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A '''List of southern [[Lower Colorado River Valley]]-(LCRV) flora by region'''. The regions included are:
A '''List of southern [[Lower Colorado River Valley]]-(LCRV) flora by region'''. The regions included are:
:#southeast [[Colorado Desert]]<br>(borders the [[Colorado River]] on east)
:#southeast [[Colorado Desert]]<br>(borders the [[Colorado River]] on east)
:#[[Little Picacho Wilderness]]<br>''located in the extreme southeast [[Colorado Desert]]''<br>10 miles northeast of [[Yuma, Arizona]], and [[Winterhaven, California]] in southeast [[Imperial County, California|Imperial County]], California.
:#[[Muggins Mountains Wilderness]]<br>17 miles northeast of [[Yuma, Arizona]] on the southwest of the [[Muggins Mountains]] range
:#[[Muggins Mountains Wilderness]]<br>17 miles northeast of [[Yuma, Arizona]] on the southwest of the [[Muggins Mountains]] range
:#City of Yuma, Arizona
:#City of Yuma, Arizona

Many parts of the Lower Colorado River Valley, and especially low- or middle-elevation desert regions are: the ''Creosote bush scrub'' biome. In the western [[Sonoran Desert]] this may include the '''Ocotillo''' and '''Saguaro'''; in the [[Colorado Desert]], only the Ocotillo.

'''Bolded species''' are the ''Creosote bush scrub biome'' species-(i.e. the creosote bush: ''[[Larrea tridentata]]'', Saguaro, Ocotillo), or the '''endemics''', or ''near-endemics'' to the LCRV region-(endemics listed in final section).


==Region: southern LCRV-(compiled list)==
==Region: southern LCRV-(compiled list)==
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*''[[Anderson Thornbush]]''
*''[[Anderson Thornbush]]''
*''[[Bebbia]]'' -- Chuckwalla's Delight
*[[Bebbia|"Bebbia"]] -- Chuckwalla's Delight
*''[[Brittlebush]]''
*''[[Brittlebush]]''
*''[[Catclaw Acacia]]''
*''[[Catclaw Acacia]]''
*''[[Creosote bush]]''
*'''''[[Creosote bush]]'''''
*'''''[[Desert fir]]'''''
*''[[Desert Globemallow]]''
*''[[Desert Globemallow]]''
*''[[Desert Ironwood]]''
*''[[Desert Ironwood]]''
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*''[[Hairy milkweed]]''
*''[[Rush Milkweed]]''
*''[[Rush Milkweed]]''
**Desert Milkweed, Leafless Milkweed
**Desert Milkweed, Leafless Milkweed
*[[Ocotillo]]
*'''[[Ocotillo]]'''
*''[[Blue Palo Verde]]''
*''[[Blue Palo Verde]]''
*[[Saguaro]]
*''[[Rock Hibiscus]]''
*'''[[Saguaro]]'''
*''[[Smoketree (Psorothamnus)]]''
*''[[Smoketree (Psorothamnus)]]''
**''[[Smokethorn]]''
**''[[Smokethorn]]''
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*''[[Hibiscus denudatus]]''
*''[[Hyptis emoryi]]''
*''[[Hyptis emoryi]]''
*''[[Krameria grayi]]''
*''[[Krameria grayi]]''
*''[[Larrea tridentata]]''
*'''''[[Larrea tridentata]]'''''
*''[[Lycium andersonii]]''
*''[[Lycium andersonii]]''
*''[[Olneya tesota]]''
*''[[Olneya tesota]]''
*'''''[[Peucephyllum schottii]]'''''
*''[[Sarcostemma hirtellum]]''


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*''[[Ajo Lily]]''
*'''''[[Ajo Lily]]'''''
**''[[Desert lily]]''
**'''''[[Desert lily]]'''''
*''[[Arizona Lupine]]''
*''[[Arizona Lupine]]''
*''[[California Fagonbush]]''
*''[[Canyon Ragweed]]''
**''[[Chicura]]''
*''[[Desert Blazing Star (M. pumila)]]''
*''[[Desert Sunflower]]''
*''[[Desert Sunflower]]''
*''[[Desert Tobacco]]''
*''[[Desert Tobacco]]''
*[[Desert trumpet]]


