Flora of Foot and Walker Pass to Crime Canyon Area, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

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This is no longer the latest version of this flora. See Flora of Foot and Walker Pass to Smuggler Canyon Area for an updated version.

Introduction
Checklist

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Introduction

Fig. 1. Area of this flora. The black lines with the arrow tips outline the area searched for vouchers with coordinates. The dense blue diamonds show the route surveyed on 22 November 2014. The red solid line shows the route surveyed on 11 October 2013. Click on the map to get a larger version.

This list covers the area shown in Fig. 1, the northern parts of Blair Valley and Little Blair Valley and the hilly area to their north that includes Foot and Walker Pass, and the drainage to the east locally known as Crime Canyon.

This is an immature list, since we have never surveyed this area in prime time in a good year.

This list comes from:

• vouchers with coordinates inside the area of 33.02 to 33.05° N. latitude and -116.42 to -116.37° E. longitude obtained from a search on 23 November 2014 of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

  One voucher, SD156685, of Xylorhiza orcuttii, from 1939 by "an unknown collector", was tossed as being incorrectly located. Although the locality of this voucher is Little Blair Valley, Xylorhiza orcuttii is only known from the badlands far to the east of Little Blair Valley.

  Larry Hendrickson was by far the dominant collector, with 133 of the 292 accepted vouchers, 46%. No other collector had more than 22 vouchers. The 292 accepted vouchers were of 155 taxa.

  The distribution of the vouchers is shown in Fig. 2.

  

  Fig. 2. Cluster map of the vouchers with coordinates in this area, from the Consortium of California Herbaria.

• a field survey done on 11 October 2013, for monsoonal plants and to relocate the vouchered Abutilon palmeri, which was redetermined as Abutilon abutiloides by Jon Rebman in 2014. The survey was done by Tom Chester, James Dillane, Walt Fidler, and Ted Caragozian. The route was from the dry lake in Little Blair Valley to the hills to the north, including a loop in those hills. No effort was made to create a complete list or estimate abundances. A total of just 22 species were recorded on this trip.

• a field survey done on 22 November 2014, from just north of the dry lake in Blair Valley, through Foot and Walker Pass, through the similar pass on the east side of Peak 2867, and then east along the drainage from Crime Canyon to about halfway through Crime Canyon. This survey was done by Tom Chester, Keir Morse, Mike Crouse, and Adrienne Ballwey, with assistance from Keng-Lou James Hung and Bahram Kheradmand for the first part of that survey.

  A total of 88 taxa were observed in this survey, six of which need further observations to be certain of their determinations.

Checklist for the Area

See Information about the order in which the species are presented, and the links from the Scientific Name and Common Name.

The column #V gives the number of vouchers for each taxon from the Consortium, with a maximum value of 9.

One entry, Eriogonum trichopes, E. clavatum is indeterminate since the voucher determination of E. trichopes was made before the two subspecies of it were elevated to two species in the Jepson Manual Second Edition.

The column #Pl gives a rough estimate of the minimum number of plants that we saw in the 22 November 2014 survey, with a maximum value of 99 plants. The main intent of this column is to indicate the species for which we found very few plants.

Taxa without an entry in at least one of these columns were from the 11 October 2013 survey, or from observations in the Blair Valley Campground area.

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This is no longer the latest version of this flora. See Flora of Foot and Walker Pass to Smuggler Canyon Area for an updated version.

