- Home
- News & Events
- Programs
- Monitoring and Assessment
- Ecological Site Descriptions (ESD)
- Landscape Toolbox
- Long Term Ecological Research
- Data Catalogs
- Long Term Agricultural Research
- People
- Publications
- Plans & Reports
- Education
- The Jornada
- Partners
- USDA-ARS Range Management Research
- U.S. LTER Network
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- Natural Resource Conservation Service
- Bureau of Land Management
- USGS
- NEON
- NOAA National Climatic Data Center
- USDA UV-B Monitoring & Research Program
- New Mexico State University
- Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center
- USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Lab
- Western Snow Conference
Plant list used by the Jornada LTER
Species Plant Checklist for the NSF/LTER Jornada Sites * List updated September 13, 2010
| Scientific/Common_Names @ | Code$ | Habit | %Form& | Hbtat# | Phnlgy? | Path+ | STAT< | REFER! | Voucher= |
| ------------------------------------- | ----- | --- | ----- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ------ | ------ |
| Abutilon malacum Wats. (Malv.) | ABMA | P | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1040 | S-1950 |
| Indian-Mallow | |||||||||
| Acacia constricta Benth. (Legum.) | ACCO | P | SHRUB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 772 | |
| White thorn | |||||||||
| Acacia neovernicosa Isley (Legum.) | ACNE | P | SHRUB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 772 | |
| Resin-leaf white thorn | |||||||||
| Acalypha neomexicana Muell. Arg. | ACNM | A | FORB | BS | SU | . | NAT | CJ 945 | |
| (Euph.) Three-seeded mercury | |||||||||
| Acanthochiton wrightii Torr. | ACWR | A | FORB | MR | SU | . | . | CJ 562 | |
| (Amaranth.) Green stripe | |||||||||
| Allionia choisyi Standley | ALCH | P | FORB | GB | SU | . | NAT | ||
| Allionia incarnata L (Nyct.) | ALIN | P | FORB | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 577 | |
| Umbrella-wort | |||||||||
| Allium macropetalum Rydb. (Lil.) | ALMA | P | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 389 | S-2220 |
| Wild onion | |||||||||
| Aloysia wrightii (Gray) Heller | ALWR | P | SHRUB | MS | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1334 | |
| (Verbenac.) Oreganillo Bee-Brush | |||||||||
| Amaranthus blitoides Wats. | AMBL | A | FORB | PC | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 560 | S-2371 |
| (Amaranth.) Prostrate pigweed | |||||||||
| Amaranthus crassipes Schlect. | AMCR | A | FORB | PS | SU | . | . | ||
| Amaranthus fimbriatus (Torr.) Wats. | AMFI | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 558 | |
| (Amaranth.) Fringed amaranth | |||||||||
| Amaranthus palmeri Wats. (Amaranth.) | AMPA | A | FORB | PC | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 555 | S-2370 |
| Pigweed | |||||||||
| Amaranthus pubescens (Uline & Bray) | AMPU | A | FORB | PC | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 560 | S-2365 |
| Rydb. (Amaranth.) Pigweed | |||||||||
| Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook. (Comp.) | AMAC | A | FORB | MW,PT | SU | . | NAT | CJ1632 | P-315 |
| Bur ragweed | |||||||||
| Ammocodon chenopodioides (Gray) | AMCH | P | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 587 | S-2156 |
| Standl. (Nyct.) Goosefoot moonpod | |||||||||
| Amsonia arenaria Standl. (Apocyn.) | AMAR | P | FORB | . | SP | . | NAT | CJ1214 | |
| Sand bluestar | |||||||||
| Anoda cristata (L.) Schlecht (Malv.) | ANCR | A | FORB | GS | SU | . | NAT | CJ1054 | |
| Spurred anoda | |||||||||
| Aphanostephus ramosissimus DC (Comp.) | APRA | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1613 | |
| Lazy daisy | |||||||||
| Apodanthera undulata Gray. (Cucurb.) | APUN | P | FORB | BF | SU | . | NAT | CJ1510 | |
| Aristida adscensionis L (Gram.) | ARAD | A | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 51 | S-2358 |
| Six-weeks Three-awn | |||||||||
| Aristida glauca (Nees) Walp. | ARNE | ||||||||
| (= A. purpurea var. nealleyi) | |||||||||
| Aristida hamulosa Henr. | ARHA | ||||||||
| (= A. ternipes var. hamulosa) | |||||||||
| Aristida havardii Vasey (Gram.) | ARVA | P | GRASS | . | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 53 | |
| Aristida longiseta Steud. | ARLO | ||||||||
| (= A. purpurea var. Longiseta) | |||||||||
| Aristida pansa Woot. & Standl. var. | ARDI | P | GRASS | . | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 55 | |
| dissita (I.M. Johnston) Beetle | |||||||||
| (Gram.) | |||||||||
| Aristida pansa Woot. & Standl. var. | ARPA | P | GRASS | . | SP-SU | C4 | NAT | KA 55 | |
| pansa (I.M. Johnston) Beetle | |||||||||
| (Gram.) Wooton's Threeawn | |||||||||
| Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. | ARLO | P | GRASS | BF | SP-SU | C4 | NAT | KA 56 | S-2252 |
| longiseta (Steud.) Vasey | |||||||||
| (=Aristida longiseta) | |||||||||
| (Gram.) Red threeawn (may | |||||||||
| include some A. purpurea Nutt.) | |||||||||
| Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. | ARNE | P | GRASS | BF | SP-SU | C4 | NAT | KA 56 | |
| nealleyi (Vasey) Allred | |||||||||
| (=Aristida glauca) | |||||||||
| (Gram.) Reverchon threeawn | |||||||||
| (lumped with A. wrightii for | |||||||||
| analysis) | |||||||||
| Aristida purpurea Nutt. Var. perplexa | ARPE | P | GRASS | GX | SP-SU | C4 | NAT | KA | |
| Allread & Valdes (Gram.) Jornada | |||||||||
| threeawn | |||||||||
| Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. purpurea | ARPU | P | GRASS | BF | SP | C4 | NAT | KA 55 | |
| (Gram.) Purple threeawn (lumped | |||||||||
| with A. longiseta for analysis) | |||||||||
| Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. wrightii | ARWR | P | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 57 | |
| (Nash) Allred | |||||||||
| (=Aristida wrightii) (Gram.) | |||||||||
| Wright's threeawn (may include | |||||||||
| some A. glauca (Ness) Walp.) | |||||||||
| Aristida ternipes Cav. var. hamulosa | ARHA | P | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 54 | |
| (Herrard) Trent | |||||||||
| (=Aristida hamulosa) (Gram.) | |||||||||
| Poverty threeawn | |||||||||
| Aristida ternipes Cav. var. ternipes | ARTE | P | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 52 | |
| (Gram.) Spider grass | |||||||||
| Aristida wrightii Nash. (Gram.) | ARWR | ||||||||
| (= A. purpurea var. wrightii) | |||||||||
| Artemisia glauca Pall. (Comp.) | ARGA | P | FORB | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1707 | ||
| Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. (Comp.) | ARLU | P | S-SHR | MS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1706 | |
| Louisiana White Sage | |||||||||
| Asclepias brachystephana Engelm. | ASBR | P | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1232 | S-2289 |
| (Asclep.) Milkweed | |||||||||
| Asclepias nyctaginifolia Gray. | ASNY | P | FORB | TW | SP-SU | . | NAT | KP662 | P-376 |
| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) | ASSU | P | FORB | PS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1231 | |
| Vail. (Asclep.) | |||||||||
| Astragalus allochrous Gray (Legum.) | ASAL | B | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 847 | S-2210 |
| Locoweed | |||||||||
| Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt. | ASCR | P | FORB | GI | SP | . | NAT | CT 845 | |
| (Legum.) Ground plum | |||||||||
| Astragalus mollissimus Torr. var. | ASMO | P | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 844 | |
| Bigelovii (Gray) B.L. Turner | |||||||||
| (Legum.) Woolly locoweed | |||||||||
| Astragalus nuttallianus A. DC var. | ASNU | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 849 | S-2224 |
| austrinus (Small) Rydb. (Legum.) | |||||||||
| Astragalus tephrodes Gray var. | ASTE | P | FORB | BF | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | KP 459 | S-2231 |
| tephrodes (Legum.) | |||||||||
| Astragalus wootonii Sheld. (Legum.) | ASWO | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 847 | |
| Locoweed, garbancillo | |||||||||
| Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. | ATCA | P | SHRUB | BS | SP-SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 543 | |
| (Cheno.) Four-wing saltbush | |||||||||
| Avena fatua L. (Gramin.) | AVFA | A | GRASS | . | . | . | INTRO | KA 59 | |
| Bahia absinthifolia Benth. (Comp.) | BAAB | P | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1699 | S-2151 |
| Bahia biternata Gray (Comp.) | BABI | A | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1699 | S-2391 |
| Bahia pedata Gray (Comp.) | BAPE | A | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1698 | S-2390 |
| Baileya multiradiata Harv. & Gray | BAMU | P | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1701 | S-2253 |
| (Comp.) Desert marigold | |||||||||
| Berlandiera lyrata Torr. (Comp.) | BELY | P | FORB | BS | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1624 | W-s.n. |
| Greeneyes | |||||||||
| Boerhavia coccinea Mill. (Nyct.) | BOCO | P | FORB | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 595 | S-1943 |
| Scarlet spiderling | |||||||||
| Boerhavia gracillima Heimerl. | BOGL | P | FORB | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 595 | S-1949 |
| (Nyct.) Bush-Spiderling | |||||||||
