Anza-Borrego: Plant Guide To Coyote Creek Wash

mile	G	#	id	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00	1			Begin guide immediately east of the paved road, just south of the end of the pavement, except for the first species below, which is on the citrus trees on the west side of the road; elevation 758 feet (231 m) The species are in no particular order in the first 0.01 mile.
0.00		1		climbing milkweed	Sarcostemma cynanchoides ssp. hartwegii	1 / 1	3
0.00		2		desert dicoria	Dicoria canescens	99 / 9	1
0.00		3		*Asian mustard	Brassica tournefortii	99 / 9	3
0.00		4		brown-eyed primrose	Camissonia claviformis ssp. peirsonii	99 / 9	3
0.00		5		*southern sandbur	Cenchrus echinatus+	1 / 1	1
0.00		6		*Mediterranean schismus	Schismus barbatus	99 / 9	16
0.00		7		hairy sand-verbena	Abronia villosa var. villosa	99 / 9	1
0.00		8		Arizona lupine	Lupinus arizonicus	99 / 9	1
0.00		9		narrow-leaved cryptantha	Cryptantha angustifolia	99 / 9	2
0.00		10		desert lily	Hesperocallis undulata	99 / 9	1
0.00		11	ssp	dune primrose	Oenothera deltoides ssp. deltoides+	99 / 9	1
0.00		12		gray desert sunflower	Helianthus niveus ssp. canescens	20 / 9	1
0.00		13		hairy desert-sunflower	Geraea canescens	30 / 9	1
0.00		14		creosote bush	Larrea tridentata	30 / 9	3
0.00		15		burroweed	Ambrosia dumosa	30 / 4	5
0.00		16		*puncture-vine	Tribulus terrestris	50 / 9	2
0.00		17		plicate coldenia	Tiquilia plicata	99 / 9	1
0.00		18		Colorado Desert marigold	Baileya pauciradiata	30 / 5	1
0.00		19		desert needle	Palafoxia arida var. arida	99 / 9	1
0.00		20		spectacle-pod	Dithyrea californica	99 / 9	1
0.00		21		desert thornapple	Datura discolor	40 / 9	2
0.00		22		*redstem filaree	Erodium cicutarium	10 / 3	50
0.00		23		Emory's indigo-bush	Psorothamnus emoryi	99 / 9	1
0.00		24		California suncup	Camissonia californica	99 / 9	18
0.00		25		frost mat	Achyronychia cooperi	20 / 5	3
0.00		26		desert dandelion	Malacothrix glabrata	20 / 9	3
0.00		27		*tumble pigweed	Amaranthus albus	5 / 2	5
0.00		28		silky dalea	Dalea mollis	20 / 9	1
0.00				Head north along a dirt road leading to the fenced Earthquake Observatory, just outside the boundary of the signed Private Property.
0.12	2			Earthquake Observatory; turn right ~45° and head toward Coyote Mountain, the highest peak in the immediate hills.
0.14		29		*red brome	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	2 / 2	49
0.15		30		Sonoran spurge	Chamaesyce micromera	30 / 9	2
0.15		31		indigo bush	Psorothamnus schottii	20 / 9	4
0.16		32		Borrego milk-vetch	Astragalus lentiginosus var. borreganus	99 / 9	2
0.16		33		chuckwalla pectocarya	Pectocarya heterocarpa	30 / 9	1
0.18	3	34		yellow blazing star	Mentzelia affinis	1 / 1	1
0.20	4	35		four-wing saltbush	Atriplex canescens ssp. canescens	5 / 3	2
0.24	5	36		desert pincushion	Chaenactis stevioides	10 / 4	1
0.24		37		*Russian thistle	Salsola tragus	10 / 5	25
0.24		38		longbeak streptanthella	Streptanthella longirostris	20 / 9	1
0.26		39		bajada lupine	Lupinus concinnus	20 / 9	7
0.27		40		ribbed cryptantha	Cryptantha costata	20 / 5	1
0.27				Dead cholla, probably gander's cholla, Opuntia ganderi
0.29	6	41		cattle saltbush	Atriplex polycarpa	1 / 1	2
0.31	7	42		desert plantain	Plantago ovata	20 / 4	2
0.32				Next species is slightly "off-route" to the left.
0.32		43		*athel	Tamarix aphylla	5 / 5	1
0.33		44		Schott's calico	Loeseliastrum schottii	3 / 3	2
0.33		45		*foxtail barley	Hordeum murinum ssp. glaucum	5 / 1	10
0.33				Field of datura in 2003
0.33		46		sand cress	Calyptridium monandrum	10 / 2	11
0.34				Exposed very long roots of hairy sand-verbena in 2003
0.39	8	47	?	prickly poppy?	Argemone munita?	1 / 1
0.41	9			Check for different species: possibly Gilia sp., chia, Chaenactis sp. and Camissonia sp.
