Plant LIst

#, Latin Name

Habitat /

Plant Community

Dryopteridaceae

1 Cystopteris fragilis

2 Dryopteris arguta

shaded moist pl, streamsides

open, wooded slopes, <8000'

Equisetaceae

3 Equisetum sp.

moist places

Polypodiaceae

4 Polypodium californicum

shaded places, cliffs, bluffs, rocks

Pteridaceae

5 Adiantum capillus-veneris

6 Adiantum jordanii

7 Cheilanthes covillei

8 Pellaea andromedifolia

9 Pellaea mucronata

10 Pentagramma triangularis

shaded rock, moist banks

shaded hillsides, moist woods

crevices, bases of rocks

rocky or dry areas

rocky or dry areas

shaded slopes or rocky areas

Selaginellaceae

11 Selaginella bigelovii

open sites, rocks, shrublands

Pinaceae

12 Pseudotsuga macrocarpa

scattered on slopes, 1000-8000'

Aceraceae

13 Acer macrophyllum

streambanks, canyons, <5000'

Amaranthaceae

14 Amaranthus albus

15 Amaranthus sp.

weed of waste places, roadsides, fields

waste places

Anacardiaceae

16 Rhus ovata

17 Rhus trilobata

18 Toxicodendron diversilobum

canyons, Ch, <4300'

slopes, washes, shrublands

canyons, slopes, Ch, OW, <5200'

Apiaceae

19 Lomatium dasycarpum

20 Lomatium utriculatum

21 Osmorhiza brachypoda

22 Sanicula arguta

23 Sanicula crassicaulis

24 Tauschia arguta

dry ridges, <5000'

open grassy slopes and meadows, woodlands

shaded pl, <5500', OW, YPF

open grassy or rocky slopes, <2000'

open slopes, ravines, woodlands

Ch, OW

Asclepiadaceae

25 Asclepias californica

26 Asclepias fascicularis

flats, grassy, brushy slopes

dry places, valleys, foothills

Asteraceae

27 Acourtia microcephala

28 Agoseris sp.

29 Ambrosia acanthicarpa

30 Ambrosia psilostachya

31 Artemisia californica

32 Artemisia douglasiana

33 Artemisia tridentata

34 Baccharis pilularis

35 Baccharis salicifolia

36 Brickellia californica

37 Brickellia nevinii

38 Centaurea melitensis

39 Chaenactis artemisiifolia

40 Chaenactis glabriuscula

41 Chamomilla suaveolens

42 Chrysothamnus sp.

43 Cirsium occidentale var. californicum

44 Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale

45 Conyza bonariensis

46 Conyza canadensis

47 Cotula australis

48 Ericameria palmeri

49 Ericameria parishii var. parishii

50 Ericameria pinifolia

51 Erigeron foliosus

52 Eriophyllum confertiflorum

53 Filago californica

54 Gnaphalium bicolor

55 Gnaphalium californicum

56 Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum

57 Gnaphalium sp

58 Gutierrezia sp.

59 Hazardia squarrosa

60 Helianthus annuus

61 Helianthus gracilentus

62 Heterotheca grandiflora

63 Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. sessiliflora

64 Hypochaeris glabra

65 Lasthenia californica

66 Layia platyglossa

67 Lepidospartum squamatum

68 Lessingia filaginifolia

69 Madia gracilis

70 Malacothrix saxatilis

71 Micropus californicus

72 Rafinesquia californica

73 Senecio californicus

74 Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii

75 Senecio vulgaris

76 Solidago californica

77 Sonchus oleraceus

78 Stephanomeria cichoriacea

79 Stephanomeria virgata

80 Tetradymia comosa

81 Uropappus lindleyi

82 Xanthium strumarium

dry slopes, Ch, <4000'

Ch

weedy places, dry stream bottoms

weedy pl, Ch, CSS, <2500'

