Checklist of Lower Willow Creek, San Jacinto Mountains

This is a plant checklist in traditional family order for the plants in Willow Creek from its junction with the Willow Creek Trail to the junction of Willow Creek with Tahquitz Creek. It consists of the species found in the surveys for W4 and W5 described in detail in A Quantitative Flora of Willow and Tahquitz Creeks. See that page for a map of the area, survey details, and the participants for each survey.

The following gives some basic information about this checklist.

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 columns labeled #Pls gives the number of plants of each species that were found in the surveys W4 and W5. The number is a minimum estimate of the number of plants, up to a maximum of 99 plants.

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#	Famil	Scientific Name Link goes to Jepson eFlora	(*)Common Name Link goes to Calphotos	#Pls
				W4	W5
Ferns
1	Denns	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	bracken	99	99
2	Equis	Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine	horsetail	99	99
3	Polyp	Polypodium hesperium	western polypody	6	5
4	Woods	Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum	subarctic lady-fern	40	1
5	Woods	Cystopteris fragilis	brittle bladder fern	50	10
Gymnosperms
6	Cupre	Calocedrus decurrens	incense-cedar	10	99
7	Pinac	Abies concolor	white fir	99	99
8	Pinac	Pinus jeffreyi	Jeffrey pine	50	99
9	Pinac	Pinus lambertiana	sugar pine	10
Eudicots
10	Adoxa	Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea	blue elderberry	1
11	Apiac	Sphenosciadium capitellatum	ranger's buttons	10
12	Aster	Achillea millefolium	yarrow	40	50
13	Aster	Artemisia dracunculus	wild tarragon	5
14	Aster	Cirsium vulgare	*bull thistle	3	1
15	Aster	Corethrogyne filaginifolia	California-aster	99
16	Aster	Ericameria nauseosa var. bernardina	San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush		1
17	Aster	Erigeron canadensis	horseweed	7
18	Aster	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus	leafy daisy	5	5
19	Aster	Hieracium horridum	prickly hawkweed	3
20	Aster	Pseudognaphalium thermale	slender everlasting	99	30
21	Aster	Stephanomeria virgata	twiggy wreath plant	20
22	Aster	Taraxacum officinale	*common dandelion		1
23	Borag	Phacelia mutabilis	changeable phacelia	50	99
24	Brass	Boechera repanda	Yosemite rockcress	22
25	Brass	Boechera retrofracta X	mountain rock-cress	5
26	Brass	Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum	western wallflower	10	3
27	Capri	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	Parish's snowberry	3
28	Caryo	Sagina saginoides	pearlwort	50	50
29	Caryo	Silene verecunda	white catch-fly	40	3
30	Cheno	Chenopodium atrovirens	forest goosefoot	5
31	Cheno	Chenopodium fremontii	Fremont's goosefoot	99	2
32	Erica	Arctostaphylos patula	green-leaf manzanita	30
33	Erica	Pterospora andromedea	pinedrops	2	4
34	Erica	Pyrola aphylla	leafless wintergreen	1
35	Erica	Pyrola picta s.l.	white-veined wintergreen		1
36	Erica	Rhododendron occidentale	western azalea	50	20
37	Erica	Sarcodes sanguinea	snow-plant	5	3
38	Fabac	Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis	Sierra Nevada lotus	4	20
39	Fabac	Hosackia crassifolia var. crassifolia	broad-leaved lotus	50	5
40	Fabac	Hosackia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia	streambank lotus	30	99
41	Fabac	Lupinus hyacinthinus	San Jacinto lupine	99	40
42	Fabac	Lupinus latifolius var. parishii	Parish's lupine	1
43	Fabac	Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei	bigleaf lupine	2	5
44	Fabac	Trifolium monanthum ssp. grantianum	mountain carpet clover	99	99
45	Fagac	Chrysolepis sempervirens	bush chinquapin	10	1
46	Fagac	Quercus chrysolepis	canyon live oak	5	1
47	Geran	Geranium californicum	California geranium	10
48	Gross	Ribes cereum var. cereum	wax currant	1
49	Gross	Ribes nevadense	mountain pink currant	50	20
50	Gross	Ribes roezlii var. roezlii	Sierra gooseberry	20	5
51	Hyper	Hypericum anagalloides	tinker's penny	3	5
52	Lamia	Monardella nana	short-flowered monardella	30	50
