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Little Picacho Wilderness

The Little Picacho Wilderness is a wilderness area under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management. The wilderness is found in a southeast extension of the Chocolate Mountains adjacent to the Colorado River, in the southeastern part of California...

 flora. The Little Picacho Wilderness covers a 'subsection' of the southeastern Chocolate Mountains

Chocolate Mountains

The Chocolate Mountains of California are located in Imperial County and Riverside County in the Colorado Desert in Southern California. The mountains stretch more than 60 miles in a northwest to southeast direction, and are located east of the Salton Sea and south and west of the Chuckwalla...

 in the Colorado Desert

Colorado Desert

California's Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert, which extends across southwest North America. The Colorado Desert region encompasses approximately , reaching from the Mexican border in the south to the higher-elevation Mojave Desert in the north and from the Colorado River in...

, in southeastern Imperial County

Imperial County, California

Imperial County is a county located in the Imperial Valley, in the far southeast of the U.S. state of California, bordering both Arizona and Mexico. It is part of the El Centro Metropolitan Area, which encompasses all of Imperial County. The population as of 2000 was 142,361. The county seat is the...

, California. It is adjacent on the east to the Colorado River

Colorado River

The Colorado River , is a river in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The watershed of the Colorado River covers in parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states...

 located in the southern portion of the Lower Colorado River Valley

Lower Colorado River Valley

The Lower Colorado River Valley is the river region of the lower Colorado River of the southwestern United States in North America that rises in the Rocky Mountains and has its outlet at the Colorado River Delta in the northern Sea of Cortez in northwestern Mexico, between the states of Baja...

-(downstream on Little Picacho Wash at about 1.5 miles (2 km); it is 10 miles (16 km) north of Yuma

Yuma, Arizona

Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041....

, Arizona and Winterhaven, California

Winterhaven, California

Winterhaven is a census-designated place in Imperial County, California. Winterhaven is located east of Pilot Knob, The population was 394 at the 2010 census, down from 529 at the 2000 census. It is part of the 'El Centro, California Metropolitan Statistical Area'...

.

Complete list of flora: Genus-species-(binomials)

Acacia greggii Acacia greggii Acacia greggii is a species of Acacia native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, from the extreme south of Utah south through southern Nevada, southeast California, Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas to Baja California, Sinaloa and Nuevo León in... Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia is a species of plant in the Boraginaceae family . It is one of the common fiddlenecks of western North America, distributed from Alaska and Canada through the Western United States to Mexico... Asclepias subulata Asclepias subulata Asclepias subulata is a species of milkweed known commonly as the rush milkweed or ajamete. This is an erect perennial herb which loses its leaves early in the season and stands as a cluster of naked stalks. Atop the stems are inflorescences of distinctive flowers... Bebbia Bebbia Bebbia is a genus of plants in the daisy family; it is often considered monotypic, but it is sometimes treated as a genus of two or more species if Bebbia juncea is divided. The common name of B. juncea is sweetbush. It is an aromatic shrub of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico...  juncea Bebbia Bebbia is a genus of plants in the daisy family; it is often considered monotypic, but it is sometimes treated as a genus of two or more species if Bebbia juncea is divided. The common name of B. juncea is sweetbush. It is an aromatic shrub of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico... Cercidium floridum Chaenactis fremontii Chaenactis fremontii Chaenactis fremontii, with the common names Fremont's pincushion and Desert pincushion, is a species of annual wildflower in the daisy family. Both the latter common name, and the specific epithet are named for John C. Frémont.... Chorizanthe rigida Chorizanthe rigida Chorizanthe rigida, with the common names of Devil's spineflower, Rigid spineflower, Spiny-herb, Rigid spiny-herb, is an annual plant in the Polygonaceae family the buckwheats... Cryptantha angustifolia Cryptantha angustifolia Cryptantha angustifolia is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by several common names, including Panamint catseye and bristlelobe cryptantha... Dalea albiflora Dalea albiflora Dalea albiflora is a perennial subshrub or herb of the subfamily Faboideae in the Pea Family-... Encelia farinosa Encelia farinosa Encelia farinosa, or Brittlebush, is a common desert shrub of northwestern Mexico through California and the southwestern United States. Its common name comes from the brittleness of its stems.... "ReDir" Eriogonum spp Eriogonum Eriogonum is the scientific name for a genus of flowering plants, in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing... Desert trumpet Desert trumpet Eriogonum inflatum, the Desert Trumpet, is a perennial plant of the family Polygonaceae. The plant possesses very small yellow or pink flowers and an inflated stem just below branching segments... ReDir Euphorbia albomarginata Fagonia laevis Fagonia laevis Fagonia laevis is a species of plant in the Zygophyllaceae, the Caltrop family, specifically the fagonbushes. It is a perennial subshrub of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico desert regions in California, southern Nevada, Arizona, southwest Utah, Sonora, Baja California and... Ferocactus wislizeni Ferocactus wislizeni Ferocactus wislizeni, the fishhook barrel cactus, also called Arizona barrel cactus, candy barrel cactus, and Southwestern barrel cactus, is a cylindrical barrel-shaped cactus.-Characteristics:... "ReDir" Fouquieria splendens Geraea canescens Geraea canescens For other uses, see Desert Sunflower .Geraea canescens is also known as the desert sunflower, hairy desert sunflower, or desert gold. It is a dicot and annual of the Aster family...

Hibiscus denudatus Hibiscus denudatus Hibiscus denudatus is a perennial shrub of the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is in the rosemallow genus, Hibiscus.... Hyptis emoryi Hyptis emoryi Hyptis emoryi is a large, multi-stemmed shrub species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae. The genus Hyptis is commonly known as the bushmints.... Krameria grayi Krameria grayi Krameria bicolor is a perennial shrub or subshrub of the family Krameriaceae, the Rhatanies. It is commonly known as white rhatany, crimson-beak, and chacate in Spanish... Larrea tridentata Lupinus arizonicus Lupinus arizonicus Lupinus arizonicus is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, where it can be found growing in open places and sandy washes below 1100 m altitude. It is common around Joshua Tree National Park and Death Valley National Park in California.It is an annual... Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana obtusifolia, or desert tobacco, is a plant native to the southwestern United States and Mexico.... Olneya tesota Olneya tesota Olneya tesota is a perennial flowering tree of the Fabaceae family, legumes , which is commonly known as Ironwood or Desert Ironwood. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Olneya... Opuntia acanthocarpa (=Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa , commonly referred to as Buckhorn Cholla, is a cactus native to California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the United States.-Subspecies and varieties:There are a number of recognized subspecies and varieties as follows:... Opuntia basilaris Opuntia basilaris Opuntia basilaris, the Beavertail Cactus, is found in southwest USA, mostly in the Mojave Desert, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, and Colorado Deserts, and also in the Colorado Plateau and northwest Mexico; it ranges through the Grand Canyon and Colorado River region to southern Utah, and in... Peucephyllum schottii (Phacelia crenulata spp Phacelia crenulata Phacelia crenulata is a species of phacelia native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its common names include notch-leaved phacelia and cleftleaf wild heliotrope.... ) Scorpionweed Prosopis ssp Prosopis Prosopis is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains around 45 species of spiny trees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa, Western Asia, and South Asia. They often thrive in arid soil and are resistant to drought, on occasion... -(Mesquite Mesquite Mesquite is a leguminous plant of the Prosopis genus found in northern Mexico through the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Deserts, and up into the Southwestern United States as far north as southern Kansas, west to the Colorado Desert in California,and east to the eastern fifth of Texas, where... ) Psyllium ssp Psyllium Psyllium , or Ispaghula , is the common name used for several members of the plant genus Plantago whose seeds are used commercially for the production of mucilage.-History:... Psorothamnus spinosus Psorothamnus spinosus Psorothamnus spinosus, known as the Smokethorn, Smoketree, Smoke tree, Indigobush, Smokethorn dalea, and Corona de Cristo, is a perennial legume tree common to the desert washes of the southern part of California, Arizona, and most of Baja California, including islands in the northern Sea of Cortez-... Sphaeralcea ambigua Sphaeralcea ambigua Sphaeralcea ambigua, commonly known as Desert Globemallow or Apricot Mallow, is a member of the genus Sphaeralcea in the mallow family ....

