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A 2001 study by the California Native Plant Society estimated 6,300 native plants. These estimates continue to change over time. [2] Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4]
The plant is native to regions of southern and western California, the Southwestern United States, and Baja California, Mexico. It is found in desert and chaparral and woodlands habitats. Desert ecoregions include the Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, and Great Basin Desert. Chaparral and woodlands ecoregion locations include the southern ...
Pluchea sericea, commonly called arrowweed or cachanilla (Mexico), is a rhizomatous evergreen shrub of riparian areas in the lower Sonoran Desert and surrounding areas. It is common in the lower Colorado River valley of California, Nevada and Arizona, as far east as Texas, and in northern Mexico where it often forms dense impenetrable thickets.
The plant is native to many diverse areas of central and southern California, Baja California, and west Arizona. It grows in varied scrub and open habitats, including chaparral, arid grassland, and Creosote scrub. [2] It is found at elevations from 150–3,400 feet (46–1,036 m). [3] Regions and landforms of distribution include: [2] Mojave Desert
The plant is native to western North America, specifically Arizona, Nevada, California, and Utah. A drought-resistant annual plant, it can be found in the California, [4] Mojave, and Sonoran Deserts. It grows below sea level, from −40 to 1,130 m (−130 to 3,700 ft), in sandy desert soils along with creosote bush (Larrea tridentata). [5]
Which Southern California native plants survived climate change and mass extinctions 13,000 years ago and still live today? La Brea Tar Pits researchers compiled a list.
Phacelia campanularia is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common names desertbells, [3] desert bluebells, [4] California-bluebell, [5] desert scorpionweed, [6] and desert Canterbury bells. [7]
Malacothrix californica is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name California desertdandelion.It is native to California, the western margin of Arizona and Baja California, where it may be found especially in the South Coast, Transverse and Peninsular Ranges and the western Mojave Desert.