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Notes on Inyo County Grasses - 3
The Oat Tribe (Aveneae) in the Inyo Sierra
.. By John Thomas Howell
Avena. Oat.
sativa L. Cultivated Oat. Fleetingly spontaneous a.long roads and trails
and about pack stations, as at Carroll Creek cQrral. Introduced.
Danthonia. Oat Grass.
intermedia Vasey. Moist or dry soil in rocky places and meadows, subalpine
on Rock Cr~ek up to 11,000 ft.
unispicata (Thurb.) Munro. Dry rocky flats, Rock Creek at 11,000 ft.
Deschampsia. Hair Grass.
caespitosa (L.) Beauv. Moist or wet meadows, common, up to 11,000 ft.
(to 12,500 ft. elsewhere in the Sierra).
danthonioides (Trin.) Munro. Drier meadow borders, often in disturbed
soil; Mosquito Flat, Rock Creek, 10,300 ft.
elongata CHook.) Munro. Moist soil; Mosquito Flat, Rock Creek.
Koeleria. June Grass.
macrantha (Ledeb.) Schultes. Dry sandy or rocky flats and ridges, up
to 12,200 ft. Erroneously called !. cristata.
Schismus.
barbatus (L.) Thellung. Sandy flats and slopes; roadside in Nine-mile
Canyon at 3400 and 4000 ft. Common at lower elevations in Kern Co.
Introduced.
Sphenopholis. Wedge Grass.
obtusata (Michx.) Scribn. A rather rare grass found in alkaline or
mineralized seepages. No Inyo-Sierra record known but to be expected;
collections have been made elsewhere in Inyo Co.

Trisetum.
canesce.ns Buckley. Found on Pine Creek at 8000 ft. under aspens and
willows by Victor Duran in 1932.
spicatum (L.) Richter. One of the commonest and most variable Sierran
grasses, in meadows, on gravelly flats, and on rocky ridges, up to
12,200 ft. Reputed to be the most widespread flowering plant in
the world. Many varieties have been named; 4 occur in the Sierra.
Wolfii Vasey. Moist or wet soil of meadows; Rock Creek at 10,300 ft.

GRASSES " SEDGE

John \4ehausen reports an addition to liThe Timothy Tribe in the Inyo Sierra" (Waucoba News
Vol. 1, Supplement). HubJenbergja montana (Nutt.) Hitchc. was collected on the south-facing
wall of the South Bairs Greek cirque at about 11,200 ft.--as predicted by J.T.Howell. Also,
two new locations In the Sierra Nevada for a sedge, ~ tncuryjformJs Hkze. var. dana,nsis
(Stacey): The plateau atop Striped Ht. (Inyo Co.) at 12,800 ft. and the plateau southwest
above Woods Lake (Tulare Co.) at 12.000 ft. Both of these plateaus are sltghtly north-facing.
(See Topomap: Ht. Pinchot Quad.) t1***t1*tt ed.
MONO - The Beautiful
REMEMBERING. In August it will be 40 years since I took my 1938

annual vacation as a 2-weeks "post-man's holiday". It was a camping-trip

with my friends, Martin Jussel and Frances Payne, and our objective was the

Noldeke cabin on Whiskey Creek near Tom's Place, Mono Co. The trip was

noteworthy in several respects but it was particularly remarkable in

that it netted more new species and varieties than any other California

trip I have ever taken, a total of9 with 3 named for Mono Co. The

Mono Co. plants were: Astragalus Johannis-Howellii Barneby, A. monoensis

Barneby, Eriogonum nodosum var. monoense Stokes, Lupinus moneniis Eastw.,

L. rimae Eastw., and Phacelia Peir.oniana How~ll. On Mt. Dana in adjacent

Tuolumne Co. the plants were: Carex danaensis Stacey, C. subnigricans

Stacey, and Lupinus danaus var. bicolor Eastw. Also from Mono Co. were 2

topotypes of rare species which I had recently named: Eriogonum

ampullaceum and Penstemon papillatus. It was SOME TRIP! - J.T. Howell

 PLANT LIST FOR EUREKA HIES

( A: annual ; P: perennial; WA: winter annual; Sh: Shrub)

