Muggins Mountains Wilderness flora
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This is a list of Muggins Mountains Wilderness
flora. The Muggins Wilderness covers about 15-20 percent of the Muggins Mountains
, (of southwest Arizona
's, northwest Sonoran Desert
), and is on the southwest of the triangular mountain region; the southwest mountain flank is block faulted and parallels the northwest-southeast Dome Valley and the northeast flank of the northeast end of the Gila Mountains (Yuma County)
, also northwest-southeast aligned.
Three washes drain the wilderness area southwestwards, and there are two major interior mountain peaks, Muggins Peak, at 1424 feet (434 m), and Klothos Temple, at 1666 feet (508 m). The Muggins Mountains Wilderness is excessively arid
, especially as summer progresses, and the wilderness is also a sun-drenched southwesterly facing region.
, the Desert holly is found from the 1/2 to 7/8 point up Muggins Wash and side washes to the northeast-(because of the geology-). Mesquite
is in the vicinity, but very less common. The main drainage of Muggins Wash which drains from the north-northwest contains areas of the Peucephyllum
, the Desert fir. This occurs just north of the split to the major northeast drainage of Muggins Wash, which is to the east of Muggins Peak.
Muggins Mountains Wilderness
The Muggins Mountains Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is located approximately east of Yuma, Arizona in the Muggins Mountains and adjacent to the agricultural Dome Valley and Gila River. The wilderness area is made up of the highest peak in the southern section of...
flora. The Muggins Wilderness covers about 15-20 percent of the Muggins Mountains
Muggins Mountains
The Muggins Mountains is a mountain range in southwest Arizona east of Yuma, Arizona, northeast of the Gila Mountains , and east of the Laguna Mountains...
, (of southwest Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
's, northwest Sonoran Desert
Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the northwest Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It is one of the largest and hottest...
), and is on the southwest of the triangular mountain region; the southwest mountain flank is block faulted and parallels the northwest-southeast Dome Valley and the northeast flank of the northeast end of the Gila Mountains (Yuma County)
Gila Mountains (Yuma County)
The Gila Mountains is a mountain range in southwestern Arizona in the northwestern Sonoran Desert.The Gila Mountains of Yuma County are a northwest-southeast trending mountain system, about 26 miles long; the fault-blocked mountain range is attached on the south to the Tinajas Altas Mountains...
, also northwest-southeast aligned.
Three washes drain the wilderness area southwestwards, and there are two major interior mountain peaks, Muggins Peak, at 1424 feet (434 m), and Klothos Temple, at 1666 feet (508 m). The Muggins Mountains Wilderness is excessively arid
Arid
A region is said to be arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or even preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life...
, especially as summer progresses, and the wilderness is also a sun-drenched southwesterly facing region.
Perennials: Common name
- Anderson Thornbush
- BebbiaBebbiaBebbia 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
- Catclaw Acacia
- Creosote bushCreosote bushLarrea 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, (named PeucephyllumPeucephyllumPeucephyllum is a monotypic genus containing the single species Peucephyllum schottii, known commonly as the pygmy cedar or desert fir. This bushy shrub is neither a cedar nor a fir, but is in fact a member of the daisy family. It is leafy and evergreen and the foliage has glands which produce a...
, a monotypic genus of the AsteraceaeAsteraceaeThe Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
, (daisy, aster, sunflower family))—(a tree form resembling the creosote bushCreosote bushLarrea 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...
, in color, form, and height) - Desert Globemallow
- Desert Holly
also called Saltbush-(found with some Mesquite sspMesquiteMesquite 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...
-Muggins Wash)
- Desert Ironwood
- Desert Lavender
- Hairy milkweed
- Rush Milkweed
- Desert Milkweed, Leafless Milkweed
- OcotilloOcotilloFouquieria 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
- SaguaroSaguaroThe saguaro is a large, tree-sized cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in the U.S. state of Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, a small part of Baja California in the San Felipe Desert and an extremely small area of California, U.S...
- Scruffy Prairie Clover
- Smoketree (Psorothamnus)
- Smokethorn
- White Ratany
Perennials: Genus-species-(binomials)
- Acacia greggiiAcacia greggiiAcacia 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 subulataAsclepias subulataAsclepias 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...
- Atriplex hymenelytraAtriplex hymenelytraAtriplex hymenelytra is a species of saltbush known by the common name desert holly. Desert holly is native to the Southwestern United States, California, Baja California, and northwestern Mexico. -Description:...
–Saltbush - BebbiaBebbiaBebbia 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...
junceaBebbiaBebbia 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... - "ReDir" Carnegiea gigantea
- Cercidium floridum
- Dalea albifloraDalea albifloraDalea albiflora is a perennial subshrub or herb of the subfamily Faboideae in the Pea Family-...
