"And God saw every thing that he had made,
and, behold, it was very good!" - Genesis 1:31
Algae
Algae include those kinds of chlorophyll bearing plants that lack true stems, roots, leaves,
flowers, and vascular tissue, and therefore are usually found in water or very moist environments.
There are many kinds of algae, including seaweeds, and many single celled species.
In the MMB algae may be easily found within the streams, ponds, and Mountain Meadows Reservoir.
I have not photographed any species of algae, nor have I found any information on the various
species within the water habitats of the MMB.
Fungi
Fungi are those kinds of plants that lack chlorophyll and are thus not able to undergo
photosynthesis. Most species are dependent on dead organic matter for nutrients, and thus play
an important ecological roll in the decomposition of organic mater. Fungi include plants such as
molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools.
Although I have seen and/or photographed a number of mushrooms in the MMB, only a few are thus
far listed:
- Polyporus amarus
Incense Cedar Dryrot
- Morella elata ?
Morel Mushroom
- Pithya sp.
Orange Cup Mushroom
- Bovista sp.
Puffball
- Calvatia sculpta
Sculptured Puffball
Lichens
Lichens are "composit" plants that consist of a fungus that contains photosynthetic algae cells.
Lichens that may be seen growing within the MMB include crustlike forms found on rocks; and leaflike
or branching forms typically found on trees. Probably the most commonly seen Lichen within the
MMB is the pale-green Staghorn Lichen growing on the trunks and limbs of pine trees.
- Bryoria sp.
Horse-hair Lichen
- Rhizocarpon geographicum
Map Lichen, Crustlike Map Lichen
- Letharia vulpina
Staghorn Lichen
Mosses, and Liverworts
Mosses and Liverworts are small flowerless green plants that lacks true roots, growing in low carpets or rounded cushions in damp habitats and reproducing by means of spores released from stalked capsules. Fairly common in such habitats in the MMB.
Often seen growing on rocks near streams.
Lycophytes
Lycophytes are small spore bearing plants that are classified separately from Mosses, Liverworts, and Ferns.
- Isoetes howellii Howell's quillwort, Quillwort
Ferns
Ferns are flowerless plants that has feathery or leafy fronds and reproduces by spores released from the undersides of the fronds.
One species, the Clover Fern, lives in aquatic habitats and can be found growing in certain shallow shoreline areas of Mountain
Meadows Reservoir.
- Botrychium simplex Little Grape Fern
- Botrychium minganense Mingan Moonwort Fern
- Cheilanthes gracillima Lace Lip Fern
- Marsilea vestita Clover Fern, Hairy Waterclover
- Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Western Bracken Fern
Horsetails
Horsetails are nonflowering plants that have hollow jointed stems that bears whorls of narrow leaves.
They produce spores in cones at the tips of young shoots.
- Equisetum arvense
Common Horsetail
- Equisetum hyemale
Scouringrush Horsetail
Trees
- Abies concolor
White Fir
- Abies magnifica
Red Fir
- Alnus incana (ssp. tenuifolia)
Mountain Alder
- Juniperus occidentalis
Western Juniper
- Libocedrus decurrens
Incense Cedar
- Pinus contorta
Lodgepole Pine
- Pinus jeffreyi
Jeffery Pine
- Pinus lambertiana
Sugar Pine
- Pinus ponderosa
Ponderosa Pine
- Populus fremontii
Fremont Cottonwood
- Populus tremuloides
Quaking Aspen
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
Douglas Fir
Bushes & Shrubs
- Acer glabrum
Mountain Maple
- Amelanchier alnifolia
Service Berry
- Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Pinemat Manzanita
- Arctostaphylos patula
Greenleaf Manzanita
- Ceanothus cordulatus
