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4-2019 Vascular of the Big and Little Duck Lakes (Siskiyou County, ) James P. Smith Jr Humboldt State University, [email protected]

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Recommended Citation Smith, James P. Jr, "Vascular Plants of the Big and Little Duck Lakes (Siskiyou County, California)" (2019). Botanical Studies. 30. https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps/30

This Flora of Northwest California: Checklists of Local Sites of Botanical Interest is brought to you for free and open access by the Open Educational Resources and Data at Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Botanical Studies by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A CHECKLIST OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF THE BIG AND LITTLE DUCK LAKES (SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA)

Compiled by James P. Smith, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Botany Department of Biological Sciences Humboldt State University

28 April 2019

Big Duck Lake and Little Duck Lake are located in On a more personal note, one of life’s great the Russian Wilderness in the Klamath National pleasures was visiting the area with my friend and . They lie within a half mile of one another. colleague, John Sawyer. The area is popular for its beauty and for its fishing, camping, and swimming. The nearest towns LYCOPHYTES are Etna and Callahan along State Route 3 north of Weaverville. Access is gained via French Creek Road Isoëtaceae • Quillwort Family and the Duck Lake Trailhead. The trail is rated as Isoëtes bolanderi moderate to strenuous. Isoëtes occidentalis

BDL LDL Elevation 6463 ft. 6673 ft. • Lady Family Length 1800 ft. 800 ft. Athryium filix-femina var. cyclosporum distentifolium var. americanum The area is of special interest to enthusiasts (affectionately known as “coneheads”), Cystopteridaceae • Bladder Fern Family spurred especially after the discovery by John Cystopteris fragilis Sawyer and Dale Thornburgh of Humboldt State University of subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), a first Dryopteridaceae • Woood Fern Family for the state. The most dramatic of them is the Polystichum imbricans Brewer (Picea breweriana). As W. L. Jepson noted in 1909, “The appearance of the is so Pteridaceae • Brake Fern Family strikingly different from any other conifer that Cryptogramma acrostichoides they cannot ever be mistaken and at once arrest the attention of the traveler.” In a roughly one square mile area around Little Duck Lake are 18 conifer – more than a third the number found in all of northwestern California. It has become known as Cupressaceae • Cypress Family the “Miracle Mile.” See Michael Kauffmann’s website Calocedrus decurrens for a more complete story. Juniperus communis var. saxatilis Juniperus occidentalis

-1- • Pine Family Compositae () • Aster Family Abies concolor var. lowiana Achillea millefolium Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa Ageratina occidentalis Abies ×shastensis argentea Picea breweriana Antennaria howellii Picea engelmannii var. engelmannii Antennaria media Pinus albicaulis Antennaria rosea ssp. rosea Pinus balfouriana var. balfouriana Arnica cordifolia Pinus contorta var. murrayana Arnica diversifolia Pinus jeffreyi Arnica latifolia Pinus lambertiana Arnica mollis Pinus monticola Balsamorhiza deltoidea Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa Balsamorhiza hookeri Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii Ericameria greenei Tsuga mertensiana cervinus Erigeron compositus Taxaceae • Yew Family Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis Taxus brevifolia Erigeron petrophilus var. viscidulus Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus FLOWERING PLANTS Hazardia whitneyi var. discoidea bolanderi Asparagaceae • Onion or Asparagus Family Hieracium horridum Allium parvum Hieracium nudicaule Allium validum Hieracium scouleri Hastingsia alba Hieracium triste Maianthemum racemosum Microseris nutans Maianthemum stellatum Oreostemma alpigenum var. andersonii Senecio integerrimus var. major Betulaceae • Birch Family Senecio triangularis Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata canadensis ssp. elongata Solidago elongata Boraginaceae • Borage Family Cynoglossum occidentale Crassulaceae • Stonecrop Family Hackelia micrantha Rhodiola intregrifolia ssp. integrifolia Sedum obtusatum ssp. retusum Caprifoliaceae • Honeysuckle Family Linnaea borealis var. longiflora Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) • Mustard Family Lonicera conjugialis Arabis divaricarpa var. interposita Arabis holboellii var. retrofracta Caryophyllaceae • Carnation or Pink Family Arabis holboellii var. pinetorum Eremogone congesta Streptanthus tortuosus var. tortuosus Silene douglasii Stellaria crispa • Sedge Family Calliscirpus criniger Celastraceae • Spindle Tree Family amplifolia Parnassia palustris Carex bolanderi Carex echinata ssp. echinata

