COSA Plants

Some of the plants you might encounter as you walk the COSA

owens valley checkerbloom 1
Sidalcea covillei
three-square bulrush 2
Schoenoplectus pungens
field horsetail 3
Equisetum arvense
smooth horsetail 4
Equisetum laevigatum
hemp dogbane 5
Apocynum cannabinum
Western Water Hemlock 6
Cicuta douglasii
cutleaf water parsnip 7
Berula erecta
sugar maple 8
Acer saccharum
narrowleaf milkweed 9
Asclepias fascicularis
common sunflower 10
Helianthus annuus
showy milkweed 11
Asclepias speciosa
horseweed 12
Erigeron canadensis
bur-marigold 13
Bidens laevis
rubber rabbitbrush 14
Ericameria nauseosa
western goldenrod 15
Euthamia occidentalis
Hall's Meadow Hawksbeard 10
Crepis runcinata ssp. hallii
Nuttall's Sunflower 16
Helianthus nuttallii
rough cocklebur 17
Xanthium strumarium
Sticktight 18
Bidens frondosa
Canada thistle 19
Cirsium arvense
bull thistle 20
Cirsium vulgare
prickly lettuce 10
Lactuca serriola
common dandelion 21
Taraxacum officinale
bristly fiddleneck 4
Amsinckia tessellata
watercress 22
Nasturtium officinale
Tansy Mustard 23
Descurainia sophia
broadleaved pepperweed 24
Lepidium latifolium
Kochia 25
Bassia scoparia
tumble mustard 26
Sisymbrium altissimum
Bassia 27
Bassia hyssopifolia
field bindweed 29
Convolvulus arvensis
Russian olive 30
Elaeagnus angustifolia
wild licorice 31
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
white sweetclover 32
Melilotus albus
bird's-foot trefoil 33
Lotus corniculatus
white clover 2
Trifolium repens
Filaree 34
Erodium cicutarium
Carolina crane's-bill 35
Geranium carolinianum
Wild Iris 36
Iris missouriensis
Hedgenettle 37
Stachys ajugoides
wild mint 38
Mentha arvensis
Inyo County Star-Tulip 39
Calochortus excavatus
wild asparagus 40
Asparagus officinalis
cheeseweed mallow 42
Malva parviflora
greater plantain 43
Plantago major
English plantain 44
Plantago lanceolata
pale smartweed 45
Persicaria lapathifolia
dotted smartweed 46
Persicaria punctata
curly dock 47
Rumex crispus
Oval Leaf Knotweed 48
Polygonum arenastrum
Woods' rose 49
Rosa woodsii
Armenian Blackberry 50
Rubus armeniacus
apples 51
Malus
coyote willow 4
Salix exigua
Arroyo Willow 52
Salix lasiolepis
Fremont cottonwood 53
Populus fremontii
red willow 54
Salix laevigata
Tree of heaven 55
Ailanthus altissima
yerba mansa 11
Anemopsis californica
bittersweet nightshade 56
Solanum dulcamara
cattails 57
Typha
hardstem bulrush 58
Schoenoplectus acutus
Siberian elm 59
Ulmus pumila
Nebraska sedge 25
Carex nebrascensis
woolly sedge 60
Carex pellita
clustered field sedge 61
Carex praegracilis
Panicled Bulrush 4
Scirpus microcarpus
Common Spike-rush 62
Eleocharis palustris
Parish's spikerush 63
Eleocharis parishii
mexican rush 64
Juncus mexicanus
common reed 65
Phragmites australis
Great Basin Wildrye 4
Leymus cinereus
Creeping wild rye 15
Leymus triticoides
rice cutgrass 66
Leersia oryzoides
Salt Grass 67
Distichlis spicata
scratch grass 68
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
alkali sacaton 69
Sporobolus airoides
red brome 68
Bromus rubens
ripgut brome 4
Bromus diandrus
Cheatgrass 70
Bromus tectorum
Bermuda grass 71
Cynodon dactylon
tall fescue 72
Festuca arundinacea
Velvet grass 73
Holcus lanatus
wall barley 74
Hordeum murinum
rabbitfoot grass 75
Polypogon monspeliensis
Foxtail Barley 76
Hordeum jubatum
Kentucky Bluegrass 4
Poa pratensis

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