Specimen
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Juncus mexicanus – Mexican Rush
Occasional perennial herb to 3 dm tall, found along streamlets in meadow with Luzula comosa and Senecio hydrophilus.
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Juncus macrandrus – Long-anthered Rush
Perennial herb, to 3 dm tall, occasional along streamlets in meado with Senecio hydrophilus and Elymus triticoides.
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Iris missouriensis – Western Blue Flag, Wild Iris
Perennial herb, corollas light purple; scattered in sandy soil with granite cobbles, drier meadow margins, near Convict Creek, northeast corner of property, near fence; with Astragalus Canadensis, Artemisia ludoviciana.
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Ipomosis tenuituba – Scarlet Gilia, Firecracker Flower
Common biennial herb, flowers red to salmon, in sunny forest openings with Artemisia tridentata, Abies magnifica, Pinus jeffreyi.
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Hordeum brachyantherum spp. californicum – California Barley
Occasional perennial grass to 1 meter tall, in moist soil near spring below Hans George’s cabin on west facing slope with Salix sp., Sphenosciadium capitellatum, Mimulus nasutus.
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Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus – Rock Spiraea
Occasional shrub to 0.4 meters tall, corollas cream, on dry south-facing slope with Prunus emarginata, Ceanothus velutinus, and Quercus vaccinifolia.
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Holodiscus microphyllus – Rock Spiraea
Common subshrub to 0.6 meters tall, corollas cream, on dry gravelly south-facing slope below Lake Mary Road with Ceanothus velutinus and Mentzelia laevicaulis.
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Hippurus vulgaris – Mare’s Tail
Rare perennial herb in man-made trout pound with Ranunculus aquatilis and Alopecurus aequalis. Plants about half submerged.
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Hieracium albiflorum – White-flowered Hawkweed
Occasional perennial herb, corollas white, in shaded humus soil son northeast-facing slope beneath Abies magnifica.
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Heuchera rubescens var. alpicola – Pink Alumroot
Occasional perennial herb, flowers deep pink, in cracks in granite boulders above Mammoth Creek near waterfall with Penstemon newberryi, Abies magnifica, Arctostaphylos nevadensis.
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Heracleum lanatum – Cow Parsnip
Common perennial herb to 2 meters tall, corollas white, in boggy soil of meadow margins and near springs with Veratrum californicum, Mimulus nasutus.
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Hackelia mundula – Pink Stickseed
Occasional perennial herb, corollas pink fading blue, on open sunny slopes in loose dry soil with Ceanothus cordulatus and Agastache urticifolia.
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Hackelia micrantha – Jessica’s Stickseed
Common perennial herb, flowers blue, in shaded areas in dry soil with Pinus murrayana, RIbes cereum, and Lupinus polyphyllus.
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Gnaphalium palustre – Pearly Everlasting
Annual, locally uncommon, open sites in dry meadow where brush piles have been burned, northeast corner of property, near fence with Cyperus squarrousus, and Polygonum douglasii.
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Glyceria elata – Tall Mannagrass
Common perennial grass, along entrance road near Woody’s meadow in moist soil of meadow margins and near man-made trout ponds with Aquilegia formosa, Pinus murrayana, and Heracleum sphondylium.
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Gilia cana ssp. cana – Mojave Gilia
Rare annual herb to 2 dm tall, corollas pale violet, in dry pumice soil at summit of sagebrush knoll with Purshia tridentata and Arctostaphulos patula.
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Geum macrophyllum – Big-leaf Avens
Occasional perennial herb, corollas yellow to 7 dm tall, in moist shaded soil near Mammoth Creek along waterfall trail with Alnus tenuifolia and Cornus stolonifera.
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Gentianopsis holopetala – Sierra Gentian
Annual herb; corolla lobes blue-violet; occasional in moist meadow near north fence, east end of property; with Carex spp., and Erigeron peregrinus.
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Gayophytum diffusum subsp. parviflorum – Diffuse Gayophytum
Common, dry sandy-gravelly soil, open sites in sagebrush scrub, along roads and trails. Annual herb, petals pink and white.
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Galium triflorum – Sweet-scented Bedstraw
Occasional perennial herb, flowers cream, in semi-shade in wet soil at base of steep northeast facing slope with Mimulus lewisii, Aquilegia formosa, Senecio triangularia.
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Galium bifolium – Low Mountain Bedstraw
Common annual herb, corollas white, in openings in sagebrush on slope with Purshia tridentata, Elymus cinereus.
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Fritillaria pinetorum – Mountain Fritillary
Occasional perennial herb to 4 dm, flowers green and brown, in drying loose pumice soil, in semi-shade, under Pinus murrayana and Artemisia tridentata. Bulb with rice grain bulblets.
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Fragaria virginiana – Mountain Strawberry
Occasional perennial herb, spreading by stolons, in disturbed area near cookhouse, in shade of Pinus murrayana, with Osmorhiza occidentalis and Epilobium angustifolium.
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Festuca rubra – Red Fescue
Perennial sod-forming grass, composing lawns near man-made trout ponds and around cabins with Thalictrum fendleri,and Epliobium angustifolium.