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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.

spreading dogbane 1
Apocynum androsaemifolium
common stork's-bill 2
Erodium cicutarium
California poppy 3
Eschscholzia californica
common broom 4
Cytisus scoparius
Pinkladies 5
Oenothera speciosa
valley oak 6
Quercus lobata
Indian Warrior 7
Pedicularis densiflora
milkmaids 8
Cardamine californica
American sweetgum 9
Liquidambar styraciflua
Buckbrush 10
Ceanothus cuneatus
bluewitch nightshade 2
Solanum umbelliferum
black sage 11
Salvia mellifera
Menzies' baby blue eyes 12
Nemophila menziesii
silverpuffs 13
Uropappus lindleyi
interior live oak 14
Quercus wislizeni
creamcups 13
Platystemon californicus
thimbleberry 15
Rubus parviflorus
red clover 16
Trifolium pratense
woodland pinedrops 17
Pterospora andromedea
milk thistle 18
Silybum marianum
Cobwebby Thistle 19
Cirsium occidentale
buttonbush 20
Cephalanthus occidentalis
common yarrow 21
Achillea millefolium
chicory 22
Cichorium intybus
field bindweed 23
Convolvulus arvensis
Cut-leaved crane's-bill 24
Geranium dissectum
ribwort plantain 25
Plantago lanceolata
curled dock 26
Rumex crispus
common groundsel 27
Senecio vulgaris
common chickweed 28
Stellaria media
Fendler's Meadow-rue 10
Thalictrum fendleri
greater periwinkle 29
Vinca major
coyote brush 30
Baccharis pilularis
American dogwood 31
Cornus sericea sericea
beaked hazelnut 32
Corylus cornuta
Red-flowering Currant 33
Ribes sanguineum
Baldhip Rose 34
Rosa gymnocarpa
trailing blackberry 35
Rubus ursinus
Arroyo Willow 36
Salix lasiolepis
European holly 37
Ilex aquifolium
purple foxglove 38
Digitalis purpurea
goldwire 39
Hypericum concinnum
white horehound 40
Marrubium vulgare
shining willow
Salix lucida
black willow 41
Salix nigra
Vinegar Weed 10
Trichostema lanceolatum
wild radish 42
Raphanus sativus
Pale flax 10
Linum bienne
Salad Burnet 43
Sanguisorba minor
white clover 44
Trifolium repens
Common Whitlowgrass 45
Draba verna
hairy bittercress 46
Cardamine hirsuta
Cherry-plum 47
Prunus cerasifera
lesser periwinkle 48
Vinca minor
Sweet violet 43
Viola odorata
red deadnettle 49
Lamium purpureum
Dog-rose 50
Rosa canina
Annual Honesty 51
Lunaria annua
nipplewort 52
Lapsana communis
oxeye daisy 53
Leucanthemum vulgare
black locust 54
Robinia pseudoacacia
shepherd's-purse 55
Capsella bursa-pastoris
spotted lady's thumb 56
Persicaria maculosa
blueblossom 57
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
leather oak 10
Quercus durata
narrowleaf milkweed 10
Asclepias fascicularis
American trailplant 58
Adenocaulon bicolor
sticky western rosinweed 45
Calycadenia multiglandulosa
narrowleaf mule-ears 59
Wyethia angustifolia
Spanish clover 60
Acmispon americanus
Rose Clover 61
Trifolium hirtum
Pennyroyal 62
Mentha pulegium
fringed checkerbloom 10
Sidalcea diploscypha
Osage-orange 63
Maclura pomifera
Fitch's tarweed 64
Centromadia fitchii
common bluecup 10
Githopsis specularioides
Common purslane 65
Portulaca oleracea
moth mullein 66
Verbascum blattaria
great mullein 67
Verbascum thapsus
coyote tobacco 10
Nicotiana attenuata
lemon balm 68
Melissa officinalis
California helianthella 69
Helianthella californica
fivespot 70
Nemophila maculata
velvetleaf 71
Abutilon theophrasti
common fig 72
Ficus carica
Lewis flax 73
Linum lewisii
Lemmon's Catchfly 74
Silene lemmonii
western azalea 19
Rhododendron occidentale
diamond clarkia 75
Clarkia rhomboidea
wild cherry 76
Prunus avium
Lewis's mock-orange 30
Philadelphus lewisii
arrowleaf balsamroot 77
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Douglas' Catchfly 45
Silene douglasii
Bitter cherry 78
Prunus emarginata
white hawkweed 79
Hieracium albiflorum
white-stemmed raspberry 80
Rubus leucodermis leucodermis
California sweetshrub 31
Calycanthus occidentalis
puncture vine 81
Tribulus terrestris
Oregon oak 82
Quercus garryana
white meadowfoam 83
Limnanthes alba

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