Flora of Dry Canyon Area, Culp Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

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Introduction
Checklist

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Introduction

This checklist is only for the Dry Canyon Area, part of the Culp Valley Flora. It has been updated on 30 January 2020 to include iNat observations, from the version currently in the Culp Valley Flora.

Checklist for Dry Canyon Area, Culp Valley Area

See:

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

The column with header Famil gives the first five letters of the plant family name. See Plant Family Abbreviations.

An asterisk before the common name indicates a non-native species.

The column with header #Pls gives the minimum number of plants seen for each observed species, up to a maximum of 99 plants. If we didn't observe a species, but it was vouchered, a V is present in the appropriate column. If this column contains iN, there was an iNaturalist observation of a species not found in vouchers.

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#	Famil	Scientific Name Link goes to the Jepson eflora	(*)Common Name Link goes to Calphotos	#Pls
Ferns
1	Pteri	Cheilanthes covillei	beady lipfern	7
2	Pteri	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	bird's-foot fern	2
Gymnosperms
3	Cupre	Juniperus californica	California juniper	15
Eudicots
4	Acant	Justicia californica	chuparosa	iN
5	Adoxa	Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea	blue elderberry	1
6	Amara	Amaranthus fimbriatus	fringed amaranth	99
7	Anaca	Rhus ovata	sugar bush	99
8	Apocy	Funastrum cynanchoides var. hartwegii	climbing milkweed	1
9	Aster	Adenophyllum porophylloides	San Felipe dogweed	50
10	Aster	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	bur-ragweed	5
11	Aster	Ambrosia salsola var. salsola	cheesebush	99
12	Aster	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta	mountain mugwort	99
13	Aster	Bahiopsis parishii	Parish's goldeneye	99
14	Aster	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush	3
15	Aster	Brickellia frutescens	shrubby brickellia	99
16	Aster	Chaenactis fremontii	Fremont pincushion	iN
17	Aster	Encelia actoni	Acton encelia	99
18	Aster	Encelia farinosa	brittlebush	99
19	Aster	Ericameria brachylepis	boundary goldenbush	70
20	Aster	Ericameria linearifolia	narrowleaf goldenbush	10
21	Aster	Eriophyllum wallacei var. wallacei	Wallace's woolly daisy	iN
22	Aster	Gutierrezia sarothrae	matchweed	99
23	Aster	Lasthenia gracilis	goldfields	iN
24	Aster	Malacothrix glabrata	desert dandelion	iN
25	Aster	Pectis papposa var. papposa	chinch-weed	99
26	Aster	Porophyllum gracile	odora	50
27	Aster	Pseudognaphalium biolettii	bicolored everlasting	iN
28	Aster	Pseudognaphalium microcephalum	white everlasting	3
29	Aster	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua	slender wreathplant	20
30	Aster	Stephanomeria pauciflora	wire-lettuce	30
31	Aster	Trixis californica var. californica	California trixis	iN
32	Borag	Amsinckia intermedia	common fiddleneck	iN
33	Borag	Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata	bristly fiddleneck	iN
34	Borag	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	whispering bells	iN
35	Borag	Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. lanatum	smoothleaf yerba santa	iN
36	Borag	Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. bipinnatifida	eucrypta	iN
37	Borag	Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida	caterpillar phacelia	iN
38	Borag	Phacelia distans	common phacelia	iN
39	Borag	Phacelia minor	wild canterbury bells	iN
40	Borag	Pholisma arenarium	sand plant	iN
41	Borag	Pholistoma membranaceum	white fiesta flower	iN
42	Borag	Plagiobothrys tenellus	slender popcorn flower	iN
43	Brass	Brassica tournefortii	*Sahara mustard	iN
44	Brass	Descurainia pinnata	western tansy-mustard	iN
45	Brass	Hirschfeldia incana	*shortpod mustard	2
46	Brass	Thysanocarpus curvipes ssp. eradiatus	fringe-pod	iN
47	Brass	Tropidocarpum gracile	slender tropidocarpum	iN
48	Cacta	Cylindropuntia ganderi	Gander's cholla	99
49	Cacta	Echinocereus engelmannii	Engelmann's hedgehog cactus	70
50	Cacta	Ferocactus cylindraceus	California barrel cactus	iN
51	Cacta	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	beavertail cactus	99
