Flora of PCT North of Scissors Crossing, San Felipe Valley

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Introduction
Checklist

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Introduction

This checklist is just a start at the flora of the area traversed by the PCT North of Scissors Crossing at the junction of S2 and SR78.

The checklist gives the species observed on three trips at a depauperate time of year, on 13 December 2010, 6 and 10 January 2012, up to mile 2.5 on the trail. The checklist also includes species vouchered within a mile or so of that trail, from a search of the Consortium of California Herbaria on 8 January 2012.

See Voucher Flora of San Felipe Valley for a much larger list of the species vouchered in any part of the San Felipe Valley.

Target Species

Scientific Name	Location	Description
Abronia villosa var. aurita	0.25 mi. south of Hwy 78 near Scissors Crossing
Allium fimbriatum var. fimbriatum	on Highway 78 9.5 mi e Julian
Brickellia arguta var. odontolepis	Plant on PCT
Calandrinia ciliata	PCT
Calochortus splendens	PCT 2592 feet
Camissonia confusa	S2 2 miles north of SR78
Centrostegia thurberi	PCT 2759 feet
Chamaesyce abramsiana	0.6 mile SW of Scissors Crossing	monsoonal annual; lf entire to toothed toward tip; hairy to subglabrous; stipules separate, 2–5-parted; gland round to elliptic; seed traversely ridged
Descurainia sophia	0.8 mi E of Highway S-2
Eriogonum maculatum	Near Scissors Crossing	lvs basal and cauline
Eriogonum thurberi	Along S2	Fls white to red, glandular-hairy with a tuft of long white hairs adaxially, outer perianth lobes gen fan-shaped
Eriophyllum pringlei	Near Scissors Crossing	annual; heads discoid; peduncle < 1 cm
Erodium brachycarpum	Plant on PCT
Hoffmannseggia glauca	near Scissors Crossing
Kallstroemia californica	0.6 mile SW of Scissors Crossing	monsoonal annual
Lamium amplexicaule	0.8 mi E of Highway S-2
Linanthus aureus	0.25 mi. south of Hwy 78 near Scissors Crossing	ann; fls pedicelled; corolla > calyx; filaments glabrous; corolla tube < lobes, lobes bright yellow
Lotus humistratus	Near Scissors Crossing	annual; fr dehiscent; fls 1 per leaf axil, sessile, yellow; calyx lobes 1-2x tube
Malacothrix clevelandii	S2 2 miles north of SR78
Mimulus brevipes	Scissors Crossing
Mimulus fremontii	1.5 mi w of Scissors Crossing
Minuartia pusilla	S2 2 miles north of SR78
Mollugo cerviana	S2 short distance south of Scissors Crossing
Nemacladus glanduliferus var. orientalis	0.5-1 mile north of Scissors Crossing, east side
Nemacladus pinnatifidus	0.5-1 mile north of Scissors Crossing, east side
Nemacladus ramosissimus	0.5-1 mile north of Scissors Crossing, east side
Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii	Plant on PCT
Pectocarya setosa	on SR78
Penstemon thurberi	Along S2	anther sacs dehiscing full length, spread widely apart; anthers glabrous; herbage and infl glabrous; lf margin entire; corolla 6–17 mm; openly branched shrub; lvs narrowly linear, gen rolled upward, gen < 1.4 mm wide
Phacelia cryptantha	S2 2 miles north of SR78
Platystemon californicus	PCT
Portulaca oleracea	0.6 mile SW of Scissors Crossing
Carex alma	San Felipe Creek
Atriplex triangularis	San Felipe Creek
Bromus grandis	San Felipe Creek
Polygonum punctatum	San Felipe Creek	infl spike-like; perianth gland-dotted

Checklist

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 Jepson Manual 1993 First Edition.

An asterisk (*) before the common name indicates a non-native taxon.

A superscript of 1 indicates that all plants of a given taxon are found only to the west of the immediate PCT area, between S2 and the PCT. These species mostly came from the area near the large parking lot on the east side of S2 just north of Scissors Crossing, and the use trail up to the PCT. A few other species were incidentally photographed in a Nemacladus survey of the next wash to the north.