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*''[[Fremont's pincushion]]''
*''[[Mojave Desert Star]]''
*''[[Narrow-leaved Popcorn Flower]]''
*''[[Narrow-leaved Popcorn Flower]]''
*[[Rattlesnake Weed]]-No 1
*[[Rattlesnake Weed]]-No 1
*''[[Rigid Spiny Herb]]''
*''[[Scorpionweed]]''
*''[[Scorpionweed]]''
**''[[Notch-leaved Phacelia]]''
*''[[Scruffy Prairie Clover]]''
*''[[Notch-leaved Phacelia]]''
*''[[White-bract Stick Leaf]]''
*''[[White-bract Stick Leaf]]''
**''[[White-bract Blazing Star]]''
**''[[White-bract Blazing Star]]''
*''[[White tackstem]]''


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*''[[Ambrosia ambrosioides]]''
*''[[Calycoseris wrightii]]''
*''[[Cryptantha angustifolia]]''
*''[[Cryptantha angustifolia]]''
*''[[Chaenactis fremontii]]''
*''[[Chorizanthe rigida]]''
*''[[Dalea albiflora]]''
*''"ReDir"'' ''[[Eriogonum|Eriogonum spp]]''
**[[Desert trumpet]]
*''"ReDir"'' ''[[Euphorbia albomarginata]]''
*''"ReDir"'' ''[[Euphorbia albomarginata]]''

*''[[Geraea canescens]]''

*''[[Hesperocallis|Hesperocallis undulata]]''
*''[[Lupinus arizonicus]]''


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*''[[Fagonia laevis]]''
*''[[Geraea canescens]]''
*'''''[[Hesperocallis|Hesperocallis undulata]]'''''
*''[[Lupinus arizonicus]]''
*''[[Mentzelia involucrata]]''
*''[[Mentzelia involucrata]]''
*''[[Mentzelia pumila]]''
*''[[Monoptilon bellioides]]''
*''[[Nicotiana obtusifolia]]''
*''[[Nicotiana obtusifolia]]''
*''[[Phacelia crenulata|Phacelia crenulata spp]]''
*''[[Phacelia crenulata|Phacelia crenulata spp]]''
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*''[[Ambrosia ambrosioides]]''
*''[[Acacia greggii]]''
*''[[Acacia greggii]]''
*''[[Asclepias subulata]]''
*''[[Asclepias subulata]]''
*''[[Bebbia]] [[Bebbia|juncea]]''
*''[[Bebbia]] [[Bebbia|juncea]]''
*''"ReDir"'' ''[[Carnegiea gigantea]]''
*''[[Calycoseris wrightii]]''
*''"ReDir"'' '''''[[Carnegiea gigantea]]'''''
*''[[Cercidium floridum]]''
*''[[Cercidium floridum]]''
*''[[Chaenactis fremontii]]''
*''[[Chorizanthe rigida]]''
*''[[Cryptantha angustifolia]]''
*''[[Cryptantha angustifolia]]''
*''[[Dalea albiflora]]''
*''[[Encelia farinosa]]''
*''[[Encelia farinosa]]''
*''"ReDir"'' ''[[Eriogonum|Eriogonum spp]]''
**[[Desert trumpet]]
*''"ReDir"'' ''[[Euphorbia albomarginata]]''
*''"ReDir"'' ''[[Euphorbia albomarginata]]''
*''[[Fagonia laevis]]''
*''"ReDir"'' ''[[Fouquieria splendens]]
*''[[Geraea canescens]]''
*''"ReDir"'' '''''[[Fouquieria splendens]]'''''
*''[[Hesperocallis|Hesperocallis undulata]]''


