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

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

Introduction
Checklist

Introduction

This checklist is compiled from vouchers taken in 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.

Note revised 14 November 2011: One taxon, Pellaea truncata, was eliminated from the list. I had thought this voucher was unlikely to be determined correctly, since Pellaea truncata is a species whose range is far to the east, at higher elevations. (This voucher is the aberrant red dot in the linked elevation plot.)
I wrote Jon Rebman about that voucher, which he kindly re-examined and wrote:
I have checked this specimen again and there is no question that it is P. truncata..
In respect to this species in other parts of our region, it does occur occasionally at much lower elevations. I have a collection of it in central Baja Ca to 480 m and we have another one from Arizona down in the 550 m range.

Thanks to Jon, I'll add this species back to the list on the next iteration.

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:

# 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

The Checklist is sorted first by category - dicots, monocots, and ferns - and then by family and scientific name. The Family and Scientific Name are from the 1993 First Edition Jepson Manual.
The column #V is the number of vouchers for each taxon from the Consortium, with a maximum value of 9.
The column FA9 indicates whether each taxon is found in Floristic Area 9 (Desert Transition Zone) in the 1985 Checklist of Vascular Plants of the Anza-Borrego Desert by Duffie Clemons, updated in 2006 by Tom Chester. (I have made some updates to this list after 2006.)
The column FA16 indicates whether each taxon is found in Floristic Area 16 (Borrego Desert) in the 1985 Checklist of Vascular Plants of the Anza-Borrego Desert by Duffie Clemons, updated in 2006 by Tom Chester. (I have made some updates to this list after 2006.)
The column BD is the number of our surveys in the Borrego Desert that contain each taxon, and gives a good idea as to how widespread each species is here except in cases where vouchers were determined only to the species, and the taxon in our surveys is given to subspecies (e.g., Artemisia ludoviciana).
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# JM Family Scientific Name (*)Common Name #V FA9 FA16 #BD
1 Pteridac Cheilanthes covillei beady lipfern 2 X X 11
2 Pteridac Cheilanthes parryi woolly lipfern 9 X X 33
3 Pteridac Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata bird's-foot fern 1 X X 4
4 Selagine Selaginella eremophila desert spike-moss 1 X X 18
5 Cupressa Juniperus californica California juniper 2 X X 15
6 Ephedrac Ephedra aspera Mormon tea 4 X X 11
7 Ephedrac Ephedra californica desert tea 4 X X 12
8 Ephedrac Ephedra nevadensis Nevada ephedra 1 X 0
9 Acanthac Justicia californica chuparosa 9 X X 26
10 Amaranth Amaranthus blitoides *mat amaranth 1 X X 0
11 Amaranth Amaranthus fimbriatus fringed amaranth 1 X X 8
12 Anacardi Rhus trilobata var. simplicifolia simple-leaved basketbush 1 0
13 Asclepia Matelea parvifolia spearleaf 1 X 3
14 Asterace Adenophyllum porophylloides San Felipe dogweed 3 X X 32
15 Asterace Ambrosia dumosa burroweed 2 X X 56
16 Asterace Artemisia ludoviciana silver wormwood 1 0
17 Asterace Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula white mugwort 1 X X 5
18 Asterace Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana silver wormwood 1 X 4
19 Asterace Baccharis brachyphylla short-leaved baccharis 1 X X 5
20 Asterace Bebbia juncea var. aspera sweetbush 3 X X 54
21 Asterace Brickellia desertorum desert brickellia 1 X X 17
22 Asterace Brickellia frutescens shrubby brickellia 1 X X 2
23 Asterace Chaenactis fremontii Fremont pincushion 7 X X 15
24 Asterace Chrysothamnus paniculatus blackbanded rabbitbrush 2 X X 8
25 Asterace Encelia actoni Acton encelia 1 X X 2
26 Asterace Encelia farinosa brittlebush 2 X X 58
27 Asterace Encelia frutescens button encelia 1 X X 11
28 Asterace Eriophyllum pringlei Pringle's woolly sunflower 1 X 0
29 Asterace Eriophyllum wallacei Wallace's woolly daisy 3 X X 4
30 Asterace Filago arizonica Arizona herba impia 1 X X 2
31 Asterace Filago californica California filago 1 X X 15
32 Asterace Gutierrezia sarothrae matchweed 1 X 10
33 Asterace Hymenoclea salsola var. salsola cheesebush 4 X X 51
34 Asterace Lasthenia californica goldfields 2 X 1
35 Asterace Malacothrix glabrata desert dandelion 3 X X 28
36 Asterace Monoptilon bellioides desert star 2 X X 15
37 Asterace Perityle emoryi Emory's rock-daisy 4 X X 38
38 Asterace Porophyllum gracile odora 4 X 7
39 Asterace Psathyrotes ramosissima turtleback 1 X X 3
40 Asterace Rafinesquia neomexicana desert chicory 3 X X 38
41 Asterace Senecio californicus California groundsel 2 X 0
42 Asterace Stephanomeria pauciflora var. pauciflora wire-lettuce 1 X X 52
43 Asterace Stylocline micropoides desert nest straw 1 X 1
44 Asterace Trichoptilium incisum yellow-head 1 X X 13
45 Asterace Trixis californica var. californica California trixis 8 X X 34
46 Asterace Viguiera parishii Parish's viguiera 6 X X 30
47 Boragina Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia common fiddleneck 3 X X 10
48 Boragina Amsinckia tessellata bristly fiddleneck 3 0
49 Boragina Cryptantha barbigera bearded cryptantha 4 X X 27
50 Boragina Cryptantha decipiens gravel cryptantha 1 X 5
51 Boragina Cryptantha micrantha purple-root cryptantha 2 X X 6
52 Boragina Cryptantha utahensis scented cryptantha 1 4
53 Boragina Pectocarya peninsularis Baja pectocarya 1 X 0
54 Boragina Pectocarya recurvata curvenut combseed 5 X X 17
55 Boragina Tiquilia canescens shrubby coldenia 3 0
56 Boragina Tiquilia palmeri Palmer's coldenia 1 X X 19
57 Boragina Tiquilia plicata plicate coldenia 1 X X 9
58 Brassica Caulanthus cooperi Cooper's jewel-flower 2 X X 3
59 Brassica Descurainia pinnata western tansy-mustard 1 X X 5
60 Brassica Descurainia pinnata ssp. halictorum alkali western tansy-mustard 1 X 5
61 Brassica Dithyrea californica spectacle-pod 1 X X 11
62 Brassica Guillenia lasiophylla California mustard 3 X X 8
63 Brassica Lyrocarpa coulteri var. palmeri Coulter's lyrepod 6 X X 11
64 Brassica Raphanus sativus *purple wild radish 1 0
65 Brassica Thysanocarpus curvipes fringe-pod 1 X X 6
66 Brassica Tropidocarpum gracile slender tropidocarpum 1 X 0
67 Cactacea Echinocereus engelmannii Engelmann's hedgehog cactus 3 X X 23
68 Cactacea Ferocactus cylindraceus California barrel cactus 2 X X 46
69 Cactacea Mammillaria dioica California fish-hook cactus 5 X X 29
70 Cactacea Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris beavertail cactus 2 X X 48
71 Cactacea Opuntia bigelovii teddy-bear cholla 1 X X 34
