PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, SWARTHOUT CANYON ROAD
TO CAJON, SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS

AUGUST 2013
PAGE TWO


   
Valley cholla
Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri
Cactaceae

[Named for Joseph Chamberland Parker, 1834-1910]
 
Wild grape
Vitis girdiana
Vitaceae

[Named for Henry Harrison Gird, 1826-1913]
 


 
Ghostly rubber rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca
Asteraceae



 
Parish's needlegrass
Stipa parishii
Poaceae
[Named for the Parish brothers]
 
 
 
Western sycamore
Platanus racemosa
Platanaceae


   
Cheat grass *
Bromus tectorum
Poaceae
 
Chaparral yucca
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Agavaceae

[Named for Amiel Weeks Whipple, 1817-1863]


 
 
 
Hoaryleaf ceanothus
Ceanothus crassifolius var. crassifolius
Rhamnaceae
 
 



 
Short-leaved cliff aster
Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia
Asteraceae
 
Telegraph weed
Heterotheca grandiflora
Asteraceae
 


 
 
 
Desert prickly-pear
Opuntia phaecantha
Cactaceae
 
 



 
Transverse range manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. mollis
Ericaceae




 
 
Cithara wild buckwheat
Eriogonum cithariforme var. cithariforme
Polygonaceae

 
 



 
California everlasting
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Asteraceae
  Sawtooth goldenbush
Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelioides
Asteraceae
[Named for Barclay Hazard, 1852-1938]
 


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INDEX
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CALIFORNIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS
VIRGINIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS