Botanical Inhabitants of Pinnacles National Park

Guide to the plant communities of Pinnacles

Species list taken from the Pinnacles Vascular Species List from the NPS Inventory and Monitoring

Bigelow's spike moss 1
Selaginella bigelovii
water fern 1
Azolla filiculoides
giant chain fern 2
Woodwardia fimbriata
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens 3
Pteridium aquilinum pubescens
coastal woodfern 4
Dryopteris arguta
Polystichum imbricans ssp. curtum 5
Polystichum imbricans curtum
Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii 6
Equisetum telmateia braunii
California Polypody 7
Polypodium californicum
Nested Polypody 8
Polypodium calirhiza
California Maidenhair Fern 9
Adiantum jordanii
California lacefern 10
Aspidotis californica
Cheilanthes covillei 11
Myriopteris covillei
Cheilanthes intertexta 10
Myriopteris intertexta
Coffee Fern 12
Pellaea andromedifolia
Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis 13
Pentagramma triangularis triangularis
brittle bladderfern 14
Cystopteris fragilis
California juniper 10
Juniperus californica
gray pine 15
Pinus sabiniana
California bay 16
Umbellularia californica
prostrate pigweed 18
Amaranthus albus
procumbent pigweed 11
Amaranthus blitoides
California Pigweed 19
Amaranthus californicus
powell's amaranth 20
Amaranthus powellii
Pacific poison oak 21
Toxicodendron diversilobum
hoary bowlesia 22
Bowlesia incana
poison hemlock 23
Conium maculatum
American wild carrot 24
Daucus pusillus
California lomatium 1
Lomatium californicum
Lomatium dasycarpum ssp. dasycarpum 25
Lomatium dasycarpum dasycarpum
Foothill desert-parsley 26
Lomatium utriculatum
California sweet cicely 27
Osmorhiza brachypoda
California yampah 28
Perideridia californica
Poison sanicle 1
Sanicula bipinnata
Purple Sanicle 1
Sanicula bipinnatifida
Pacific Sanicle 29
Sanicula crassicaulis
laceleaf sanicle 1
Sanicula laciniata
Turkey Pea 30
Sanicula tuberosa
Shepherd's-needle 31
Scandix pecten-veneris
Hartweg's umbrellawort 1
Tauschia hartwegii
common hedge parsley 32
Torilis arvensis
California Hedge Parsley 28
Yabea microcarpa
hemp dogbane 15
Apocynum cannabinum
woollypod milkweed 33
Asclepias eriocarpa
narrowleaf milkweed 1
Asclepias fascicularis
woolly milkweed 34
Asclepias vestita
greater periwinkle 35
Vinca major
manyflower marshpennywort 36
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Complex Achillea millefolium 37
Achillea millefolium
Blow Wives 38
Achyrachaena mollis
Acroptilon repens 39
Leuzea repens
Agoseris apargioides var. apargioides
Agoseris apargioides apargioides
bigflower agoseris 40
Agoseris grandiflora
Annual Agoseris 41
Agoseris heterophylla
spearleaf agoseris 42
Agoseris retrorsa
annual bur-sage 43
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
woolly fishhooks 44
Ancistrocarphus filagineus
Stinking chamomile 45
Anthemis cotula
biennial wormwood 19
Artemisia biennis
California sagebrush 46
Artemisia californica
California mugwort 47
Artemisia douglasiana
Tarragon 48
Artemisia dracunculus
marsh baccharis 49
Baccharis glutinosa
coyote brush 50
Baccharis pilularis
Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia
Baccharis salicifolia salicifolia
Glandular Big Tarweed 44
Blepharizonia laxa
California brickellbush 51
Brickellia californica
Carduus pycnocephalus ssp. pycnocephalus 52
Carduus pycnocephalus pycnocephalus
Slender Thistle 53
Carduus tenuiflorus
blessed thistle 54
Centaurea benedicta
Maltese star-thistle 55
Centaurea melitensis
Yellow Starthistle 56
Centaurea solstitialis
Fitch's tarweed 17
Centromadia fitchii
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula
Chaenactis glabriuscula glabriuscula
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. lanosa 57
Chaenactis glabriuscula lanosa
Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale 58
Cirsium occidentale occidentale
Cirsium occidentale var. venustum 1
Cirsium occidentale venustum
bull thistle 59
Cirsium vulgare
Brass Buttons 60
Cotula coronopifolia
Three-ray tarweed 28
Deinandra lobbii
Salinas River Tarweed 61
Deinandra pentactis
Stinkwort 62
Dittrichia graveolens
horseweed 63
Erigeron canadensis
Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus
Erigeron foliosus foliosus
Erigeron petrophilus var. petrophilus 38
Erigeron petrophilus petrophilus
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum 64
Eriophyllum confertiflorum confertiflorum
many-stem woolly sunflower 1
Eriophyllum multicaule
western goldenrod 65
Euthamia occidentalis
western marsh cudweed 66
Gnaphalium palustre
Great Valley gumweed 67
Grindelia camporum
California matchweed 1
Gutierrezia californica
Rosilla 38
Helenium puberulum
bristly oxtongue 68
Helminthotheca echioides
Hesperevax acaulis var. ambusticola 34
Hesperevax acaulis ambusticola
Telegraphweed 69
Heterotheca grandiflora
Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. echioides 34
Heterotheca sessiliflora echioides
Smooth Cat's Ear 70
Hypochaeris glabra
common hareleaf 1
Lagophylla ramosissima
California goldfields 1
Lasthenia californica
small-ray goldfields 71
Lasthenia microglossa

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