72 Cactacea Opuntia ganderi Gander's cholla 1 X X 49
73 Cactacea Opuntia parryi cane cholla 1 X X 0
74 Capparac Isomeris arborea bladderpod 1 X X 8
75 Chenopod Salsola tragus *Russian thistle 1 X X 4
76 Chenopod Suaeda moquinii bush seepweed 1 X 8
77 Crassula Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides desert dudleya 1 X X 12
78 Cucurbit Cucurbita palmata coyote melon 2 X X 7
79 Cuscutac Cuscuta californica var. californica California dodder 1 X X 0
80 Euphorbi Chamaesyce melanadenia red-gland spurge 1 X X 5
81 Euphorbi Chamaesyce polycarpa small-seeded spurge 5 X X 48
82 Euphorbi Chamaesyce setiloba Yuma spurge 2 X X 8
83 Euphorbi Croton californicus California croton 2 X X 13
84 Euphorbi Ditaxis lanceolata narrowleaf ditaxis 6 X X 40
85 Euphorbi Ditaxis neomexicana New Mexico ditaxis 4 X 3
86 Euphorbi Euphorbia eriantha beetle spurge 1 X X 11
87 Euphorbi Stillingia linearifolia linear-leaved stillingia 4 X X 13
88 Fabaceae Astragalus nuttallianus var. cedrosensis Cedros milk-vetch 2 X X 1
89 Fabaceae Astragalus pachypus var. pachypus thick-pod milk-vetch 2 0
90 Fabaceae Astragalus palmeri Palmer's milk-vetch 3 X X 2
91 Fabaceae Dalea mollissima downy dalea 1 X X 9
92 Fabaceae Lotus haydonii pygmy lotus 1 X 0
93 Fabaceae Lotus rigidus desert lotus 5 X X 20
94 Fabaceae Lotus salsuginosus var. brevivexillus short-bannered coastal lotus 1 X X 14
95 Fabaceae Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus short-winged deerweed 5 X X 17
96 Fabaceae Lotus strigosus strigose lotus 4 X X 21
97 Fabaceae Lupinus arizonicus Arizona lupine 1 X X 33
98 Fabaceae Lupinus shockleyi desert lupine 1 X 0
99 Fabaceae Lupinus sparsiflorus Coulter's lupine 3 X X 5
100 Fabaceae Marina parryi Parry's marina 8 X X 2
101 Fabaceae Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana honey mesquite 1 X X 25
102 Fabaceae Psorothamnus emoryi Emory's indigo-bush 3 X X 25
103 Fabaceae Psorothamnus schottii indigo bush 4 X X 50
104 Fabaceae Psorothamnus spinosus smoke tree 2 X X 26
105 Fabaceae Senna armata spiny senna 3 X X 1
106 Fabaceae Senna covesii Coves's cassia 1 X X 0
107 Fouquier Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens ocotillo 1 X X 58
108 Geraniac Erodium cicutarium *redstem filaree 3 X X 32
109 Hydrophy Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora whispering bells 6 X X 23
110 Hydrophy Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. bipinnatifida eucrypta 1 X 6
111 Hydrophy Eucrypta micrantha desert eucrypta 1 X X 2
112 Hydrophy Nama demissum var. demissum purple mat 5 X X 8
113 Hydrophy Phacelia affinis limestone phacelia 1 X 1
114 Hydrophy Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora little-flowered heliotrope phacelia 1 X 13
115 Hydrophy Phacelia distans common phacelia 9 X X 37
116 Hydrophy Phacelia pedicellata pedicellate phacelia 1 X X 8
117 Hydrophy Pholistoma membranaceum white fiesta flower 5 X X 20
118 Krameria Krameria erecta Pima rhatany 2 X X 20
119 Lamiacea Hyptis emoryi desert-lavender 8 X X 52
120 Lamiacea Salvia apiana white sage 3 X X 10
121 Lamiacea Salvia columbariae chia 6 X X 31
122 Lamiacea Salvia vaseyi Vasey's sage 2 X X 25
123 Loasacea Mentzelia involucrata bracted blazing star 1 X 26
124 Loasacea Petalonyx linearis narrow-leaf sandpaper-plant 1 X X 0
125 Loasacea Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi Thurber's sandpaper-plant 3 X X 23