| Boerhavia intermedia M.E. Jones | BOIN | A | FORB | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 596 | S-2366 |
| (Nyct.) Umbel-Spiderling | |||||||||
| Boerhavia spicata Choisy (Nyct.) | BOSP | A | FORB | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 597 | S-1947 |
| Spiked-Spiderling | |||||||||
| Boerhavia wrightii Gray (Nyct.) | BOWR | A | FORB | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 597 | |
| Spiked-Spiderling | |||||||||
| Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng | BOIS | P | GRASS | . | SU | . | INTRO | KA 61 | |
| (Gramin.) Yellow bluestem | |||||||||
| Bothriochloa saccaroides (Sw.) Rydb. | BOTO | ||||||||
| (= B. laguroides var. torreyana) | |||||||||
| Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter | BOTO | P | GRASS | MS | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 61 | |
| subsp. torreyana (Steud.) Allred | |||||||||
| & Gould | |||||||||
| (=Bothriochloa saccaroides) | |||||||||
| (Gramin.) Silver bluestem | |||||||||
| Bothriochloa springfieldii (Gould) | BOSR | P | GRASS | . | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 62 | |
| Parodi (Gram.) Springfield's | |||||||||
| bluestem | |||||||||
| Bouteloua aristidoides (H.B.K.) | BOAR | A | GRASS | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 65 | |
| Griseb. (Gram.) Needle grama | |||||||||
| Bouteloua barbata Lag. (Gram.) | BOBA | A | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 68 | S-2357 |
| Six-weeks grama | |||||||||
| Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. | BOCU | P | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 65 | S-2364 |
| (Gram.) Side-oats grama | |||||||||
| Bouteloua eriopoda (Torr.) Torr. | BOER | P | GRASS | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 63 | S-2385 |
| (Gram.) Black grama | |||||||||
| Brachiaria arizonica (Scribn.&Merr.) | BRAR | A | GRASS | GI | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 70 | |
| S.T. Blake (Gram.) Arizona | |||||||||
| signalgrass | |||||||||
| Brachiaria fasciculata (S.W.) Parodi | BRFA | A | GRASS | GS | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 70 | |
| (=Panicum fasciculatum) (Gram.) | |||||||||
| Browntop Panic panic grass | |||||||||
| Brickellia californica (T.&G.) Gray | BRCA | P | SHRUB | MS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1546 | |
| (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Brickellia laciniata Gray (Comp.) | BRLA | P | SHRUB | BA | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1546 | |
| Caesalpinia jamesii (T.&G.) Fisher | CAJA | P | FORB | . | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ 796 | |
| (Legum.) Caesalpinia | |||||||||
| Calliandra humilis Benth (Legum.) | CAHU | P | S-SHR | PC | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 770 | S-2372 |
| False mesquite | |||||||||
| Early data coded as CAHA | CAHA | P | S-SHR | PC | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 770 | S-2372 |
| Calycoseris Wrightii Gray (Comp.) | CAWR | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1729 | S&W-2806 |
| White cup-fruit | |||||||||
| Camissonia chamaenerioides (Gray) | CACH | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1121 | |
| Raven (Onagr.) = (Oenothera ch.) | |||||||||
| Carlowrightia linearifolia (Torr.) | CALI | P | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1468 | S-1945 |
| Gray (Acanth.) | |||||||||
| Cassia bauhinioides A. Gray (Legum.) | CABA | P | FORB | BF | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 787 | L-1227 |
| Twin-leaf, two-leaved senna | |||||||||
| Cenchrus incertus M.A. Curtis (Gram.) | CEIN | A | GRASS | . | SP-SU | . | NAT | KA 81 | |
| Sandbur | |||||||||
| Ceratoides lanata (Pursh) J.T. Howell | CELA | P | SHRUB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 545 | |
| (Cheno.) Winterfat (= Eurotia lana | ta) | ||||||||
| Cevallia sinuata Lab. (Loasaceae) | CESI | P | S-SHR | . | SU | . | NAT | CJ1063 | |
| Stinging cevallia | |||||||||
| Chaenactis stevioides Hook. & Arn. | CHST | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | KP 922 | S-2255 |
| (Comp.) Desert false yarrow | |||||||||
| Chamaesaracha coronopus (Dun.) Gray | CHCO | P | FORB | GS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1741 | |
| (Solan.) Crowfoot chamaesaracha | |||||||||
| Chamaesaracha sordida (Dun.) Gray | CHSO | P | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1393 | |
| (Solan.) Dingy chamaesaracha | |||||||||
| Cheilanthes tomentosa Link. | CHTO | P | FERN | MS | C3 | NAT | CJ 57 | ||
| (Polypod.) Woolly lipfern | |||||||||
| Chenopodium incanum (Wats.) Heller | CHIN | A | FORB | PC | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 535 | S-2363 |
| (Cheno.) | |||||||||
| Chenopodium leptophyllum Nutt. | CHLE | A | FORB | PC | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 534 | |
| (Cheno.) | |||||||||
| Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet. | CHLI | P | SHRUB | BA | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1444 | |
| (Bign.) Desert willow, mimbre | |||||||||
| Chloris virgata Swartz. (Gram.) | CHVI | A | GRASS | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 82 | S-2369 |
| Feather fingergrass | |||||||||
| Chrysothamnus pulchellus (Gray) | CHPU | P | SHRUB | . | SU | . | NAT | CJ1577 | |
| Greene. (Gram.) Southwestern | |||||||||
| rabbitbrush | |||||||||
| Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray (Comp.) | CIOC | A | FORB | PC | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1717 | S-2378 |
| Yellow-spine thistle | |||||||||
| Commelina erecta L. (Comm.) | COER | P | FORB | MS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 358 | |
| Dayflower | |||||||||
| Condalia Warnockii M.C. Johnst. | COWA | P | SHRUB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1014 | |
| (Rham.) | |||||||||
| Convolvulus equitans Benth. (Convol.) | COEQ | P | FORB | GB | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ1246 | |
| (=C. incanus) | |||||||||
| Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq. (Comp.) | COCA | A | FORB | PC | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1608 | |
| Horseweed (=Erigeron Canadensis) | |||||||||
| Conyza Coulteri Gray. (Comp.) | COCO | A | FORB | PC | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1609 | |
| Marestail | |||||||||
| Corispermum nitidum Schult. | CONI | A | FORB | MW | SU | . | INTRO | CJ 547 | |
| Tickseed (Chenop.) | |||||||||
| Corydalis aurea Willd. (Fumar.) | COAU | A | FORB | PC | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 670 | S&W-2804 |
| Coryphantha macromeris (Engelm.) | COMA | P | ST-SU | BF | SP | CAM | NAT | CJ1110 | |
| Britt. & Rose (Cact.) | |||||||||
| Coryphantha scheeri (O. Ktze.) L. | COSC | P | ST-SU | GB TW | . | CAM | NAT | CJ1110 | |
| Benson (Cact.) | |||||||||
| Coryphantha vivipara (Engelm.) | COVI | P | ST-SU | BF | SP | CAM | NAT | CJ1110 | |
| (Nutt.) Britt. & Rose (Cact.) | |||||||||
| Croton Pottsii (Kl.) Muell. Arg. var. | CRPO | P | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 936 | S-2286 |
| Pottsii (=C. corymbulosus) (Euph.) | |||||||||
| Leatherweed | |||||||||
| Cryptantha angustifolia (Torr.) | CRAN | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1299 | S-2258 |
| Greene (Borag.) (includes CRCR) | |||||||||
| Cryptantha barbigera (Gray) Greene. | CRBA | A | FORB | TT | SP | . | NAT | CJ1299 | |
| (Borag.) Bearded cat's-eye | |||||||||
| Cryptantha crassisepala (Torr. & | CRCR | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1298 | S-2219 |
| Gray) Greene (Borag.) (not | |||||||||
| differentiated from CRAN) | |||||||||
| Cryptantha Jamesii (Torr.) Pays. | CRJA | P | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1299 | S-2260 |
| var. setosa (M.E. Jones) Shinners | |||||||||
| (Borag.) | |||||||||
| Cryptantha micrantha (Nutt.) Johnst. | CRMI | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1296 | S-2233 |
| (Borag.) | |||||||||
| Cryptantha pterocarya (Torr.) Greene | CRPT | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1298 | |
| (Borag.) | |||||||||
| Cryptantha pusilla (T.&G.) Greene | CRPU | A | FORB | TW | SP | . | NAT | CJ1298 | |
| (Borag.) | |||||||||
| Cucurbita foetidissima HBK (Cucurb.) | CUFO | P | VINE | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1510 | S-2290 |
| Buffalo gourd | |||||||||
| Cuscuta umbellata HBK (Cuscut.) | CUUM | P | VINE | PC | SU | PAR | NAT | CJ1261 | S-2379 |
| Dodder | |||||||||
| Cyperus esculentus L. (Cyper.) Yellow | CYES | P | GRASS | PC | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 291 | |
| Nut-grass | |||||||||
| Cyphomeris gypsophiloides (Mart. | CYGY | P | FORB | CG | SU | . | NAT | CJ 591 | |
| & Gal.) Standl. (Nyctag.) | |||||||||
| Red Cyphomeris | |||||||||
| Dalea formosa Torr. (Legum.) | DAFO | P | SHRUB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 826 | S-2223 |
| Feather indigobush, feather plume | |||||||||
| Dalea nana Torr. (Legum.) | DANA | P | FORB | GI | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 825 | |
| Dwarf dalea | |||||||||
| Dalea scoparia Gray (Legum.) | DASC | P | SHRUB | . | SU | . | NAT | CJ 821 | |
| (=Psorothamnus scoparius (Gray) | |||||||||
| Rydb.) Broom pea | |||||||||
