Daley Ranch: Plant Guide to Ranch House Trail

This is a working list, about which we make no guarantees at all until we officially release it. Use at your own risk!

Introduction and Explanation of Plant Trail Guides
Introduction
Highlights of This Trail
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time
Botanical Trip Reports
The Plant Guide
Comments On Specific Species
Introduction

This trail guide begins at the southern entrance to Daley Ranch, which is at the southernmost part of the property, just north of Lake Dixon at the top of La Honda Drive in Escondido. The only toilets nearby are at Lake Dixon, which have running water. It is free to walk through the Lake Dixon entrance to use them. A porta-potty is at the Ranch House at Daley Ranch.
The Ranch House Trail is the paved main road of Daley Ranch and heads north to the Ranch House. The road has only been surveyed to mile 0.25, only a single occasion.
Highlights of This Trail

Some of the botanical highlights of this trail are:

Number of Unique Taxa On This Trail

The following histogram gives the number of trails in our database that contain each taxon on this trail. There were 91 trails in our database when this histogram was made; three trails, including this one, are at Daley Ranch. A number of "1" means the taxon has only been found on this trail among the trails in our database; a number of "3" may indicate taxa found only at Daley Ranch.

Number of Trails
Containing A Taxon Number Of Taxa
On This Trail % of Taxa
On This Trail
1 0 0%
2 5 5%
3 3 3%
4 4 4%
5 0 0%

1-5 12 12%
6-10 16 16%
11-15 15 15%
16-20 16 16%
21-25 6 6%
26-30 10 10%
31-35 3 3%
36-40 8 8%
41-45 10 10%
46-50 3 3%
51-55 4 4%
Total Taxa 103 100%

We found 2 additional species not in the above table, since they have not been fully identified yet. The unidentified ones are marked with ?, sp or ssp in the id? column in the guide, and do not have any number given in the #all column.
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time

The following table gives the dates the trail was walked and taxa recorded. After each visit, the table gives the total number of taxa on the list and the breakdown of the taxa without positive identification. See Explanation of Plant Trail Guides to understand the symbols below.

Visit Date Visit # # taxa # "?" # "sp" # "~" # "ssp"
3/29/2005 1 105 1 3 9 2

The fieldwork on 3/29/05 was only to mile 0.25.
Botanical Trip Reports

The Plant Guide

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The mileages have been rectified to a GPS recording of the trail, and hence should be accurate to ~0.01-0.02 miles.