126 Malvacea Sphaeralcea ambigua apricot mallow 1 2
127 Malvacea Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua apricot mallow 2 X X 26
128 Malvacea Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rosacea rosy apricot mallow 1 X X 1
129 Mollugin Mollugo cerviana *carpet-weed 2 X 0
130 Nyctagin Abronia villosa var. villosa hairy sand-verbena 1 X X 16
131 Nyctagin Allionia incarnata trailing four o'clock 4 X X 17
132 Nyctagin Boerhavia intermedia fivewing spiderling 2 X X 10
133 Nyctagin Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa Bigelow's desert four-o'clock 3 X X 41
134 Nyctagin Mirabilis californica California four o'clock 2 X X 0
135 Oleaceae Menodora scabra rough desert olive 1 X 0
136 Onagrace Camissonia boothii ssp. condensata Booth's evening primrose 1 X 34
137 Onagrace Camissonia californica California suncup 3 X 54
138 Onagrace Camissonia cardiophylla ssp. cardiophylla heartleaf sun-cup 2 X X 14
139 Onagrace Camissonia claviformis ssp. claviformis brown-eyed primrose 1 X 0
140 Onagrace Camissonia claviformis ssp. peirsonii brown-eyed primrose 3 X X 35
141 Onagrace Camissonia pallida ssp. pallida pale sun-cup 1 X X 12
142 Onagrace Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium mountain California-fuchsia 1 X X 9
143 Papavera Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora small-flowered poppy 5 X X 25
144 Papavera Eschscholzia parishii Parish's poppy 4 X X 21
145 Plantagi Plantago ovata desert plantain 1 42
146 Polemoni Eriastrum diffusum miniature woolly-star 1 X X 1
147 Polemoni Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum desert woolly-star 2 X X 23
148 Polemoni Gilia scopulorum rock gilia 1 X 0
149 Polemoni Gilia stellata star gilia 3 X X 15
150 Polemoni Linanthus aureus ssp. aureus golden linanthus 1 0
151 Polygona Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu brittle spineflower 3 X X 39
152 Polygona Chorizanthe fimbriata var. laciniata lace-fringed spineflower 1 X X 1
153 Polygona Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium California buckwheat 2 X X 31
154 Polygona Eriogonum inflatum desert trumpet 4 X X 45
155 Polygona Eriogonum plumatella yucca buckwheat 1 X 0
156 Polygona Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum Wright's buckwheat 2 X X 22
157 Portulac Calyptridium monandrum sand cress 1 X X 9
158 Portulac Calyptridium parryi Parry's sand cress 2 0
159 Ranuncul Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum intermediate larkspur 1 X X 15
160 Rosaceae Coleogyne ramosissima black brush 3 X X 1
161 Rosaceae Prunus fremontii desert apricot 3 X X 14
162 Rubiacea Galium stellatum var. eremicum star-flowered bedstraw 4 X X 21
163 Rutaceae Thamnosma montana turpentine broom 2 X X 7
164 Salicace Salix exigua narrowleaf willow 1 X X 12
165 Scrophul Antirrhinum filipes desert twining snapdragon 4 X X 5
166 Scrophul Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii Bigelow's monkeyflower 3 X 14
167 Scrophul Mimulus guttatus common monkeyflower 1 X 6
168 Scrophul Mohavea confertiflora ghost flower 2 X X 8
169 Scrophul Penstemon clevelandii Cleveland's beardtongue 1 0
170 Simmonds Simmondsia chinensis jojoba 6 X X 30
171 Solanace Lycium andersonii Anderson's desert-thorn 1 X X 16
172 Solanace Lycium cooperi Cooper's box-thorn 1 X 0
173 Solanace Lycium fremontii Fremont box-thorn 1 X X 2
174 Solanace Lycium torreyi Torrey's box-thorn 1 0
