Flora of Mescal Bajada Area, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Flora of Mescal Bajada Area, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Fig. 1. A labeled panoramic view of a large part of the Mescal Bajada from just west of the summit of Round Granite Hill, looking mostly south, similar to the view of the Bajada from SR78. Click on the picture for a larger version showing more area; compare to a labeled Google Earth Image, also with south up.

Introduction
Field Work and Voucher Search
Checklist

Introduction

The Mescal Bajada is directly south of Borrego Valley and north of the Pinyon Mountains, in the area between Sentenac Canyon on the west and The Narrows on the east. The Bajada is formed from the merged alluvial fans of Pinyon, Nolina, Bighorn, Mine and Chuckwalla Canyons. San Felipe Creek truncates and drains the lower end of the Bajada. The Mescal Bajada is named for the large numbers of Agave deserti present here; mescal is the alcoholic beverage made from its relative in Mexico, Agave americana.
The area for this flora includes the Bajada itself, and the portions of the canyons above it that are easily reached on a day's hike from the Bajada. The uppermost canyons that are accessed more easily from Pinyon Mountain Road are not included in this area. Fig. 2 shows the boundaries of this flora.

Fig. 2. The red line delineates the boundaries for the Mescal Bajada floristic area.
For more information about hiking this area, and many beautiful pix of the area and the flowers found here, see the pages by Fred Melgert and Carla Hoegen (organized roughly west to east):

Chuckwalla Wash
Mine Wash East Fork Loop
2.5 Mile Mine Wash Loop
Mine Wash Loop 2
Kumeyaay Village
Bighorn Canyon - Blue Spring - Nolina Canyon Loop
Pinyon Nolina loop
Pinyon Wash - Split Rock
Pinyon Canyon Loop
Pinyon Wash - Harper Flat Loop
Sunset Mountain Peak
Harper Dams (Harper Flat)

Field Work and Voucher Search

This checklist is compiled from fieldwork by the authors in this area, and from a search for vouchers from this area.
Field Work

Table 1 gives the fieldwork done in this area.
Table 1. Fieldwork Done in the Mescal Bajada

Date Area Surveyors
02/27/11 Mine Canyon to saddle Tom Chester, Vince Balch, Mary Jo Churchwell, Mike Crouse and James Dillane
03/04/11 Mine Canyon to saddle Tom Chester, Vince Balch, Mary Jo Churchwell, Kate Harper and RT Hawke
05/20/11 Mine Canyon Pholisma branch Tom Chester and James Dillane
11/22/11 Pinyon Canyon Tom Chester, Mike Crouse, James Dillane, Kate Harper, RT and Shaun Hawke, Keir Morse, Pam Pallette, Mike McElhatton and Bill Sullivan
02/02/14 short survey near mile 3 of Mine Canyon Road Tom Chester, Kate Harper, Frank Harris and Keir Morse
02/07/14 Bighorn Canyon Tom Chester, Adrienne Ballwey, James Dillane and Kate Harper
02/11/14 Nolina Canyon Tom Chester, Adrienne Ballwey, Kate Harper, Frank Harris and Jim Roberts
02/20/14 Pinyon Canyon / Harper Flat Tom Chester, Kate Harper, James Dillane, and Adrienne Ballwey
01/03/16 Round Granite Hill Tom Chester and Kate Harper

Vouchers

A voucher search was made for the area draining into the Mescal Bajada south of SR78, on the northern side of the North Pinyon Mountains and Pinyon Mountains from Plum Canyon on the west to Pinyon Wash on the east, including a few vouchers from Quartz Vein Wash.
The vouchers come from a search on 25 January 2011 of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
The Consortium records were searched for vouchers with coordinates between 33.07 and 33.13° N. Latitude, and -116.43 and -116.27 E. Longitude. This search returned 410 vouchers after tossing ones not in the target area.
Localities of those vouchers were examined, and additional searches were made to find ones in San Diego County from those localities, including Mescal Bajada; Nolina Wash; Mine Wash; Round Granite Hill; Pinyon Wash. The detailed localities of those vouchers were examined and three not in the target area were eliminated.
460 vouchers were found of 191 taxa. Eight collectors individually collected over 5% of the total vouchers, and collectively were responsible for 285 (62%) of those vouchers, with Larry Hendrickson far and away the dominant collector here, responsible for 19% of all the vouchers from this area; see Table 2.
Table 2. Top Voucher Collectors

# Vouchers Collector
89 Larry Hendrickson
36 Duffie Clemons, Erik Jonsson
33 Frank F. Gander
30 Jeannie Gregory, John Gregory
28 K. R. Morgan
25 Melvin M. Sweet
22 Jon P. Rebman, J. Gibson, A. Winner, & misc. botany vols.
22 T. S. Elias, K. Tomlinson, D. Kama, M. Williams

Checklist for Mescal Bajada Area

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 #V is the number of vouchers for each taxon from the Consortium, with a maximum value of 9.
The columns with overall header of #Pl gives the number of plants observed in five separate areas:

RGH is Round Granite Hill
Mine is Mine Canyon
Bhrn is Bighorn Canyon
Nlna is Nolina Canyon
Pnyn is Pinyon Canyon and the near edge of Harper Flat.