Mile S # id? Common Name Latin Name #here #all
0.00 Begin guide just north of kiosk rock wall
0.00 l 1 horseweed Conyza canadensis / 29
0.00 b 2 *shortpod mustard Hirschfeldia incana / 52
0.00 r 3 *redstem filaree Erodium cicutarium / 54
0.00 b 4 *scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis / 26
0.00 l 5 *goldentop Lamarckia aurea / 14
0.00 l 6 *California burclover Medicago polymorpha / 40
0.00 b 7 *red brome Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens / 49
0.00 l 8 *sow thistle Sonchus oleraceus / 31
0.00 l 9 caterpillar phacelia Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida / 13
0.00 b 10 laurel sumac Malosma laurina / 41
0.00 l 11 wild-cucumber Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus / 43
0.00 l 12 *tocalote Centaurea melitensis / 44
0.00 b 13 California sagebrush Artemisia californica / 45
0.00 b 14 California buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum / 49
0.00 l 15 coast-range melic Melica imperfecta / 40
0.00 l 16 wild celery Apiastrum angustifolium / 13
0.00 l 17 cottony fern Cheilanthes newberryi / 4
0.00 l 18 ssp purple snapdragon Antirrhinum nuttallianum / 7
0.00 l 19 white everlasting Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum / 36
0.00 r 20 *Australian brass-buttons Cotula australis / 17
0.00 r 21 *rattail fescue Vulpia myuros var. myuros / 13
0.00 l 22 *fountain grass Pennisetum setaceum / 11
0.00 l 23 *Bermuda grass Cynodon dactylon / 28
0.00 l 24 San Diego morning-glory Calystegia macrostegia ssp. tenuifolia / 18
0.00 l (Bigelow's spike-moss, Selaginella bigelovii; silverback fern, Pentagramma triangularis ssp. viscosa)
0.00 r Jct. Creek Crossing Trail
0.00 r Check for slender combseed, Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula
0.00 l 25 short-winged deerweed Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus / 19
0.00 l 26 threadstem Pterostegia drymarioides / 28
0.00 r 27 *annual blue grass Poa annua / 9
0.00 r 28 sp *rabbits-foot grass Polypogon monspeliensis / 16
0.00 l 29 common bedstraw Galium aparine / 41
0.00 l 30 pygmy-weed Crassula connata / 22
0.00 r 31 ~ *grass poly Lythrum hyssopifolia / 3
0.00 r 32 Spanish clover Lotus purshianus var. purshianus / 27
0.00 r 33 *ripgut brome Bromus diandrus / 47
0.00 r 34 slender tarweed Hemizonia fasciculata / 13
0.00 r 35 toad rush Juncus bufonius var. bufonius / 3
0.00 r 36 *slender wild oats Avena barbata / 29
0.00 r 37 *soft chess Bromus hordeaceus / 39
0.00 r 38 ~ California dodder Cuscuta californica var. californica / 16
0.00 l 39 California everlasting Gnaphalium californicum / 42
0.00 r 40 *windmill pink Silene gallica / 30
0.00 r 41 golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum / 53
0.00 r 42 ~ *water speedwell Veronica anagallis-aquatica / 3
0.00 r 43 *smooth cat's ear Hypochaeris glabra / 31
0.00 b 44 blue dicks Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum / 45
0.00 b 45 purple everlasting Gnaphalium purpureum / 2
0.00 l 46 narrowleaf bedstraw Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium / 45
0.00 r 47 *prickly sow thistle Sonchus asper ssp. asper / 22
0.00 r 48 ~ *common cudweed Gnaphalium luteo-album / 9
0.00 r 49 *Natal grass Rhynchelytrum repens / 2
0.00 b 50 *narrowleaf filago Filago gallica / 45
0.00 r (matchweed, Gutierrezia sarothrae)
0.00 r 51 hooked skunkweed Navarretia hamata ssp. hamata / 6
0.00 l 52 *mouse-ear chickweed Cerastium glomeratum / 15
0.00 b 53 rough-seeded blue toad-flax Linaria canadensis var. texana / 8
0.00 l 54 San Diego birdsfoot lotus Lotus hamatus / 18
0.01 l 55 *prickly lettuce Lactuca serriola / 39
0.01 r 56 sp curly dock? Rumex sp. /
0.01 r 57 littleseed muhly Muhlenbergia microsperma / 2
0.01 r 58 graceful popcorn flower Plagiobothrys collinus var. gracilis / 2