- Encelia farinosaEncelia farinosaEncelia 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" Fouquieria splendens
- Hyptis emoryiHyptis emoryiHyptis emoryi is a large, multi-stemmed shrub species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae. The genus Hyptis is commonly known as the bushmints....
- Krameria grayiKrameria grayiKrameria 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
- Lycium andersoniiLycium andersoniiLycium andersonii is a perennial shrub of the family Solanaceae, the Nightshades. It is commonly known by such names as Anderson Thornbush, Anderson Wolfberry, Anderson Lycium, Anderson Desert Thorn, Anderson Boxthorn, and more ambiguously as "tomatillo", Desert Tomato or "wolf berry"...
- Olneya tesotaOlneya tesotaOlneya 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...
- Peucephyllum schottii
- Psorothamnus spinosusPsorothamnus spinosusPsorothamnus 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-...
- SarcostemmaSarcostemmaSarcostemma is a genus of at least 35 species of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words σαρκὸς , meaning "flesh," and στέμμα , meaning "garland". Members of the genus are known generally as climbing milkweeds or caustic bushes...
hirtellumSarcostemma hirtellumSarcostemma hirtellum , is a perennial, vine-like plant of mid- to lower-elevation desert regions. It is a member of the Asclepiadaceae family, and the Sarcostemma genus, the climbing milkweeds... - Sphaeralcea ambiguaSphaeralcea ambiguaSphaeralcea ambigua, commonly known as Desert Globemallow or Apricot Mallow, is a member of the genus Sphaeralcea in the mallow family ....
Common name
- Arizona Lupine
- California Fagonbush
- Canyon Ragweed
- Chicura
- Desert Sunflower
- Desert Tobacco
- Desert trumpetDesert trumpetEriogonum 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
- Mojave Desert Star
- Narrow-leaved Popcorn Flower
- Rattlesnake WeedRattlesnake WeedChamaesyce 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
- White-bract Stick Leaf
- White-bract Blazing Star
- White tackstem
Genus-species
- Ambrosia ambrosioidesAmbrosia ambrosioidesAmbrosia ambrosioides, also known as canyon ragweed or chicura is a ragweed found in the deserts of northern Mexico and ranging into the southern half of Arizona....
- Calycoseris wrightiiCalycoseris wrightiiCalycoseris wrightii, commonly known as white tackstem, is an annual spring wildflower, one of two species in the genus Calycoseris; the other species is C. parryi, the Yellow tack-stem...
- Chaenactis fremontiiChaenactis fremontiiChaenactis 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 rigidaChorizanthe rigidaChorizanthe 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 angustifoliaCryptantha angustifoliaCryptantha angustifolia is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by several common names, including Panamint catseye and bristlelobe cryptantha...
- "ReDir" Eriogonum sppEriogonumEriogonum 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 trumpetDesert trumpetEriogonum 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...
- Desert trumpet
- ReDir Euphorbia albomarginata
- Fagonia laevisFagonia laevisFagonia 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 canescensGeraea canescensFor 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 arizonicusLupinus arizonicusLupinus 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 involucrataMentzelia involucrataMentzelia 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:...
- Monoptilon bellioides
- Nicotiana obtusifoliaNicotiana obtusifoliaNicotiana obtusifolia, or desert tobacco, is a plant native to the southwestern United States and Mexico....
- (Phacelia crenulata sppPhacelia crenulataPhacelia 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
Wash 2: Muggins Wash
The "saltbush", Atriplex hymenelytraAtriplex hymenelytra
Atriplex hymenelytra is a species of saltbush known by the common name desert holly. Desert holly is native to the Southwestern United States, California, Baja California, and northwestern Mexico. -Description:...
, the Desert holly is found from the 1/2 to 7/8 point up Muggins Wash and side washes to the northeast-(because of the geology-). 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...
is in the vicinity, but very less common. The main drainage of Muggins Wash which drains from the north-northwest contains areas of the Peucephyllum
Peucephyllum
Peucephyllum is a monotypic genus containing the single species Peucephyllum schottii, known commonly as the pygmy cedar or desert fir. This bushy shrub is neither a cedar nor a fir, but is in fact a member of the daisy family. It is leafy and evergreen and the foliage has glands which produce a...
, the Desert fir. This occurs just north of the split to the major northeast drainage of Muggins Wash, which is to the east of Muggins Peak.
Wash 3: Morgan Wash
On ridges, the headwater sub, sub-washes between Muggins Wash to northwest, some special plants are known:- Hairy Milkweed, the SarcostemmaSarcostemmaSarcostemma is a genus of at least 35 species of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words σαρκὸς , meaning "flesh," and στέμμα , meaning "garland". Members of the genus are known generally as climbing milkweeds or caustic bushes...
hirtellum milkweed