Flora of southeast Granite Mountain, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Flora of southeast Granite Mountain, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Introduction
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Introduction

Granite Mountain is a fairly-well-isolated large mountain that towers over the San Felipe Valley to the north, and Mason Valley to the south. It spans 6.5 miles east-west, and 4.0 miles north-south. It is on the immediate east of the Laguna Escarpment, southwest of Julian and Banner, and shares many montane species with those neighbors on its western side. It is on the immediate west of Shelter / Earthquake / Blair Valley, and shares many desert species with those neighbors on its eastern side.
We have long wanted to do a flora of the different sides of Granite Mountain, to document how the flora changes with cardinal direction. The checklist here is a first attempt to produce a flora of the southeast side of Granite Mountain. The flora is almost certain to be quite incomplete since much of Granite Mountain is very steep and difficult to access.
The southeast side has a north-south extent of 2.7 miles, and an east-west extent of 4.0 miles. It reaches its lowest elevation of 2300 feet at the junction of Box Canyon and Vallecito Wash on its southeasternmost end. The elevation increases to 2600 feet on its easternmost extent at the north end of Blair Valley; and to 2800 feet on its southern end, immediately south of the peak, in Rodriguez Canyon. The peak of Granite Mountain is at 5633 feet.
Fig. 1 shows a Google Earth view of Granite Mountain from the southeast.

Fig. 1. A Google Earth view of Granite Mountain from the southeast. The blue track is the route surveyed in Hornblende Canyon on 3 March 2014. Click on the picture to see a larger area.
This list comes from:

vouchers from the southeast side of Granite Mountain, obtained from a search on 5 March 2014 of the Consortium of California Herbaria using coordinates and localities.
The top collector by far was Larry Hendrickson, whose name was on 289 of the 730 vouchers, 40% of the total. Philip Munz was next, with his name on 92 vouchers, 13% of the total. Carl Epling (70), Frank Gander (48) and Victor Duran (45) are the other top five collectors.
The following species were rejected from the list for the stated reasons:

Ephedra viridis. The voucher was of a male plant, which cannot be reliably determined. The expected species here is E. aspera. Jon Rebman checked the voucher on 2 January 2014 and changed the determination to E. aspera.
Ephedra nevadensis. When Tom asked Jon about these vouchers, Jon looked at them and found that all of them were also male plants. There is no evidence at the moment that E. nevadensis exists in San Diego County.
Ephedra trifurca. This is almost surely a misdetermined voucher, since this species lives in dry sand dune areas, with the closest known locations in Imperial County. One duplicate of this voucher is determined as E. californica, a much-more-likely determination.

Some other species have possibly been mislocated at the bottom of Oriflamme Canyon instead of the top of that Canyon, such as Ceanothus leucodermis and Calochortus palmeri var. munzii.
a field survey on 3 March 2014 of 2.0 miles of Hornblende Canyon, by Tom Chester, Kate Harper, Adrienne Ballwey, Ted Caragozian, RT Hawke, and Shaun Hawke. Kate also botanized Hornblende Canyon on 25 February 2014 on a fast-paced hike and found a few species then that we didn't record on 3 March 2014. The route covered is shown in blue in Fig. 1.
a field survey on 7 March 2014 of 1.6 miles of Cool Canyon, by Tom Chester, Kate Harper, RT Hawke, and Shaun Hawke.
a field survey on 5 March 2021 of the lowermost 2.0 miles of Hornblende Canyon by Tom Chester and Don Rideout.
iNat observations for Hornblende Canyon accessed on 12 March 2021. The top observers were Terry Hunefeld with 191 observations; Birgit Knorr with 104 observations; Fred Melgert and Carla Hoegen with 75 observations; Don Rideout with 65 observations; and Alex Bairstow with 62 observations.

iNat observations for Cool Canyon have not yet been added.
The field surveys were done in a very dry year, so many annual species were missing, and the number of plants observed for annual species that were present are undoubtedly very much lower than would be observed in a wetter year.
The union of the above lists contains 275 taxa.
Fig. 2 shows the voucher locations and some of the localities.

Fig. 2. Geographic locations of vouchers (red dots) in a rectangle containing the se Granite Mountain area. Vouchers are almost entirely solely from the base of Granite Mountain, except for Cool Canyon.
Checklist for southeast Granite Mountain

See:

Notes on the Scientific Names Used At This Site and
Information about the order in which the species are presented, and the links from the Scientific Name and Common Name.

An asterisk before the common name indicates a non-native species.
The column with header BW links to the photo gallery page for each species at Fred Melgert and Carla Hoegen's BorregoWildflowers site.
The columns with the header #Pls give the minimum number of plants observed in Cool Canyon (CL) and Hornblende Canyon (HB). Additional species for both canyons are noted from vouchers, marked with V. Additional species in Hornblende Canyon are noted from online photos by Carla Hoegen and Fred Melgert, P for photos from the lower canyon (4 species), and U for photos on a trip through the length of the canyon to Granite Peak (2 species). If no species were seen in our surveys, or in vouchers, but were present in iNat observations, the columns contain iN.
Species that have no entry in the #Pls columns are from vouchers in the southeast area of Granite Mountain, from the Oriflamme area on the south to the Cool Canyon area on the east; see Fig. 2. Vouchers are primarily from 2300 to 2800 feet elevation, with a small number from 3000 to 4000 feet, and one voucher from 4400 feet elevation.
Our surveys of Hornblende Canyon covered the first 2.0 miles, elevations 2400 to 3100 feet.
