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Flora of the Kern River
Preserve |
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Species diversity in the Kern
River Valley watershed when all living groups are combined is
unparalleled in North America north of Mexico. The region's flora makes
up a large part of this with over 2000 species of plants documented.
Just a portion of the amazing diversity of the Kern River Watershed is
reflected in this plant list. The table contains 308 species that have been recorded
growing on the Kern River Preserve. If you have found other species or see
errors please contact us right away. Photos and research courtesy
Nature Ali. |
| DIVISION/CLASS/FAMILY |
Scientific Name |
Common Name(s) |
Form |
|
ORIGIN |
|
PTEROPHYTA TRUE FERNS
|
| AZOLLACEAE
|
Azolla filiculoides
|
mosquito
fern
|
fern |
 |
Native
|
| PTERIDACEAE
|
Cheilanthes covillei
|
scaly fern
|
fern |
 |
Native
|
|
|
Pellaea mucronata
|
bird's foot fern
|
fern |
 |
Native
|
| SPHENOPHYTA
|
|
|
|
|
|
| EQUISETACEAE
|
Equisetum arvense
|
horsetail
|
fern |
 |
Native
|
|
Division Coniferophyta --
gymnosperms,
Class Pinopsida
CONIFERS |
|
|
|
|
|
| CUPRESSACEAE CYPRESS
FAMILY |
Cupressus arizonica E. Greene |
Arizona Cypress |
|
 |
planted |
| |
Juniperus californica Carrière |
California Juniper |
|
 |
Native |
| PINACEAE PINE FAMILY |
Pinus monophylla |
Single-needle Pinyon
Pine |
|
 |
Native |
| |
Pinus sabiniana Douglas |
Gray Pine |
|
 |
Native |
| GNETOPHYTA
|
|
|
|
|
|
| EPHEDRACEAE
|
Ephedra nevadensis nevadensis S. Watson
|
Mormon
tea
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Ephedra viridis
Cov. |
green
ephedra
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
ANTHOPHYTA - FLOWERING PLANTS
|
| DICOTYLEDONES - DICOTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
| AMARANTHACEAE |
Amaranthus albus |
pigweed
amaranth |
|
 |
S. America |
| APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)
|
Apium graveolens
|
celery
|
|
 |
Eurasia
|
|
|
Berula erecta
|
cut-leaved water parsnip
|
|
Brother Alfred Brousseau
Prof. R. P.
Olowin St. Mary's College
CalPhotos
|
Native
|
|
|
Cicuta douglasii
|
water hemlock
|
|
Brad Kelley |
Native
|
| ASCLEPIADACEAE |
Asclepias erosa |
desert
milkweed |
|
Charles Webber
© 1998 California Academy of Sciences
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Asclepias fascicularis |
narrow leaf milkweed
|
|
Brother Alfred Brousseau
Prof. R. P.
Olowin St. Mary's College
CalPhotos
|
Native
|
| ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)
|
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
|
annual bur-sage
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Anisocoma acaulis
|
scale bud
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Artemisia douglasiana
|
mugwort
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Artemisia dracunculus
|
tarragon
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Artemisia tridentata
|
great basin sagebrush
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Aster frondosus
|
short-rayed alkali
aster
|
|
© 2004 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Aster subulatus (A.exilis)
|
slender aster
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Baccharis salicifolia (B. glutinosa, B. viminea)
|
mule fat
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Baccharis sergiloides
|
desert baccharis
|
|
© 2004 James M. Andre
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Bidens frondosa
|
sticktight
|
|
© 2003 Penn Martin II
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Chaenactis fremontii
|
desert pincushion
|
|
 |
Native
|
| |
Chaenactis glabriuscula |
Yellow
Pincushion |
|
© 2005 Christopher L. Christie
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Chamomilla suaveolens
|
pineapple weed
|
|
 |
NW N.A.
