Flora of June Wash Area, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

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Introduction
Checklist

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Introduction

This checklist for June Wash is made from the following surveys:

• surveys by Carla Hoegen and Fred Melgert on 30 November 2018 and 30 December 2018.

• a survey covering a unique ~3.0 miles up June Wash and its eastern tributary on 16 December 2018 by Tom Chester, Walt Fidler, Kate Harper, Carla Hoegen, Birgit Knorr, Fred Melgert, Don Rideout, and Joe Woods.

• surveys by Walt Fidler on 20 December 2018; 9, 10, and 19 January 2019; 8, 9, and 28 February 2019; and 6 March 2019.

• a survey covering a unique ~2.5 miles up the main June Wash above its junction with its eastern tributary on 24 December 2018 by Nancy Accola, Tom Chester, Walt Fidler, Kate Harper, Birgit Knorr, Jenny Moore, Don Rideout, Karyn Sauber, and Joe Woods.

• a survey covering an additional ~1.5 miles farther up the main June Wash than the 24 December 2018 survey, by Nancy Accola, Jim Adams, Tom Chester, Walt Fidler, Dan Gluesenkamp, Kate Harper, Birgit Knorr, Keir Morse, Jim Roberts, Enrique Villasenor, and Joe Woods.

• a survey covering an additional ~1 mile in the lower southeast part of the June Wash area on 9 March 2019 by Nancy Accola, Tom Chester, Don Rideout, and Joe Woods.

Pictures of most of the species seen in the 16 December 2018 survey are posted at iNaturalist:

• 54 observations of 50 taxa from Don Rideout;

• 58 observations of 37 taxa by Fred Melgert and Carla Hoegen;

• 27 observations of 19 taxa from Birgit Knorr; and

• 9 observations of 7 taxa from Kate Harper

Pictures from the 24 December 2018 survey are here:

• 72 observations of 61 taxa by Don Rideout

• 53 observations of 35 taxa by Birgit Knorr

Pictures from the 18 January 2019 survey are here:

• 55 observations of 52 taxa by Jim Roberts

• 58 observations of 37 taxa by Birgit Knorr

• 19 observations of 17 taxa from Kate Harper

Checklist for June Wash Area

See:

• 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 species.

The column with header Famil is the first five letters of the Family Name.

The column with label BW links to the photo gallery page for each species at Fred Melgert and Carla Hoegen's BorregoWildflowers site.

The column with label #Pls gives the minimum number of plants found in the 16 December 2018 field survey, up to a maximum of 99 plants. If that column contains FC, it was observed by Fred and Carla without an abundance estimate. If that column contains V, there is a voucher of that species, and neither we nor Fred and Carla have seen that species in our surveys.

Note that for both columns, if more area was surveyed, or if the same area was resurveyed when more plants are blooming, the numbers would increase for most species not already at the maximum.

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#	Famil	Scientific Name Link goes to the Jepson eflora	(*)Common Name Link goes to Calphotos	BW	#Pls
Ferns
1	Pteri	Cheilanthes parryi	woolly lipfern	BW	74
2	Pteri	Notholaena californica	California cloak fern	BW	2
Gymnosperms
3	Ephed	Ephedra aspera	Mormon tea	BW	72
Eudicots
4	Acant	Justicia californica	chuparosa	BW	99
5	Apocy	Asclepias subulata	rush milkweed	BW	61
6	Apocy	Funastrum hirtellum	rambling milkweed	BW	1
7	Aster	Adenophyllum porophylloides	San Felipe dogweed	BW	99
8	Aster	Ambrosia dumosa	burroweed	BW	99
9	Aster	Ambrosia salsola var. salsola	cheesebush	BW	99
10	Aster	Baccharis brachyphylla	short-leaved baccharis	BW	13
11	Aster	Baileya pauciradiata	Colorado Desert marigold	BW	99
12	Aster	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush	BW	99
13	Aster	Calycoseris wrightii	white tackstem	BW	18
14	Aster	Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia	pebble pincushion	BW	99
15	Aster	Chaenactis fremontii	Fremont pincushion	BW	2
16	Aster	Chaenactis stevioides	desert pincushion	BW	99
17	Aster	Encelia farinosa	brittlebush	BW	99
18	Aster	Encelia farinosa X E. frutescens	hybrid encelia		3
19	Aster	Encelia frutescens	button encelia	BW	99
20	Aster	Ericameria paniculata	blackbanded rabbitbrush	BW	99
21	Aster	Geraea canescens	hairy desert-sunflower	BW	99
22	Aster	Isocoma acradenia var. acradenia	entire-leaved alkali goldenbush	BW	2
23	Aster	Isocoma acradenia var. eremophila	toothed-leaved alkali goldenbush	BW	10
24	Aster	Logfia arizonica	Arizona herba impia	BW	2
25	Aster	Logfia depressa	dwarf filago	BW	99
26	Aster	Logfia filaginoides	California filago	BW	40
27	Aster	Malacothrix glabrata	desert dandelion	BW	61
28	Aster	Monoptilon bellioides	desert star	BW	54
29	Aster	Palafoxia arida var. arida	Spanish needle	BW	99
30	Aster	Pectis papposa var. papposa	chinch-weed	BW	99
31	Aster	Perityle emoryi	Emory's rock-daisy	BW	99
32	Aster	Pleurocoronis pluriseta	arrow-leaf	BW	31
33	Aster	Porophyllum gracile	odora	BW	19
34	Aster	Rafinesquia neomexicana	desert chicory	BW	63
35	Aster	Senecio mohavensis	Mojave ragwort	BW	67
36	Aster	Stephanomeria pauciflora	wire-lettuce	BW	99
37	Aster	Trichoptilium incisum	yellow-head	BW	4
38	Aster	Trixis californica var. californica	California trixis	BW	27
39	Aster	Xylorhiza orcuttii	Orcutt's woody-aster	BW	35
40	Borag	Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata	bristly fiddleneck	BW	2?
41	Borag	Cryptantha angustifolia	narrow-leaved cryptantha	BW	99
42	Borag	Cryptantha barbigera var. barbigera	bearded cryptantha	BW	99
43	Borag	Cryptantha maritima	Guadalupe cryptantha	BW	99
44	Borag	Cryptantha micrantha var. micrantha	red-root cryptantha	BW	99
45	Borag	Cryptantha nevadensis var. nevadensis	Nevada cryptantha	BW	2
46	Borag	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	whispering bells	BW	99
47	Borag	Eucrypta micrantha	desert eucrypta	BW	99
48	Borag	Nama demissa var. demissa	purple mat	BW	1
49	Borag	Pectocarya heterocarpa	chuckwalla pectocarya	BW	99
50	Borag	Pectocarya peninsularis	Baja pectocarya	BW	10
51	Borag	Pectocarya recurvata	curvenut combseed	BW	99
52	Borag	Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora	little-flowered heliotrope phacelia	BW	99
53	Borag	Phacelia distans	common phacelia	BW	99
54	Borag	Phacelia pedicellata	pedicellate phacelia	BW	2
55	Borag	Pholisma arenarium	sand plant	BW	19
56	Borag	Tiquilia palmeri	Palmer's coldenia	BW	44
57	Borag	Tiquilia plicata	plicate coldenia	BW	99
58	Brass	Brassica tournefortii	*Sahara mustard	BW	99
59	Brass	Caulanthus lasiophyllus	California mustard	BW	99
60	Brass	Descurainia pinnata	western tansy-mustard	BW	11