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# Fam Scientific Name (*)Common Name #V #Pls
RGH Mine Bhrn Nlna Pnyn
Lycophytes
1 Sel Selaginella eremophila desert spike-moss 1 99 21 99 99 50
Ferns
2 Pte Cheilanthes covillei beady lipfern 2 2 6 2 3
3 Pte Cheilanthes parryi woolly lipfern 9 15 55 20 99 99
4 Pte Cheilanthes viscida sticky lipfern 99 11 3
5 Pte Notholaena californica ssp. californica California cloak fern 8 1 15 20
6 Pte Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata bird's-foot fern 1 3 1 2 2
Gymnosperms
7 Cup Juniperus californica California juniper 2 61 40 99 50
8 Eph Ephedra aspera Mormon tea 4 2 99 50 99 99
9 Eph Ephedra californica desert tea 4 15 2
Eudicots
10 Aca Carlowrightia arizonica Arizona carlowrightia 32
11 Aca Justicia californica chuparosa 9 99 99 99 1
12 Ama Amaranthus fimbriatus fringed amaranth 1 50 50 50 99 99
13 Ana Rhus aromatica basketbush 1
14 Api Apiastrum angustifolium wild celery 2
15 Apo Asclepias albicans white-stemmed milkweed 2
16 Apo Asclepias subulata rush milkweed 4
17 Apo Funastrum cynanchoides var. hartwegii climbing milkweed 2 5 99
18 Apo Funastrum hirtellum rambling milkweed 30 10
19 Apo Matelea parvifolia spearleaf 1 2
20 Ast Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. sphaerocephalus goldenhead 1 10
21 Ast Adenophyllum porophylloides San Felipe dogweed 3 5 90 10 25 20
22 Ast Ambrosia dumosa burroweed 2 99 53 20 75 99
23 Ast Ambrosia salsola var. salsola cheesebush 4 50 99 50 40 99
24 Ast Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula white mugwort 1
25 Ast Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta mountain mugwort 40 5 3 7
26 Ast Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana silver wormwood 1
27 Ast Baccharis brachyphylla short-leaved baccharis 1 11 40 18
28 Ast Baccharis sergiloides desert baccharis 92 1
29 Ast Bahiopsis parishii Parish's goldeneye 6 4 99 5 25 40
30 Ast Bebbia juncea var. aspera sweetbush 3 25 99 99 50 50
31 Ast Brickellia atractyloides var. arguta California spear-leaved brickellia 8 5
32 Ast Brickellia desertorum desert brickellia 1 20 25 20 1
33 Ast Brickellia frutescens shrubby brickellia 1 13 2 15 5
34 Ast Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia pebble pincushion 99 1
35 Ast Chaenactis fremontii Fremont pincushion 7 99 25 99 3
36 Ast Encelia actoni Acton encelia 1 6
37 Ast Encelia farinosa brittlebush 2 99 99 99 99 99
38 Ast Ericameria brachylepis boundary goldenbush 41 1 6
39 Ast Ericameria paniculata blackbanded rabbitbrush 2 50 20
40 Ast Eriophyllum wallacei Wallace's woolly daisy 3 20
41 Ast Gutierrezia sarothrae matchweed 1 35 75 99 55
42 Ast Isocoma acradenia var. acradenia alkali goldenbush 40
43 Ast Lasthenia gracilis goldfields 2 20
44 Ast Logfia filaginoides California filago 1 4 1
45 Ast Malacothrix glabrata desert dandelion 3 2
46 Ast Monoptilon bellioides desert star 2 6
47 Ast Palafoxia arida var. arida Spanish needle 1
48 Ast Pectis papposa var. papposa chinch-weed 5 1 15 99
49 Ast Perityle emoryi Emory's rock-daisy 4 99 99 99 99
50 Ast Pleurocoronis pluriseta arrow-leaf 35 99 99 1
51 Ast Porophyllum gracile odora 4 35 2 5 10
52 Ast Rafinesquia neomexicana desert chicory 3 15
53 Ast Senecio californicus California groundsel 2 99
54 Ast Senecio mohavensis Mojave ragwort 1
55 Ast Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua slender wreathplant 20 7
56 Ast Stephanomeria pauciflora wire-lettuce 1 25 70 99 99 60
57 Ast Trichoptilium incisum yellow-head 1 29 1
58 Ast Trixis californica var. californica California trixis 8 4 90 30 25 50
59 Ast Uropappus lindleyi silver puffs 1
60 Big Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata desert-willow 40 40 15 50
61 Bor Amsinckia intermedia common fiddleneck 3 99
62 Bor Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata bristly fiddleneck 3 1 20
63 Bor Cryptantha barbigera var. barbigera bearded cryptantha 4 55 5 10 5
64 Bor Cryptantha decipiens gravel cryptantha 1 2 2
65 Bor Cryptantha maritima Guadalupe cryptantha 10 99 5 10
66 Bor Cryptantha micrantha red-root cryptantha 2 3 1
67 Bor Cryptantha pterocarya wing-nut cryptantha 2
68 Bor Cryptantha racemosa bushy cryptantha 1 1
69 Bor Cryptantha utahensis scented cryptantha 1 1
70 Bor Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora whispering bells 6 30 5 1
71 Bor Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. bipinnatifida eucrypta 1 7
72 Bor Eucrypta micrantha desert eucrypta 1
73 Bor Nama demissa var. demissa purple mat 5 20 1
74 Bor Pectocarya peninsularis Baja pectocarya 1
75 Bor Pectocarya recurvata curvenut combseed 5 40 99
76 Bor Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora little-flowered heliotrope phacelia 1 ~50 1
77 Bor Phacelia distans common phacelia 10 99 75 99 8
78 Bor Phacelia pedicellata pedicellate phacelia 1 7 10 5 4
79 Bor Pholisma arenarium sand plant 10 99