Our survey of Cool Canyon covered 1.6 miles, consisting of 0.93 miles of the main canyon up to the junction with the uppermost tributary on the right; 0.15 miles of the tributary from the west; and 0.55 miles of the uppermost tributary on the right, elevations 2600 to 3400 feet. Don Rideout did an additional survey of Cool Canyon in 15 January 2021 that resulted in the find of several Pinus monophylla trees.
The vouchers in Cool Canyon are primarily from 2400 to 2800 feet elevation (108 out of 125 with elevations), with the rest from 3000 to 4000 feet.
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# Fam Scientific Name
Link goes to the Jepson eflora (*)Common Name
Link goes to Calphotos BW
#Pls
Cl HB
Lycophytes
1 Sel Selaginella bigelovii Bigelow's spike-moss BW 99 99
2 Sel Selaginella eremophila desert spike-moss BW 99 99
Ferns
3 Pte Cheilanthes covillei beady lipfern BW 99 99
4 Pte Cheilanthes viscida sticky lipfern BW 3 20
5 Pte Notholaena californica ssp. californica California cloak fern BW 7 10
6 Pte Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata bird's-foot fern BW 10 5
Gymnosperms
7 Cup Juniperus californica California juniper BW 60 99
8 Eph Ephedra aspera Mormon tea BW 99 75
9 Eph Ephedra californica desert tea BW iN
10 Pin Pinus monophylla pinyon pine BW 3
Eudicots
11 Aca Carlowrightia arizonica Arizona carlowrightia BW 37
12 Ama Amaranthus fimbriatus fringed amaranth BW 99 40
13 Ana Rhus ovata sugar bush BW 8 iN
14 Api Spermolepis lateriflora bristly spermolepis BW
15 Apo Funastrum cynanchoides var. hartwegii climbing milkweed BW V 99
16 Apo Funastrum utahense Utah vine milkweed BW 5
17 Ast Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. sphaerocephalus goldenhead BW 5
18 Ast Adenophyllum porophylloides San Felipe dogweed BW 60 10
19 Ast Ambrosia acanthicarpa bur-ragweed BW
20 Ast Ambrosia dumosa burroweed BW 3
21 Ast Ambrosia salsola var. salsola cheesebush BW 10 20
22 Ast Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula white mugwort BW
23 Ast Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta mountain mugwort BW 50 10
24 Ast Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana silver wormwood V
25 Ast Baccharis brachyphylla short-leaved baccharis BW 10 7
26 Ast Bahiopsis parishii Parish's goldeneye BW 99 99
27 Ast Bebbia juncea var. aspera sweetbush BW 40 25
28 Ast Brickellia atractyloides var. arguta California spear-leaved brickellia BW 23
29 Ast Brickellia frutescens shrubby brickellia BW 40 3
30 Ast Chaenactis artemisiifolia meally white pincushion BW
31 Ast Chaenactis fremontii Fremont pincushion BW 1 10
32 Ast Dimorphotheca sinuata *African daisy BW V
33 Ast Encelia actoni Acton encelia BW V
34 Ast Encelia farinosa brittlebush BW 99 99
35 Ast Encelia farinosa var. phenicodonta purple disk flower brittlebush BW V
36 Ast Ericameria brachylepis boundary goldenbush BW 50 50
37 Ast Ericameria linearifolia narrowleaf goldenbush BW V 1
38 Ast Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum golden yarrow BW 20 U
39 Ast Eriophyllum lanosum white easter-bonnets BW
40 Ast Eriophyllum wallacei var. rubellum Wallace's woolly daisy BW 3 P
41 Ast Gutierrezia sarothrae matchweed BW 30 30
42 Ast Lasthenia gracilis goldfields BW 10 iN
43 Ast Layia glandulosa white tidy-tips BW V
44 Ast Logfia filaginoides California filago BW 5
45 Ast Malacothrix glabrata desert dandelion BW V
46 Ast Malacothrix stebbinsii Stebbins' malacothrix BW
47 Ast Monoptilon bellioides desert star BW
48 Ast Pectis papposa var. papposa chinch-weed BW 20 75
49 Ast Perityle emoryi Emory's rock-daisy BW 12 10
50 Ast Porophyllum gracile odora BW 30 2
51 Ast Pseudognaphalium biolettii bicolored everlasting BW FC
52 Ast Pseudognaphalium californicum California everlasting BW FC
53 Ast Rafinesquia californica California chicory BW
54 Ast Rafinesquia neomexicana desert chicory BW iN
55 Ast Senecio californicus California groundsel BW
56 Ast Senecio flaccidus var. monoensis Mono ragwort BW
57 Ast Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua slender wreathplant BW V 1
58 Ast Stephanomeria pauciflora wire-lettuce BW 15 1
59 Ast Stylocline gnaphaloides everlasting nest-straw BW 5
60 Ast Trixis californica var. californica California trixis BW 5
61 Ast Uropappus lindleyi silver puffs BW V
62 Big Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata desert-willow BW
63 Bor Amsinckia intermedia common fiddleneck BW 99 99
64 Bor Cryptantha barbigera var. barbigera bearded cryptantha BW 40 10
65 Bor Cryptantha decipiens gravel cryptantha BW V
66 Bor Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia popcorn flower BW 2 2
67 Bor Cryptantha micrantha var. micrantha red-root cryptantha BW 1 5
68 Bor Cryptantha pterocarya f. pseudocycloptera wing-nut cryptantha 25 3
69 Bor Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora whispering bells BW 30 5
70 Bor Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. bipinnatifida eucrypta BW 8
71 Bor Harpagonella palmeri Palmer's grapplinghook
72 Bor Nama demissa var. demissa purple mat BW
73 Bor Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula slender combseed BW 1
74 Bor Pectocarya peninsularis Baja pectocarya BW V
75 Bor Pectocarya recurvata curvenut combseed BW 5 iN
76 Bor Pectocarya setosa moth combseed BW
77 Bor Phacelia affinis limestone phacelia BW FC
78 Bor Phacelia campanularia ssp. campanularia desert bluebells BW FC
79 Bor Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida caterpillar phacelia BW FC 1
80 Bor Phacelia cryptantha limestone phacelia BW
81 Bor Phacelia distans common phacelia BW 50 99
82 Bor Phacelia minor wild canterbury bells BW 10 1
83 Bor Phacelia pedicellata pedicellate phacelia BW 5
84 Bor Pholistoma auritum var. auritum fiesta flower 3
85 Bor Plagiobothrys arizonicus Arizona popcorn flower BW 2 iN
86 Bor Plagiobothrys nothofulvus rusty-haired popcorn flower BW
87 Bra Athysanus pusillus dwarf athysanus BW
88 Bra Boechera perennans perennial rock-cress BW 11 7
89 Bra Boechera xylopoda slender & beautiful rock-cress BW V
90 Bra Brassica tournefortii *Sahara mustard BW 99
91 Bra Caulanthus cooperi Cooper's jewel-flower BW
92 Bra Caulanthus hallii Hall's caulanthus BW 4
93 Bra Caulanthus lasiophyllus California mustard BW 1 iN
94 Bra Caulanthus simulans Payson's wild cabbage BW V 3
95 Bra Descurainia pinnata western tansy-mustard BW 3 1
96 Bra Dithyrea californica spectacle-pod BW
97 Bra Draba cuneifolia wedge-leaved draba BW V
98 Bra Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum hairy-podded pepper-grass BW 15 1
99 Bra Sisymbrium altissimum *tumble-mustard BW 1
100 Bra Sisymbrium irio *London rocket BW V
101 Bra Sisymbrium orientale *Oriental mustard BW 1
102 Bra Thysanocarpus curvipes ssp. eradiatus fringe-pod BW 1 iN
103 Bra Tropidocarpum gracile slender tropidocarpum BW V
104 Cac Cylindropuntia bigelovii teddy-bear cholla BW 50
105 Cac Cylindropuntia fosbergii pink teddy-bear cholla BW 99
106 Cac Cylindropuntia ganderi Gander's cholla BW 99 99
107 Cac Echinocereus engelmannii Engelmann's hedgehog cactus BW 99 35
108 Cac Ferocactus cylindraceus California barrel cactus BW 75 70
109 Cac Mammillaria dioica California fish-hook cactus BW 3 49
110 Cac Mammillaria tetrancistra desert fish-hook cactus BW 14
111 Cac Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris beavertail cactus BW 99 5
112 Cac Opuntia chlorotica pancake prickly-pear BW FC
113 Cac Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii Engelmann prickly-pear BW 1 2
114 Cac Opuntia phaeacantha desert prickly-pear BW 11
115 Cam Nemacladus glanduliferus glandular nemacladus BW
116 Car Loeflingia squarrosa spreading loeflingia BW V
117 Che Atriplex canescens var. canescens four-wing saltbush BW 2
118 Che Atriplex canescens var. laciniata Caleb four-wing saltbush BW V
119 Che Atriplex canescens var. macilenta Salton saltbush V
120 Che Atriplex polycarpa cattle saltbush BW
121 Che Chenopodium californicum California goosefoot BW
122 Con Cuscuta californica California dodder BW
123 Con Cuscuta pacifica var. pacifica saltmarsh dodder
124 Cra Crassula connata pygmy-weed BW V iN
125 Cra Dudleya arizonica Arizona chalk dudleya BW 33 30
126 Cuc Cucurbita palmata coyote melon BW
127 Cuc Marah macrocarpa wild-cucumber BW
128 Eri Arctostaphylos glauca bigberry manzanita BW 2
129 Eup Bernardia incana western bernardia BW 45 50
130 Eup Chamaesyce albomarginata rattlesnake weed BW
131 Eup Chamaesyce melanadenia red-gland spurge BW 20 15
132 Eup Chamaesyce micromera Sonoran spurge BW V
133 Eup Croton californicus California croton BW V
134 Eup Croton setiger dove weed BW
135 Eup Ditaxis lanceolata narrowleaf ditaxis BW 55 15
136 Eup Ditaxis neomexicana New Mexico ditaxis BW 50
137 Eup Euphorbia eriantha beetle spurge BW 6
138 Eup Stillingia linearifolia linear-leaved stillingia BW 3 50
139 Fab Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus southern California silver-lotus BW 5 2
140 Fab Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus short-winged deerweed BW 50 20
141 Fab Acmispon haydonii pygmy lotus BW 8
142 Fab Acmispon micranthus San Diego birdsfoot lotus BW
143 Fab Acmispon rigidus desert lotus BW V 1
144 Fab Acmispon strigosus strigose lotus BW 60 15
145 Fab Astragalus palmeri Palmer's milk-vetch BW 20 15
146 Fab Lotus corniculatus *bird's-foot lotus
147 Fab Lupinus bicolor dwarf lupine BW
148 Fab Lupinus concinnus bajada lupine BW 20 2
149 Fab Lupinus sparsiflorus Coulter's lupine BW 1
150 Fab Melilotus indicus *sourclover BW
151 Fab Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana honey mesquite BW 1