0.01 r 59 sp suncup Camissonia intermedia or micrantha /
0.01 r 60 *purple false-brome Brachypodium distachyon / 6
0.01 r 61 California plantain Plantago erecta / 12
0.01 r (meally white pincushion, Chaenactis artemisiifolia)
0.02 r 62 popcorn flower Cryptantha intermedia / 24
0.02 l 63 ~ slender woolly marbles Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus / 2
0.02 l 64 slender combseed Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula / 4
0.02 l 65 Robinson's pepper-grass Lepidium virginicum var. robinsonii / 6
0.02 l 66 *common groundsel Senecio vulgaris / 20
0.03 l 67 *white-stemmed filaree Erodium moschatum / 20
0.03 l 68 minute-flowered cryptantha Cryptantha micromeres / 4
0.03 r 69 ~ *four-leaf polycarp Polycarpon tetraphyllum / 7
0.03 r 70 bird's-foot fern Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata / 30
0.03 r (bajada lupine, Lupinus concinnus; chaparral yucca, Yucca whipplei)
0.03 l 71 saw-toothed goldenbush Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelioides / 35
0.03 l 72 eucrypta Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. chrysanthemifolia / 24
0.04 b 73 black sage Salvia mellifera / 40
0.04 l 74 California four o'clock Mirabilis californica / 20
0.04 l 75 acourtia Acourtia microcephala / 14
0.05 r (white sage, Salvia apiana)
0.05 r 76 coyote bush Baccharis pilularis / 25
0.05 r 77 white sage Salvia apiana / 36
0.05 r 78 chaparral yucca Yucca whipplei / 30
0.05 r 79 ~ foothill needlegrass Nassella lepida / 20
0.06 r 80 everlasting nest-straw Stylocline gnaphaloides / 9
0.06 r 81 gray sage Salvia apiana X S. mellifera / 4
0.06 r 82 bajada lupine Lupinus concinnus / 11
0.07 r 83 matchweed Gutierrezia sarothrae / 7
0.07 r (bush monkeyflower, Mimulus aurantiacus)
0.07 r 84 California filago Filago californica / 18
0.08 r 85 red maids Calandrinia ciliata / 15
0.08 r Sign: "Yucca whipplei"
0.09 r 86 *wild oats Avena fatua / 18
0.09 r 87 bush monkeyflower Mimulus aurantiacus / 42
0.10 r 88 twining snapdragon Antirrhinum kelloggii / 6
0.10 r 89 stinging lupine Lupinus hirsutissimus / 15
0.10 r (chaparral beard-tongue, Keckiella antirrhinoides var. antirrhinoides)
0.10 l 90 *Crete weed Hedypnois cretica / 17
0.11 r (Parish's purple nightshade, Solanum parishii)
0.13 l 91 ~ rattlesnake weed Daucus pusillus / 23
0.13 r 92 tomcat clover Trifolium willdenovii / 11
0.13 r 93 strigose lotus Lotus strigosus / 29
0.14 r 94 purple owl's clover Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta / 9
0.14 r (long-beaked filaree, Erodium botrys)
0.15 l 95 ~ virgin's bower Clematis pauciflora / 11
0.16 r 96 ssp *winter vetch Vicia villosa ssp. varia / 18
0.16 (Parry's phacelia, Phacelia parryi)
0.16 r 97 Ramona lilac Ceanothus tomentosus var. olivaceus / 9
0.18 r 98 Parry's phacelia Phacelia parryi / 6
0.19 r 99 western ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya / 36
0.20 l Sign: "Sensitive habitat - keep out"; road curves right
0.21 l 100 California-aster Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia / 52
0.21 r (California poppy, Eschscholzia californica)
0.21 r 101 *long-beaked filaree Erodium botrys / 7
0.23 r 102 blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium bellum / 20
0.23 l 103 coastal goldenbush Isocoma menziesii⁺ / 15
0.23 r 104 silverback fern Pentagramma triangularis ssp. viscosa / 7
0.24 r ? (Mariposa lily?, Calochortus sp.?)
0.24 r white "blue-eyed" grass, Sisyrinchium bellum
0.24 l Jct. cutoff to Utility Road
0.25 r Sign: "White sage"
0.25 r (shooting star, Dodecatheon clevelandii ssp. clevelandii; leafy daisy, Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus; sharp-toothed sanicle, Sanicula arguta)
0.25 r 105 *English plantain Plantago lanceolata / 18
0.25 End current guide

