JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK WILDFLOWERS
Edited by Steven L. Hartman
Photographs by Bill Ratcliffe, Larry Norris, Carll Goodpasture, Edge of Eden and others.

1999 $14.95 (ISBN 1-890266-02-7). To purchase from Theodore Payne Foundation, click HERE and scroll down. 

This CD for Windows™ (except 64-bit computers) features information for over 600 different wildflowers found in and around Joshua Tree National Park, with location information for each species. Includes over 400 detailed images of over 200 species of wildflowers and flowering. Flowers can be selected by plant family, by flower color, and by habitat type. Locate particular plants using an index of common and Latin names, hear the pronunciation of every Latin name, and view 4 different flowers on screen at once. A text is provided for each plant describing the growth form, size, habitat, bloom period, elevation range and page references to useful floras. Collections of images and texts can be stored in bookmarks. 

There are over 600 kinds of plants known to occur in Joshua Tree National Park. Images of over 200 of these are included on this CD. Many species have close-up images of the flower as well as full plant images. As new and/or upgraded images become available they will be offered to users which can be added to this information system. Even though only about 1/3 of the species have images, ALL of the species have descriptions which include flower color (where flower color is relevant) and/or additional information which would help in identification. An asterisk (*) after a plant species Latin name indicates that the species is not native to California.

Locations where species have been found in Joshua Tree National Park are provided for most of the species based on collections or reports. However, quite a few species are included from a 1973 checklist that don't have associated location data; these species are included because their general ranges make them likely candidates to appear in the park. In any case, it just shows how important it is to continue to search and document plant occurrences in even such a well-known and easily accessible park such as Joshua Tree.

The elevation ranges are based on The Jepson Manual, and, in converting to feet, were rounded to the nearest 50'. Keep in mind that the elevation range described in The Jepson Manual is for the full geographic range of the species, not just in Joshua Tree National Park. The bloom period is based on A Flora of Southern California.

The brief plant descriptions and habitat information were compiled and condensed from The Jepson Manual, A Flora of Southern California, and Desert Wild Flowers. Remember also that the habitat descriptions are for the full range of the species, not just the habitats where the plant is found at Joshua Tree National Park.

The numbers after the references listed for each species refer to page number for text description (bold), page and key letter for illustration (in italics), and for Desert Wild Flowers, the plant number follows the # sign. When indicating that a species is illustrated, the following "rule" applies: if a taxon is a species (not subspecies), that taxon will be considered illustrated if the species or any subspecies is illustrated; if a taxon is a subspecies, it will be considered illustrated only if that subspecies is illustrated.