Coarsegold, California
Revised 1-4-09

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Woodland Clarkia     NOTES

Woodland Clarkia
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Woodland Clarkia, Leaves
Clarkia unguiculata
Evening Primrose family

Crimson Clover     NOTES

Crimson Clover
Trifolium incarnatum
Pea family

 

Unidentified Clover, R02
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Unidentified Clover R02

Unidentified Clover, R02
Trifolium sp.
Pea family

HoneysuckleChaparral,Berries8-3-05.jpg (26447 bytes)     NOTES

Chaparral Honeysuckle,
Berries
Lonicera interrupta
Honeysuckle family

Poison Oak, Fall     NOTES

Poison Oak, Fall
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Sumac family

Scarlet Monkeyflower CU     NOTES

Scarlet Monkeyflower*
(Closeup)

 

Scarlet Monkeyflower

Scarlet Monkeyflower*
AKA Crimson Monkeyflower
Mimulus cardinalis
Figwort family

Hollyleaf Redberry CU     NOTES

Hollyleaf Redberry
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Yaupon Holly

Hollyleaf Redberry
AKA Hollyleaf Coffeeberry,
Evergreen Buckthorn
Rhamnus ilicifolia
Buckthorn family

Purple Sanicle CU     NOTES

Purple Sanicle
(Closeup)

Purple Sanicle

Purple Sanicle
AKA Snakeroot
Sanicula bipinnatifida
Carrot family

Sea Urchin
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Sea Urchin (Gall)     NOTES

Sea Urchin (Oak Leaf Gall)
Caused by Cynipid wasp
(Not a berry or wildflower!)

Squawbush, Berries     NOTES

Squawbush, Berries
AKA Skunkbrush, Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
Sumac family

  Tocolote CU      NOTES

Tocolote
(Closeup)

Tocolote  

Tocolote
Centaurea melitensis
Sunflower family

Spring Vetch CU     NOTES

Spring Vetch
(Closeup)

Spring Vetch

Spring Vetch
Vicia sativa
Pea family

Indian Warrior CU     NOTES

Indian Warrior
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Indian Warrior

Indian Warrior
Pedicularis densiflora
Figwort family

UID R03

UID W30, Flowers

UID W30, Leaves

UID W30, Stalks

NOTES:

Chaparral Honeysuckle

Bloom:  May–July
Description:  Deciduous vine or sprawling shrub with yellow honeysuckle flowers.  It has edible but bitter berries.  Hummingbirds like the flowers.
Special:  Native; limited to California.   BACK

Crimson Clover

Bloom:  April–August
Description:  Annual herb, ½–2'.  Flower heads are bright red in long cylinders.  Leaflets are wedge-shaped.
Special:  Not native.   BACK

Hollyleaf Redberry

Bloom:  Spring
Description:   Evergreen shrub to 12'.  Flowers are yellow.  Berries are bright clear red.  Grey bark, stiff branches, upright.  Hummingbirds and insects collect nectar from the flowers.  Many birds love the berries.
Special:  Native.  Can cause minor dermatitis.   BACK

Indian Warrior

Bloom:  January–June
Description:  Perennial herb.  Stalks 4–20".  Leaves finely dissected like fern leaves, 4–7", covered with soft brown hairs.  Flowering stalks have dense spikes of dark wine-red flowers with a stout straight upper beak & a lower lip of 3 small lobes halfway back on the tube, 1½".
Special:  Native.  Like all species of Pedicularis, this is a green root-parasite, supplementing its photosynthesis with thievery.  Leaves may have been used to make a tea.   BACK

Poison Oak

Bloom:  April–June
Description:  Woody shrub or climbing vine, 1–9'. Lobed leaflets in threes (center leaf is long-stalked).  Bright green in the early season, reddish later.  Flowers are greenish white clusters, forming white berries.
Special:  Native.  The plant should be avoided in all seasons; its oil causes an irritating dermatitis.   BACK

Purple Sanicle

Bloom:  March–May
Description:  Perennial herb, ½–2'.  Flowers are purple (or yellow) balls with long, feathery stamens.  Seeds are round & spiny.  Leaf petiole conspicuously broad with spiny margins.
Special:  Native.   BACK

Scarlet Monkeyflower

Bloom:  April–October
Description:  Perennial herb.  Showy, 2–4'.  Hairy & glandular, prostrate or erect, toothed, sticky, & hairy leaves, oblong or ovate, somewhat clasping, in pairs.  Three to five palmate veins in leaves.  Red flowers are 2", tubular in pairs with 5 lobes, 2 lips.  Throat has yellow hairy ridges.  Grows in wet areas.
Special:  Native.   BACK

Sea Urchin (Gall)

Description:  Strange shape formed by the Blue Oak in response to the egg laying of nonstinging Cynipid wasps. Eggs may be laid on leaves or other parts of the tree, and the oak responds by forming this particular color and shape of gall, which in turn protects the larva. In fall, the insect chews its way out.   BACK

Spring Vetch

Bloom:   April–July.
Description:  Annual herb, vine, 1–3'.  Vine.  1–2 red-purple flowers near the base of each leaf.  4–8 pairs of narrow leaves are blunt-tipped with tiny bristles.
Special:   Not native.  Photographed at Oak Creek.   BACK

Squawbush

Bloom:  February–June
Description:  Deciduous shrub with clumping habit.
Special:  Native.  Related to Poison Oak, but does not cause rash for most people.  Brilliant yellow to red fall color.   BACK

Tocolote

Bloom:  May–January
Description:  Annual herb, 1–5'.  Yellow flower heads (½–¾"), with long spines (½") below.  Cottony-haired leaves linear, extending down the stem.  Well branched.
Special:  Not native.  Very similar to Yellow Star Thistle.   BACK

Woodland Clarkia

Bloom:  May–June
Description:  Annual herb, 1–3'.  Pink outer petal lobe with a darker red spot, rectangular to round on a threadlike base.  8 anthers.
Special:  Native; limited to California.   BACK

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