|
|
|
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
|
rabbit brush
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Cichorium intybus
|
chicory
|
|
|
Europe
|
|
|
Cirsium occidentale var. venustum (C.proteanum)
|
Venus thistle
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Cirsium vulgare
|
bull thistle
|
|
 |
Europe
|
|
|
Cnicus benedictus
|
blessed thistle
|
|
© 2001 CDFA
CalPhotos |
Europe
|
|
|
Conyza coulteri
|
Coulter's
horseweed
|
|
© 2006 Adonis (Don) Tate
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Conyza canadensis
|
horseweed
|
|
© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Coreopsis bigelovii
|
Bigelow's coreopsis |
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Cotula australis
|
Australian brass-buttons |
|
Walter Knight
© 1999 California Academy of Sciences
CalPhotos |
Australia
|
|
|
Cotula coronopifolia
|
brass buttons
|
|
Albert P. Bekker
© 1999 California Academy of Sciences
CalPhotos |
S. Africa
|
|
|
Encelia actoni (E.virginensis ssp. a.)
|
mountain bush sunflower |
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Ericameria linearifolia
|
interior goldenbush
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Erigeron foliosus
|
leafy daisy, fleabane
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Eriophyllum ambiguum
|
woolly sunflower
|
|
 |
Native
|
| |
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
|
yellow
yarrow |
|
Charles Webber
© 1998 California Academy of Sciences
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Eriophyllum pringlei
|
bud eriophyllum
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Euthamia occidentalis
(Solidago o.)
|
western goldenrod
|
|
© 2003 Michael Charters
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Filago californica
|
herba impia
|
|
© 2004 James M. Andre
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Gnaphalium luteo-album
|
weedy cudweed
|
|
© 2007 Neal Kramer
CalPhotos |
Eurasia
|
|
|
Gnaphalium palustre
|
lowland cudweed |
|
© 2008 Keir Morse
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Helenium puberulum
|
sneezeweed
|
|
© 2006 Matt Below
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Helianthus annuus ssp. lenticularis |
common sunflower
|
|
 |
Native
|
| |
Hemizonia fasciculata |
Slender
Tarweed |
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Hemizonia pungens
|
prickly tarplant
|
|
© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Hymenoclea salsola
|
burrobush
cheesebush |
|
© 2004 James M. Andre
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Isocoma acradenia(Haplopappus a.)
|
goldenbush
desert isocoma
|
|
© 2005 Trent M. Draper
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Lactuca serriola
|
prickly lettuce
|
|
© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California
CalPhotos |
Europe |
|
|
Lasthenia californica
|
goldfields
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Layia glandulosa
|
white layia
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Lepidospartum squamatum
|
scale broom
|
|
© 2004 Dr. Daniel L. Geiger
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Lessingia glandulifera
|
vinegar plant
|
|
© 2007 Neal Kramer
CalPhotos |
Native
|
| |
Lessingia
lemmonii |
Lemmon's
vinegar weed |
|
 |
Native |
|
|
Malacothrix californica
|
wild marigold
|
|
© 2007 Lynn Watson
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Malacothrix glabrata
|
desert dandelion |
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Microseris campestris
|
San
Joaquin silverpuffs |
|
© 2007 Carol W. Witham
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Microseris douglasii
