Bear River Watershed Field Guide

Species found in the Bear River Watershed, Sierra Nevada Foothills, California

Broad-leaved Stonecrop 1
Sedum spathulifolium
white sweetclover 2
Melilotus albus
Tufted Poppy 3
Eschscholzia caespitosa
downy pincushionplant 4
Navarretia pubescens
Common purslane 5
Portulaca oleracea
moth mullein 6
Verbascum blattaria
great mullein 2
Verbascum thapsus
Chives 7
Allium schoenoprasum
Western Redbud 3
Cercis occidentalis
Humboldt's Lily 8
Lilium humboldtii
lemon balm 9
Melissa officinalis
fivespot 10
Nemophila maculata
Hartweg's wild ginger 4
Asarum hartwegii
twining snakelily 4
Dichelostemma volubile
California loosestrife 11
Lythrum californicum
velvetleaf 12
Abutilon theophrasti
common fig 13
Ficus carica
Frying Pans 14
Eschscholzia lobbii
wild asparagus 15
Asparagus officinalis
barbed goat grass 16
Aegilops triuncialis
Lewis flax 17
Linum lewisii
Corn Lily 18
Veratrum californicum
Lemmon's Catchfly 19
Silene lemmonii
western azalea 20
Rhododendron occidentale
brown fritillary 21
Fritillaria micrantha
Hairypink 4
Petrorhagia dubia
shorthorn steer's head 22
Dicentra pauciflora
Sierra Stonecrop 23
Sedum obtusatum
broad-leaved sweet pea 24
Lathyrus latifolius
Slender Centaury 25
Centaurium tenuiflorum
slender phlox 26
Microsteris gracilis
Armenian Blackberry 27
Rubus armeniacus
Waxy Checkerbloom 4
Sidalcea glaucescens
leopard lily 28
Lilium pardalinum pardalinum
diamond clarkia 29
Clarkia rhomboidea
wild cherry 30
Prunus avium
cardinal catchfly 31
Silene laciniata
North Californian Indian pink 18
Silene laciniata californica
Lewis's mock-orange 32
Philadelphus lewisii
deerbrush ceanothus 4
Ceanothus integerrimus
pipsissewa 33
Chimaphila umbellata
Little Prince's Pine 34
Chimaphila menziesii
heart-leaf milkweed 35
Asclepias cordifolia
Wild Hyacinth 36
Dichelostemma multiflorum
Lemmon's wild ginger 21
Asarum lemmonii
rainbow iris 37
Iris hartwegii
arrowleaf balsamroot 38
Balsamorhiza sagittata
showy milkweed 39
Asclepias speciosa
nettle-leaf giant hyssop 4
Agastache urticifolia
California flannelbush 28
Fremontodendron californicum
serpentine fern 40
Aspidotis densa
smooth horsetail 38
Equisetum laevigatum
Oregon Ash 41
Fraxinus latifolia
Bitter cherry 42
Prunus emarginata
California wild grape 43
Vitis californica
white-stemmed raspberry 44
Rubus leucodermis leucodermis
whitebark raspberry 45
Rubus leucodermis
California sweetshrub 28
Calycanthus occidentalis
Sonoma sage
Salvia sonomensis
birchleaf mountain mahogany 35
Cercocarpus betuloides
sugar pine 46
Pinus lambertiana
crimson clover 47
Trifolium incarnatum
Yellow Star-tulip 21
Calochortus monophyllus
deptford pink 48
Dianthus armeria
Indian Rhubarb 28
Darmera peltata
Canada goldenrod 49
Solidago canadensis
Western Buttercup 50
Ranunculus occidentalis
white fir 51
Abies concolor
Oregon oak 52
Quercus garryana
Bear's breeches 53
Acanthus mollis
Goosefoot violet 54
Viola purpurea
Shelton's Violet 55
Viola sheltonii
wavyleaf paintbrush 43
Castilleja applegatei
Hartweg's doll's-lily
Odontostomum hartwegii
stream violet 42
Viola glabella
greenleaf manzanita 3
Arctostaphylos patula
One-seeded Pussypaws 4
Calyptridium monospermum
pine mat 11
Ceanothus diversifolius
Mahala mat 4
Ceanothus prostratus
Lawson's cypress 56
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Pacific Dogwood 58
Cornus nuttallii
wild carrot 59
Daucus carota
Western False Rue Anemone 60
Enemion occidentale
Lobb's wild buckwheat 61
Eriogonum lobbii
common woolly sunflower 62
Eriophyllum lanatum
Sierra Fawn Lily 63
Erythronium multiscapideum
eggleaf spurge 64
Euphorbia oblongata
Sierra coffeeberry 65
Frangula rubra
Rose-of-sharon 66
Hypericum calycinum
yellow-flowered iris 67
Iris chrysophylla
Sierra juniper 68
Juniperus grandis
Nevada Sweet Pea 69
Lathyrus lanszwertii
Sierra Nevada Peavine 70
Lathyrus nevadensis
Sulphur pea 71
Lathyrus sulphureus
Whiskerbrush 17
Leptosiphon ciliatus
California stoneseed
Lithospermum californicum
Sicklekeel Lupine 4
Lupinus albicaulis
Harlequin Lupine 72
Lupinus stiversii
California Saxifrage 18
Micranthes californica

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