80 Bor Pholistoma membranaceum white fiesta flower 5 99
81 Bor Tiquilia canescens var. canescens gray coldenia 3 17
82 Bra Boechera perennans perennial rock-cress 9 5
83 Bra Brassica tournefortii *Sahara mustard 3 23 99
84 Bra Caulanthus cooperi Cooper's jewel-flower 2 2
85 Bra Caulanthus lasiophyllus California mustard 3 60 5 10
86 Bra Descurainia pinnata western tansy-mustard 2 10 1 5
87 Bra Dithyrea californica spectacle-pod 1
88 Bra Draba cuneifolia wedge-leaved draba 1
89 Bra Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum hairy-podded pepper-grass 20 55 4 10 10
90 Bra Lyrocarpa coulteri Coulter's lyrepod 6 1 25 10 40 20
91 Bra Sisymbrium orientale *Oriental mustard 5 4
92 Bra Thysanocarpus curvipes fringe-pod 1 3
93 Bra Tropidocarpum gracile slender tropidocarpum 1
94 Cac Cylindropuntia bigelovii teddy-bear cholla 1 99 99 99 99 99
95 Cac Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri cane cholla 1
96 Cac Cylindropuntia ganderi Gander's cholla 1 99 99 99 99 99
97 Cac Cylindropuntia ramosissima pencil cholla 5
98 Cac Echinocereus engelmannii Engelmann's hedgehog cactus 3 25 99 50 7 55
99 Cac Ferocactus cylindraceus California barrel cactus 2 99 99 60 30
100 Cac Mammillaria dioica California fish-hook cactus 5 99 99 10 30 20
101 Cac Mammillaria tetrancistra desert fish-hook cactus 1 5 2
102 Cac Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris beavertail cactus 2 7 70 20 10 30
103 Cac Opuntia chlorotica pancake prickly-pear 5
104 Cam Nemacladus glanduliferus glandular nemacladus 52 1 1
105 Cam Nemacladus rubescens desert nemacladus 2
106 Car Achyronychia cooperi frost mat 1
107 Che Atriplex canescens var. canescens (s.l.) four-wing saltbush 1 3
108 Che Atriplex polycarpa cattle saltbush 80
109 Che Salsola tragus *Russian thistle 1
110 Cle Peritoma arborea bladderpod 1 5
111 Con Cuscuta californica var. papillosa papillate dodder 1 30 5
112 Cra Dudleya arizonica Arizona chalk dudleya 2 20
113 Cra Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides desert dudleya 1 4 52 30 30
114 Cuc Cucurbita palmata coyote melon 2 1 1
115 Eup Bernardia incana western bernardia 23 1 28
116 Eup Chamaesyce melanadenia red-gland spurge 1 74 25 30 10
117 Eup Chamaesyce micromera Sonoran spurge 25 6 1 1
118 Eup Chamaesyce polycarpa small-seeded spurge 5 99 99 2 99
119 Eup Chamaesyce setiloba starfish (Yuma) spurge 2 20 7 99 30 99
120 Eup Croton californicus California croton 2 1
121 Eup Ditaxis lanceolata narrowleaf ditaxis 6 20 60 5 5 20
122 Eup Ditaxis neomexicana New Mexico ditaxis 4 15 30
123 Eup Euphorbia eriantha beetle spurge 1 2 99 25 50 5
124 Eup Stillingia linearifolia linear-leaved stillingia 4 99 1 7 20
125 Fab Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus southern California silver-lotus 5 1
126 Fab Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus short-winged deerweed 5 23 2
127 Fab Acmispon haydonii pygmy lotus 1 13 30 12
128 Fab Acmispon maritimus var. brevivexillus short-bannered coastal lotus 1 19 20 2
129 Fab Acmispon rigidus desert lotus 5 2 70 30 40 30
130 Fab Acmispon strigosus strigose lotus 4 1 5 99 99 5
131 Fab Astragalus nuttallianus var. cedrosensis Cedros milk-vetch 2 2
132 Fab Astragalus pachypus var. pachypus thick-pod milk-vetch 2 1
133 Fab Astragalus palmeri Palmer's milk-vetch 3 20 10 35 10
134 Fab Dalea mollissima downy dalea 1 14
135 Fab Lupinus concinnus bajada lupine 2 25 7 4 1
136 Fab Lupinus excubitus var. medius Mountain Springs bush lupine 1
137 Fab Lupinus sparsiflorus Coulter's lupine 3 3 1
138 Fab Marina parryi Parry's marina 8 10 99 30 20 30
139 Fab Olneya tesota ironwood 30 18 50
140 Fab Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana honey mesquite 1 11 99 75
141 Fab Psorothamnus emoryi Emory's indigo-bush 3
142 Fab Psorothamnus schottii indigo bush 4 50 15 5 2 50
143 Fab Psorothamnus spinosus smoke tree 2 20
144 Fab Senegalia greggii catclaw 40 99 50 99 99
145 Fab Senna armata spiny senna 3 60 99
146 Fab Senna covesii desert senna 1 99
147 Fou Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens ocotillo 1 99 99 99 99 99
148 Ger Erodium cicutarium *redstem filaree 3 1 99 30 75 40
149 Ger Erodium texanum Texas filaree 30
150 Kra Krameria bicolor white rhatany 40 52 10 70
151 Kra Krameria erecta Pima rhatany 2 6 47 1 3 13
152 Lam Hyptis emoryi desert-lavender 8 20 99 99 99 99
153 Lam Salvia apiana white sage 3 45 25 15 5
154 Lam Salvia columbariae chia 6 5 99 2 99
155 Lam Salvia vaseyi Vasey's sage 2 1 1
156 Loa Mentzelia involucrata bracted blazing star 1 10
157 Loa Petalonyx linearis narrow-leaf sandpaper-plant 1
158 Loa Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi Thurber's sandpaper-plant 3 20
159 Mal Ayenia compacta ayenia 3 6 15 30 15
160 Mal Hibiscus denudatus rock hibiscus 30 2 5
161 Mal Sphaeralcea ambigua apricot mallow 1 12
162 Mal Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua apricot mallow 2 60
