Sand Ridge Preserve (Ellen Cyper list)
Ephedraceae (ephedra family)
 Ephedra mormon/mexican/desert tea
  • californica

    Amaranthaceae (amaranth family)
     Amaranthus
  • sp.

    Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family)
     Asclepias milkweed
  • sp.

    Asteraceae (Compositae) (sunflower family)
     Ambrosia (Franseria) ragweed, bursage
  • acanthicarpa annual bursage/ragweed
    Centaurea star thistle
  • melitensis tocalote
    Chaenactis pincushion
  • glabriuscula yellow pincushion
    Encelia
  • actoni (E. virginensis ssp. actoni)
    Filago herba impia
  • californica California fluffweed
    Hemizonia tarweed, tarplant
  • pallida Kern tarplant
    Heterotheca
  • grandiflora telegraph weed
    Hymenoclea
  • salsola cheeseweed, cheesebush, burrobush
    Hypochaeris (Hypochoeris) cat's ear
  • glabra smooth cat's ear
    Lactuca lettuce
  • serriola prickly lettuce
    Layia
  • glandulosa white tidy-tips
    Lepidospartum
  • squamatum scale-broom
    Malacothrix
  • californica (no vars)
  • glabrata desert dandelion
    Senecio groundsel, ragwort, butterweed
  • vulgaris common groundsel
    Sonchus sow-thistle
  • sp.
    Stephanomeria
  • sp. wreath plant
    Stylocline nest straw
  • gnaphaloides everlasting nest straw

    Boraginaceae (borage family)
     Amsinckia fiddleneck, fireweed
  • menziesii var. menziesii (A. m.) common fiddleneck, rancher's fireweed
  • tessellata checker fiddleneck, devil's lettuce
    Plagiobothrys popcorn flower
  • arizonicus (no vars) arizona popcorn flower

    Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (mustard family)
     Brassica mustard
  • tournefortii wild turnip, Sahara mustard
    Caulanthus jewelflower
  • coulteri
    Hirschfeldia
  • incana (Brassica geniculata) shortpod/summer/Mediterranean mustard
    Tropidocarpum
  • gracile slender keel-fruit, dobie pod

    Cactaceae (cactus family)
     Opuntia prickly-pear, cholla
  • basilaris var. treleasei bakersfield cactus

    Capparaceae (caper family)
     Isomeris bladderpod
  • arborea (no vars) (Cleome isomeris)

    Caryophyllaceae (pink family)
     Loeflingia
  • squarrosa var. squarrosa

    Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family)
     Atriplex salt bush
  • polycarpa allscale, common saltbush, cattle spinach
    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
  • palmata coyote gourd/melon
    Marah wild cucumber, big-root, man-root
  • sp.

    Cuscutaceae (split from Convolvulaceae) (dodder family)
     Cuscuta dodder, witch's hair
  • sp.

    Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)
     Chamaesyce (Euphorbia) prostrate spurge
  • sp.
    Croton croton
  • californicus (no vars) California croton

    Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (pea family)
     Lotus birds-foot trefoil
  • strigosus (no vars) (L. tomentellus) hairy lotus
  • wrangelianus (L. subpinnatus) calf/short-winged lotus
    Lupinus lupine
  • benthamii spider lupine
  • nanus sky/grass lupine

    Geraniaceae (geranium family)
     Erodium storksbill, filaree
  • botrys long-beaked/broad-leaf filaree
  • cicutarium red stemmed filaree
  • moschatum white/green-stemmed filaree

    Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf family)
     Phacelia
  • distans blue/common/fern phacelia
  • tanacetifolia lacy/tansy leaf phacelia
  • sp.

    Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (mint family)
     Salvia
  • carduacea thistle sage
  • columbariae chia

    Liliaceae (lily family)
     Dichelostemma (Brodiaea)
  • capitatum (B., D. pulchella) blue dicks, wild hyacinth

    Nyctaginaceae (four-O'clock family)
     Abronia sand verbena
  • pogonantha mojave sand verbena
    Mirabilis four-O'clock
  • californica (M. laevis) wishbone bush

    Onagraceae (evening-primrose family)
     Camissonia (Oenothera) sun cup
  • campestris ssp. campestris mojave sun cups
    Oenothera evening primrose
  • deltoides ssp. cognata

    Oxalidaceae (oxalis or wood-sorrel family)
     Oxalis wood-sorrel
  • sp.

    Papaveraceae (poppy family)
     Eschscholzia
  • californica (no vars) California poppy

    Plantaginaceae (plantain family)
     Plantago plantain
  • erecta (no vars) California/western/annual/dwarf plantain

    Poaceae (grass family)
     Achnatherum needlegrass
  • hymenoides (Oryzopsis h.) indian rice grass
    Avena oat
  • barbata slender wild oat
    Bromus brome
  • diandrus (B. rigidus) ripgut grass/brome
  • madritensis ssp. rubens (B. r.) red/foxtail chess/brome
    Hordeum barley
  • murinum farmer's foxtail
    Schismus mediterranean grass
  • barbatus mediterranean/split grass
    Vulpia
  • myuros var. myuros (Festuca m.) foxtail/rattail fescue

    Polemoniaceae (phlox family)
     Eriastrum
  • pluriflorum

    Polygonaceae (buckwheat family)
     Eriogonum wild buckwheat
  • fasciculatum California buckwheat
  • gracillimum slender/rose-and-white buckwheat
  • sp.
    Pterostegia
  • drymarioides wing-over, calif. threadstem, fairy mist, granny's hairnet
    Rumex dock, sorrel
  • hymenosepalus canaigre, wild rhubarb

    Salicaceae (willow family)
     Populus
  • fremontii ssp. fremontii alamo/fremont cottonwood

    Scrophulariaceae (figwort family)
     Castilleja indian paintbrush
  • exserta ssp. exserta (Orthocarpus purpurascens) common/purple owl's-clover

    Solanaceae (nightshade family)
     Datura thorn-apple, jimson-weed
  • wrightii (D. meteloides) western jimson-weed
    Nicotiana tobacco
  • quadrivalvis (N. bigelovii) indian tobacco

    number of families = 30
    number of genera = 64
    number of species, subspecies and varieties = 76