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.

California Mugwort 1
Artemisia douglasiana
Canada Goldenrod 2
Solidago canadensis
Common Dandelion 3
Taraxacum officinale
Bull Thistle 4
Cirsium vulgare
Pineapple Weed 5
Matricaria discoidea
Italian thistle 6
Carduus pycnocephalus
Yellow Salsify 7
Tragopogon dubius
Great Valley gumweed 8
Grindelia camporum
Pacific Poison Oak 10
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Tree of Heaven 11
Ailanthus altissima
Bigleaf Maple 12
Acer macrophyllum
Box Elder 13
Acer negundo
Hairy Evening Primrose 15
Oenothera elata hirsutissima
Blue Oak 16
Quercus douglasii
California Black Oak 12
Quercus kelloggii
white alder 12
Alnus rhombifolia
California hazelnut 17
Corylus cornuta californica
Pacific Hound's Tongue 19
Cynoglossum grande
Yerba Santa 20
Eriodictyon californicum
California stoneseed
Lithospermum californicum
Oregon Ash 21
Fraxinus latifolia
Sonoma sage
Salvia sonomensis
Common Selfheal 17
Prunella vulgaris
Henbit Deadnettle 22
Lamium amplexicaule
Persian Speedwell 23
Veronica persica
Seep Monkeyflower 24
Mimulus guttatus
Pacific Bleeding Heart 25
Dicentra formosa
Western Buttercup 26
Ranunculus occidentalis
Western Columbine 11
Aquilegia formosa
heavenly bamboo 27
Nandina domestica
Oregon-grape 11
Berberis aquifolium
creeping mahonia 28
Berberis repens
Common Snowberry 11
Symphoricarpos albus
Pink Honeysuckle 20
Lonicera hispidula
Red Valerian 29
Centranthus ruber
Pacific Sanicle 30
Sanicula crassicaulis
Hartweg's umbrellawort 20
Tauschia hartwegii
Queen Anne's Lace 31
Daucus carota
English Ivy 32
Hedera helix
Waxy Checkerbloom 20
Sidalcea glaucescens
California Flannelbush 11
Fremontodendron californicum
California Bay 33
Umbellularia californica
Fremont Cottonwood 34
Populus fremontii
red willow 35
Salix laevigata
Pine Violet 36
Viola lobata
Goosefoot violet 37
Viola purpurea
Shelton's Violet 38
Viola sheltonii
common St John's wort 2
Hypericum perforatum
Hartweg's Wild Ginger 20
Asarum hartwegii
Lemmon's wild ginger 39
Asarum lemmonii
Shortpod Mustard 40
Hirschfeldia incana
California wild grape 41
Vitis californica
deergrass 42
Muhlenbergia rigens
Common Cattail 43
Typha latifolia
Soft Rush 2
Juncus effusus
Spotted Coralroot 44
Corallorhiza maculata
Western Rattlesnake Plantain 45
Goodyera oblongifolia
Chives 46
Allium schoenoprasum
Wavy-leafed Soap Plant 47
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
False Solomon's Seal 48
Maianthemum racemosum
Wild Hyacinth 49
Dichelostemma multiflorum
white brodiaea 50
Triteleia hyacinthina
Prettyface 51
Triteleia ixioides
Foothill Triteleia 52
Triteleia ixioides scabra
harvest brodiaea 53
Brodiaea elegans
Yellow Star-tulip 39
Calochortus monophyllus
Superb Mariposa Lily 39
Calochortus superbus
Sierra Fawn Lily 14
Erythronium multiscapideum
Humboldt's Lily 54
Lilium humboldtii
Leopard Lily 55
Lilium pardalinum
brown fritillary 39
Fritillaria micrantha
scarlet fritillary 45
Fritillaria recurva
Hooker's fairybells 26
Prosartes hookeri
giant white wakerobin 41
Trillium albidum
narrowpetal wakerobin 56
Trillium angustipetalum
Giant Wakerobin 6
Trillium chloropetalum

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