Plants of the Mount Pinos Summit Mt. Pinos Ranger District Los Padres National Forest

This list of ferns, conifers, and flowering plants covers the portion of the Mount Pinos summit that is above the 8,500 foot elevation contour. The Chula Vista Campground and parking lot are located at about 8,500 ft. This list was prepared by the Mount Pinos Ranger District of the Los Padres National Forest and is adapted from “Plant Communities and Flora of the Proposed Botanical Preserve on Mt. Pinos, Ventura and Kern Counties, CA.,” by Parikh and Capralis (1988).

FERNS Asteraceae Sunflower Family, Dryopteridaceae Wood Fern Family cont. Cystopteris fragilis Brittle fern Chrysosthamnus viscidiflorus Yellow rabbitbrush Crepis occidentalis Hawksbeard GYMNOSPERMS Erigeron foliosus Daisy Pinaceae Pine Family var. foliosus Abies concolor White fir Helenium bigelovii Sneezeweed Pinus flexilis Limber pine Lessingia filaginifolia California aster Pinus jeffreyi Jeffrey pine var. filaginifolia Pinus monophylla Singleleaf pinyon Machaeranthera canescens Hoary Aster pine var. canescens Madia elegans ssp. wheeleri Common madia ANGIOSPERMS - FLOWERING PLANTS Stephanomeria virgata Wire lettuce ssp. virgata DICOTS Apiaceae Carrot Family Boraginaceae Borage Family Lomatium mohavense Lomatium Cryptantha echinella Prickly cryptantha Perideridia parishii Yampah ssp. latifolia Brassicaceae Mustard Family Sphenosciadium capitellatum Ranger’s buttons Arabis glabra var. glabra Tower mustard Barbarea orthoceras Winter cress Descurainia obtusa Tansy mustard Achillea millefolium Yarrow ssp. adenophora Agoseris elata Tall agoseris Erysimum capitatum Wallflower Antennaria dimorpha Pussy-toes ssp. capitatum Artemisia dracunculus Dragon tarragon Sisymbrium altissimum Tumble-mustard Chaenactis santolinoides Dusty maidens Chrysothamnus nauseosus Rabbitbrush Caprifoliaceae Honeysuckle Family ssp. albicaulis Sambucus mexicana Blue elderberry Chrysothamnus nauseosus Rabittbrush Symphoricarpos Snowberry ssp. bernardinus rotundifolius var. parishii Chrysothamnus nauseosus Rabittbrush ssp. mohavensis

United States Forest Service Los Padres Department Pacific Southwest National Forest of Agriculture Region Caryophyllaceae Pink Family Lamiaceae Mint Family Silene bernardina Campion Monardella linoides Flax-like monardella ssp. oblonga Chenopodiaceae Goosefoot Family Stachys albens Hedge nettle Chenopodium fremontii Fremont’s goosefoot Linaceae Flax Family Convolvulaceae Morning-Glory Linum lewisii var. lewisii Blue flax Family Calystegia malocophylla Morning-glory Loasaceae Loasa Family ssp. pedicellata Mentzelia congesta Blazing star