Ch, CS, CSS, <2500'

open to shady places, often in drainages

dry slopes and plains, Ch, YPF, PJW

hillsides, canyons, CSS, CS, <2500'

along water courses, <3500'

dry washes, slopes, Ch, CSS, <8000'

dry slopes and washes, Ch, CSS, 800-5500'

weed of waste pl, roadsides, etc.

dry slopes, disturbed places, burns

Ch, VG

disturbed places

dry benches, MCF, PJW, SS

often disturbed places, woodland, Ch

grassy, brushy places, Ch, CSS, CS

weed of waste places

weed of waste places

weedy places, <1000'

dry plains, CSS, <2500'

dry slopes, 1500-7000', Ch

dry fans and banks, <5500', Ch, CSS, OW

grassy or brushy places, Ch, YPF, OW

dry sl and washes, CSS, Ch

dry pl, burns, <3500', Ch, CSS

dry pl, <2500', CSS, Ch

dry hills, disturbed places, <4500'

dry, open places, <4000', Ch

disturbed places

Ch, VG

dry sl, <4500', Ch, CSS

roadsides and waste places

dry sl, <6000', Ch, YPF

weedy roadsides, Ch, CSS

dry pl, <6500', Cs, CSS, VG

weed of waste places, fields

dry open places, <3000', CSS, VG

grassy slopes, <4000', Ch, CSS, VG

dry washes, stream terraces

Ch, CSS, OW

grassy pl, woodland, forests

open places, roadcuts, Ch, CSS etc.

dry or moist places, <5000'

burns and disturbed places

dry open places, <3500', Ch, etc.

washes, dry stream beds, <6000'

weed of gardens and waste places

dry or moist places, <8000'

weed of waste places, etc.

rocky slopes and canyons, <6000'

dry, open slopes, <7000'

CSS, Ch, SS

open grassy pl, woods, Ch

disturbed areas, <1500'

Betulaceae

83 Alnus rhombifolia

along permanent streams, <6500'

Boraginaceae

84 Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia

85 Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii

86 Cryptantha intermedia

87 Cryptantha muricata

88 Pectocarya penicillata

89 Plagiobothrys nothofulvus

90 Plagiobothrys sp.

grassy or open pl, <5000'

grassy or open pl, <5000'

common in cis, <3000'

open areas, <9000'

dry sandy and gravelly places, <4500'

grassy fields and hillsides, <2500'

Ch, VG

Brassicaceae

91 Arabis sparsiflora

92 Brassica nigra

93 Capsella bursa-pastoris

94 Erysimum capitatum

95 Hirschfeldia incana

96 Lepidium nitidum

97 Raphanus sativus

98 Sisymbrium altissimum

99 Sisymbrium officinale

100 Sisymbrium orientale

101 Thysanocarpus curvipes

102 Thysanocarpus laciniatus

103 Tropidocarpum gracile

dry slopes, 2500-6000', Ch, FW, YPF

dry grassy hills, disturbed pl

weed of disturbed pl, <7000'

dry places, <8000', Ch, etc.

weed of waste pl, roadsides, etc.

open places, <3000', Ch, CSS, VG

weed in waste places, fields

weed in waste pl, <7000'

weed of waste places and waysides

weed of roadsides etc.

grassy or brushy slopes, Ch, VG, FW

grassy slopes, <3500', Ch, CSS, VG

grassy sl, open pl, <3500'

Cactaceae

104 Opuntia sp.

Ch, CSS, VG, YPF

Caprifoliaceae

105 Lonicera interrupta

106 Lonicera subspicata

107 Sambucus mexicana

108 Symphoricarpos mollis

dry slopes, 1000-6000', Ch, YPF

dry slopes, <3000', Ch

open flats, valleys, Ch, OW, CSS

shaded slopes, <5000', Ch, OW

Caryophyllaceae

109 Cerastium glomeratum

110 Minuartia douglasii

111 Silene californica

112 Silene laciniata ssp. major

113 Stellaria media

waste pl, along roads, etc.

