Plants of the North Fork of the American River

Headwater plants.

variableleaf collomia 1
Collomia heterophylla
narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 2
Collomia linearis
staining collomia 3
Collomia tinctoria
whisker brush 4
Leptosiphon ciliatus
Harkness' flaxflower 5
Leptosiphon harknessii
mustang clover 6
Leptosiphon montanus
slender phlox
Microsteris gracilis
Mountain Dogwood
Cornus nuttallii
Red Osier Dogwood 3
Cornus sericea
western dogwood 7
Cornus sericea occidentalis
American dogwood 7
Cornus sericea sericea
bushy blazingstar 2
Mentzelia dispersa
Giant Blazingstar 1
Mentzelia laevicaulis
spreading dogbane 8
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Indian hemp 9
Apocynum cannabinum
Heart-leaf Milkweed 10
Asclepias cordifolia
Narrowleaf milkweed 11
Asclepias fascicularis
Showy Milkweed 7
Asclepias speciosa
Catchweed bedstraw 12
Galium aparine
low mountain bedstraw 5
Galium bifolium
Gray's bedstraw 3
Galium grayanum
alpine bedstraw 13
Galium hypotrichium
sweet-scented bedstraw 15
Galium triflorum
milk kelloggia 16
Kelloggia galioides
explorer's gentian 17
Gentiana calycosa
alpine gentian 18
Gentiana newberryi
autumn gentian 19
Gentianella amarella
hiker's gentian 11
Gentianopsis simplex
frosted buckwheat
Eriogonum incanum
Lobb's wild buckwheat 20
Eriogonum lobbii
marumleaf buckwheat 5
Eriogonum marifolium
naked buckwheat 11
Eriogonum nudum
reduced wild buckwheat
Eriogonum nudum deductum
Cushion Buckwheat 2
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Rosy Buckwheat 20
Eriogonum rosense
spurry buckwheat 4
Eriogonum spergulinum
Sulphur flower 21
Eriogonum umbellatum
Bear Valley buckwheat 7
Eriogonum ursinum
bastardsage 22
Eriogonum wrightii
short-stemmed bastard-sage
Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum
Sheep's Sorrel 11
Rumex acetosella
Curly dock 23
Rumex crispus
willow weed 16
Persicaria lapathifolia
alpine sorrel 24
Oxyria digyna
Davis' knotweed 25
Aconogonon davisiae
poke knotweed 26
Aconogonon phytolaccifolium
American Bistort 25
Bistorta bistortoides
pinyon goosefoot 27
Chenopodium atrovirens
gaping goosefoot 13
Chenopodium hians
Douglas' catchfly 28
Silene douglasii
Lemmon's catchfly 29
Silene lemmonii
Douglas' stitchwort 1
Minuartia douglasii
Nuttall's sandwort 2
Minuartia nuttallii
red sand spurrey 30
Spergularia rubra
prickly sandwort 16
Eremogone aculeata
King’s Sandwort 20
Eremogone kingii
Nevada lewisia 3
Lewisia nevadensis
threeleaf lewisia 16
Lewisia triphylla
toadlily 31
Montia chamissoi
western spring beauty 2
Claytonia lanceolata
fell-fields claytonia 32
Claytonia megarhiza
Miner's Lettuce 33
Claytonia perfoliata
redstem springbeauty 1
Claytonia rubra
Mount Hood pussypaws 34
Cistanthe umbellata
Pussypaws 11
Calyptridium monospermum
Common Dandelion 35
Taraxacum officinale
woolly mule's ears 36
Wyethia mollis
Anderson's thistle
Cirsium andersonii
cobwebby thistle 37
Cirsium occidentale
California thistle 38
Cirsium occidentale californicum
Bull Thistle 39
Cirsium vulgare
Douglas' dustymaiden 2
Chaenactis douglasii
Sierra pincushion 40
Chaenactis nevadensis
shining fleabane 3
Erigeron barbellulatus
coulter's fleabane 14
Erigeron coulteri
Fleabane Daisy 41
Erigeron divergens
subalpine fleabane 27
Erigeron glacialis
western rayless fleabane 42
Erigeron inornatus
Philadelphia fleabane 43
Erigeron philadelphicus
Rocky Mountain pussytoes
Antennaria media
Pink Everlasting 5
Antennaria rosea
umber pussytoes 44
Antennaria umbrinella
common yarrow 45
Achillea millefolium
bigflower agoseris 38
Agoseris grandiflora
mountain dandelion 46
Agoseris monticola
False Agoseris 46
Agoseris parviflora
spearleaf agoseris 25
Agoseris retrorsa
pearly everlasting 47
Anaphalis margaritacea
chamisso arnica 48
Arnica chamissonis
heartleaf arnica 25
Arnica cordifolia
mock leopardbane 25
Arnica dealbata
rayless arnica 49
Arnica discoidea
lanceleaf arnica 14
Arnica lanceolata
spearleaf arnica
Arnica longifolia
hairy arnica 5
Arnica mollis
sierra arnica 25
Arnica nevadensis
nodding arnica 25
Arnica parryi
low sagebrush 2
Artemisia arbuscula
silver sagebrush 2
Artemisia cana

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