Comments On Specific Species

Isocoma menziesii. In our experience, the subspecies are not separable in Southern California. See Comments on the Jepson Manual and A Flora of Southern California by Munz: Isocoma menziesii.

Number of Trails Containing A Taxon	Number Of Taxa On This Trail	% of Taxa On This Trail
1	0	0%
2	5	5%
3	3	3%
4	4	4%
5	0	0%

1-5	12	12%
6-10	16	16%
11-15	15	15%
16-20	16	16%
21-25	6	6%
26-30	10	10%
31-35	3	3%
36-40	8	8%
41-45	10	10%
46-50	3	3%
51-55	4	4%
Total Taxa	103	100%

Visit Date	Visit #	# taxa	# "?"	# "sp"	# "~"	# "ssp"
3/29/2005	1	105	1	3	9	2

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin guide just north of kiosk rock wall
0.00	l	1		horseweed	Conyza canadensis	/	29
0.00	b	2		*shortpod mustard	Hirschfeldia incana	/	52
0.00	r	3		*redstem filaree	Erodium cicutarium	/	54
0.00	b	4		*scarlet pimpernel	Anagallis arvensis	/	26
0.00	l	5		*goldentop	Lamarckia aurea	/	14
0.00	l	6		*California burclover	Medicago polymorpha	/	40
0.00	b	7		*red brome	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	/	49
0.00	l	8		*sow thistle	Sonchus oleraceus	/	31
0.00	l	9		caterpillar phacelia	Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida	/	13
0.00	b	10		laurel sumac	Malosma laurina	/	41
0.00	l	11		wild-cucumber	Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus	/	43
0.00	l	12		*tocalote	Centaurea melitensis	/	44
0.00	b	13		California sagebrush	Artemisia californica	/	45
0.00	b	14		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum	/	49
0.00	l	15		coast-range melic	Melica imperfecta	/	40
0.00	l	16		wild celery	Apiastrum angustifolium	/	13
0.00	l	17		cottony fern	Cheilanthes newberryi	/	4
0.00	l	18	ssp	purple snapdragon	Antirrhinum nuttallianum	/	7
0.00	l	19		white everlasting	Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum	/	36
0.00	r	20		*Australian brass-buttons	Cotula australis	/	17
0.00	r	21		*rattail fescue	Vulpia myuros var. myuros	/	13
0.00	l	22		*fountain grass	Pennisetum setaceum	/	11
0.00	l	23		*Bermuda grass	Cynodon dactylon	/	28
0.00	l	24		San Diego morning-glory	Calystegia macrostegia ssp. tenuifolia	/	18
0.00	l			(Bigelow's spike-moss, Selaginella bigelovii; silverback fern, Pentagramma triangularis ssp. viscosa)
0.00	r			Jct. Creek Crossing Trail
0.00	r			Check for slender combseed, Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula
0.00	l	25		short-winged deerweed	Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus	/	19
0.00	l	26		threadstem	Pterostegia drymarioides	/	28
0.00	r	27		*annual blue grass	Poa annua	/	9
0.00	r	28	sp	*rabbits-foot grass	Polypogon monspeliensis	/	16
0.00	l	29		common bedstraw	Galium aparine	/	41
0.00	l	30		pygmy-weed	Crassula connata	/	22
0.00	r	31	~	*grass poly	Lythrum hyssopifolia	/	3
0.00	r	32		Spanish clover	Lotus purshianus var. purshianus	/	27
0.00	r	33		*ripgut brome	Bromus diandrus	/	47
0.00	r	34		slender tarweed	Hemizonia fasciculata	/	13
0.00	r	35		toad rush	Juncus bufonius var. bufonius	/	3
0.00	r	36		*slender wild oats	Avena barbata	/	29
0.00	r	37		*soft chess	Bromus hordeaceus	/	39
0.00	r	38	~	California dodder	Cuscuta californica var. californica	/	16
0.00	l	39		California everlasting	Gnaphalium californicum	/	42
0.00	r	40		*windmill pink	Silene gallica	/	30
0.00	r	41		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	/	53
0.00	r	42	~	*water speedwell	Veronica anagallis-aquatica	/	3
0.00	r	43		*smooth cat's ear	Hypochaeris glabra	/	31
0.00	b	44		blue dicks	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	/	45
0.00	b	45		purple everlasting	Gnaphalium purpureum	/	2
0.00	l	46		narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	/	45
0.00	r	47		*prickly sow thistle	Sonchus asper ssp. asper	/	22
0.00	r	48	~	*common cudweed	Gnaphalium luteo-album	/	9
0.00	r	49		*Natal grass	Rhynchelytrum repens	/	2
0.00	b	50		*narrowleaf filago	Filago gallica	/	45
0.00	r			(matchweed, Gutierrezia sarothrae)
0.00	r	51		hooked skunkweed	Navarretia hamata ssp. hamata	/	6
0.00	l	52		*mouse-ear chickweed	Cerastium glomeratum	/	15
0.00	b	53		rough-seeded blue toad-flax	Linaria canadensis var. texana	/	8