Perennials: Common name

Beavertail Cactus Bebbia Bebbia Bebbia is a genus of plants in the daisy family; it is often considered monotypic, but it is sometimes treated as a genus of two or more species if Bebbia juncea is divided. The common name of B. juncea is sweetbush. It is an aromatic shrub of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico...  -- Chuckwalla's Delight Brittlebush Buckhorn Cholla Catclaw Acacia Creosote bush Creosote bush Larrea tridentata is known as Creosote bush as a plant, chaparral as a medicinal herb, and as "gobernadora" in Mexico, Spanish for "governess," due to its ability for inhibiting the growth of nearby plants to have more water. In Sonora, it is more commonly called "hediondilla." It is a flowering... Desert fir Desert Globemallow Desert Ironwood Desert Lavender

Fishhook Barrel Cactus Mesquite Mesquite Mesquite is a leguminous plant of the Prosopis genus found in northern Mexico through the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Deserts, and up into the Southwestern United States as far north as southern Kansas, west to the Colorado Desert in California,and east to the eastern fifth of Texas, where... -(Prosopis ssp Prosopis Prosopis is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains around 45 species of spiny trees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa, Western Asia, and South Asia. They often thrive in arid soil and are resistant to drought, on occasion... ) Rush Milkweed Desert Milkweed, Leafless Milkweed Ocotillo Ocotillo Fouquieria splendens Engelm. is a desert plant of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Common names include ocotillo, desert coral, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, and vine cactus, although it is not a true cactus... Blue Palo Verde Rock Hibiscus Smoketree (Psorothamnus) Smokethorn' White Ratany

Perennials: Genus-species-(binomials)

Acacia greggii Acacia greggii Acacia greggii is a species of Acacia native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, from the extreme south of Utah south through southern Nevada, southeast California, Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas to Baja California, Sinaloa and Nuevo León in... Asclepias subulata Asclepias subulata Asclepias subulata is a species of milkweed known commonly as the rush milkweed or ajamete. This is an erect perennial herb which loses its leaves early in the season and stands as a cluster of naked stalks. Atop the stems are inflorescences of distinctive flowers... Bebbia Bebbia Bebbia is a genus of plants in the daisy family; it is often considered monotypic, but it is sometimes treated as a genus of two or more species if Bebbia juncea is divided. The common name of B. juncea is sweetbush. It is an aromatic shrub of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico...  juncea Bebbia Bebbia is a genus of plants in the daisy family; it is often considered monotypic, but it is sometimes treated as a genus of two or more species if Bebbia juncea is divided. The common name of B. juncea is sweetbush. It is an aromatic shrub of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico... Cercidium floridum Encelia farinosa Encelia farinosa Encelia farinosa, or Brittlebush, is a common desert shrub of northwestern Mexico through California and the southwestern United States. Its common name comes from the brittleness of its stems.... Ferocactus wislizeni Ferocactus wislizeni Ferocactus wislizeni, the fishhook barrel cactus, also called Arizona barrel cactus, candy barrel cactus, and Southwestern barrel cactus, is a cylindrical barrel-shaped cactus.-Characteristics:... "ReDir" Fouquieria splendens Hibiscus denudatus Hibiscus denudatus Hibiscus denudatus is a perennial shrub of the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is in the rosemallow genus, Hibiscus.... Hyptis emoryi Hyptis emoryi Hyptis emoryi is a large, multi-stemmed shrub species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae. The genus Hyptis is commonly known as the bushmints....

