March 20, 2023. Desert Floor Area NE of Borrego Palm Canyon Campground.

Monday, 20 March 2021. Field time in afternoon with BotCert23 Class. I was helping with IDs.

Desert Floor Area NE of Borrego Palm Canyon Campground, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA

Lower Borrego Palm Wash NE of Borrego Palm Canyon Campground, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA

Below is a PARTIAL list from this area.

ANYTHING WITH A DOT BEFORE HAS AN iNat Observation uploaded FROM THIS DAY (17).

DESERT FLOOR

In FLOWER (if also in FRUIT, noted BUT incomplete)
• Abronia villosa villosa
Acmispon strigosus [Ottleya strigosa] FR
Ambrosia salsola salsola
• Brassica tournefortii***
Calyptridium monandrum
Camissoniopsis pallida pallida
Chaenactis fremontii
• Chylismia claviformis peirsonii
Eremocarya micrantha micrantha
• Eriogonum reniforme
• Eriogonum thomasii
Erodium cicutarium***
Eschscholzia minutiflora
• Euphorbia polycarpa
• Hilaria rigida
Johnstonella angustifolia
• Loeseliastrum mathewsii
Logfia depressa
• Malacothrix glabrata
Nama demissa demissa
Palafoxia arida arida
Phacelia distans
Rafinesquia neomexicana
• Salvia columbariae
Schismus sp.

In FRUIT only
• Pectocarya recurvata
• Datura discolor

Neither in Flower nor Fruit
Ambrosia dumosa
Cucurbita palmata
• Psorothamnus schottii
Tiquilia plicata
Petalonyx thurberi
Stephanomeria exigua??? fresh growth, buds not forming yet.
Erodium texanum (just saw one today in this area)

On the EDGE OF LOWER PALM CANYON WASH immediately N of sandy loop parking area dead end.

• Cryptantha barbigera barbigera in FLOWER
• Descurainia pinnata in FLOWER & FRUIT
• Perityle emoryi in FLOWER
• Stephanomeria pauciflora No FL or FR

NOTE: Syd Magner, Park employee, came back from further West (toward the mountains) with a photo of Nemacladus rubescens in FLOWER.

Posted on March 22, 2023 02:07 AM by botanywoman botanywoman

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