152 Fab Senegalia greggii catclaw BW 99 99
153 Fab Senna covesii desert senna BW V 99
154 Fag Quercus cornelius-mulleri desert scrub oak BW 5
155 Fou Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens ocotillo BW 80 99
156 Ger Erodium cicutarium *redstem filaree BW 99 99
157 Ger Erodium texanum Texas filaree BW
158 Kra Krameria bicolor white rhatany BW 15 15
159 Kra Krameria erecta Pima rhatany BW 10 3
160 Lam Salvia apiana white sage BW 10 10
161 Lam Salvia carduacea thistle sage BW 5
162 Lam Salvia columbariae chia BW 40 30
163 Loa Mentzelia affinis yellow blazing star BW
164 Loa Mentzelia albicaulis white-stemmed blazing star BW
165 Loa Mentzelia hirsutissima hairy stickleaf BW
166 Loa Mentzelia montana mountain blazing star BW V
167 Mal Ayenia compacta ayenia BW 45 20
168 Mal Herissantia crispa curly herissantia BW 1
169 Mal Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua apricot mallow BW 20 40
170 Mal Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rosacea rosy apricot mallow BW
171 Mol Mollugo cerviana *carpet-weed BW V 50
172 Mon Calandrinia ciliata red maids BW
173 Mon Calyptridium monandrum sand cress BW 1 2
174 Nyc Abronia villosa var. villosa hairy sand-verbena BW
175 Nyc Allionia incarnata var. villosa large-flowered trailing four o'clock BW 6
176 Nyc Boerhavia coulteri var. palmeri Coulter's spiderling 1
177 Nyc Boerhavia triquetra var. intermedia fivewing spiderling BW 99 40
178 Nyc Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa Bigelow's desert four-o'clock BW 99 20
179 Nyc Mirabilis laevis var. villosa Bigelow's desert four-o'clock BW V
180 Ole Menodora scabra var. glabrescens broom twinberry BW FC
181 Ona Camissonia strigulosa strigose suncup BW
182 Ona Camissoniopsis hirtella field suncup BW V
183 Ona Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida pale suncup BW 99 99
184 Ona Eulobus californicus California suncup BW 99 50
185 Oro Castilleja foliolosa woolly Indian paintbrush BW 5 1
186 Pap Argemone munita prickly poppy BW 11
187 Pap Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora small-flowered poppy BW 10
188 Phr Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii Bigelow's monkeyflower BW 1
189 Phr Mimulus brevipes wide-throated yellow monkeyflower BW
190 Phr Mimulus fremontii var. fremontii Fremont's monkeyflower BW
191 Pla Antirrhinum coulterianum Coulter's snapdragon BW
192 Pla Keckiella antirrhinoides var. microphylla little-leaved chaparral beardtongue BW 50 20
193 Pla Plantago patagonica Patagonia plantain BW 1
194 Pol Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum desert woolly-star BW 3 10
195 Pol Gilia stellata star gilia BW
196 Pol Leptosiphon aureus golden linanthus BW
197 Pol Leptosiphon lemmonii Lemmon's linanthus BW 5
198 Pol Linanthus dichotomus ssp. pattersonii evening-snow BW
199 Pol Loeseliastrum schottii Schott's calico BW V
200 Pol Saltugilia australis southern gilia BW 4 1
201 Pol Centrostegia thurberi red triangles BW
202 Pol Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu brittle spineflower BW V
203 Pol Chorizanthe fimbriata var. laciniata lace-fringed spineflower BW V
204 Pol Eriogonum davidsonii Davidson's buckwheat BW 10 5
205 Pol Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum long-stemmed buckwheat BW
206 Pol Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium California buckwheat BW 65 30
207 Pol Eriogonum gracile var. gracile slender buckwheat BW 5
208 Pol Eriogonum gracile var. incultum slender buckwheat BW V
209 Pol Eriogonum inflatum desert trumpet BW
210 Pol Eriogonum plumatella yucca buckwheat BW 20
211 Pol Eriogonum thurberi Thurber's buckwheat BW 5
212 Pol Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum Wright's buckwheat BW 60 50
213 Pol Lastarriaea coriacea leather spineflower
214 Pol Pterostegia drymarioides fairy bowties, threadstem BW V
215 Ran Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum intermediate larkspur BW 4
216 Rha Ceanothus leucodermis chaparral whitethorn BW
217 Rha Ziziphus parryi var. parryi lotebush BW V 10
218 Ros Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides birch-leaf mountain-mahogany BW
219 Ros Coleogyne ramosissima black brush BW
220 Ros Prunus fasciculata var. fasciculata desert almond BW 10
221 Ros Prunus fremontii desert apricot BW 99 99
222 Ros Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia hollyleaf cherry BW 2 2
223 Rub Galium angustifolium ssp. borregoense Borrego bedstraw BW 5
224 Rub Galium stellatum star-flowered bedstraw BW 1
225 Rut Thamnosma montana turpentine broom BW
226 Sim Simmondsia chinensis jojoba BW 35 50
227 Sol Datura wrightii sacred datura BW 4 99
228 Sol Lycium andersonii Anderson's boxthorn BW 10 49
229 Sol Lycium cooperi Cooper's boxthorn BW 5
230 Sol Lycium fremontii Fremont's boxthorn BW
231 Sol Nicotiana obtusifolia desert tobacco BW 25 8
232 Sol Physalis crassifolia thick-leaved ground cherry BW 15 20
233 Urt Parietaria hespera var. hespera pellitory BW 2
234 Vis Phoradendron bolleanum dense mistletoe BW V 10
235 Vis Phoradendron californicum desert mistletoe BW 25 30
236 Zyg Fagonia laevis California fagonia BW 4
237 Zyg Kallstroemia californica California caltrop BW
238 Zyg Larrea tridentata creosote bush BW 50 4
Monocots
239 Aga Agave deserti var. deserti desert agave BW 99 99
240 Aga Hesperoyucca whipplei chaparral yucca BW 1
241 Aga Yucca schidigera Mohave yucca BW 35 10
242 All Allium fimbriatum var. fimbriatum fringed onion BW V
243 Lil Calochortus palmeri var. munzii San Jacinto mariposa lily
244 Lil Calochortus splendens splendid mariposa lily BW V
245 Poa Aristida adscensionis six-weeks three-awn BW 99 20
246 Poa Aristida purpurea purple three-awn BW 20 30
247 Poa Aristida purpurea var. fendleriana Fendler three-awn BW
248 Poa Aristida purpurea var. longiseta red three-awn BW
249 Poa Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi Nealley three-awn BW V
250 Poa Aristida purpurea var. wrightii Wright three-awn BW V
251 Poa Avena barbata *slender wild oats BW 1
252 Poa Avena fatua *wild oats
253 Poa Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides needle grama BW 99
254 Poa Bouteloua barbata var. barbata six-weeks grama BW 99 70
255 Poa Bouteloua curtipendula side-oats grama BW 2 1
256 Poa Bromus berteroanus Chilean chess BW 2
257 Poa Bromus diandrus *ripgut brome BW
258 Poa Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens *red brome BW 99 99
259 Poa Bromus tectorum *downy brome BW 20
260 Poa Dasyochloa pulchella fluff grass BW V
261 Poa Festuca octoflora six-weeks fescue BW V
262 Poa Heteropogon contortus tanglehead BW 21
263 Poa Hilaria rigida big galleta BW 99
264 Poa Melica frutescens tall melica BW 50 20
265 Poa Muhlenbergia appressa appressed muhly V
266 Poa Muhlenbergia microsperma littleseed muhly BW 60 15
267 Poa Muhlenbergia porteri Porter's muhly BW 4
268 Poa Poa secunda ssp. secunda one-sided bluegrass BW 10
269 Poa Schismus barbatus *Mediterranean schismus BW 99 99
270 Poa Sporobolus cryptandrus sand dropseed BW 1
271 Poa Stipa parishii var. parishii Parish's needlegrass BW 8 10
272 Poa Stipa speciosa desert needlegrass BW 15 5
273 Rus Nolina parryi Parry's nolina BW 36
274 The Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. pauciflorum few-flowered blue dicks BW V iN
275 The Muilla maritima muilla BW V

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

#	Fam	Scientific Name Link goes to the Jepson eflora	(*)Common Name Link goes to Calphotos	BW	#Pls
Cl	HB
Lycophytes
1	Sel	Selaginella bigelovii	Bigelow's spike-moss	BW	99	99
2	Sel	Selaginella eremophila	desert spike-moss	BW	99	99
Ferns
3	Pte	Cheilanthes covillei	beady lipfern	BW	99	99
4	Pte	Cheilanthes viscida	sticky lipfern	BW	3	20
5	Pte	Notholaena californica ssp. californica	California cloak fern	BW	7	10
6	Pte	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	bird's-foot fern	BW	10	5
Gymnosperms
7	Cup	Juniperus californica	California juniper	BW	60	99
8	Eph	Ephedra aspera	Mormon tea	BW	99	75
9	Eph	Ephedra californica	desert tea	BW		iN
10	Pin	Pinus monophylla	pinyon pine	BW	3
Eudicots
11	Aca	Carlowrightia arizonica	Arizona carlowrightia	BW	37
12	Ama	Amaranthus fimbriatus	fringed amaranth	BW	99	40
13	Ana	Rhus ovata	sugar bush	BW	8	iN
14	Api	Spermolepis lateriflora	bristly spermolepis	BW
15	Apo	Funastrum cynanchoides var. hartwegii	climbing milkweed	BW	V	99
16	Apo	Funastrum utahense	Utah vine milkweed	BW	5
17	Ast	Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. sphaerocephalus	goldenhead	BW	5
18	Ast	Adenophyllum porophylloides	San Felipe dogweed	BW	60	10
19	Ast	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	bur-ragweed	BW
20	Ast	Ambrosia dumosa	burroweed	BW		3
21	Ast	Ambrosia salsola var. salsola	cheesebush	BW	10	20
22	Ast	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula	white mugwort	BW
23	Ast	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta	mountain mugwort	BW	50	10
24	Ast	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana	silver wormwood		V
25	Ast	Baccharis brachyphylla	short-leaved baccharis	BW	10	7
26	Ast	Bahiopsis parishii	Parish's goldeneye	BW	99	99
27	Ast	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush	BW	40	25
28	Ast	Brickellia atractyloides var. arguta	California spear-leaved brickellia	BW	23
29	Ast	Brickellia frutescens	shrubby brickellia	BW	40	3
30	Ast	Chaenactis artemisiifolia	meally white pincushion	BW
31	Ast	Chaenactis fremontii	Fremont pincushion	BW	1	10
32	Ast	Dimorphotheca sinuata	*African daisy	BW	V
33	Ast	Encelia actoni	Acton encelia	BW	V
34	Ast	Encelia farinosa	brittlebush	BW	99	99
35	Ast	Encelia farinosa var. phenicodonta	purple disk flower brittlebush	BW	V
36	Ast	Ericameria brachylepis	boundary goldenbush	BW	50	50
37	Ast	Ericameria linearifolia	narrowleaf goldenbush	BW	V	1
38	Ast	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	golden yarrow	BW	20	U
39	Ast	Eriophyllum lanosum	white easter-bonnets	BW
40	Ast	Eriophyllum wallacei var. rubellum	Wallace's woolly daisy	BW	3	P
41	Ast	Gutierrezia sarothrae	matchweed	BW	30	30
42	Ast	Lasthenia gracilis	goldfields	BW	10	iN
43	Ast	Layia glandulosa	white tidy-tips	BW	V
44	Ast	Logfia filaginoides	California filago	BW	5
45	Ast	Malacothrix glabrata	desert dandelion	BW	V
46	Ast	Malacothrix stebbinsii	Stebbins' malacothrix	BW
47	Ast	Monoptilon bellioides	desert star	BW
48	Ast	Pectis papposa var. papposa	chinch-weed	BW	20	75
49	Ast	Perityle emoryi	Emory's rock-daisy	BW	12	10
50	Ast	Porophyllum gracile	odora	BW	30	2
51	Ast	Pseudognaphalium biolettii	bicolored everlasting	BW	FC
52	Ast	Pseudognaphalium californicum	California everlasting	BW	FC
53	Ast	Rafinesquia californica	California chicory	BW
54	Ast	Rafinesquia neomexicana	desert chicory	BW		iN
55	Ast	Senecio californicus	California groundsel	BW
56	Ast	Senecio flaccidus var. monoensis	Mono ragwort	BW
57	Ast	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua	slender wreathplant	BW	V	1
58	Ast	Stephanomeria pauciflora	wire-lettuce	BW	15	1
59	Ast	Stylocline gnaphaloides	everlasting nest-straw	BW	5
60	Ast	Trixis californica var. californica	California trixis	BW		5
61	Ast	Uropappus lindleyi	silver puffs	BW	V
62	Big	Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata	desert-willow	BW
63	Bor	Amsinckia intermedia	common fiddleneck	BW	99	99
64	Bor	Cryptantha barbigera var. barbigera	bearded cryptantha	BW	40	10
65	Bor	Cryptantha decipiens	gravel cryptantha	BW	V
66	Bor	Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia	popcorn flower	BW	2	2
67	Bor	Cryptantha micrantha var. micrantha	red-root cryptantha	BW	1	5
68	Bor	Cryptantha pterocarya f. pseudocycloptera	wing-nut cryptantha		25	3
69	Bor	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	whispering bells	BW	30	5
70	Bor	Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. bipinnatifida	eucrypta	BW	8
71	Bor	Harpagonella palmeri	Palmer's grapplinghook
72	Bor	Nama demissa var. demissa	purple mat	BW
73	Bor	Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula	slender combseed	BW		1
74	Bor	Pectocarya peninsularis	Baja pectocarya	BW	V
75	Bor	Pectocarya recurvata	curvenut combseed	BW	5	iN
76	Bor	Pectocarya setosa	moth combseed	BW
77	Bor	Phacelia affinis	limestone phacelia	BW	FC
78	Bor	Phacelia campanularia ssp. campanularia	desert bluebells	BW	FC
79	Bor	Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida	caterpillar phacelia	BW	FC	1
80	Bor	Phacelia cryptantha	limestone phacelia	BW
81	Bor	Phacelia distans	common phacelia	BW	50	99
82	Bor	Phacelia minor	wild canterbury bells	BW	10	1
83	Bor	Phacelia pedicellata	pedicellate phacelia	BW	5
84	Bor	Pholistoma auritum var. auritum	fiesta flower			3
85	Bor	Plagiobothrys arizonicus	Arizona popcorn flower	BW	2	iN
86	Bor	Plagiobothrys nothofulvus	rusty-haired popcorn flower	BW
87	Bra	Athysanus pusillus	dwarf athysanus	BW
88	Bra	Boechera perennans	perennial rock-cress	BW	11	7
89	Bra	Boechera xylopoda	slender & beautiful rock-cress	BW	V
90	Bra	Brassica tournefortii	*Sahara mustard	BW		99
91	Bra	Caulanthus cooperi	Cooper's jewel-flower	BW
92	Bra	Caulanthus hallii	Hall's caulanthus	BW	4
93	Bra	Caulanthus lasiophyllus	California mustard	BW	1	iN
94	Bra	Caulanthus simulans	Payson's wild cabbage	BW	V	3
95	Bra	Descurainia pinnata	western tansy-mustard	BW	3	1
96	Bra	Dithyrea californica	spectacle-pod	BW
97	Bra	Draba cuneifolia	wedge-leaved draba	BW	V
98	Bra	Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum	hairy-podded pepper-grass	BW	15	1
99	Bra	Sisymbrium altissimum	*tumble-mustard	BW	1
100	Bra	Sisymbrium irio	*London rocket	BW	V
101	Bra	Sisymbrium orientale	*Oriental mustard	BW	1
102	Bra	Thysanocarpus curvipes ssp. eradiatus	fringe-pod	BW	1	iN
103	Bra	Tropidocarpum gracile	slender tropidocarpum	BW	V
104	Cac	Cylindropuntia bigelovii	teddy-bear cholla	BW		50
105	Cac	Cylindropuntia fosbergii	pink teddy-bear cholla	BW		99
106	Cac	Cylindropuntia ganderi	Gander's cholla	BW	99	99
107	Cac	Echinocereus engelmannii	Engelmann's hedgehog cactus	BW	99	35
108	Cac	Ferocactus cylindraceus	California barrel cactus	BW	75	70
109	Cac	Mammillaria dioica	California fish-hook cactus	BW	3	49
110	Cac	Mammillaria tetrancistra	desert fish-hook cactus	BW	14
111	Cac	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	beavertail cactus	BW	99	5
112	Cac	Opuntia chlorotica	pancake prickly-pear	BW	FC