Ch, OW, <7000'

Ch, OW, MCF, <7000'

slopes, <5000', Ch, CSS, CS

weed in shaded places

Chenopodiaceae

114 Atriplex lentiformis

115 Atriplex rosea

116 Atriplex semibaccata

117 Chenopodium album

118 Chenopodium ambrosioides

119 Chenopodium botrys

120 Chenopodium californicum

121 Chenopodium murale

122 Chenopodium sp.

123 Salsola tragus

alkaline pl, VG, CSS

alkaline pl, <7000'

saline waste pl, roadsides, etc.

weed in waste pl, <6000'

weed in waste places

weedy places, <7000'

Ch, CSS etc., <5000'

weed of disturbed places

-

disturbed places, <9000'

Cistaceae

124 Helianthemum scoparium

dry slopes and ridges, CSS, Ch, <4000'

Convolvulaceae

125 Calystegia macrostegia

126 Convolvulus arvensis

dry slopes, <3000', CSS, Ch

weed of fields and waste pl

Crassulaceae

127 Crassula connata

128 Dudleya cymosa

129 Dudleya lanceolata

130 Dudleya pulverulenta

parasitic on shrubs of Ch

dry rocky pl, Ch, FW, YPF

dry slopes and banks, <3500'

rocky cliffs and canyons, <3000'

Cucurbitaceae

131 Cucurbita foetidissima

132 Marah macrocarpus

sandy, gravelly pl, <2000', Ch, CSS

dry places, <3000', CSS, Ch, OW

Cuscutaceae

133 Cuscuta sp.

-

Datiscaceae

134 Datisca glomerata

dry stream beds, washes, <6500', Ch, YPF, FW

Ericaceae

135 Arctostaphylos glandulosa

136 Arctostaphylos glauca

dry sl, <6000', Ch, YPF

dry slopes, <4500', Ch

Euphorbiaceae

137 Chamaesyce albomarginata

138 Eremocarpus setigerus

dry sl, <4000', CSS, Ch

dry open pl, <2500', CSS, VG, OW

Fabaceae

139 Amorpha californica

140 Astragalus trichopodus

141 Glycyrrhiza lepidota

142 Lathyrus odoratus

143 Lathyrus vestitus

144 Lotus corniculatus

145 Lotus hamatus

146 Lotus purshianus var. purshianus

147 Lotus scoparius

148 Lotus strigosus

149 Lupinus bicolor

150 Lupinus formosus

151 Lupinus hirsutissimus

152 Lupinus latifolius

153 Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus

154 Lupinus succulentus

155 Lupinus truncatus

156 Medicago polymorpha

157 Medicago sativa

158 Melilotus alba

159 Melilotus indica

160 Robinia pseudoacacia

161 Spartium junceum

162 Trifolium ciliolatum

163 Trifolium willdenovii

dry sl, <7500', Ch, YPF, etc.

brushy sl, <1100', CSS, Ch

patches in low, moist places, <4500'

garden escape

Ch, OW, coniferous forest

open disturbed areas <3500'

dry sl, <5000', Ch, CSS

dry fields and disturbed pl, <7000'

dry slopes and fans, <5000', CSS, Ch

disturbed pl, <7500, Ch, etc.

open or disturbed pl, VG, YPF, etc.

dry, open places, CSS, Ch

dry areas, burns, <4000', Ch

moist areas, Ch, MCF, etc.

grasslands, <2500', Ch, VG, CSS

grassy pl, <2000', MC

open grassy pl, burns, Ch, etc.

