Altamont Pass

Region: Altamont Pass AreaKey
brittlescale (*A2)

(c) 2009 Zoya Akulova (CC BY-NC)

large-flowered sand spurry (A1)

(c) Bonnie Nickel (CC BY-NC)

low popcornflower (A2)

(c) Krissa Klein (CC BY-NC)

Scientific NameNotesRarity RanksCommon Name
Atriplex depressaCNPS-EB: *A2
State CNPS: 1B.2
brittlescale
Plagiobothrys humistratusCNPS-EB: A2low popcornflower, dwarf allocarya
Spergularia macrotheca var. leucanthaCNPS-EB: A1large-flowered sand spurry
Amsinckia eastwoodiaeCNPS-EB: A1Eastwood's fiddleneck
Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellataCNPS-EB: A1desert fiddleneck, devil's lettuce
Atriplex coronata var. coronataCNPS-EB: *A2
State CNPS: 4.2
crownscale
Cirsium occidentale var. coulteriCNPS-EB: A1xCoulter's thistle
Collinsia bartsiifolia var. bartsiifoliaCNPS-EB: A1xwhite Chinese houses
Extriplex joaquinanaCNPS-EB: *A2
State CNPS: 1B.2
San Joaquin spearscale, San Joaquin saltbush
Hesperevax caulescens(H. sparsiflora is more commonCNPS-EB: *A2
State CNPS: 4.2
hogwallow starfish
Lasthenia glabrata subsp. glabrataCNPS-EB: A2yellow-ray goldfields
Lasthenia minorCNPS-EB: A1coastal goldfields, woolly goldfields
Layia chrysanthemoidesCNPS-EB: A2smooth layia
Lepidium oxycarpumCNPS-EB: A2sharp-podded pepper-grass
Microseris acuminataCNPS-EB: A1Sierra Foothills microseris
Microseris campestrisCNPS-EB: A1San Joaquin microseris
Microseris douglasii subsp. tenella(subsp douglasii is more common)CNPS-EB: A2silver puffs
Myosurus minimus subsp. apusCNPS-EB: *A1?
State CNPS: 3.1
little mousetail
Phalaris angusta(historical-1912)CNPS-EB: A1xnarrow canary grass
Spergularia macrotheca var. longistylaCNPS-EB: *A2
State CNPS: 1B.2
large-flowered sand spurry
Trifolium grayiCNPS-EB: A2Gray's clover
Allenrolfea occidentalisCNPS-EB: B-PViodine bush
Astragalus asymmetricusCNPS-EB: CSan Joaquin locoweeed
Deinandra lobbii(formerly Hemizonia l.)CNPS-EB: Cthree-rayed tarweed
Lepidium acutidensCNPS-EB: Csharp-toothed pepper-grass
Myosurus minimus subsp. minimusCNPS-EB: B-PVcommon mouse-tail
Packera breweri(formerly Senecio b.)CNPS-EB: B-PVBrewer's ragwort, Brewer's butterweed
Pleuropogon californicus var. californicusCNPS-EB: B-PVsemaphore grass
Atriplex fruticulosaCNPS-EB: Bballscale, little oak orach, ball saltbush
Blennosperma nanum var. nanumCNPS-EB: Cblennosperma
Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. paludosus(formerly Scirpus m.)CNPS-EB: Cbulrush
California macrophylla(formerly Erodium macrophyllumCNPS-EB: B-PVround-leaved filaree
Cirsium cymosum var. cymosumCNPS-EB: B-PVperegrine thistle
Delphinium variegatum subsp. variegatumCNPS-EB: Croyal larkspur
Eriogonum gracile var. gracileCNPS-EB: Cslender woolly wild buckwheat, slender buckwheat
Heterotheca sessiliflora subsp. bolanderi(H. s. ssp. echioides is moreCNPS-EB: CBolander goldenaster
Holocarpha obconicaCNPS-EB: BSan Joaquin tarplant
Lepidium latipesCNPS-EB: B-PVdwarf peppergrass
Mentzelia affinisCNPS-EB: Bhydra stick-leaf
Monolopia majorCNPS-EB: Bcupped monolopia
Phacelia ciliataCNPS-EB: BGreat Valley phacelia, Great Valley phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifoliaCNPS-EB: Btansy phacelia
Selaginella bigeloviiCNPS-EB: Bspike-moss
Stachys albensCNPS-EB: Bwhite hedge nettle
Suaeda nigra(formerly S. moquinii)CNPS-EB: Bbush seepweed