53	Lamia	Stachys rigida	rigid hedge-nettle	10	99
54	Monti	Montia chamissoi	toad lily		2
55	Onagr	Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum	fireweed	50	3
56	Onagr	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	mountain California-fuchsia	50	50
57	Onagr	Epilobium ciliatum	willowherb	10	50
58	Onagr	Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. glaberrimum	glaucus willowherb	30	99
59	Onagr	Gayophytum oligospermum	pinegrove groundsmoke	99	50
60	Oroba	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	Martin's paintbrush	5
61	Oroba	Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata	giant red paintbrush	20	5
62	Oroba	Pedicularis semibarbata	pine lousewort	40	20
63	Phrym	Mimulus cardinalis	scarlet monkeyflower	50	99
64	Phrym	Mimulus moschatus	musk monkeyflower	99	99
65	Phrym	Mimulus pilosus	false monkeyflower	20
66	Phrym	Mimulus tilingii	larger mountain monkeyflower	30	50
67	Plant	Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis	San Jacinto Mts. keckiella	10
68	Plant	Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii	Grinnell's beardtongue	99
69	Plant	Penstemon labrosus	San Gabriel beardtongue		5
70	Plant	Penstemon rostriflorus	beaked penstemon	30	20
71	Plant	Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa	thyme-leaved speedwell		10
72	Polem	Allophyllum divaricatum	purple false-gilia	10	4
73	Polem	Linanthus pungens	granite prickly phlox	3
74	Polyg	Eriogonum apiculatum	San Jacinto buckwheat	20
75	Polyg	Eriogonum davidsonii	Davidson's buckwheat	5
76	Polyg	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	naked buckwheat	99	20
77	Polyg	Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum	Wright's buckwheat	99
78	Polyg	Rumex salicifolius	willow-leaved dock	10	40
79	Ranun	Aquilegia formosa	western columbine	50	50
80	Ranun	Thalictrum fendleri var. fendleri	Fendler's meadow-rue	50	1
81	Rhamn	Ceanothus cordulatus	mountain whitethorn	99	1
82	Rosac	Drymocallis glandulosa var. viscida	sticky cinquefoil	20	50
83	Rosac	Fragaria vesca	woodland strawberry		50
84	Rosac	Horkelia clevelandii var. clevelandii	Cleveland's horkelia	5	10
85	Rosac	Prunus emarginata	bitter cherry	40	10
86	Rosac	Rubus parviflorus	thimbleberry	99	50
87	Salic	Salix lutea	yellow willow	30	1
88	Salic	Salix scouleriana	Scouler's willow	99	10
89	Saxif	Heuchera hirsutissima	shaggy-haired alumroot	20
90	Scrop	Scrophularia californica	California bee plant	1
91	Urtic	Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea	stinging nettle	20	50
92	Viola	Viola macloskeyi	small white violet	30	99
93	Visca	Arceuthobium campylopodum	fir dwarf-mistletoe	10
94	Visca	Phoradendron bolleanum	fir mistletoe	2
Monocots
95	Cyper	Carex fracta	fragile sheath sedge	99	99
96	Cyper	Carex hoodii	Hood's sedge		1
97	Cyper	Carex senta	swamp sedge	99	99
98	Junca	Juncus longistylis	long-styled rush		2
99	Junca	Juncus macrandrus	long-anthered rush	99	20
100	Junca	Luzula comosa	hairy wood rush	10	10
101	Lilia	Lilium parryi	lemon lily	99	99
102	Orchi	Corallorhiza maculata	spotted coralroot	1
103	Poace	Agrostis exarata	spike bentgrass		99
104	Poace	Agrostis idahoensis	Idaho bentgrass	99	99
105	Poace	Bromus hallii	Hall's brome		20
106	Poace	Bromus richardsonii	fringed brome	10	30
107	Poace	Bromus tectorum	*downy brome	99
108	Poace	Deschampsia elongata	slender hairgrass	50	99
109	Poace	Elymus elymoides	squirreltail	5	10
110	Poace	Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus	blue wildrye	40	30
111	Poace	Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus	slender wheatgrass		20
112	Poace	Glyceria elata	tall mannagrass	99	99
113	Poace	Muhlenbergia andina	foxtail muhly	10	20
114	Poace	Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula	Fendler's blue grass	17
115	Poace	Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis	Kentucky blue grass	10	20
116	Poace	Stipa occidentalis var. pubescens	Elmer's needlegrass		1
117	Poace	Trisetum canescens	tall trisetum	10	20

Go to:

• A Quantitative Flora of Willow and Tahquitz Creeks
• Analysis of the Flora of Willow and Tahquitz Creeks
• Plants of Southern California: Regional Floras