NCSA Forest Field Guide

We are creating a field guide for the NCSA Forest.

Sierran Treefrog 1
Pseudacris sierra
Great Gray Owl 2
Strix nebulosa
Polyphemus Moth 3
Antheraea polyphemus
Edwards' Glassy-wing Moth 1
Pseudohemihyalea edwardsii
Lion Beetle 4
Ulochaetes leoninus
Red Net-winged Beetle 5
Dictyoptera simplicipes
Fontana Grasshopper 6
Trimerotropis fontana
giant chain fern 7
Woodwardia fimbriata
goldback fern 8
Pentagramma triangularis
bird's foot cliffbrake 9
Pellaea mucronata
California incense-cedar 10
Calocedrus decurrens
ponderosa pine 11
Pinus ponderosa
gray pine 8
Pinus sabiniana
common Douglas-fir 12
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Coast Douglas-fir 13
Pseudotsuga menziesii menziesii
Sulphur pea 6
Lathyrus sulphureus
Rose Clover 14
Trifolium hirtum
common broom 15
Cytisus scoparius
hairy vetch 16
Vicia villosa
Armenian Blackberry 14
Rubus armeniacus
Toyon 17
Heteromeles arbutifolia
deerbrush ceanothus 17
Ceanothus integerrimus
coffeeberry 18
Frangula californica
greenleaf manzanita 19
Arctostaphylos patula
Whiteleaf Manzanita 17
Arctostaphylos viscida
Pacific madrone 20
Arbutus menziesii
showy phlox 19
Phlox speciosa
heart-leaf milkweed 21
Asclepias cordifolia
cardinal catchfly 22
Silene laciniata
North Californian Indian pink 23
Silene laciniata californica
milk thistle
Silybum marianum
prickly lettuce 24
Lactuca serriola
common woolly sunflower 25
Eriophyllum lanatum
coyote brush 26
Baccharis pilularis
common groundsel 27
Senecio vulgaris
Rosilla 17
Helenium puberulum
common stork's-bill 29
Erodium cicutarium
Pacific poison oak 30
Toxicodendron diversilobum
bigleaf maple 31
Acer macrophyllum
California buckeye 32
Aesculus californica
California black oak 31
Quercus kelloggii
interior live oak 17
Quercus wislizeni
valley tassels 33
Castilleja attenuata
dot-seed plantain 17
Plantago erecta
seep monkeyflower 34
Mimulus guttatus
Hartweg's umbrellawort 17
Tauschia hartwegii
Canyon Live-forever 33
Dudleya cymosa
sand pygmyweed 35
Crassula connata
Parrot's feather 36
Myriophyllum aquaticum
wavy-leafed soap plant 38
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Wild Hyacinth 39
Dichelostemma multiflorum
twining snakelily 17
Dichelostemma volubile
yellow flag iris 40
Iris pseudacorus
western blue-eyed grass 41
Sisyrinchium bellum
Mexicali Onion 17
Allium peninsulare
White Globe Lily 42
Calochortus albus
Western Witch's Hat 43
Hygrocybe singeri

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