Mt. Pinos (Bob Muns web site 2003, http://tchester.org/plants/muns/index.html)
Equisetaceae (horsetail family)
 Equisetum horsetail, scouring rush
  • arvense common horsetail
  • laevigatum smooth scouring rush

    Ophioglossaceae (adder's tongue family)
     Botrychium
  • simplex grape fern

    Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (carrot family)
     Lomatium
  • mohavense (no vars) Mojave wild parsley
    Perideridia yampah, squawroot
  • parishii
    Sphenosciadium
  • capitellatum ranger's buttons, white heads
    Tauschia
  • parishii

    Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family)
     Asclepias milkweed
  • californica
  • erosa desert milkweed

    Asteraceae (Compositae) (sunflower family)
     Achillea yarrow
  • millefolium (inc. A. lanulosa, no vars)
    Agoseris mountain dandelion
  • grandiflora California dandelion
  • heterophylla annual agoseris
  • retrorsa
    Anisocoma
  • acaulis scale bud, snakehead
    Antennaria pussytoes
  • dimorpha
    Artemisia sagebrush
  • douglasiana mugwort
  • dracunculus tarragon
  • tridentata great-basin/big sagebrush
    Aster aster
  • chilensis
    Balsamorhiza balsam-root
  • deltoidea
    Brickellia brickelbush
  • californica California brickelbush
  • nevinii
    Chaenactis pincushion
  • santolinoides
  • xantiana
    Chrysothamnus rabbitbrush
  • nauseosus rubber/gray rabbitbrush
  • parryi ssp. asper
  • viscidiflorus curly-leaved rabbitbrush
    Cirsium thistle
  • occidentale var. venustum (C. proteanum) venus/cobweb thistle
    Crepis hawksbeard
  • acuminata
  • occidentalis western hawksbeard
    Erigeron wild daisy, fleabane
  • foliosus leafy daisy
    Gnaphalium cudweed, everlasting
  • palustre lowland cudweed
    Helenium sneezeweed
  • bigelovii
    Heterotheca
  • sessiliflora golden aster
    Layia
  • glandulosa white tidy-tips
  • heterotricha pale-yellow tidy-tips
  • platyglossa tidy tips
    Lessingia
  • filaginifolia (Corethrogyne f.) California/cudweed/sand aster
  • lemmonii vinegar weed
  • tenuis spring lessingia
    Machaeranthera (see Xylorhiza for shruby asters)
  • canescens hoary aster
    Madia tarweed
  • elegans common madia
  • minima
    Malacothrix
  • floccifera wooly malacothrix
    Rigiopappus
  • leptocladus
    Solidago goldenrod
  • californica California goldenrod
    Stephanomeria
  • cichoriacea
  • virgata tall/twiggy wreath plant

    Boraginaceae (borage family)
     Cryptantha forget-me-not
  • barbigera beard forget-me-not
  • echinella
  • intermedia common forget-me-not
  • micrantha (no vars)
  • muricata (no vars)
  • nemaclada
  • oxygona
  • simulans

    Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (mustard family)
     Arabis rock-cress
  • glabra
  • pulchra beautiful/desert rock-cress
  • repanda
    Barbarea
  • orthoceras winter cress
    Caulanthus jewelflower
  • amplexicaulis
    Erysimum wallflower
  • capitatum western wallflower
    Sinapis (Brassica)
  • arvensis (Brassica kaber) charlock
    Sisymbrium
  • altissimum tumble mustard

    Campanulaceae (bellflower family)
     Nemacladus thread stem
  • sigmoideus inyo thread stem

    Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family)
     Sambucus elderberry
  • mexicana (S. caerulea) blue elderberry
    Symphoricarpos waxberry, snowberry
  • rotundifolius var. parishii (S. p.?)