61	Brass	Dithyrea californica	spectacle-pod	BW	99
62	Brass	Draba cuneifolia	wedge-leaved draba	BW	21
63	Brass	Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum	hairy-podded pepper-grass	BW	99
64	Brass	Lyrocarpa coulteri	Coulter's lyrepod	BW	76
65	Brass	Sisymbrium irio	*London rocket	BW	2
66	Brass	Streptanthella longirostris	longbeak streptanthella	BW	99
67	Cacta	Cylindropuntia bigelovii	teddy-bear cholla	BW	99
68	Cacta	Cylindropuntia echinocarpa	silver cholla	BW	99
69	Cacta	Cylindropuntia fosbergii	pink teddy-bear cholla	BW	44
70	Cacta	Cylindropuntia ganderi	Gander's cholla	BW	99
71	Cacta	Echinocereus engelmannii	Engelmann's hedgehog cactus	BW	99
72	Cacta	Ferocactus cylindraceus	California barrel cactus	BW	99
73	Cacta	Mammillaria dioica	California fish-hook cactus	BW	6
74	Cacta	Mammillaria tetrancistra	desert fish-hook cactus	BW	13
75	Cacta	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	beavertail cactus	BW	99
76	Campa	Nemacladus glanduliferus	glandular nemacladus	BW	3
77	Caryo	Achyronychia cooperi	frost mat	BW	99
78	Cheno	Atriplex hymenelytra	desert holly	BW	99
79	Cheno	Atriplex polycarpa	cattle saltbush	BW	99
80	Convo	Cuscuta denticulata	desert dodder	BW	81sp
81	Cucur	Cucurbita palmata	coyote melon	BW	2
82	Eupho	Chamaesyce micromera	Sonoran spurge	BW	99
83	Eupho	Chamaesyce polycarpa	small-seeded spurge	BW	99
84	Eupho	Croton californicus	California croton	BW	99
85	Eupho	Ditaxis lanceolata	narrowleaf ditaxis	BW	99
86	Eupho	Euphorbia eriantha	beetle spurge	BW	3
87	Eupho	Stillingia spinulosa	annual stillingia	BW	99
88	Fabac	Acmispon maritimus var. brevivexillus	short-bannered coastal lotus	BW	99
89	Fabac	Acmispon rigidus	desert lotus	BW	5
90	Fabac	Acmispon strigosus	strigose lotus	BW	99
91	Fabac	Astragalus didymocarpus var. dispermus	dwarf white milk-vetch	BW	99
92	Fabac	Astragalus insularis var. harwoodii	Harwood's milk-vetch	BW	99
93	Fabac	Astragalus nuttallianus var. cedrosensis	Cedros milk-vetch	BW	1
94	Fabac	Dalea mollis	silky dalea	BW	99
95	Fabac	Dalea mollissima	downy dalea	BW	3
96	Fabac	Lupinus arizonicus	Arizona lupine	BW	99
97	Fabac	Lupinus concinnus	bajada lupine	BW	99
98	Fabac	Marina parryi	Parry's marina	BW	18
99	Fabac	Olneya tesota	ironwood	BW	5
100	Fabac	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana	honey mesquite	BW	2
101	Fabac	Psorothamnus emoryi	Emory's indigo-bush	BW	89
102	Fabac	Psorothamnus schottii	indigo bush	BW	99
103	Fabac	Psorothamnus spinosus	smoke tree	BW	99
104	Fabac	Senegalia greggii	catclaw	BW	99
105	Fouqu	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	ocotillo	BW	99
106	Geran	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree	BW	99
107	Geran	Erodium texanum	Texas filaree	BW	46
108	Krame	Krameria bicolor	white rhatany	BW	99
109	Krame	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany	BW	99
110	Lamia	Hyptis emoryi	desert-lavender	BW	99
111	Lamia	Salvia columbariae	chia	BW	66
112	Loasa	Mentzelia albicaulis	white-stemmed blazing star	BW	99
113	Loasa	Mentzelia hirsutissima	hairy stickleaf	BW	3
114	Loasa	Mentzelia involucrata	bracted blazing star	BW	1
115	Loasa	Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi	Thurber's sandpaper-plant	BW	99
116	Malva	Ayenia compacta	ayenia	BW	9
117	Malva	Eremalche exilis	white mallow	BW	32
118	Malva	Eremalche rotundifolia	desert five-spot	BW	99
119	Malva	Hibiscus denudatus	rock hibiscus	BW	99
120	Marty	Proboscidea althaeifolia	desert unicorn-plant	BW	17
121	Monti	Calyptridium monandrum	sand cress	BW	99
122	Monti	Cistanthe ambigua	dead man's fingers	BW	99
123	Nycta	Abronia villosa var. villosa	hairy sand-verbena	BW	99
