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.

Sierra coffee berry ¹
Frangula rubra

hollyleaf redberry ²
Rhamnus ilicifolia

Whiteleaf Manzanita ³
Arctostaphylos viscida

Pacific Madrone ⁴
Arbutus menziesii

variableleaf collomia ⁵
Collomia heterophylla

Slender Phlox
Microsteris gracilis

Western Star Flower
Trientalis latifolia

Pacific Dogwood
Cornus nuttallii

Red Osier Dogwood ⁶
Cornus sericea

Heart-leaf Milkweed ⁷
Asclepias cordifolia

Showy Milkweed ⁸
Asclepias speciosa

Slender Centaury ⁹
Centaurium tenuiflorum

Cardinal Catchfly ¹⁰
Silene laciniata

North Californian Indian pink ⁶
Silene laciniata californica

American pokeweed ¹¹
Phytolacca americana

Streambank Springbeauty ¹²
Claytonia parviflora

Miner's Lettuce ¹³
Claytonia perfoliata

Common Madia ³
Madia elegans

Yellow Starthistle ¹⁴
Centaurea solstitialis

common woolly sunflower ¹⁵
Eriophyllum lanatum

California Mugwort ¹⁶
Artemisia douglasiana

Canada Goldenrod ¹⁷
Solidago canadensis

Common Dandelion ¹⁸
Taraxacum officinale

Bull Thistle ¹⁹
Cirsium vulgare

Pineapple Weed ²⁰
Matricaria discoidea

Italian thistle ²¹
Carduus pycnocephalus

Yellow Salsify ²²
Tragopogon dubius

Great Valley gumweed ²³
Grindelia camporum

Dove's-foot crane's-bill ²⁴
Geranium molle

Pacific Poison Oak ²⁵
Toxicodendron diversilobum

Tree of Heaven ⁸
Ailanthus altissima

Bigleaf Maple ²⁶
Acer macrophyllum

Box Elder ²⁷
Acer negundo

Acer negundo californicum ²⁸

Hooker's evening primrose ⁸
Oenothera elata

Hairy Evening Primrose ²⁹
Oenothera elata hirsutissima

Blue Oak ³⁰
Quercus douglasii

California Black Oak ²⁶
Quercus kelloggii

white alder ²⁶
Alnus rhombifolia

California hazelnut ³¹
Corylus cornuta californica

Northern California Black Walnut ³²
Juglans hindsii

Pacific Hound's Tongue ³³
Cynoglossum grande

Yerba Santa ³
Eriodictyon californicum

California stoneseed
Lithospermum californicum

Oregon Ash ³⁴
Fraxinus latifolia

Sonoma sage
Salvia sonomensis

Common Selfheal ³¹
Prunella vulgaris

Henbit Deadnettle ³⁵
Lamium amplexicaule

Persian Speedwell ³⁶
Veronica persica

Seep Monkeyflower ³⁷
Mimulus guttatus

Pacific Bleeding Heart ³⁸
Dicentra formosa

Western Buttercup ³⁹
Ranunculus occidentalis

Western Columbine ⁸
Aquilegia formosa

heavenly bamboo ⁴⁰
Nandina domestica

Oregon-grape ⁸
Berberis aquifolium

creeping mahonia ⁴¹
Berberis repens

Common Snowberry ⁸
Symphoricarpos albus

Pink Honeysuckle ³
Lonicera hispidula

Red Valerian ⁴²
Centranthus ruber

Pacific Sanicle ⁴³
Sanicula crassicaulis

Hartweg's umbrellawort ³
Tauschia hartwegii

Queen Anne's Lace ⁴⁴
Daucus carota

English Ivy ⁴⁵
Hedera helix

Waxy Checkerbloom ³
Sidalcea glaucescens

California Flannelbush ⁸
Fremontodendron californicum

California Bay ⁴⁶
Umbellularia californica

Fremont Cottonwood ²
Populus fremontii

red willow ⁴⁷
Salix laevigata

Pine Violet ⁴⁸
Viola lobata

Goosefoot violet ⁴⁹
Viola purpurea

Shelton's Violet ⁵⁰
Viola sheltonii

common St John's wort ¹⁷
Hypericum perforatum

Hartweg's Wild Ginger ³
Asarum hartwegii

Lemmon's wild ginger ⁵¹
Asarum lemmonii

Shortpod Mustard ⁵²
Hirschfeldia incana

California wild grape ⁵³
Vitis californica

deergrass ⁵⁴
Muhlenbergia rigens

Common Cattail ⁵⁵
Typha latifolia

Soft Rush ¹⁷
Juncus effusus

Spotted Coralroot ⁵⁶
Corallorhiza maculata

Western Rattlesnake Plantain ⁵⁷
Goodyera oblongifolia

Chives ⁵⁸
Allium schoenoprasum

Wavy-leafed Soap Plant ⁵⁹
Chlorogalum pomeridianum

False Solomon's Seal ¹⁰
Maianthemum racemosum

Wild Hyacinth ⁶⁰
Dichelostemma multiflorum

white brodiaea ⁴
Triteleia hyacinthina

Prettyface ⁶¹
Triteleia ixioides

Foothill Triteleia ⁶²
Triteleia ixioides scabra

harvest brodiaea ⁶
Brodiaea elegans

Yellow Star-tulip ⁵¹
Calochortus monophyllus

Superb Mariposa Lily ⁵¹
Calochortus superbus

Sierra Fawn Lily ²⁸
Erythronium multiscapideum

Humboldt's Lily ⁶³
Lilium humboldtii

Leopard Lily ⁶⁴
Lilium pardalinum

brown fritillary ⁵¹
Fritillaria micrantha

scarlet fritillary ⁵⁷
Fritillaria recurva

Hooker's fairybells ³⁹
Prosartes hookeri

giant white wakerobin ⁵³
Trillium albidum

narrowpetal wakerobin ⁶⁵
Trillium angustipetalum

Giant Wakerobin ²¹
Trillium chloropetalum

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