Amaranthus albus L.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of the Sein Gabriel Mountains
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus albus L.
BALL FLAT: 1500 m due N of Jackson Lake, between
the Boulder Canyon and Mescal Creek drainages; Mescal
Creek 7.5' USGS topo sheet; T4N R8W, SE/4 SW/4
NW/4 section 28; elev. ca. 5720-5800 feet.
Heavily disturbed site currently used for refuse
disposal. A few taxa apparently introduced by the forest
service (Pinus coulteri, Cupressus arizonica, Ccdocedrus
decurrens). Native vegetation appears to have been
pinyon woodland (Pinus monophylla) and desert
transition chaparral (Quercus john-tuckeri, Ceanothus
greggii vestitus, Fremontodendron californicum, Yucca
whipplei, Artemisia tridentata, Cercocarpus betuloides,
Stipa speciosa, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Ericameria
linearifolia, Eriodictyon trichocalyx, Eriastrum
densifolium, etc.
Annual, scattered locally.
Timothy S. Ross 3511
Steve Boyd
18 June 1990
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