PLANT LIST FOR ANDREWS LAKE FENS 254 AND 264 AND ADJACENT FIELDS OBSERVED ANGIOSPERMS ALLIUM Allium geyeri Geyer’s Onion Tepals pinkish, leaves linear Trolliiun albiflorus White Globeflower Petals white, leaves palmately divided APIACEAE Conioselinum scopulorum Hemlock-Parsley Corymb of pink buds & white flowers Cymopterus lemmonii Yellow Mountain-parsley Small umbel of yellow flowers ASTERACEAE Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Small white rays, dissected leaves Agoseris aurantiaca Orange False Dandelion Orange rays, similar to common dandelion Agoseris glauca False Dandelion Yellow rays, similar to common dandelion Antennaria corymbosa Flat-top Pussy-toes White disk flowers, no ray flowers, hairy Arnica cordifolia Heart-leaved Arnica Yellow rays, opposite heart-shaped leaves Erigeron coulteri Coulter’s Daisy White rays, single flower on stem Erigeron flagellaris Whiplash Daisy White rays, leafy stolons Erigeron formosissimus Beautiful Daisy Blue-violet rays, stems curve out and up Erigeron glacialis Glacial Dais y Wide, pink-purple rays, multiple stems Erigeron speciosus Showy Daisy Light lavender–blue rays, often tufted Heliomeris multiflora Showy Goldeneye Hemispherical disk flowers, yellow rays Heterotheca pumila Golden Aster Forms clumps, yellow rays Hymenoxys hoopsii Orange Sneezeweed Yellow-orange drooping rays, many heads Packera dimorphophylla Saffron Ragwort Orange buds, yellow rays, two types of leaves Senecio triangularis Arrowleaf Ragwort Triangular serrated leaves, yellow rays Solidago multiradiata Goldenrod Rounded flower heads, numerous yellow rays Taraxacum officinale Common Dandelion Only yellow ray flowers BORAGINACEAE Mertensia lanceolata Blue Bells Blue flowers, often in clumps BRASSICACEAE Cardamine cordifolia Heartleaf Bittercress White flowers, rhizomes, common by water CAMPANULACEAE Campanula rotundifolia Harebell Blue-purple nodding flowers CAPRIFOLIACEAE Lonicera involucrate Twinberry Twin yellow flowers, blackberries in fall ANDREWS LAKE AND FENS 1 CARYOPHYLLACEAE Stellaria longipes Long-stalked Starwort White petals on 4-8” stalk CRASSULACEAE Rhodiola integrifolia Rose (Queen’s) Crown Terminal cluster of light pink flowers Rhodiola rhodantha King;s Crown Terminal corymb of dark red flowers CYPERACEAE Carex aquatilis Water Sedge Long terminal spike, perigynia green with speckles, most common sedge by fens Carex aurea Golden Sedge Perigynia golden yellow, loosely tufted Carex buxbaumii Buxbaum’s Sedge Perigynia green & spiked, loosely tufted Carex canescens Gray sedge Perigynia golden yellow, densely tufted Carex capillaris Hair-like Sedge Perigynia light brown, densely tufted Carex echinata Star Sedge Perigynia yellow and starred, densely tufted Carex illota Sheep Sedge Perigynia yellow-brown, terminal triple head, loosely tufted, very common in meadows Carex limosa Mud Sedge Perigynia tan or green & brown, rhizomes, rare Carex microglochin Small-tipped Sedge Perigynia yellowish, narrow, pointed, rhizomes Carex nova Black Sedge Perigynia dark brown, densely tufted Carex saxatilis Rock Sedge Perigynia purplish black, rhizomes Carex utriculata Beaked Sedge Perigynia light yellow-green, terminal spike beaked, corn-cob appearing, most common large sedge around fens Carex viridula Green Sedge Perigynia yellowish-green, very small, rare Eliocharis pauciflora Fewflower Spikerush Pointed terminal head, common around ponds Eriophorum angustifolium Tall Cottongrass Seed head like cotton ball GENTIANACEAE Frasera speciosa Green Gentian Tall, stalk