| Dasylirion Wheeleri Wats. (Lilia.) | DAWH | P | SHRUB | MS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 405 | |
| Sotol | |||||||||
| Dasyochloa pulchella (HBK) Hitchc. | DAPU | P | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 87 | |
| (Gram.) Fluffgrass (= Tridens p.; | |||||||||
| =Erioneuron pulchellum) | |||||||||
| Datura Wrightii Regel. (Solan.) | DAWR | P | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1405 | |
| (=Datura meteloides DC) | |||||||||
| Jimson. weed. | |||||||||
| Delphinium virescens Nutt. (Ranun.) | DEVI | P | FORB | BS | SU | . | NAT | CJ 639 | |
| Descurainia pinnata (Walt.) Britton | DEPI | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 683 | S-2216 |
| ssp. ochroleuca (Woot.) Detling | |||||||||
| (Cruc.) Tansy-mustard | |||||||||
| Desmanthus cooleyi (Eat.) Trel. | DECO | P | FORB | GI | SU | . | NAT | CJ 781 | |
| (Legum.) Cooley's bundleflower | |||||||||
| Digitaria californica (Benth.) Henr. | DICA | P | GRASS | BS | SP-SU | C4 | NAT | KA 91 | |
| (Gram.) Arizona Cottontop | |||||||||
| (see Trichachne californica) | |||||||||
| Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene var. | DISP | P | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 92 | |
| stricta (Torr.) Beetle | |||||||||
| (Gram.) Desert saltgrass | |||||||||
| Dithyrea Wislizenii Engelm. (Cruc.) | DIWI | B | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 706 | S-2218 |
| Spectacle pod | |||||||||
| Draba cuneifolia Nutt. var. | DRCU | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 694 | S-2226 |
| cuneifolia (Cruc.) | |||||||||
| Dyssodia acerosa DC (Comp.) | DYAC | P | SHRUB | BF | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1681 | S-2225 |
| Dyssodia papposa (Vent.) Hitchc. | DYPA | A | FORB | TE | SU | . | NAT | CJ1680 | |
| Dyssodia pentachaeta (DC.) Robins. | DYPE | P | FORB | BD | SP-SU | . | NAT | ||
| Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem. | ECHO | P | ST-SU | BF | SP | CAM | NAT | CJ1104 | |
| (Cact.) Turk's head, devil's head | |||||||||
| Echinocereus Fendleri Engelm. var. | ECFE | P | ST-SU | BF | SP | CAM | NAT | CJ1097 | |
| fendleri (Cact.) | |||||||||
| Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) | ECPE | P | ST-SU | BF | SP | CAM | NAT | CJ1098 | |
| Engelm. var. neomexicanus (Coult.) | |||||||||
| L. Benson (Cact.) | |||||||||
| Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. | ECTR | P | ST-SU | BF | SP | CAM | NAT | CJ1096 | |
| var. Guerneyi L. Benson (Cact.) | |||||||||
| Claret-cup | |||||||||
| Echinochloa colonum (L.) Link | ECCO | A | GRASS | PC | SU | . | INTRO | ||
| Enneapogon desvauxii Beauv. (Gram.) | ENDE | P | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 105 | S-1951 |
| Spike pappus-grass | |||||||||
| Ephedra trifurca Torr. (Ephed.) | EPTR | P | SHRUB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 81 | S-2256 |
| Mormon-tea, canatilla | |||||||||
| (includes some EPTO) | |||||||||
| Ephedra torreyana Wats. (Ephed.) | EPTO | P | SHRUB | BS | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 82 | S&W-2807 |
| Mormon Tea, Torrey joint-fir | |||||||||
| (not differentiated from EPTR) | |||||||||
| Eragrostis arida Hitchc. | ERMI | ||||||||
| (= E. pectinacea var. miserrima) | |||||||||
| Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) E. | ERCI | A | GRASS | PC | SU | C4 | INTRO | KA 106 | S-2356 |
| Mosher (Gram.) Stinkgrass | |||||||||
| Eragrostis Lehmanniana Ness. | ERLE | P | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | INTRO | KA 109 | S-2389 |
| (Gram.) Lehman's Love Grass | |||||||||
| Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees | ERMI | A | GRASS | PC | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 108 | S-2374 |
| var. miserrima (Fourn.) J.Reeder | |||||||||
| (=Eragrostis arida) (Gram.) | |||||||||
| Desert lovegrass | |||||||||
| Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees | ERPE | A | GRASS | PC | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 107 | |
| var. pectinacea (Gram.) | |||||||||
| Carolina lovegrass | |||||||||
| Eriastrum diffusum (Gray) Mason | ERDI | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1267 | S-2207 |
| (Polem.) | |||||||||
| Ericameria laricifolia (Turpentine | ERLA | P | SHRUB | MS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1578 | |
| bush) (Gray) Shinners (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Erigeron Bellidiastrum Nutt. (Comp.) | ERBE | A | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1607 | |
| Western Fleabane | |||||||||
| Erigeron divergens T. & G. (Comp.) | ERDV | P | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1606 | S-2232 |
| Spreading fleabane | |||||||||
| Eriogonum abertianum Torr. (Polyg.) | ERAB | A | FORB | BF | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 516 | |
| Abert's desert wild buckwheat | |||||||||
| Eriogonum annuum Nutt. (Polyg.) | ERAN | A | FORB | GI | SP-SU | . | . | CJ 515 | |
| Annual buckwheat | |||||||||
| Eriogonum rotundifolium Benth. | ERRO | A | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 516 | |
| (Polyg.) white wild buchwheat | |||||||||
| Eriogonum trichopes Torr. (Polyg.) | ERTR | A | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | KP 238 | |
| yellow desert wild buckwheat | |||||||||
| Eriogonum Wrightii Torr. (Polyg.) | ERWR | P | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 514 | |
| Wright's wild buckwheat | |||||||||
| Erioneuron pulchellum (HBK) Takeoka | DAPU | ||||||||
| (= Dasyochloa pulchella) | |||||||||
| Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Her (Geran.) | ERCC | A | FORB | BS | SP | C3 | INTRO | CJ 892 | |
| Erodium texanum Gray. (Geran.) | ERTE | A | FORB | BS | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 892 | |
| Storks-bill | |||||||||
| Erysimum capitatum (Dougl.) Greene. | ERCA | P | FORB | CG,GS | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ 688 | |
| (Cruc.) Douglas's wallflower | |||||||||
| Eschscholzia mexicana | ESME | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 662 | S-2209 |
| (Papav.) Mexican golden poppy | |||||||||
| Eucrypta micrantha (Torr.) Heller | EUMC | A | FORB | MS | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1274 | |
| (Hydro.) | |||||||||
| Euphorbia albomarginata T. & G. | EUAL | P | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 980 | S-2352 |
| (Euph.) Rattlesnake weed | |||||||||
| Euphorbia dentata Michx. (Euph.) | EUDE | A | FORB | GS | SP-SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 970 | |
| Euphorbia glyptosperma Engelm. | EUGL | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 977 | S-2354 |
| (Euph.) Ridgeseed spurge | |||||||||
| Euphorbia micromera Engelm. (Euph.) | EUMI | A | FORB | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 978 | S-2349 |
| Small-leaf desert spurge | |||||||||
| Euphorbia parryi Engelm. (Euph.) | EUPA | A | FORB | SU | . | NAT | CJ 973 | ||
| Euphorbia revoluta Engelm. (Euph.) | EURE | A | FORB | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 974 | |
| Round-leaf desert spurge | |||||||||
| Euphorbia serpyllifolia Pers. (Euph.) | EUSR | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 976 | S-2375 |
| Thymeleaf spurge | |||||||||
| Euphorbia serrula Engelm. (Euph.) | EUSE | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 983 | S-2350 |
| Serrate-leaf desert spurge | |||||||||
| Euphorbia setiloba Engelm. (Euph.) | EUST | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 981 | |
| Yuma spurge | |||||||||
| Eurotia lanata (see Ceratoides) | |||||||||
| Evolvulus Nuttallianus R. & S. | EVNU | P | FORB | GI | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ1244 | |
| (Convolv.) | |||||||||
| Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. | FAPA | P | SHRUB | BA | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 750 | |
| (Rose) Apache plume | |||||||||
| Ferocactus Wislizenii (Engelm.) | FEWI | P | ST-SU | BF | SU | CAM | NAT | CJ1103 | |
| Britt. & Rose (Cact.) Barrel | |||||||||
| cactus | |||||||||
| Flourensia cernua DC (Comp.) | FLCE | P | SHRUB | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1653 | |
| Tarbush | |||||||||
| Fouquieria splendens Engelm. (Fouq.) | FOSP | P | SHRUB | MS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1070 | |
| Ocotillo | |||||||||
| Froelichia arizonica Thornb. | FRAR | P | FORB | . | SU | . | NAT | CJ 570 | |
| (Amaran.) Arizona snakecotton | |||||||||
| Gaillardia pinnatifida Torr. (Comp.) | GAPI | P | FORB | GI | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ1673 | |
| Galium microphyllum Gray (Euphor) | GAMI | P | FORB | MS | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ1482 | |
| Gaura parviflora Dougl. (Onag.) | GAPA | A | FORB | PC | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1124 | |
| Garrya wrightii Torr. (Cornaceae) | GAWR | P | SHRUB | . | SU | . | NAT | CJ1171 | |
| Wright's silktassle | |||||||||
| Gilia flavocincta A. Nels. ssp. | GIF | L A | FORB BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1266 S-2213 | ||
| australis V. Grant (Polemon.) | |||||||||
| Gilia mexicana A.&V. Grant | GIME | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1266 | |
| (Polemon.) | |||||||||
| Gilia sinuata Dougl. (Polemon.) | GISI | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | KP 691 | |