175 Solanace Nicotiana obtusifolia desert tobacco 2 X X 27
176 Solanace Physalis crassifolia thick-leaved ground cherry 5 X X 22
177 Sterculi Ayenia compacta ayenia 3 X X 13
178 Urticace Parietaria hespera var. hespera pellitory 1 X 14
179 Verbenac Verbena lasiostachys western vervain 1 0
180 Viscacea Phoradendron californicum desert mistletoe 4 X X 45
181 Zygophyl Fagonia laevis California fagonia 2 X X 27
182 Zygophyl Larrea tridentata creosote bush 1 X X 63
183 Liliacea Agave deserti desert agave 3 X X 35
184 Liliacea Yucca schidigera Mohave yucca 1 X X 8
185 Poaceae Achnatherum speciosum desert needlegrass 3 X X 6
186 Poaceae Aristida adscensionis six-weeks three-awn 1 X X 18
187 Poaceae Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi Nealley three-awn 1 X X 2
188 Poaceae Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides needle grama 2 X X 8
189 Poaceae Erioneuron pulchellum fluff grass 1 X X 5
190 Poaceae Melica frutescens tall melica 4 X X 7
191 Poaceae Pleuraphis rigida big galleta 1 X X 53

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

# 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

#	JM Family	Scientific Name	(*)Common Name	#V	FA9	FA16	#BD
1	Pteridac	Cheilanthes covillei	beady lipfern	2	X	X	11
2	Pteridac	Cheilanthes parryi	woolly lipfern	9	X	X	33
3	Pteridac	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	bird's-foot fern	1	X	X	4
4	Selagine	Selaginella eremophila	desert spike-moss	1	X	X	18
5	Cupressa	Juniperus californica	California juniper	2	X	X	15
6	Ephedrac	Ephedra aspera	Mormon tea	4	X	X	11
7	Ephedrac	Ephedra californica	desert tea	4	X	X	12
8	Ephedrac	Ephedra nevadensis	Nevada ephedra	1		X	0
9	Acanthac	Justicia californica	chuparosa	9	X	X	26
10	Amaranth	Amaranthus blitoides	*mat amaranth	1	X	X	0
11	Amaranth	Amaranthus fimbriatus	fringed amaranth	1	X	X	8
12	Anacardi	Rhus trilobata var. simplicifolia	simple-leaved basketbush	1			0
13	Asclepia	Matelea parvifolia	spearleaf	1	X		3
14	Asterace	Adenophyllum porophylloides	San Felipe dogweed	3	X	X	32
15	Asterace	Ambrosia dumosa	burroweed	2	X	X	56
16	Asterace	Artemisia ludoviciana	silver wormwood	1			0
17	Asterace	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula	white mugwort	1	X	X	5
18	Asterace	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana	silver wormwood	1	X		4
19	Asterace	Baccharis brachyphylla	short-leaved baccharis	1	X	X	5
20	Asterace	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush	3	X	X	54
21	Asterace	Brickellia desertorum	desert brickellia	1	X	X	17
22	Asterace	Brickellia frutescens	shrubby brickellia	1	X	X	2
23	Asterace	Chaenactis fremontii	Fremont pincushion	7	X	X	15
24	Asterace	Chrysothamnus paniculatus	blackbanded rabbitbrush	2	X	X	8
25	Asterace	Encelia actoni	Acton encelia	1	X	X	2
26	Asterace	Encelia farinosa	brittlebush	2	X	X	58
27	Asterace	Encelia frutescens	button encelia	1	X	X	11
28	Asterace	Eriophyllum pringlei	Pringle's woolly sunflower	1	X		0
29	Asterace	Eriophyllum wallacei	Wallace's woolly daisy	3	X	X	4
30	Asterace	Filago arizonica	Arizona herba impia	1	X	X	2
31	Asterace	Filago californica	California filago	1	X	X	15
32	Asterace	Gutierrezia sarothrae	matchweed	1		X	10
33	Asterace	Hymenoclea salsola var. salsola	cheesebush	4	X	X	51
34	Asterace	Lasthenia californica	goldfields	2	X		1
35	Asterace	Malacothrix glabrata	desert dandelion	3	X	X	28
36	Asterace	Monoptilon bellioides	desert star	2	X	X	15
