Panorama Vista Preserve Plant List

PANORAMA VISTA PRESERVE

PLANT LIST

California Native Plants (Black print)

Plants Not Native to California (Brown)

Common Names (Blue)

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)
(CARROT FAMILY)

Bowlesia

* incana

hoary bowlesia

ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)

(SUNFLOWER FAMILY)

Achillea yarrow

* millefolium (inc. A. lanulosa, no vars)

Artemisia sagebrush

* douglasiana

mugwort

Baccharis

* douglasii

marsh baccharis, saltmarsh baccharis

* emoryi

*salicifolia (B. glutinosa)

mule fat, seepwillow, water wall

Centaurea star thistle

*melitensis (?)

Maltese star thistle a.k.a. tocalote

(Southern Europe)

Chamomilla

* suaveolens (Matricaria matricarioides)

pineapple weed, rayless chamomile

(from Northwest N. America, Northeast Asia)

Conyza

* canadensis

tall/common/canada horseweed

* coulteri Coulter's

horseweed, horse's aster

Gnaphalium cudweed, everlasting

* stramineum (G. chilense)?

cotton batting plant

(Chile)

Heterotheca

* grandiflora

telegraph weed

Hypochaeris (Hypochoeris)

* glabra

smooth cat's ear

(Europe)

Isocoma goldenbush (Haplopappus)

*acradenia (H. a.)

alkali goldenbush

Lessingia

* glandulifera (L. germanorum)

vinegar plant

Pluchea

* sericea
arrowweed

Senecio groundsel, ragwort, butterweed

*vulgaris

common groundsel
(Eurasia)

Sonchus sow-thistle

*asper ssp. asper

prickly/spiny/common sow thistle
(Unknown)

*oleraceus

common sow thistle

Stephanomeria
*exigua ssp. exigua
wirelettuce; purple daisy
Xanthium cocklebur

* strumarium (no vars)

cocklebur

BETULACEAE (BIRCH FAMILY)

Alnus alder

* rhombifolia?

white alder

BORAGINACEAE (BORAGE FAMILY)

Amsinckia fiddleneck, fireweed

* menziesii var. menziesii (A. m.)

common fiddleneck, rancher's fireweed

Heliotropium heliotrope

* curassavicum (no vars)

salt/alkali/wild heliotrope

Pectocarya combseed, comb-bur

* penicillata

hairy-leaved/winged combseed

BRASSICACEAE (CRUCIFERAE) (MUSTARD FAMILY)

Brassica mustard

* tournefortii

Sahara mustard

(Mediterranean; highly invasive)

Capsella

* bursa-pastoris

shepherd's purse

(Eurasia; invasive)

Descurainia tansy-mustard

* pinnata

yellow/western tansy-mustard

Hirschfeldia

* incana (Brassica geniculata)

shortpod/summer/Mediterranean mustard

(Mediterranean; moderately invasive)

Lepidium peppergrass

* nitidum

shining/common peppergrass

Sisymbrium

* irio

London rocket

(Europe)

CACTACEAE (CACTUS FAMILY)

Opuntia prickly-pear, cholla

* basilaris var. treleasei

Bakersfield cactus

CAPPARACEAE (CAPER FAMILY)

Isomeris bladderpod

* arborea (no vars) (Cleome isomeris)
(California endemic)

CAPRIFOLIACEAE (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY)

Sambucus elderberry

* mexicana (S. caerulea)

blue elderberry

*CARYOPHYLLACEAE (PINK FAMILY)

Stellaria

* media

common chickweed

(European)

CHENOPODIACEAE (GOOSEFOOT FAMILY)

Atriplex salt bush

* lentiformis

big saltbush, quail brush

* polycarpa allscale

common saltbush, cattle spinach

*semibaccata
Australian saltbush

( Australia)

* serenana var. serenana

bractscale

Salsola

*tragus, kali

Tumbleweed, Russian thistle

(Eurasia; invasive)

CRASSULACEAE (STONECROP FAMILY)

Crassula
* connata (Tillaea erecta, C. e.)

pigmy weed/stonecrop

CUCURBITACEAE (GOURD FAMILY)

Concurbita

* foetidissima

calabazilla, coyote/ stinking gourd/melon

* palmata

coyote gourd/melon

EPHEDRACEAE (EPHEDRA FAMILY)

Ephedra

*californica

mormon/mexican/desert tea

FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE) (PEA FAMILY)

Astragalus milkvetch, rattleweed, locoweed

* lentiginosus

freckled milkvetch

Glycyrrhiza licorice

* lepidota (no vars)

wild licorice

Lupinus lupine

* benthamii spider

lupine

* bicolor (no vars)

dove/miniature lupine

* concinnus (no vars) (L. desertorum, pallidus, agardhianus)

desert/bajada lupine

* nanus

sky/grass lupine

Medicago

*polymorpha

bur-clover

(From Asia, Africa, or
Europe)

