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.

Western Star Flower
Trientalis latifolia
Pacific Dogwood
Cornus nuttallii
Red Osier Dogwood 1
Cornus sericea
Heart-leaf Milkweed 2
Asclepias cordifolia
Showy Milkweed 3
Asclepias speciosa
Slender Centaury 4
Centaurium tenuiflorum
Cardinal Catchfly 5
Silene laciniata
North Californian Indian pink 1
Silene laciniata californica
American pokeweed 6
Phytolacca americana
Streambank Springbeauty 7
Claytonia parviflora
Miner's Lettuce 8
Claytonia perfoliata
Common Madia 9
Madia elegans
Yellow Starthistle 10
Centaurea solstitialis
common woolly sunflower 11
Eriophyllum lanatum
California Mugwort 12
Artemisia douglasiana
Canada Goldenrod 13
Solidago canadensis
Common Dandelion 14
Taraxacum officinale
Bull Thistle 15
Cirsium vulgare
Pineapple Weed 16
Matricaria discoidea
Italian thistle 17
Carduus pycnocephalus
Yellow Salsify 18
Tragopogon dubius
Great Valley gumweed 19
Grindelia camporum
Pacific Poison Oak 21
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Tree of Heaven 3
Ailanthus altissima
Bigleaf Maple 22
Acer macrophyllum
Box Elder 23
Acer negundo
Hooker's evening primrose 3
Oenothera elata
Hairy Evening Primrose 25
Oenothera elata hirsutissima
Blue Oak 26
Quercus douglasii
California Black Oak 22
Quercus kelloggii
white alder 22
Alnus rhombifolia
California hazelnut 27
Corylus cornuta californica
Pacific Hound's Tongue 29
Cynoglossum grande
Yerba Santa 9
Eriodictyon californicum
California stoneseed
Lithospermum californicum
Oregon Ash 30
Fraxinus latifolia
Sonoma sage
Salvia sonomensis
Common Selfheal 27
Prunella vulgaris
Henbit Deadnettle 31
Lamium amplexicaule
Persian Speedwell 32
Veronica persica
Seep Monkeyflower 33
Mimulus guttatus
Pacific Bleeding Heart 34
Dicentra formosa
Western Buttercup 35
Ranunculus occidentalis
Western Columbine 3
Aquilegia formosa
heavenly bamboo 36
Nandina domestica
Oregon-grape 3
Berberis aquifolium
creeping mahonia 37
Berberis repens
Common Snowberry 3
Symphoricarpos albus
Pink Honeysuckle 9
Lonicera hispidula
Red Valerian 38
Centranthus ruber
Pacific Sanicle 39
Sanicula crassicaulis
Hartweg's umbrellawort 9
Tauschia hartwegii
Queen Anne's Lace 40
Daucus carota
English Ivy 41
Hedera helix
Waxy Checkerbloom 9
Sidalcea glaucescens
California Flannelbush 3
Fremontodendron californicum
California Bay 42
Umbellularia californica
Fremont Cottonwood 43
Populus fremontii
red willow 44
Salix laevigata
Pine Violet 45
Viola lobata
Goosefoot violet 46
Viola purpurea
Shelton's Violet 47
Viola sheltonii
common St John's wort 13
Hypericum perforatum
Hartweg's Wild Ginger 9
Asarum hartwegii
Lemmon's wild ginger 48
Asarum lemmonii
Shortpod Mustard 49
Hirschfeldia incana
California wild grape 50
Vitis californica
deergrass 51
Muhlenbergia rigens
Common Cattail 52
Typha latifolia
Soft Rush 13
Juncus effusus
Spotted Coralroot 53
Corallorhiza maculata
Western Rattlesnake Plantain 54
Goodyera oblongifolia
Chives 55
Allium schoenoprasum
Wavy-leafed Soap Plant 56
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
False Solomon's Seal 5
Maianthemum racemosum
Wild Hyacinth 57
Dichelostemma multiflorum
white brodiaea 58
Triteleia hyacinthina
Prettyface 59
Triteleia ixioides
Foothill Triteleia 60
Triteleia ixioides scabra
harvest brodiaea 1
Brodiaea elegans
Yellow Star-tulip 48
Calochortus monophyllus
Superb Mariposa Lily 48
Calochortus superbus
Sierra Fawn Lily 24
Erythronium multiscapideum
Humboldt's Lily 61
Lilium humboldtii
Leopard Lily 62
Lilium pardalinum
brown fritillary 48
Fritillaria micrantha
scarlet fritillary 54
Fritillaria recurva
Hooker's fairybells 35
Prosartes hookeri
giant white wakerobin 50
Trillium albidum
narrowpetal wakerobin 63
Trillium angustipetalum
Giant Wakerobin 17
Trillium chloropetalum
Coccora 64
Amanita calyptroderma
Shaggy Mane 65
Coprinus comatus
Oyster Mushroom 66
Pleurotus ostreatus
Split-gill Mushroom 67
Schizophyllum commune
Oakmoss 69
Evernia prunastri

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