|
Douglas'
silverpuffs
|
|
© 2007 Neal Kramer
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Pyrrocoma racemosa var. paniculata
|
racemose pyrracoma
|
|
© 2008 Keir Morse
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Sonchus asper
|
prickly sow-thistle
|
|
© 2005 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Europe |
| |
Stephanomeria exigua |
small
wirelettuce |
|
 |
Native |
|
|
Stephanomeria virgata
|
wand chicory
|
|
© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Taraxacum officinale
|
dandelion
|
|
 |
Europe |
|
|
Tetradymia axillaris var. longispina
|
cottonthorn
|
|
|
Native
|
| |
Tetradymia glabrata |
Little-leaf Horsebrush |
|
© 1998 Christopher Christie
CalPhotos |
|
|
|
Uropappus lindleyi
|
silver puffs
|
|
© 2004 James M. Andre
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Xanthium spinosum
|
spiny cocklebur
|
|
© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Xanthium strumarium
|
cocklebur
|
|
 |
Native
|
| BETULACEAE
|
Alnus rhombifolia
|
white alder
|
|
 |
Native
|
| BORAGINACEAE
|
Amsinckia
menziesii |
fiddleneck |
|
 |
Native
|
| |
Amsinckia tessellata
|
checker
fiddleneck |
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Cryptantha dumetorum
|
popcorn flower
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Cryptantha micrantha
|
popcorn flower
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Heliotropium curassavicum (var. oculatum)
|
salt heliotrope
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Pectocarya penicillata
|
winged pectocarya
|
|
© 2006 Aaron Schusteff
Calphotos |
Native
|
|
|
Plagiobothrys canescens
|
valley popcorn flower
|
|
© 2004 Laura Ann Eliassen
CalPhotos |
Native
|
| BRASSICACEAE (CRUCIFERAE)
|
Capsella bursa-pastoris
|
shepherd's purse
|
|
 |
Europe
|
|
|
Cardaria chalepensis
|
lens-podded hoary
cress
|
|
© 2004 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Asia |
|
|
Cardaria pubescens var. elongata
|
white-top
|
|
 |
Asia |
|
|
Caulanthus coulteri
|
Coulter's jewelflower
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Descurainia incana (D. richardsonii ssp. viscosa)
|
tansy mustard
|
|
© 2004 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Descurainia sophia
|
herb Sophia
|
|
|
Eurasia
|
|
|
Draba cuneifolia
|
wedge-leaved draba
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Hirschfeldia incana (Brassica geniculata)
|
Mediterranean mustard
|
|
 |
Mediterranean
|
|
|
Lepidium densiflorum
|
pepper-grass
|
|
Calphotos |
Native
|
| |
Lepidium strictum |
prostrate
pepper-grass |
|
Calphotos |
Native |
|
|
Rorippa palustris ssp. occidentalis
|
marsh yellow-cress
|
|
© David Smith
CalPhotos |
Native
|
| |
Sisymbrium irio |
London
rocket |
|
© 2004 James M. Andre
CalPhotos |
Europe |
|
|
Thysanocarpus curvipes
|
fringepod
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Tropidocarpum gracile
|
slender keel fruit
|
|
 |
Native
|
| CACTACEAE
|
Opuntia basilaris
|
beavertail
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Opuntia echinocarpa
|
silver cholla
|
|
 |
Native
|
| CALLITRICHACEAE
|
Callitriche heterophylla
|
water starwort
|
|
© Michael Charters
|
Native
|
| CAPRIFOLIACEAE
|
Sambucus mexicana
|
blue elderberry
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
Caryophyllaceae |
Stellaria pallida |
pale
starwort |
|
 |
SW Europe |
| CERATOPHYLLACEAE
|
Ceratophyllum demersum
|
hornwort
|
|
|
Native
|
| CHENOPODIACEAE
|
Atriplex canescens ssp.linearis
|
four-wing saltbush
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Atriplex patula ssp. hastata
|
spear oracle
|
|
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Atriplex rosea |
