Flora and Fauna of Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area

Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area is a Los Angeles County park that is nestled in the San Gabriel mountains on the edge of the Mojave Desert.

chaparral yucca 1
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Drooping Brome 2
Bromus tectorum
Red-backed Jumping Spider 3
Phidippus johnsoni
Sleepy Duskywing 4
Erynnis brizo
fragrant sumac 5
Rhus aromatica
bluedicks 6
Dichelostemma capitatum capitatum
Propertius Duskywing 7
Erynnis propertius
Little Bear Scarab Beetle 8
Paracotalpa ursina
California Root Borer Beetle 9
Prionus californicus
Western Yellowjacket 10
Vespula pensylvanica
desert mariposa lily 11
Calochortus kennedyi
Giant Blazingstar 12
Mentzelia laevicaulis
California flannelbush 13
Fremontodendron californicum
birchleaf mountain mahogany 14
Cercocarpus betuloides
Coulter pine 15
Pinus coulteri
Beaked Twig Gall Wasp 7
Disholcaspis plumbella
Silver Garden Orbweaver 16
Argiope argentata
white fir 17
Abies concolor
Variegated Meadowhawk 18
Sympetrum corruptum
Velvety Tree Ant 20
Liometopum occidentale
Bicolored Pyramid Ant 21
Dorymyrmex bicolor
California Harvester Ant 22
Pogonomyrmex californicus
Ceraunus Blue 23
Hemiargus ceraunus
Goosefoot violet 24
Viola purpurea
silver wormwood 25
Artemisia ludoviciana
strigose lotus 26
Acmispon strigosus
common sagebrush 25
Artemisia tridentata
common pussypaws 27
Calyptridium monandrum
desert paintbrush 11
Castilleja chromosa
Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany 25
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Hairy Yerba Santa 29
Eriodictyon trichocalyx
pumice alpinegold 30
Hulsea vestita
Mojave linanthus 31
Leptosiphon breviculus
California evening primrose 7
Oenothera californica
fountain grass 32
Pennisetum setaceum
Grinnell's Beardtongue 33
Penstemon grinnellii
splendid woodland-gilia 34
Saltugilia splendens
longspine horsebrush 35
Tetradymia axillaris
California Mantis 7
Stagmomantis californica
Peridot Bee
Augochlorella pomoniella
Poodle-dog bush 36
Turricula parryi
Pacific Coast Tick 37
Dermacentor occidentalis
Behr's Metalmark 38
Apodemia virgulti
Western Tailed-Blue 23
Cupido amyntula
Four-lined Plant Bug 39
Poecilocapsus lineatus
Mountain Chickadee 44
Poecile gambeli
Townsend's Warbler 45
Setophaga townsendi
Blainville's Horned Lizard 8
Phrynosoma blainvillii
whitemargin sandmat 46
Euphorbia albomarginata
Western Leaf-footed Bug 47
Leptoglossus clypealis
southern bush monkeyflower 46
Diplacus longiflorus
Square-spotted Blue 48
Euphilotes battoides
California Ground Squirrel 49
Otospermophilus beecheyi
Thalassica Grasshopper 50
Trimerotropis thalassica
Merriam's Chipmunk 51
Neotamias merriami
House Finch 52
Haemorhous mexicanus
Superstition Mountains Scorpion
Superstitionia donensis
Ashy Gray Lady Beetle 55
Olla v-nigrum
Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard 56
Sceloporus uniformis
Sponge Gall Midge
Rhopalomyia pomum
Four-spurred Assassin Bug 47
Zelus tetracanthus
Bigelow's monkeyflower 60
Diplacus bigelovii
Hairy Woodpecker 61
Dryobates villosus
Mountain Quail 63
Oreortyx pictus
California Quail 64
Callipepla californica
Peregrine Falcon 65
Falco peregrinus
Cooper's Hawk 66
Accipiter cooperii
Red-tailed Hawk 67
Buteo jamaicensis
Bushtit 68
Psaltriparus minimus
Golden-crowned Sparrow 69
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Bullock's Oriole 70
Icterus bullockii
Western Tanager 44
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Bluebird 71
Sialia mexicana
Western Wood-Pewee 72
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 73
Empidonax hammondii
Cassin's Vireo 74
Vireo cassinii
Warbling Vireo 75
Vireo gilvus
Northern Flicker 76
Colaptes auratus
Southern Alligator Lizard 77
Elgaria multicarinata
American Black Bear 78
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 79
Procyon lotor
Desert Cottontail 80
Sylvilagus audubonii
common dandelion 82
Taraxacum officinale

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