Diario del proyecto Eaton Canyon Biodiversity Project

By Brenda Kyle, Arboretum Amy & Susan Hopkins

English / Latin / Spanish (Mexico)

California Buckwheat / Eriogonum fasciculatum / Alforfon or Flor de Borrego
NOTE: buckwheat or sheep flower (because the look like fluffy sheep)

Cochineal / Dactylopius / Cochinilla, Cochinilla grana

California Quail / Callipepla californica / Cordoniz, Codorniz californiana, Codorniz de California

Coast Live Oak / Quercus agrifolia / Encino de la Costa, Encina de California, Encino verde NOTE: Encino is an evergreen oak

California Dodder / Cuscuta californica / Grenas or Fideo, Cabellos de ángel
Note: Fideo is a long thin noodle like spaghetti

Yerba Santa / Eriodictyon crassifolium / Hierba Santa, Hierba santa de hoja gruesa

Mule Fat / Baccharis salcifolia / Huatamote or Jarrillas, Azumiate, Chilca, batamote

Laurel Sumac / Malosma laurina / Lentisco

Shortpod Mustard / Hirschfeldia incana / Mostazilla, Rabaniza amarilla

Poison Oak / Toxiodendron diversolobum / Roble Venenoso del Pacifico
NOTE: Poison Oak is not an oak, but Roble means deciduous oak

Sugarbush / Rhus ovata / Saladitos, arbusto de azúcar

Black Sage / Salvia melifera / Salvia de Miel (honey)

White Sage / Salvia apiana / Salvia Real (Royal Sage), Salvia Blanca

Toyon / Heteromeles arbutifolia / Tollon

Chaparral Yucca / Hesperroyucca whipplei / Yuca de Chaparral

Western Sycamore / Platanus racemosa / Sicomoro, Aliso

Prickly Pear Cactus / Opuntia / Nopal, cactus de higo, xoconostles
NOTE: Nopal is the word for the pad, Tuna is the word for the fruit