Plants

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

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

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

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

PARASITIC PLANTS
Common Name	Scientific Name
Nevada Dodder	Cusuta salina
Stalked Puffball	Tulostoma poculatum
Orobanche	Orobanche sp.

CACTUS
Common Name	Scientific Name
Beavertail	Opuntia basilaris
Teddy Bear Cholla	Opuntia bigelovii

WETLAND PLANTS
Common Name	Scientific Name
Beard Grass	Polyopgon sp.
Rush	Juncus balticus
Monkey flower	Mimulus guttatus
Spikerush	Eliocharis sp.