Species for Joshua Tree Spring 2014 Overnight Trip (April 25-26) Plants

Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) p. 146
Bladderpod (Isomeris arborea) p. 119
Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) p. 140
Bunch Grass (Stipa sp.)

California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) p. 112
California Juniper (Juniperus californica) p. 99
Canterbury Bells (Phacelia campanularia)
Cheese Bush (Hymenoclea salsola)
Chia (Salvia columbariae)
Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) p. 114
Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata) p. 119
Desert Almond (Prunus fasciculata)
Desert Dandelion Malacothrix glabrata)
Desert Deerweed (Lotus rigidus)
Desert Marigold (Baileya multiradiata) p. 139
Desert Poppy (Escholzia parishii)
Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis) p. 117

Eriophyllum (Eriophyllum wallacei)

Fiddleneck (Amsinckia sp)
Galleta grass (Hilaria regulla)
Goldenbush (Haplopappus acredenius)
Great Basin Sage (Big Sagebrush) (Artemesia tridentata) p. 116
Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii)
Holly Leaf Cherry (Prunus Ilicifolia)
Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja affinis) p. 167

Jimsonweed (Datura meteloides)p. 159

Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) p. 106
Jumping (Silver) Cholla (Opuntia bigelovii) p. 146
Lupine (Lupinus sp.)

Manzanita (Arctostaphylos manzanita)p. 121

Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) p. 125
Mistletoe (Phoradendron californicum)
Mojave Mound Cactus (Echinocereeus triglochiderus)

Mojave Yucca (Yucca shidigera) p. 137

Palo Verde (Cercidium floridum) p. 113
Pencil Cholla (Cylindropuntia tesajo)
Purple Gilia (Gilia sp.)

Purple Mat (Nama demissum)

Popcorn Flower (Plagiobothrys tenellus)
Pincushion Flower (Chaenactis sp.)

Pinon Pine (Pinus monophylla)
Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia sp.)
Prickly Poppy (Argemone corymbosa)
Primrose (Dune Evening Primrose) (Oenothera deltoides) p. 149

Saltbush (Atriplex sp.)
Sandmat (Chamaesyce maculata)
Scarlet Bugler (Penstemon centranthifolius) p. 168
Scrub (Turbinilla) Oak (Quercus dumosa turbinella)
Stork’s Bill (Erodium sp.) p. 150
Wild Heliotrope(Phacelia distans)
Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica) p. 156
Yerba Santa (Eriodictyan californicum) p. 131

Mammals:
Antelope Ground Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus) p. 352
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) p.349
Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus auduboni)p.348
Desert Woodrat (Neotoma lepida) p. 358—nest

Herps:
Chuckwalla (dead)(Sauromalus obesus) p. 256
Granite (Desert) Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister) p. 256
Red-diamond back Rattlesnake (Crotolus ruber) p. 263
Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus graciosus) p. 256
Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)p. 257
Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotolus mitchellii) p. 262
Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) p. 257
Western Toad (Bufo boreas) p. 251
Western Whiptail (Cnemidophorus tigris) p. 258

Birds
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) p. 285

Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)p. 309
Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) p. 335
Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) p. 323

Common Raven (Corvus corax)p. 319

Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) p. 277
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) p. 304
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens) p. 328
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) p. 285
Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica) p. 318
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) p. 282

Vermillion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) p. 332
White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys) p. 336
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatilis) p. 308

Misc.: Bees, Wasps, Butterflies, Darkling Beetles, lichen, water striders

**Remember the rule of 10 for birds and plants!

Thanks for a really great trip!!!