    Caryophyllaceae (pink family)
     Minuartia sandwort
  • douglasii (Arenaria d.)
    Sagina pearlwort
  • saginoides arctic pearlwort
    Silene catchfly, campion
  • californica Indian pink

    Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family)
     Chenopodium pigweed, goosefoot
  • desiccatum
  • fremontii

    Convolvulaceae (morning-glory family)
     Calystegia (Convolvulus) bindweed, morning-glory
  • malacophylla ssp. pedicellata
  • malacophylla ssp. tomentella

    Cyperaceae (sedge family)
     Carex sedge
  • abrupta
  • athrostachya
  • alma
  • aurea golden sedge
  • douglasii douglas's sedge
  • lanuginosa
  • subfusca
    Eleocharis spike-rush/sedge
  • acicularis
  • pauciflora
  • quinqueflora
    Scirpus
  • microcarpus panicled/small-fruited bullrush

    Elaeagnaceae (oleaster family)
     Shepherdia
  • argentea buffalo-berry

    Ericaceae (heath family)
     Arctostaphylos manzanita
  • parryana
  • pungens mexican manzanita
    Pyrola wintergreen, shinleaf
  • picta
    Sarcodes snow plant
  • sanguinea snow plant

    Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)
     Chamaesyce (Euphorbia) prostrate spurge
  • albomarginata rattlesnake weed/spurge (E. a.)
    Euphorbia (many are now Chamaesyce) spurge
  • palmeri

    Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (pea family)
     Astragalus milkvetch, rattleweed, locoweed
  • lentiginosus var. idriensis
  • purshii var. tinctus
  • whitneyi
    Lotus bird's-foot trefoil
  • crassifolius broad-leaf lotus
  • nevadensis var. davidsonii
  • procumbens prostrate lotus
    Lupinus lupine
  • andersonii
  • bicolor (no vars) dove/miniature lupine
  • breweri var. breweri
  • elatus
  • excubitus grape-soda/Adonis lupine
  • formosus
  • latifolius broad-leafed lupine
  • lepidus var. confertus (L. c.)
  • luteolus
  • microcarpus var. horizontalis sunset/chick lupine
  • nanus sky/grass lupine
    Trifolium clover
  • cyathiferum
    Vicia vetch
  • americana

    Fagaceae (oak family)
     Quercus oak
  • chrysolepis canyon live/golden oak
  • kelloggii black oak
  • turbinella shrub live oak
  • wislizenii interior live oak, chaparral oak
  • Xmorehus (= kelloggii x wislizenii) oracle oak

    Garryaceae (silk tassel family)
     Garrya silk tassel bush
  • flavescens (no vars)

    Gentianaceae (gentian family)
     Swertia (inc. Frasera) green gentian
  • neglecta (Frasera n.) pine green-gentian

    Grossulariaceae (Saxifragaceae) (gooseberry family)
     Ribes currant, gooseberry
  • cereum wax/squaw currant
  • montigenum mountain gooseberry
  • nevadense sierra/pink currant
  • roezlii sierra gooseberry
  • velutinum plateau gooseberry

    Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf family)
     Emmenanthe
  • penduliflora whispering bells
    Eriodictyon yerba santa
  • crassifolium thick-leaf yerba santa
    Hesperochiron
  • californicus
    Phacelia
  • affinis purplebell phacelia
  • austromontana
  • cicutaria caterpillar phacelia
  • curvipes
  • davidsonii
  • distans blue/common/fern phacelia
  • egena rock phacelia
  • fremontii yellow throats
  • imbricata
  • vallis-mortae death-valley phacelia

    Hypericaceae (St. John's wort family)
     Hypericum St. John's wort
  • formosum

    Iridaceae (iris family)
     Iris iris
  • missouriensis western blue-flag
    Sisyrinchium
  • bellum blue-eyed-grass
  • idahoense blue eyed grass

    Juncaceae (rush family)
     Juncus rush, wire-grass
  • balticus wire rush, baltic grass/rush
  • macrandus
  • orthophyllus

    Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (mint family)
     Monardella
  • breweri
  • linoides ssp. oblonga
    Stachys hedge-nettle
  • albens white hedge-nettle

    Liliaceae (lily family)
     Allium
  • burlewii
  • campanulatum sierra onion
  • fimbriatum fringed onion
  • howellii var. clokeyi
    Bloomeria golden stars
  • crocea
    Calochortus mariposa lily
  • clavatus yellow mariposa
  • invenustus
  • kennedyi desert mariposa lily
  • venustus
    Fritillaria fritillary
  • pinetorum
    Lilium
  • pardalinum
    Muilla
  • maritima rough/common/long-stem muilla
    Smilacina false solomon's seal
  • stellata
    Veratrum corn-lily, false-hellebore
  • californicum
    Yucca spanish bayonet, yucca
  • whipplei (no vars) our lord's candle, spanish bayonet
    Zigadenus zygadene, death-camas
  • brevibracteatus desert zygadene

