassland, OW
177 Bloomeria crocea	Yellow Star Lily	P	4-6	OW, disturbed Ch
178 Calochortus catalinae	White Mariposa Lily	P	3-5	grassland & CSS, burns
179 Calochortus clavatus	Yellow Mariposa Lily	P	4-6	dry slopes, Ch, CSS, OW
180 Chlorogalum pomeridianum	Soap Lily	P	5-6	CSS, disturbed Ch, burns
181 Dichelostemma capitatum	Blue Dicks	P	2-5	CSS, grasslands
182 Fritillaria biflora	Chocolate Lily	P	2-4	clay slopes, under shrubs
183 Lilium humboldtii	Humboldt Lily	P	5-6	shaded streams, OW
184 Yucca whipplei	Chaparral Yucca	S	4-6	dry slopes, Ch, CSS
185 Zigadenus fremontii	White Star Lily	P	3-6	CSS, Ch
Poaceae	Grass Family
186 Avena barbata	Oats	*A	3-6	weed of waste places, open slopes
187 Bromus diandrus	Rip Gut Brome	*A	3-5	grasslands, roadsides
188 Bromus hordeaceus	Soft Chess	*A	3-5	CSS, OW, Ch borders
189 Bromus madritensis	Red Brome	*A	4-5	OW
190 Hordeum murinum	Foxtail	*A	3-7	W
191 Lamarckia aurea	Goldentop	*A	3-5	CSS, Ch
192 Leymus condensatus	Giant Rye Grass	P	5-8	CSS, Ch, OW
193 Melica imperfecta	Coast Range Melic	P	3-5	CSS, Ch, OW, burns
194 Muhlenbergia microsperma	Little-Seed Muhly	A	2-5	dry slopes, under Ch
195 Nassella lepida	Needlegrass	P	3-5	OW, CSS, Ch borders
196 Poa secunda	Blue Grass	P	-	-
197 Poa sp.	Blue Grass	-	-	-
198 Schismus barbatus	Abu-Mashi	*A	2-3	W, roadsides
199 Vulpia microstachys	Small Fescue	A	4-5	on grassy slopes
200 Vulpia myuros var. hirsuta	Rat-Tail Fescue	A	3-4	W
201 Vulpia sp.	Fescue	-	-	-
Abbreviations: T = Tree S = Shrub SS = Subshrub A = Annual B = Biennial P = Perennial * = Introduced Ch = Chaparral OW = Oak Woodland CSS = Coastal Sage    Scrub Rp = Riparian W = Weedy, Waste & Disturbed Places MC = Many Communities & = And Other Communities

Plant list digitized and a few names updated in accord with The Jepson Manual by Tom Chester and Michael Charters 30 November 2002. Note that there are 201 taxa, not 202, since in Bob's printed list, #187 is a duplicate of #50.

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