Santa Clara River Natural History

Plants, Animals, and Fungi of the Santa Clara River

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beardless wild rye ¹
Elymus triticoides

flax-leaved horseweed ²
Erigeron bonariensis

Horseweed ³
Erigeron canadensis

Thick-leaved Yerba Santa ⁴
Eriodictyon crassifolium

caper spurge ⁵
Euphorbia lathyris

Spiny Rush
Juncus acutus

Summer Cypress ⁶
Kochia scoparia

Coastal Prickly Pear ⁷
Opuntia littoralis

Polygala cornuta ⁸

black cottonwood ⁹
Populus trichocarpa

common sagebrush ¹
Artemisia tridentata

sprangletop ¹⁰
Leptochloa fusca

Stipa miliacea ¹¹

Blessed Thistle ¹²
Cnicus benedictus

giant wild rye
Leymus condensatus

Bermuda Grass ¹³
Cynodon dactylon

Slender Iceplant ¹⁴
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

Amaranthus sp. ¹⁵
Amaranthus

Peruvian peppertree ¹⁶
Schinus molle

mock parsley ¹⁷
Apiastrum angustifolium

California Fan Palm ¹⁸
Washingtonia filifera

White Bladderflower ¹⁹
Araujia sericifera

silver burr ragweed ²⁰
Ambrosia chamissonis

Weakleaf Burr Ragweed ⁷
Ambrosia confertiflora

pearly everlasting ²¹
Anaphalis margaritacea

mayweed ²²
Anthemis cotula

Artemisia tridentata ssp. parishii
Artemisia tridentata parishii

Italian thistle ²³
Carduus pycnocephalus

Yellow Starthistle ²⁴
Centaurea solstitialis

Chicory ²⁵
Cichorium intybus

Bull Thistle ²⁶
Cirsium vulgare

brass buttons ²⁷
Cotula coronopifolia

Cape ivy ²⁸
Delairea odorata

California Brittlebush ²⁹
Encelia californica

Brittlebush ³⁰
Encelia farinosa

Virgin River Brittlebush ³¹
Encelia virginensis

narrowleaf goldenbush ¹⁴
Ericameria linearifolia

golden yarrow ³²
Eriophyllum confertiflorum

Filago californica ³³
Logfia filaginoides

Gnaphalium californicum ²⁵
Pseudognaphalium californicum

Gnaphalium canescens ²⁷
Pseudognaphalium canescens

western marsh cudweed ¹
Gnaphalium palustre

Gnaphalium stramineum ²⁵
Pseudognaphalium stramineum

Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelioides
Hazardia squarrosa grindelioides

Sunflower ³⁴
Helianthus annuus

Hemizonia fitchii ³⁵
Centromadia fitchii

Marsh Jaumea ³⁶
Jaumea carnosa

Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia
Malacothrix saxatilis tenuifolia

Picris echioides ³⁷
Helminthotheca echioides

Arrowweed ¹⁴
Pluchea sericea

Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii
Senecio flaccidus douglasii

Milk Thistle ³⁸
Silybum marianum

common sowthistle ³⁹
Sonchus oleraceus

Spiny Cocklebur ⁴⁰
Xanthium spinosum

Rough Cocklebur ⁴¹
Xanthium strumarium

Water Fern ¹⁴
Azolla filiculoides

Nevin's barberry ³²
Berberis nevinii

white alder ⁴²
Alnus rhombifolia

common fiddleneck ²³
Amsinckia menziesii

Clearwater cryptantha ²⁷
Cryptantha intermedia

pygmyflower cryptantha
Cryptantha micromeres

Plagiobothrys sp. ⁴³
Plagiobothrys

Black Mustard ¹
Brassica nigra

European Searocket ⁴⁴
Cakile maritima

Lepidium sp. ⁴⁵
Lepidium

Radish ⁴⁶
Raphanus sativus

Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum ⁴⁷
Nasturtium officinale

Corn Spurrey ⁴⁸
Spergula arvensis

Mission Prickly-pear ⁴⁹
Opuntia ficus-indica

Chaparral Prickly Pear ⁵⁰
Opuntia oricola

Spergularia bocconii
Spergularia bocconi

Atriplex lentiformis ssp. breweri ⁵¹
Atriplex lentiformis breweri

Atriplex lentiformis ssp. lentiformis
Atriplex lentiformis lentiformis

Atriplex triangularis ⁵²
Atriplex prostrata

White Goosefoot ⁵³
Chenopodium album

Chenopodium ambrosioides ⁷
Dysphania ambrosioides

California goosefoot ¹⁴
Chenopodium californicum

Salicornia virginica ⁴⁶
Salicornia depressa

Field Bindweed ²⁶
Convolvulus arvensis

Chalk Dudleya ⁴⁰
Dudleya pulverulenta

Buffalo Gourd ²⁷
Cucurbita foetidissima

Marah macrocarpus ²⁷
Marah macrocarpa

Cupressus arizonica ssp. arizonica
Cupressus arizonica arizonica

chaparral dodder ⁵⁴
Cuscuta californica

salt marsh dodder ²⁵
Cuscuta salina

field sedge ⁵⁵
Carex praegracilis

Carex sp. ¹
Carex

Tall Flatsedge ⁵²
Cyperus eragrostis

redroot flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos

umbrella papyrus
Cyperus involucratus

False Nutsedge ⁵⁶
Cyperus strigosus

needle spikerush ⁵⁷
Eleocharis acicularis

pale spikerush ⁵⁸
Eleocharis macrostachya

Parish's spikerush ¹⁷
Eleocharis parishii

Scirpus acutus ⁵⁹
Schoenoplectiella mucronata

Scirpus maritimus

panicled bulrush ¹
Scirpus microcarpus

Scirpus robustus
Bolboschoenus robustus

Field Horsetail ⁶⁰
Equisetum arvense

Giant Horsetail
Equisetum giganteum

Edited by William Schlegel and Mickie

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