Mountain Whitethorn, Snow Bush
- Ceanothus prostratus
Pinemat Ceanothus, Prostrate Ceanothus
- Ceanothus velutinus
Snowbrush Ceanothus, Tobacco Brush
- Chrysolepis sempervirens
Bush chinquapin, Sierra Chinquapin
- Chrysothamnus nauseosus
Common Rabbitbrush
- Cytisus scoparius
Scotch Broom
- Ericameria nauseosa
Rabbitbrush, Rubber
Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
Rubber Rabbitbrush, var. speciosa
- Penstemon sudans
Susanville Beardtongue, Volcanic Beardtongue
- Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
Bitter Cherry
- Prunus virginiana var. demissa
Western Choke Cherry, Chokecherry
- Quercus vacciniifolia
Huckleberry Oak
Purshia tridentata var. tridentata
Antelope Bitterbrush
- Ribes cereum
Wax Currant
- Ribes nevadense
Sierra Currant, Mountain Pink Currant
- Ribes roezlii
Sierra Gooseberry
- Rosa gymnocarpa
Dwarf Rose
- Rosa woodsii ssp. ultramontana
Interior Rose
- Rubus parviflorus
Western Thimbleberry
- Salix lasiolepis
Arroyo Willow
- Salix lemmonii
Lemmon's Willow
- Salix lutea
Yellow Willow
- Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
Blue Elderberry
- Spiraea douglasii
Spiraea, Douglas's Spirea, Rose Spirea
- Symphoricarpos acutus
Creeping Snowberry
Grasses, Rushes, & Sedges
- Achnatherum occidentale
Western Needlegrass
- Alopecurus aequalis
Short Awned Foxtail, Water Foxtail
- Bromus carinatus
California Bromegrass
- Bromus suksdorfii
Suksdorf's Brome Grass
- Bromus tectorum
Downy brome grass, Cheatgrass
- Carex abrupta
Abrupt Beaked Sedge
- Carex bolanderi
Bolander's sedge
- Carex brainerdii
Brainerd's sedge
- Carex davyi
Davy's sedge
- Carex douglasii
Douglas sedge
- Carex feta
Green-sheathed Sedge, Feta Sedge
- Carex hoodii
Hood's Beaked Sedge
- Carex integra
Smooth Beaked Sedge
- Carex pellita
Woolly Sedge
- Carex multicaulis
Forest Sedge, Many Stemmed Sedge
- Carex multicostata
Many ribbed sedge
- Carex rossii
Ross's sedge
- Carex sheldonii
Sheldon's Sedge
- Carex utriculata
Beaked Sedge, Northwest Territory Sedge
- Carex whitneyi
Whitney's sedge
- Cyperus squarrosus
Bearded Flat Sedge, Umbrella Sedge
- Deschampsia cespitosa
Tufted Hairgrass
- Deschampsia elongata
Slender Hairgrass
- Distichlis spicata
Saltgrass
- Elymus elymoides
Bottlebrush Squirreltail Grass, Squirreltail Grass
- Festuca occidentalis
Western Fescue Grass
- Glyceria striata
Fowl Mannagrass
- Hordeum jubatum
Foxtail Barley, Squirreltail Barley
- Juncus nevadensis
Sierra Rush
- Leymus cinereus
Giant Wild Rye, Great Basin Wild Rye
- Muhlenbergia filiformis
Slender Muhly, Pullup Muhly
- Phalaris arundinacea
Reed Canarygrass
- Poa palustris
Fowl Bluegrass
- Poa secunda
Pine Bluegrass
- Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
Rush Blue Grass
- Poa wheeleri
Wheeler's Blue Grass, Hooker's Bluegrass
Perennial Herbs
- Alsike Clover
Trifolium hybridum
- Alfalfa
Medicago sativa
- Alpine Gentian
Gentiana newberryi
- Alpine Waterleaf, Woolen breeches
Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum
- American Brooklime, American Speedwell
Veronica americana
- Anderson's Thistle, Rose Thistle
Cirsium andersonii
- Arum Leaved Arrowhead, Tule Potato
Sagittaria cuneata
- Bear Valley Buckwheat, Bear Buckwheat
Eriogonum ursinum
- Big Deer Vetch, Broad-leaved Lotus
Hosackia crassifolia var. crassifolia
- Blue Eyed Grass, Western Blue Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
- Bolander's Bedstraw
Galium bolanderi
- Bolander's Madia
Kyhosia bolanderi
- Bolander's Yampah
Perideridia bolanderi ssp. bolanderi
- Brewer's Bittercress
Cardamine breweri var. breweri
- Bristly Leaf Rockcress
Boechera rectissima
- Brook Cinquefoil
Potentilla rivalis