0.00	l	54		San Diego birdsfoot lotus	Lotus hamatus	/	18
0.01	l	55		*prickly lettuce	Lactuca serriola	/	39
0.01	r	56	sp	curly dock?	Rumex sp.	/
0.01	r	57		littleseed muhly	Muhlenbergia microsperma	/	2
0.01	r	58		graceful popcorn flower	Plagiobothrys collinus var. gracilis	/	2
0.01	r	59	sp	suncup	Camissonia intermedia or micrantha	/
0.01	r	60		*purple false-brome	Brachypodium distachyon	/	6
0.01	r	61		California plantain	Plantago erecta	/	12
0.01	r			(meally white pincushion, Chaenactis artemisiifolia)
0.02	r	62		popcorn flower	Cryptantha intermedia	/	24
0.02	l	63	~	slender woolly marbles	Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus	/	2
0.02	l	64		slender combseed	Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula	/	4
0.02	l	65		Robinson's pepper-grass	Lepidium virginicum var. robinsonii	/	6
0.02	l	66		*common groundsel	Senecio vulgaris	/	20
0.03	l	67		*white-stemmed filaree	Erodium moschatum	/	20
0.03	l	68		minute-flowered cryptantha	Cryptantha micromeres	/	4
0.03	r	69	~	*four-leaf polycarp	Polycarpon tetraphyllum	/	7
0.03	r	70		bird's-foot fern	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	/	30
0.03	r			(bajada lupine, Lupinus concinnus; chaparral yucca, Yucca whipplei)
0.03	l	71		saw-toothed goldenbush	Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelioides	/	35
0.03	l	72		eucrypta	Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. chrysanthemifolia	/	24
0.04	b	73		black sage	Salvia mellifera	/	40
0.04	l	74		California four o'clock	Mirabilis californica	/	20
0.04	l	75		acourtia	Acourtia microcephala	/	14
0.05	r			(white sage, Salvia apiana)
0.05	r	76		coyote bush	Baccharis pilularis	/	25
0.05	r	77		white sage	Salvia apiana	/	36
0.05	r	78		chaparral yucca	Yucca whipplei	/	30
0.05	r	79	~	foothill needlegrass	Nassella lepida	/	20
0.06	r	80		everlasting nest-straw	Stylocline gnaphaloides	/	9
0.06	r	81		gray sage	Salvia apiana X S. mellifera	/	4
0.06	r	82		bajada lupine	Lupinus concinnus	/	11
0.07	r	83		matchweed	Gutierrezia sarothrae	/	7
0.07	r			(bush monkeyflower, Mimulus aurantiacus)
0.07	r	84		California filago	Filago californica	/	18
0.08	r	85		red maids	Calandrinia ciliata	/	15
0.08	r			Sign: "Yucca whipplei"
0.09	r	86		*wild oats	Avena fatua	/	18
0.09	r	87		bush monkeyflower	Mimulus aurantiacus	/	42
0.10	r	88		twining snapdragon	Antirrhinum kelloggii	/	6
0.10	r	89		stinging lupine	Lupinus hirsutissimus	/	15
0.10	r			(chaparral beard-tongue, Keckiella antirrhinoides var. antirrhinoides)
0.10	l	90		*Crete weed	Hedypnois cretica	/	17
0.11	r			(Parish's purple nightshade, Solanum parishii)
0.13	l	91	~	rattlesnake weed	Daucus pusillus	/	23
0.13	r	92		tomcat clover	Trifolium willdenovii	/	11
0.13	r	93		strigose lotus	Lotus strigosus	/	29
0.14	r	94		purple owl's clover	Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta	/	9
0.14	r			(long-beaked filaree, Erodium botrys)
0.15	l	95	~	virgin's bower	Clematis pauciflora	/	11
0.16	r	96	ssp	*winter vetch	Vicia villosa ssp. varia	/	18
0.16				(Parry's phacelia, Phacelia parryi)
0.16	r	97		Ramona lilac	Ceanothus tomentosus var. olivaceus	/	9
0.18	r	98		Parry's phacelia	Phacelia parryi	/	6
0.19	r	99		western ragweed	Ambrosia psilostachya	/	36
0.20	l			Sign: "Sensitive habitat - keep out"; road curves right
0.21	l	100		California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia	/	52
0.21	r			(California poppy, Eschscholzia californica)
0.21	r	101		*long-beaked filaree	Erodium botrys	/	7
0.23	r	102		blue-eyed grass	Sisyrinchium bellum	/	20
0.23	l	103		coastal goldenbush	Isocoma menziesii⁺	/	15
0.23	r	104		silverback fern	Pentagramma triangularis ssp. viscosa	/	7
0.24	r		?	(Mariposa lily?, Calochortus sp.?)
0.24	r			white "blue-eyed" grass, Sisyrinchium bellum
0.24	l			Jct. cutoff to Utility Road
0.25	r			Sign: "White sage"
0.25	r			(shooting star, Dodecatheon clevelandii ssp. clevelandii; leafy daisy, Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus; sharp-toothed sanicle, Sanicula arguta)
0.25	r	105		*English plantain	Plantago lanceolata	/	18
0.25				End current guide

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