The column titled ID?/#Pls first gives a symbol if the observed species determination is uncertain, usually because the determination was made from dead plants or from babies. A symbol of sp indicates the species is uncertain; a symbol of ~ indicates that we think the given species is the likely determination, but await confirmation from flowers. The #Pls gives our estimate of the minimum number of plants, up to a maximum of 99.

The column titled #Vh gives the number of vouchers found in the area around this part of the PCT.

The column titled #Va gives the number of vouchers from the entire San Felipe Valley, taken from the Voucher Flora of San Felipe Valley.

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#	FAM	Scientific Name	(*)Common Name	ID? #Pls	#Vh	#Va
1	Pte	Cheilanthes covillei	beady lipfern	14		9
2	Pte	Cheilanthes parryi	woolly lipfern	55		3
3	Pte	Notholaena californica	California cloak fern	75		2
4	Pte	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	bird's-foot fern	5		8
5	Sel	Selaginella bigelovii	Bigelow's spike-moss	99		5
6	Sel	Selaginella eremophila	desert spike-moss	99
7	Cup	Juniperus californica	California juniper	99	1	11
8	Eph	Ephedra aspera	Mormon tea	99		6
9	Eph	Ephedra californica	desert tea		1	1
10	Aca	Justicia californica	chuparosa		1	5
11	Ama	Amaranthus fimbriatus	fringed amaranth		2	4
12	Api	Tauschia arguta	southern tauschia		1	5
13	Asc	Matelea parvifolia	spearleaf	5
14	Asc	Sarcostemma cynanchoides ssp. hartwegii	climbing milkweed	3		7
15	Ast	Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. sphaerocephalus	goldenhead	10	2	9
16	Ast	Adenophyllum porophylloides	San Felipe dogweed	99	1	11
17	Ast	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	bur-ragweed	25	1	5
18	Ast	Ambrosia dumosa	burroweed	99		7
19	Ast	Baccharis brachyphylla	short-leaved baccharis	19	2
20	Ast	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush	80	1	2
21	Ast	Brickellia arguta var. odontolepis	California spear-leaved brickellia	~1		3
22	Ast	Brickellia frutescens	shrubby brickellia		2	10
23	Ast	Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia	pebble pincushion	~99		2
24	Ast	Chaenactis fremontii	Fremont pincushion		2	12
25	Ast	Encelia actoni	Acton encelia	10	1	7
26	Ast	Encelia farinosa	brittlebush	99		2
27	Ast	Ericameria brachylepis	boundary goldenbush	75		4
28	Ast	Ericameria linearifolia	narrowleaf goldenbush	1	4	18
29	Ast	Eriophyllum pringlei	Pringle's woolly sunflower		1	5
30	Ast	Eriophyllum wallacei	Wallace's woolly daisy		1	20
31	Ast	Filago arizonica	Arizona herba impia		2	2
32	Ast	Filago californica	California filago	60		6
33	Ast	Gutierrezia californica	California matchweed	99	1	3
34	Ast	Hymenoclea salsola var. salsola	cheesebush	99	1	11
35	Ast	Isocoma acradenia var. eremophila	solitary-leaved alkali goldenbush	501	1	3
36	Ast	Layia glandulosa	white tidy-tips		1	5
37	Ast	Malacothrix clevelandii	annual malacothrix		1	2
38	Ast	Malacothrix glabrata	desert dandelion	~30	1	4
39	Ast	Pectis papposa var. papposa	chinch-weed		2	5
40	Ast	Perityle emoryi	Emory's rock-daisy	~25
41	Ast	Porophyllum gracile	odora	40	2	13
42	Ast	Rafinesquia neomexicana	desert chicory	~2
43	Ast	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua	slender wreathplant	99		2
44	Ast	Stephanomeria pauciflora var. pauciflora	wire-lettuce	99	1	3
45	Ast	Stylocline gnaphaloides	everlasting nest-straw	991	3	6
46	Ast	Stylocline micropoides	desert nest straw		1	3