163 Mol Mollugo cerviana *carpet-weed 2 99 99
164 Mon Calyptridium monandrum sand cress 1 10
165 Nyc Allionia incarnata trailing four o'clock 30 10 25
166 Nyc Allionia incarnata var. incarnata small-flowered trailing four o'clock 30
167 Nyc Allionia incarnata var. villosa large-flowered trailing four o'clock 4
168 Nyc Boerhavia coccinea scarlet spiderling 15
169 Nyc Boerhavia triquetra var. intermedia fivewing spiderling 2 5 2 99 99
170 Nyc Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia California four o'clock 2
171 Nyc Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa Bigelow's desert four-o'clock 3 2 71 20 10 20
172 Ona Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida pale suncup 1 3 1
173 Ona Chylismia cardiophylla ssp. cardiophylla heartleaf suncup 2 10
174 Ona Chylismia claviformis ssp. peirsonii brown-eyed primrose 4 50 99 30 20 99
175 Ona Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium mountain California-fuchsia 1 25 15
176 Ona Eulobus californicus California suncup 3 99 99 10 40 15
177 Oro Castilleja foliolosa woolly Indian paintbrush 11 1
178 Pap Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora small-flowered poppy 5 60 10
179 Pap Eschscholzia parishii Parish's poppy 4 6
180 Phr Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii Bigelow's monkeyflower 3 99 7
181 Pla Antirrhinum filipes desert twining snapdragon 4
182 Pla Penstemon clevelandii var. clevelandii Cleveland's beardtongue 1 2 1
183 Pla Plantago ovata desert plantain 1 30
184 Pol Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum desert woolly-star 2 99 99 1 1 99
185 Pol Gilia stellata star gilia 3 ~40 10 2 20 1
186 Pol Leptosiphon aureus ssp. aureus golden linanthus 1
187 Pol Loeseliastrum schottii Schott's calico 1
188 Pol Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu brittle spineflower 3 2 1
189 Pol Eriogonum davidsonii Davidson's buckwheat 18 1
190 Pol Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium California buckwheat 2 2 99 50 40 50
191 Pol Eriogonum inflatum desert trumpet 4 15 15 50 3 55
192 Pol Eriogonum plumatella yucca buckwheat 1 99
193 Pol Eriogonum thomasii Thomas' buckwheat 1
194 Pol Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum Wright's buckwheat 10
195 Pol Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum Wright's buckwheat 2 20 50 99 99 50
196 Pol Pterostegia drymarioides fairy bowties, threadstem 15 1
197 Ran Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum intermediate larkspur 1 54 5 3
198 Rha Ziziphus parryi var. parryi lotebush 3
199 Ros Coleogyne ramosissima black brush 3 36 1 1 50
200 Ros Prunus fremontii desert apricot 3 55 20 99 99
201 Rub Galium angustifolium ssp. borregoense Borrego bedstraw 5 1
202 Rub Galium stellatum star-flowered bedstraw 4 1 60 10 35 25
203 Rut Thamnosma montana turpentine broom 2 3 3 10
204 Sim Simmondsia chinensis jojoba 6 10 55 25 50 99
205 Sol Datura discolor desert thornapple 10
206 Sol Lycium andersonii Anderson's boxthorn 2 99 50 40 50
207 Sol Lycium fremontii Fremont's boxthorn 1 1
208 Sol Nicotiana obtusifolia desert tobacco 2 30 32 30
209 Sol Physalis crassifolia thick-leaved ground cherry 5 4 99 25 20 25
210 Tam Tamarix ramosissima *saltcedar 1
211 Urt Parietaria hespera var. hespera pellitory 1 21
212 Ver Verbena lasiostachys western vervain 1
213 Vis Phoradendron bolleanum dense mistletoe 4
214 Vis Phoradendron californicum desert mistletoe 4 6 99 50 99 30
215 Zyg Fagonia laevis California fagonia 2 10 20 2
216 Zyg Larrea tridentata creosote bush 1 99 99 25 25 99
Monocots
217 Aga Agave deserti var. deserti desert agave 3 99 99 99 99 99
218 Aga Yucca schidigera Mohave yucca 1 51 2 50
219 Poa Aristida adscensionis six-weeks three-awn 1 99 99 6 99 50
220 Poa Aristida californica California three-awn 99
221 Poa Aristida purpurea purple three-awn 15 2 15 7
222 Poa Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi Nealley three-awn 1
223 Poa Avena barbata *slender wild oats 1
224 Poa Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides needle grama 2 2 10 2 99 99
225 Poa Bouteloua barbata var. barbata six-weeks grama 99 99 99
226 Poa Bromus diandrus *ripgut brome 60
227 Poa Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens *red brome 99 99 99 99
228 Poa Bromus tectorum *downy brome 10
229 Poa Dasyochloa pulchella fluff grass 1 7
230 Poa Hilaria rigida big galleta 1 99 2 20 99
231 Poa Melica frutescens tall melica 4 30 1 10
232 Poa Muhlenbergia microsperma littleseed muhly 30 2 99 10
233 Poa Muhlenbergia porteri Porter's muhly 3 3
234 Poa Schismus barbatus *Mediterranean schismus 50 99 50 20 50
235 Poa Sporobolus cryptandrus sand dropseed 5
236 Poa Stipa coronata giant needlegrass 40
237 Poa Stipa parishii var. parishii Parish's needlegrass 3 1 3
238 Poa Stipa speciosa desert needlegrass 3 15 1 15
239 Rus Nolina parryi Parry's nolina 1