| (Polemon.) | |||||||||
| Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dun. | GRSQ | A | FORB | PC | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1571 | |
| (Comp.) Curly-cup gumweed | |||||||||
| Haplopappus laricifolius | ERLA | ||||||||
| (see Ericameria laricifolius) | |||||||||
| Haplopappus gracilis (Nutt.) Gray. | HAGR | A | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1583 | |
| (Comp.) = Machaeranthera gr. | |||||||||
| Hedyotis humifusa Gray. (Rubiaceae) | HEHU | A | FORB | UP13 | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ1489 | |
| Bluet | |||||||||
| Helianthus annuus L. (Comp.) | HEAN | A | FORB | GS | SU | . | NAT | CJ1641 | |
| Common sunflower | |||||||||
| Helianthus ciliaris DC (Comp.) | HECI | P | FORB | PC | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1651 | L-1223 |
| Blue-weed | |||||||||
| Helianthus petiolaris Nutt. (Comp.) | HEPE | A | FORB | GI | SU | . | . | CJ1652 | |
| Plains sunflower | |||||||||
| Heliotropium convolvulaceum (Nutt.) | HECO | A | FORB | GI | SU | . | NAT | CJ1290 | |
| Gray. (Borag.) Bindweed | |||||||||
| heliotrope | |||||||||
| Heliotropium greggii Torr. (Borag.) | HEGR | P | FORB | . | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ1289 | |
| Fragrant heliotrope | |||||||||
| Heterotheca fulcrata (Greene) | HEFU | P | FORB | MS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1568 | S-1941 |
| Shinners (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Hilaria mutica (Buckl.) Benth. | PLMU | ||||||||
| (= Pleuraphis mutica) | |||||||||
| Hoffmanseggia drepanocarpa Gray. | HODR | P | FORB | GI | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 798 | |
| (Legum.) Sicklepod rush-pea | |||||||||
| Hoffmanseggia glauca (Ort.) Eifert | HOGL | P | FORB | PC | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 797 | |
| (Legum.) (=H. densiflora Benth.) | |||||||||
| Hog potato | |||||||||
| Hordeum murinum L. subsp. glaucum | HOMU | A | GRASS | CG | WI-SP | C3 | INTR | KA 12 | 4 |
| (Steud.) Tsvelev (Gram.) Wall | |||||||||
| barley | |||||||||
| Hybanthus verticillatus (Ort.) Baill. | HYVE | P | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1078 | S-2288 |
| (Viol.) Green-violet | |||||||||
| Hymenopappus flavescens Gray. var. | HYFL | B | FORB | GI | SP-SU | . | . | CJ1703 | |
| cano-tomentosus Gray. (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Wooly-white | |||||||||
| Hymenoxys odorata (DC) Kuntz (Comp.) | HYOD | A | FORB | PC | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1678 | L-1224 |
| Bitterweed | |||||||||
| Ibervillea tenuisecta (Gray) Small | IBTE | P | VINE | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1511 | S-2387 |
| (Cucurb.) Globe-berry | |||||||||
| Ipomoea costellata Torr. (Convol.) | IPCO | A | VINE | GB | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1252 | |
| Ipomoea cristulata Hallier f. | IPCR | P | VINE | MS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1250 | S-1952 |
| (Convol.) Scarlet creeper | |||||||||
| Ipomopsis longiflora (Torr.) V. | IPLO | A | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1264 | |
| Grant (Polemon.) Pale trumpets | |||||||||
| Ipomopsis pumila Nutt. V. Grant. | IPPU | A | FORB | MW | SP | . | NAT | CJ1264 | |
| (Polemon.) Dwarf gilia | |||||||||
| Iva ambrosiaefolia (Gray) | IVAM | A | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1629 | S-2910 |
| Gray (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Iva dealbata Gray (Comp.) | IVDE | P | FORB | . | SU | . | NAT | CJ16 | 29 |
| Wooly sump-weed | |||||||||
| Janusia gracilis Gray (Malpig.) | JAGR | P | FORB | MS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 913 | S-1953 |
| Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. | JUMO | P | TREE | MS | . | C3 | NAT | CJ 78 | |
| (Cuppres.) One-seeded juniper | |||||||||
| Kallstroemia hirsutissima Vail | KAHI | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 905 | |
| (Zygo.) Carpetweed | |||||||||
| Kallstroemia parviflora Nort. | KAPA | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 904 | S-2348 |
| (Zygo.) Mexican poppy | |||||||||
| Koeberlinia spinosa Zucc. (Koeber.) | KOSP | P | SHRUB | TWTE | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ1074 | |
| Krameria glandulosa Rose & Painter | KRPA | P | SHRUB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 890 | |
| (Kram.) Range ratany | |||||||||
| Krameria lanceolata Torr. (Kram.) | KRLA | P | S-SHR | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 889 | S-2347 |
| Prostrate ratany | |||||||||
| Kuhnia chlorolepis Woot. & Standl. | KUCH | P | FORB | RS | SU | . | NAT | CJ1548 | |
| (Comp.) Prairie boneset | |||||||||
| Lappula Redowskii (Hornem.) Greene | LARE | A | FORB | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1293 | S-2221 |
| (Borag.) Stickseed | |||||||||
| Larrea tridentata (DC) Cov. (Zygo.) | LATR | P | SHRUB | BF | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 901 | |
| Creosote bush, hediondilla | |||||||||
| Lepidium lasiocarpum Nutt. (Cruc.) | LELA | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 696 | S-2208 |
| Lepidium montanum Nutl. var. | LEMO | P | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 695 | P-6 |
| angustifolium C.L. Hitchc. (Cruc.) | |||||||||
| Mountain peppergrass | |||||||||
| Lepidium virginicum L. var. medium | LEVI | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 697 | S-2217 |
| (Greene) C.L. Hitchc. (Cruc.) | |||||||||
| Leptochloa dubia (HBR) Nees. (Gram.) | LEDU | P | GRASS | MS | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 126 | |
| Green Sprangle-Top | |||||||||
| Leptochloa viscida (Scribn.) Beal. | LEVS | A | GRASS | PC | SU | C4 | NAT | KP 123 | |
| (Gram.) Gum sprangle-top | |||||||||
| Lesquerella Fendleri (Gray) Wats. | LEFE | P | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 704 | S-2222 |
| (Cruc.) Bladderpod | |||||||||
| Lesquerella Gordonii (Gray) Wats. | LEGO | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 702 | S-2230 |
| (Cruc.) Bladderpod | |||||||||
| Leucelene ericoides (Torr.) Greene | LEER | P | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1600 | S-2257 |
| (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Linanthus Bigelovii (Gray) Greene | LIBI | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1267 | |
| (Polemon.) | |||||||||
| Linaria texana Scheele. (Scroph.) | LITE | A | FORB | GS | SP | . | NAT | CJ1426 | |
| (= Nuttalanthus texanus Scheel) | |||||||||
| D.A. Sutton) Texas toadflax | |||||||||
| Linum vernale (Woot.) Small. (Lin.) | LIVE | A | FORB | GI,MW | SP-SU | . | . | CJ 900 | |
| Spring flax | |||||||||
| Lotus neomexicanus Greene (Legum.) | LONE | P | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | KP 428 | S-2211 |
| New Mexico lotus | |||||||||
| Lupinus concinnus Agardh. var. | LUCO | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 803 | S-2206 |
| orcuttii (Wats.) C. P. Smith | |||||||||
| (Legum.) Lupine | |||||||||
| Lycium berlandieri Dun (Solan.) | LYBE | P | SHRUB | TA | SP | . | NAT | CJ1402 | |
| Berlandieri's wolfberry | |||||||||
| Lycium pallidum Miers. (Solan.) | LYPA | P | SHRUB | TA | SP | . | NAT | CJ1401 | |
| Pale wolfberry | |||||||||
| Machaeranthera gracilis (Nutt.) | HAGR | A | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1583 | S-2388 |
| Shinners (Comp.) | |||||||||
| (syn. Haplopappus gracilis) | |||||||||
| Machaeranthera linearis Greene | MALI | A | FORB | MW | SU | . | NAT | CJ1584 | |
| Sand daisy (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Machaeranthera pinnatifida (Hook.) | MAPI | P | FORB | BS | SP-SU | . | . | CJ1582 | |
| Shinners. (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Strapleaf spineaster | |||||||||
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | MATA | A | FORB | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1585 | S-2903 |
| (HBK) Nees (Comp.) Tahoka daisy | |||||||||
| Malacothrix Fendleri Gray (Comp.) | MAFE | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1728 | S-2214 |
| Desert dandelion | |||||||||
| Mammillaria grahamii Engelm. (Cact.) | MAGR | P | ST-SU | GS | . | CAM | NAT | CJ1102 | |
| Mammillaria gummifera Engelm. var. | MAGU | P | ST-SU | BF | SP | CAM | NAT | CJ1101 | |
| applanata (Engelm.) L. Benson | |||||||||
| (Cact.) | |||||||||
| Mammillaria wrightii Engelm. | MAWR | P | ST-SU | MS | SP | CAM | NAT | CJ1102 | |
| (Cact.) Pincushion cactus | |||||||||
| Melampodium leucanthum T. & G. | MELE | P | FORB | BF | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1621 | |
| (Comp.) Blackfoot | |||||||||
| Menodora scabra Gray (Olea.) | MESC | P | S-SHR | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1196 | S-1948 |
| Scabrous lime-shrub | |||||||||
| Mentzelia albicaulis Dougl. (Loas.) | MEAL | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1084 | S-2234 |
| Stickleaf | |||||||||
| Mentzelia pumila (Nutt.) Gray (Loas.) | MEPU | A | FORB | BF | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1083 | S-2254 |
| Stickleaf | |||||||||
| Microseris linearifolia (DC) | MILI | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1725 | |
| Sch. Bip. (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl. | MILN | P | FORB | PC | SU | . | NAT | CJ 583 | |