- Bull Thistle, Russian Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- Bulrush, Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
- Bur Reed
Sparganium eurycarpum var. greenei
- California Buttercup, Common Buttercup
Ranunculus californicus
- California Butterweed, California Groundsel
Senecio aronicoides
- California Skullcap
Scutellaria californica
- California Rayless Fleabane
Erigeron inornatus
- California Stickseed
Hackelia californica
- Canescens Aster
Dieteria canescens
- Cattail
Typha latifolia
- Chamisso arnica
Arnica chamissonis
- Changing Forget Me Not
Myosotis discolor
- Chicory
Cichorium intybus
- Chinese Caps
Euphorbia crenulata
- Columbia Mountain Butterweed, Groundsel
Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
- Common Camas
Camassia quamash
- Common Cow Parsnip
Heracleum maximum
- Common Knotweed, Prostrate Knotweed
Polygonum arenastrum
- Common St. Johnswort, Klamathweed
Hypericum perforatum
- Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
- Corn Lily, California False Hellebore
Veratrum californicum
- Crimson Columbine, Western Columbine
Aquilegia formosa
- Crown Brodiaea, Harvest Brodiaea
Brodiaea coronaria ssp. coronaria
- Dalmatian Toadflax, Toadflax
Linaria genistifolia ssp. dalmatica
- Dandelion, Common Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
- Death Camas
Toxicoscordion venenosum
- Derived Penstemon, Plumas County Beardtongue
Penstemon neotericus
- Downy Popcorn Flower, Soft Popcorn Flower
Plagiobothrys mollis var. mollis
- Drummond's Rockcress
Boechera stricta
- Duckweed, Common Duckweed
Lemna minor
- Dwarf Chamaesarachia
Chamaesaracha nana
- Dwarf Skullcap, Little Skullcap
Scutellaria nana
- Dwarf Thistle, Elk Thistle
Cirsium scariosum
- Evening Primrose, Hooker's Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri
- American Wild Mint, Field Mint
Mentha arvensis
- Fireweed
Chamerion angustifolium
- Foul Odor Monkey Flower
Mimulus nanus var. mephiticus
- Grey Monardella, Pale Monardella
Monardella glauca
- Hairy Bird's Beak
Cordylanthus pilosus
- Hawkweed, White Flowered Hawkweed
Hieracium albiflorum
- Holboell's Rockcress
Arabis holboellii
- Hound's tongue
Cynoglossum officinale
- Houndstongue Hawkweed
Hieracium scouleri
- Hot Rock Beardtongue, Scabland Penstemon
Penstemon deustus var. pedicellatus
- Incense Cedar Mistletoe
Phoradendron libocedri
- Indian Pond Lily, Yellow Pond Lily
Nuphar luteum ssp. polysepalum
- Kelloggia, Milk Kelloggia
Kelloggia galioides
- Jeffrey's Shooting Star, Sierra Shooting Star
Dodecatheon jeffreyi
- Lady's Tresses, Hooded Ladies Tresses
Kelloggia galioides
- Lemmon's Catchfly
Silene lemmonii
- Large Leaved Avens
Geum macrophyllum
- Leafy Arnica
Arnica chamissonis ssp. foliosa
- Lassen's Paintbrush
Castilleja lassenensis
- Lemmon' Paintbrush
Castilleja lemmonii
- Little Elephant Heads
Pedicularis attollens
- Sundew, Round-leaf Sundew
Drosera rotundifolia
- Lotus pinnatus
Hosackia pinnata
- Many Flowered Monkey Flower
Mimulus floribundus
- Mariposa Lily, Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily, Smokey Mariposa Lily
Calochortus leichtlinii
- Marsh Speedwell, Skullcap Speedwell
Veronica scutellata
- Meadow Beardtongue, Herbaceous Penstemon
Penstemon rydbergii var. oreocharis
- Morningglory, Bindweed, Orchard Morningglory
Convolvulus arvensis
- Morningglory, False Bindweed, Western Morningglory
Calystegia occidentalis
- Mountain Butterweed, Lambstongue Ragwort
Senecio integerrimus
- Mountain Monardella, Desert Mint
Monardella odoratissima
- Mountain Violet, Goosefoot Violet
Viola purpurea
- Mule's Ears, Woolly Mule's ears
Wyethia mollis
- Musk Monkey Flower
Mimulus moschatus
- Naked-stem Buckwheat
Eriogonum nudum
- Narrow Leaf Milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis
- Narrow Leaf Plantain, English Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
- Newberry's Penstemon
Penstemon newberryi var. newberryi
- Nuttall's Larkspur, Meadow Larkspur
Delphinium nuttallianum
- Oregon Checker Mallow
Sidalcea oregana ssp. spicata
- Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
- Pacific Bleeding Hearts
Dicentra formosa
- Pacific Enchanter's Nightshade
Circaea alpina ssp. pacifica
- Peony, Brown's Peony, Mountain Peony
Paeonia brownii
- Pine Drops
Pterospora andromedea
- Plumas Lupine, Northern Lupine
Lupinus onustus
- Poison Hemlock
Conium maculatum
- Povertyweed
Iva axillaris
- Prickly Poppy, Chicalote
Argemone munita
- Prince's Pine Flower
Chimaphila umbellata
- Purdy's foothill penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus var. purdyi
- Purple Milkweed, Heartleaf Milkweed
Asclepias cordifolia
- Purple Salsify
Tragopogon porrifolius
- Pursh's Sheeppod, Woolypod Milkvetch
Astragalus purshii
- Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
- Red Larkspur
Delphinium nudicaule
- Richardson's Pondweed
Potamogeton richardsonii
- Rocky Mountain Chickweed, Obtuse Starwort(Rare)
Stellaria obtusa
- Scarlet Gilia, Western Scarlet Gilia
Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. formosissima
- Selfheal, Mountain Selfheal, Lance leaf Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
- Shasta Hoary Aster
Machaeranthera canescens var. shastensis
- Shasta rockcress
Boechera breweri ssp. shastaensis
- Siberian Water Milfoil
Myriophyllum sibiricum
- Sierra Bog Orchid
Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys
- Sierra Morning Glory - Sierra False Bindweed
Calystegia malacophylla
- Silvery Everlasting, Silvery Pussytoes
Antennaria argentea
- Silvery Brown Pussytoes, Resh Pussytoes
Antennaria luzuloides
- Slender Cinquefoil, Northwest Cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis
- Small Bedstraw, Three-petaled Bedstraw
Galium trifidum var. pusillum
- Snowplant
Sarcodes sanguinea
- Sonoma Hedge Nettle
Stachys stricta
- Spearleaf Mountain Dandelion
Agoseris retrorsa
- Spotted Coralroot, Summer Coralroot
Corallorhiza maculata
- Spotted Knapweed
Centaurea maculosa
- Spreading Dogbane, Bitter Dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifolium
- Starry False Lily of the Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
- Starved Daisy, Starved Fleabane
Erigeron miser
- Stool Lupine, Torrey's Lupine
Lupinus lepidus var. sellulus
- Sulphur Flower Buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
- Tall Groundwel. Sweet Marsh Ragwort(Rare)
Senecio hydrophiloides
- Tansyleaf Evening Primrose
Camissonia tanacetifolia *
- Tiger Lily, California Tiger Lily
Lilium pardalinum
- Trail Plant
Adenocaulon bicolor
- Tuberous Sanicle, Turkey Pea
Sanicula tuberosa
- Washington Lily
Lilium washingtonianum
- Water Groundsel, Alkali Water Ragwort
Senecio hydrophilus
- Northern Water Plantain
Alisma triviale
- Waterleaf Phacelia
Phacelia hydrophylloides
- Wavy Leaved Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja applegatei ssp. pinetorum
- Western Dock
Rumex occidentalis
- Western Fringed Catchfly,
Silene nuda
- Western Knotweed, Western Bistort
Polygonum bistortoides
- Western Water Hemlock
Cicuta douglasii
- Western Water Weed
Elodea nuttallii
- White Clover
Trifolium repens
- White Flowered Hawkweed
Hieracium albiflorum
- White Veined Wintergreen
Pyrola picta
- White Brodiaea, Wild Hyacinth
Triteleia hyacinthina
- Woodland Strawberry, California Strawberry, Wild Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
- Woolly Mullein, Common Mullein
Verbascum thapsus
- Yellow Salsify, Goat's Beard
Tragopogon dubius
- Yellow Wood Sorrel, Creeping Woodsorrel,
Oxalis corniculata
- Yosemite Rockcress
Arabis repanda var. repanda
Annual Herbs
- Bach's Calicoflower, Bach's Downingia
Downingia bacigalupii
- Batchelor Button, Garden Cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
- Blue Eyed Mary
Collinsia parviflora
- Broad-leaved Loosestrife, Spatulaleaf Loosestrife
Lythrum portula
- Brook Cinquefoil
Potentilla rivalis
- California Amaranth, California Pigweed
Amaranthus californicus
- Candelabrum Monkey Flower
Mimulus pulsiferae
- Clammy Hedge Hyssop
Gratiola neglecta
- Cocklebur, Rough Cockleburr
Xanthium strumarium
- Cut Leaved Owl's Clover, Cutleaf Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja lacera
- Fiddleneck, Common Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia
- Field Pepper Grass, Field Pepperweed
Lepidium campestre
- Forest clarkia
Clarkia rhomboidea
- Golden Dock
Rumex fueginus
- Hairy Indian Paintbrush, Hairy Owl's Clover
Castilleja tenuis
- Harkness' flaxflower
Leptosiphon harknessii
- Red Goosefoot, Humble Goosefoot
Chenopodium rubrum var. humile
- Lowland Rotala
Rotala ramosior
- Meadow Nemophila, Littlefoot Nemophila
Nemophila pedunculata
- Mountain Collomia, Grand Collomia
Collomia grandiflora
- Mountain Tarweed
Madia glomerata
- Nada Stickleaf, Bushy Blazingstar
Mentzelia dispersa
- Prickly Wild Lettuce
Lactuca serriola
- Pussy Paws
Calyptridium umbellatum
- Redstem Springbeauty
Claytonia rubra
- Rosy Owl's Clover, Bracted Owl's Clover
Orthocarpus bracteosus
- Short Flowered Owl's Clover, Cryptantha Owl's Clover
Orthocarpus cuspidatus ssp. cryptanthus
- Silvery Everlasting, Silvery Pussytoes
Antennaria argentea
- Skunky Monkey Flower
Diplacus mephiticus
- Small Flowered Groundsmoke
Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum
- Small Flowered Nemophila
Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae
- Spanish Clover
Lotus purshianus
- Sweet Bedstraw, Fragrant Bedstraw
Galium triflorum
- Thyme Leafed Spurge, Thymeleaf Sandmat
Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia
- Torrey's Blue Eyed Mary
Collinsia torreyi
- Torrey's Monkeyflower
Mimulus torreyi
- Western Yellow Cress, Curvepod Yellow Cress
Rorippa curvisiliqua
- Whiskerbrush
Leptosiphon ciliatus
- Yellow Monkey Flower, Seep Monkey Flower
Erythranthe guttatus
- Broad Scaled Owl's Clover, Toothed Owl's Clover
Orthocarpus cuspidatus
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Welcome to my list of Plants
from the Mountain Meadows Basin!
The Mountain Meadows Basin (MMB) is located in Lassen County in Northeastern California, and includes the Communities of Westwood & Clear Creek.
The photos on this page are just a small sampling of the many plant species that live
here within this basin. Touching a photo with the cursor should reveal its name.
The list on the left represents 284 native and non-native plant species that have been identified thus far. Generally accepted common names are listed first, and then the scientific name of the species. I have not listed trees and plants that have been planted by people within their personal
yards.
I am greatly indebted, and thankful, to the reserchers, botanists, and photographers, who have preceded me in the identification of plant species within Lassen County, and the MMB, and whose research data for the MMB, and photos, are now available at the
Calflora
and Calphotos web sites.
Additional photos and information on the plant species may be viewed by clicking on those scientific names that are linked in blue. These links will usually open information pages located at the Calflora web site.
Please enjoy
Sincerely, Jim Moore
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