Monocots of Orange County, California
...and nearby places
Compiled by Peter J. Bryant, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697.
To comment, mailto:pjbryant@uci.edu
*, exotic species; +, listed species. Glossary
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Small-flowered Soap Plant, Chlorogalum parviflorum
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Wavy-leaved Soap Plant, Chlorogalum pomeridianum
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Chaparral Yucca,
Hesperoyucca whipplei
* Common Water-plantain,
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Northern Water Plantain,
Alisma triviale
Upright Burhead,
Echinodorus berteroi
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Red-skinned Onion,
Allium haematochiton
San Bernardino Mountains onion, Allium monticola
Mexicali Onion,
Allium peninsulare var. peninsulare
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Early Onion,
Allium praecox
* Slender False Garlic,
Nothoscordum gracile
Least Duckweed,
Lemna minuta
* Water Cabbage,
Pistia stratiotes
Columbian watermeal,
Wolffia columbiana
California Fan Palm,
Washingtonia filifera
* Bridal creeper,
Asparagus asparagoides
* Soap Aloe,
Aloe saponaria
* Onionweed,
Asphodelus fistulosus
Sea Clubrush,
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Sturdy Sedge,
Carex alma
Santa Barbara Sedge,
Carex sp., prob barbarae
Woolly Sedge,
Carex pellita
Field Sedge,
Carex praegracilis
Schott's Sedge,
Carex schottii
San Diego Sedge,
Carex spissa
Rusty Sedge,
Carex subfusca
* Variable Flatsedge,
Cyperus difformis
Tall Flatsedge,
Cyperus eragrostis
Redroot Flatsedge,
Cyperus erythrorhizos
Tigernut Sedge,
Cyperus esculentus
Umbrella Sedge,
Cyperus involucratus
Black Flatsedge,
Cyperus niger
* Nutgrass,
Cyperus rotundus
Needle spikerush,
Eleocharis acicularis
Pale Spikerush,
Eleocharis macrostachya
Sand Spikerush,
Eleocharis montevidensis
Common Spikerush,
Eleocharis palustris
Low Bulrush,
Isolepis cernua
* Shortleaf Spikesedge,
Kyllinga brevifolia
Tule, Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis
Chairmaker's Bulrush,
Schoenoplectus americanus
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Southern (California) Bulrush, Schoenoplectus californicus
Panicled Bulrush,
Scirpus microcarpus
Eleocharis parvula #
Scirpus maritimus #
Scirpus pungens #
Scirpus robustus #
* African Flag,
Chasmanthe floribunda
* Yellow Iris,
Iris pseudacorus
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Spiny (Sharp-leaved) Rush,
Juncus acutus ssp. leopoldii
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Baltic Rush,
Juncus balticus ssp. ater
Toad Rush,
Juncus bufonius
Longleaf Rush,
Juncus macrophyllus
Pointed Rush,
Juncus oxymeris
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Panicled Rush, Juncus phaeocephalus, var. paniculatus
Wrinkled rush,
Juncus rugulosus
Basket Rush,
Juncus textilis
Irisleaf Rush,
Juncus xiphioides
Seaside Arrowgrass,
Triglochin maritima
Flowering quillwort,
Triglochin scilloides
Globe Lily,
Calochortus albus
Catalina Mariposa Lily,
Calochortus catalinae
Plummer's Mariposa Lily,
Calochortus plummerae
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Splendid Mariposa Lily,
Calochortus splendens
Intermediate Weed's Mariposa Lily, Calochortus weedii var. intermedius
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Weed's mariposa lily,
Calochortus weedii var. weedii
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Plain Mariposa Lily (Shy Mariposa Lily), Calochortus invenustus
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Chocolate Lily (Mission Bells), Fritillaria biflora
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Humboldt Lily,
Lilium humboldtii ssp. ocellatum
Orchidaceae: Orchids: Characteristics. Awaiting photos: Thin Wood Rein Orchid, Piperia leptopetala: Very rare and difficult to find. It was found only once on a steep slope in Holy Jim Canyon at 2000 ft. in 1948.
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Fremont's star lily,
Toxicoscordion fremontii
Separate index page
* Water Hyacinth,
Eichhornia crassipes
* Curly-leaf Pondweed,
Potamogeton crispus
Leafy Pondweed,
Potamogeton sp., prob foliosus
Sago pondweed,
Stuckenia pectinata
Scheuchzerias
Spiral Ditchgrass,
Ruppia cirrhosa
Beaked tasselweed,
Ruppia maritima
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Chaparral Nolina,
Nolina cismontana
Broadfruit Bur-reed,
Sparganium eurycarpum
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Golden Stars (Common Goldenstar), Bloomeria crocea
Thread-leaved Brodiaea,
Brodiaea filifolia
Orcutt's brodiaea,
Brodiaea orcuttii
Dwarf Brodiaea,
Brodiaea terrestris
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Blue Dicks, Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum
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Southern Cattail,
Typha domingensis
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Broad-leaved Cat-tail,
Typha latifolia
Torrey's Surfgrass,
Phyllospadix torreyi
Eel grass,
Zostera marina