#	Famil	Scientific Name	(*)Common Name	#V	#Pl
Lycophytes
1	Selag	Selaginella bigelovii	Bigelow's spike-moss		25
2	Selag	Selaginella eremophila	desert spike-moss		99
Ferns
3	Pteri	Cheilanthes covillei	beady lipfern	1	99
4	Pteri	Cheilanthes parryi	woolly lipfern	2	10
5	Pteri	Cheilanthes viscida	sticky lipfern	3	50
6	Pteri	Notholaena californica ssp. californica	California cloak fern	1
7	Pteri	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	bird's-foot fern	1	10
Gymnosperms
8	Cupre	Juniperus californica	California juniper	2	99
9	Ephed	Ephedra aspera	Mormon tea	9	50
Eudicots
10	Amara	Amaranthus albus	*tumble pigweed	1
11	Amara	Amaranthus fimbriatus	fringed amaranth	1	99
12	Apocy	Funastrum cynanchoides var. hartwegii	climbing milkweed		~1
13	Apocy	Funastrum utahense	Utah vine milkweed	1
14	Apocy	Matelea parvifolia	spearleaf	1	7
15	Aster	Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. sphaerocephalus	goldenhead	1
16	Aster	Adenophyllum porophylloides	San Felipe dogweed	2	20
17	Aster	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	bur-ragweed	1
18	Aster	Ambrosia dumosa	burroweed	2	99
19	Aster	Ambrosia salsola var. salsola	cheesebush	2	99
20	Aster	Artemisia ludoviciana	silver wormwood	2	20
21	Aster	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula	white mugwort	1
22	Aster	Bahiopsis parishii	Parish's viguiera	4	99
23	Aster	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush	1	30
24	Aster	Brickellia desertorum	desert brickellia		2
25	Aster	Brickellia frutescens	shrubby brickellia	1	30
26	Aster	Chaenactis fremontii	Fremont pincushion	2
27	Aster	Encelia actoni	Acton encelia	2	30
28	Aster	Encelia farinosa	brittlebush		5
29	Aster	Ericameria brachylepis	boundary goldenbush	1	50
30	Aster	Ericameria linearifolia	narrowleaf goldenbush	1
31	Aster	Eriophyllum wallacei var. rubellum	Wallace's woolly daisy	4
32	Aster	Gutierrezia californica	California matchweed	1	20
33	Aster	Gutierrezia sarothrae	matchweed	1
34	Aster	Lasthenia gracilis	goldfields	2
35	Aster	Logfia filaginoides	California filago	2
36	Aster	Pectis papposa var. papposa	chinch-weed	4	20
37	Aster	Perityle emoryi	Emory's rock-daisy	1	5
38	Aster	Pleurocoronis pluriseta	arrow-leaf		5
39	Aster	Porophyllum gracile	odora	3	2
40	Aster	Rafinesquia neomexicana	desert chicory	1
41	Aster	Senecio californicus	California groundsel	2
42	Aster	Stephanomeria pauciflora	wire-lettuce		5
43	Aster	Stylocline psilocarphoides	Peck's stylocline	1
44	Aster	Trixis californica var. californica	California trixis	1	99
45	Aster	Uropappus lindleyi	silver puffs	2
46	Aster	Xylorhiza orcuttii	Orcutt's woody-aster	1
47	Borag	Amsinckia intermedia	common fiddleneck	2
48	Borag	Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata	bristly fiddleneck	2
49	Borag	Cryptantha barbigera var. barbigera	bearded cryptantha	2
50	Borag	Cryptantha decipiens	gravel cryptantha	1
51	Borag	Cryptantha micrantha var. micrantha	red-root cryptantha	1
52	Borag	Cryptantha pterocarya var. pterocarya	wing-nut cryptantha	3
53	Borag	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	whispering bells	4
54	Borag	Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. bipinnatifida	eucrypta	2
55	Borag	Eucrypta micrantha	desert eucrypta	1
56	Borag	Nama demissa var. demissa	purple mat	3
57	Borag	Pectocarya anisocarpa	Blair Valley combseed		x
58	Borag	Pectocarya peninsularis	Baja pectocarya	1
59	Borag	Pectocarya recurvata	curvenut combseed	3
60	Borag	Pectocarya setosa	moth combseed	1
61	Borag	Phacelia distans	common phacelia	5
62	Borag	Phacelia pedicellata	pedicellate phacelia	1
63	Borag	Plagiobothrys arizonicus	Arizona popcorn flower	3
64	Brass	Boechera perennans	perennial rock-cress		5