redscale, tumbling
oracle
|
|
CalPhotos |
Eurasia
|
|
|
Atriplex semibaccata
|
Australian saltbush |
|
CalPhotos |
Australia
|
|
|
Atriplex serenana |
bractscale
|
|
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Bassia hyssopifolia |
five-hook bassia
|
|
CalPhotos |
Eurasia
|
|
|
Chenopodium berlandieri |
pitseed goosefoot
|
|
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Chenopidium botrys |
Jerusalem oak
|
|
CalPhotos |
Europe
|
|
|
Chenopodium dessiccatum
(var. leptophylloides)
|
narrow-leaved goosefoot
|
|
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Chenopodium pumilio |
Tasmanian goosefoot
|
|
CalPhotos |
Australia
|
|
|
Grayia spinosa |
hop sage
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Salsola tragus
(S. australis) |
Russian thistle
|
|
 |
Eurasia
|
| CONVOLVULACEAE
|
Convolvulus arvensis |
bindweed
|
|
 |
Europe
|
| |
Dichondra donelliana |
California Dichondra |
perennial |
© 2007 Neal Kramer
CalPhotos |
Native |
| CRASSULACEAE
|
Crassula connata
(Tillaea erecta)
|
pigmy weed
|
|
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Dudleya calcicola
|
limestone dudleya |
|
 |
Native
|
| CUCURBITACEAE
|
Cucurbita foetidissima
|
calabazilla
stinking
gourd
|
|
 |
Native
|
| |
Cucurbita
palmata |
coyote
gourd
coyote melon |
|
 |
Native |
|
|
Marah fabaceus
(M. fabens)
|
California man-root
|
|
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Marah
horridus |
Sierra man-root
|
|
 |
Native
|
| CUSCUTACEAE
|
Cuscuta
californica |
chaparral dodder
|
|
|
Native
|
| EUPHORIBACEAE
|
Chamaesyce polycarpa
(Euphorbia p.) |
sand spurge
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Chamaesyce serpyllifolia
|
thyme-leaved spurge
|
|
CalPhotos |
Native
|
| FABACEAE
|
Astragalus didymocarpus
|
two seeded milkvetch
|
annual |
© 2005 James M. Andre
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
|
wild licorice
|
perennial |
© 2002 Thomas M. Elder, M.D. (CalPhotos) |
Native
|
|
|
Lotus argophyllus
|
silver birdsfoot trefoil
|
perennial |
 |
Native
|
|
|
Lotus corniculatus
|
broadleaf birdsfoot
trefoil
|
perennial |
© 2005 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
CalPhotos |
Eurasia
|
|
|
Lotus oblongifolius
|
copper-flowered birdsfoot
trefoil
|
perennial |
© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Lotus purshianus
var. purshianus
|
Spanish clover
|
annual |
© 2004 Carol W. Witham
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Lotus scoparius |
California broom
|
perennial |
 |
Native
|
|
|
Lotus
strigosus |
Bishop
Lotus |
annual |
© 2004 Michelle Cloud-Hughes
Calphotos |
Native |
|
|
Lupinus albifrons
|
silver lupine
|
shrub |
 |
Native
|
|
|
Lupinus benthamii
|
spider lupine
|
annual |
|
Native
|
|
|
Lupinus bicolor
(ssp. microphyllus)
|
miniature lupine
|
annual/perennial |
 |
Native
|
|
|
Lupinus concinnus
(ssp. orcuttii) |
bajada lupine
|
annual |
 |
Native
|
| |
Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus |
chick
lupine |
annual |
 |
Native |
| |
Lupinus odoratus |
Mojave
lupine |
annual |
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 1999 California Academy of Sciences
CalPhotos |
Native |
| |
Medicago lupulina |
black medick |
annual/perennial |
© 2004 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Europe |
| |
Medicago
polymorpha
|
bur clover
|
annual |
© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California
(CalPhotos) |
Eurasia
|
| |
Medicago sativa
|
alfalfa
|
perennial |
|
Eurasia
|
|
|
Melilotus alba
|
white sweetclover
|
annual/biennial |
 |
Eurasia
|
|
|
Melilotus indicus
|
sourclover
|
annual |
 |
Mediterranean
|
| |