Krameria grayi Krameria grayi Krameria bicolor is a perennial shrub or subshrub of the family Krameriaceae, the Rhatanies. It is commonly known as white rhatany, crimson-beak, and chacate in Spanish... Larrea tridentata Olneya tesota Olneya tesota Olneya tesota is a perennial flowering tree of the Fabaceae family, legumes , which is commonly known as Ironwood or Desert Ironwood. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Olneya... Opuntia acanthocarpa (=Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa , commonly referred to as Buckhorn Cholla, is a cactus native to California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the United States.-Subspecies and varieties:There are a number of recognized subspecies and varieties as follows:... Opuntia basilaris Opuntia basilaris Opuntia basilaris, the Beavertail Cactus, is found in southwest USA, mostly in the Mojave Desert, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, and Colorado Deserts, and also in the Colorado Plateau and northwest Mexico; it ranges through the Grand Canyon and Colorado River region to southern Utah, and in... Peucephyllum schottii Prosopis ssp Prosopis Prosopis is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains around 45 species of spiny trees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa, Western Asia, and South Asia. They often thrive in arid soil and are resistant to drought, on occasion... -(Mesquite Mesquite Mesquite is a leguminous plant of the Prosopis genus found in northern Mexico through the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Deserts, and up into the Southwestern United States as far north as southern Kansas, west to the Colorado Desert in California,and east to the eastern fifth of Texas, where... ) Psorothamnus spinosus Psorothamnus spinosus Psorothamnus spinosus, known as the Smokethorn, Smoketree, Smoke tree, Indigobush, Smokethorn dalea, and Corona de Cristo, is a perennial legume tree common to the desert washes of the southern part of California, Arizona, and most of Baja California, including islands in the northern Sea of Cortez-... Sphaeralcea ambigua Sphaeralcea ambigua Sphaeralcea ambigua, commonly known as Desert Globemallow or Apricot Mallow, is a member of the genus Sphaeralcea in the mallow family ....

Trees, perennials: Common name

Catclaw Acacia Desert Ironwood

Blue Palo Verde Smoketree (Psorothamnus) Smokethorn

Trees, perennials: Genus-species-(binomials)

Acacia greggii Acacia greggii Acacia greggii is a species of Acacia native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, from the extreme south of Utah south through southern Nevada, southeast California, Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas to Baja California, Sinaloa and Nuevo León in... Cercidium floridum

Olneya tesota Olneya tesota Olneya tesota is a perennial flowering tree of the Fabaceae family, legumes , which is commonly known as Ironwood or Desert Ironwood. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Olneya... Psorothamnus spinosus Psorothamnus spinosus Psorothamnus spinosus, known as the Smokethorn, Smoketree, Smoke tree, Indigobush, Smokethorn dalea, and Corona de Cristo, is a perennial legume tree common to the desert washes of the southern part of California, Arizona, and most of Baja California, including islands in the northern Sea of Cortez-...

Common name

Arizona Lupine California Fagonbush 'Chicura Common Fiddleneck Desert Sunflower Desert Tobacco Desert trumpet Desert trumpet Eriogonum inflatum, the Desert Trumpet, is a perennial plant of the family Polygonaceae. The plant possesses very small yellow or pink flowers and an inflated stem just below branching segments... Fremont's pincushion

Narrow-leaved Popcorn Flower Plantago Plantago Plantago is a genus of about 200 species of small, inconspicuous plants commonly called plantains. They share this name with the very dissimilar plantain, a kind of banana. Most are herbaceous plants, though a few are subshrubs growing to 60 cm tall. The leaves are sessile, but have a narrow... -(Psyllium ssp Psyllium Psyllium , or Ispaghula , is the common name used for several members of the plant genus Plantago whose seeds are used commercially for the production of mucilage.-History:... ) Rattlesnake Weed Rattlesnake Weed Chamaesyce albomarginata is a small low-growing annual, in the spurge family native to desert, chaparral, and grassland habitats of southwestern North America, from southern and central California to... -No 1 Rigid Spiny Herb Scorpionweed Notch-leaved Phacelia Scruffy Prairie Clover White-bract Stick Leaf White-bract Blazing Star