113	Cac	Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii	Engelmann prickly-pear	BW	1	2
114	Cac	Opuntia phaeacantha	desert prickly-pear	BW	11
115	Cam	Nemacladus glanduliferus	glandular nemacladus	BW
116	Car	Loeflingia squarrosa	spreading loeflingia	BW	V
117	Che	Atriplex canescens var. canescens	four-wing saltbush	BW		2
118	Che	Atriplex canescens var. laciniata	Caleb four-wing saltbush	BW	V
119	Che	Atriplex canescens var. macilenta	Salton saltbush		V
120	Che	Atriplex polycarpa	cattle saltbush	BW
121	Che	Chenopodium californicum	California goosefoot	BW
122	Con	Cuscuta californica	California dodder	BW
123	Con	Cuscuta pacifica var. pacifica	saltmarsh dodder
124	Cra	Crassula connata	pygmy-weed	BW	V	iN
125	Cra	Dudleya arizonica	Arizona chalk dudleya	BW	33	30
126	Cuc	Cucurbita palmata	coyote melon	BW
127	Cuc	Marah macrocarpa	wild-cucumber	BW
128	Eri	Arctostaphylos glauca	bigberry manzanita	BW	2
129	Eup	Bernardia incana	western bernardia	BW	45	50
130	Eup	Chamaesyce albomarginata	rattlesnake weed	BW
131	Eup	Chamaesyce melanadenia	red-gland spurge	BW	20	15
132	Eup	Chamaesyce micromera	Sonoran spurge	BW	V
133	Eup	Croton californicus	California croton	BW	V
134	Eup	Croton setiger	dove weed	BW
135	Eup	Ditaxis lanceolata	narrowleaf ditaxis	BW	55	15
136	Eup	Ditaxis neomexicana	New Mexico ditaxis	BW		50
137	Eup	Euphorbia eriantha	beetle spurge	BW		6
138	Eup	Stillingia linearifolia	linear-leaved stillingia	BW	3	50
139	Fab	Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus	southern California silver-lotus	BW	5	2
140	Fab	Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus	short-winged deerweed	BW	50	20
141	Fab	Acmispon haydonii	pygmy lotus	BW		8
142	Fab	Acmispon micranthus	San Diego birdsfoot lotus	BW
143	Fab	Acmispon rigidus	desert lotus	BW	V	1
144	Fab	Acmispon strigosus	strigose lotus	BW	60	15
145	Fab	Astragalus palmeri	Palmer's milk-vetch	BW	20	15
146	Fab	Lotus corniculatus	*bird's-foot lotus
147	Fab	Lupinus bicolor	dwarf lupine	BW
148	Fab	Lupinus concinnus	bajada lupine	BW	20	2
149	Fab	Lupinus sparsiflorus	Coulter's lupine	BW	1
150	Fab	Melilotus indicus	*sourclover	BW
151	Fab	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana	honey mesquite	BW	1
152	Fab	Senegalia greggii	catclaw	BW	99	99
153	Fab	Senna covesii	desert senna	BW	V	99
154	Fag	Quercus cornelius-mulleri	desert scrub oak	BW	5
155	Fou	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	ocotillo	BW	80	99
156	Ger	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree	BW	99	99
157	Ger	Erodium texanum	Texas filaree	BW
158	Kra	Krameria bicolor	white rhatany	BW	15	15
159	Kra	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany	BW	10	3
160	Lam	Salvia apiana	white sage	BW	10	10
161	Lam	Salvia carduacea	thistle sage	BW	5
162	Lam	Salvia columbariae	chia	BW	40	30
163	Loa	Mentzelia affinis	yellow blazing star	BW
164	Loa	Mentzelia albicaulis	white-stemmed blazing star	BW
165	Loa	Mentzelia hirsutissima	hairy stickleaf	BW
166	Loa	Mentzelia montana	mountain blazing star	BW	V
167	Mal	Ayenia compacta	ayenia	BW	45	20
168	Mal	Herissantia crispa	curly herissantia	BW		1
169	Mal	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua	apricot mallow	BW	20	40
170	Mal	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rosacea	rosy apricot mallow	BW
171	Mol	Mollugo cerviana	*carpet-weed	BW	V	50
172	Mon	Calandrinia ciliata	red maids	BW
173	Mon	Calyptridium monandrum	sand cress	BW	1	2
174	Nyc	Abronia villosa var. villosa	hairy sand-verbena	BW
175	Nyc	Allionia incarnata var. villosa	large-flowered trailing four o'clock	BW		6
176	Nyc	Boerhavia coulteri var. palmeri	Coulter's spiderling		1
177	Nyc	Boerhavia triquetra var. intermedia	fivewing spiderling	BW	99	40
178	Nyc	Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock	BW	99	20
179	Nyc	Mirabilis laevis var. villosa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock	BW	V
180	Ole	Menodora scabra var. glabrescens	broom twinberry	BW	FC
181	Ona	Camissonia strigulosa	strigose suncup	BW
182	Ona	Camissoniopsis hirtella	field suncup	BW	V
183	Ona	Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida	pale suncup	BW	99	99
184	Ona	Eulobus californicus	California suncup	BW	99	50
185	Oro	Castilleja foliolosa	woolly Indian paintbrush	BW	5	1
186	Pap	Argemone munita	prickly poppy	BW	11
187	Pap	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	small-flowered poppy	BW		10
188	Phr	Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii	Bigelow's monkeyflower	BW		1
189	Phr	Mimulus brevipes	wide-throated yellow monkeyflower	BW
190	Phr	Mimulus fremontii var. fremontii	Fremont's monkeyflower	BW
191	Pla	Antirrhinum coulterianum	Coulter's snapdragon	BW
192	Pla	Keckiella antirrhinoides var. microphylla	little-leaved chaparral beardtongue	BW	50	20
193	Pla	Plantago patagonica	Patagonia plantain	BW	1
