Flora of the Bull Run Creek and Bull Run RNA was not thoroughly collected, described or studied at the time this species list was first developed. It is based on observations of Jan Bal of the University of Idaho and collections and observations of Charles Wellner. Mike Hays (at that time Palouse Ranger District Botanist) added those species marked with (h) 5/24/1995 and used it for an INPS White Pine chapter field trip. 6/4/1995; (c1) indicates plants collected and deposited in UI Herbarium by Wellner (and/or Bal).
Trees Abies grandis Grand fir Pinus ponderosa Ponderosa pine Betula papyrifera Paper birch Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas-fir Larix occidentalis Western larch Taxus brevifolia (h) Pacific Yew Pinus monticola Western white pine Thuja plicata Western redcedar ********************************************* ********************************************* Shrubs and Subshrubs Acer glabrous Rocky Mountain maple Prunus virginiana (h) Common chokecherry Alnus incana Mountain alder Rhamnus purshiana (h) Cascara Alnus sinuate Sitka alder Ribes lacustre (h) Prickly current Amelanchier alnifolia Western Serviceberry Rosa sp Wild rose Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Kinnickinnick/Bearberry Rosa gymnocarpa (h) Wild rose Berberis repens Creeping Oregongrape Rubus idaeus var. peramoenus Red raspberry Ceanothus sanguineus Redstem ceonathus Rubus leucodermis (h) Chrsothamnus nauseosus (c1) Common rabbit-brush Rubus nivalis (h) Snow bramble Cornus Canadensis Bunchberry Rubus parviflorus (c1) Thimbleberry Cornus stolonifera Red-osier dogwood Rubus ursinus (h) Pacific blackberry Holodiscus discolor Oceanspray Salix scouleriana Scouler willow Linnaea borealis Twinflower Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa Lonicera ciliosa (h) Orange honeysuckle Black elderberry Lonicera utahensis (h) Utah honeysuckle Sorbus scopulina (h) Mountain ash Menziesia ferruginea Fool’s huckleberry Spiraea betulifolia Birchleaf spirea Pachistima myrsinites Mountain-box Symphoricarpos albus Common Snowberry Philadelphus lewisii Syringa Symphoricarpos mollis var hesperius (c1) Physocarpus capitatus (h) Pacific Ninebark Creeping Snowberry Physocarpus malvaceus Ninebark Vaccinium membranaceum Thin-leaved blueberry Prunus emarginata Bittercherry Viburnum edule (h) Cranberry ******************************************** ********************************************* Forbs
Achillea millefolium Yarrow Lithophragma parviflora (c1) Smallflower fringecup Actea rubra (h) Baneberry Lithospermum ruderale (h) Western gromwell Adenocaulon bicolor Trail-plant Lomatium ambiguum (c1) Swale desert-parsley Agastache urticifolia (h) Nettle-leaf horse-mint Lomatium disectum (h) Fern-leaved lomatium Agoseris heterophylla (h) Annual agoseris Lomatium triternatum (h) Nine-leaf lomatium Allium fibrillum (h) Fringed onion Lupinus caudatus (h) Tailcup lupine Arabis sp. (c1) Rockcress Lupinus sericeus (h) Silky lupine Arnica cordifolia Heart-leaf arnica Madia glomerata (h) Arnica longifolia Seep-spring arnica Mertensia longiflora (h) Small bluebells Asarum caudatum Wild ginger Microsteris gracilis (h) Microsteris Anemone piperi (h) Piper’s anemone Mimulus clivicola Bank mimulus Angelica arguta (h) Sharptooth angelica Mimulus floribunda (h) Antennaria luzuloides (h) Woodrush pussy-toes Mimulus guttatus var. depauperatus(c1) Antennaria racemosa (h) Raceme pussy-toes Yellow mimulus Arenaria macrophylla (h) Bigleaf sandwort Mitella stauropetala (h) Side-flowered montia Arenaria serpyllifolia (h) Thyme-leaf sandwort Montia dichotoma (h) Dwarf montia Aster conspicuus (h) Showy aster Montia linearis (h) Narrow-leaved montia Athysanus pusillus (h) Sandweed Montia perfoliata (h) Miner’s lettuce Balsamorhiza sagittata Balsamroot Mysotic micrantha (c1) Blue scorpion-grass Boykinia major (h) Mountain boykinia Navarretia sp. (h) Navarretia Calachortus apiculatus (c1) Pointed mariposa Nemophila breviflora (h) Great Basin nemophila Calachortus elegans (h) Elegant sego-lily Osmorhiza chilensis (h) Mountain sweet cicely Calypso bulbosa Fairy-slipper Osmorhiza depauperata Blunt-fruit sweet-root Cardamine pennsylvanica (h) Penn