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

Date	Area	Surveyors
02/27/11	Mine Canyon to saddle	Tom Chester, Vince Balch, Mary Jo Churchwell, Mike Crouse and James Dillane
03/04/11	Mine Canyon to saddle	Tom Chester, Vince Balch, Mary Jo Churchwell, Kate Harper and RT Hawke
05/20/11	Mine Canyon Pholisma branch	Tom Chester and James Dillane
11/22/11	Pinyon Canyon	Tom Chester, Mike Crouse, James Dillane, Kate Harper, RT and Shaun Hawke, Keir Morse, Pam Pallette, Mike McElhatton and Bill Sullivan
02/02/14	short survey near mile 3 of Mine Canyon Road	Tom Chester, Kate Harper, Frank Harris and Keir Morse
02/07/14	Bighorn Canyon	Tom Chester, Adrienne Ballwey, James Dillane and Kate Harper
02/11/14	Nolina Canyon	Tom Chester, Adrienne Ballwey, Kate Harper, Frank Harris and Jim Roberts
02/20/14	Pinyon Canyon / Harper Flat	Tom Chester, Kate Harper, James Dillane, and Adrienne Ballwey
01/03/16	Round Granite Hill	Tom Chester and Kate Harper

# Vouchers	Collector
89	Larry Hendrickson
36	Duffie Clemons, Erik Jonsson
33	Frank F. Gander
30	Jeannie Gregory, John Gregory
28	K. R. Morgan
25	Melvin M. Sweet
22	Jon P. Rebman, J. Gibson, A. Winner, & misc. botany vols.
22	T. S. Elias, K. Tomlinson, D. Kama, M. Williams

