Panorama Vista Preserve

Ephedraceae (ephedra family)
Ephedra mormon/mexican/desert tea

californica

Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (carrot family)
Bowlesia

incana

Asteraceae (Compositae) (sunflower family)
Achillea yarrow

millefolium (inc. A. lanulosa, no vars)
Artemisia sagebrush

douglasiana mugwort
Baccharis

douglasii marsh baccharis

emoryi

salicifolia (B. glutinosa) mule fat, seepwillow, water wally
Centaurea star thistle

melitensis? tocalote
Chamomilla

suaveolens (Matricaria matricarioides) pineapple weed
Conyza

canadensis tall/common/canada horseweed

coulteri Coulter's horseweed
Gnaphalium cudweed, everlasting

stramineum (G. chilense)? cotton batting plant
Heterotheca

grandiflora telegraph weed
Hypochaeris (Hypochoeris) cat's ear

glabra smooth cat's ear
Isocoma goldenbush (Haplopappus)

acradenia (H. a.) alkali goldenbush
Lessingia

glandulifera (L. germanorum) vinegar plant
Pluchea

sericea arrowweed
Senecio groundsel, ragwort, butterweed

vulgaris common groundsel
Sonchus sow-thistle

asper ssp. asper prickly/common sow thistle

oleraceus common sow thistle
Xanthium cocklebur

strumarium (no vars) cocklebur

Betulaceae (birch family)
Alnus alder

rhombifolia? white alder

Boraginaceae (borage family)
Amsinckia fiddleneck, fireweed

menziesii var. menziesii (A. m.) common fiddleneck, rancher's fireweed
Heliotropium heliotrope

curassavicum (no vars) salt/alkali/wild heliotrope
Pectocarya combseed, comb-bur

penicillata hairy-leaved/winged combseed

Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (mustard family)
Brassica mustard

tournefortii wild turnip, Sahara mustard
Capsella shepherd's purse

bursa-pastoris
Descurainia tansy-mustard

pinnata yellow/western tansy-mustard
Hirschfeldia

incana (Brassica geniculata) shortpod/summer/Mediterranean mustard
Lepidium peppergrass

nitidum shining/common peppergrass
Sisymbrium

irio London rocket

Cactaceae (cactus family)
Opuntia prickly-pear, cholla

basilaris var. treleasei bakersfield cactus

Capparaceae (caper family)
Isomeris bladderpod

arborea (no vars) (Cleome isomeris)

Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family)
Sambucus elderberry

mexicana (S. caerulea) blue elderberry

Caryophyllaceae (pink family)
Stellaria chickweed, starwort, stitchwort

media common chickweed

Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family)
Atriplex salt bush

lentiformis big saltbush, quail brush

polycarpa allscale, common saltbush, cattle spinach

semibaccata australian saltbush

serenana var. serenana bractscale
Salsola

tragus (S. australis, iberica, kali) russian thistle, tumbleweed

Crassulaceae (stonecrop family)
Crassula

connata (Tillaea erecta, C. e.) pigmy weed/stonecrop

Cucurbitaceae (gourd family)
Cucurbita gourd, melon

foetidissima calabazilla, coyote/stinking gourd/melon

palmata coyote gourd/melon

Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (pea family)
Astragalus milkvetch, rattleweed, locoweed

lentiginosus freckled milkvetch
Glycyrrhiza licorice

lepidota (no vars) wild licorice
Lupinus lupine

benthamii spider lupine

bicolor (no vars) dove/miniature lupine

concinnus (no vars) (L. desertorum, pallidus, agardhianus) desert/bajada lupine

nanus sky/grass lupine
Medicago

polymorpha bur-clover
Melilotus sweetclover/sourclover

indica (M. indicus) yellow sweetclover
Parkinsonia

aculeata Mexican palo verde

Geraniaceae (geranium family)
Erodium storksbill, filaree

cicutarium red stemmed filaree

Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf family)
Eriodictyon yerba santa

californicum

Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (mint family)
Marrubium horehound

vulgare
Trichostema bluecurls

lanceolatum vinegar weed

Liliaceae (lily family)
Dichelostemma (Brodiaea)

capitatum (B., D. pulchella) blue dicks, wild hyacinth

Malvaceae (mallow family)
Malva

parviflora cheeseweed

Onagraceae (evening-primrose family)
Camissonia (Oenothera) sun cup

sp.

Platanaceae (sycamore family)
Platanus

racemosa California/western sycamore

Poaceae (grass family)
Bromus brome

diandrus (B. rigidus) ripgut grass/brome

madritensis ssp. rubens (B. r.) red/foxtail chess/brome
Cortaderia

sp. pampas grass
Distichlis salt grass

spicata (no vars)

Pontederiaceae (pickerel-weed famiy)
Eichhornia water hyacinth

crassipes

Rosaceae (rose family)
Rosa rose

californica California wild rose
Rubus

ursinus California blackberry

Rubiaceae (madder family)
Cephalanthus button bush

occidentalis var. californicus buttonwillow
Galium bedstraw, cleavers

aparine common bedstraw, goose grass

Salicaceae (willow family)
Populus

fremontii ssp. fremontii alamo/fremont cottonwood
Salix willow

exigua (inc. S. hindsiana) slender/sandbar/narrow-leaf willow

gooddingii (no vars) black/southwestern willow

laevigata (no vars) red willow

lasiolepis (no vars) arroyo willow

Simaroubaceae (Quassia/Simarouba family)
Ailanthus

altissima tree of heaven

Solanaceae (nightshade family)
Datura thorn-apple, jimson-weed

wrightii (D. meteloides) western jimsonweed
Nicotiana tobacco

glauca tree tobacco

quadrivalvis (N. bigelovii) indian tobacco
Solanum nightshade

americanum (S. nodiflorum) small-flowered nightshade

Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family)
Tamarix tamarisk

aphylla athel tree

Typhaceae (cattail family)
Typha cattail

domingensis southern/slender cattail

Urticaceae (nettle family)
Urtica stinging nettle

dioica ssp. holosericea (U. h.) hoary/common/creek nettle

urens dwarf nettle

Viscaceae (Loranthaceae) (mistletoe family)
Phoradendron mistletoe

macrophyllum (P. tomentosum m.) chaparral/big-leaf mistletoe

Vitaceae (grape family)
Vitis grape

californica wild grape

number of families = 33
number of genera = 68
number of species, subspecies and varieties = 85