This preliminary checklist covers the new (lower) stretch of the Franklin Canyon Trail, including only the short riparian zone after the bridge and the trail after the fence stops to the 2015 gate on the Southern California Edison easement access road. * = non-native plants Lycophites Selaginellaceae Spike-moss Family Selaginella bigelovii Bigelow s Spike Moss Ferns Polypodiaceae Polypody Fern Family Pellaea andromedifolia Coffee Fern Pentagramma triangularis Goldback Fern Polypodium californicum California Polypody Polystichum munitum Western Sword Fern Eudicots Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea [S. mexicana] Blue Elderberry Anacardiaceae - Sumac Family Malosma laurina Laurel Sumac Toxicodendron diversilobum Western Poison Oak Apiaceae - Parsley Family Foeniculum vulgare Sweet Fennel* Sanicula crassicaulis Cut-leafed Sanicle Apocynaceae - Dogbane Family Araujia seicifera Bladder Pod Vine* Vinca major Periwinkle* Araliaceae - Aralia Family Hedra sp. Ivy* Asteraceae - Sunflower Family Artemisia californica California Sagebrush Baccharis pilularis ssp. consanguinea Coyote Brush Bidens pilosa Beggar's Ticks* Brickellia californica California Brickell Bush Centaurea melitensis Tocalote * Corethrogyne [Lessingia] filaginifolia California Cudweed-aster Delaria oderata Cape Ivy* Encelia californica Coastal Bush Sunflower Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus Leafy Fleabane
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum Golden Yarrow Gamochaeta ustalata Purple Cudweed Hazardia squarrosa var.? Sawtooth Goldenbush Hypochaeris glabra Smooth Cat's Ear* Hypochaeris radicata Rough Cat's Ear* Lactuca serriola Prickley [Wild] Lettuce* Pseudognaphalium californicum Green Everlasting Pseudognaphalium canescens Fragrant Everlasting Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum Jersey Cudweed* Pseudognaphalium microcephalum White Everlasting Rafinesquia californica California Chicory Silybum marianum Milk Thistle* Sonchus asper ssp. asper Prickly Sow-thistle* Sonchus oleraceus Common Sow-thistle* Stephanomeria cichoriacea Fort Tejon Milk Aster Venegasia carpesioides Canyon Sunflower Boraginaceae - Borage Family Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. chrysanthemifolia Common Eucrypta Phacelia cicutaria ssp.? Caterpillar Phacelia Phacelia grandiflora Large-flowered Phacelia Brassicaceae - Mustard Family Brassica nigra Black Mustard* Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepard's Purse* Cardamine californica Milk Maids Hirschfeldia incana Mediterranean or Summer Mustard* Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family Lonicera subspicata var.? Southern Honeysuckle Caryophyllaceae - Pink Family Silene californica California Indian Pink Spergularia villosa Spurry* Stellaria media Chickweed* Chenopodiaceae - Goosefoot Family Chenopodium album Pigweed, Lamb's Quarters* Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory Family Calystegia macrostegia ssp.? Morning-glory Crassulaceae - Stonecrop Family Dudleya lanceolata Rock Lettuce Cucurbitaceae - Gourd Family Marah macrocarpa Man Root Euphorbiaceae - Spurge Family Euphorbia peplus Petty Spurge*
Fabaceae - Pea Family Acmispon glaber var. glaber Deerweed Astragalus sp. Lathyrus vestitus ssp.? Wild Sweet Pea Lupinus hirsutissimus Nettle Lupine Lupinus sp. Lupinus truncatus Truncated-leaved Lupine Medicago polymorpha Bur Clover* Pickeringia montana Chaparral Pea Fagaceae - Beech Family Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia Coast Live Oak Quercus berberidifolia Scrub Oak Geraniaceae - Geranium Family Erodium botrys Broad-leaved Filaree* Erodium cicutarium Redstem Filaree* Erodium moschatum Whitestem Filaree* Grossulariaceae - Gooseberry Family Ribes californicum Hillside Gooseberry Ribes malvaceum Chaparral Currant Ribes speciosum Fuchsia-flowering Gooseberry Laminaceae - Mint Family Salvia leucophylla Purple Sage Salvia mellifera Black Sage Salvia spathacea Hummingbird Sage Stachys bullata Wood Mint Malvaceae - Mallow Family Malva parviflora Cheese Weed* Malacothamnus fasciculatus var.? Chaparral Mallow Montiaceae - Miner's Lettuce Family Calandrinia breweri Brewer's Red Maids Myrsnaceae - Myrsine Family Anagallis arvensis Scarlet Pimpernel* Nyctaginaceae - Four O'Clock Family Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia California Wishbone Plant Oleaceae - Olive Family Olea europaea Olive* Onagraceae - Evening Primrose Family Clarkia sp. Epilobium canum California Fuchia Epilobium ciliatum Common Willow Herb
Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel Family Oxalis corniculata Creeping Wood-Sorrel* Oxalis pes-caprae Bermuda Buttercups* Papaveraceae - Poppy Family Eschscholzia californica California Poppy planted? Phryaceae - Lopseed Family Diplacus [Mimulus] longiflorus Sticky Bush Monkeyflower Pittosporaceae - Pittosporum Family Pittosporum undulatum Victorian Box* Plantaginaceae - Plantain Family Keckiella cordifolia Climbing Penstemon Plantago lanceolata English Plantain* Plantago major Common Plantain* Platanaceae - Sycamore/Plane Tree Platanus racemosa var. racemosa Western Sycamore Polygonaceae - Buckwheat Family Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum California Wild Buckwheat Pterostegia drymarioides Fairy Mist Rumex crispus Curly Dock* Ranunculaceae - Buttercup Family Clematis lasiantha Chaparral Clematis Rhamnaceae - Buckthorn Family Ceanothus cuneatus var. cuneatus Common Buck Brush Ceanothus megacarpus var. megacarpus Bigpod Ceanothus Ceanothus spinosus Greenbark Ceanothus Rhamnus ilicifolia Holly-leaved Redberry Rosaceae - Rose Family Adenostoma fasciculatum var. fasciculatum Chamise Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia Hollyleaf Cherry Rosa californica California Wild Rose Rubus ursinus Pacific Blackberry Rubiaceae - Madder Family Galium aparine Goosegrass* Galium nuttallii Climbing Bedstraw Salicaceae - Willow Family Salix lasiolepis var. lasiolepis Arroyo Willow Scrophulariaceae - Figwort Family Scrophularia californica var. californica California Figwort
Solanaceae - Nightshade Family Nicotiana glauca Tree Tobacco* Solanum douglasii Douglas Nightshade Solanum xanti Purple Nightshade Zygophyllaceae - Caltrop Family Tribulus terrestris Puncture Vine* Monocots Agavaceae - Century Plant Family Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum Soap Lily, Amole Hesperoyucca whipplei Our Lord s Candle Araceae - Arum Family Zantedeschia aethiopica Calla-Lily* Asparagaceae - Asparagus Family Asparagus asparagoides Smilax Asparagus* Melanthisceae - False-Hellebore Family Toxicoscordion sp. Death Camus Poaceae - Grass Family Bromus diandrus ssp. diandrus Ripgut Grass* Elymus condensatus Giant Wild Rye Melica imperfecta Coast Melic Grass Stipa sp. Needlegrass Stipa miliaceum Smilo, Rice Grass* Poa annua Annual Blue Grass* Vulpia myuros Rattail Fescue* Themidaceae - Brodaiaea Family Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum Blue Dicks