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*''[[Geraea canescens]]''
*'''''[[Hesperocallis|Hesperocallis undulata]]'''''
*''[[Hibiscus denudatus]]''
*''[[Hyptis emoryi]]''
*''[[Hyptis emoryi]]''
*''[[Krameria grayi]]''
*''[[Krameria grayi]]''
*''[[Larrea tridentata]]''
*'''''[[Larrea tridentata]]'''''
*''[[Lupinus arizonicus]]''
*''[[Lupinus arizonicus]]''
*''[[Lycium andersonii]]''
*''[[Lycium andersonii]]''
*''[[Mentzelia involucrata]]''
*''[[Mentzelia involucrata]]''
*''[[Mentzelia]] [[Mentzelia pumila|pumila]]''
*''[[Mentzelia]] [[Mentzelia pumila|pumila]]''
*''[[Monoptilon bellioides]]''
*''[[Nicotiana obtusifolia]]''
*''[[Nicotiana obtusifolia]]''
**(=''Nicotiana trigonophylla'')
**(=''Nicotiana trigonophylla'')
*''[[Nolina bigelovii]]''
*'''''[[Nolina bigelovii]]'''''
*''[[Olneya tesota]]''
*''[[Olneya tesota]]''
*'''''[[Peucephyllum schottii]]'''''
*''[[Phacelia crenulata|Phacelia crenulata spp]]''
*''[[Phacelia crenulata|Phacelia crenulata spp]]''
*''[[Sarcostemma hirtellum]]''


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*''[[Catclaw Acacia]]''
*''[[Catclaw Acacia]]''
*''[[Creosote bush]]''
*''[[Creosote bush]]''
*'''''[[Desert fir]]'''''
*''[[Desert Globemallow]]''
*''[[Desert Globemallow]]''
*''[[Desert Ironwood]]''
*''[[Desert Ironwood]]''
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*''[[Lycium andersonii]]''
*''[[Lycium andersonii]]''
*''[[Olneya tesota]]''
*''[[Olneya tesota]]''
*'''''[[Peucephyllum schottii]]'''''
*''[[Psorothamnus spinosus]]''
*''[[Psorothamnus spinosus]]''
*''[[Sphaeralcea ambigua]]''
*''[[Sphaeralcea ambigua]]''
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*''[[Ajo Lily]]''
*'''''[[Ajo Lily]]'''''
**''[[Desert lily]]''
**''[[Desert lily]]''
*''[[Arizona Lupine]]''
*''[[Arizona Lupine]]''
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*''ReDir'' ''[[Euphorbia albomarginata]]''
*''ReDir'' ''[[Euphorbia albomarginata]]''
*''[[Geraea canescens]]''
*''[[Geraea canescens]]''
*''[[Hesperocallis|Hesperocallis undulata]]''
*'''''[[Hesperocallis|Hesperocallis undulata]]'''''
*''[[Lupinus arizonicus]]''
*''[[Lupinus arizonicus]]''


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===[[Little Picacho Wilderness]] flora===
'''Flora of the Little Picacho Wilderness.'''--(''Eastern section, only'')

====Perennials: Common name====
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<tr>
<td>

*''[[Bebbia]]'' -- Chuckwalla's Delight
*''[[Brittlebush]]''
*''[[Catclaw Acacia]]''
*''[[Creosote bush]]''
*'''''[[Desert fir]]'''''
*''[[Desert Ironwood]]''
*''[[Desert Lavender]]''

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<td></td>
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*''[[Rush Milkweed]]''
**Desert Milkweed, Leafless Milkweed
*'''[[Ocotillo]]'''
*''[[Blue Palo Verde]]
*''[[Smoketree (Psorothamnus)]]''
**''[[Smokethorn]]''
*''[[White Ratany]]''

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</tr>
</table>

====Perennials: Genus-species====
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<tr>
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*''[[Acacia greggii]]''
*''[[Asclepias subulata]]''
*''[[Bebbia]] [[Bebbia|juncea]]''
*''[[Cercidium floridum]]''
*''[[Encelia farinosa]]''
*''"ReDir"'' '''''[[Fouquieria splendens]]'''''

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*''[[Hyptis emoryi]]''
*''[[Krameria grayi]]''
*''[[Larrea tridentata]]''
*''[[Olneya tesota]]''
*''''[[Peucephyllum schottii]]'''''
*''[[Psorothamnus spinosus]]''

