Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata (Slender Cinquefoil)

7/9/07 Hope Valley Wildlife Area, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Alpine County.

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Slender Cinquefoil

SPECIES: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

FAMILY: Rosaceae (Rose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/9/07

LOCATION: Hope Valley Wildlife Area, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Alpine County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Hairs spreading to appressed. 

Stem: generally 20--50 cm. 

Leaf: basal central leaflet 20--60 mm, surfaces +- equally hairy, toothed < 1/2 to midvein, teeth widest at base. 

Flower: petals generally 4--7 mm. 

Ecology: Common. Generally open forest, dry meadows; 

Elevation: 800--3500 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: NW (exc sw), CaR, SNH, Teh, TR, PR, GB. 

Flowering Time: Jun--Sep 

Synonyms: Potentilla gracilis var. glabrata (Lehm.) C.L. Hitchc.; Potentilla gracilis subsp. nuttallii (Lehm.) D.D. Keck; Potentilla gracilis var. permollis (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.

Jepson eFlora Author: Barbara Ertter

Castilleja linarifolia (Linear-leaved Paintbrush, Wyoming Paintbrush)

7/10/07 Virginia Lakes Rd., Toiyabe National Forest, Eastern Sierra,

Mono County, CA

7/8/16 Virginia Lakes Rd., Toiyabe National Forest, Eastern Sierra,
Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Linear-leaved Paintbrush, Wyoming Paintbrush

SPECIES: Castilleja linarifolia

FAMILY: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/10/07

LOCATION: Virginia Lakes Rd., Toiyabe National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Perennial herb 30--100 cm, few-branched, +- yellow to gray-green, generally becoming +- purple, glabrous to slightly puberulent. 

Leaf: 20--80 mm, linear, margins folded upward; lobes 0--3, narrow, < calyx. 

Inflorescence: 5--20 cm, open below; bracts 15--30 mm, generally narrowly 3-lobed, < calyx, bright red to yellow. 

Flower: calyx 20--35 mm, divided 2/3 abaxially, +- 1/3 adaxially, +- 1/8 on sides, puberulent, lobes curved upward, acute; corolla 25--45 mm, beak +- = tube, yellow-green, adaxially sparsely puberulent, margins red, lower lip 2--3 mm, dark green; stigma slightly 2-lobed. 

Fruit: 10--15 mm. 

Seed:1.5--2 mm; coat shallowly netted, loose-fitting, side walls ladder-like. 

Ecology: Dry plains, rocky slopes, sagebrush scrub or pinyon/juniper woodland; 

Elevation: 1000--3350 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: CaR, e slope SNH, TR, GB, DMoj; 

Distribution Outside California: to Oregon, Montana, New Mexico. 

Flowering Time: Jun--Sep 

Jepson eFlora Author: Margriet Wetherwax, T.I. Chuang & Lawrence R. Heckard

Spiraea splendens (Mountain Spiraea)

7/9/07 Silver Lake (Kay's Silver Lake Resort), Hwy. 88, Carson Pass Rd., 

Central Sierras, Amador County.

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Mountain Spiraea, Rose Meadowsweet

SPECIES: Spiraea splendens

FAMILY: Rosaceae (Rose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/9/07

LOCATION: Silver Lake (Kay's Silver Lake Resort), Hwy. 88, Carson Pass Rd., Central Sierras, Amador County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Plant 2--9 dm, glabrous to sparsely fine-hairy. 

Leaf: generally ovate, generally 1--7 cm; petiole < 3 mm. 

Flower: hypanthium 2--2.5 mm; sepals +- 1 mm; petals +- 1.5 mm, rose. 

Ecology: Moist, rocky areas including serpentine, conifer forest; 

Elevation: 550--3400 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: KR, CaR, SNH; 

Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia, Nevada. 

Flowering Time: Jun--Sep 

Synonyms: Spiraea densiflora Nutt. ex Rydb.; Spiraea densiflora Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, inval.; Spiraea densiflora subsp. splendens (Baumann ex K. Koch) Abrams; Spiraea helleri Rydb.; Spiraea splendens E.N. Baumann ex K. Koch var. splendens

Jepson eFlora Author: Daniel Potter & Thomas J. Rosatti

Rubus ursinus (California Blackberry)

7/8/07 North Grove meadow/picnic area, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, 

Central Sierras, Calaveras County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: California Blackberry

SPECIES: Rubus ursinus

FAMILY: Rosaceae (Rose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/8/07

LOCATION: North Grove Picnic Area, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Calaveras County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Plant prostrate to decumbent; generally dioecious; bristles or prickles generally many, weak, slender, straight. 

Stem: 2--10 mm diam, not angled, +- glabrous to hairy, +- with stalked glands, glaucous, persisting 2 years, rooting at tips. 

Leaf: simple or compound, leaflets 3(5), terminal triangular-ovate, irregularly coarse-toothed, tip acute, abaxially sparsely to densely gray-hairy, stipules thread-like to linear, <= 1 mm wide. 

Inflorescence: cyme, flowers 1--5. 