Melilotus sweetclover/sourclover

* indica (M. indicus)

yellow sweetclover or sometimes bitter clover
(Europe)

Parkinsonia

* aculeata

Mexican palo verde; Jerulaem thorn

(Invasive)

GERANIACEAE (GERANIUM FAMILY)

Erodium storksbill, filaree

* cicutarium

red stemmed filaree

(Mediterranean)

HYDROPHYLLACEAE (WATERLEAF FAMILY)

Eriodictyon yerba santa

* californicum

Phacelia

*cicutaria

Caterpillar phacelia

LAMIACEAE (LABIATAE) (MINT FAMILY)

Marrubium

* vulgare hoarhound or horehound

(Europe)

Trichostema bluecurls

* lanceolatum

vinegar weed

LILIACEAE (LILY FAMILY)

Dichelostemma (Brodiaea)
* capitatum (B., D. pulchella)

blue dicks, wild hyacinth

MALVACEAE (MALLOW FAMILY)

Malva
* parviflora

cheeseweed

(Europe)

ONAGRACEAE (EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY)

Camissonia (Oenothera) sun cup
* sp. unknown

PHRYMACEAE (LOPSEED FAMILY)

Mimulus

*guttatus

Monkey flower

PLATANACEAE (SYCAMORE FAMILY)

Platanus

* racemosa

California/western sycamore

POACEAE (GRASS FAMILY)

Bromus brome

* diandrus (B. rigidus)

ripgut grass/brome

* madritensis ssp. rubens (B. r.)

red/foxtail chess/brome

(Europe)

Cortaderia

* sp. selloana or jubata

Pampas grass

(South America)

Distichlis salt grass

* spicata (no vars)

PONTEDERIACEAE (PICKEREL-WEED FAMIY)

Eichhornia water hyacinth

* crassipes

(Brazil; highly invasive)

PORTULACACEA

Claytonia

*parviflora (?)

Miners lettuce

ROSACEAE (ROSE FAMILY)

Rosa rose

* californica

California wild rose

Rubus

* ursinus

California blackberry

RUBIACEAE (MADDER FAMILY)

Cephalanthus button bush

* occidentalis var. californicus

buttonwillow

Galium bedstraw, cleavers

* aparine

common bedstraw, goose grass

SALICACEAE (WILLOW FAMILY)

Populus

* fremontii ssp. fremontii

alamo/fremont cottonwood

Salix willow

* exigua (inc. S. hindsiana)

slender/sandbar/narrow-leaf willow

* gooddingii (no vars)

black/southwestern willow

* laevigata (no vars)

red willow

* lasiolepis (no vars)

arroyo willow

SCROPHULARIACEAE (FIGWORT FAMILY)

Catilleja

*exserta

Owl's clover

SIMAROUBACEAE (QUASSIA/SIMAROUBA FAMILY)

Ailanthus

* altissima

tree of heaven

(Asia; an invasive nuisance)

SOLANACEAE (NIGHTSHADE FAMILY)

Datura thorn-apple, jimson-weed
* wrightii (D. meteloides)

western jimsonweed

Nicotiana tobacco

*glauca

tree tobacco

(Southern Bolivia, northern Argentina; moderately invasive)

* quadrivalvis (N. bigelovii)

indian tobacco

Solanum nightshade

* americanum (S. nodiflorum)

small-flowered nightshade

TAMARICACEAE (TAMARISK FAMILY)

Tamarix tamarisk

* aphylla

athel tree, salt-cedar

(Africa/Asia; moderately invasive compared to many other Tamarix species)

TYPHACEAE (CATTAIL FAMILY)

Typha cattail

* domingensis

southern/slender cattail

URTICACEAE (NETTLE FAMILY)

Urtica stinging nettle

* dioica ssp. holosericea (U. h.)

hoary/common/creek nettle

* uren

dwarf nettle

(Europe)

VISCACEAE (LORANTHACEAE) (MISTLETOE FAMILY)

Phoradendron mistletoe

* macrophyllum (P. tomentosum m.)

chaparral/big-leaf mistletoe

VITACEAE (GRAPE FAMILY)

Vitis grape

* californica

wild grape

number of families = 33
number of genera = 69
number of species, subspecies and varieties = 85 (of which 51 are California native plants)

The non-native plant species on this list are primarily located in non-riparian zones where, historically, the land was tilled for agriculture or worked by oil companies, thus severely disturbing the natural habitat.
The objective of the Preserve's revegetation project is to reclaim these areas from the non-native species.