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</tr>
</table>

====Annuals: Common name====
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<tr>
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*''[[Arizona Lupine]]''
*''[[California Fagonbush]]''
**''[[Chicura]]''
*''[[Desert Sunflower]]''
*''[[Desert Tobacco]]''
*[[Desert trumpet]]
*''[[Fremont's pincushion]]''

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*''[[Narrow-leaved Popcorn Flower]]''
*[[Rattlesnake Weed]]-No 1
*[[Rigid Spiny Herb]]
*''[[Scorpionweed]]''
**''[[Notch-leaved Phacelia]]''
*''[[White-bract Stick Leaf]]''
**''[[White-bract Blazing Star]]''

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</tr>
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====Annuals: Genus-species====
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*''[[Chaenactis fremontii]]''
*''[[Chorizanthe rigida]]''
*''[[Cryptantha angustifolia]]''
*''"ReDir"'' ''[[Eriogonum|Eriogonum spp]]''
**[[Desert trumpet]]
*''ReDir'' ''[[Euphorbia albomarginata]]''

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<td></td>
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*''[[Fagonia laevis]]''
*''[[Geraea canescens]]''
*''[[Lupinus arizonicus]]''
*''[[Mentzelia involucrata]]''
*''[[Nicotiana obtusifolia]]''
*(''[[Phacelia crenulata|Phacelia crenulata spp]]'')
**''[[Scorpionweed]]''

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</tr>
</table>

====References====
*[http://www.imakenews.com/assaelbmw/e_article000991240.cfm?x=bc9HvCl,b884JBKT,w Overview write-up of Wilderness] - "trees in the many washes"&ndash;(a good general wilderness description-(Note: ''Access roads'' to the wilderness "Border" can be rough, (and 'washboarded' in places-(No Motorized traffic in wilderness)))
*[http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Little%20Picacho General description] - No mention of plant species


===[[Muggins Mountains Wilderness]] flora===
===[[Muggins Mountains Wilderness]] flora===
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*''[[Rush Milkweed]]''
*''[[Rush Milkweed]]''
**Desert Milkweed, Leafless Milkweed
**Desert Milkweed, Leafless Milkweed
*[[Ocotillo]]
*'''[[Ocotillo]]'''
*''[[Blue Palo Verde]]''
*''[[Blue Palo Verde]]''
*[[Saguaro]]
*'''[[Saguaro]]'''
*''[[Smoketree (Psorothamnus)]]''
*''[[Smoketree (Psorothamnus)]]''
**''[[Smokethorn]]''
**''[[Smokethorn]]''
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*''[[Asclepias subulata]]''
*''[[Asclepias subulata]]''
*''[[Bebbia]] [[Bebbia|juncea]]''
*''[[Bebbia]] [[Bebbia|juncea]]''
*''[[Carnegiea gigantea]]''
*'''''[[Carnegiea gigantea]]'''''
*''[[Cercidium floridum]]''
*''[[Cercidium floridum]]''
*''[[Encelia farinosa]]''
*''[[Encelia farinosa]]''
*''[[Fouquieria splendens]]
*'''''[[Fouquieria splendens]]'''''


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====References====
*Warren, Scott S. ''Exploring Arizona's Wild Areas.'' Mountaineers Books, 1996, 2nd Ed 2002. (softcover, ISBN 978-0-89886774-9).
**Reference to the common plants -(a short list-(perennials))-(p 265): Muggins Mountains Wilderness: '''Seasons''', '''Plants and Wildlife''': "[[ocotillo]], [[creosote bush]], [[brittlebush]], [[paloverde]], 'Desert [[Desert Ironwood|ironwood]]', '[[Smoketree (Psorothamnus)]]';" p.265.