Trifolium repens |
white clover |
perennial |
 |
Eurasia |
| |
Trifolium wormskioldii |
cow's clover |
perennial |
 |
Native |
| FAGACEAE |
Quercus wislizenii |
interior
live oak |
|
 |
Native |
| FRANKENIACEAE
|
Frankenia salina
(F. grandifolia var. campestris) |
alkali heath |
perennial |
© 2006 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Native |
| GERANIACEAE
|
Erodium botrys |
broadleaf
filaree |
|
 |
S. Europe |
|
|
Erodium cicutarium
|
red-stemmed filaree
|
|
|
Eurasia
|
| GROSSULARIACEAE
|
Ribes quercetorum
|
oak gooseberry
|
|
|
Native
|
| HYDROPHYLLACEAE
|
Emmenanthe penduliflora |
whispering bells
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Nama demissum
|
purple mat
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Phacelia cicutaria
|
caterpillar phacelia
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Phacelia distans
|
fern phacelia
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Phacelia fremontii
|
Fremont's
phacelia
|
|
|
Native
|
| |
Phacelia ramosissima |
branching
phacelia |
|
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Phacelia tanacetifolia
|
lacy phacelia
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Pholistoma membranaceum |
white fiesta flower
|
|
|
Native
|
| JUGLANDACEAE
|
Juglans californica
var. hindsii
|
California black walnut
|
|
 |
N. CA |
| LAMIACEAE
|
Lamium amplexicaule
|
common henbit
|
|
 |
Eurasia
|
| |
Mentha arvensis |
field mint |
|
 |
Native |
| |
Monardella candicans |
Sierra pennyroyal |
|
© 2002 Dean Wm. Taylor
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Salvia carduacea
|
thistle sage
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Salvia columbariae
|
chia
|
|
|
Native
|
| |
Stachys albens |
hedge nettle |
|
 |
Native |
| |
Trichostema lanceolatum |
vinegarweed |
|
 |
Native |
| LOASACEAE |
Mentzelia affinis |
Yellow
Comet |
|
 |
Native |
| LYTHRACEAE |
Lythrum californicum |
California loosestrife |
|
© 2007 Ron Wolf
CalPhotos |
Native |
| |
Lythrum salicaria |
Purple
Loosestrife |
|
 |
Europe |
| MALVACEAE
|
Eremalche exilis
|
desert mallow
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Malva neglecta
|
common mallow
|
|
 |
Eurasia
|
|
|
Malva parviflora |
little
mallow
cheeseweed |
|
 |
Eurasia |
| |
Malvella
leprosa |
Alkali
Mallow |
|
CalPhotos |
|
|
|
Sphaeralcea ambigua
|
apricot mallow
|
|
|
Mojave
|
| NYCTAGINACEAE
|
Mirabilis californica
(M. laevis) |
wishbone bush
|
|
|
Native
|
| OLEACEAE
|
Fraxinus velutinus
|
velvet ash
|
|
|
Native
|
| ONAGRACEAE
|
Camissonia campestris |
Mojave sun cup
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Camissonia claviformis |
brown-eyed evening-primrose |
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Camissonia kernensis |
Kern sun cups
|
|
 |
Native
|
| |
Camissonia strigulosa |
sandy-soil evening primrose |
|
© 2007 Neal Kramer
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Clarkia xantiana
|
gunsight fairyfan
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Epilobium canum
ssp. latifolium
|
California fuchsia
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Epilobium ciliatum
ssp. ciliatum |
willow herb
|
|
 |
Native
|
| |
Ludwigia peploides |
yellow water weed |
|
© 2007 Neal Kramer
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Oenothera californica
|
California evening-
primrose
|
|
 |
Native
|
| |
Oenothera elata
ssp. hirsuitissima |
Hooker's evening-primrose |
|
 |
Native |
|
Oxalidaceae |
Oxalis corniculata |
creeping
wood-sorrel |
|
 |
South America |
| PAPAVERACEAE |
Argemone munita |
prickly poppy |
|
 |
Native |
|
|
Canbya candida |
pygmy poppy
|
|
 |
Native
