Wildflowers of Nevada and Placer Counties, California"Describes and illustrates with color photos 520 species of wildflowers found in Nevada and Placer Counties, California. Also provides a physical description of the area, places to see wildflowers, Native American uses, and a complete plant checklist, which includes thirty-eight percent of the plants known to grow wild in California"--Provided by publisher. |
Contents
Dedication | 1 |
Description of the Area Covered by This Book | 9 |
Threats To Native Plants | 17 |
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Apr-Jul Description Apr-Jun basal bloom blue bracts Brodiaea Buckwheat Buttercup California calyx Canyon Carex CARVILLE Clarkia Clover clusters color Comments conifer corolla dense erect Eriogonum flower heads flowering stem foliage foothills forests genera genus Gilia Grass grows Habitat hairs hairy inflorescence JULIES KAREN CALLAHAN leaf leaflets leaves Lewisia Lily linear lobed Lotus Lupine May-Jul Description meadows Mimulus moist Monkeyflower Mountain Native Americans Native annual Native perennial Native perennial Jun-Aug Native perennial May-Aug Native Plant Navarretia Nevada and Placer Nevada County Non-native annual occidentalis Onion Orchid ovary Penstemon perennial May-Aug Description petals Phacelia pink pinnately Placer Counties places pollinated purple ray flowers rhizomes RICHARD HANES Rock Rock Cress rocky roots Sedge seeds sepals Sierra slopes soils species worldwide stalk stamens subshrub tall Thistle tips Trail Valley vernal pools Violet Western whorls wildflowers woodlands yellow Yuba River