Common Mexican/Spanish Names for Plants & Animals that can be Found the Canyon

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

Publicado el lunes, 11 de enero de 2021 a las 11:30 PM por squirrelbait squirrelbait

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I was told that Aliso also means sycamore. iNaturalist agrees; if you search "aliso" you get Platanus racemosa. However when I look it up in a Spanish dictionary, it says alder! I guess we have those in creeks too. The world features in place names in Orange County: Aliso Viejo, Aliso Woods, Aliso creek.

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Common names in Spanish used by iNaturalist:
Eriogonum fasciculatum / flor de borrego
Dactylopius / Cochinilla grana
Callipepla californica / Codorniz, Codorniz californiana, Codorniz de California
Quercus agrifolia / Encina de California, Encino verde
Cuscuta californica / none listed; genus Cuscuta says Cabellos de ángel
Eriodictyon crassifolium / Hierba santa de hoja gruesa
Baccharis salcifolia / Azumiate, Chilca, batamote
Malosma laurina / Lentisco
Hirschfeldia incana / Rabaniza amarilla
Toxicodendron diversolobum / roble venenoso del pacífico
Rhus ovata / arbusto de azúcar
Salvia mellifera / none listed
Salvia apiana / salvia blanca
Heteromeles arbutifolia / none listed
Hesperroyucca whipplei / Yuca de chaparral
Platanus racemosa / aliso
Opuntia / cactus de higo, tunas, nopales, xoconostles

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