|
| |
Dicentra chrysantha |
golden
ear drops |
|
 |
Native |
|
|
Eschscholzia californica
|
California poppy
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Platystemon californicus
|
cream cups
|
|
 |
Native
|
| PLANTAGINACEAE |
Plantago lanceolata |
English plantain |
|
 |
Europe |
| |
Plantago major |
common plantain |
|
CalPhotos |
Europe |
| POLEMONIACEAE
|
Gilia capitata
ssp. abrontanifolia |
globe gilia
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Gilia latiflora
ssp. davyi
|
broad-flowered gilia |
|
|
Native
|
| |
Gilia
malior |
scrub
gilia |
|
© 2006 James M. Andre
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Gilia micromeria
|
dainty
gilia
|
|
© 2003 Yulan Tong
CalPhotos |
Native
|
| |
Gilia tenuiflora
|
Slender-flowered gilia |
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Gilia tricolor
|
Bird's Eyes
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Linanthus aureus
|
golden deserttrumpets
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Linanthus dichotomus
|
evening snow
|
|
|
Native
|
| |
Linanthus parryae |
sandblossoms |
|
 |
Native |
|
|
Loeseliastrum matthewsii
|
desert calico
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Phlox gracilis
|
slender phlox
|
|
|
Native
|
| POLYGONACEAE
|
Centrostegia thurberi
|
Thurber's spineflower
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Eriogonum angulosum
|
angle-stemmed wild
buckwheat
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Eriogonum fasciculatum
var. polifolium
|
California buckwheat
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Eriogonum nudum
var. pubiflorum |
nude buckwheat
|
|
|
Native
|
|
Polygonum
arenastrum |
common
knotweed |
|
© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California
CalPhotos |
|
|
|
Polygonum hydropiper
|
marsh pepper, smartweed
|
|
© 2008 Keir Morse
CalPhotos |
Europe
|
|
|
Polygonum lapathifolium |
willow weed
|
|
© 2005 Luigi Rignanese
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Polygonum persicaria
|
ladies thumb
|
|
© 2004 Carol W. Witham
CalPhotos |
Europe
|
|
|
Pterostegia drymarioides
|
fairy
mist |
|
© 2004 James M. Andre
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Rumex conglomeratus
|
green or clustered
dock
|
|
© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California
CalPhotos |
Europe
|
|
|
Rumex crispus |
curly dock
|
|
 |
Eurasia
|
| PORTULACACEAE |
Calandrinia ciliata |
red maids |
|
 |
Native |
|
|
Calyptridium monandrum |
pussypaws, sand cress
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Claytonia perfoliata
(Montia p.) |
miner's lettuce
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Portulaca oleracea |
common purslane
|
|
© 1995 Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaCalPhotos |
Europe
|
| RANUNCULACEAE
|
Ranunculus cymbalaria
var. saximontanus |
desert buttercup
|
|
© 2007 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Native
|
| RHAMNACEAE |
Ceanothus greggii var. vestitus |
cupleaf ceanothus |
|
© 2004 James M. Andre
CalPhotos |
Native |
| |
Rhamnus tomentella ssp. cuspidata [Frangula
californica ssp. cuspidata] |
hoary coffeeberry |
|
© 2002 Charles E. Jones
CalPhotos |
Native |
| ROSACEAE |
Cercocarpus betuloides |
birch-leaf mountain-mahogany |
|
Charles Webber
© 1999 California Academy of Sciences
CalPhotos |
Native |
| |
Potentilla glandulosa |
cinquefoil
|
|
 |
Native |
|
|
Rosa woodsii var.
ultramontana |
interior rose
|
|
|
Native
|
| RUBIACEAE
|
Galium
aparine |
bedstraw
|
|
 |
Native
|
| SALICACEAE
|
Populus fremontii |
Fremont cottonwood
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Salix exiqua (S.
hindsiana) |
narrow-leaved willow
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Salix laevigata |
red willow
|
|
|
Native
|
|
|
Salix lasiolepis |
arroyo willow
|
|
 |
Native
|
| SAURURACEAE
|
Anemopsis californica |
yerba mansa
alkali anemopsis
|
|
|
Native
|
| SCROPHULARIACEAE
|
Castilleja exserta |
owl's clover
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Castilleja minor
ssp. spiralis (C.stanantha) |
annual Indian paintbrush
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Mimulus aurantiacus |
bush monkeyflower
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Mimulus bigelovii |
Bigelow's monkeyflower
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Mimulus cardinalis |
scarlet monkeyflower
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Mimulus floribundus |
granite monkeyflower
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Mimulus guttatus |
common monkeyflower |
|
 |
Native |
|
|
Mimetanthe pilosa |
false monkeyflower |
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Penstemon grinnellii
ssp. scrophularioides |
Grinnell's beardtongue |
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Penstemon incertus |
western
desert penstemon
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Scrophularia californica |
California figwort
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Verbascum thapsus |
woolly mullein
|
|
 |
Europe
|
| |
Veronica americana |
American brooklime |
|
|
Native |
|
|
Veronica anagallis-aquatica |
great water speedwell
|
|
 |
Europe
|
|
Veronica arvensis |
corn
speedwell |
|
© 2008 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Eurasia |
|
|
Veronica persica |
birds-eye speedwell
|
|
 |
Asia
|
| SOLANACEAE
|
Datura wrightii
(D. innoxia) |
jimsonweed
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Lycium andersonii |
boxthorn, desert tomato
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Nicotiana attenuata |
mountain Indian tobacco
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Nicotiana quadrivalvis
(N. biglovii) |
Indian tobacco |
|
|
Native |
|
|
Solanum americanum
(S. podiflorum) |
small-flowered nightshade |
|
 |
Native |
| |
Solanum rostratum |
Buffalo
bur |
|
 |
Great Plains |
|
|
Solanum xanti |
chaparral nightshade |
|
 |
Native |
|
STERCULIACEAE |
Fremontodendron californicum |
flannelbush |
|
 |
Native |
| URTICACEAE
|
Urtica dioica ssp.
holosericea (U.h.) |
stinging nettle |
|
 |
Native |
| VISCACEAE (LORANTHACEAE)
|
Phorandendron macrophllum |
bigleaf mistletoe |
|
 |
Native |
| VITACEAE
|
Vitis vinifera |
wine grape |
|
 |
Europe |
| MONOCOTYLEDONES - MONOCOTS
|
| CYPERACEAE |
Carex alma |
sedge |
|
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Cyperus eragrostis |
nutsedge, tall cyperus |
|
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Eleocharis macrostachya |
creeping spike rush
|
|
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Eleocharis montevidensis |
spike rush
|
|
CalPhotos |
Native
|
| |
Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis (Scirpus acutus
var. occidentalis) |
tule |
|
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Schoenoplectus americanus [(Scirpus pungens or Scirpus americanus var. longispicatus)] |
common three square |
|
CalPhotos |
Native
|
| JUNCACEAE |
Juncus balticus |
rush |
|
CalPhotos |
Native |
| |
Juncus dubius |
Mariposa rush |
|
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Juncus rugulosus |
wrinkled rush |
|
© 2005 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Native |
| LILIACEAE (AMARYLLIDACEAE)
|
Brodiaea terrestis kernensis |
Kern
dwarf brodiaea |
|
 |
Native |
| |
Calochortus striatus |
alkali mariposa lily |
|
 |
Native
|
| |
Dichelostemma capitatum
(D. puchellum) |
blue dicks |
|
 |
Native
|
|
|
Yucca
whippleyi |
chaparral
yucca |
|
 |
Native |
| POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)
|
Achnatherum speciosum
(Stipa speciosa) |
desert needlegrass
|
|
© 2000 Robert E. Preston, Ph.D.
