List of Plants and Animals Encountered at Eaton Canyon

These are the plants and animals in Eaton Canyon that we encountered on our couple hours there. We could not identify most animals there immediately after seeing them, and my resource for the names of these animals are from Eaton Canyon's website, here: www.ecnca.org/animals/animal.html for animals, and www.ecnca.org/plants/plants_common.html. We just looked at the pictures on the website and checked which looked familiar. We noted the amount of times we saw a particular plant or animal.

Animals:

• Great Basin Fence Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis longipipes, seen twice near observation site
• Gray Tree Squirrel, Sciurus griseus, seen multiple times on the way to observation site
• Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus, once, on the way to the observation site
• European honeybee, Apis mellifera, encountered small amount on the way to observation site
• Assorted, unidentifiable birds and butterflies, many times during the way to the observation site and at the observation site.

Plants:

• Agave, Agave americana, seen many times, both in observation zone and en route to site
• White Alder, Alnus rhobifolia, about twice, there were large examples of these on the way
• Fleabane Aster, Erigeron foliosus, several times, widespread
• California Buckwheat, Eriogonum fasciculatum several times, widespread
• Coastal Prickly Pear, Opuntia littoralis, nearby poison oak Ms. Mullen pointed out
• Holly-leaf Cherry, Prunus ilicifolia, once on the way to observation site
• Deer Weed, Lotus scoparius, many times on the way to site and nearby the site
• Horehound, Marrubium vulgare, seen many times on the way to the site and nearby
• Horsewood, Conyza canadensis, very common on our trip to the site and nearby site
• Mugwort, Artemisia douglasiana, seen about 2-3 times nearby observation site
• Mule Fat, Baccharis salicifolia, seen many times throughout entire journey
• Black Mustard, Brassica nigra, seen many times throughout entire journey
• Purple Nightshade, Solanum xanti, seen once nearby camp, good thing I didn't touch it
• Coast Live Oak, Quercus agrifolia, several on the way to camp surrounding a large clearing
• Poison Oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum, once, shown to my group by Ms. Mullen
• Little-leaf Redberry, Rhamus crocea, several in the rock bed that our cliff overlooked
• Black Sage, Salvia mellifera, several in rock bed and on the way to site
• Scale-Broom, Lepidospartum squmatum, many on the way to camp
• Creek Senecio, Senecio flaccidus var. douglassi, 2-3 nearby observation site
• Laurel Sumac, Malosma laurina, plenty nearby observation site
• Western Cycamore, Platanus racemosa, nearly settled under this tree, but there was no activity
• Telegraph Weed, Heterotheca grandiflora, several in dry river beds and rock bed near site
• Tobacco Tree, Nicotiana glauca, once on the way to observation site
• California Black Walnut, Juglans californica, widespread, many surrounded a large clearing
• Red Willow,  Salix laevigata, found several near dried river beds, including one expedition to a "river" that I thought was there.
• Yerba Santa, Eriodictyon crassifolium, several nearby site and on the way to site
• Whipple Yucca, Yucca whipplei ssp. parishii, located near arrival site and on the way to observation site