Manzanar Species List
Wildlife and plant surveys are conducted periodically to learn what species are present in National Park sites.
The above link has current listing of plants and animals found at Manzanar
Manzanar plants with common names
SHRUBS | | |
Common Name | Scientific Name | |
Allscale Saltbrush | Atriplex polycarpa | |
Bitterbrush | Purshia tridenta | |
Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | |
Desert peach | Prunus andersonii | |
Domestic Grape | Vitus sp. | Non-native species |
Four-wing Saltbrush | Atriplex canescens | |
Golden Rabbitbrush | Chyrothamnus nauseosus | Used as gum |
Greasewood | Sarcobatus vermiculatus | |
Great Basin Sagebrush | Artemsia tridentata | |
Box Thorn | Lycium andersonii | |
Mormon Tea | Ephedra nevadensis | Used as tea or tonic |
Shadscale | Atriplex confertifolia | |
Silver Lupine | Lupinus albifrons | |
Spiny Hopsage | Grayia spinosa | |
Sticky Rabbitbrush | Chrysothamnus paniculatus | |
Wild Rose | Rosa woodsii | Used for food and tea |
Winter Fat | Krashnakova lanata | |
Indian Hemp | Apocynum cannabinum | Used for rope making |
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FORBS | | |
Common Name | Scientific Name | |
Apricot Mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | |
Blazing Star | Mentzelia niten | |
Blue Flax | Linum lewisii | |
Buckwheat | Eriogonum pusillum | |
Bird's Nest Buckwheat | Eriogonum nidularum | |
Common Lambsquarters | Chenopodium album | |
Common Cocklebur | Xanthium stumarium | |
Desert Dandelion | Malacothrix glabrata | |
Desert Trumpet | Eriogonum inflatum | |
Desert Wooly | Eriophyllum wallacei | |
Douglas Pincushion | Chaenactis douglasii | |
Evening Primrose | Oenothera brivipes | Root used as food |
Primrose | Oenothera sp. | |
Fiddleneck | Amsinckia tesselata | |
Gilia | Gilia latifolia | |
Filaree, Heron's Bill | Erodium texanum | |
Hoary Cress | Cararia draba | |
Milkweed | Ascepelas fasiculatum | Used for gum, medicinal |
Morning Glory | Convolvulus sp. | |
Mojave Aster | Xylorhiza tortifolia | |
Mojave Stinkweed | Cleomella obtusifolia | |
Red Indian Paintbrush | Castilleja chromosa | |
Russian Thistle | Salsola kali | |
Rumex | Rumex sp. | |
Sacred Datura | Datura metloides | Medicinal |
Sand Blossum | Linanthus parryae | |
Scale Bud | Anisocoma acaulis | |
Sea Blite | Suaeda californica | |
Skeleton Weed | Eriogonum deflexum | |
Stinging Nettle | Urtica dioica | |
Tansy Mustard | Descurainia pinnata | |
Western Ragweed | Ambrosia psilostachya | |
White Forget-me-not | Cryptantha nevadensis | |
White Tidy-tips | Layla glandulosa | |
Wild Heliotrope | Heliotropum sp. | |
Wild Licorice | Glycyrrhiza lepidota | |
Wire Lettece | Stephanomeria pauciflora | Used for tea |
Wooly Star | Eriastrum densiflorum | |
Yerba Mansa | Anemopsis californica | Used for tea, medicinal |
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TREES | | |
Common Name | Scientific Name | |
Apple | Pyrus malus | Non-native species |
Arizona Cypress | Cupressus arizonica | Non-native species |
Black Walnut | Juglans nigra | Non-native species |
Black Locust | Robinia pseudoacacia | Non-native species |
Common Fig | Ficus carica | Non-native species |
Elm | Ulmus sp. | Non-native species |
Fremont Cottonwood | Populus fremontii | Non-native species |
Garden Plum | Prunus domnestic | Non-native species |
Mulberry | Morus sp. | Non-native species |
Northern Catalpa | Catalpa speciosa | Non-native species |
Peach | Prunus persica | Non-native species |
Poplar | Populus sp. | Non-native species |
Five-stamen Tamarisk | Tamarix chinensis | Non-native species |
Siberian Elm | Ulmus pumila | Non-native species |
Silver Maple | Acer saccharinum | Non-native species |
Tree of Heaven | Ailanthus altissima | Non-native species |
Velvet Ash | Fraxinus velutina | Non-native species |
Coyote Willow | Salix exigua | Used in basketmaking |
Red Williow | Salix sp. | |
Desert Olive | Forestiera neomexicana | |
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GRASSES | | |
Common Name | Scientific Name | |
Alkali Cordgrass | Sporabolis airoides | |
Bamboo | Phyllostachys bambusoides | Non-native species |
Common Reed | Phragmites australis | |
Foxtail Barley | Hordeum jubatum | |
Giant Wild Rye | Leymus cinereus | |
Indian Ricegrass | Oryzopsis hymenoide | |
Mediterranean Grass | Schismus arabicus | |
Saltgrass | Distichilis spicata | |
Wheatgrass | Leymus triticoides | |
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PARASITIC PLANTS | | |
Common Name | Scientific Name | |
Nevada Dodder | Cusuta salina | |
Stalked Puffball | Tulostoma poculatum | |
Orobanche | Orobanche sp. | |
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CACTUS | | |
Common Name | Scientific Name | |
Beavertail | Opuntia basilaris | |
Teddy Bear Cholla | Opuntia bigelovii | |
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WETLAND PLANTS | | |
Common Name | Scientific Name | |
Beard Grass | Polyopgon sp. | |
Rush | Juncus balticus | |
Monkey flower | Mimulus guttatus | |
Spikerush | Eliocharis sp. |