| (Nyct.) | |||||||||
| Mollugo Cerviana (L.) Ser. (Aizo.) | MOCE | A | FORB | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 602 | S-2650 |
| Threadstem carpetweed | |||||||||
| Mollugo verticillata L. (Aizo.) | MOVE | A | FORB | GS | SP-SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 602 | |
| Indian chickweed | |||||||||
| Morus microphylla Buckl. (Moraceae) | MOMI | P | SHRUB | MS | SP | . | NAT | CJ 497 | |
| Mountain mulberry | |||||||||
| Muhlenbergia arenacea (Buckl.) | MUAR | P | GRASS | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 138 | W-s.n. |
| Hitchc. (Gram.) Ear muhly | |||||||||
| Muhlenbergia arenicola Buckl. | MUAN | P | GRASS | . | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 145 | |
| Muhlenbergia Porteri Scribn. (Gram.) | MUPO | P | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 136 | S-2361 |
| Bush muhly | |||||||||
| Munroa squarrosa (Nutt.) Torr. | MUSQ | A | GRASS | MW | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 150 | |
| (Gram.) False buffalo grass | MR | ||||||||
| Nama hispidum Gray (Hydro.) | NAHI | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1279 | S-2215 |
| Neolloydia intertexta (Engelm.) L. | NEIN | P | ST-SU | BF | SP | CAM | NAT | CJ1107 | |
| Bens. var. intertexta and also | |||||||||
| var. dasyacantha (Engelm.) L. Bens | . | ||||||||
| (Cact.) White viznagita | |||||||||
| Nicotiana trigonophylla Dunal | NITR | B | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1407 | |
| (Solan.) Desert tobacco, | |||||||||
| tabaquillo | |||||||||
| None - plants absent from segment | NONE | ||||||||
| Notholaena sinuata (Lag.) Kaulf. | NOSI | P | FERN | MS | . | C3 | NAT | CJ 59 | |
| (Polyp.) Wavy cloakfern | |||||||||
| Notholaena Standleyi Maxon (Polyp.) | NOST | P | FERN | MS | . | C3 | NAT | CJ 60 | |
| Star cloakfern | |||||||||
| Oenothera albicaulis Pursh (Onag.) | OEAL | A | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1131 | |
| Prairie evening primrose | |||||||||
| Oenothera caespitosa Nutt. var. | OECA | P | FORB | BS | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1130 | |
| australis (Woot. & Standl.) Munz | |||||||||
| (Onag.) Tufted evening primrose | |||||||||
| Oenothera primiveris Gray (Onag.) | OEPR | A | FORB | BS | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1130 | S&W-2805 |
| Large yellow desert primrose | |||||||||
| Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC (Cact.) | OPIM | P | ST-SU | BF | SP-SU | CAM | NAT | CJ1091 | |
| Tree cholla, coyonostle | |||||||||
| Opuntia leptocaulis DC (Cact.) | OPLE | P | ST-SU | BF | SP-SU | CAM | NAT | CJ1091 | |
| Desert Christmas cactus, tasajillo | |||||||||
| Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. var. | OPPH | P | ST-SU | BF | SP-SU | CAM | NAT | CJ1093 | S&M-2530 |
| discata (Engelm.) L. Bens. & | |||||||||
| Walk., & var. major Engelm. | |||||||||
| (Cact.) | |||||||||
| Opuntia violacea Engelm. var. | OPVI | P | ST-SU | BF | SP-SU | CAM | NAT | CJ1093 | S&M-2531 |
| Castetteri L. Bens., & var. | |||||||||
| macrocentra (Engelm.) L. Bens., & | |||||||||
| var. santa-rita (Griff. & Hare) | |||||||||
| L. Bens. (Cact.) | |||||||||
| Purple prickly pear | |||||||||
| Palafoxia sphacelata (Torr.) Cory | PASP | A | FORB | GI | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ1697 | P-310 |
| Panicum fasciculatum SW. | BRFA | ||||||||
| (= Brachiaria fasciculata) | |||||||||
| Panicum hallii Vasey var. hallii | PAHA | P | GRASS | MS | SP | C4 | NAT | KA 156 | |
| Hall's panic grass | |||||||||
| Panicum hirticaule Presl. (Gram.) | PAHI | A | GRASS | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 153 | S-2383 |
| Panicum obtusum HBK (Gram.) | PAOB | P | GRASS | PC | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 153 | |
| Vine-mesquite | |||||||||
| Parthenium incanum HBK (Comp.) | PAIN | P | SHRUB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1626 | S-2910 |
| Mariola | |||||||||
| Pectis angustifolia Torr. (Comp.) | PEAN | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ1685 | S-2380 |
| Lemmonweed (may include some | |||||||||
| P. papposa Gray) | |||||||||
| Pectis papposa Gray (Comp.) | PEPA | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ1685 | S-2149 |
| Chinchweed (lumped with P. | |||||||||
| angustifolia for analysis) | |||||||||
| Pectis prostrata Cav. (Comp.) | PEPR | A | FORB | PS | SU | . | NAT | CJ1684 | |
| Dwarf chinchweed | |||||||||
| Pellaea longimucronata Hook. (Poly.) | PELO | P | FERN | MS | . | C3 | NAT | CJ 54 | |
| Penstemon ambiguus Torr. (Scroph.) | PEAM | P | SHRUB | . | SU | . | NAT | CJ1422 | |
| Perezia nana Gray (Comp.) | PENA | P | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1721 | S-2285 |
| Desert holly | |||||||||
| Perezia Wrightii Gray (Comp.) | PEWR | P | FORB | MS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1721 | |
| Brownfoot | |||||||||
| Petalostemum compactum (Spreng.) | PECO | P | FORB | GI | SU | . | NAT | CJ 830 | |
| Swezey (Legum.) Prairie clover | |||||||||
| Phacelia coerulea Greene (Hydro.) | PHCO | A | FORB | BS | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1276 | S-2259 |
| Blue phacelia | |||||||||
| Phacelia integrifolia Torr. (Hydro.) | PHIT | A | FORB | BD | SP | . | NAT | CJ1276 | |
| Sand phacelia | |||||||||
| Phacelia intermedia Woot. (Hydro.) | PHIN | A | FORB | BS | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1276 | |
| Wooton's phacelia | |||||||||
| Phacelia popei T.&G. (Hydro.) | PHPO | A | FORB | TW | SP | . | NAT | CJ1276 | |
| Pope's phacelia | |||||||||
| Phaseolus acutifolius Gray. var. | PHAC | P | FORB | GS | SU | . | NAT | CJ 888 | P-378 |
| acutifolius (Legum.) | |||||||||
| Tepary bean | |||||||||
| Phaseolus wrightii Gray. (Legum.) | PHWR | P | FORB | . | SU | . | NAT | CJ 887 | |
| Phyla incisa Small. (Verb.) | PHIC | P | FORB | . | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ1332 | |
| Physalis hederaefolia Gray (Solan.) | PHHE | P | FORB | MS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1390 | |
| Ground-Cherry | |||||||||
| Plantago patagonica Jacq. (Plantag.) | PLPA | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1478 | |
| Patagonia plantain | |||||||||
| Pleuraphis mutica Buckley | PLMU | P | GRASS | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 165 | |
| (=Hilaria mutica) (Gram.) | |||||||||
| Tobosa grass | |||||||||
| Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey subsp. | POFE | P | GRASS | BF | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | KA 172 | |
| fendleriana (Gram.) Fendler's | |||||||||
| Muttongrass | |||||||||
| Polanisia uniglandulosa (Cav.) DC | POUN | A | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 707 | |
| (Capp.) Clammyweed | |||||||||
| Porophyllum scoparium Gray (Comp.) | POSC | P | SHRUB | MS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1686 | S-2292 |
| Portulaca mundula I.M. Johnst | POMU | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 607 | S-2906 |
| (Port.) Chisme | |||||||||
| Portulaca parvula Gray (Port.) | POPA | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 607 | |
| Portulaca oleracea L (Port.) | POOL | A | FORB | PC | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 607 | S-2386A |
| Purslane | |||||||||
| Portulaca retusa Engelm. (Port.) | PORE | A | FORB | PS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 607 | |
| Portulaca suffrutescens Engelm. | POSU | P | FORB | BS | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ 607 | |
| (Port.) | |||||||||
| Proboscidea parviflora (Woot.) Woot. | PRPA | A | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1447 | |
| & Standl. (Martyn.) Devil's claw | |||||||||
| Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var. | PRGL | P | SHRUB | BF | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 783 | |
| Torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnsto | n | ||||||||
| (Legum.) (=P. juliflora) Mesquite | |||||||||
| Psilostrophe tagetina (Nutt.) Greene. | PSTA | P | FORB | GI | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ1701 | |
| (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Rafinesquia neomexicana Gray (Comp.) | RANE | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1728 | |
| Ratibida columnaris (Sims) D. Don. | RACO | P | FORB | PC | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ1644 | |
| (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Ratibida Tagetes (James) Barnh. | RATA | P | FORB | PC | SU | . | NAT | CJ1644 | |
| (Comp.) Prairie cone-flower | |||||||||
| Rhamnus betulaefolia Greene (Rhamn.) | RHBE | P | SHRUB | MS | C3 | NAT | CJ1012 | ||
| Rumex hymenosepalus Torr. (Polygon.) | RUHY | P | FORB | BD | SP | . | NAT | CJ 518 | |
| Rhus microphylla Engelm. (Anacard.) | RHMI | P | SHRUB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 991 | |
| Little leaf sumac | |||||||||
| Road | ROAD | ||||||||
| Salsola Kali L (Chen.) | SAKA | A | FORB | BF | SP-SU | C4 | INTRO | CJ 551 | |
| Russian thistle, tumbleweed | |||||||||
| Sanvitalia Abertii Gray. (Comp.) | SAAB | A | FORB | BF | SU | . | NAT | CJ1635 | |
| Sarcostemma cynanchoides Dcne. | SACY | P | FORB | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1237 | |