Genus-species

Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia is a species of plant in the Boraginaceae family . It is one of the common fiddlenecks of western North America, distributed from Alaska and Canada through the Western United States to Mexico... Chaenactis fremontii Chaenactis fremontii Chaenactis fremontii, with the common names Fremont's pincushion and Desert pincushion, is a species of annual wildflower in the daisy family. Both the latter common name, and the specific epithet are named for John C. Frémont.... Chorizanthe rigida Chorizanthe rigida Chorizanthe rigida, with the common names of Devil's spineflower, Rigid spineflower, Spiny-herb, Rigid spiny-herb, is an annual plant in the Polygonaceae family the buckwheats... Cryptantha angustifolia Cryptantha angustifolia Cryptantha angustifolia is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by several common names, including Panamint catseye and bristlelobe cryptantha... Dalea albiflora Dalea albiflora Dalea albiflora is a perennial subshrub or herb of the subfamily Faboideae in the Pea Family-... "ReDir" Eriogonum spp Eriogonum Eriogonum is the scientific name for a genus of flowering plants, in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing... Desert trumpet Desert trumpet Eriogonum inflatum, the Desert Trumpet, is a perennial plant of the family Polygonaceae. The plant possesses very small yellow or pink flowers and an inflated stem just below branching segments... ReDir Euphorbia albomarginata

Fagonia laevis Fagonia laevis Fagonia laevis is a species of plant in the Zygophyllaceae, the Caltrop family, specifically the fagonbushes. It is a perennial subshrub of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico desert regions in California, southern Nevada, Arizona, southwest Utah, Sonora, Baja California and... Geraea canescens Geraea canescens For other uses, see Desert Sunflower .Geraea canescens is also known as the desert sunflower, hairy desert sunflower, or desert gold. It is a dicot and annual of the Aster family... Lupinus arizonicus Lupinus arizonicus Lupinus arizonicus is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, where it can be found growing in open places and sandy washes below 1100 m altitude. It is common around Joshua Tree National Park and Death Valley National Park in California.It is an annual... Mentzelia involucrata Mentzelia involucrata Mentzelia involucrata is a species of Mentzelia native to the Mojave and Sonoran deserts of North America. Its common names include sand blazing star and white-bract blazing star.-Description:... Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana obtusifolia, or desert tobacco, is a plant native to the southwestern United States and Mexico.... (Phacelia crenulata spp Phacelia crenulata Phacelia crenulata is a species of phacelia native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its common names include notch-leaved phacelia and cleftleaf wild heliotrope.... ) Scorpionweed Psyllium ssp Psyllium Psyllium , or Ispaghula , is the common name used for several members of the plant genus Plantago whose seeds are used commercially for the production of mucilage.-History:...

External links

• BLM, Little Picacho Peak Wilderness-(Ocotillo at foothills); http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/wilderness/wa/photos/littlepicacho.htmlBLM photo gallery-(Ocotillo
  Ocotillo
  Fouquieria splendens Engelm. is a desert plant of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Common names include ocotillo, desert coral, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, and vine cactus, although it is not a true cactus...
  
  , on mountains)]
• http://www.desert-survivors.org/Past%20Trips/ds_past_trips_winter2005.htmWinter 2005-2006, Trip 1: Indian Pass Wilderness
  Indian Pass Wilderness
  The Indian Pass Wilderness is wilderness area under the administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The reserve is located in the very southeastern part of the Chocolate Mountains, in the southeastern part of California, just to the west of the Colorado River in the Lower Colorado River Valley...
  
  , Little Picacho, and Cargo Muchacho Mountains
  Cargo Muchacho Mountains
  The Cargo Muchacho Mountains are located in the southeast Colorado Desert in the Lower Colorado River Valley, in Imperial County, California in the United States.-Geography:...
  
  -Oleneya tesota, Palo Verde]
• Picacho SRA, Beavertail Cactus
• Colorado Desert Landforms: Picacho Mountains; "Low elevations, ...etc" (Photo: Brittlebush next to Ocotillos)