Flower: generally unisexual; sepals hairy, prickly, +- with stalked glands; petals 6--8(11) mm in pistillate, 10--15(18) mm in staminate, elliptic to round, white; filaments thread-like; pistils > 30, styles long, slender, ovaries glabrous or hairy. 

Fruit: blackberry-type, black. 

Ecology: Common. Open, disturbed areas; 

Elevation: < 1500 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP; 

Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia, Idaho, Baja California. 

Flowering Time: Mar--Jul 

Unabridged Note: Parent of several cultivars, especially loganberry, boysenberry.

Jepson eFlora Author: Lawrence A. Alice

Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia)

7/8/07 "The Sentinels," North Grove Picnic Area, 

Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Calaveras County.

Gil with Hana at "The Sentinels," North Grove Picnic Area, 

Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Calaveras County.

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Giant Sequoia

SPECIES: Sequoiadendron giganteum

FAMILY: Cupressaceae (Cypress Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/8/07

LOCATION: "The Sentinels," North Grove Picnic Area, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Calaveras County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Tree, generally not sprouting. 

Stem: trunk < 90 m, to 11 m diam; old crown irregular, with large branches throughout; bark to +- 60 cm thick near base, fibrous, ridged, red-brown; branches spreading to downswept, ends upturned; twigs persistent < 20 years. 

Leaf: alternate, green < 4 years, persistent < 20; of 1 kind, appressed, +- 4-ranked, < 15 mm, awl-like. 

Pollen Cone: 4--8 mm, +- spheric to ovoid. 

Seed Cone: 40--90 mm, oblong, woody, maturing in 2 years, persistent < 20; scales peltate, fused to bracts. 

Seed: 3--9 per scale, 3--6 mm, wings 2, unequal, lateral. 

Ecology: Uncommon. Mixed-conifer forest, especially with favorable soil moisture; 

Elevation: 825--2700 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: SNH, naturalized in northwestern San Jacinto Mountains (Black Mountain), possibly naturalizing in San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains. 

Note: Most massive trunks in North America. 

Jepson eFlora Author: Steve Boyd & James R. Griffin

Geum triflorum (Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke)

7/7/07 Meadow off Hwy. 108 west of Sonora Pass historical marker, 

Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke

SPECIES: Geum triflorum

FAMILY: Rosaceae (Rose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/07

LOCATION: Meadow off Hwy. 108 west of Sonora Pass historical marker, Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Plant in patches, rhizomed, +- gray-green. 

Stem: generally 10--50 cm. 

Leaf: 4--30 cm; leaflets wedge-shaped, generally 2--3-lobed > 1/2 to base, lobes deeply few-toothed, main leaflets 3--9 per side, largest 1--3 cm, +- = terminal. 

Inflorescence: (1)3--5(7)-flowered; pedicels tomentose, occasionally glandular. 

Flower: +- cup-shaped, nodding; hypanthium bractlets 5--15 mm, linear-oblanceolate, outcurved; sepals erect, 6--14 mm, maroon, purple, or +- green and purple-tinged; petals erect, 7--13 mm, +- elliptic, cream to pale yellow, pink-tinged or purple-veined, persistent. 

Fruit: body 2.5--5 mm; style 15--40 mm below tardily deciduous tip, not or inconspicuously hooked, plumose. 

Ecology: Dry meadow edges, sagebrush scrub, open yellow-pine forest; 

Elevation: 1300--3200 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: c KR (Marble Mtns), CaRH, n&c SNH, GB; 

Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia, Montana, Colorado. 

Flowering Time: May--Jul 

Synonyms: Geum canescens (Greene) Munz; Geum ciliatum Pursh; Geum triflorum var. canescens (Greene) Kartesz & Gandhi

Jepson eFlora Author: Joseph R. Rohrer

Pedicularis attollens (Little Elephant's Head)

Meadow off Hwy. 108 west of Sonora Pass historical marker, 

Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Little Elephant's Head

SPECIES: Pedicularis attollens

FAMILY: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/07

LOCATION: Meadow off Hwy. 108 west of Sonora Pass historical marker, Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Stem: 6--60 cm, tomentose distally. 

Leaf: basal 3--20 cm, +- linear, segments 17--41, linear, toothed. 

Inflorescence: 2--30 cm; bracts densely hairy, < flowers. 

Flower: calyx 4--6 mm, tomentose; corolla 4.5--7 mm, light pink to purple, marked darker, glabrous, upper lip 3.5--6 mm, curved upward, beak 3--5 mm, lower lip 3--5 mm, +- fan-like; anthers +- 1 mm, base obtuse. 

Fruit: 6--10 mm. 

Seed: 2.5--4 mm, surface finely netted. 

Ecology: Wet meadows, streamsides, bogs; 

Elevation: 1200--4000 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: KR, CaR, SNH, MP, W&I; 

Distribution Outside California: Oregon. 