52	Convo	Cuscuta sp.	dodder	1
53	Crass	Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides	desert dudleya	5
54	Cucur	Cucurbita palmata	coyote melon	25
55	Cucur	Marah macrocarpa	wild-cucumber	iN
56	Erica	Arctostaphylos glauca	bigberry manzanita	40
57	Eupho	Bernardia incana	western bernardia	5
58	Eupho	Chamaesyce albomarginata	rattlesnake weed	10
59	Eupho	Chamaesyce melanadenia	red-gland spurge	99
60	Eupho	Chamaesyce micromera	Sonoran spurge	99
61	Eupho	Chamaesyce setiloba	starfish (Yuma) spurge	99
62	Eupho	Ditaxis neomexicana	New Mexico ditaxis	60
63	Eupho	Stillingia linearifolia	linear-leaved stillingia	50
64	Fabac	Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus	short-winged deerweed	50
65	Fabac	Acmispon rigidus	desert lotus	2
66	Fabac	Acmispon strigosus	strigose lotus	iN
67	Fabac	Lupinus bicolor	dwarf lupine	iN
68	Fabac	Lupinus concinnus	bajada lupine	iN
69	Fabac	Senegalia greggii	catclaw	99
70	Fagac	Quercus cornelius-mulleri	desert scrub oak	99
71	Geran	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree	10
72	Gross	Ribes indecorum	white-flowering currant	10
73	Krame	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany	99
74	Lamia	Monardella nana	little monardella	iN
75	Lamia	Salvia apiana	white sage	99
76	Lamia	Salvia columbariae	chia	1
77	Malva	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua	apricot mallow	iN
78	Malva	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa	desert globemallow	60
79	Mollu	Mollugo cerviana	*carpet-weed	10
80	Nycta	Boerhavia triquetra var. intermedia	fivewing spiderling	99
81	Nycta	Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock	99
82	Onagr	Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida	pale sun-cup	iN
83	Papav	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	small-flowered poppy	iN
84	Papav	Eschscholzia parishii	Parish's poppy	iN
85	Plant	Keckiella antirrhinoides var. microphylla	little-leaved chaparral beard-tongue	6
86	Polem	Gilia diegensis	coastal gilia	iN
87	Polyg	Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum	long-stemmed buckwheat	3
88	Polyg	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	California buckwheat	99
89	Portu	Portulaca oleracea	*common purslane	99
90	Rhamn	Ceanothus perplexans	cupped-leaf ceanothus	iN
91	Rhamn	Ziziphus parryi var. parryi	lotebush	70
92	Rosac	Adenostoma fasciculatum	chamise	50
93	Rosac	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	15
94	Rosac	Prunus fremontii	desert apricot	99
95	Rubia	Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii	phlox-leaved bedstraw	iN
96	Rubia	Galium angustifolium ssp. borregoense	Borrego bedstraw	3
97	Rutac	Thamnosma montana	turpentine broom	8
98	Simmo	Simmondsia chinensis	jojoba	40
99	Solan	Datura wrightii	sacred datura	99
100	Solan	Lycium andersonii	Anderson's desert-thorn	16
101	Solan	Nicotiana obtusifolia	desert tobacco	1
102	Solan	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry	99
103	Solan	Solanum parishii	Parish's purple nightshade	20
104	Visca	Phoradendron californicum	desert mistletoe	99
105	Zygop	Kallstroemia parviflora	*few-flowered caltrop	75
106	Zygop	Tribulus terrestris	*puncture-vine	50
Monocots
107	Agava	Agave deserti var. deserti	desert agave	50
108	Agava	Hesperoyucca whipplei	chaparral yucca	10
109	Agava	Yucca schidigera	Mohave yucca	20
110	Poace	Aristida adscensionis	six-weeks three-awn	25
111	Poace	Aristida purpurea	purple three-awn	20
112	Poace	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama	99
113	Poace	Bouteloua barbata var. barbata	six-weeks grama	99
114	Poace	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	*red brome	99
115	Poace	Melica frutescens	tall melica	3
116	Poace	Schismus barbatus	*Mediterranean schismus	20
117	Poace	Stipa speciosa	desert needlegrass	1
118	Rusca	Nolina parryi	Parry's nolina	15
119	Themi	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	blue dicks	iN

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

We thank the following people who participated in one field trip: Wayne Armstrong, Vince Balch, Neil Bouscaren, Michael Charters, Jeff Field, Frank Harris, RT Hawke, Shaun Hawke, Lance Holmberg, Nancy Morin, and John Randall.

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• Plants of Southern California: Regional Floras