47	Ast	Trixis californica var. californica	California trixis	11		2
48	Ast	Viguiera parishii	Parish's viguiera	99	2	9
49	Bor	Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia	common fiddleneck	~35	2	7
50	Bor	Cryptantha barbigera	bearded cryptantha	2	1	10
51	Bor	Cryptantha intermedia	popcorn flower	3	1	11
52	Bor	Cryptantha maritima	Guadalupe cryptantha	~1
53	Bor	Cryptantha micrantha	purple-root cryptantha		3	16
54	Bor	Cryptantha pterocarya	wing-nut cryptantha		2	5
55	Bor	Heliotropium curassavicum	seaside heliotrope		2	6
56	Bor	Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula	slender combseed		1	3
57	Bor	Pectocarya penicillata	combseed		1	9
58	Bor	Pectocarya recurvata	curvenut combseed		2	2
59	Bor	Pectocarya setosa	moth combseed		2	10
60	Bor	Plagiobothrys arizonicus	Arizona popcorn flower	991		10
61	Bra	Arabis perennans	perennial rock-cress	~3		5
62	Bra	Caulanthus cooperi	Cooper's jewel-flower	~15		3
63	Bra	Caulanthus hallii	Hall's caulanthus		2	2
64	Bra	Caulanthus simulans	Payson's wild cabbage		8	12
65	Bra	Descurainia pinnata ssp. glabra	smooth western tansy-mustard		2	7
66	Bra	Descurainia pinnata ssp. halictorum	alkali western tansy-mustard		1	4
67	Bra	Descurainia sophia	*herb sophia		1	2
68	Bra	Guillenia lasiophylla	California mustard	~25	2	4
69	Bra	Lepidium lasiocarpum var. lasiocarpum	hairy-podded pepper-grass	4		4
70	Bra	Sisymbrium altissimum	*tumble-mustard	~3	2	4
71	Cac	Echinocereus engelmannii	Engelmann's hedgehog cactus	99	4	10
72	Cac	Ferocactus cylindraceus	California barrel cactus	99	1	2
73	Cac	Mammillaria dioica	California fish-hook cactus	28		1
74	Cac	Mammillaria tetrancistra	fish-hook cactus	1	1	1
75	Cac	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	beavertail cactus	99		3
76	Cac	Opuntia bigelovii	teddy-bear cholla	99
77	Cac	Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii	Engelmann prickly-pear	25	5	8
78	Cac	Opuntia ganderi	Gander's cholla	99		2
79	Cac	Opuntia parryi	cane cholla	3	1	10
80	Cac	Opuntia phaeacantha	desert prickly-pear	20		3
81	Cam	Nemacladus glanduliferus var. orientalis	eastern glandular nemacladus		1	1
82	Cam	Nemacladus longiflorus var. breviflorus	thread plant	201	1	4
83	Cam	Nemacladus pinnatifidus	comb-leaved nemacladus		1	1
84	Cam	Nemacladus ramosissimus	Nuttall's nemacladus		1	3
85	Cap	Isomeris arborea	bladderpod		1	9
86	Car	Loeflingia squarrosa var. squarrosa	spreading loeflingia		1	5
87	Car	Minuartia pusilla	annual sandwort		1	1
88	Che	Atriplex canescens ssp. canescens	four-wing saltbush		2	8
89	Che	Atriplex polycarpa	cattle saltbush		4	4
90	Che	Atriplex triangularis	arrow-leaf saltbush		1	1
91	Che	Salsola tragus	*Russian thistle	10		2
92	Cra	Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides	desert dudleya	99	3	5
93	Cuc	Cucurbita palmata	coyote melon	1		5
94	Eri	Arctostaphylos glauca	bigberry manzanita		1	1
95	Eup	Bernardia myricifolia	western bernardia	13	1	9
96	Eup	Chamaesyce abramsiana	Abrams' prostrate spurge		2	2
97	Eup	Chamaesyce albomarginata	rattlesnake weed		1	14
98	Eup	Chamaesyce melanadenia	red-gland spurge	55	2	10
99	Eup	Chamaesyce polycarpa	small-seeded spurge	3
100	Eup	Chamaesyce setiloba	starfish (Yuma) spurge		1	2
101	Eup	Croton californicus	California croton	11	1	4
102	Eup	Ditaxis lanceolata	narrowleaf ditaxis	99		1
103	Eup	Ditaxis neomexicana	New Mexico ditaxis	1		1
104	Eup	Stillingia linearifolia	linear-leaved stillingia	55		5
105	Fab	Acacia greggii	catclaw	99		6