37	Asterace	Perityle emoryi	Emory's rock-daisy	4	X	X	38
38	Asterace	Porophyllum gracile	odora	4	X		7
39	Asterace	Psathyrotes ramosissima	turtleback	1	X	X	3
40	Asterace	Rafinesquia neomexicana	desert chicory	3	X	X	38
41	Asterace	Senecio californicus	California groundsel	2	X		0
42	Asterace	Stephanomeria pauciflora var. pauciflora	wire-lettuce	1	X	X	52
43	Asterace	Stylocline micropoides	desert nest straw	1		X	1
44	Asterace	Trichoptilium incisum	yellow-head	1	X	X	13
45	Asterace	Trixis californica var. californica	California trixis	8	X	X	34
46	Asterace	Viguiera parishii	Parish's viguiera	6	X	X	30
47	Boragina	Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia	common fiddleneck	3	X	X	10
48	Boragina	Amsinckia tessellata	bristly fiddleneck	3			0
49	Boragina	Cryptantha barbigera	bearded cryptantha	4	X	X	27
50	Boragina	Cryptantha decipiens	gravel cryptantha	1	X		5
51	Boragina	Cryptantha micrantha	purple-root cryptantha	2	X	X	6
52	Boragina	Cryptantha utahensis	scented cryptantha	1			4
53	Boragina	Pectocarya peninsularis	Baja pectocarya	1		X	0
54	Boragina	Pectocarya recurvata	curvenut combseed	5	X	X	17
55	Boragina	Tiquilia canescens	shrubby coldenia	3			0
56	Boragina	Tiquilia palmeri	Palmer's coldenia	1	X	X	19
57	Boragina	Tiquilia plicata	plicate coldenia	1	X	X	9
58	Brassica	Caulanthus cooperi	Cooper's jewel-flower	2	X	X	3
59	Brassica	Descurainia pinnata	western tansy-mustard	1	X	X	5
60	Brassica	Descurainia pinnata ssp. halictorum	alkali western tansy-mustard	1		X	5
61	Brassica	Dithyrea californica	spectacle-pod	1	X	X	11
62	Brassica	Guillenia lasiophylla	California mustard	3	X	X	8
63	Brassica	Lyrocarpa coulteri var. palmeri	Coulter's lyrepod	6	X	X	11
64	Brassica	Raphanus sativus	*purple wild radish	1			0
65	Brassica	Thysanocarpus curvipes	fringe-pod	1	X	X	6
66	Brassica	Tropidocarpum gracile	slender tropidocarpum	1	X		0
67	Cactacea	Echinocereus engelmannii	Engelmann's hedgehog cactus	3	X	X	23
68	Cactacea	Ferocactus cylindraceus	California barrel cactus	2	X	X	46
69	Cactacea	Mammillaria dioica	California fish-hook cactus	5	X	X	29
70	Cactacea	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	beavertail cactus	2	X	X	48
71	Cactacea	Opuntia bigelovii	teddy-bear cholla	1	X	X	34
72	Cactacea	Opuntia ganderi	Gander's cholla	1	X	X	49
73	Cactacea	Opuntia parryi	cane cholla	1	X	X	0
74	Capparac	Isomeris arborea	bladderpod	1	X	X	8
75	Chenopod	Salsola tragus	*Russian thistle	1	X	X	4
76	Chenopod	Suaeda moquinii	bush seepweed	1		X	8
77	Crassula	Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides	desert dudleya	1	X	X	12
78	Cucurbit	Cucurbita palmata	coyote melon	2	X	X	7
79	Cuscutac	Cuscuta californica var. californica	California dodder	1	X	X	0
80	Euphorbi	Chamaesyce melanadenia	red-gland spurge	1	X	X	5
81	Euphorbi	Chamaesyce polycarpa	small-seeded spurge	5	X	X	48
82	Euphorbi	Chamaesyce setiloba	Yuma spurge	2	X	X	8
83	Euphorbi	Croton californicus	California croton	2	X	X	13
84	Euphorbi	Ditaxis lanceolata	narrowleaf ditaxis	6	X	X	40
85	Euphorbi	Ditaxis neomexicana	New Mexico ditaxis	4		X	3
86	Euphorbi	Euphorbia eriantha	beetle spurge	1	X	X	11
87	Euphorbi	Stillingia linearifolia	linear-leaved stillingia	4	X	X	13
88	Fabaceae	Astragalus nuttallianus var. cedrosensis	Cedros milk-vetch	2	X	X	1
89	Fabaceae	Astragalus pachypus var. pachypus	thick-pod milk-vetch	2			0
90	Fabaceae	Astragalus palmeri	Palmer's milk-vetch	3	X	X	2