#	Fam	Scientific Name	(*)Common Name	#V	#Pls
RGH	Mine	Bhrn	Nlna	Pnyn
Lycophytes
1	Sel	Selaginella eremophila	desert spike-moss	1	99	21	99	99	50
Ferns
2	Pte	Cheilanthes covillei	beady lipfern	2		2	6	2	3
3	Pte	Cheilanthes parryi	woolly lipfern	9	15	55	20	99	99
4	Pte	Cheilanthes viscida	sticky lipfern			99		11	3
5	Pte	Notholaena californica ssp. californica	California cloak fern			8	1	15	20
6	Pte	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	bird's-foot fern	1		3	1	2	2
Gymnosperms
7	Cup	Juniperus californica	California juniper	2		61	40	99	50
8	Eph	Ephedra aspera	Mormon tea	4	2	99	50	99	99
9	Eph	Ephedra californica	desert tea	4	15	2
Eudicots
10	Aca	Carlowrightia arizonica	Arizona carlowrightia			32
11	Aca	Justicia californica	chuparosa	9	99	99	99		1
12	Ama	Amaranthus fimbriatus	fringed amaranth	1	50	50	50	99	99
13	Ana	Rhus aromatica	basketbush	1
14	Api	Apiastrum angustifolium	wild celery			2
15	Apo	Asclepias albicans	white-stemmed milkweed					2
16	Apo	Asclepias subulata	rush milkweed						4
17	Apo	Funastrum cynanchoides var. hartwegii	climbing milkweed			2	5	99
18	Apo	Funastrum hirtellum	rambling milkweed				30	10
19	Apo	Matelea parvifolia	spearleaf	1		2
20	Ast	Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. sphaerocephalus	goldenhead			1			10
21	Ast	Adenophyllum porophylloides	San Felipe dogweed	3	5	90	10	25	20
22	Ast	Ambrosia dumosa	burroweed	2	99	53	20	75	99
23	Ast	Ambrosia salsola var. salsola	cheesebush	4	50	99	50	40	99
24	Ast	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula	white mugwort	1
25	Ast	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta	mountain mugwort			40	5	3	7
26	Ast	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana	silver wormwood	1
27	Ast	Baccharis brachyphylla	short-leaved baccharis	1		11		40	18
28	Ast	Baccharis sergiloides	desert baccharis				92	1
29	Ast	Bahiopsis parishii	Parish's goldeneye	6	4	99	5	25	40
30	Ast	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush	3	25	99	99	50	50
31	Ast	Brickellia atractyloides var. arguta	California spear-leaved brickellia			8			5
32	Ast	Brickellia desertorum	desert brickellia	1		20	25	20	1
33	Ast	Brickellia frutescens	shrubby brickellia	1		13	2	15	5
34	Ast	Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia	pebble pincushion			99			1
35	Ast	Chaenactis fremontii	Fremont pincushion	7		99	25	99	3
36	Ast	Encelia actoni	Acton encelia	1					6
37	Ast	Encelia farinosa	brittlebush	2	99	99	99	99	99
38	Ast	Ericameria brachylepis	boundary goldenbush			41	1	6
39	Ast	Ericameria paniculata	blackbanded rabbitbrush	2			50	20
40	Ast	Eriophyllum wallacei	Wallace's woolly daisy	3		20
41	Ast	Gutierrezia sarothrae	matchweed	1		35	75	99	55
42	Ast	Isocoma acradenia var. acradenia	alkali goldenbush				40
43	Ast	Lasthenia gracilis	goldfields	2		20
44	Ast	Logfia filaginoides	California filago	1		4			1
45	Ast	Malacothrix glabrata	desert dandelion	3		2
46	Ast	Monoptilon bellioides	desert star	2		6
47	Ast	Palafoxia arida var. arida	Spanish needle		1
48	Ast	Pectis papposa var. papposa	chinch-weed			5	1	15	99
49	Ast	Perityle emoryi	Emory's rock-daisy	4		99	99	99	99
50	Ast	Pleurocoronis pluriseta	arrow-leaf			35	99	99	1
51	Ast	Porophyllum gracile	odora	4		35	2	5	10
52	Ast	Rafinesquia neomexicana	desert chicory	3		15
53	Ast	Senecio californicus	California groundsel	2		99
54	Ast	Senecio mohavensis	Mojave ragwort						1
55	Ast	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua	slender wreathplant			20			7
56	Ast	Stephanomeria pauciflora	wire-lettuce	1	25	70	99	99	60
57	Ast	Trichoptilium incisum	yellow-head	1		29			1
58	Ast	Trixis californica var. californica	California trixis	8	4	90	30	25	50
59	Ast	Uropappus lindleyi	silver puffs			1
60	Big	Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata	desert-willow			40	40	15	50
61	Bor	Amsinckia intermedia	common fiddleneck	3		99
62	Bor	Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata	bristly fiddleneck	3		1			20
63	Bor	Cryptantha barbigera var. barbigera	bearded cryptantha	4		55	5	10	5
64	Bor	Cryptantha decipiens	gravel cryptantha	1		2	2
65	Bor	Cryptantha maritima	Guadalupe cryptantha		10	99	5	10
66	Bor	Cryptantha micrantha	red-root cryptantha	2	3				1
67	Bor	Cryptantha pterocarya	wing-nut cryptantha			2
68	Bor	Cryptantha racemosa	bushy cryptantha			1	1
69	Bor	Cryptantha utahensis	scented cryptantha	1			1
70	Bor	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	whispering bells	6		30		5	1
71	Bor	Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. bipinnatifida	eucrypta	1		7
72	Bor	Eucrypta micrantha	desert eucrypta	1
73	Bor	Nama demissa var. demissa	purple mat	5		20			1
74	Bor	Pectocarya peninsularis	Baja pectocarya	1
75	Bor	Pectocarya recurvata	curvenut combseed	5		40		99
76	Bor	Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora	little-flowered heliotrope phacelia	1	~50	1
77	Bor	Phacelia distans	common phacelia	10		99	75	99	8
78	Bor	Phacelia pedicellata	pedicellate phacelia	1		7	10	5	4
79	Bor	Pholisma arenarium	sand plant		10	99
80	Bor	Pholistoma membranaceum	white fiesta flower	5		99
