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Manzanar Plant List
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| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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| Allscale Saltbrush |
Atriplex polycarpa |
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| Bitterbrush |
Purshia tridenta |
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| Brittlebush |
Encelia farinosa |
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| Desert peach |
Prunus andersonii |
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| Domestic Grape |
Vitus sp. |
Non-native species |
| Four-wing Saltbrush |
Atriplex canescens |
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| Golden Rabbitbrush |
Chyrothamnus nauseosus |
Used as gum |
| Greasewood |
Sarcobatus vermiculatus |
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| Great Basin Sagebrush |
Artemsia tridentata |
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| Box Thorn |
Lycium andersonii |
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| Mormon Tea |
Ephedra nevadensis |
Used as tea or tonic |
| Shadscale |
Atriplex confertifolia |
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| Silver Lupine |
Lupinus albifrons |
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| Spiny Hopsage |
Grayia spinosa |
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| Sticky Rabbitbrush |
Chrysothamnus paniculatus |
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| Wild Rose |
Rosa woodsii |
Used for food and tea |
| Winter Fat |
Krashnakova lanata |
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| Indian Hemp |
Apocynum cannabinum |
Used for rope making |
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| FORBS |
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| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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| Apricot Mallow |
Sphaeralcea ambigua |
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| Blazing Star |
Mentzelia niten |
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| Blue Flax |
Linum lewisii |
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| Buckwheat |
Eriogonum pusillum |
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| Bird's Nest Buckwheat |
Eriogonum nidularum |
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| Common Lambsquarters |
Chenopodium album |
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| Common Coklebur |
Xanthium stumarium |
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| Desert Dandelion |
Malacothrix glabrata |
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| Desert Trumpet |
Eriogonum inflatum |
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| Desert Wooly |
Eriophyllum wallacei |
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| Douglas Pincushion |
Chaenactis douglasii |
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| Evening Primrose |
Oenothera brivipes |
Root used as food |
| Primrose |
Oenothera sp. |
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| Fiddleneck |
Amsinckia tesselata |
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| Gilia |
Gilia latifolia |
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| Filaree, Heron's Bill |
Erodium texanum |
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| Hoary Cress |
Cararia draba |
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| Milkweed |
Ascepelas fasiculatum |
Used for gum, medicinal |
| Morning Glory |
Convolvulus sp. |
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| Mojave Aster |
Xylorhiza tortifolia |
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| Mojave Stinkweed |
Cleomella obtusifolia |
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| Red Indian Paintbrush |
Castilleja chromosa |
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| Russian Thistle |
Salsola kali |
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| Rumex |
Rumex sp. |
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| Sacred Datura |
Datura metloides |
Medicinal |
| Sand Blossum |
Linanthus parryae |
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| Scale Bud |
Anisocoma acaulis |
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| Sea Blite |
Suaeda californica |
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| Skeleton Weed |
Eriogonum deflexum |
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| Stinging Nettle |
Urtica dioica |
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| Tansy Mustard |
Descurainia pinnata |
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| Western Ragweed |
Ambrosia psilostachya |
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| White Forget-me-not |
Cryptantha nevadensis |
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| White Tidy-tips |
Layla glandulosa |
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| Wild Heliotrope |
Heliotropum sp. |
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| Wild Licorice |
Glycyrrhiza lepidota |
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| Wire Lettece |
Stephanomeria pauciflora |
Used for tea |
| Wooly Star |
Eriastrum densiflorum |
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| Yerba Mansa |
Anemopsis californica |
Used for tea, medicinal |
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| TREES |
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| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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| Apple |
Pyrus malus |
Non-native species |
| Arizona Cypress |
Cupressus arizonica |
Non-native species |
| Black Walnut |
Juglans nigra |
Non-native species |
| Black Locust |
Robinia pseudoacacia |
Non-native species |
| Common Fig |
Ficus carica |
Non-native species |
| Elm |
Ulmus sp. |
Non-native species |
| Fremont Cottonwood |
Populus fremontii |
Non-native species |
| Garden Plum |
Prunus domnestic |
Non-native species |
| Mulberry |
Morus sp. |
Non-native species |
| Northern Catalpa |
Catalpa speciosa |
Non-native species |
| Peach |
Prunus persica |
Non-native species |
| Poplar |
Populus sp. |
Non-native species |
| Five-stamen Tamarisk |
Tamarix chinensis |
Non-native species |
| Siberian Elm |
Ulmus pumila |
Non-native species |
| Silver Maple |
Acer saccharinum |
Non-native species |
| Tree of Heaven |
Ailanthus altissima |
Non-native species |
| Velvet Ash |
Fraxinus velutina |
Non-native species |
| Coyote Willow |
Salix exigua |
Used in basketmaking |
| Red Williow |
Salix sp. |
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| Desert Olive |
Forestiera neomexicana |
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| GRASSES |
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| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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| Alkali Cordgrass |
Sporabolis airoides |
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| Bamboo |
Phyllostachys bambusoides |
Non-native species |
| Common Reed |
Phragmites australis |
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| Foxtail Barley |
Hordeum jubatum |
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| Giant Wild Rye |
Leymus cinereus |
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| Indian Ricegrass |
Oryzopsis hymenoide |
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| Mediterranean Grass |
Schismus arabicus |
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| Saltgrass |
Distichilis spicata |
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| Wheatgrass |
Leymus triticoides |
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| PARASITIC PLANTS |
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| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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| Nevada Dodder |
Cusuta salina |
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| Stalked Puffball |
Tulostoma poculatum |
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| Orobanche |
Orobanche sp. |
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| CACTUS |
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| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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| Beavertail |
Opuntia basilaris |
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| Teddy Bear Cholla |
Opuntia bigelovii |
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| WETLAND PLANTS |
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| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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| Beard Grass |
Polyopgon sp. |
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| Rush |
Juncus balticus |
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| Monkey flower |
Mimulus guttatus |
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| Spikerush |
Eliocharis sp. |
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