Species for Joshua Tree Spring 2012 t all Day Trip (April 13) Plants

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

California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) p. 112
California Juniper (Juniperus californica) p. 99
Cat’s Claw Acacia (Acacia greggii) p. 124
Chia (Salvia columbariae)
Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) p. 114
Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata) p. 119
Desert Dandelion Malacothrix glabrata)
Desert Deerweed (Lotus rigidus)

Eriophyllum (Eriophyllum wallacei)

Galleta grass (Hilaria regulla)
Goldenbush (Haplopappus acredenius)

Grizzly Bear Cactus (Opuntia erinacea )

Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
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

Ocotillo (Fouquieria slendens) p. 124
Palo Verde (Cercidium floridum) p. 113
Parry Nolina (Nolina parryi) p. 137
Pencil Cholla (Cylindropuntia tesajo)
Popcorn Flower (Plagiobothrys tenellus)

Pinon Pine (Pinus monophylla)
Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia sp.)
Red Brome (Bromus rubens)

Saltbush (Atriplex sp.)
Sandmat (Chamaesyce maculata)
Scrub (Turbinilla) Oak (Quercus dumosa turbinella)
Thistle (Cirsium neomexicanum) p. 140
Wild Heliotrope(Phacelia distans)

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
Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus) p. 347
Mule Deer/Black-tailed Deer(Odocoileus hemionus) p. 368

Herps:
Desert Iuana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) p. 255
Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)p. 257
Gopher Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus) p. 261
Granite (Desert) Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister) p. 256
Western Whiptail (Cnemidophorus tigris) p. 258

Birds

American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) p. 340
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) p. 315

California Towhee (Pipila crissalis) p.334
Common Raven (Corvus corax)p. 319
Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae)p. 309

Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii)

House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) p. 340
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) p. 312 (under Nutall’s Woodpecker)
Ledder Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) p. 340
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) p. 328
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) p. 304
Nutall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) p. 312
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens) p. 328
Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) p. 318
Roadrunner(Genococcyx californianus) p. 305
Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica) p. 318

Vermillion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)


Misc.: Bees, Wasps, Butterdfles, Tent Caterpillar, Harvester Ants, lichen
**Remember the rule of 10 for birds and plants!!

Thanks for a really great trip!!!!