Wolf Creek Field Guide

A collection of species and observations found in the Wolf Creek Watershed, a tributary of the Bear River, Sierra Nevada Range, California.

hollyleaf redberry ¹
Rhamnus ilicifolia

Whiteleaf Manzanita ²
Arctostaphylos viscida

Pacific Madrone ³
Arbutus menziesii

variableleaf collomia ⁴
Collomia heterophylla

Slender Phlox
Microsteris gracilis

Western Star Flower
Trientalis latifolia

Pacific Dogwood
Cornus nuttallii

Red Osier Dogwood ⁵
Cornus sericea

Heart-leaf Milkweed ⁶
Asclepias cordifolia

Showy Milkweed ⁷
Asclepias speciosa

Slender Centaury ⁸
Centaurium tenuiflorum

Cardinal Catchfly ⁹
Silene laciniata

North Californian Indian pink ⁵
Silene laciniata californica

American pokeweed ¹⁰
Phytolacca americana

Streambank Springbeauty ¹¹
Claytonia parviflora

Miner's Lettuce ¹²
Claytonia perfoliata

Common Madia ²
Madia elegans

Yellow Starthistle ¹³
Centaurea solstitialis

common woolly sunflower ¹⁴
Eriophyllum lanatum

California Mugwort ¹⁵
Artemisia douglasiana

Canada Goldenrod ¹⁶
Solidago canadensis

Common Dandelion ¹⁷
Taraxacum officinale

Bull Thistle ¹⁸
Cirsium vulgare

Pineapple Weed ¹⁹
Matricaria discoidea

Italian thistle ²⁰
Carduus pycnocephalus

Yellow Salsify ²¹
Tragopogon dubius

Great Valley gumweed ²²
Grindelia camporum

Dove's-foot crane's-bill ²³
Geranium molle

Pacific Poison Oak ²⁴
Toxicodendron diversilobum

Tree of Heaven ⁷
Ailanthus altissima

Bigleaf Maple ²⁵
Acer macrophyllum

Box Elder ²⁶
Acer negundo

Acer negundo californicum ²⁷

Hooker's evening primrose ⁷
Oenothera elata

Hairy Evening Primrose ²⁸
Oenothera elata hirsutissima

Blue Oak ²⁹
Quercus douglasii

California Black Oak ²⁵
Quercus kelloggii

white alder ²⁵
Alnus rhombifolia

California hazelnut ³⁰
Corylus cornuta californica

Northern California Black Walnut ³¹
Juglans hindsii

Pacific Hound's Tongue ³²
Cynoglossum grande

Yerba Santa ²
Eriodictyon californicum

California stoneseed
Lithospermum californicum

Oregon Ash ³³
Fraxinus latifolia

Sonoma sage
Salvia sonomensis

Common Selfheal ³⁰
Prunella vulgaris

Henbit Deadnettle ³⁴
Lamium amplexicaule

Persian Speedwell ³⁵
Veronica persica

Seep Monkeyflower ³⁶
Mimulus guttatus

Pacific Bleeding Heart ³⁷
Dicentra formosa

Western Buttercup ³⁸
Ranunculus occidentalis

Western Columbine ⁷
Aquilegia formosa

heavenly bamboo ³⁹
Nandina domestica

Oregon-grape ⁷
Berberis aquifolium

creeping mahonia ⁴⁰
Berberis repens

Common Snowberry ⁷
Symphoricarpos albus

Pink Honeysuckle ²
Lonicera hispidula

Red Valerian ⁴¹
Centranthus ruber

Pacific Sanicle ⁴²
Sanicula crassicaulis

Hartweg's umbrellawort ²
Tauschia hartwegii

Queen Anne's Lace ⁴³
Daucus carota

English Ivy ⁴⁴
Hedera helix

Waxy Checkerbloom ²
Sidalcea glaucescens

California Flannelbush ⁷
Fremontodendron californicum

California Bay ⁴⁵
Umbellularia californica

Fremont Cottonwood ¹
Populus fremontii

red willow ⁴⁶
Salix laevigata

Pine Violet ⁴⁷
Viola lobata

Goosefoot violet ⁴⁸
Viola purpurea

Shelton's Violet ⁴⁹
Viola sheltonii

common St John's wort ¹⁶
Hypericum perforatum

Hartweg's Wild Ginger ²
Asarum hartwegii

Lemmon's wild ginger ⁵⁰
Asarum lemmonii

Shortpod Mustard ⁵¹
Hirschfeldia incana

California wild grape ⁵²
Vitis californica

deergrass ⁵³
Muhlenbergia rigens

Common Cattail ⁵⁴
Typha latifolia

Soft Rush ¹⁶
Juncus effusus

Spotted Coralroot ⁵⁵
Corallorhiza maculata

Western Rattlesnake Plantain ⁵⁶
Goodyera oblongifolia

Chives ⁵⁷
Allium schoenoprasum

Wavy-leafed Soap Plant ⁵⁸
Chlorogalum pomeridianum

False Solomon's Seal ⁹
Maianthemum racemosum

Wild Hyacinth ⁵⁹
Dichelostemma multiflorum

white brodiaea ³
Triteleia hyacinthina

Prettyface ⁶⁰
Triteleia ixioides

Foothill Triteleia ⁶¹
Triteleia ixioides scabra

harvest brodiaea ⁵
Brodiaea elegans

Yellow Star-tulip ⁵⁰
Calochortus monophyllus

Superb Mariposa Lily ⁵⁰
Calochortus superbus

Sierra Fawn Lily ²⁷
Erythronium multiscapideum

Humboldt's Lily ⁶²
Lilium humboldtii

Leopard Lily ⁶³
Lilium pardalinum

brown fritillary ⁵⁰
Fritillaria micrantha

scarlet fritillary ⁵⁶
Fritillaria recurva

Hooker's fairybells ³⁸
Prosartes hookeri

giant white wakerobin ⁵²
Trillium albidum

narrowpetal wakerobin ⁶⁴
Trillium angustipetalum

Giant Wakerobin ²⁰
Trillium chloropetalum

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