    Linaceae (flax family)
     Linum flax
  • lewisii western blue flax

    Loasaceae (loasa family)
     Mentzelia blazing-star
  • gracilenta
  • laevicaulis
  • montana
  • veatchiana

    Malvaceae (mallow family)
     Eremalche (Malvastrum)
  • parryi
    Malacothamnus bushmallow
  • fremontii (M. orbiculatus)
  • marrubioides
    Sidalcea checkerbloom, checker mallow
  • malvaeflora

    Nyctaginaceae (four-O'clock family)
     Abronia sand verbena
  • turbinata
    Mirabilis four-O'clock
  • multiflora var. pubescens (M. froebelii) giant four-O'clock

    Onagraceae (evening-primrose family)
     Camissonia (Oenothera) sun cup
  • boothii ssp. rutila
    Clarkia
  • unguiculata elegant clarkia
    Epilobium fireweed, willow herb
  • brevistylum
  • canum (Zauschneria californica, cana) California fuchsia
  • glaberrimum
    Gayophytum
  • diffusum
  • racemosum

    Orchidaceae (orchid family)
     Platanthera bog-orchid
  • sparsiflora (Habenaria s.) green/sparse-flowered orchid

    Orobanchaceae (broomrape family)
     Orobanche broomrape
  • californica
  • parishii

    Papaveraceae (poppy family)
     Argemone prickly poppy
  • munita (no vars) chicalote

    Pinaceae (pine family)
     Abies fir
  • concolor white fir
    Pinus pine
  • flexilis limber pine
  • jeffreyi jeffrey pine
  • lambertiana sugar pine
  • monophylla singleleaf pinyon pine
  • ponderosa ponderosa pine
    Pseudotsuga douglas-fir
  • macrocarpa big-cone spruce/douglas-fir

    Poaceae (grass family)
     Achnatherum needlegrass
  • speciosum (Stipa s.) desert needlegrass
  • thurberianum
    Agrostis bentgrass
  • exarata spike redtop
    Bromus brome
  • carinatus var. carinatus California brome
  • carinatus California brome
  • tectorum downy brome/chess, cheat grass
    Deschampsia hair grass
  • cespitosa
    Ehrharta
  • elymoides
    Elymus
  • multisetus (Sitanion jubatum) big squirreltail
  • stebbinsii
  • trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus
    Festuca
  • kingii (Leucopoa k.) spike fescue
    Koeleria
  • macrantha (K. cristata) junegrass
    Leymus
  • condensatus (Elymus c.) giant/big wild rye
    Melica melic, oniongrass
  • stricta nodding/rock melica
    Muhlenbergia muhly
  • filiformis
  • richardsonis mat muhly
    Poa bluegrass
  • nervosa
  • secunda ssp. secunda (P. scabrella) pine/one-sided bluegrass
    Secale rye
  • cereale cultivated rye

    Polemoniaceae (phlox family)
     Allophyllum
  • divaricatum
  • gilioides ssp. violaceum (A. v.)
    Collomia
  • linearis
    Eriastrum
  • densifolium blue mantle
  • filifolium thread-leaf eriastrum
  • sapphirinum (no vars)
  • sparsiflorum
    Gilia
  • brecciarum ssp. jacens argus gilia
  • brecciarum argus gilia
  • capillaris
  • latiflora ssp. cuyamensis
  • leptantha ssp. pinetorum
  • modocensis
  • ochroleuca ssp. bizonata
  • splendens
    Leptodactylon
  • pungens (no vars) granite gilia, prickly-phlox
    Linanthus
  • aureus golden gilia
  • bicolor baby stars
  • bigelovii
  • dichotomus evening snow
  • liniflorus (no vars) flax-flowered linanthus
  • parryae sand blossoms
    Navarretia
  • divaricata
  • peninsularis
    Phlox
  • diffusa spreading phlox
  • gracilis (Microsteris g.) (no vars) slender/annual phlox

