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Manzanar National Historic Site2005 spring bloom of desert dandelions. NPS Photo.
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Plants

Manzanar Plant List

 
SHRUBS  
Common NameScientific Name 
Allscale SaltbrushAtriplex polycarpa 
BitterbrushPurshia tridenta 
BrittlebushEncelia farinosa 
Desert peachPrunus andersonii 
Domestic GrapeVitus sp.Non-native species
Four-wing SaltbrushAtriplex canescens 
Golden RabbitbrushChyrothamnus nauseosusUsed as gum
GreasewoodSarcobatus vermiculatus 
Great Basin SagebrushArtemsia tridentata 
Box ThornLycium andersonii 
Mormon TeaEphedra nevadensisUsed as tea or tonic
ShadscaleAtriplex confertifolia 
Silver LupineLupinus albifrons 
Spiny HopsageGrayia spinosa 
Sticky RabbitbrushChrysothamnus paniculatus 
Wild RoseRosa woodsiiUsed for food and tea
Winter FatKrashnakova lanata 
Indian HempApocynum cannabinumUsed for rope making
   
FORBS  
Common NameScientific Name 
Apricot MallowSphaeralcea ambigua 
Blazing StarMentzelia niten 
Blue FlaxLinum lewisii 
BuckwheatEriogonum pusillum 
Bird's Nest BuckwheatEriogonum nidularum 
Common LambsquartersChenopodium album 
Common CockleburXanthium stumarium 
Desert DandelionMalacothrix glabrata 
Desert TrumpetEriogonum inflatum 
Desert WoolyEriophyllum wallacei 
Douglas PincushionChaenactis douglasii 
Evening PrimroseOenothera brivipesRoot used as food
PrimroseOenothera sp. 
FiddleneckAmsinckia tesselata 
GiliaGilia latifolia 
Filaree, Heron's BillErodium texanum 
Hoary CressCararia draba 
MilkweedAscepelas fasiculatumUsed for gum, medicinal
Morning GloryConvolvulus sp. 
Mojave AsterXylorhiza tortifolia 
Mojave StinkweedCleomella obtusifolia 
Red Indian PaintbrushCastilleja chromosa 
Russian ThistleSalsola kali 
RumexRumex sp. 
Sacred DaturaDatura metloidesMedicinal
Sand BlossumLinanthus parryae 
Scale BudAnisocoma acaulis 
Sea BliteSuaeda californica 
Skeleton WeedEriogonum deflexum 
Stinging NettleUrtica dioica 
Tansy MustardDescurainia pinnata 
Western RagweedAmbrosia psilostachya 
White Forget-me-notCryptantha nevadensis 
White Tidy-tipsLayla glandulosa 
Wild HeliotropeHeliotropum sp. 
Wild LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidota 
Wire LetteceStephanomeria paucifloraUsed for tea
Wooly StarEriastrum densiflorum 
Yerba MansaAnemopsis californicaUsed for tea, medicinal
   
TREES  
Common NameScientific Name 
ApplePyrus malusNon-native species
Arizona CypressCupressus arizonicaNon-native species
Black WalnutJuglans nigraNon-native species
Black LocustRobinia pseudoacaciaNon-native species
Common FigFicus caricaNon-native species
ElmUlmus sp.Non-native species
Fremont CottonwoodPopulus fremontiiNon-native species
Garden PlumPrunus domnesticNon-native species
MulberryMorus sp.Non-native species
Northern CatalpaCatalpa speciosaNon-native species
PeachPrunus persicaNon-native species
PoplarPopulus sp.Non-native species
Five-stamen TamariskTamarix chinensisNon-native species
Siberian ElmUlmus pumilaNon-native species
Silver MapleAcer saccharinumNon-native species
Tree of HeavenAilanthus altissimaNon-native species
Velvet AshFraxinus velutinaNon-native species
Coyote WillowSalix exiguaUsed in basketmaking
Red WilliowSalix sp. 
Desert OliveForestiera neomexicana 
   
GRASSES  
Common NameScientific Name 
Alkali CordgrassSporabolis airoides 
BambooPhyllostachys bambusoidesNon-native species
Common ReedPhragmites australis 
Foxtail BarleyHordeum jubatum 
Giant Wild RyeLeymus cinereus 
Indian RicegrassOryzopsis hymenoide 
Mediterranean GrassSchismus arabicus 
SaltgrassDistichilis spicata 
WheatgrassLeymus triticoides 
   
PARASITIC PLANTS  
Common NameScientific Name 
Nevada DodderCusuta salina 
Stalked PuffballTulostoma poculatum 
OrobancheOrobanche sp. 
   
CACTUS  
Common NameScientific Name 
BeavertailOpuntia basilaris 
Teddy Bear ChollaOpuntia bigelovii 
   
WETLAND PLANTS  
Common NameScientific Name 
Beard GrassPolyopgon sp. 
RushJuncus balticus 
Monkey flowerMimulus guttatus 
SpikerushEliocharis sp.
Graduate Louis Kado and his father Ryozo.  

Did You Know?
Manzanar High School graduated 277 seniors in 1943, 181 in 1944, and 127 in 1945. Every year the graduates, their friends and families, hold a high school reunion.

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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:22 EST