106	Fab	Astragalus nuttallianus var. cedrosensis	Cedros milk-vetch		1
107	Fab	Astragalus palmeri	Palmer's milk-vetch	11	1	9
108	Fab	Hoffmannseggia glauca	hog potato		1	10
109	Fab	Lotus humistratus	short-podded lotus		1	2
110	Fab	Lotus salsuginosus var. brevivexillus	short-bannered coastal lotus		1	1
111	Fab	Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus	short-winged deerweed	99	1	4
112	Fab	Lupinus concinnus	bajada lupine	~15	1	13
113	Fab	Lupinus sparsiflorus	Coulter's lupine	30	3	9
114	Fab	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana	honey mesquite	81	5	6
115	Fou	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	ocotillo	99		2
116	Ger	Erodium brachycarpum	*short-fruited filaree	~2		2
117	Ger	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree	99		5
118	Hyd	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	whispering bells	1		9
119	Hyd	Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. bipinnatifida	eucrypta		2	7
120	Hyd	Nama demissum var. demissum	purple mat		1	6
121	Hyd	Phacelia affinis	limestone phacelia		1	3
122	Hyd	Phacelia campanularia, minor or parryi		sp30
123	Hyd	Phacelia cryptantha	limestone phacelia		1	1
124	Hyd	Phacelia distans	common phacelia	99	1	15
125	Hyd	Pholistoma membranaceum	white fiesta flower	99	1	2
126	Kra	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany	20		2
127	Kra	Krameria grayi	white rhatany	50	1	7
128	Lam	Hyptis emoryi	desert-lavender	2		4
129	Lam	Lamium amplexicaule	*henbit		1	1
130	Lam	Salvia apiana	white sage	20	2	11
131	Lam	Salvia carduacea	thistle sage	201	5	14
132	Lam	Salvia columbariae	chia	99	2	7
133	Loa	Mentzelia albicaulis	white-stemmed blazing star	5	1	1
134	Mal	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua	apricot mallow	~25		4
135	Mol	Mollugo cerviana	*carpet-weed		1	1
136	Nyc	Abronia villosa var. aurita	hairy sand verbena		3
137	Nyc	Allionia incarnata var. villosa	trailing four o'clock	50	2	3
138	Nyc	Boerhavia coccinea	scarlet spiderling	51		2
139	Nyc	Boerhavia intermedia	fivewing spiderling		1	4
140	Nyc	Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock	99		5
141	Ona	Camissonia californica	California suncup	99	1	5
142	Ona	Camissonia confusa	San Bernardino sun-cup		1	2
143	Ona	Camissonia pallida ssp. pallida	pale sun-cup	991	3	22
144	Ona	Camissonia strigulosa	strigose sun-cup		2	7
145	Pap	Eschscholzia californica	California poppy		1	2
146	Pap	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	small-flowered poppy	~56		8
147	Pap	Platystemon californicus	cream cups		1	5
148	Pla	Plantago patagonica	Patagonia plantain		2	6
149	Pol	Eriastrum diffusum	miniature woolly-star		1	3
150	Pol	Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum	desert woolly-star	~99	1	9
151	Pol	Gilia diegensis	coastal gilia		1	6
152	Pol	Gilia stellata	star gilia	~6		2
153	Pol	Linanthus aureus	golden linanthus		1	2
154	Pol	Linanthus lemmonii	Lemmon's linanthus		1	6
155	Pol	Loeseliastrum schottii	Schott's calico	9	3	7
156	Pol	Centrostegia thurberi	Thurber's spineflower		1	5
157	Pol	Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu	brittle spineflower	99	1	3
158	Pol	Chorizanthe fimbriata var. laciniata	lace-fringed spineflower	51	2	9
159	Pol	Eriogonum davidsonii	Davidson's buckwheat	99	1	10
160	Pol	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	California buckwheat	99		6
161	Pol	Eriogonum gracile var. incultum	slender buckwheat	20		6
