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

prostrate pigweed 1
Amaranthus albus
procumbent pigweed 2
Amaranthus blitoides
California Pigweed 3
Amaranthus californicus
powell's amaranth 4
Amaranthus powellii
Sticky mouse-ear chickweed 5
Cerastium glomeratum
Herniaria hirsuta var. cinerea 6
Herniaria hirsuta cinerea
Spreading Pygmyleaf 7
Loeflingia squarrosa
California manyseed 8
Polycarpon depressum
Polycarpon tetraphyllum var. tetraphyllum 9
Polycarpon tetraphyllum tetraphyllum
sleepy catchfly 10
Silene antirrhina
Corn spurrey 12
Spergula arvensis
Red Sand Spurrey 13
Spergularia rubra
shining chickweed 14
Stellaria nitens
Stellaria pallida 15
Stellaria apetala
common lamb's-quarters 16
Chenopodium album
pitseed goosefoot 3
Chenopodium berlandieri
Chenopodium californicum 17
Blitum californicum
Narrowleaf Goosefoot 18
Chenopodium desiccatum
Mexican tea 19
Dysphania ambrosioides
tumbleweed 20
Salsola tragus
fringed redmaids 21
Calandrinia ciliata
common pussypaws 22
Calyptridium monandrum
Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua 23
Claytonia exigua exigua
gypsum springbeauty 24
Claytonia gypsophiloides
Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora 25
Claytonia parviflora parviflora
Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
Claytonia perfoliata perfoliata
Bitterroot 26
Lewisia rediviva
blinks
Montia fontana
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia 27
Mirabilis laevis crassifolia
red triangles 28
Centrostegia thurberi
Douglas' Spineflower 29
Chorizanthe douglasii
pink spineflower 30
Chorizanthe membranacea
one-awn spineflower 31
Chorizanthe uniaristata
Anglestem Buckwheat 17
Eriogonum angulosum
Coville's buckwheat 22
Eriogonum covilleanum
elegant wild buckwheat 32
Eriogonum elegans
Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum 12
Eriogonum elongatum elongatum
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum 33
Eriogonum fasciculatum foliolosum
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium 34
Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium
Eriogonum gracile var. gracile 35
Eriogonum gracile gracile
Pinnacles Buckwheat 36
Eriogonum nortonii
Eriogonum nudum var. auriculatum 37
Eriogonum nudum auriculatum
Eriogonum nudum var. indictum 38
Eriogonum nudum indictum
wand buckwheat 27
Eriogonum roseum
Hoary Wild Buckwheat 39
Eriogonum saxatile
Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum 40
Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum
dotted knotweed 41
Persicaria punctata
Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum 42
Polygonum aviculare depressum
Fairy Mist 12
Pterostegia drymarioides
curled dock 43
Rumex crispus
Common purslane 44
Portulaca oleracea
willow dock 45
Rumex salicifolius
Sheep's sorrel 46
Rumex acetosella
California Dock 22
Rumex californicus

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