Appendix A

Plant Species Collected at Red Clover Creek, 1986–1993
by Vegetation Type Category

 
Forbs
Common Name Scientific Name
Western yarrow  Achillea lanulosa
Short-beaked agoseris Agoseris glauca var. monticola
Annual agoseris Agoseris heterophylla
Sierra onion Allium campanulatum
Wild onion Allium species
Everlasting Antennaria species
Tower mustard Arabis glabra
Arnica Arnica species
Western meadow aster Aster campestris
Aster Aster species
Lens-pod locoweed Astragalus lentiformis
Balsam root Balsamorhiza species
Borage Boraginaceae
Pussy paws Calyptridium umbellatum
Quamash camass Camassia quamash spp brevifolia
Pinnatifid sun-cup Camissonia tanacetifolia
Parrot's head indian paint brush Castilleja psittacina
Narrow-leaved goosefoot Chenopodium leptophyllum
Soap plant Chlorogalum species
Dwarf thistle Cirsium drummondii
Thistle Cirsium species (1988)
Small-flowered blue-eyed mary Collinsia parviflora
Large-flowered collomia Collomia grandiflora
Narrow-leaved collomia Collomia linearis
Popcorn flower Cryptanthus sp.
Dwarf larkspur Delphinium depauperatum
Larkspur Delphinium species
Tansy-mustard Descurainia sophia
Cuspidate downingia Downingia cuspidata
Thread-leaved daisy Erigeron filifolius
Daisy Erigeron species
Wild pea Eriogonum species
Unidentifed forb  Forb
Willow herb Gayophytum species
Avens Geum species
Sticky pyrrocoma Haplopappus hirtus ssp. lanulosus
Hesperochiron Hesperochiron species
Dusky horkelia Horkelia fusca ssp pseudocapitata
Wild pea  Lathyrus species
Mountain lily Leucocrinum montanum
Western blue flax Linum perenne ssp lewisii

 
Forbs
Common Name Scientific Name
Plummer's lomatium Lomatium plummerae
Spanish clover Lotus purshianus
Bird's foot trefoil Lotus species
Douglas' spurred lupine Lupinus arbustus ssp silvicola
Arid-soil lupine Lupinus sellulus
Lupine  Lupinus species
Alfalfa Medicago sativa
Slender phlox  Microsteris gracilis AKA Phlox gracilis
Monkey flower  Mimulus species
Nuttall's monolepis Monolepis nuttalliana
Linear-leaved montia  Montia linearis
Miner's lettuce Montia perfoliata
Brewer's navarretia Navarretia breweri
Navarretia Navarretia species
Evening-primrose Oenothera species
Naked broom-rape Orobanche uniflora
Hairy orthocarpus Orthocarpus hispidus
Wild peony Paeonia brownii
Hot rock penstemon Penstemon deustus
Meadow penstemon Penstemon oreocharis
Yampah Perideridia species
Downy allocarya Plagiobothrys mollis
Ribgrass or narrow-leaved plantain Plantago lanceolata
Annual polemonium Polemonium micranthum
Snakeweed Polygonum bistortoides
Douglas's knotweed Polygonum douglasii
Austin's knotweed Polygonum douglasii var. austinae
Knotweed Polygonum species
Cinquefoil Potentilla gracillus
Many-leaved cinquifoil Potentilla millefolia
Rough cinquifoil Potentilla norvegia ssp. monspeliensis
Dwarf wolly-heads Psilocarphus brevissimus
Water plantain buttercup Ranunculus alismaefolius
Water buttercup Ranunculus aquatilis var capillaceus
California buttercup Ranunculus californicus
Desert buttercup Ranunculus cymbalaria var saximontanus
Western buttercup Ranunculus occidentalis
Rose family forb Rosaceae
Sheep sorrel Rumex acetosella
Alpine sheep sorrel Rumex paucifolius
Dock  Rumex species
Dense-seeded dock Rumex triangulivalvis
Western burnet Sanguisorba occidentalis
Sweet marsh butterweed Senecio foetidus
Lambstongue groundsel Senecio integerrimus
Spicate checker Sidalcea oregana ssp. spicata
Starwort Stellaria species
 
Forbs
Common Name Scientific Name
Common dandelion Taraxacum officinale
Beckwith's clover Trifolium beckwithii
Long-stalked clover Trifolium longipes
Clover Trifolium species
Cow clover Trifolium wormskjoldii
Umbelliferae family forb Umbelliferae
Common mullein Verbascum thapsus
Brooklime or speedwell Veronica americana
Purslane speedwell Veronica peregrina ssp xalapensis
Speedwell Veronica species
Vetch Vicia species
Violet Viola species
 
Perennial Grasses
Common Name Scientific Name
Russian or desert wheatgrass Agropyron desertorum
Western wheatgrass Agropyron smithii
Slender wheatgrass Agropyron trachycaulum
Red top Agrostis alba
Little meadow or shortawn foxtail Alopecurus aequalis
American sloughgrass Beckmannia syzigache
Smooth brome Bromus inermus
California oatgrass Danthonia california
Tufted hairgrass Deschampsia caespitosa
Hairgrass Deschampsia species
Blue wild-rye Elymus glaucus
Rye-grass Elymus species
Red fescue Festuca rubra
Fescue Festuca species
Unidentified grass Grass
Meadow barley Hordeum brachyantherum
Foxtail grass Hordeum species
Small onion grass Melica fujax
Onion grass Melica species
Muhlenbergia Muhlenbergia species
Canada bluegrass Poa compressa
Cusick bluegrass Poa cusickii
Kentucky bluegrass Poa pratensis
Sandberg bluegrass Poa secunda
Bluegrass Poa species
Few-flowered manna-grass Puccinellia pauciflora AKA Glyceria pauciflora
Squirreltail grass Sitanian hystrix
Letterman's stipa Stipa lettermani
Needlegrass Stipa species
 
Rush
Common Name Scientific Name
Horsetail Equisetum species
Rush Juncus species

 
 
Sedge
Common Name Scientific Name
Slender-beaked sedge Carex athrostachya
Douglas's sedge Carex douglasii
Short-grass sedge Carex exerata 
Green-sheathed sedge Carex feta
Nebraska sedge Carex nebraskensis
Unidentified sedge species Carex species
Pale spike-rush Eleocharis macrostachya
Spike-rush Eleocharis sp.

   
 
Brush
Common Name Scientific Name
Hoary sagebrush Artemisia cana
Douglas' mugwort Artemisia douglasiana
Big basin sagebrush Artemisia tridentata
Sticky rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Straggly gooseberry Ribes divaricatum var. inerme
Red willow Salix lasiandra
Coyote willow Salix exigua
Unidentified shrub Shrub

  Additional information can be found in D. S. Lindquist, G. McCalla, and H. Stubbs, 1993, "Erosion Control Demonstration Project in Red Clover Valley: Vegetation Monitoring Study, 1987–1993," draft report 009.4-89.5 prepared for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Research and Development, San Ramon, California.
 
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