GARNER VALLEY AND SANTA ROSA MOUNTAIN ROAD TO TORO PEAK
OCTOBER 2008 PAGE ONE
Photographs by Michael Charters
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The pictures displayed here were taken along SR-74 through the Garner Valley between the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mts, and along Santa Rosa Mt. Road on the way up to Toro Peak. It amazes me that there are still so many species blooming at this late time of the year. My main purpose was to photograph the population of Machaeranthera canescens var. ziegleri which makes its home in the vicinity of Santa Rosa Mountain and Toro Peak. An upside-down V next to the common name indicates a taxon that was new to me when I photographed it on this field trip. An asterisk indicates a non-native species. |
Garner Valley
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Desert sand verbena Abronia villosa var. aurita Nyctaginaceae |
Sapphire woolstar Eriastrum sapphirinum Polemoniaceae |
Sticky lessingia Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera Asteraceae [Named for Christian Friedrich Lessing, 1809-1862] |
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Annual bur-sage Ambrosia acanthicarpa Asteraceae |
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Puncture vine * Tribulus terrestris Zygophyllaceae |
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Broom snakeweed Gutierrezia sarothrae Asteraceae [Named for Pedro Gutiérrez Bueno, 1745-1826] |
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Long-leaved aster Aster ascendens Asteraceae |
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Davidson's buckwheat Eriogonum davidsonii Polygonaceae [Named for Anstruther Davidson, 1860-1932] |
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California-aster Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia Asteraceae |
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| Hoary-aster Machaeranthera canescens var. canescens Asteraceae (Work is currently underway to confirm this identification. This is the only Machaeranthera vouchered from Garner Valley, but it's significant differences from the Mcc in the San Bernardinos render its identity uncertain) |
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California goldenrod Solidago californica Asteraceae |
Alfalfa * Medicago sativa Asteraceae |
Santa Rosa Mt. Rd to Toro Peak
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Sugar bush Rhus ovata Anacardiaceae |
Redshanks, Ribbonwood
Adenostoma sparsifolium Rosaceae |
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Oregon cliff fern ^ Woodsia oregana Dryopteridaceae [Named for Joseph Woods, 1776-1864] |
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