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Agrostis scabra |
rough hair-grass
|
|
© 2005 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Polypogon viridis [(Agrostis viridis) or
(A. semiverticillata)] |
water bent grass
|
|
fws.gov |
Europe
|
|
|
Bromus diandrus |
ripgut
|
|
fws.gov |
Europe
|
|
|
Bromus rubens
(Bromus madritensis
ssp. rubens) |
foxtail chess, red
brome
|
|
 |
Europe
|
|
|
Bromus sterilis |
poverty brome
|
|
© 2008 Keir Morse
calphoto |
Eurasia
|
|
|
Bromus tectorum |
cheatgrass
|
|
© 2005 James M. Andre
CalPhotos |
Eurasia
|
|
|
Cenchrus longispinus |
mat sandbur
|
|
© 2005 Steve Mats
CalPhotos |
c & e U. S.
|
|
|
Cynodon dactylon |
Bermuda grass
|
|
© 2006 Luigi Rignanese
CalPhotos |
Africa
|
|
|
Deschampsia danthonioides |
annual hairgrass
|
|
© 2004 Carol W. Witham
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Digitaria sanguinalis |
crabgrass
|
|
© 2006 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Europe
|
|
|
Distichlis spicata
(D. s. var. nana) |
salt grass
|
|
© 2001 Alison M. Sheehey |
Native
|
|
|
Echinochloa crus-galli |
barnyard grass
|
|
© 2001 Julie Kierstead Nelson
CalPhotos |
Eurasia/Afr |
|
|
Eragrostis minor |
little lovegrass
|
|
Eragrostis minor (Kleines Liebesgras), Bildautor:
Muer T. |
Europe
|
|
|
Eragrostis pectinacea
(E. poaeoides) |
tufted lovegrass
|
|
© 2007 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
Schedonorus phoenix (Festuca
arundinacea) |
tall
fescue |
|
© 2008 Steve Matson
CalPhotos |
Europe |
| |
Hordeum brachyantherum
ssp. californicum (H. c.) |
meadow barley
|
|
© 2005 Aaron Schusteff
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Hordeum jubatum |
foxtail barley
|
|
Gladys Lucille Smith
© 1999 California Academy of Sciences
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Hordeum murinum
ssp. leporinum (H.l.) |
barley
|
|
© 2007 Luigi Rignanese
CalPhotos |
Europe
|
|
|
Leymus triticoides
(Elmus t.) |
alkali ryegrass
|
|
© 2006 Laura Ann Eliassen
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Lolium perenne |
perennial ryegrass
|
|
© 2008 Keir Morse
calphoto |
Europe
|
|
|
Muhlenbergia asperifolia |
scratchgrass
|
|
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Paspalum distichum |
knotgrass
|
|
© 2005 Luigi Rignanese
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Poa annua |
annual bluegrass
|
|
© 2005 Louis-M. Landry
CalPhotos |
Europe
|
|
|
Poa pratensis |
Kentucky bluegrass
|
|
© 1998 Dean Wm. Taylor
CalPhotos |
Europe
|
|
|
Poa secunda ssp.
secunda (P. scabrella) |
one-sided bluegrass
|
|
© 2008 Keir Morse
CalPhotos |
Native
|
|
|
Polypogon monspeliensis |
annual beardgrass,
rabbit's foot grass
|
annual |
 |
Europe
|
|
|
Schismus arabicus
|
Mediterranean grass
|
|
© 2001 Joe DiTomaso
CalPhotos |
Eurasia
|
|
|
Sporobolus airoides |
alkali sacaton, hairgrass
|
|
© 2006 Heath McAllister
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Vulpia myuros (Festuca magalyra) |
foxtail
fescue
|
|
© 2002 James B. Gratiot
CalPhotos |
Europe
|
| POTAMOGETONACEAE
|
Potamogeton crispus |
crispate-leaved pondweed
|
|
CalPhotos |
Eurasia
|
| TYPHACEAE
|
Sparganium eurycarpum |
broad fruited bur
reed
|
|
CalPhotos |
Native |
|
|
Typha angustifolia |
narrow leaved cattail
|
|
 |
Native
|
|
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Last Updated on 04/20/2008
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