Kern CNPS members have compiled checklists of plants found at various locations across the county. We’ve compiled them here so others can use them when in the field.
In addition, individual plants lists can be created for anywhere in the county using CalFlora. Go to CalFlora’s What Grows Here and follow the directions to create your own plant list with photos for easier plant identification.
Plant Checklists
Plant checklists are useful for helping to identify plants that have been found previously in the area designated. Most lists identify plants that were flowering at the time observed. Some plant lists include all species found in an area regardless of season.
The scientific names–their binomials–can change over time as botanists revise their views on how various plants fit into the scheme of evolution. Thus the name shown on a plant list here may differ from more current plant lists. In California, the name used in the current version of the Jepson manual is often, though not always, the final arbiter.
- Bakersfield-College-Herbarium-List
- Breckenridge Mountain 17v.2
- Caliente_Ranch_checklist
- Carizzo Plain Plant List 2012
- Conglomerate Mesa Wildflowers by Maria Jesus
- Eastern Sierra plant_lists_pp30-45-wildflower_hotspots
- Frazier Park Plant List (*.xls)
- Hart Park Lake Ming Plants
- Hart Park Upstream from Lake Ming 10 APRIL 2011
- Kelso-Creek-April-2015-2c
- Kern-County-bryophytes
- Kern-County-bryophytes-2018
- Kern_County-lichens
- Kern County_rare_plants
- Kern-Canyon-2-May-15-2c
- Lockwood Valley Bear Ponds Area plant list
- LockwoodValleyPlantsChecklist
- Long_Canyon-RNA Plant List 1990
- Loop Ranch The Nature Conservancy plant list
- Mill Creek Plants flowering 2022-04-16
- Mount Pinos plant list David Magney
- Mount Pinos plant list Los Padres National Forest fsm9_033971
- Old-State-Rd-April-20015-2c
- Panorama Vista Plant list rev. 2014-03-13
- Piute field trip plant list 2c (v.2)
- Red Rock Canyon Check List Mark Faul April 2005
- Red Rock Canyon Kern CNPS_Mojave_Field_Trip_Apr_2017
- Salt Creek wider CCH list (*.docx)
- Sand Ridge plants 2020-03-03
- Sherman Pass
- Sherman Pass plants 2c
- Short Canyon list Mary Ann Henry 1992 plus additions
- Sunday Peak Meadow Flowering plants seen 7 June 21
- Tejon Ranch plant checklist 2014-03-16
- Tollhouse Ranch plant checklist
- Wind Wolves Preserve 10_31_99)
- Wind Wolves Preserve plant list rev. 13 March 20014
- Wind Wolves Reserve Plant List by Wildlands Conservancy (*.doc)
- Woody-Road-plant-checklist-rev-2014-Mar-17
Additional Resources
In addition to resources from the Kern Chapter, there are a number of online botanical databases and other websites that provide extensive information about California plants. Some of the main ones include: