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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
wavy-leafed soap plant 3
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
common dandelion 4
Taraxacum officinale
common stork's-bill 5
Erodium cicutarium
bristly dogtail grass 6
Cynosurus echinatus
boxelder maple 7
Acer negundo
western sword fern 8
Polystichum munitum
California poppy 9
Eschscholzia californica
bigleaf maple 10
Acer macrophyllum
western columbine 11
Aquilegia formosa
common Douglas-fir 12
Pseudotsuga menziesii
ponderosa pine 13
Pinus ponderosa
Common Snowberry 11
Symphoricarpos albus
common broom 14
Cytisus scoparius
American pokeweed 15
Phytolacca americana
Pinkladies 16
Oenothera speciosa
bulrush 17
Typha latifolia
California bay 18
Umbellularia californica
blue oak 19
Quercus douglasii
valley oak 20
Quercus lobata
Rancher's fiddleneck 21
Amsinckia menziesii intermedia
Snowplant 3
Sarcodes sanguinea
spotted coralroot 22
Corallorhiza maculata
Indian Warrior 23
Pedicularis densiflora
milkmaids 24
Cardamine californica
oak mistletoe 25
Phoradendron leucarpum
Buckbrush 26
Ceanothus cuneatus
red baneberry 27
Actaea rubra
California black oak 10
Quercus kelloggii
Wild strawberry 28
Fragaria vesca
western wallflower 29
Erysimum capitatum
black sage 30
Salvia mellifera
Blue Dicks 31
Dichelostemma capitatum
Phantom Orchid 32
Cephalanthera austiniae
Western Rattlesnake Plantain 33
Goodyera oblongifolia
silverpuffs 31
Uropappus lindleyi
giant wakerobin 34
Trillium chloropetalum
Pussy-ears 35
Calochortus tolmiei
Douglas iris 36
Iris douglasiana
Pacific madrone 37
Arbutus menziesii
Pacific Bleeding Heart 38
Dicentra formosa
Pacific Bleedinghearts
Dicentra formosa formosa
false Solomon's seal 39
Maianthemum racemosum
Hooker's fairybells 40
Prosartes hookeri
Superb Mariposa Lily 41
Calochortus superbus
Pacific poison oak 19
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Ithuriel's Spear 5
Triteleia laxa
interior live oak 42
Quercus wislizeni
canyon live oak 43
Quercus chrysolepis
common hawthorn 44
Crataegus monogyna
creamcups 31
Platystemon californicus
White Globe Lily 45
Calochortus albus
thimbleberry 46
Rubus parviflorus
fringe cups 11
Tellima grandiflora
Silver Lupine 47
Lupinus albifrons
devil's beggarticks 48
Bidens frondosa
harvest brodiaea 31
Brodiaea elegans
Hooker's evening primrose 49
Oenothera elata
sticky Chinese houses 50
Collinsia tinctoria
twolobe clarkia 45
Clarkia biloba
red clover 51
Trifolium pratense
Mountain Jewelflower 52
Streptanthus tortuosus
Fremont cottonwood 53
Populus fremontii
Mountain Pride 29
Penstemon newberryi
Prettyface 54
Triteleia ixioides
Coyote Mint 26
Monardella villosa
Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily 45
Calochortus leichtlinii
milk thistle 55
Silybum marianum
Yellow Starthistle 56
Centaurea solstitialis
lady fern 52
Athyrium filix-femina
coastal woodfern 24
Dryopteris arguta
rough horsetail 57
Equisetum hyemale
goldback fern 58
Pentagramma triangularis
Nested Polypody 59
Polypodium calirhiza
common bracken 60
Pteridium aquilinum
giant chain fern 61
Woodwardia fimbriata
field horsetail 62
Equisetum arvense
buttonbush 63
Cephalanthus occidentalis
common selfheal 64
Prunella vulgaris
wall barley 44
Hordeum murinum
common yarrow 65
Achillea millefolium
California mugwort 66
Artemisia douglasiana
Acer negundo californicum 67
chicory 68
Cichorium intybus
bull thistle 69
Cirsium vulgare
Italian thistle 34
Carduus pycnocephalus
pineapple-weed 70
Matricaria discoidea
miner's lettuce 71
Claytonia perfoliata
variableleaf collomia 72
Collomia heterophylla
poison hemlock 73
Conium maculatum
field bindweed 74
Convolvulus arvensis
sweet fennel 75
Foeniculum vulgare
Cut-leaved crane's-bill 76
Geranium dissectum
Dove's-foot crane's-bill 77
Geranium molle
Shortpod Mustard 78
Hirschfeldia incana
White nemophila 26
Nemophila heterophylla
mountain sweet cicely 8
Osmorhiza berteroi
ribwort plantain 79
Plantago lanceolata
curled dock 80
Rumex crispus

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