Table of Contents Publication Information................................................................................................................7 Dedication and Acknowledgements............................................................................................8 Foreword: A Love Letter to Joshua Tree Country.......................................................................9 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................11 What is “Joshua Tree Country”?....................................................................................12 What this book provides for each plant..........................................................................12 “Invasive” Species, Climate Change and the Future of Joshua Tree Country..............16 Glossary of botanical terms used in this text............................................................................18 Illustrations of Leaf Shapes.......................................................................................................21 TREES......................................................................................................................................23 Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia).......................................................................................24 California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera)....................................................................27 California Juniper (Juniperus californica).......................................................................29 Blue Palo Verde (Parkinsonia florida)............................................................................31 Smoke Tree (Psorothamnus spinosus)..........................................................................33 Turbinella Oak (Quercus turbinella)...............................................................................35 Singleleaf Pinyon Pine (Pinus monophylla)...................................................................37 Fremont Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)......................................................................39 Goodding's Willow (Salix gooddingii).............................................................................41 CACTI........................................................................................................................................43 Spinystar (Coryphantha alversonii)................................................................................44 Teddybear Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii)..................................................................46 Silver Cholla (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa)....................................................................48 Diamond Cholla (Cylindropuntia ramosissima)..............................................................49 Clustered Barrel Cactus (Echinocactus polycephalus)..................................................51 Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii)..........................................53 Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus mojavensis).............................................................54 California Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus).......................................................56 Fishhook Cactus (Mammillaria tetrancistra)...................................................................58 Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris).......................................................59 Pancake Cactus (Opuntia chlorotica)............................................................................61 Violet Prickly Pear (Opuntia sp.)....................................................................................63 Mojave Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha).................................................................65 WHITE & CREAM FLOWERS..................................................................................................67 Mohave Yucca (Yucca schidigera).................................................................................68 Skunkbush (Rhus aromatica).........................................................................................70 Nevada Biscuitroot (Lomatium nevadense var. parishii)...............................................72 Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum).....................................................................73 Desert Milkweed (Asclepias erosa)................................................................................75 Scale Bud (Anisocoma acaulis).....................................................................................77 Desert Pincushion (Chaenactis fremontii)......................................................................79 Stevia Pincusion (Chaenactis stevioides)......................................................................80 White Tidy Tips (Layia glandulosa)................................................................................81 Rock Daisy (Perityle emoryi)..........................................................................................82 Slender Poreleaf (Porophyllum gracile).........................................................................84 Desert Chicory (Rafinesquia neomexicana)..................................................................86 Annual Wire Lettuce (Stephanomeria exigua)...............................................................87 Skeleton Plant (Stephanomeria pauciflora)...................................................................88 Desert-Willow (Chilopsis linearis)..................................................................................89 Narrow-Leaved Forget-Me-Not (Cryptantha angustifolia).............................................91 Red-Rooted Forget-Me-Not (Cryptantha micrantha).....................................................92 Wingnut Forget-Me-Not (Cryptantha pterocarya)..........................................................93 Popcorn Flower (Plagiobothrys tenellus).......................................................................94 Plicate Coldenia (Tiquilia plicata)...................................................................................95 Alkali Draba (Cusickiella douglasii)................................................................................97 Sand Fringe Pod (Thysanocarpus curvipes).................................................................98 Mojave Sandwort (Eremogone macradenia var. macradenia)....................................100 Desert Starvine (Brandegea bigelovii).........................................................................102 Cucamonga Manroot (Marah macrocarpus)................................................................103 Big-Berried Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca)...........................................................104 White Margin Sand Mat (Euphorbia albomarginata)....................................................106 Sand Mat (Euphorbia polycarpa).................................................................................108 Wild Licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)..............................................................................110 White Sweetclover (Melilotus albus)............................................................................112 Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon trichocalyx)..........................................................................114 Sandpaper Plant (Petalonyx thurberi)..........................................................................115 Wishbone Four O'Clock (Mirabilis laevis)....................................................................116 Brown-Eyed Primrose (Chylismia claviformis).............................................................117 Dune Primrose (Oenothera deltoides).........................................................................119 Flatbud Prickly Poppy (Argemone munita)..................................................................121 Brittle Spineflower (Chorizanthe brevicornu)...............................................................123 California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum).........................................................124 Palmer Buckwheat (Eriogonum palmerianum)............................................................126 Plumate Buckwheat (Eriogonum plumatella)...............................................................128 Miners Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)...........................................................................129 Silverhair Mousetail (Ivesia argyrocoma var. argyrocoma)..........................................130 Desert Almond (Prunus fasciculata).............................................................................131 Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa)...........................................................133 Nolina (Nolina parryi)...................................................................................................135 Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica)..........................................................................136 Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii)...................................................................................138 Coyote Tobacco (Nicotiana obtusifolia)........................................................................141 Indian Tobacco (Nicotiana quadrivalvis)......................................................................143 PURPLE & BLUE FLOWERS.................................................................................................145 Desert Parsley (Lomatium mohavense).......................................................................146