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Bear River Watershed Field Guide

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

Spanish Broom 1
Spartium junceum
bird's-foot trefoil 2
Lotus corniculatus
common dandelion 3
Taraxacum officinale
common stork's-bill 4
Erodium cicutarium
boxelder maple 5
Acer negundo
California poppy 6
Eschscholzia californica
bigleaf maple 7
Acer macrophyllum
western columbine 8
Aquilegia formosa
Common Snowberry 8
Symphoricarpos albus
common broom 9
Cytisus scoparius
American pokeweed 10
Phytolacca americana
Pinkladies 11
Oenothera speciosa
California bay 12
Umbellularia californica
blue oak 13
Quercus douglasii
valley oak 14
Quercus lobata
Rancher's fiddleneck 15
Amsinckia menziesii intermedia
Snowplant 16
Sarcodes sanguinea
Indian Warrior 17
Pedicularis densiflora
milkmaids 18
Cardamine californica
oak mistletoe 19
Phoradendron leucarpum
Buckbrush 20
Ceanothus cuneatus
red baneberry 21
Actaea rubra
California black oak 7
Quercus kelloggii
Wild strawberry 22
Fragaria vesca
western wallflower 23
Erysimum capitatum
black sage 24
Salvia mellifera
silverpuffs 25
Uropappus lindleyi
Pacific madrone 26
Arbutus menziesii
Pacific Bleeding Heart 27
Dicentra formosa
Pacific Bleedinghearts
Dicentra formosa formosa
Pacific poison oak 13
Toxicodendron diversilobum
interior live oak 28
Quercus wislizeni
canyon live oak 29
Quercus chrysolepis
common hawthorn 30
Crataegus monogyna
creamcups 25
Platystemon californicus
thimbleberry 31
Rubus parviflorus
fringe cups 8
Tellima grandiflora
Silver Lupine 32
Lupinus albifrons
devil's beggarticks 33
Bidens frondosa
Hooker's evening primrose 34
Oenothera elata
sticky Chinese houses 35
Collinsia tinctoria
twolobe clarkia 36
Clarkia biloba
red clover 37
Trifolium pratense
Mountain Jewelflower 38
Streptanthus tortuosus
Fremont cottonwood 39
Populus fremontii
Mountain Pride 23
Penstemon newberryi
Coyote Mint 20
Monardella villosa
milk thistle 40
Silybum marianum
Yellow Starthistle 41
Centaurea solstitialis
buttonbush 42
Cephalanthus occidentalis
common selfheal 43
Prunella vulgaris
common yarrow 44
Achillea millefolium
California mugwort 45
Artemisia douglasiana
Acer negundo californicum 46
chicory 47
Cichorium intybus
bull thistle 48
Cirsium vulgare
Italian thistle 49
Carduus pycnocephalus
pineapple-weed 50
Matricaria discoidea
miner's lettuce 51
Claytonia perfoliata
variableleaf collomia 52
Collomia heterophylla
poison hemlock 53
Conium maculatum
field bindweed 54
Convolvulus arvensis
sweet fennel 55
Foeniculum vulgare
Cut-leaved crane's-bill 56
Geranium dissectum
Dove's-foot crane's-bill 57
Geranium molle
Shortpod Mustard 58
Hirschfeldia incana
White nemophila 20
Nemophila heterophylla
mountain sweet cicely 59
Osmorhiza berteroi
ribwort plantain 60
Plantago lanceolata
curled dock 61
Rumex crispus
Pacific Sanicle 62
Sanicula crassicaulis
common chickweed 63
Stellaria media
Fendler's Meadow-rue 20
Thalictrum fendleri
Common Vetch 64
Vicia sativa
greater periwinkle 65
Vinca major
California buckeye 66
Aesculus californica
white alder 7
Alnus rhombifolia
California sagebrush 67
Artemisia californica
coyote brush 59
Baccharis pilularis
American dogwood 8
Cornus sericea sericea
California hazelnut 68
Corylus cornuta californica
beaked hazelnut 69
Corylus cornuta
red osier dogwood 70
Cornus sericea
French broom 25
Genista monspessulana
Toyon 20
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Pink Honeysuckle 20
Lonicera hispidula
Silver Bush Lupine 35
Lupinus albifrons albifrons
coffeeberry 8
Frangula californica
Baldhip Rose 71
Rosa gymnocarpa
trailing blackberry 72
Rubus ursinus
Arroyo Willow 73
Salix lasiolepis
creeping snowberry 74
Symphoricarpos mollis
European holly 75
Ilex aquifolium
purple foxglove 76
Digitalis purpurea
yellow salsify 77
Tragopogon dubius
northern California black walnut 78
Juglans hindsii
white horehound 79
Marrubium vulgare
Pacific Willow
Salix lucida
black willow 80
Salix nigra
Vinegar Weed 20
Trichostema lanceolatum

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