| Schlecht. (Asclep.) | |||||||||
| Sarcostemma cynanchoides Dcne. var. | SAHA | P | FORB | GS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1237 | |
| Hartwegii (Vail) Shinners | |||||||||
| (=S. heterophyllum) (Ascelp.) | |||||||||
| Schismus arabicus Nees (Gram.) | SCAR | A | GRASS | . | SP | . | INTRO | KA 179 | |
| Mediterraneangrass | |||||||||
| Scleropogon brevifolius Phil. (Gram.) | SCBR | P | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 182 | |
| Burro grass | |||||||||
| Selenia dissecta T.&G. (Cruc.) | SEDS | A | FORB | . | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ 692 | |
| Texas selenia | |||||||||
| Selinocarpus diffusus Gray (Nyct.) | SEDI | P | SHRUB | . | SP-SU | . | NAT | CJ 589 | |
| Spreading moonpod | |||||||||
| Senecio longilobus Benth. (Comp.) | SELO | P | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1712 | |
| Thread-leaf groundsel | |||||||||
| Setaria leucopila (Scribn. & Merr.) | SELE | P | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 187 | S-2381 |
| K. Schum. (Gram.) | |||||||||
| Sida filicaulis T. & G. (Malv.) | SIFI | P | FORB | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1052 | S-1939 |
| Sida leprosa (Ort.) K. Schum. var. | SILE | P | FORB | PC | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1051 | S-2376 |
| sagittaefolia (Gray) I. Clem. | |||||||||
| (=S. lepidota) (Malv.) | |||||||||
| Sida physocalyx Gray (Malv.) | SIPH | P | FORB | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1052 | S-2367 |
| Sisymbrium Irio L. | SIIR | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | INTRO | CJ 681 | |
| Soil pit (disturbed soil) | SOIL | ||||||||
| also listed as | SOPI | ||||||||
| Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. (Solan.) | SOEL | P | FORB | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1396 | |
| Bull-nettle | |||||||||
| Sonchus oleraceus L. (Comp.) | SOOL | A | FORB | PS | SP-SU | . | INTRO | CJ1731 | |
| Sophora nuttalliana B.L. Turner | SONU | P | FORB | PC,PS | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 798 | |
| (Legum.) White loco | |||||||||
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) | SPAN | P | FORB | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1046 | |
| D. Don. (Malv.) Globe mallow | |||||||||
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Pursh) Rydb. | SPCC | P | FORB | GI | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1044 | |
| (Malv.) Scarlet globe mallow | |||||||||
| Sphaeralcea incana Torr. | SPIN | P | FORB | MS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1047 | |
| (Malv.) Globe mallow | |||||||||
| Sphaeralcea subhastata Coult. ssp. | SPSU | P | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1045 | S-2294 |
| Martii (Cock.) Kearn. (Malv.) | |||||||||
| Globe mallow | |||||||||
| Sphaerophysa salsula (Pall.) DC | SPSA | P | FORB | PC | SP-SU | C3 | INTRO | CJ 837 | |
| (Legum.) (=Swainsona salsula) | |||||||||
| Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr. | SPAI | P | GRASS | PTTE | SP-SU | C4 | NAT | KA 194 | |
| (Gram.) Alkali sacaton | |||||||||
| Sporobolus contractus Hitchc. (Gram.) | SPCO | P | GRASS | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 192 | |
| Spike dropseed | |||||||||
| Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) Gray | SPCR | P | GRASS | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 193 | S-2382 |
| (Gram.) Sand dropseed | |||||||||
| Sporobolus flexuosus (Thurb.) Rydb. | SPFL | P | GRASS | BF | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 193 | |
| (Gram.) Mesa dropseed | |||||||||
| Sporobolus giganteus Nash | SPGI | P | GRASS | SU | . | NAT | KA 195 | ||
| Sporobolus pulvinatus Swallen (Gram.) | SPPU | A | GRASS | PT | SU | . | NAT | KA 190 | |
| Stephanomeria exigua Nutt. (Comp.) | STEX | A | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1744 | |
| Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A. | STPA | P | FORB | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1744 | L-1234 |
| Nels (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Streptanthus arizonicus Wats. Cory | STAR | A | FORB | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | KP 331 | S-2229 |
| (Cruc.) Twistflower | |||||||||
| Swainsona salsula | SPSA | ||||||||
| (see Sphaerophysa salsula) | |||||||||
| Talinum angustissimum (Gray) Woot. & | TAAN | P | FORB | BA | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 609 | L-1231 |
| Standl. (Port.) Flame-flower | |||||||||
| Talinum aurantiacum Engelm. (Port.) | TAAU | P | FORB | GI | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 609 | |
| Tecoma stans (L) HBK (Bignon.) | TEST | P | SHRUB | MS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1444 | |
| Trumpet flower | |||||||||
| Tetraclea Coulteri Gray. (Verb.) | TECO | P | FORB | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1342 | |
| Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) | THME | P | FORB | . | SU | . | NAT | CJ1667 | |
| O. Ktze. (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Tidestromia lanuginosa (Nutt.) | TILA | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | CJ 571 | S-2353 |
| Standl. (Amar.) Espanta vaqueros | |||||||||
| Townsendia annua Beaman (Comp.) | TOAN | A | FORB | CSx | SP | . | NAT | CJ1610 | |
| Tragia stylaris Muell. Arg. (Euph.) | TRST | P | FORB | BF | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 950 | S-2287 |
| Noseburn | |||||||||
| Tragopogon dubius Scop. (Comp.) | TRDU | B | FORB | PC | SU | . | INTRO | CJ1729 | P-582 |
| Goat's-beard | |||||||||
| Tragus Berteronianus Schult. (Gram.) | TRBE | A | GRASS | BS | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 202 | S-2368 |
| Spike bur-grass | |||||||||
| Tribulus terrestris L (Zygo.) | TRTE | A | FORB | BS | SU | C4 | INTRO | CJ 905 | |
| Puncture vine | |||||||||
| Trichachne californica (see Digitaria) | |||||||||
| Tridens muticus (Torr.) Nash. var. | TRMU | P | GRASS | BD | SU | C4 | NAT | KA 203 | |
| muticus (Gram.) Slim tridens | |||||||||
| Trixis californica Kell. (Comp.) | TRCL | P | SHRUB | MS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1721 | S-2293 |
| Ungnadia speciosa Endl. (Sapin.) | UGSP | P | SHRUB | MS | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ1006 | |
| New Mexican buckeye | |||||||||
| Verbena ambrosifolia Rydb. (Verb.) | VEAM | P | FORB | BF | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1324 | |
| Western pink verbena | |||||||||
| Verbena bracteata Lab. & Rodr. | VEBR | . | FORB | . | SP-SU | . | INTRO | CJ1322 | |
| (Verb.) | |||||||||
| Verbena wrightii Gray (Verb.) | VEWR | P | FORB | BS | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1325 | S-2250 |
| Desert verbena | |||||||||
| Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Gray | VEEN | A | FORB | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1657 | S-2150 |
| (Comp.) Coropen daisy | |||||||||
| Vicia ludoviciana Nutt. (Fabaceae) | VILU | A | FORB | BD | SP | . | NAT | CJ874 | |
| Slim vetch | |||||||||
| Viguiera annua (M. E. Jones) Blake | VIAN | A | FORB | RS | SU | . | NAT | CJ1646 | |
| Viguiera dentata (Cav.) Spreng. | VIDE | P | FORB | . | SU | . | NAT | CJ1645 | |
| (Comp.) Golden-eye | |||||||||
| Vulpia octoflora (Walt.) Rydb. | VUOC | A | GRASS | BF | SP | C3 | NAT | KA 208 | |
| (Gram.) Common Sixweeksgrass | |||||||||
| Xanthium strumarium L (Comp.) | XAST | A | FORB | PC | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1634 | |
| Cocklebur | |||||||||
| Xanthocephalum microcephalum (DC) | XAMI | P | S-SHR | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1574 | S-2904 |
| Shinners Snakeweed (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Xanthocephalum Sarothrae (Pursh) | XASA | P | S-SHR | BF | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1574 | S-2148 |
| Shinners (Comp.) Snakeweed | |||||||||
| Xanthocephalum sphaerocephalum (Gray) | XASP | A | FORB | PC | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1575 | S-1938 |
| Shinners Broomweed (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Xanthocephalum texanum (DC.) | XATE | A | FORB | . | SU | . | NAT | CJ1575 | |
| Shinners (Comp.) | |||||||||
| Yucca baccata Torr. (Agav.) | YUBA | P | LF-SU | BA | SP | CAM | NAT | CJ 397 | |
| Banana yucca | |||||||||
| Yucca elata Engelm. (Agav.) | YUEL | P | LF-SU | BS | SP | C3 | NAT | CJ 400 | |
| Soap-tree, palmella | |||||||||
| Zephyranthes longifolia Hemsl. | ZELO | P | LF-SU | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ 418 | L-1244 |
| (Amaryl) Zephyr lily | |||||||||
| Zinnia acerosa (DC) Gray (Comp.) | ZIAC | P | S-SHR | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1634 | |
| (=Z. pumila) | |||||||||
| Zinnia grandiflora Nutt. (Comp.) | ZIGR | P | S-SHR | BS | SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1634 | |
| Ziziphus obtusifolia (T&G)Gray (Rham) | ZIOB | P | SHRUB | BF | SP-SU | C3 | NAT | CJ1013 | L-1239 |
| Scientific/Common_Names @ | Code$ | Habit% | Form& | Hbtat# | Phnlgy? | Path+ | STAT< | REFER! | Voucher= |
____________________
*/ Expanded from a checklist for the former NSF/IBP JORNADA SITE
(compiled by R. Spellenberg) and one for NSF/LTERI JORNADA SITE
(compiled by J. Ludwig and S. Wondzell). Additions by J. Anderson.