===Region: [[Yuma, Arizona]]===
===Region: [[Yuma, Arizona]]===
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**Desert Milkweed, Leafless Milkweed
**Desert Milkweed, Leafless Milkweed
*''[[Blue Palo Verde]]''
*''[[Blue Palo Verde]]''
*[[Saguaro]]
*'''[[Saguaro]]'''
*''[[Smoketree (Psorothamnus)]]''
*''[[Smoketree (Psorothamnus)]]''
**''[[Smokethorn]]''
**''[[Smokethorn]]''
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*''[[Asclepias subulata]]''
*''[[Asclepias subulata]]''
*''[[Bebbia]] [[Bebbia|juncea]]''
*''[[Bebbia]] [[Bebbia|juncea]]''
*''[[Carnegiea gigantea]]''
*'''''[[Carnegiea gigantea]]'''''
*''[[Cercidium floridum]]''
*''[[Cercidium floridum]]''
*''[[Encelia farinosa]]''
*''[[Encelia farinosa]]''
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*Desert Blazing Star
*''[[Desert Blazing Star (M. pumila)]]''
*''[[Desert Sunflower]]''
*''[[Desert Sunflower]]''
*''[[Desert Tobacco]]''
*''[[Desert Tobacco]]''
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*''[[Hesperocallis|Hesperocallis undulata]]''<br>the ''[[Ajo Lily]]''-- or ''[[Desert lily]]'' - [http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=8441&flora_id=1 RangeMap]
*''[[Hesperocallis|Hesperocallis undulata]]''<br>the ''[[Ajo Lily]]''-- or ''[[Desert lily]]'' - [http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=8441&flora_id=1 RangeMap]
*''[[Nolina bigelovii]]''<br>a "[[Nolina]]" bunchgrass - [http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=8062&flora_id=1 RangeMap]
*''[[Nolina bigelovii]]''<br>a "[[Nolina]]" bunchgrass - [http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=8062&flora_id=1 RangeMap]
*''[[Peucephyllum schottii]]''<br>the ''[[Desert fir]]''


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:15, 27 March 2008

A List of southern Lower Colorado River Valley-(LCRV) flora by region. The regions included are:

  1. southeast Colorado Desert
    (borders the Colorado River on east)
  2. Little Picacho Wilderness
    located in the extreme southeast Colorado Desert
    10 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona, and Winterhaven, California in southeast Imperial County, California.
  3. Muggins Mountains Wilderness
    17 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona on the southwest of the Muggins Mountains range
  4. City of Yuma, Arizona

Many parts of the Lower Colorado River Valley, and especially low- or middle-elevation desert regions are: the Creosote bush scrub biome. In the western Sonoran Desert this may include the Ocotillo and Saguaro; in the Colorado Desert, only the Ocotillo.

Bolded species are the Creosote bush scrub biome species-(i.e. the creosote bush: Larrea tridentata, Saguaro, Ocotillo), or the endemics, or near-endemics to the LCRV region-(endemics listed in final section).

Region: southern LCRV-(compiled list)

Perennials

Perennials: Common name

Perennials: Binomial

Annuals

Annuals: Common name

Annuals: Binomial

All binomials

Sub-regions

Region: southeastern Colorado Desert

Region: the Colorado Desert, which borders the Colorado River, (of La Paz, Yuma, Imperial, and San Bernardino Counties in California and Arizona); the Colorado Desert is in southeastern California and eastern Imperial and Riverside Counties lie on the west bank of the Colorado River.

Perennials: Common name

Perennials: Genus-species

Annuals: Common name

Annuals: Genus-species


Little Picacho Wilderness flora

Flora of the Little Picacho Wilderness.--(Eastern section, only)

Perennials: Common name

Perennials: Genus-species

Annuals: Common name

Annuals: Genus-species

References

  • Overview write-up of Wilderness - "trees in the many washes"–(a good general wilderness description-(Note: Access roads to the wilderness "Border" can be rough, (and 'washboarded' in places-(No Motorized traffic in wilderness)))
  • General description - No mention of plant species

Muggins Mountains Wilderness flora

Flora of the Muggins Mountains Wilderness.

Perennials: Common name

Perennials: Genus-species

Annuals: Common name

Annuals: Genus-species

References

Region: Yuma, Arizona

The city of Yuma, Arizona. Open land areas especially, but also canal bank regions, because of their easy and horizontal access points.

Perennials: Common name

Perennials: Genus-species

Annuals: Common name

Annuals: Genus-species

Endemic flora to the Lower Colorado River Valley region

References

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