    Polygonaceae (buckwheat family)
     Centrostegia
  • thurberi (Chorizanthe t.) thurber spineflower, red triangles
    Chorizanthe spineflower
  • uniaristata one-awned spineflower
    Eriogonum wild buckwheat
  • davidsonii
  • inflatum desert trumpet
  • kennedyi var. alpigenum kennedy's buckwheat
  • kennedyi var. kennedyi kennedy's buckwheat
  • maculatum spotted buckwheat
  • nudum
  • saxatile rock buckwheat
  • spergulinum var. reddingianum
  • umbellatum var. munzii
  • wrightii wand buckwheat
    Oxytheca
  • parishii var. abramsii
    Polygonum knotweed, smartweed
  • douglasii ssp. johnstonii
  • polygaloides ssp. kelloggii

    Portulacaceae (purslane family)
     Calyptridium pussy paws
  • monandrum sand-cress, pussy paws
  • parryi ssp. parryi
  • umbellatum pussy paws
    Crunocallis
  • chamissoi
    Lewisia bitter-root
  • rediviva

    Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)
     Aquilegia columbine
  • formosa (inc. shockleyi)
  • eximia
    Clematis virgin's bower
  • ligusticifolia western virgin's bower
    Delphinium larkspur
  • inopinum
  • parryi ssp. purpureum
  • patens
    Ranunculus buttercup, crowfoot
  • cymbalaria

    Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family)
     Ceanothus California-lilac
  • cordulatus snowbush, mountain whitethorn
  • greggii mojave/desert ceanothus
  • integerrimus deer bush
    Rhamnus buckthorn
  • californica coffeeberry

    Rosaceae (rose family)
     Holodiscus
  • discolor (no vars) oceanspray
    Horkelia
  • bolanderi
    Ivesia
  • santolinoides mousetail ivesia
    Potentilla cinquefoil
  • biennis
  • glandulosa sticky cinquefoil
  • gracilis var. elmeri
    Prunus
  • ilicifolia
    Purshia antelope bush
  • tridentata var. glandulosa (P. g.) bitterbrush
    Rosa rose
  • californica California wild rose
  • woodsii var. ultramontana
    Rubus
  • leucodermis

    Rubiaceae (madder family)
     Galium bedstraw, cleavers
  • andrewsii phlox-leaved bedstraw
  • angustifolium narrow-leaf/chaparral bedstraw
  • aparine common bedstraw, goose grass
  • bifolium
  • hallii

    Salicaceae (willow family)
     Salix willow
  • lasiolepis (no vars) arroyo willow

    Scrophulariaceae (figwort family)
     Castilleja indian paintbrush
  • angustifolia (C. chromosa, martinii) desert paintbrush
  • applegatei ssp. martinii (C. m.)
    Collinsia
  • callosa
  • childii
  • torreyi var. wrightii blue-eyed-mary
    Cordylanthus bird's beak
  • nevinii
  • rigidus ssp. brevibracteatus
    Keckiella
  • breviflora
  • ternata whorled bush penstemon
    Mimulus monkeyflower
  • breweri
  • guttatus (no vars) (M. nasutus) common monkey flower
  • johnstonii
  • moschatus
  • primuloides ssp. primuloides
  • suksdorfii
    Pedicularis lousewort
  • semibarbata dwarf lousewort
    Penstemon beard-tongue
  • grinnellii var. scrophularioides
  • labrosus
  • rostriflorus (P. bridgesii)
  • speciosus (no vars) showy penstemon
    Veronica speedwell
  • americana
  • peregrina

    Solanaceae (nightshade family)
     Nicotiana tobacco
  • attenuata coyote tobacco
    Solanum nightshade
  • xanti (S. xantii) (no vars) (S. tenuilobatum) purple/chaparral nightshade

    Sterculiaceae (cacao family)
     Fremontodendron flannel bush
  • californicum

    Urticaceae (nettle family)
     Urtica stinging nettle
  • dioica ssp. holosericea (U. h.) hoary/common/creek nettle

    Violaceae (violet family)
     Viola violet
  • macloskeyi white violet
  • purpurea ssp. mohavensis (V. aurea m.)
  • purpurea ssp. purpurea mountain violet

    Viscaceae (Loranthaceae) (mistletoe family)
     Arceuthobium dwarf mistletoe
  • sp.

    number of families = 51
    number of genera = 160
    number of species, subspecies and varieties = 315