T14S.R13E Pima County.AZ 050813 - Arizona Native Plant Society

(recorded as Scirpus paludosus A. Nels., Page 152), 63 (081509 - color presentation), 77 (Scirpus maritimus L. var. paludosus(A. Nels.) Koyama), 85 (090611 - color presentation of dried material), 124 (090611), 127*Scirpus maritimus var. paludosus (see Schoenoplectus maritimus)Scirpus paludosus (see Schoenoplectus maritimus)Juncaceae: The Rush FamilyJuncus bufonius C. Linnaeus: Toad RushCOMMON NAMES: Bog Rush (a name also applied to the genus Juncus); Coe Grass; Coe-grass; Common ToadRush; Common Toad-rush; Common Toadrush; Frog Grass; Frog Weed; Frog-grass; Frog-weed; Frogweed; Juncus PalustrisHumilior Erectus Etiam Repens; Salt Weed; Salt-weed; Saltweed; Toad Rush; Toad-grass; Toadweed. DESCRIPTION: Semiaquaticand terrestrial annual graminoid (decumbent, ascending and/or erect stems 1 to 16 inches in height); the foliage may bedark red-purple or yellow-green; the flowers are green or greenish; flowering generally takes place between early March andmid-October (additional records: one for early November, one for late November, one for mid-December and one for lateDecember). HABITAT: Within the range of this species it has been reported from mountains; sandy mesas; plateaus; bases ofcliffs; rocky canyons; bouldery-gravelly-sandy, rocky-sandy, rocky-silty and sandy canyon bottoms; buttes; rock ledges; sandysilty,clayey-loamy and loamy meadows; foothills; rocky hills; rocky hillsides; bouldery, bouldery-sandy, rocky, shaley, sandyand clayey slopes; amongst boulders; prairies; plains; sandy, clayey and silty flats; basins; valley floors; valley bottoms; alongroadsides; along arroyos; sandy bottoms of arroyos; within sandy draws; bottoms of draws; ravines; along and in sandy andloamy seeps; along and in springs; along and in streams; along and in gravelly-sandy and sandy streambeds; along and in creeks;in rocky-sandy and cobbly creekbeds; in sandy-clay along rivers; rocky, rocky-clayey, sandy and sandy-clayey riverbeds; alongand in rocky-sandy, gravelly, sandy and sandy-silty washes; within rocky and loamy drainages; palm oases; mudholes; aroundpools; around clayey vernal pools; poolbeds; around ponds; along lakes; bogs; clayey-loamy ciénegas; freshwater and saltwatermarshes; swamps; clayey and clayey-loamy depressions; swales; along (muddy, sandy, sandy-clayey, sandy-silty and clayey)banks of streams, streambeds, creeks, rivers, poolbeds, ponds and lakes; edges of seeps, springs, streams, creeks, rivers and lakes;along (sandy and silty-loamy) margins of streamlets, streams, creeks, creekbeds, pools and ponds; along (sandy, sandy-clayeyand clayey) along shorelines of rivers, lakes, lakebeds and lagoons; areas of drawdown; mudflats; rocky-sand, clayey-sand andsand bars; sandy beaches, benches; sandy bottomlands; rocky-sandy-clayey and silty-clayey floodplains; lowlands; around stocktanks; along edges of reservoirs; along and in gravelly ditches; stony-loamy, gravelly, gravelly-sandy, sandy, sandy-loamy andsilty-loamy riparian areas, and disturbed areas growing in shallow water and mucky, muddy and wet, moist, damp and dry(seldom reported) bouldery, bouldery-gravelly-sandy, bouldery-sandy, rocky, rocky-sandy, shaley, cobbly, gravelly, gravellysandyand sandy ground; stony loam, sandy loam, clayey loam, silty loam and loam ground; rocky-sandy clay, sandy clay, siltyclay and clay ground, and rocky silty, sandy silty and silty ground, occurring from sea level to 9,600 feet in elevation in theforest, woodland, scrub, grassland, desertscrub and wetland ecological formations. NOTES: This plant may be an attractivecomponent of a restored native habitat. This plant was reported to have been utilized by native peoples of North America; it wasnoted as having been used as a drug or medication. Juncus bufonius is native to North America; Central America and coastalislands in the Caribbean Sea; northern, western and southern South America; Europe; Asia and coastal islands in the westernPacific Ocean; northern and eastern Africa and coastal islands in the western Indian Ocean, and Australia. *5, 6, 15, 43(040511), 44 (040511), 46 (Page 171), 58, 63 (040511 - color presentation), 80 (Species of the genus Juncus are listed as aRarely Poisonous and Suspected Poisonous Range Plant, based on the report that a species of this genus has caused loss of cattlein Europe, but no losses have been reported from American species.), 85 (090611 - color presentation), 101 (color photographs),124 (040511), 127, 140 (Page 294)*Liliaceae: The Lily FamilyAllium macropetalum P.A. Rydberg: Largeflower OnionCOMMON NAMES: Arizona Onion; Cebollin; Desert Onion; Largeflower Onion; Largeflower Wild Onion; LargepetalOnion; Wild Onion (a name also applied to other species and the genus Allium). DESCRIPTION: Terrestrial perennialforb/herb (3 inches to 1 foot in height); 1 to 5 bulbs growing without basal bulbets; the leaves are green; the flowers (in umbels of10 to 20) may be cream with maroon midribs, lavender-pink, magenta, orchid-pink, pale pink with a red-violet midribs, pinksometimes reported with a red-violet midribs, pink-lavender, pink-purple, pink-white, rose-white, white with green-violet or redvioletmidribs, white-purple with dark purple veins or white with red-brown midribs; the anthers may be yellow or purple withyellow pollen; flowering generally takes place between late February and mid-June (additional records: one for late July, threefor mid-August and one for late October). HABITAT: Within the range of this species it has been reported from rockymountains; along rocky, stony-sandy-clayey, gravelly-sandy, sandy and loamy mesas; rocky plateaus; along rocky and sandycanyons; sandy canyonsides; sandy canyon bottoms; sandy pockets of soil in rock; buttes; clayey bases of buttes; along rocky andsandy ridges; rocky ridgetops; meadows; gravelly-sandy-clayey-loamy and sandy foothills; rocky, rocky-gravelly, shaleygravelly,shaley-clayey, gravelly, gravelly-sandy, sandy and clayey-loamy hills; rocky, cobbly-sandy-loamy hilltops; rocky,24