grassy, disturbed places

waste pl, along roadsides

waste and damp places

waste and disturbed places

roadsides, stream banks

dry waste places, roadcuts

open grassy slopes, <5000'

disturbed, moist places

Fagaceae

164 Quercus agrifolia

165 Quercus berberidifolia

166 Quercus chrysolepis

167 Quercus wislizenii

valleys, slopes, <3000', OW, FW, MEF

dry slopes, Ch, 1000-5000'

canyons, shaded slopes, Ch, MEF

interior canyons, sl, Ch, FW

Geraniaceae

168 Erodium botrys

169 Erodium cicutarium

170 Erodium moschatum

dry, open or disturbed pl, <3000'

open, disturbed places, statewide, <6500'

open disturbed pl, <5000'

Grossulariaceae

171 Ribes aureum

172 Ribes malvaceum

173 Ribes speciosum

many habitats, <8000'

dry pl, Ch, OW, <5000'

shaded canyons, Ch, CSS, <1500'

Hydrophyllaceae

174 Emmenanthe penduliflora

175 Eriodictyon crassifolium

176 Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia

177 Nemophila menziesii

178 Nemophila pedunculata

179 Phacelia cicutaria

180 Phacelia distans

181 Phacelia ramosissima

182 Phacelia sp.

dry, open sl, common after fires

dry sl, roadsides, washes, <6000'

canyons, Ch, <3000', after fires

meadows, woodlands, etc., <6000'

moist pl, shaded, FW, <7000'

rocky pl, <4000', VG, OW

fields, slopes, MC, <6500'

Ch, YPF

open places, Ch

Juglandaceae

183 Juglans californica

slopes, canyons, <3000', woodlands

Lamiaceae

184 Lamium amplexicaule

185 Marrubium vulgare

186 Monardella lanceolata

187 Salvia apiana

188 Salvia columbariae

189 Salvia leucophylla

190 Salvia mellifera

191 Scutellaria tuberosa

192 Stachys albens

193 Trichostema lanatum

194 Trichostema lanceolatum

disturbed pl, widespread, <1150'

disturbed pl, widespread, <1100'

open rocky pl, Ch, OW, <8000'

dry slopes, CSS, Ch, YPF, <5000'

dry open places, CSS, Ch, <4000'

dry open hills, CSS, Ch, <2500'

dry slopes and benches, CSS, Ch, <4000'

dry openings, Ch, FW, <2000'

wet to seepy places, <9000'

dry slopes, <4500', Ch, CSS

dry open pl, <3500', CSS, Ch

Lauraceae

195 Umbellularia californica

canyons, valleys, <5000', Ch, FW

Loasaceae

196 Mentzelia micrantha

open, often disturbed places, Ch, FW

Malvaceae

197 Malva parviflora

weed of disturbed pl, <5000'

Nyctaginaceae

198 Mirabilis californica

grassy areas, Ch, dunes, <3000'

Oleaceae

199 Fraxinus dipetala

canyons, sl, Ch, FW, <3500'

Onagraceae

200 Camissonia bistorta

201 Camissonia californica

202 Camissonia ignota

203 Camissonia micrantha

204 Camissonia pusilla

205 Clarkia bottae

206 Clarkia purpurea

207 Clarkia unguiculata

208 Epilobium canum ssp. canum

209 Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium

openings in CSS and Ch

open pl, CSS, Ch, desert scrub

CSS, Ch, <3500'

washes, sandy fields, coastal dunes

sandy soils, sagebrush scrub

openings in Ch, OW, CSS

grassy or shrubby pl, <2000'

often shaded pl, Ch, VG, CS

dry slopes, ridges, <2000'

dry slopes, <10,000', MCF, etc.