@/ Nomenclature, where possible (and except for grasses), follows Correll,
D.S. and M.C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of The Vascular Plants of
Texas. Texas Research Foundation, Renner, TX. 1881 p.
Grass nomenclature follows Allred, K. W. 1993. A Field Guide to the Grasses
of New Mexico. Department of Agricultural Communications, NMSU,
Las Cruces, NM. 259p.
$/ Field Abbreviation - usually first 2 letters of genus and first 2
letters of specific epithet.
%/ A = Annual; B = Biennial; P = Perennial
&/ FERN = fern; FORB =broad-leaved herb; GRASS = Grass or Graminoid;
S-SHR = Sub-Shrub; ST-SU = Stem Succulent; LF-SU = Leaf Succulent;
#/ Habitat of greatest abundance:
BA, BF, BS, & MS refer to area from Mt. Summerford and College playa
to the northeast.
Other habitats refer to specific LTER sites.
BD=Biodiversity study area
BA=Bajada Arroyos CA=CC,CG,CS sites GA=GB,GI,GS sites
BF=Bajada Alluvial Fans CC=Creosote-Caliche GB=Grassland-Basin
BS=Basin Swales and Slopes CG=Creosote-Gravel GI=Grassland-IBPE
CS=Creosote-Sand GS=Grassland-Summerford
CSx=Creosote-Small GX=Grassland-Small Mammal Exclosure
Mammal Exclosure
MA=MN,MR,MW sites PA=PC,PS,PT sites TA=TE,TT,TW sites
MN=Mesquite-North PC=Playa-College TE=Tarbush-East
MR=Mesquite-Rabbit Rain Gage PS=Playa-Small TT=Tarbush-Taylor Well
MS=Mountain Slopes PT=Playa-Tobosa Tank TW=Tarbush-West
MW=Mesquite-West Well RS=road sides
?/ Period of most active growth/flowering - WI = Winter; SP = Spring; SU = Summer
+/ Carbon reduction pathway - PAR = parasite
#/ Status: NAT = native species; INTRO = introduced species.
!/ Nomenclature source:
CJ(pg#) = Correll, D.S. and M.C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of The Vascular
Plants of Texas. Texas Research Foundation, Renner, TX. 1881 p.;
KA(pg#) = Allred, K. W. 1993. A Field Guide to the Grasses of New Mexico.
Department of Agricultural Communications, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM.
259p.
KP(pg#) = Kearney, T.H. and R.H. Peebles. 1964. Arizona flora. Univ. of
California Press, Berkely, CA. 1085 p.
=/ Collectors and Collection Numbers - L = John Ludwig;
P = LTER Project collection; S = Richard Spellenberg; W = Paul Whitson
******************** BEGIN CHANGE LOG ********************
[all changes by John Anderson unless otherwise noted]
DATE CHANGE
02/13/91 ADDED Chenopodium atrovirens
Talinum aurantiacum
09/26/91 ADDED Acanthochiton wrightii
Chamaesaracha coronopus
Hymenopappus flavescens var. cano-tomentosus
Lepidium montanum var. angustifolium
Leptochloa viscida
Linum vernale
Panicum fasciculatum
Portulaca retusa
Sphaeralcea coccinea
10/18/94 ADDED Astragalus crassicarpus
Caesalpinia jamesii
Desmanthus cooleyi
Eriogonum annuum
Erysimum capitatum
Helianthus petiolaris
Machaeranthera pinnatifida
CHANGED Perennial to Annual
Chloris virgata
Proboscidea parviflora
Annual to Perennial
Enneapogon desvauxii
11/14/94 CHANGED Coryphantha macromeris (Engelm.) Lem.
TO Coryphantha macromeris (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose
CHANGED Coryphantha vivipara (Engelm.) L. Benson
TO Coryphantha vivipara (Nutt.) Britt. & Rose
CHANGED Mammillaria wrightii (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose
TO Mammillaria wrightii Engelm.
CHANGED Opuntia imbricata (How.) DC
TO Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC
These changes as per Correll & Johnston.
12/07/94 Due to changes in grass systematics, the source for grass
nomenclature is
CHANGED FROM
Correll, D.S. and M.C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the
Vascular Plants of Texas. Texas Research Foundation,
Renner, TX. 1881 p.
TO
Allred, Kelly W. A Field Guide to the Grasses of
New Mexico. NMSU, Department of Agricultural
Communications, Las Cruces, NM. 259 p.
This has resulted in the following changes being made:
code species
CHANGED ARGL Aristida glauca (Nees) Walp.
TO ARNE A. purpurea Nutt. var. nealleyi (Vasey) Allred
CHANGED ARHA Aristida hamulosa Henr.
TO ARHA A. ternipes Cav.var. hamulosa (Herrard) Trent
CHANGED ARLO Aristida longiseta Steud.
TO ARLO A. purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud) Vasey
CHANGED ARPU Aristida purpurea Nutt.
TO ARPU A. purpurea Nutt. var. purpurea
CHANGED ARTE Aristida ternipes Cav.
TO ARTE A. ternipes Cav. var. ternipes
CHANGED ARWR Aristida wrightii Nash.
TO ARWR A. purpurea Nutt. var. wrightii (Nash) Allred
CHANGED BOSA Bothriochloa saccaroides (Sw.) Rydb.
TO BOTO B. laguroides (DC.) Herter subsp. Torreyana (Steud.)
Allred & Gould
12/07/94 (Continued)
CHANGED ERAR Eragrostis arida Hitchc.
TO ERMI E. pectinacea (Michx.) Nees var. miserrima
(Fourn.) J.Reeder
CHANGED ERPU Erioneuron pulchellum (HBK) Takeoka
TO DAPU Dasyochloa pulchella (H.B.K.) A.S. Hitchc.
CHANGED HIMU Hilaria mutica (Buckl.) Benth.
TO PLMU Pleuraphis mutica Buckley
CHANGED PAFA Panicum fasciculatum SW.
TO BRFA Brachiaria fasciculata (S.W.) Parodi
CHANGED PAHI Panicum hallii Vasey
TO PAHI Panicum hallii Vasey var. hallii
CHANGED POFE Poa fendleriana Vasey
TO POFE Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey subsp. fendleriana
DELETED SEMA Setaria macrostachya HBK
This species deleted from species list as it does
not occur in Dona Ana county as per Allred.
05/04/95 ADDED Sophora nuttalliana
Historically misidentified as Sphaerophysa salsula
Townsendia annua
05/29/95 ADDED Hoffmanseggia drepanocarpa
Identified as H. glauca previously.
11/05/95 ADDED Brachiaria arizonica
12/05/96 ADDED Corispermum nitidum
Iva dealbata
Machaeranthera linearis
06/04/96 ADDED Aristida pansa var. dissita
Aristida pansa var. pansa
08/29/96 ADDED Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea
09/13/96 ADDED Palafoxia sphacelata
10/28/96 ADDED Allionia choisyi
Amaranthus crassipes
Coryphantha scheeri
Dyssodia pentachaeta
01/24/97 ADDED Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Asclepias nyctaginifolia (A. nyctaginifolia if found in western states.
A. oenotheroides is found in Great Plains. These two meet in N.M.; may be
same species as suggested by Kelly Allred. More characteristics match
A. nyctaginifolia than for A. oenotheroides.)
07/13/97 ADDED Boerhavia wrightii
10/08/97 ADDED Mammillaria grahamii (I.d. by Paul Hyder for Chris McGlone in spring 1997; = M. microcarpa in Allred's A Field Guide to the Flora of the Jornada Plain)
10/10/97 ADDED Phacelia intermedia
03/31/98 1COMMENT According to Dr. Richard Spellenberg the distinction between Gilia mexicana, G. flavocincta (also called G. opthalmoides), and G. sinuata is not easily made with the references we have available to us. Characters such as (1)stems clasping vs. not, (2)leaves reduces above rosette immediately or gradually, and (3)the extent to which the corolla tube is exerted beyond the calyx are highly variable and do not distinguish the species. A taxonomic review needs to be done on this group, and until then, Dr. Spellenberg suggests we just refer to them as the Gilia sinuata group, which includes these 3 potential species. Based on this recommendation, Gilia spp. will in the future be identified as Gilia sinuata with the understanding that it refers to the G. sinuata group. [See Comment of 01/24/07 below.(JPA)]
04/09/98 ADDED Aristida havardii
Bothriochloa springfieldii
Dalea scoparia
Phaseolus atropurpureus [12/11/09: corrected to P. acutifolius per i.d. by K. Allred.]
Muhlenbergia arenicola
Oenothera scapoidea
Petalostemum compactum
Selinocarpus diffusus
04/23/99 ADDED Hedyotis humifusa. This is very common right now in USDA JER Pasture 13.