91	Fabaceae	Dalea mollissima	downy dalea	1	X	X	9
92	Fabaceae	Lotus haydonii	pygmy lotus	1		X	0
93	Fabaceae	Lotus rigidus	desert lotus	5	X	X	20
94	Fabaceae	Lotus salsuginosus var. brevivexillus	short-bannered coastal lotus	1	X	X	14
95	Fabaceae	Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus	short-winged deerweed	5	X	X	17
96	Fabaceae	Lotus strigosus	strigose lotus	4	X	X	21
97	Fabaceae	Lupinus arizonicus	Arizona lupine	1	X	X	33
98	Fabaceae	Lupinus shockleyi	desert lupine	1		X	0
99	Fabaceae	Lupinus sparsiflorus	Coulter's lupine	3	X	X	5
100	Fabaceae	Marina parryi	Parry's marina	8	X	X	2
101	Fabaceae	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana	honey mesquite	1	X	X	25
102	Fabaceae	Psorothamnus emoryi	Emory's indigo-bush	3	X	X	25
103	Fabaceae	Psorothamnus schottii	indigo bush	4	X	X	50
104	Fabaceae	Psorothamnus spinosus	smoke tree	2	X	X	26
105	Fabaceae	Senna armata	spiny senna	3	X	X	1
106	Fabaceae	Senna covesii	Coves's cassia	1	X	X	0
107	Fouquier	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	ocotillo	1	X	X	58
108	Geraniac	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree	3	X	X	32
109	Hydrophy	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	whispering bells	6	X	X	23
110	Hydrophy	Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. bipinnatifida	eucrypta	1		X	6
111	Hydrophy	Eucrypta micrantha	desert eucrypta	1	X	X	2
112	Hydrophy	Nama demissum var. demissum	purple mat	5	X	X	8
113	Hydrophy	Phacelia affinis	limestone phacelia	1	X		1
114	Hydrophy	Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora	little-flowered heliotrope phacelia	1		X	13
115	Hydrophy	Phacelia distans	common phacelia	9	X	X	37
116	Hydrophy	Phacelia pedicellata	pedicellate phacelia	1	X	X	8
117	Hydrophy	Pholistoma membranaceum	white fiesta flower	5	X	X	20
118	Krameria	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany	2	X	X	20
119	Lamiacea	Hyptis emoryi	desert-lavender	8	X	X	52
120	Lamiacea	Salvia apiana	white sage	3	X	X	10
121	Lamiacea	Salvia columbariae	chia	6	X	X	31
122	Lamiacea	Salvia vaseyi	Vasey's sage	2	X	X	25
123	Loasacea	Mentzelia involucrata	bracted blazing star	1		X	26
124	Loasacea	Petalonyx linearis	narrow-leaf sandpaper-plant	1	X	X	0
125	Loasacea	Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi	Thurber's sandpaper-plant	3	X	X	23
126	Malvacea	Sphaeralcea ambigua	apricot mallow	1			2
127	Malvacea	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua	apricot mallow	2	X	X	26
128	Malvacea	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rosacea	rosy apricot mallow	1	X	X	1
129	Mollugin	Mollugo cerviana	*carpet-weed	2		X	0
130	Nyctagin	Abronia villosa var. villosa	hairy sand-verbena	1	X	X	16
131	Nyctagin	Allionia incarnata	trailing four o'clock	4	X	X	17
132	Nyctagin	Boerhavia intermedia	fivewing spiderling	2	X	X	10
133	Nyctagin	Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock	3	X	X	41
134	Nyctagin	Mirabilis californica	California four o'clock	2	X	X	0
135	Oleaceae	Menodora scabra	rough desert olive	1		X	0
136	Onagrace	Camissonia boothii ssp. condensata	Booth's evening primrose	1		X	34
137	Onagrace	Camissonia californica	California suncup	3		X	54
138	Onagrace	Camissonia cardiophylla ssp. cardiophylla	heartleaf sun-cup	2	X	X	14
139	Onagrace	Camissonia claviformis ssp. claviformis	brown-eyed primrose	1		X	0
140	Onagrace	Camissonia claviformis ssp. peirsonii	brown-eyed primrose	3	X	X	35
141	Onagrace	Camissonia pallida ssp. pallida	pale sun-cup	1	X	X	12
142	Onagrace	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	mountain California-fuchsia	1	X	X	9
143	Papavera	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	small-flowered poppy	5	X	X	25
144	Papavera	Eschscholzia parishii	Parish's poppy	4	X	X	21
145	Plantagi	Plantago ovata	desert plantain	1			42
146	Polemoni	Eriastrum diffusum	miniature woolly-star	1	X	X	1
147	Polemoni	Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum	desert woolly-star	2	X	X	23
148	Polemoni	Gilia scopulorum	rock gilia	1		X	0
149	Polemoni	Gilia stellata	star gilia	3	X	X	15
150	Polemoni	Linanthus aureus ssp. aureus	golden linanthus	1			0
151	Polygona	Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu	brittle spineflower	3	X	X	39
152	Polygona	Chorizanthe fimbriata var. laciniata	lace-fringed spineflower	1	X	X	1
153	Polygona	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	California buckwheat	2	X	X	31
154	Polygona	Eriogonum inflatum	desert trumpet	4	X	X	45
155	Polygona	Eriogonum plumatella	yucca buckwheat	1	X		0
156	Polygona	Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum	Wright's buckwheat	2	X	X	22
157	Portulac	Calyptridium monandrum	sand cress	1	X	X	9
158	Portulac	Calyptridium parryi	Parry's sand cress	2			0
159	Ranuncul	Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum	intermediate larkspur	1	X	X	15
160	Rosaceae	Coleogyne ramosissima	black brush	3	X	X	1
161	Rosaceae	Prunus fremontii	desert apricot	3	X	X	14
162	Rubiacea	Galium stellatum var. eremicum	star-flowered bedstraw	4	X	X	21
163	Rutaceae	Thamnosma montana	turpentine broom	2	X	X	7
164	Salicace	Salix exigua	narrowleaf willow	1	X	X	12
165	Scrophul	Antirrhinum filipes	desert twining snapdragon	4	X	X	5
166	Scrophul	Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii	Bigelow's monkeyflower	3		X	14
167	Scrophul	Mimulus guttatus	common monkeyflower	1	X		6
168	Scrophul	Mohavea confertiflora	ghost flower	2	X	X	8
169	Scrophul	Penstemon clevelandii	Cleveland's beardtongue	1			0
170	Simmonds	Simmondsia chinensis	jojoba	6	X	X	30
171	Solanace	Lycium andersonii	Anderson's desert-thorn	1	X	X	16
172	Solanace	Lycium cooperi	Cooper's box-thorn	1	X		0
173	Solanace	Lycium fremontii	Fremont box-thorn	1	X	X	2
174	Solanace	Lycium torreyi	Torrey's box-thorn	1			0
175	Solanace	Nicotiana obtusifolia	desert tobacco	2	X	X	27
176	Solanace	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry	5	X	X	22
177	Sterculi	Ayenia compacta	ayenia	3	X	X	13
178	Urticace	Parietaria hespera var. hespera	pellitory	1		X	14
179	Verbenac	Verbena lasiostachys	western vervain	1			0
180	Viscacea	Phoradendron californicum	desert mistletoe	4	X	X	45
181	Zygophyl	Fagonia laevis	California fagonia	2	X	X	27
182	Zygophyl	Larrea tridentata	creosote bush	1	X	X	63
183	Liliacea	Agave deserti	desert agave	3	X	X	35
184	Liliacea	Yucca schidigera	Mohave yucca	1	X	X	8
185	Poaceae	Achnatherum speciosum	desert needlegrass	3	X	X	6
186	Poaceae	Aristida adscensionis	six-weeks three-awn	1	X	X	18
187	Poaceae	Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi	Nealley three-awn	1	X	X	2
188	Poaceae	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama	2	X	X	8
189	Poaceae	Erioneuron pulchellum	fluff grass	1	X	X	5
190	Poaceae	Melica frutescens	tall melica	4	X	X	7
191	Poaceae	Pleuraphis rigida	big galleta	1	X	X	53

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