Virtual Herbarium

Fort Ord supports a beautiful and diverse group of plant communities, rare plants, and many showy wildflowers.  On a single visit to Fort Ord you can enjoy quiet and majestic coast live oak woodland, aromatic maritime chaparral, wide open grasslands, and freshwater marshes or vernal pools busy with bird and other animal life.  For many of the rare plants on Fort Ord, 50-90% of their worldwide habitat occurs here.  Typically these plants are only found between Carmel and Prunedale in Monterey County.  Unfortunately much of their habitat between these cities is being fragmented or lost to urban development purposes.  This makes the habitat on Fort Ord that is protected for these species even more important.

CurrentFort Ord plant list -- alphabetical  (PDF updated 5/30/01)
CurrentFort Ord plant list by family (PDF updated 5/30/01)

To view a photo of a plant, click the dot ---- to the left of its name in the Virtual Herbarium below.

	Common Name	Scientific Name	Family	Status	Comments
	Sand Verbena	Abronia pogonantha	Nyctaginaceae - Four o´clock		Found in dry, sandy, desert communities.
	Spear-leafed Agoseris (in fruit)	Agoseris retrorsa	Asteraceae - Sunflower		Common, found in oak woodland, shrubland
	Vernal Fiddleneck, Forked Fiddleneck	Amsinckia vernicosa var. furcata	Boraginaceae - Borage		Rare; San Joaquin Valley, San Benito - Kern Co
	Pajaro Manzanita	Arctostaphylos pajaroensis	Ericaceae	Native, Rare, species of concern
	Sandmat Manzanita	Arctostaphylos pumila	Ericaceae	Native
	Prickly Poppy, Chicolote	Argemone munita	Papervaceae - Poppy		Found in open areas, yellow sap
	Dwarf Brodiaea	Brodiaea terrestris	Liliaceae	Native
	Large-flowered Star Tulip	Calochortus uniflorus	Liliaceae	Native
	South Coast Morning-Glory	Calystegia collina ssp. venusta	Convolvulaceae		Uncommon; often on serpentine
	San Benito Evening Primrose	Camissonia benitensis	Onagraceae - Evening Primrose		Federally threatened, found on serpentine soils only in San Benito Co.
	Suncups	Camissonia ovata	Onagraceae	Native
	Indian Paintbrush	Castilleja affinis ssp.affinis	Scrophulariaceae	Native
	Indian Paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei	Scrophulariaceae - Figwort		Common; found on dry slopes, interior
	Owl´s Clover	Castilleja exerta	Scrophulariaceae	Native
	Woolly Indian Paint-Brush	Castilleja foliolosa	Scrophulariaceae	Native
	California Jewelflower (white-purple)	Caulanthus californicus	Brassicaceae - Mustard	Federally Endangered	San Joaquin Valley, grassland, open juniper woodland
	Desert Candle	Caulanthus inflatus	Brassicaceae - Mustard		Grows in open, sany plains to rocky slopes
	Jim Brush	Ceanothus oliganthus var. sorediatus	Rhamnaceae	Native
	Yellow Pincushion, Inner Coast Range Chaenactis	Chaenactis glabriuscula var lanosa	Asteraceae - Sunflower		Found in open, dry areas, loose sand, serpentine.
	Brewer´s Clarkia	Clarkia brewerii	Onagraceae		Uncommon, usually on serpentine, sweet fragrance
	Elegant Clarkia, Canyon Clarkia	Clarkia unguiculata	Onagraceae - Evening Primrose		Common; found in woodland areas
	Chinese Houses	Collinsia heterophylla	Scrophulariaceae	Native
	Parry´s Larkspur	Delphinium parryi	Ranunculaceae	Native
	Blue Dicks	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	Liliaceae - Lily	Native	Common; open areas, grasslands
	Shooting Star	Dodecatheon clevelandii ssp. sanctarum	Primulaceae	Native
	Parry´s Mallow	Eremalche parryi	Malvaceae - Mallow		Common; found on dry flats and hills inland
	Naked Buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. indictum	Polygonaceae		Uncommon; dry, barren slopes
	Golden Yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum	Asteraceae	Native
	California Poppy	Eschscholzia californica	Papaveraceae	Native
	Chocolate Fritillary	Fritillaria affinis	Liliaceae	Native
	Talus Fritillary (photo by Bell)	Fritillaria falcata	Liliaceae		Rare; Found on serpentine talus in San Benito Co only
	Phlox-leafed Bedstraw	Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii	Rubiaceae - Madder		Often found in serpentine soils, very small, low growing
	Tricolored Gilia (with Poppies and Blue Dicks)	Gilia tricolor ssp. diffusa	Polemoniaceae - Phlox		Grows on open grassland, hills, and valleys
	Rush-Rose	Helianthemum scoparium	Cistaceae	Native
	Contra Costa Goldfields	Lasthenia conjugens	Asteraceae	Native, Federally endangered
	Rayless Layia (very tiny)	Layia discoidea	Asteraceae, Sunflower Family		Rare, found on serpentine soils only in San Benito Co
	Pale Yellow Layia	Layia heterotricha	Asteraceae, Sunflower		Rare; open, clay soils; fruity fragrance (pear)
	Tidy Tips	Layia platyglossa	Asteraceae	Native
	Sky Lupine	Lupinus nanus	Fabaceae	Native
	Wild Cucumber, Man-Root	Marah fabaceus	Cucurbitaceae - Gourd		Common; grows in sandy-gravelly places; vinelike, strong fragrance.
	Sticky Monkey Flower	Mimulus aurantiacus	Scrophulariaceae	Native
	Baby Blue Eyes	Nemophila menziesii	Hydrophyllaceae	Native
	Basket Evening Primrose (with sand verbena)	Oenothera deltoides ssp. cognata	Onagraceae - Evening Primrose		Occurs in dry, sandy places; San Joaquin Valley, Mojave Desert.
	Indian Warrior	Pedicularis densiflora	Scrophulariaceae	Native
	Grinnell´s Penstemon	Penstemon Grinellii	Scrophulariaceae - Figwort (Snapdragon)		Found in chaparral-woodland, open flower throat, yellow-hairy staminode
	Chaparral Penstemon	Penstemon heterophyllus ssp. heterophyllus	Scrophulariaceae - Figwort		Common; found in chaparral-woodland, magenta flowers, yellow-pink buds.
	Purple Fiesta flower	Pholistoma auritum	Hydrophyllaceae	Native
	White Fiesta Flower	Pholistoma membranaceum	Hydrophyllaceae	Native
	Cream Cups	Platystemon californicus	Papaveraceae	Native
	Coast Live Oak	Quercus agrifolia	Fagaceae	Native
	Wild Rhubarb	Rumex hymenosepalus	Polygonaceae - Buckwheat		Found in dry sandy places, deserts.
	Thistle Sage	Salvia carduacea	Lamiaceae - Mint		Stunning sage with orange pollen; found in sandy/gravelly places.
	Footsteps of Spring	Sanicula arctopoides	Apiaceae	Native
	Checker bloom	Sidalcea malvaeflora	Malvaceae	Native
	Blue-Eyed Grass	Sisyrinchium bellum	Iridaceae	Native
	Blue Witch	Solanum umbelliferum	Solanaceae	Native
	Hairy Fringe Pod	Thysanocarpus curvipes	Brassicaceae - Mustard		Common; slopes, washes, meadows
	Poison Oak	Toxidendron diversilobum	Anacardiaceae	Native	Oils will cause rash