65	Brass	Brassica tournefortii	*Asian mustard	1
66	Brass	Caulanthus cooperi	Cooper's jewel-flower	2
67	Brass	Caulanthus hallii	Hall's caulanthus	1
68	Brass	Caulanthus lasiophyllus	California mustard	3
69	Brass	Descurainia pinnata	western tansy-mustard	2
70	Brass	Lepidium flavum var. felipense	Borrego Valley pepper-grass	2
71	Brass	Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum	hairy-podded pepper-grass	1
72	Brass	Sisymbrium irio	*London rocket	1
73	Brass	Sisymbrium orientale	*Oriental mustard	1
74	Brass	Thysanocarpus curvipes ssp. eradiatus	fringe-pod	4
75	Brass	Tropidocarpum gracile	slender tropidocarpum	1
76	Cacta	Cylindropuntia bigelovii	teddy-bear cholla		25
77	Cacta	Cylindropuntia ganderi	Gander's cholla		99
78	Cacta	Echinocereus engelmannii	Engelmann's hedgehog cactus		99
79	Cacta	Ferocactus cylindraceus	California barrel cactus		50
80	Cacta	Mammillaria dioica	California fish-hook cactus		50
81	Cacta	Mammillaria tetrancistra	desert fish-hook cactus		1
82	Cacta	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	beavertail cactus		30
83	Cacta	Opuntia chlorotica	pancake prickly-pear		4
84	Cacta	Opuntia phaeacantha	desert prickly-pear		2
85	Cheno	Atriplex canescens var. canescens	four-wing saltbush	2	3
86	Crass	Dudleya arizonica	Arizona chalk dudleya		20?
87	Cucur	Cucurbita palmata	coyote melon	4
88	Eupho	Bernardia incana	western bernardia		20
89	Eupho	Chamaesyce abramsiana	Abrams' prostrate spurge	5
90	Eupho	Chamaesyce albomarginata	rattlesnake weed	3
91	Eupho	Chamaesyce melanadenia	red-gland spurge	3	99
92	Eupho	Chamaesyce micromera	Sonoran spurge	3
93	Eupho	Chamaesyce setiloba	starfish (Yuma) spurge	1
94	Eupho	Ditaxis lanceolata	narrowleaf ditaxis	1	10
95	Eupho	Ditaxis neomexicana	New Mexico ditaxis	2	5
96	Eupho	Stillingia linearifolia	linear-leaved stillingia	2	30
97	Fabac	Acmispon brachycarpus	short-podded lotus	1
98	Fabac	Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus	short-winged deerweed		~30
99	Fabac	Acmispon rigidus	desert lotus	1
100	Fabac	Astragalus acutirostris	beaked rattle-weed	2
101	Fabac	Astragalus didymocarpus var. dispermus	dwarf white milk-vetch	1
102	Fabac	Astragalus palmeri	Palmer's milk-vetch		1
103	Fabac	Hoffmannseggia glauca	hog potato	7
104	Fabac	Lupinus concinnus	bajada lupine	2
105	Fabac	Marina parryi	Parry's marina	3	99
106	Fabac	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana	honey mesquite	1	1
107	Fabac	Senegalia greggii	catclaw		99
108	Fabac	Senna covesii	desert senna	3	25
109	Fagac	Quercus cornelius-mulleri	desert scrub oak		1
110	Fouqu	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	ocotillo		99
111	Geran	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree	5
112	Hyper	Hypericum anagalloides	tinker's penny	1
113	Krame	Krameria bicolor	white rhatany	1	50
114	Krame	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany	1	20
115	Lamia	Salvia apiana	white sage	2	50
116	Lamia	Salvia carduacea	thistle sage	1
117	Lamia	Salvia columbariae	chia	3	30
118	Loasa	Mentzelia albicaulis	white-stemmed blazing star	2
119	Loasa	Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi	Thurber's sandpaper-plant	1
120	Malva	Abutilon abutiloides	shrubby Indian mallow	1
121	Malva	Ayenia compacta	ayenia	3	30
122	Malva	Sphaeralcea angustifolia	copper globemallow	5
123	Mollu	Mollugo cerviana	*carpet-weed	1
124	Monti	Calyptridium monandrum	sand cress	3
125	Nycta	Boerhavia coulteri var. palmeri	Coulter's spiderling	2
126	Nycta	Boerhavia triquetra var. intermedia	fivewing spiderling	3	99?
127	Nycta	Boerhavia wrightii	Wright's spiderling	2
128	Nycta	Mirabilis laevis var. villosa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock	1
129	Oleac	Menodora scabra var. glabrescens	broom twinberry	1