0.41		48		common phacelia	Phacelia distans	5 / 1	7
0.41		49		hairy-podded pepper-grass	Lepidium lasiocarpum var. lasiocarpum	20 / 4	2
0.41		50		pygmy-weed	Crassula connata	10 / 1	17
0.41		51		small-flowered poppy	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	10 / 3	3
0.41		52		California croton	Croton californicus	20 / 2	6
0.45	10			Cross Coyote Wash
0.46				Small field of burroweed, Ambrosia dumosa
0.47				Sand "dunes" now a bit higher, up to 2 feet.
0.53		53		chick lupine	Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus	3 / 3	7
0.55	11			Check id of baby plant in 2003 like Chaenactis artemisiifolia
0.59		54		annual stillingia	Stillingia spinulosa	3 / 3	1
0.60	12	55		Thurber's sandpaper-plant	Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi	5 / 2	1
0.66	13	56		ocotillo	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	1 / 1	4
0.70				Now head for drainage immediately left of Coyote Mountain, to avoid crossing grove to right.
0.72		57	sp	per mallow	Sphaeralcea sp.	2 / 2
0.74	14	58		Parish's poppy	Eschscholzia parishii	10 / 4	2
0.74		59	sp	clover	Melilotus sp.?	5 / 1
0.74		60		whispering bells	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	30 / 2	9
0.74		61		threadstem	Pterostegia drymarioides	1 / 1	24
0.74		62		wild canterbury bells	Phacelia minor	5 / 1	16
0.74		63		*Bermuda grass	Cynodon dactylon	5 / 1	27
0.74		64		narrowleaf willow	Salix exigua	2 / 1	6
0.74		65		sacred datura	Datura wrightii	1 / 1	15
0.74				Cross berm protecting grove from next wash.
0.75				In wash; elevation 750 feet (230 m)
0.80		66		trailing four o'clock	Allionia incarnata	20 / 5	2
0.81	15	67		Mojave ragwort	Senecio mohavensis	5 / 1	2
0.83	40			Check for honking Chaenactis
0.85	16	68		*cheeseweed	Malva parviflora	20 / 1	19
0.85		69		Fremont pincushion	Chaenactis fremontii	5 / 2	3
0.86		70		white-stemmed blazing star	Mentzelia albicaulis	5 / 3	2
1.00	17	71		desert chicory	Rafinesquia neomexicana	20 / 9	3
1.08		72		cheesebush	Hymenoclea salsola var. salsola	10 / 3	3
1.08	18	73		smoke tree	Psorothamnus spinosus	3 / 2	2
1.09				The next two species are "off-route" 18 paces down the wash and 5 paces left
1.09	19	74		Cooper's broom-rape	Orobanche cooperi	1 / 1	1
1.09		75		big galleta	Pleuraphis rigida	1 / 1	4
1.12				Leave wash and contour / climb drainage alluvial fan, up and to the left.
1.13	20	76		brittle spineflower	Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu	20 / 3	2
1.13		77		six-weeks three-awn	Aristida adscensionis	20 / 3	4
1.13		78		California fagonia	Fagonia laevis	20 / 3	2
1.14		79		Booth's desert primrose	Camissonia boothii ssp. condensata	5 / 1	1
1.14		80		kidney-leaf buckwheat	Eriogonum reniforme	2 / 1	2
1.14		81		pebble pincushion	Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia	10 / 2	2
1.15		82		downy dalea	Dalea mollissima	5 / 2	1
1.15		83		needle grama	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	10 / 2	3
1.15		84		little-flowered heliotrope phacelia	Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora	20 / 2	1
1.15	21	85		brittlebush	Encelia farinosa	1 / 1	5
1.15		86		thick-leaved ground cherry	Physalis crassifolia	3 / 1	2
1.15		87		Emory's rock-daisy	Perityle emoryi	10 / 3	2
1.15		88		desert five-spot	Eremalche rotundifolia	1 / 1	1
1.16		89		small-seeded spurge	Chamaesyce polycarpa	5 / 1	12
1.16		90		devil's spineflower	Chorizanthe rigida	5 / 1	1
1.17	22			Head more uphill now, toward GPS 23
1.22	23	91		ghost flower	Mohavea confertiflora	1 / 1	1
1.22	23			Jct small drainage; head up the drainage
1.30	24	92		sweetbush	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	1 / 1	7
1.30	24	93		desert lavender	Hyptis emoryi	2 / 2	3
1.30	24	94		narrowleaf ditaxis	Ditaxis lanceolata	1 / 1	2
1.30	24			Turn-around; go down to intersection with next drainage on west at the location of the next species, and take that next drainage uphill
1.35	25	95		long-fruit suncup	Camissonia chamaenerioides	/	1
1.39	26			Turn-around; go down the small drainage and head toward trailhead (return route is ~0.1 miles displaced to NW from previous route)
		96		star gilia	Gilia stellata	/ 1	2
		97		little desert buckwheat	Eriogonum trichopes var. trichopes	/ 1	1
1.46		98	~	bracted blazing star	Mentzelia involucrata	2 / 2	1
1.46		99		short-bannered coastal lotus	Lotus salsuginosus var. brevivexillus	5 / 1	1
1.46		100		desert strigose lotus	Lotus strigosus [var. tomentellus]	5 / 1	25
1.46		101		glandular nemacladus	Nemacladus glanduliferus var. glanduliferus	1 / 1	1
1.46		102		Mojave desert star	Monoptilon bellioides	1 / 1	1
1.46	27	103		beetle spurge	Euphorbia eriantha	1 / 1	2
1.47	28	104	~	gander's cholla	Opuntia ganderi	1 / 1	3
1.63		105		beavertail cactus	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	1 / 1	6
1.66		106		button encelia	Encelia frutescens	1 / 1	1
1.74				Psorothamnus emoryi with a different stem; check for Pilostyles.
1.74	29	107		*London rocket	Sisymbrium irio	1 / 1	9
1.86	30	108		teddy-bear cholla	Opuntia bigelovii	2 / 1	1
2.29	31	109		white mallow	Eremalche exilis	1 / 1	1
2.58	1			Back at trailhead.
				The following species were found in March 2002, but have not yet been located precisely:
		110		dwarf white milk-vetch	Astragalus didymocarpus var. dispermus	/	1
		111		Gander's cryptantha	Cryptantha ganderi	/	1
		112		pale sun-cup	Camissonia pallida ssp. pallida	/	4

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Last update: 28 December 2005.