194	Pol	Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum	desert woolly-star	BW	3	10
195	Pol	Gilia stellata	star gilia	BW
196	Pol	Leptosiphon aureus	golden linanthus	BW
197	Pol	Leptosiphon lemmonii	Lemmon's linanthus	BW	5
198	Pol	Linanthus dichotomus ssp. pattersonii	evening-snow	BW
199	Pol	Loeseliastrum schottii	Schott's calico	BW	V
200	Pol	Saltugilia australis	southern gilia	BW	4	1
201	Pol	Centrostegia thurberi	red triangles	BW
202	Pol	Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu	brittle spineflower	BW	V
203	Pol	Chorizanthe fimbriata var. laciniata	lace-fringed spineflower	BW	V
204	Pol	Eriogonum davidsonii	Davidson's buckwheat	BW	10	5
205	Pol	Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum	long-stemmed buckwheat	BW
206	Pol	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	California buckwheat	BW	65	30
207	Pol	Eriogonum gracile var. gracile	slender buckwheat	BW		5
208	Pol	Eriogonum gracile var. incultum	slender buckwheat	BW	V
209	Pol	Eriogonum inflatum	desert trumpet	BW
210	Pol	Eriogonum plumatella	yucca buckwheat	BW	20
211	Pol	Eriogonum thurberi	Thurber's buckwheat	BW	5
212	Pol	Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum	Wright's buckwheat	BW	60	50
213	Pol	Lastarriaea coriacea	leather spineflower
214	Pol	Pterostegia drymarioides	fairy bowties, threadstem	BW	V
215	Ran	Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum	intermediate larkspur	BW	4
216	Rha	Ceanothus leucodermis	chaparral whitethorn	BW
217	Rha	Ziziphus parryi var. parryi	lotebush	BW	V	10
218	Ros	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	BW
219	Ros	Coleogyne ramosissima	black brush	BW
220	Ros	Prunus fasciculata var. fasciculata	desert almond	BW	10
221	Ros	Prunus fremontii	desert apricot	BW	99	99
222	Ros	Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia	hollyleaf cherry	BW	2	2
223	Rub	Galium angustifolium ssp. borregoense	Borrego bedstraw	BW	5
224	Rub	Galium stellatum	star-flowered bedstraw	BW		1
225	Rut	Thamnosma montana	turpentine broom	BW
226	Sim	Simmondsia chinensis	jojoba	BW	35	50
227	Sol	Datura wrightii	sacred datura	BW	4	99
228	Sol	Lycium andersonii	Anderson's boxthorn	BW	10	49
229	Sol	Lycium cooperi	Cooper's boxthorn	BW	5
230	Sol	Lycium fremontii	Fremont's boxthorn	BW
231	Sol	Nicotiana obtusifolia	desert tobacco	BW	25	8
232	Sol	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry	BW	15	20
233	Urt	Parietaria hespera var. hespera	pellitory	BW		2
234	Vis	Phoradendron bolleanum	dense mistletoe	BW	V	10
235	Vis	Phoradendron californicum	desert mistletoe	BW	25	30
236	Zyg	Fagonia laevis	California fagonia	BW		4
237	Zyg	Kallstroemia californica	California caltrop	BW
238	Zyg	Larrea tridentata	creosote bush	BW	50	4
Monocots
239	Aga	Agave deserti var. deserti	desert agave	BW	99	99
240	Aga	Hesperoyucca whipplei	chaparral yucca	BW		1
241	Aga	Yucca schidigera	Mohave yucca	BW	35	10
242	All	Allium fimbriatum var. fimbriatum	fringed onion	BW	V
243	Lil	Calochortus palmeri var. munzii	San Jacinto mariposa lily
244	Lil	Calochortus splendens	splendid mariposa lily	BW	V
245	Poa	Aristida adscensionis	six-weeks three-awn	BW	99	20
246	Poa	Aristida purpurea	purple three-awn	BW	20	30
247	Poa	Aristida purpurea var. fendleriana	Fendler three-awn	BW
248	Poa	Aristida purpurea var. longiseta	red three-awn	BW
249	Poa	Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi	Nealley three-awn	BW	V
250	Poa	Aristida purpurea var. wrightii	Wright three-awn	BW	V
251	Poa	Avena barbata	*slender wild oats	BW		1
252	Poa	Avena fatua	*wild oats
253	Poa	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama	BW	99
254	Poa	Bouteloua barbata var. barbata	six-weeks grama	BW	99	70
255	Poa	Bouteloua curtipendula	side-oats grama	BW	2	1
256	Poa	Bromus berteroanus	Chilean chess	BW	2
257	Poa	Bromus diandrus	*ripgut brome	BW
258	Poa	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	*red brome	BW	99	99
259	Poa	Bromus tectorum	*downy brome	BW		20
260	Poa	Dasyochloa pulchella	fluff grass	BW	V
261	Poa	Festuca octoflora	six-weeks fescue	BW	V
262	Poa	Heteropogon contortus	tanglehead	BW	21
263	Poa	Hilaria rigida	big galleta	BW	99
264	Poa	Melica frutescens	tall melica	BW	50	20
265	Poa	Muhlenbergia appressa	appressed muhly		V
266	Poa	Muhlenbergia microsperma	littleseed muhly	BW	60	15
267	Poa	Muhlenbergia porteri	Porter's muhly	BW	4
268	Poa	Poa secunda ssp. secunda	one-sided bluegrass	BW	10
269	Poa	Schismus barbatus	*Mediterranean schismus	BW	99	99
270	Poa	Sporobolus cryptandrus	sand dropseed	BW	1
271	Poa	Stipa parishii var. parishii	Parish's needlegrass	BW	8	10
272	Poa	Stipa speciosa	desert needlegrass	BW	15	5
273	Rus	Nolina parryi	Parry's nolina	BW	36
274	The	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. pauciflorum	few-flowered blue dicks	BW	V	iN
275	The	Muilla maritima	muilla	BW	V

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