124	Nycta	Allionia incarnata var. incarnata	small-flowered trailing four o'clock	BW	58
125	Nycta	Allionia incarnata var. villosa	large-flowered trailing four o'clock	BW	3
126	Nycta	Boerhavia coccinea	scarlet spiderling	BW	4
127	Nycta	Boerhavia wrightii	Wright's spiderling	BW	37
128	Nycta	Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock	BW	99
129	Onagr	Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida	pale suncup	BW	23
130	Onagr	Chylismia cardiophylla ssp. cardiophylla	heartleaf suncup	BW	11
131	Onagr	Chylismia claviformis ssp. peirsonii	brown-eyed primrose	BW	99
132	Onagr	Eremothera boothii ssp. condensata	Booth's evening primrose	BW	99
133	Onagr	Eremothera chamaenerioides	long-fruit suncup	BW	2
134	Onagr	Eremothera refracta	narrow-leaf suncup	BW	99
135	Onagr	Eulobus californicus	California suncup	BW	99
136	Onagr	Oenothera deltoides ssp. deltoides	dune primrose	BW	99
137	Oroba	Orobanche cooperi	Cooper's broomrape	BW	55
138	Papav	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	small-flowered poppy	BW	99
139	Papav	Eschscholzia parishii	Parish's poppy	BW	99
140	Phrym	Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii	Bigelow's monkeyflower	BW	99
141	Plant	Antirrhinum filipes	desert twining snapdragon	BW	4
142	Plant	Mohavea confertiflora	ghost flower	BW	99
143	Plant	Plantago ovata	desert plantain	BW	99
144	Polem	Aliciella latifolia ssp. latifolia	broad-leaf gilia	BW	99
145	Polem	Eriastrum harwoodii	Harwood's woolly-star	BW	2
146	Polem	Gilia stellata	star gilia	BW	6
147	Polem	Langloisia setosissima ssp. setosissima	bristly langloisia	BW	1
148	Polem	Loeseliastrum schottii	Schott's calico	BW	99
149	Polyg	Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu	brittle spineflower	BW	99
150	Polyg	Chorizanthe corrugata	wrinkled spineflower	BW	2
151	Polyg	Chorizanthe rigida	devil's spineflower	BW	57
152	Polyg	Eriogonum deflexum var. deflexum	flat-topped buckwheat	BW	4
153	Polyg	Eriogonum inflatum	desert trumpet	BW	99
154	Polyg	Eriogonum thomasii	Thomas' buckwheat	BW	99
155	Polyg	Eriogonum trichopes	little desert trumpet	BW	99
156	Polyg	Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum	Wright's buckwheat	BW	3
157	Polyg	Pterostegia drymarioides	threadstem	BW	4
158	Resed	Oligomeris linifolia	lineleaf whitepuff	BW	1
159	Rubia	Galium stellatum	star-flowered bedstraw	BW	3
160	Simmo	Simmondsia chinensis	jojoba	BW	99
161	Solan	Datura discolor	desert thornapple	BW	80
162	Solan	Lycium fremontii	Fremont's boxthorn	BW	FC
163	Solan	Lycium parishii	Parish's boxthorn	BW	6
164	Solan	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry	BW	1
165	Visca	Phoradendron californicum	desert mistletoe	BW	85
166	Zygop	Fagonia laevis	California fagonia	BW	99
167	Zygop	Kallstroemia californica	California caltrop	BW	9
168	Zygop	Larrea tridentata	creosote bush	BW	99
Monocots
169	Agava	Agave deserti var. deserti	desert agave	BW	99
170	Agava	Hesperocallis undulata	desert lily	BW	99
171	Poace	Aristida adscensionis	six-weeks three-awn	BW	10
172	Poace	Aristida purpurea	purple three-awn	BW	19
173	Poace	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama	BW	1
174	Poace	Hilaria rigida	big galleta	BW	99
175	Poace	Schismus barbatus	*Mediterranean schismus	BW	99

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

We thank Jenny Moore and Karyn Sauber for help with the 24 December 2018 survey, and Jim Adams, Dan Gluesenkamp, Keir Morse, Jim Roberts, and Enrique Villasenor for help with the 18 January 2019 survey. We thank Jim Roberts for his observation of ten Orobanche plants on 6 March 2019.

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