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Carmel Valley, California
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AMARYLLIDACEAE see LILIACEAE
Cyperaceae: Sedge Family
Cyperus sp. Umbrella Sedge.
Annual or perennial.
Scirpus sp. Bulrush. Tule.
Perennial. La Mesa Pond.
GRAMINEAE see POACEAE
Iridaceae: Iris Family
Sisyrinchium bellum. Blue-eyed-grass. California Blue-eyed-grass.
Perennial. Common. La Mesa Grande.
Juncaceae: Rush Family
Juncus (balticus?). Wire Rush.
Perennial. On banks around La Mesa Pond.
Luzula subsessilis. Common Wood Rush.
Perennial.
Liliaceae: Lily Family
Calochortus albus. White Globe Lily. White Fairy Lantern. White Globe-tulip.
Perennial.
Calochortus luteus. Yellow Mariposa. Yellow Mariposa Tulip. Yellow Mariposa Lily. Perennial. La Mesa Grande.
Chlorogalum pomeridianum. Soap Plant. Amole. Wavy-leaf Soap Plant. Soaproot. Perennial. Common.
Dichelostemma capitatum (Brodiaea capitata. Brodiaea pulchella. Dichelostemma pulchellum). Blue Dicks. Wild-hyacinth. Common Brodiaea. Perennial. Common.
Disporum hookeri. Hooker's Fairy Bells.Perennial.
Fritillaria affinis (Fritillaria lanceolata). Checker-Lily. Mission Bells. Perennial.
Smilacina racemosa. False Solomon's Seal. Fat Solomon. Western Solomon's Seal. Wild Spikenard.
Perennial. Cliff Trail.
Smilacina stellata. Slim Solomon.Perennial. Waterfall Trail.
Trillium chloropetalum. Giant Wake-robin. Giant Trillium. Common Trillium. Perennial. Uncommon. Laurel Canyon.
Triteleia ixioides (Brodiaea lutea). Golden Brodiaea. Pretty Face. Perennial. Waterfall Trail. Buckeye Nature Trail.
Zigadenus fremontii. Star-lily. Star Zygadene. Fremont's Zygadene. Perennial. Fairly common. Live Oak Flat, Siesta Point.
Orchidaceae: Orchid Family
Epipactis gigantea? Stream Orchid? Giant Helleborine?
Perennial. Only one plant known, growing in an unlikely spot on a shady bank above the extreme east end of Cottonwood Flat. It did not reappear and presumably died ca 1977.
Piperia sp. (Habenaria sp.). Rein-Orchid. Perennial. Buckeye Nature Trail.
Poaceae: Grass Family
*Aira caryophyllea. Silver Hair Grass.
Annual. Native of Europe.
*Avena barbata. Slender Wild Oat. Slender Oat.
Annual. Native of the "Old World."
*Avena fatua. Wild Oat.
Annual. Native of Europe.
*Briza minor. Little Quaking Grass. Small Quaking Grass.
Annual. Native of Europe.
*Bromus diandrus. Ripgut Grass. Ripgut Brome.
Annual. Fields, disturbed areas, etc. Native of Europe.
*Bromus mollis. Soft Chess. Soft Cheat. Soft Brome.
Annual. In Welds and disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
*Bromus rubens. Foxtail Chess. Red Brome.
Annual. Disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
*Cortaderia sp. Pampas Grass.
Perennial. Uncommon.
Elymus condensatus. Giant Rye Grass.
Perennial. Fairly common. Cliff Trail.
Elymus glaucus. Western Rye Grass. Blue Wild Rye.
Perennial. Grassy and wooded places.
Elymus triticoides. Alkali Ryegrass.
Perennial.
Festuca californica. California Fescue.
Perennial. Border of woods, shaded places, etc.
*Gastridium ventricosum. Nit Grass.
Annual. Dry open ground and disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
*Hordeum leporinum. Farmer's Foxtail. Hare Barley. Barnyard Foxtail.
Annual. Disturbed areas, Welds, roadsides, etc. Native of Europe.
*? Hordeum sp. Foxtail.
Koeleria macrantha (Koeleria cristata). June Grass. Crested Hair Grass. Koeler's Grass.
Perennial. Dryish open places.
*Lolium perenne ssp. multiXorum. Italian Ryegrass. Australian Ryegrass.
Annual or biennial. Lawns, pastures, roadsides, etc. Native of Europe.
Melica imperfecta. Small-flowered Melica. California Melic. Coast Range Melic.
Perennial. Dry open, often rocky slopes.
Nasella lepida (Stipa lepida). Small-flowered Stipa. Foothill Needlegrass. Foothill Stipa.
Perennial. Dry slopes.
Nasella pulchra (Stipa pulchra). Nodding Stipa. Purple Needlegrass. Purple Stipa.
Perennial. Dry slopes.
*Phalaris aquatica. Harding Grass.
Perennial. Planted on La Mesa Grande. Native of the "Old World."
Phalaris sp. Canary Grass.
*Poa annua. Annual Bluegrass. Annual Meadow Grass.
Annual. Gardens and lawns. Native of Europe.
Poa secunda ssp. secunda (Poa scabrella). Pine Bluegrass. Malpais Bluegrass.
Perennial. Good soils on open or protected hillsides.
*Polypogon monspeliensis. Rabbitfoot Grass. Annual Beard Grass.
Annual. Streams and ditches, especially at the edge of water. Native of Europe.
Sitanion jubatum. Big Squirreltail.
Perennial. Rocky or brushy slopes and disturbed areas.
*Vulpia myuros var. myuros (Festuca myuros). Rattail Fescue.
Annual. Native of Europe.
*? Vulpia myuros var. hirsuta (Festuca megalura). Foxtail Fescue. Western Six-weeks Fescue.
Annual. Dry open places. Crampton (1974) states that "Undoubtedly this grass was introduced into California during the mission period." But Abrams (1923), Jepson (1925), Munz (1959 & 1968) give no indication of it being anything but native.
Typhaceae: Cattail Family
Typha sp. Cattail.
Perennial.