List of Little Picacho Wilderness flora

Coordinates: 32°56′21″N 114°34′08″W / 32.9392083°N 114.5688407°W / 32.9392083; -114.5688407
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The flora of the Little Picacho Wilderness located in southeastern Imperial County, Southern California. It is within the Colorado Desert subregion, of the Sonoran Desert ecoregion

The Little Picacho Wilderness is located in the southern portion of the Lower Colorado River Valley, with its eastern side along the Colorado River (Little Picacho Wash runs ~ 1.5 miles (2 km) downstream); and is 10 miles (16 km) north of Yuma, Arizona and Winterhaven, California. The wilderness area protects a region of the southeastern Chocolate Mountains.

Complete list of flora: Genus-species-(binomials)

Perennials

Perennials: Common name

Perennials: Genus-species-(binomials)

Trees, perennials: Common name

Trees, perennials: Genus-species-(binomials)

Annuals

Common name

  • Arizona Lupine
  • California Fagonbush
  • '
    Chicura
  • Common Fiddleneck
  • Desert Sunflower
  • Desert Tobacco
  • Desert trumpet
  • Fremont's pincushion
  • Narrow-leaved Popcorn Flower
  • Plantago — (Psyllium ssp.)
  • Rattlesnake Weed
  • Rigid Spiny Herb
  • Scorpionweed
    — (Phacelia spp.)
    • Notch-leaved Phacelia
  • Scruffy Prairie Clover
  • White-bract Stick Leaf
    • White-bract Blazing Star

Genus-species

See also

  • List of southern LCRV flora by region

References

  1. ^ Colorado DesertLandforms, Picacho Mountains.,[1][2]
  2. ^ Picacho SRA, Beavertail Cactus
  3. ^ Peucephyllum schottii, Sonoran Desert Plants, packrat middens, Whipple Mountains, 11,500 bp; Picacho Peak, 11,000 bp; p 315-317.
  4. ^ Bur. of Land Management, Little Picacho Wilderness. (photo gallery) Archived 2010-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Winter 2005-2006, Indian Pass Wilderness & Little Picacho; [3]
  6. ^ Winter 2005-2006, Indian Pass Wilderness & Little Picacho; [4]

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