130	Onagr	Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida	pale suncup	5
131	Onagr	Eulobus californicus	California suncup	2	20
132	Oroba	Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta	purple owl's-clover	1
133	Papav	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	small-flowered poppy	2
134	Papav	Eschscholzia parishii	Parish's poppy	1
135	Papav	Platystemon californicus	cream cups	1
136	Phrym	Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii	Bigelow's monkeyflower	1
137	Plant	Antirrhinum filipes	desert twining snapdragon	1
138	Plant	Plantago patagonica	Patagonia plantain	1
139	Polem	Eriastrum diffusum	miniature woolly-star	1
140	Polem	Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum	desert woolly-star		~50
141	Polem	Gilia stellata	star gilia	1
142	Polem	Loeseliastrum schottii	Schott's calico	1
143	Polyg	Centrostegia thurberi	red triangles	1
144	Polyg	Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu	brittle spineflower	1
145	Polyg	Eriogonum davidsonii	Davidson's buckwheat	4
146	Polyg	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	California buckwheat	2	99
147	Polyg	Eriogonum inflatum	desert trumpet		99
148	Polyg	Eriogonum maculatum	spotted buckwheat	1
149	Polyg	Eriogonum plumatella	yucca buckwheat		25
150	Polyg	Eriogonum thurberi	Thurber's buckwheat	1
151	Polyg	Eriogonum trichopes, E. clavatum	little desert trumpet	1
152	Polyg	Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum	Wright's buckwheat	1	50
153	Polyg	Pterostegia drymarioides	threadstem	2
154	Portu	Portulaca oleracea	*common purslane	2
155	Rosac	Coleogyne ramosissima	black brush	2	20
156	Rosac	Prunus fasciculata var. fasciculata	desert almond	1
157	Rosac	Prunus fremontii	desert apricot	2	99
158	Rubia	Galium stellatum	star-flowered bedstraw	1	10
159	Rutac	Thamnosma montana	turpentine broom	1	15
160	Simmo	Simmondsia chinensis	jojoba	2	99
161	Solan	Lycium andersonii	Anderson's boxthorn	1	40
162	Solan	Lycium cooperi	Cooper's boxthorn	3
163	Solan	Nicotiana obtusifolia	desert tobacco	1	10
164	Solan	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry	3	10
165	Solan	Solanum elaeagnifolium	*horse-nettle	2
166	Visca	Phoradendron bolleanum	dense mistletoe		15
167	Visca	Phoradendron californicum	desert mistletoe	1	50
168	Zygop	Kallstroemia californica	California caltrop
169	Zygop	Kallstroemia parviflora	few-flowered caltrop	1
170	Zygop	Larrea tridentata	creosote bush	1	99
171	Zygop	Tribulus terrestris	*puncture-vine	1
Monocots
172	Agava	Agave deserti var. deserti	desert agave		99
173	Agava	Yucca schidigera	Mohave yucca	1	99
174	Allia	Allium fimbriatum var. fimbriatum	fringed onion	1
175	Poace	Aristida adscensionis	six-weeks three-awn		25
176	Poace	Aristida purpurea var. fendleriana	Fendler three-awn	1	1
177	Poace	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama		20
178	Poace	Bouteloua barbata var. barbata	six-weeks grama	1
179	Poace	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	*red brome	4	99
180	Poace	Dasyochloa pulchella	fluff grass	1	1
181	Poace	Digitaria californica var. californica	Arizona cottontop	1
182	Poace	Festuca octoflora	hairy six-weeks fescue	3
183	Poace	Hilaria rigida	big galleta	2	99
184	Poace	Melica frutescens	tall melica	1	5
185	Poace	Muhlenbergia porteri	Porter's muhly		~2
186	Poace	Schismus barbatus	*Mediterranean schismus	2	99
187	Poace	Stipa speciosa	desert needlegrass	2
188	Rusca	Nolina parryi	Parry's nolina	1
189	Themi	Muilla maritima	muilla	2

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

We thank Keng-Lou James Hung and Bahram Kheradmand for help with the 22 November 2014 survey.

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