A Abronia tyrbjnata P Erigneyr~n puJcbeJJum
Sand verbena _Tridens py)cheJIgs)
P (or WA) AJljona incarnata
Fl uff-g rass
Windmill s A Eupbgrbia mfcromcra
A Aotirrhinum king'; Sonoran sand-mat
Least snapdragon A EyphQrbia ocellata var. arenfcgla
P Astragalus Jentiginosys var. mic'n~ Yellow-flowevered spurge
Eureka locoweed A Gilia campaouJata
WA Astragaly~ labulooum
Bell 9 i1 i a
Sand locoweed A illla leptgmer ja
A Atrichoserjs platyphyJla Sand gilia
Parachute plant Sh HymenocJea sal sola
Sh Atriple~ canescens
Cheesebush
Four-wing saltbush P Kechla americana
Sh AtripJex coofertifolia Gray molly
Sh"dsca Ie Sh Larrea tridentata
Sh Atrjplex pglycarPa Creosote bush
Allscale A Mala~tbrix son,hQjde§
A Atrjplex argeotiy Yellow saucers
Si1 versca 1e A .Hama. dem is s um
A or P Ba j] iVa p1 eni radIa ta
Purple mat
Woolly rna rig01 d P Oengthera ~ ssp. eurekensls
A Bgutelgua barbata Eureka primrose- an endemic
Six weeks grarna WA 0engthera prtmtyeri§
i\ Camissonia cJayiformis ssp. iotegrjQ( Large yellow primrose
(wh i te flowers) Opuntia basilaris
A Camissonia clayiformis ssp. lancifo1ia Beavertail cactus
(yellow f1 owers) P Oryzopsis hymenoides
A Caylanthu§ cooperi Indian rice-grass
Cooper caulanthus A Pa 1a rex i a .a..clsia.
P Chaetadelpha wheeleri Spanish needle
A broom-l ike perennial A rectis pappolia
A ChenQPQdjum incanum Chinch weed
A Psa thy(otes .iln.O.Y.S.
A C1eome sparsifglia
A
Naked cl eome
Corjspermum hy§sQpjfQJjym
A SirBarbwtre
tRr~~tisn'j'ilfr*')"C"~"
Russian thistle
Bugseed P Sphaera1cea ambigua
i\ Cryptaoth~ ~ircymscjss~ Apricot mallow
Capped forget-me-not P StanliYa pjnnata ssp. ioyoonsjs
A Cryptantha mlcrantha Inyo Desert-plume
Purple-rooted forget-me-not P Stephanomerja paucjflgra
Sh ~ freD!Qnti I Desert milk-aster
Fremont dalea P Swallenia alexandrae
Sh ~ pQ}yadenla Eureka dune-grass - an endemic
Dotted da lea P Syaeda tarreyana
A Dicoria caOiscens ssp. ,Jarkai Inkweed
Clark dicoria P T;9y;11a pli~lta (Cgldenla pJiklta)
A Eriggooum inflatum String plant
Desert trumpet
A ErjQg6num insigne ******************************************1**
Ladder buckwheat The above list of plants refers to those
A ErioggOum macuJatum which occur on or closely bordedng the
Spotted buckwheat Eureka Dunes.
A Erjogonum reniforrne --Mary DeDecker
Kidney-leaved buckwheat Independence, Ca.
A EriOSQoum trlchooe s
Li ttl e trumpet
PLANTS NOTED AT THE SALINE VALLEY DUNES

A Cryptantb,a WS tata. a small gray annual

A Dioorja caOesCeos ssp. cgnes,sns. Desert dicoria

Sh Larrea tridentata. Creosote bush

Peta10nyx thurberi. Sandpaper plant

Sh PrQsOgsis glandulQsa var. torreyana. Mesquite

II Other plants undoubtedly occur there, but the variety is decidedly

limited. Green clumps of mesquite and creosote bush are attractive features of
these dunes. The DiCQria here grows very large and forms handsome colonies In
favorable hollows. There is no floral display, however. Only a few annuals appear,
even in good years.
Since the fauna is dependent on plant life, it too is sparse in numbers
and less varied here than at the Eureka Dunes. It must be kept In mInd, however,
that both dune systems are important units of the ecological systems tn thetr
rpc;oective valleys. I I · --Mary DeDecker, Independence, Ca.