Ericaceae Heath Family Onagraceae Evening Primrose Sarcodes sanguinea Snow plant Family Epilobium brachycarpum Willow herb Euphorbiaceae Spurge Family Epilobium canum California fuchsia Euphorbia palmeri Wood spurge ssp. latifolium Epilobium ciliatum Willow herb Fabaceae Pea Family ssp. glandulosum Astragalus purshii Wooly-pod Gayophytum diffusum Ground smoke var. tinctus ssp. parviflorum Astragalus whitneyi Whitney’s locoweed Lotus argophyllus Silver-leaved osackia Orobanchaceae Broomrape Family var. argophyllus Orobanche fasciculata Clustered broomrape Lotus nevadensis Lotus var. davidsonii Polemoniaceae Phlox Family Lupinus breweri Brewer’s lupine Gilia capillaris Gilia var. bryoides Gilia interior Gilia Lupinus elatus Silky lupine Gilia leptantha Gilia Lupinus excubitus ssp. pinetorum var. austromontanus Interior Bush lupine Leptodactylon pungens Granite gilia Lupinus lepidus Phlox diffusa Prickly phlox var. confertus Dwarf lupine ssp. subcarinata Lupinus polyphyllus Large-leaved lupine Phlox gracilis Beggar’s gilia ssp. burkei Trifolium monathum Carpet clover Polygonaceae Buckwheat Family var. grantianum Eriogonum kennedyi Buckwheat ssp. austromontanum Grossulariaceae Gooseberry Family Eriogonum kennedyi Buckwheat Ribes cereum var. cereum Wax currant ssp. kennedyi Ribes montigenum Mountain Eriogonum nudum Buckwheat gooseberry ssp. pauciflorum Ribes velutinum Plateau gooseberry Eriogonum spergulinum Buckwheat ssp. reddingianum Hydrophyllaceae Waterleaf Family Eriogonum umbellatum Sulphur-flowered Phacelia austromontanum Low phacelia buckwheat Phacelia imbricata Phacelia Polygonum douglasii Knotweed ssp. patula var. johnstonii Phacelia mohavesis Mohave phacelia Portulacaceae Purslane Family Scrophulariaceae Figwort Family,cont. Calyptridium Pussypaws Mimulus guttatus Common monospermum monkeyflower Calyptridium parryi Pussypaws Mimulus nasutus Snouted monkeyflower var. parryi Mimulus primuloides Primrose Lewisia rediviva Bitterroot var. pilosellus monkeyflower Montia chamissoi Toad lily Pedicularis semibarbata Lousewort Penstemon labrosus Penstemon Ranunculaceae Buttercup Family Penstemon speciosus Showy penstemon Delphinium inopinum Kern Canyon Veronica americana Brooklime larkspur Delphinium parishii Mt. Pinos larkspur Urticaceae Nettle Family ssp. purpureum Urtica dioica Hoary nettle Delphinium patens Spreading larkspur ssp. holosericea ssp. montanum Violaceae Violey Family Viola pinetorum Mountain violet Rhamnaceae Buckthorn Family ssp. pinetorum Ceanothus cordulatus Mountain whitethorn Viola macloskeyi Mac Kloskey’s violet Rhamnus tomentella Hoary coffeberry ssp. cuspidata Viscaceae Mistletoe Family Arceuthobium cyanocarpum Limber pine dwarf Rosaceae Rose Family mistletoe Holodiscus microphyllus Mountain spray Ivesia santolinoides Mousetail ivesia MONOCOTS Potentilla biennis Biennial cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa Cyperaceae Sedge Family ssp. reflexa Cinquifoil Carex athrostachya Slender-beaked sedge Carex aurea ` Golden-fruited sedge Rubiaceae Bedstraw Family Carex bolanderi Bolander’s sedge Galium andrewsii Carex douglasii Douglas sedge ssp. intermedium Phlox-leaved Eleocharis pauciflora Few-flowered bedstraw spikerush Galium angustifolium Narrow-leaved bedstraw Iridaceae Iris Family Iris missouriensis Western blue flag Saxifragaceae Saxifrage Family Sisyrinchium bellum Blue-eyed-grass Huechera elegans Urn-flowered alumroot Juncaceae Rush Family Juncus mertensianus Rush Scrophulariaceae Figwort Family Juncus mexicanus Mexican rush Castilleja applegatei Wavy-leaved Juncus xiphioides Iris-leaved rush var. martinii indian paintbrush Collinsia torreyi var. wrightii Blue-eyed Mary Liliaceae Lily Family Cordylanthus nevinii Bird’s-beak Allium burlewii Burlew’s onion Mimulus breweri Brewer’s Allium campanulatum Sierra onion monkeyflower Allium fimbriatum Fringed onion Mimulus floribundus Monkeyflower var. fimbriatum Calochortus venustus Butterfly mariposa var. carinatus Liliaceae Lily Family,cont. Poaceae Grass Family, cont. Muilla maritima Common muilla Bromus tectorum Cheat grass Veratrum californicum Corn lily Elymus elymoides Squirreltail ssp. elymoides Poaceae Grass Family Koeleria macrantha Junegrass Agrostis exarata Bent grass Melica stricta Nodding melica Achnatherum occidentalis Western needlegrass Poa secunda Sandberg’s blue Bromus carinatus California brome ssp. secunda grass

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