Orobanchaceae

210 Orobanche bulbosa

on Adenostema, <5000'

Paeoniaceae

211 Paeonia californica

brushy pl, <4000', Ch, CSS, OW

Papaveraceae

212 Dicentra chrysantha

213 Meconella denticulata

214 Papaver californicum

burns, disturbed pl, Ch, OW, YPF

shaded canyons, <3300', Ch, CSS

burns, disturbed pl, Ch, OW

Plantaginaceae

215 Plantago erecta

216 Plantago lanceolata

217 Plantago major

dry open pl, <2500', CSS, Ch, VG

weed of wet places

weed of damp waste places

Platanaceae

218 Platanus racemosa

along stream beds, <4000'

Polemoniaceae

219 Eriastrum sp.

220 Gilia angelensis

221 Gilia sp.

222 Leptodactylon californicum

223 Linanthus androsaceus

224 Navarretia atractyloides

open places, Ch, CSS

CSS, Ch, YPF, <6300'

open grassy places

dry slopes and banks, <5000', Ch, FW

dry sl, <5000', Ch, FW

dry pl, <2000', CSS, Ch

Polygonaceae

225 Chorizanthe staticoides

226 Chorizanthe sp.

227 Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum

228 Eriogonum fasciculatum

229 Eriogonum gracile

230 Eriogonum sp.

231 Polygonum arenastrum

232 Pterostegia drymarioides

233 Rumex crispus

234 Rumex sp.

dry slopes and flats, <6500', CSS, Ch

open places

dry pl, <6000', Ch, CSS

Ch, CSS

dry washes, mesas, <6000', Ch, CSS

Ch

disturbed places, <8000'

shady, often moist pl, <5000'

disturbed places, <8000'

-

Portulacaceae

235 Calandrinia ciliata

236 Claytonia perfoliata

grassy pl, <6500', VG, OW

Ch, CSS, OW

Ranunculaceae

237 Clematis lasiantha

238 Delphinium patens

239 Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum

hillsides, canyons, near streams, Ch, woods

grassland, woodlands, forest, <9000'

moist open to shaded pl, Ch, OW

Rhamnaceae

240 Ceanothus crassifolius

241 Ceanothus leucodermis

242 Ceanothus oliganthus

243 Rhamnus crocea

244 Rhamnus ilicifolia

dry slopes and fans, <3500', Ch, CSS

dry rocky sl, <6000', Ch, OW

dry slopes, <4500', Ch

dry washes and canyons, Ch, CSS, <3000'

dry slopes, <5000', Ch, YPF

Rosaceae

245 Adenostoma fasciculatum

246 Cercocarpus betuloides

247 Heteromeles arbutifolia

248 Potentilla sp.

249 Prunus ilicifolia

250 Rosa californica

251 Rubus ursinus

dry slopes and ridges, <5000', Ch

dry sl & washes, <6000', Ch

Ch, <4000'

dry to damp open pl, <7000'

Ch, <5000'

moist places, canyons, near streams, <6000'

canyons, waste pl, <3000'

Rubiaceae

252 Galium angustifolium

253 Galium aparine

254 Galium nuttallii

dry rocky places, <8000', Ch

shaded banks, <7500'

dry slopes, CSS, Ch

Salicaceae

255 Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa

256 Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii

257 Salix exigua

258 Salix laevigata

259 Salix lasiolepis

along streams, <6000'

moist places, <6500', Rp

wet places, <8000', Rp

along streams, <5000'

along streams, <7000'

Saxifragaceae

260 Boykinia rotundifolia

261 Lithophragma heterophyllum

262 Saxifraga californica

wet pl, in canyons, <6000'

OW, FW, <4500'

shaded grassy banks, <4000'

Scrophulariaceae

263 Antirrhinum coulterianum

264 Antirrhinum kelloggii

265 Antirrhinum multiflorum

266 Antirrhinum nuttallianum

267 Castilleja exserta

268 Castilleja minor

269 Castilleja sp.

270 Collinsia heterophylla

271 Collinsia parryi

272 Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setigerus

273 Keckiella cordifolia

274 Mimulus aurantiacus

275 Mimulus brevipes

276 Mimulus cardinalis

277 Mimulus floribundus

278 Mimulus pilosus

279 Penstemon centranthifolius

280 Penstemon heterophyllus

281 Penstemon sp.

282 Scrophularia californica

283 Veronica sp.

dry places, burns, <5000', Ch, CSS

dry slopes, burns, <2000', Ch

Ch, dry slopes, <4000'

