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Yosemite National Park

I lived near Yosemite National Park once and it had beautifully scenic landscapes with a diverse population of many different species. Unfortunately, it has been mostly destroyed by a large fire that has devastated the land. Here are the species that live (or used to live) here.

Purple Chinese Houses 1
Collinsia heterophylla
spreading dogbane 2
Apocynum androsaemifolium
common dandelion 3
Taraxacum officinale
common stork's-bill 4
Erodium cicutarium
California poppy 5
Eschscholzia californica
bigleaf maple 6
Acer macrophyllum
western columbine 7
Aquilegia formosa
Common Snowberry 7
Symphoricarpos albus
Scots broom 8
Cytisus scoparius
California bay 9
Umbellularia californica
Pacific hulsea 10
Hulsea algida
Skypilot 11
Polemonium eximium
cushion buckwheat 12
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Perennial Cornflower 13
Centaurea montana
purple owl's-clover 14
Castilleja exserta
Snowplant 15
Sarcodes sanguinea
Warrior's Plume 16
Pedicularis densiflora
milkmaids 17
Cardamine californica
Buckbrush 18
Ceanothus cuneatus
red baneberry 19
Actaea rubra
California black oak 6
Quercus kelloggii
Wild strawberry 20
Fragaria vesca
Pacific pea 21
Lathyrus vestitus
Sky Lupine 22
Lupinus nanus
western wallflower 23
Erysimum capitatum
Menzies' baby blue eyes 24
Nemophila menziesii
California bee plant 15
Scrophularia californica
field chickweed 25
Cerastium arvense
Pacific Bleeding Heart 26
Dicentra formosa
Pacific poison oak 27
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Winecup Clarkia 28
Clarkia purpurea
interior live oak 29
Quercus wislizeni
canyon live oak 30
Quercus chrysolepis
purple false gilia 18
Allophyllum gilioides
crevice alumroot 31
Heuchera micrantha
thimbleberry 32
Rubus parviflorus
Silver Lupine 22
Lupinus albifrons
Elegant Clarkia 18
Clarkia unguiculata
Hooker's evening primrose 33
Oenothera elata
sticky Chinese houses 34
Collinsia tinctoria
California larkspur 18
Delphinium californicum
red clover 35
Trifolium pratense
Mountain Jewelflower 36
Streptanthus tortuosus
woodland pinedrops 37
Pterospora andromedea
Purple Mountainheath 38
Phyllodoce breweri
scarlet gilia 39
Ipomopsis aggregata
Mountain Pride 40
Penstemon newberryi
granite gilia 41
Linanthus pungens
Yellow Starthistle 42
Centaurea solstitialis
Cobwebby Thistle 43
Cirsium occidentale
round-leaved sundew 44
Drosera rotundifolia
buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
common selfheal 45
Prunella vulgaris
common yarrow 46
Achillea millefolium
pearly everlasting 47
Anaphalis margaritacea
Bur Parsley 48
Anthriscus caucalis
California mugwort 49
Artemisia douglasiana
bull thistle 50
Cirsium vulgare
pineapple-weed 51
Matricaria discoidea
miner's lettuce 52
Claytonia perfoliata
variableleaf collomia 53
Collomia heterophylla
Naked Buckwheat 54
Eriogonum nudum
fringed willowherb 55
Epilobium ciliatum
California fuchsia 56
Epilobium canum
catchweed bedstraw 57
Galium aparine
graceful bedstraw 23
Galium porrigens
fragrant bedstraw 4
Galium triflorum
common cowparsnip 58
Heracleum maximum
pink everlasting 59
Antennaria rosea
prickly lettuce 60
Lactuca serriola
hillside woodland star 61
Lithophragma heterophyllum
deerweed 62
Acmispon glaber
grassy tarweed 18
Madia gracilis
White nemophila 18
Nemophila heterophylla
mountain sweet cicely 63
Osmorhiza berteroi
ribwort plantain 64
Plantago lanceolata
Sheep's sorrel 65
Rumex acetosella
curled dock 66
Rumex crispus
chia 67
Salvia columbariae
rayless ragwort 68
Senecio aronicoides
common chickweed 69
Stellaria media
Fendler's Meadow-rue 18
Thalictrum fendleri
western vervain 18
Verbena lasiostachys
greater periwinkle 70
Vinca major
hookedspur violet 71
Viola adunca
California buckeye 72
Aesculus californica
white alder 73
Alnus rhombifolia
beaked hazelnut 74
Corylus cornuta
bush chinquapin 75
Chrysolepis sempervirens
red osier dogwood 76
Cornus sericea
Golden Yarrow 77
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Ocean spray 23
Holodiscus discolor
coffeeberry 7
Frangula californica
trailing blackberry 78
Rubus ursinus
creeping snowberry 79
Symphoricarpos mollis
American elm 80
Ulmus americana
common hops 81
Humulus lupulus
purple foxglove 82
Digitalis purpurea
yellow salsify 83
Tragopogon dubius
feverfew 84
Tanacetum parthenium

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