Flowering Time: Jun--Sep 

Jepson eFlora Author: Linda Ann Vorobik

Micranthes odontoloma (Brook Saxifrage)

7/7/07 Soda Creek, Hwy. 108 (Sonora Hwy.), Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Streambank/Brook Saxifrage

SPECIES: Micranthes odontoloma

FAMILY: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/07

LOCATION: Soda Creek, Hwy. 108, Sonora Hwy., Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Plants 20--50 cm; caudex producing rhizomes; bulblets 0. 

Leaf: 4--40 cm; petiole 2--30 cm, base generally +- expanded, sheathing, membranous; blade +- round, base cordate to reniform, teeth coarse, sharp. 

Inflorescence: open. 

Flower: sepals reflexed, generally +- = petals, ovate to elliptic; petals 3--4.5 mm, round to elliptic, 2-spotted, ephemeral; filaments club-shaped; nectaries band-like; pistil 1, ovary superior, placentas proximally axile and distally marginal in ovary lobes. 

Fruit: capsule, follicle-like. 

Ecology: Wet meadows, ledges; 

Elevation: > 1500 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoRH, CaRH, SNH, SnBr; 

Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia, Montana, New Mexico. 

Flowering Time: Jul--Aug 

Synonyms: Saxifraga odontoloma Piper

Jepson eFlora Author: Michael S. Park

Lupinus polyphyllus (Bigleaf Lupine)

7/7/07 Soda Creek, Hwy. 108 (Sonora Hwy.), Toiyabe National Forest,

Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Bigleaf Lupine

SPECIES: Lupinus polyphyllus

FAMILY: Fabaceae (Pea Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/07

LOCATION: Soda Creek, Hwy. 108, Sonora Hwy., Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Perennial herb 2--15 dm, green, glabrous or sparsely hairy. 

Stem: erect, stout, generally hollow. 

Leaf: basal and cauline; stipules 5--30 mm; petioles 3--45 cm, upper shorter; leaflets 5--17, 40--150 mm. 

Inflorescence: 6--40 cm, open, flowers +- whorled; peduncle 3--13 cm; pedicels 3--15 mm; bract 7--11 mm. 

Flower: 9--15 mm; calyx lips 4--7 mm, entire; petals violet to lavender to pink to white, banner back glabrous, spot yellow to white occasionally turning red-purple, keel upcurved, generally glabrous. Fruit: 2.5--4 cm, hairy. 

Seed: 3--9. 

Jepson eFlora Author: Teresa Sholars & Rhonda Riggins

Helenium bigelovii (Bigelow's Sneezeweed)

7/7/07 Soda Creek, Hwy. 107 (Sonora Hwy.), Toiyabe National Forest,

Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Bigelow's Sneezeweed

SPECIES: Helenium bigelovii

FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/07

LOCATION: Soda Creek, Hwy. 108, Sonora Hwy., Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Perennial herb 3--13 dm. 

Stem: 1--3(10), unbranched or sparingly branched distally, generally weakly winged, glabrous or sparsely hairy. 

Leaf: glabrous or sparsely hairy; basal oblanceolate to oblong-elliptic, entire; cauline oblong-elliptic to lanceolate to linear, entire. 

Inflorescence: heads 1--20, 12--20 mm, (14)17--22(25) mm diam; peduncle (6)10--30 cm, sparsely to moderately hairy; phyllaries basally fused; receptacle 4--8 mm diam, +- spheric. 

Ray Flower: 14--20; corolla 13--25 mm. 

Disk Flower: 250--500(800+); corolla 3--4.4(4.8) mm, proximally yellow, distally yellow to brown to purple. 

Fruit: 1.8--2.4 mm, +- hairy; pappus scales 6--8, 1.3--2.2(2.7) mm, awn-tipped. 

Ecology: Wet meadows, marshes, bogs, fens, streambanks, lake margins; 

Elevation: < 3400 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoR, CaR, SN, deltaic GV, CW, TR, PR; 

Distribution Outside California:Oregon. 

Flowering Time: Jul--Aug 

Jepson eFlora Author: Mark W. Bierner

Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii (Douglas' Dustymaiden)

7/7/07 West Walker Trail from Leavitt Trail off Hwy. 108 (Sonora Hwy.),

Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

7/8/16 Dunderberg Meadow Road, Toiyabe National Forest, 
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Douglas' Dustymaiden

SPECIES: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/07

LOCATION: West Walker Trail from Leavitt Trail, Hwy. 108, Sonora Hwy., Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Perennial herb or biennial, rarely flowering 1st year or slightly woody, not or scarcely cespitose or matted, (3)8--50[60] cm.

Stem: generally 1--5(12). 

Leaf: basal (sometimes withering) and +- cauline, 1.5--12(15) cm, hairs generally persistent. 

Inflorescence: heads (1)2--25+ per stem; longest phyllaries 9--15(17) mm. 

Ecology: Common. Rocky or gravelly ridges, talus, fell-fields, crevices; 

Elevation: (400)900--3500 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoRI, NCoRH, CaRH, SNH, GB, n DMtns; 

Distribution Outside California:to southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, western North Dakota, Colorado, northwestern New Mexico. 

Flowering Time: May--Sep 

Jepson eFlora Author: James D. Morefield