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.

silverpuffs 1
Uropappus lindleyi
milk thistle 2
Silybum marianum
Cobwebby Thistle 3
Cirsium occidentale
common yarrow 4
Achillea millefolium
chicory 5
Cichorium intybus
common groundsel 6
Senecio vulgaris
coyote brush 7
Baccharis pilularis
nipplewort 8
Lapsana communis
oxeye daisy 9
Leucanthemum vulgare
American trailplant 10
Adenocaulon bicolor
sticky western rosinweed 11
Calycadenia multiglandulosa
narrowleaf mule-ears 12
Wyethia angustifolia
Fitch's tarweed 13
Centromadia fitchii
California helianthella 14
Helianthella californica
arrowleaf balsamroot 15
Balsamorhiza sagittata
white hawkweed 16
Hieracium albiflorum
deltoid balsamroot 17
Balsamorhiza deltoidea
Bolander's mule's ears 18
Wyethia bolanderi
Nevada helianthella
Helianthella californica nevadensis
Fern-leaf Yarrow 19
Achillea filipendulina
Common Madia 20
Madia elegans
Yellow Starthistle 21
Centaurea solstitialis
common woolly sunflower 22
Eriophyllum lanatum
California Mugwort 23
Artemisia douglasiana
Canada Goldenrod 24
Solidago canadensis
Common Dandelion 25
Taraxacum officinale
Bull Thistle 26
Cirsium vulgare
Pineapple Weed 27
Matricaria discoidea
Italian thistle 28
Carduus pycnocephalus
Yellow Salsify 29
Tragopogon dubius
Great Valley gumweed 30
Grindelia camporum

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