162	Pol	Eriogonum inflatum	desert trumpet	99		3
163	Pol	Eriogonum maculatum	spotted buckwheat		1	2
164	Pol	Eriogonum plumatella	yucca buckwheat	401	1	4
165	Pol	Eriogonum thurberi	Thurber's buckwheat		1	10
166	Pol	Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum	Wright's buckwheat	99		1
167	Pol	Polygonum punctatum	punctate smartweed		2	2
168	Por	Calandrinia ciliata	red maids		1	5
169	Por	Calyptridium monandrum	sand cress		3	8
170	Por	Portulaca oleracea	*common purslane		1	1
171	Ran	Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum	intermediate larkspur	70	1	12
172	Rha	Ziziphus parryi var. parryi	lotebush	72	2	23
173	Ros	Coleogyne ramosissima	black brush	75	3	4
174	Ros	Prunus fasciculata var. fasciculata	desert almond	10	3	6
175	Ros	Prunus fremontii	desert apricot	20		23
176	Rub	Galium angustifolium ssp. borregoense	Borrego bedstraw		1	1
177	Rub	Galium stellatum var. eremicum	star-flowered bedstraw	52		5
178	Rut	Thamnosma montana	turpentine broom	12	2	10
179	Sal	Salix exigua	narrowleaf willow		2	8
180	Sal	Salix gooddingii	black willow		4	4
181	Sal	Salix laevigata	red willow		4	10
182	Sal	Salix lasiolepis	arroyo willow		1	5
183	Scr	Mimulus brevipes	wide-throated yellow monkeyflower		1	6
184	Scr	Mimulus fremontii	Fremont's monkeyflower		1	5
185	Scr	Penstemon centranthifolius	scarlet bugler	181	3	15
186	Scr	Penstemon clevelandii var. clevelandii	Cleveland's beardtongue		2	4
187	Scr	Penstemon thurberi	Thurber's beardtongue		3	13
188	Sim	Simmondsia chinensis	jojoba	51	1	7
189	Sol	Lycium andersonii	Anderson's desert-thorn	15	2	15
190	Sol	Lycium cooperi	Cooper's box-thorn	10	6	17
191	Sol	Nicotiana obtusifolia	desert tobacco	35	1	8
192	Sol	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry	25	1	3
193	Ste	Ayenia compacta	ayenia	56	2	5
194	Vis	Phoradendron californicum	desert mistletoe	99		8
195	Zyg	Kallstroemia californica	California caltrop		2	4
196	Zyg	Larrea tridentata	creosote bush	99	2	8
197	Cyp	Carex alma	sturdy sedge		2	2
198	Cyp	Eleocharis parishii	Parish's spikerush		2	2
199	Lil	Agave deserti	desert agave	99		7
200	Lil	Allium fimbriatum var. fimbriatum	fringed onion		4	9
201	Lil	Calochortus splendens	splendid mariposa lily		1	2
202	Lil	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	blue dicks	3		2
203	Lil	Yucca schidigera	Mohave yucca	62		5
204	Lil	Yucca whipplei	chaparral yucca		1	5
205	Poa	Achnatherum hymenoides	Indian ricegrass		1	1
206	Poa	Achnatherum speciosum	desert needlegrass		1	8
207	Poa	Aristida adscensionis	six-weeks three-awn	99
208	Poa	Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi	Nealley three-awn	99		6
209	Poa	Avena barbata	*slender wild oats	1		2
210	Poa	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama		1	3
211	Poa	Bouteloua barbata var. barbata	six-weeks grama		1	3
212	Poa	Bromus grandis	tall brome		1	1
213	Poa	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	*red brome	99		10
214	Poa	Melica frutescens	tall melica	7		3
215	Poa	Melica imperfecta	coast-range melic	~1		1
216	Poa	Pleuraphis rigida	big galleta	99	1	2
217	Poa	Schismus barbatus	*Mediterranean schismus	99		7

¹ Species is only found to the west of the immediate PCT area, between S2 and the PCT.

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Voucher Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria (ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/; Sun Jan 8 2012)

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