81	Bor	Tiquilia canescens var. canescens	gray coldenia	3		17
82	Bra	Boechera perennans	perennial rock-cress			9			5
83	Bra	Brassica tournefortii	*Sahara mustard		3	23			99
84	Bra	Caulanthus cooperi	Cooper's jewel-flower	2		2
85	Bra	Caulanthus lasiophyllus	California mustard	3		60	5	10
86	Bra	Descurainia pinnata	western tansy-mustard	2	10			1	5
87	Bra	Dithyrea californica	spectacle-pod	1
88	Bra	Draba cuneifolia	wedge-leaved draba				1
89	Bra	Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum	hairy-podded pepper-grass		20	55	4	10	10
90	Bra	Lyrocarpa coulteri	Coulter's lyrepod	6	1	25	10	40	20
91	Bra	Sisymbrium orientale	*Oriental mustard			5	4
92	Bra	Thysanocarpus curvipes	fringe-pod	1		3
93	Bra	Tropidocarpum gracile	slender tropidocarpum	1
94	Cac	Cylindropuntia bigelovii	teddy-bear cholla	1	99	99	99	99	99
95	Cac	Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri	cane cholla	1
96	Cac	Cylindropuntia ganderi	Gander's cholla	1	99	99	99	99	99
97	Cac	Cylindropuntia ramosissima	pencil cholla		5
98	Cac	Echinocereus engelmannii	Engelmann's hedgehog cactus	3	25	99	50	7	55
99	Cac	Ferocactus cylindraceus	California barrel cactus	2	99	99	60	30
100	Cac	Mammillaria dioica	California fish-hook cactus	5	99	99	10	30	20
101	Cac	Mammillaria tetrancistra	desert fish-hook cactus		1	5			2
102	Cac	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	beavertail cactus	2	7	70	20	10	30
103	Cac	Opuntia chlorotica	pancake prickly-pear			5
104	Cam	Nemacladus glanduliferus	glandular nemacladus			52		1	1
105	Cam	Nemacladus rubescens	desert nemacladus			2
106	Car	Achyronychia cooperi	frost mat					1
107	Che	Atriplex canescens var. canescens (s.l.)	four-wing saltbush			1	3
108	Che	Atriplex polycarpa	cattle saltbush		80
109	Che	Salsola tragus	*Russian thistle	1
110	Cle	Peritoma arborea	bladderpod	1			5
111	Con	Cuscuta californica var. papillosa	papillate dodder	1			30		5
112	Cra	Dudleya arizonica	Arizona chalk dudleya					2	20
113	Cra	Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides	desert dudleya	1	4	52	30	30
114	Cuc	Cucurbita palmata	coyote melon	2		1			1
115	Eup	Bernardia incana	western bernardia			23		1	28
116	Eup	Chamaesyce melanadenia	red-gland spurge	1		74	25	30	10
117	Eup	Chamaesyce micromera	Sonoran spurge		25	6		1	1
118	Eup	Chamaesyce polycarpa	small-seeded spurge	5	99	99		2	99
119	Eup	Chamaesyce setiloba	starfish (Yuma) spurge	2	20	7	99	30	99
120	Eup	Croton californicus	California croton	2					1
121	Eup	Ditaxis lanceolata	narrowleaf ditaxis	6	20	60	5	5	20
122	Eup	Ditaxis neomexicana	New Mexico ditaxis	4	15	30
123	Eup	Euphorbia eriantha	beetle spurge	1	2	99	25	50	5
124	Eup	Stillingia linearifolia	linear-leaved stillingia	4		99	1	7	20
125	Fab	Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus	southern California silver-lotus			5		1
126	Fab	Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus	short-winged deerweed	5		23		2
127	Fab	Acmispon haydonii	pygmy lotus	1			13	30	12
128	Fab	Acmispon maritimus var. brevivexillus	short-bannered coastal lotus	1		19	20	2
129	Fab	Acmispon rigidus	desert lotus	5	2	70	30	40	30
130	Fab	Acmispon strigosus	strigose lotus	4	1	5	99	99	5
131	Fab	Astragalus nuttallianus var. cedrosensis	Cedros milk-vetch	2			2
132	Fab	Astragalus pachypus var. pachypus	thick-pod milk-vetch	2			1
133	Fab	Astragalus palmeri	Palmer's milk-vetch	3		20	10	35	10
134	Fab	Dalea mollissima	downy dalea	1	14
135	Fab	Lupinus concinnus	bajada lupine		2	25	7	4	1
136	Fab	Lupinus excubitus var. medius	Mountain Springs bush lupine						1
137	Fab	Lupinus sparsiflorus	Coulter's lupine	3		3		1
138	Fab	Marina parryi	Parry's marina	8	10	99	30	20	30
139	Fab	Olneya tesota	ironwood		30	18		50
140	Fab	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana	honey mesquite	1		11	99	75
141	Fab	Psorothamnus emoryi	Emory's indigo-bush	3
142	Fab	Psorothamnus schottii	indigo bush	4	50	15	5	2	50
143	Fab	Psorothamnus spinosus	smoke tree	2	20
144	Fab	Senegalia greggii	catclaw		40	99	50	99	99
145	Fab	Senna armata	spiny senna	3	60				99
146	Fab	Senna covesii	desert senna	1		99
147	Fou	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	ocotillo	1	99	99	99	99	99
148	Ger	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree	3	1	99	30	75	40
149	Ger	Erodium texanum	Texas filaree			30
150	Kra	Krameria bicolor	white rhatany		40	52		10	70
151	Kra	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany	2	6	47	1	3	13
152	Lam	Hyptis emoryi	desert-lavender	8	20	99	99	99	99
153	Lam	Salvia apiana	white sage	3		45	25	15	5
154	Lam	Salvia columbariae	chia	6	5	99		2	99
155	Lam	Salvia vaseyi	Vasey's sage	2		1			1
156	Loa	Mentzelia involucrata	bracted blazing star	1		10
157	Loa	Petalonyx linearis	narrow-leaf sandpaper-plant	1
158	Loa	Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi	Thurber's sandpaper-plant	3					20
159	Mal	Ayenia compacta	ayenia	3		6	15	30	15
160	Mal	Hibiscus denudatus	rock hibiscus		30			2	5
161	Mal	Sphaeralcea ambigua	apricot mallow	1					12
162	Mal	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua	apricot mallow	2		60