-2- Carex fissuricola Trisetum canescens var. luzulina Trisetum spicatum Carex nigricans Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa Grossulariaceae • Gooseberry Family Carex spectabilis binominatum Carex straminiformis Ribes lacustre Eleocharis acicularis Ribes lobbii Eriophorum crinigerum Ribes nevadense Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum • Heath Family Ribes viscosissimum Arctostaphylos nevadensis Arctostaphylos patula Guttiferae (Hypericaceae) • St. John’s Wort Cassiope mertensiana ssp. ciliolata Hypericum anagallides Chimaphila umbellata Gaultheria humifusa Hydrophyllaceae • Waterleaf Family microphylla var. microphylla Hydrophyllum occidentale Leucothoë davisiae Phacelia mutabilis Orthilia secunda Phyllodoce empetriformis • Rush Family Pyrola picta Juncus drummondii Rhododendron columbianum Juncus mertensianus Vaccinium caespitosum Juncus nevadensis Vaccinium membranaceum Juncus parryi Vaccinium scoparium divaricata Luzula subcongesta Fagaceae • Beech or Oak Family Chrysolepis sempervirens Lamiaceae (Labiatae) • Mint Family Monardella odoratissima ssp. glauca • Gentian Family newberryi var. newberryi Leguminosae () • Bean or Pea Family andersonii Gramineae () • Grass Family Lupinus breweri var. breweri Agrostis exarata Trifolium productum Agrostis pallens Calamagrostis breweri Liliaceae • Lily Family Calamagrostis canadensis var. langsdorffii Clintonia uniflora Cinna latifolia Lilium kelleyanum californica Lilium pardalinum ssp. shastense Danthonia intermedia ssp. intermedia Prosartes hookeri Danthonia unispicata Streptopus amplexifolius Elymus elymoides var. elymoides Glyceria elata Melanthiaceae • False Hellebore Family Glyceria striata Trillium ovatum ssp. oettingeri Hordeum brachyantherum Veratrum californicum var. californicum Phleum alpinum Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum Poa secunda ssp. secunda Poa wheeleri • Miner’s-Lettuce Family Stipa occidentalis var. californica leeana

-3- Lewisia triphylla Frangula californica Montia parvifolia • Rose Family Namaceae • Nama Family pallida Nama lobbii Drymocallis hansenii Drymocallis lactea var. lactea Nartheciacea • Bog-Asphodel Family Horkelia daucifolia var. daucifolia Narthecium californicum Luetkea pectinata Potentilla flabellifolia Onagraceae • Evening-Primrose Family Prunus emarginata Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum Prunus virginiana var. demissa Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. fastigiatum Rosa gymnocarpa Epilobium hallianum Rubus lasiococcus Epilobium hornemannii ssp. hornemannii Sibbaldia procumbens Spiraea douglasii Orchidaceae • Orchid Family Corallorhiza mertensiana Salicaceae • Willow Family Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys Populus trichocarpa Spiranthes romanzoffiana • Saxifrage Family Polemoniacea • Phlox Family major Phlox diffusa Heuchera merriamii Polemonium pulcherrimum pentandra Polemonium pulcherrimum Saxifragopsis fragarioides

Polygonaceae • Knotweed or Smartweed Family Scrophulariaceae • Scroph or Figwort Family Eriogonum diclinum Castilleja arachnoidea Eriogonum nudum var. nudum Collinsia rattanii Eriogonum umbellatum var. argus Mimulus breweri Eriogonum umbellatum var. humistratum Mimulus moschatus Polygonum davisiae Mimulus primuloides var. primuloides Pedicularis bracteosa var. flavida Primulaceae • Primrose Family Pedicularis contorta Dodecatheon alpinum Penstemon deustus Dodecatheon jeffreyi Penstemon newberryi var. berryi Penstemon procerus var. brachyanthus Ranunculaceae • Buttercop Family Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum Sambucaceae • Elderberry Family Anemone deltoidea Sambucus racemosa var. microbotrys Anemone lyallii Anemone oregana var. oregana Tofieldiaceae • False Asphodel Family Caltha leptosepala Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla Delphinium decorum ssp. tracyi Triantha occidentalis ssp. occidentalis Ranunculus eschscholtzii Typhaceae • Cat-tail Family Rhamnaceae • Buckthorn Family Sparganium angustifolium Ceanothus prostratus Ceanothus velutinus Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) • Carrot Family

-4- Ligusticum californicum Ligusticum grayi Lomatium macrocarpum Perideridia parishii ssp. latifolia Sanicula graveolens

Valerianaceae • Valerian Family Valeriana californica

Violaceae • Violet Family Viola adunca ssp. adunca Viola glabella Viola macloskeyi Viola nephrophylla

S O U R C E S

This checklist is based primarily on plants cited in the Consortium of California Herbaria and those deposited in the HSU Vascular Herbarium.

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