tahoe rim flowers
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Flowering plants along the Tahoe Rim TrailTRANSCRIPT
Tahoe Rim FlowersFlowering plants along the Tahoe Rim Trail, by Dan Allison
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Iris familyIridaceae
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p76
Western Blue FlagIris missouriensis
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Lily familyLiliaceae
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p77
Sierra OnionAllium campanulatum
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Pink Star OnionAllium platycaulae
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Tiger Lily Lilium parvum
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Washington Lily Lilium washingtonianum
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False Solomon’s SealSmilacina racemosa
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Corn LilyVeratrum californicum
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White BrodiaeaTriteleia hyacintha
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Leichtlin’s Mariposa LilyCalochortus leichtlinii
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Golden StarsTriteleia ixioides
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Orchid familyOrchidaceae
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p86
Rein Orchid Platanthera leucostachys
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Carrot familyApiaceae
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p92
Cow ParsnipHeraculeum lanatum
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Brewer’s Angelica Angelica breweri
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Ranger ButtonsShenosciadium capitellatum
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Dogbane familyApocynaceae
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p97
Spreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifolium
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Sunflower familyAsteraceae
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p99
Rayless DaisyErigeron aphanactis
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Seep-spring ArnicaArnica longifolia
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Brewer’s Golden AsterAster breweri
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HawksbeardCrepis acuminata
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Western HawksbeardCrepis occidentalis
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Arrowleaf BalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittata
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Woolly Mules Ears Wyethia mollis
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Woolly SunflowerEriophyllum lanatum
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Canada GoldenrodSolidago canadensis
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YarrowAchillea millefolium
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Borage familyBorginaceae
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p135
Smooth StickseedHackelia nervosa
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Mustard familyBrassicaceae
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p138
Sierra Wallflower Erysimum capitatum
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DaggerpodPhoenicaulis cheiranthoides
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Honeysuckle familyCaprifoliaceae
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p148
Mountain SnowberrySymphoricarpos rotundifolius
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Red ElderberrySambucus racemosa
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Stonecrop familyCrassulaceae
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p156
Sierra StonecropSedum obtusatum
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Heath familyEricaceae
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p159
Snow PlantSarcodes sanguinea
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PinedropsPterospora andromedea
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Pinemat ManzanitaArctostaphylos nevadensis
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Greenleaf ManzanitaArctostaphylos patula
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Red Mountain HeatherPhyllodoce breweri
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Labrador TeaLedum glandulosum
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White-veined WintergreenPyrola picta
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Pea familyFabaceae
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p166
Green-stipuled LupineLupinus fulcratus
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Brewer’s LupineLupinus breweri
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Large-leaf LupineLupinus polyphyllus
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Whitney’s LocoweedAstragalus whitneyii
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Beech familyFagaceae
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p177
Sierra ChinquapinChrysolepis sempervirens
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Huckleberry Oak Quercus vaccinifolia
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Gentian familyGentianaceae
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p178
Green Gentian Swertia radiata
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Gooseberry familyGrossulariaceae
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p182
Sierra CurrantRibes nevadense
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Wax CurrantRibes cereum
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Sierra GooseberryRibes roezlii
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Waterleaf familyHydrophyllaceae
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p184
Ballhead PhaceliaPhacelia hydrophylloides
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Mint familyLamiaceae
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p190
Mountain PennyroyalMonardella odoratissima
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Giant HyssopAgastache urticafolia
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Flax familyLinaceae
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p195
Mountain FlaxLinum lewisii
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Mallow familyMalvaceae
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p196
White Veined Mallow Sidalcea glaucescens
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Evening PrimroseOnagraceae
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p199
Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium
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Woody-fruited Evening PrimroseOenothera xylocarpa
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Phlox familyPolemoniaceae
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p208
Scarlet GiliaIpomopsis aggregata
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Granite GiliaLeptodactylon pungens
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Spreading PhloxPhlox diffusa
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Showy PolemoniumPolyemonium pulcherrimum
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Buckwheat familyPolygonaceae
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p216
Sulfur BuckwheatEriogonum umbellatum
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Bear BuckwheatEriogonum ursinum
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ButterballsEriogonum ovalifolium
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BistortPolygonum bistortoides
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Primrose familyPrimulaceae
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p226
Sierra Shooting StarDodecatheon jeffreyi
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Sierra PrimrosePrimula suffrutescens
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Purslane familyPortulacaceae
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p227
Pussy Paws Calyptridium umbellatum
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Buttercup familyRanunculaceae
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p230
Nuttall’s LarkspurDelphinium nuttallianum
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Marsh MarigoldCaltha leptosepala
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Crimson ColumbineAquilegia formosa
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Alpine ButtercupRanunculus eschscholtzii
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Buckthorn familyRhamnaceae
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p238
Tobacco Brush Ceanothus velutinus
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Mountain WhitethornCeanothus cordulatus
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Mahala MatCeanothus prostratus
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Sierra CoffeeberryRhamnus rubra
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Rose familyRosaceae
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p240
ThimbleberryRubus parviflorus
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CreambushHolodiscus discolor
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Shrubby CinquefoilPotentilla fruticosa
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BitterbrushPurshia tridentata
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Bitter CherryPrunus emarginata
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Mat IvesiaIvesia shockleyi
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Mountain ashSorbus californica
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Mountain SpiraeaSpiraea densiflora
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Saxifrage familySaxifragaceae
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p258
Brewer’s Bishop’s CapMitella breweri
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Figwort familyScrophulariaceae
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p264
Azure PenstemonPenstemon azureus
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Hot Rock PenstemonPenstemon duestus
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Slender PenstemonPenstemon gracilentus
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Mountain PridePenstemon newberryi
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Showy PenstemonPenstemon speciosus
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Alpine PaintbrushCastilleja nana
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Giant Red PaintbrushCastilleja miniata
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Applegate’s PainbrushCastilleja applegatei
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Blue Eyed MaryCollinsia torreyi
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Lewis’ MonkeyflowerMimulus lewisii
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Common MonkeyflowerMimulus guttatus
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Mountain MonkeyflowerMimulus tilingii
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Copeland’s Owl Clover Orthocarpus cuspidatus
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Elephant’s HeadPedicularis groenlandica
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Nightshade familySolanaceae
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p282
Dwarf ChamaesarachaChamaesaracha nana
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Violet familyViolaceae
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p284
Mountain VioletViola purpurea
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Credits
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All photos by Dan Allison, available at http://flickr.com/photos/allisondan/
Questions, comments, and corrections to [email protected]
Identification from:•Plants of the Tahoe Basin, Michael Graf•Sierra Nevada Natural History, Storer & Usinger•Wildflowers 3: The Sierra Nevada, Elizabeth Horn