163	Mol	Mollugo cerviana	*carpet-weed	2		99			99
164	Mon	Calyptridium monandrum	sand cress	1		10
165	Nyc	Allionia incarnata	trailing four o'clock		30		10		25
166	Nyc	Allionia incarnata var. incarnata	small-flowered trailing four o'clock					30
167	Nyc	Allionia incarnata var. villosa	large-flowered trailing four o'clock	4
168	Nyc	Boerhavia coccinea	scarlet spiderling						15
169	Nyc	Boerhavia triquetra var. intermedia	fivewing spiderling	2	5		2	99	99
170	Nyc	Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia	California four o'clock	2
171	Nyc	Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock	3	2	71	20	10	20
172	Ona	Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida	pale suncup	1		3			1
173	Ona	Chylismia cardiophylla ssp. cardiophylla	heartleaf suncup	2		10
174	Ona	Chylismia claviformis ssp. peirsonii	brown-eyed primrose	4	50	99	30	20	99
175	Ona	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	mountain California-fuchsia	1			25	15
176	Ona	Eulobus californicus	California suncup	3	99	99	10	40	15
177	Oro	Castilleja foliolosa	woolly Indian paintbrush				11	1
178	Pap	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	small-flowered poppy	5		60			10
179	Pap	Eschscholzia parishii	Parish's poppy	4		6
180	Phr	Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii	Bigelow's monkeyflower	3		99			7
181	Pla	Antirrhinum filipes	desert twining snapdragon	4
182	Pla	Penstemon clevelandii var. clevelandii	Cleveland's beardtongue	1			2	1
183	Pla	Plantago ovata	desert plantain	1	30
184	Pol	Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum	desert woolly-star	2	99	99	1	1	99
185	Pol	Gilia stellata	star gilia	3	~40	10	2	20	1
186	Pol	Leptosiphon aureus ssp. aureus	golden linanthus	1
187	Pol	Loeseliastrum schottii	Schott's calico						1
188	Pol	Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu	brittle spineflower	3		2			1
189	Pol	Eriogonum davidsonii	Davidson's buckwheat			18			1
190	Pol	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	California buckwheat	2	2	99	50	40	50
191	Pol	Eriogonum inflatum	desert trumpet	4	15	15	50	3	55
192	Pol	Eriogonum plumatella	yucca buckwheat	1					99
193	Pol	Eriogonum thomasii	Thomas' buckwheat						1
194	Pol	Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum	Wright's buckwheat			10
195	Pol	Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum	Wright's buckwheat	2	20	50	99	99	50
196	Pol	Pterostegia drymarioides	fairy bowties, threadstem			15			1
197	Ran	Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum	intermediate larkspur	1		54		5	3
198	Rha	Ziziphus parryi var. parryi	lotebush			3
199	Ros	Coleogyne ramosissima	black brush	3		36	1	1	50
200	Ros	Prunus fremontii	desert apricot	3		55	20	99	99
201	Rub	Galium angustifolium ssp. borregoense	Borrego bedstraw			5			1
202	Rub	Galium stellatum	star-flowered bedstraw	4	1	60	10	35	25
203	Rut	Thamnosma montana	turpentine broom	2		3		3	10
204	Sim	Simmondsia chinensis	jojoba	6	10	55	25	50	99
205	Sol	Datura discolor	desert thornapple		10
206	Sol	Lycium andersonii	Anderson's boxthorn	2		99	50	40	50
207	Sol	Lycium fremontii	Fremont's boxthorn	1			1
208	Sol	Nicotiana obtusifolia	desert tobacco	2		30	32		30
209	Sol	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry	5	4	99	25	20	25
210	Tam	Tamarix ramosissima	*saltcedar				1
211	Urt	Parietaria hespera var. hespera	pellitory	1		21
212	Ver	Verbena lasiostachys	western vervain	1
213	Vis	Phoradendron bolleanum	dense mistletoe						4
214	Vis	Phoradendron californicum	desert mistletoe	4	6	99	50	99	30
215	Zyg	Fagonia laevis	California fagonia	2	10	20		2
216	Zyg	Larrea tridentata	creosote bush	1	99	99	25	25	99
Monocots
217	Aga	Agave deserti var. deserti	desert agave	3	99	99	99	99	99
218	Aga	Yucca schidigera	Mohave yucca	1		51		2	50
219	Poa	Aristida adscensionis	six-weeks three-awn	1	99	99	6	99	50
220	Poa	Aristida californica	California three-awn		99
221	Poa	Aristida purpurea	purple three-awn			15	2	15	7
222	Poa	Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi	Nealley three-awn	1
223	Poa	Avena barbata	*slender wild oats			1
224	Poa	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama	2	2	10	2	99	99
225	Poa	Bouteloua barbata var. barbata	six-weeks grama		99			99	99
226	Poa	Bromus diandrus	*ripgut brome			60
227	Poa	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	*red brome			99	99	99	99
228	Poa	Bromus tectorum	*downy brome			10
229	Poa	Dasyochloa pulchella	fluff grass	1					7
230	Poa	Hilaria rigida	big galleta	1	99	2		20	99
231	Poa	Melica frutescens	tall melica	4		30		1	10
232	Poa	Muhlenbergia microsperma	littleseed muhly			30	2	99	10
233	Poa	Muhlenbergia porteri	Porter's muhly			3			3
234	Poa	Schismus barbatus	*Mediterranean schismus		50	99	50	20	50
235	Poa	Sporobolus cryptandrus	sand dropseed						5
236	Poa	Stipa coronata	giant needlegrass			40
237	Poa	Stipa parishii var. parishii	Parish's needlegrass				3	1	3
238	Poa	Stipa speciosa	desert needlegrass	3		15		1	15
239	Rus	Nolina parryi	Parry's nolina					1

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