bittercress Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea (c1) Cerastium viscosum (h) Sticky cheat Naked broomrape Circaea alpine (h) Enchanger’s nightshade Penstemon albertinus (h) Alberta penstemons Clematis Columbiana Columbia clematis Penstemon venustus (h) Clintonia uniflora Beadlily Penstemon wilcoxii (h) Wilcox’s penstemons Collinsia parviflora (c1) Small-flowered Blue- Penstemon sp. (h) eyed Mary Phacelia hastate (h) white-leaf phacelia Coptis occidentalis Western goldthread Phlox viscida Sticky phlox Corallorhiza striata (c1) Hooded coral-root Potentilla glandulosa (h) Stickey cinquefoil Corallorhiza trifida (c1) Yellow coral-root Potentilla gracilis (h) Five-fingered cinquefoil Crepis sp. (h) Hawksbeard Potentilla recta Cinquefoil Delphinium nuttallianum(c1) Upland larkspur Pterospora andromeda Pinedrops Disporum hookeri (h) Hooker’s fairy-bell Pyrola asarifolia (h) Pink wintergreen Disporum trachycarpum (h) Fairy-bell Pyrola secunda One-sided wintergreen Dodecatheon cusickii (h) Sticky shooting star Ranunculus uncinatus (h) Little buttercup Dodecatheon dentatum (c1) Dentate shooting star Saxifraga integrifolia leptopetala (h) Dodecatheon pulchellum var pulchellum (c1) Swamp saxifrage Few-flowered shooting star Saxifraga occidentalis (h) Western saxifrage Draba prealta (h) Tall draba Senecio integerrimus (h) Western groundsel Draba verna (c1) Spring whitlow-grass Senecio triangularis (h) Arrowleaf groundsel Eburophyton austiniae (c1) Snow-orchid Smilacina racemesa (h) False Solomon’s seal Epilobium sp. (h) Willow-herb Smilacina stellata Starry Solomon-plume Eriogonum flavum (h) Yellow buckwheat Stellaria crispa (h) Crisped starwort Eriogonum heracleoides (h) Wyeth buckwheat Stellaria nitens (h) Shining chickweed Erythronium grandiflorum (h) Glacier lily Streptopus amplexifolius Clasping-leaved Floerkea proserpinacoides (h) False-mermaid twisted-stalk Fragaria vesca Woods strawberry Thalictrum occidentalis Western meadowrue Fragaria virginiana (h) Strawberry Thermopsis Montana (h) Montana golden pea Fritillaria pudica (h) Yellow bell Thlaspi sp. (c1) Pennycress Gallium triflorum Sweetscented bedstraw Trautvetteria caroliniensis (h) False bugbane Geum macrophyllum (h) Oregon avena Trifolium latifolium? (h) Twin clover Heracleum lanatum (h) Cow-parsnip Trillium ovatum White trillium Herperochiron pumilis (h) Dwarf hesperochiron Veratrum Californicum var caudatum (c1) Heterocodon rariflorum (h) Heterocodon False hellebore Heuchera grossulariifolia var tenuifolia (c1) Veronica serpyllifolia (h) Thyme-leaved Gooseberry alumroot speedwell Helianthella uniflora(c1) Rocky Mtn helianthella Vicia americium var. truncate American vetch (c1) Hydrophyllum capitatum (h) Ballhead waterleaf Viola sp. Violet Idahoa scapigera (h) Scalepod Viola adunca (h) blue violet Lactuca serriola (h) Prickly lettuce Viola glabella (h) Pioneer violet Lathyrus bijugatus (c1) Pinewoods peavine Viola orbiculata (h) Round-leaved violet Lathyrus nevadensis (h) Woodsia oregano (c1) Woodsia Lathyrus pauciflorus spp. pauciflorus var. pauciflorus(c1) Woodsia scopulina (c1) Rocky Mtn woodsia Few-flowered peavine
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Ferns and Fernlike Adiantum pedatum Maidenhair fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris(c1) Oak fern Aspidotis densa (h) Podfern Polystichum munitum Christmas-fern Athyrium felix-femina Lady-fern Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Cheilanthes gracillima (h) Lace lip-fern Selaginella densa (h) Compact selaginella Dryopteris carthusiana (h) Wood-fern Selaginella wallacei (c1) Wallace’s selaginella Equisetum sp Equisetum ******************************************** ********************************************
Grasses and Grasslike Plants Agrophyron spicatum Bluebunch wheatgrass Carex rossii (h) Ross sedge Bromus brizaeformis Rattle grass Festuca idahoensis Idaho fescue Bromus tectorum Cheatgrass Festuca microstachys (h) Small fescue Bromus vulgaris (h) Columbia brome Luzula campestris multiflora (h) Calamagrostis rubescens Pinegrass Field woodrush Carex geyeri (h) Elk sedge Poa secunda (h) Sandberg’s bluegrass Carex hoodii (h) Hood’s sedge Scirpus microcarpus (c1) Small-fruit bulrush