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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

Small-flowered Catchfly 1
Silene gallica
Corn spurrey 2
Spergula arvensis
Red Sand Spurrey 3
Spergularia rubra
shining chickweed 4
Stellaria nitens
Stellaria pallida 5
Stellaria apetala
common lamb's-quarters 6
Chenopodium album
pitseed goosefoot 7
Chenopodium berlandieri
Chenopodium californicum 8
Blitum californicum
Narrowleaf Goosefoot 9
Chenopodium desiccatum
Mexican tea 10
Dysphania ambrosioides
tumbleweed 11
Salsola tragus
Helianthemum scoparium 12
Crocanthemum scoparium
Calystegia collina ssp. venusta 13
Calystegia collina venusta
Calystegia purpurata ssp. purpurata 14
Calystegia purpurata purpurata
Calystegia subacaulis ssp. subacaulis
Calystegia subacaulis subacaulis
field bindweed 15
Convolvulus arvensis
Cuscuta californica var. papillosa
Cuscuta californica papillosa
California Dodder 16
Cuscuta occidentalis
Canyon Dodder 17
Cuscuta subinclusa
brown dogwood 18
Cornus glabrata
Aquatic pygmyweed 19
Crassula aquatica
sand pygmyweed 20
Crassula connata
Mossy Stonecrop 21
Crassula tillaea
Canyon Live-forever 22
Dudleya cymosa
lanceleaf liveforever 23
Dudleya lanceolata
Mount Hamilton mock stonecrop 9
Sedella pentandra
Broad-leaved Stonecrop 24
Sedum spathulifolium
California manroot 25
Marah fabacea
durango root 26
Datisca glomerata
California Waterwort 9
Elatine californica
Big Berry Manzanita 27
Arctostaphylos glauca
pointleaf manzanita 28
Arctostaphylos pungens
Chamaesyce maculata 29
Euphorbia maculata
Chamaesyce ocellata ssp. ocellata 30
Euphorbia ocellata ocellata
Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia 31
Euphorbia serpillifolia serpillifolia
Croton setigerus 32
Croton setiger
Reticulate-seeded Spurge 33
Euphorbia spathulata
Acmispon americanus var. americanus 34
Acmispon americanus americanus
foothill deervetch 35
Acmispon brachycarpus
Acmispon glaber var. glaber 36
Acmispon glaber glaber
Acmispon maritimus var. brevivexillus 37
Acmispon maritimus brevivexillus
Short-flower Deervetch 38
Acmispon parviflorus
Acmispon procumbens var. procumbens
Acmispon procumbens procumbens
Acmispon strigosus 39
Ottleya strigosa
Chile trefoil 8
Acmispon wrangelianus
Astragalus didymocarpus var. didymocarpus 20
Astragalus didymocarpus didymocarpus
Gambel's milkvetch 40
Astragalus gambelianus
wild licorice 7
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus 41
Lathyrus vestitus vestitus
Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons 42
Lupinus albifrons albifrons
Miniature Lupine 43
Lupinus bicolor
bajada lupine 38
Lupinus concinnus
Stinging Lupine 44
Lupinus hirsutissimus
Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus 45
Lupinus microcarpus densiflorus
Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus 46
Lupinus microcarpus microcarpus
Sky Lupine 47
Lupinus nanus
Coulter's lupine 28
Lupinus sparsiflorus
arroyo lupine 48
Lupinus succulentus
collared annual lupine 44
Lupinus truncatus
bur clover 49
Medicago polymorpha
white sweetclover 50
Melilotus albus
small melilot 51
Melilotus indicus
Pickeringia montana var. montana 52
Pickeringia montana montana
Rancheria clover 53
Trifolium albopurpureum
pinpoint clover 38
Trifolium gracilentum
Rose Clover 54
Trifolium hirtum
small-headed clover 55
Trifolium microcephalum
clammy clover 55
Trifolium obtusiflorum
Trifolium variegatum var. geminiflorum 48
Trifolium variegatum geminiflorum
tomcat clover 56
Trifolium willdenovii
Vicia villosa ssp. varia 57
Vicia villosa varia
Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia 40
Quercus agrifolia agrifolia
California scrub oak 58
Quercus berberidifolia
Garrya congdonii 59
Garrya flavescens
tall centaury 53
Zeltnera exaltata
Mediterranean Stork's-bill 60
Erodium botrys
Hairy-pitted Stork's-bill 2
Erodium brachycarpum
common stork's-bill 61
Erodium cicutarium
musk stork's-bill 62
Erodium moschatum
Carolina crane's-bill 51
Geranium carolinianum
Ribes californicum var. californicum 22
Ribes californicum californicum
Ribes malvaceum var. viridifolium 63
Ribes malvaceum viridifolium
northern California black walnut 26
Juglans hindsii
oak gooseberry 8
Ribes quercetorum
Cut-leaved crane's-bill 64
Geranium dissectum
Dove's-foot crane's-bill 65
Geranium molle
canyon live oak 66
Quercus chrysolepis
blue oak 12
Quercus douglasii
valley oak 67
Quercus lobata
Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens 68
Quercus wislizeni frutescens
Quercus wislizeni var. wislizeni 69
Quercus wislizeni wislizeni
Vicia sativa ssp. sativa 70
Vicia sativa sativa
henbit deadnettle 71
Lamium amplexicaule
California Pitcher Sage 52
Lepechinia calycina
white horehound 72
Marrubium vulgare
corn mint 73
Mentha arvensis
spearmint 74
Mentha spicata
Veiny Monardella 8
Monardella douglasii
Monardella villosa ssp. villosa 75
Monardella villosa villosa
Thistle Sage 8
Salvia carduacea

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