CSS, Ch, dry slopes, <2500'

grassy slopes, <3000', VG, CSS

wet places

Ch, OW

± shaded places, <2500', VG, OW, etc.

disturbed places, burns, Ch

Ch, OW, CSS, <6500'

dry slopes and canyons, Ch

CSS, Ch, dry slopes, <5000'

dry places, <5000', Ch, CSS

stream banks, seeps, <8000'

moist places, <8000', cis

moist places, <8500'

dry disturbed places, Ch, <6500'

Ch, FW, YPF, <5500'

Ch, OW

dry to moist places, CSS, Ch

wet or moist places

Solanaceae

284 Datura wrightii

285 Nicotiana glauca

286 Solanum douglasii

287 Solanum xanti

CSS, VG, etc., cis & desert

waste pl, on burns, <3000'

partly shaded slopes, CSS, Ch, etc.

Ch, FW, <4000'

Tamaricaceae

288 Tamarix sp.

-

Urticaceae

289 Hesperocnide tenella

290 Urtica dioica

shaded slopes, CSS, Ch

low damp pl, <9000', MC

Verbenaceae

291 Verbena lasiostachys

dry to moist places, <8000'

Violaceae

292 Viola pedunculata

VG, CSS, grassy pl, <2500'

Viscaceae

293 Phoradendron macrophyllum

on Platanus, Populus, etc.

Vitaceae

294 Vitis girdiana

canyon bottoms, along streams

Zygophyllaceae

295 Tribulus terrestris

waste pl, along roadsides, etc.

Cyperaceae

296 Carex sp.

297 Eleocharis sp.

wet or moist places

marshes and wet places

Iridaceae

298 Sisyrinchium bellum

open, gen. moist grassy places

Juncaceae

299 Juncus sp.

300 Juncus sp.

301 Juncus sp.

streambanks and meadows

moist places

moist places

Liliaceae

302 Allium haematochiton

303 Bloomeria crocea

304 Calochortus catalinae

305 Calochortus clavatus

306 Chlorogalum parviflorum

307 Dichelostemma capitatum

308 Lilium humboldtii

309 Muilla maritima

310 Yucca whipplei

311 Zigadenus fremontii

Ch, CSS, VG, dry slopes, <2500'

Ch, CSS, VG, OW, dry flats, hillsides

VG, Ch, open grassy slopes, <2000'

Ch, canyons, <2500'

VG, CSS, Ch, <2000'

Ch, CSS, OW, desert, grasslands

Ch, OW, canyons, <3000'

grasslands, Ch, woodlands

dry slopes, Ch, CSS, 1000-4000'

VG, CSS, Ch, <3500'

Poaceae

312 Agropyron sp.

313 Avena barbata

314 Avena fatua

315 Bromus diandrus

316 Bromus hordeaceus

317 Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens

318 Bromus tectorum

319 Cynodon dactylon

320 Hordeum murinum

321 Lamarckia aurea

322 Leymus condensatus

323 Lolium sp.

324 Melica imperfecta

325 Piptatherum miliaceum

326 Poa annua

327 Polypogon monspeliensis

328 Schismus barbatus

329 Stipa sp.

330 Vulpia sp.

Ch, YPF, dry slopes, <5000'

weed of waste places, open slopes

weed of waste places, open slopes

weed of waste places, open slopes

weed of waste places, open slopes

weed of disturbed, open pl

open disturbed places, mostly <3000'

waste and low places, forming tough sod

weed of waste pl, <5000'

weed of disturbed places

CSS, Ch, OW

disturbed places and fields

CSS, Ch, OW, YPF

waste and disturbed places, low elevation

weed of disturbed places, gardens

moist places, along streams, ditches

disturbed places, deserts

Ch, CSS, OW

Ch, CSS, OW

Typhaceae

331 Typha sp.

freshwater marsh