Voucher specimens have been collected by Chris McGlone.
08/02/99 ADDED As per voucher collections compiled by Chris McGlone
Chenopodium cycloides
Mirabilis linearis
Portulaca suffrutescens
Tragopogon dubius
08/28/99 ADDED As per voucher collections compiled by Chris McGlone
Amsonia arenaria
Avena fatua
Bothriochloa ischaemum
Cenchrus incertus
Cevallia sinuata
Euphorbia parryi
Froelichia arizonica
Garrya wrightii
Heliotropium greggii
Morus microphylla
Penstemon ambiguus
Phyla incisa
Schismus arabicus
Selenia dissecta
Sporobolus giganteus
Sporobolus pulvinatus
Thelesperma megapotamicum
Verbena bracteata
Viguiera dentata
Xanthocephalum texanum
09/01/99 ADDED As per extensive field and herbarium work by Chris McGlone with verification by
Rich Spellenberg:
Lycium berlandieri
09/09/99 ADDED Gilia sinuata Dougl. As per comment above dated 03/31/98.
09/09/99 See Comment of 03/31/98 above. [See Comment of 01/24/07 below.(JPA)]
CHANGED GIME Gilia mexicana A.&V. Grant
TO GISI G. sinuata Dougl.
CHANGED GIFL Gilia flavocincta A. Nels. ssp. australis V. Grant
TO GISI G. sinuata Dougl.
09/17/99 ADDED As per voucher collected by Stephanie Richmond:
Tridens muticus
09/27/99 ADDED As per voucher collected by Chris McGlone:
Heliotropium convolvulaceum
12/14/99 DELETED OESC (Oenothera scapoidea Nutt.) as per annotation of voucher specimen by
Kelly Allred. Allred thinks specimen was browsed by animal which
resulted in abnormal growth form similar to O. scapoidea. Voucher is
Camissonia chamaenerioides (Gray) Raven.
12/22/99 ADDED Kuhnia chlorolepis (as per voucher collected by Chris McGlone)
Viguiera annua (as per voucher collected by Chris McGlone)
02/16/00 CHANGED SEDI to SEDS for Selenia dissecta T.&G. (Cruc.) because of conflict with
existing code. (John Anderson)
04/01/02 ADDED Helianthus annuus (based on one observation by David & Karen Lightfoot during
Spring 1990 NPP measurements at LTER NPP site, G-SUMM. Individual was not
flowering.)
06/13/02 ADDED Chrysothamnus pulchellus (John Anderson as per Mary Lucero of Jornada
Experimental Range)
09/23/02 ADDED Pectis prostrata (Collected at P-SMAL by Michelle Buonopane.
I.d. by Justin Van Zee.
I.d. confirmed by John Anderson using Biology Herbarium vouchers.
11/27/02 DELETED Oenothera species (Onag.) coded as OESP. Unknown genus have been
standardized to first four letters of genus followed by sequence number
(usually 1) to identify it as an unknown. These codes are no longer embedded
in the plant species list.
04/15/03 ADDED Phacelia integrifolia (Voucher collected in channel by Biodiversity study
parking lot by Michelle Buonopane.
Vicia ludoviciana (Voucher collected in channel by Biodiversity study
parking lot by Michelle Buonopane.
05/08/03 ADDED Rumex hymenosepalus as per Michelle Buonopane. Identified during Biodiversity
Vegetation Transects, Spring 2003. Unable to collect voucher as there was only
one plant found and it was in a quad. I.d. based on flowering stage as well as
later fruiting stage. A digital photo was taken also.
03/16/04 CHANGED Carbon pathway from C4 to C3 for Vulpia octoflora (Walt.) Rydb. as noted on page 69 of Cornelius, Joe M., Paul R. Kemp, John A. Ludwig, and Gary L. Cunningham. 1991. The distribution of vascular plant species and guilds in space and time along a desert gradient. Journal of Vegetation Science 2: 59-72.
11/04/04 ADDED Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. perplexa as per Jaime Lamit. Voucher in LTER herbarium. Not uncommon at grassland Small Mammal Exclosure Study area in Jornada Experimental Range, Pasture 9.
05/10/05 ADDED Phacelia popei T.&G. (Hydro.). Common at T-WEST in Spring 2005. I.D. confirmed by Kelly Allred of NMSU, Animal & Range Sciences Dept. Voucher provided to Allred. Voucher to be placed in LTER herbarium.
06/16/06 ADDED Ipomopsis pumila Nutt. V. Grant. (Polemon.). Occurred at T-WELL in Spring 2005. I.D. by Dr. Kelly Allred of NMSU, Animal & Range Sciences Dept.
10/26/06 ADDED Echinochloa colonum (L.) Link. Collected at P-COLL between NPP quads 15 and 16 on Oct 16, 2006, by Clayton Crowder and identified by Kelly Allred of NMSU, Animal & Range Sciences Dept. The specimen collected on which i.d. is based will be placed in the LTER herbarium.
01/22/07 ADDED Cryptantha pusilla (T.&G.) Greene (Borag.). Occurred at T-WEST in Spring 2005. Voucher collected 5/19/05 by Jamie Lamit and placed in LTER herbarium. Identification by Richard Spellenberg of NMSU, Biology Dept.
01/23/07 Corrected page formatting. [JPA]
01/24/07 CHANGE The 3 species of Gilia (G. sinuate, G. Mexicana, G. flavocincta) were all lumped as G. sinuate beginning in 1998. See change entries above dated 03/31/98 and 09/09/99. However, the field key to these 3 species is now thorough enough to identify the 3 individual species. This has been verified with Dr. Richard Spellenber. As a result, the GISI code used for the 3 species is now changed to represent the individual species as given below. The expanded field key used is that found in Kelly Allred's "A Field Guide to the Flora of the Jornada Plain", Fifth Edition, June 2005.
CHANGED GISI G. sinuata Dougl.
TO GIME Gilia mexicana A.&V. Grant
CHANGED GISI G. sinuata Dougl.
TO GIFL Gilia flavocincta A. Nels. ssp. australis V. Grant
02/08/07 ADDED Hordeum murinum L. subsp. glaucum (Steud.) Tsvelev. Identified by Kelly Allred of NMSU, Animal & Range Sciences Dept. Very common in Rio Grande valley but not previously listed for the Jornada Basin. Noted to occur at NPP site C-GRAV, Quad 15 on February 6, 2007.
02/11/07 CHANGED Hordeum murinum: Updated information per Kelly Allred. This is a cool season grass (C3) typically flowering February-April, but sometimes as early as December as as late as May, depending on temperature and precipitation. (JPA
03/26/07 CHANGED Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey subsp. Changed carbon pathway from C4 to C3 per Kelly Allred. All Poa genera are C3. The error was identified by Karen Brown of LANL on 3/26/07.
04/03/07 ADDED Linaria texana Scheele. Collected 3/29/07 by Chandra Tucker-Britt next to LTER-I Control Transect path between stations C81 & C 84 adjacent to LTER NPP G-SUMM site. Identification by Kelly Allred of NMSU, Animal & Range Sciences Dept.
04/03/07 ADDED Cryptantha barbigera (Gray) Greene. Collected outside LTER T-TAYL NPP site by Louis Lamit in May 2005. Identification by Kelly Allred of NMSU, Animal & Range Sciences Dept.
11/19/07 CHANGED Changed spelling of Solanum elaegnifolium to Solanum elaeagnifolium
12/14/07 ADDED Anoda cristata (L.) Schlecht. Collected 9/1/06 by Dara Parker at G-SUMM site. ID verified by Kelly Allred.
04/10/08 CHANGED Changed spelling of Oenothera primaveris to Oenothera primiveris
03/25/09 ADDED Dyssodia papposa (Vent.) Hitchc. Collected by Stephanie Baker between T-EAST exclosure and Jornada Road from fall 2008.
12/08/09 ADDED Phaseolus wrightii Gray. Photographed and vegetative segment with fruit collected (for later i.d.) 10/27/2009 on LTER-I Transect Station T87 plant line transect in EPTR. No voucher collected. Identification by Kelly Allred on 12/7/09. Newer authority makes it P. filiformis, but retaining nomenclature by Correll & Johnston, it remains P. wrightii.
12/11/09 CHANGED Changed Phaseolus atropurpureus DC. to P. acutifolius Gray var. acutifolius based on identification by Kelly Allred on 12/11/09.
09/11/10 DELETED Chenopodium atrovirens Rydb. (Cheno.) CHAT A FORB PC SP-SU C3 NAT CJ 535 From Key to the Flora of the Jornada Basin by Kelly Allred: "Earlier reports of Chenopodium atrovirens from the plains area were in error; that is a species of middle- to upper elevations in the mountains."
09/11/10 CHANGED Changed spelling of Descurainea pinnata to Descurainia pinnata.
09/12/10 DELETED Euphorbia species EUSP A FORB BS SU C4 NAT CJ 955
This is no longer a valid code for an unknown Euphorbia species.
09/12/10 CHANGED Changed spelling from Gallium microphyllum to Galium microphyllum.
09/13/10 DELETED Chenopodium cycloides A. Nels. CHCY A FORB MR SU . NAT CJ 534
Per Kelly Allred (9/13/10), this species should not be here. It "is found in a few localities in the northeastern plains."
09/13/10 DELETED Condalia spathulata Gray (Rham.) COSP P SHRUB BF SU C3 NAT CJ1014
Per Kelly Allred (9/13/10), this species does not occur in NM. Previously identified C. spathulata should be C. warnockii.
******************** END CHANGE LOG ********************



