has many pale yellow-green flowers Gentiana parryi Bottle Gentian Blue flowers with tips of petals turned out Gentianella amarella Little Gentian Small plant with pink-purple flowers Gentianopsis thermalis Fringed Gentian Single large flower with twisted petals Swertia perennis Star Gentian Star-shaped, grayish-blue flowers GERANIACEAE Geraniium richardsonii Richardson’s Geranium Large, pale pink petals GROSSULARIACEAE Ribes montigenum Red Prickly Currant A prickly bush with pink flowers, red berries JUNCACEAE Juncus drummondii Drummond’s Rush Numerous wiry stems, tepals have green stripe Juncus mertensianus Merten’s Rush Solitary terminal head, common in meadows ANDREWS LAKE AND FENS 2 MELANTHIACEAE Anticlea elegans Death Camas Stalk with star-shaped light green tepals Veratrum californicum Corn Lily Very large plant with large compound raceme NYMPHAEACEAE Nupbar polysepala Rocky Mt. Pond-lily Floating, large leaves, large yellow flowers ORCHIDACEAE Platanthera purapurascens Green Bog Orchid In mossy fen, species questionable Spiranthes romanzoffiana Hooded Lady’s Tresses Flowered tightly spiraled, in fen ONAGRACEAE Chamerion angustifolium Fireweed Raceme of numerous pink-red flowers Epilobium hornemannii Hornemann’s Willow-herb Tall stem with tiny pink-white flowers OROBRANCHACEAE Castilleja septentrionalis Western Yellow Paintbrush Pale yellow bracts, light green corolla PLANTAGINACEAE Pedicularis groenlandica Elephant Head Red-purple stalk of elephant head shapes Veronica nutans Alpine Veronica Small light purple flowers in hairy head POACEAE Calamagrostis canadensis Bluejoint Reedgrass Nodding, common around ponds & fens Danthonia intermedia Timber Oatgrass Narrow, open panicle, 5-10 spikelets Deschamsia cespitosa Tufted Hairgrass Panicle inflorescence, common in meadows Phleum commutatum Native Timothy Short spike-like panicles Phleum pretense Common Timothy Longer spike-like panicles, near horse trails Poa alpina Alpine Bluegrass No stolons, densely tufted, moist soils Poa artica Artic Bluegrass Stolons, loosely tufted, drier soils, rocks Trisetum spicatum Spike Trisetum Spiked long panicle, exerted awns POLEMONIACEAE Polemonium pulcherrimum Jacob’s Ladder Short plant with pale blue-purple flowers POLYGONACEAE Bistorta bistortoides American Bistort Tepals white, spikelike inflorescence Bistorta vivipara Alpine Bistort Tepals white, bulblets, not seeds Rumex densiforus Denseflowered Dock Dense panicle of green and red flowers POTAMOGETONACEAE Potamomgeton gramineus Variableleaf Pondweed Linear submerged leaves, oval floating lvs ANDREWS LAKE AND FENS 3 PRIMULACEAE Androsace septentrionalis Pygmyflower Rockjasmine Many-stemmed with tiny white flowers Primula parryi Parry’s Primrose Large reddish purple flower RANUNCULACEAE Aconitum columbianum Monkshood Deep blue-purple sepals, hood over petals Caltha leptosepala Marsh Marigold Petals white, leaves entire Thalictrum fendleri Meadowrue Bushy with tiny white sepals, long stamens Trolliiun albiflorus White Globeflower Petals white, leaves palmately divided ROSACEAE Frageria virginiana Strawberry White flowers, red runners, trifoliate leaves Geum macrophyllum Largeleaved Avens Small yellow flowers, large trifoliate basal lvs Geum rossii Alpine Avens Small yellow flowers, pinnate leaves Potentilla fruticosa Shrubby Potentilla Bush with yellow flowers RUSACEAE Maianthemum stellatum Star Lily Tepals white, leaves entire & long pointed SALICACEAE Sallix planifolia Planeleaf Willow Lvs shiny green on top, whitish on bottom SAXIFRAGACEAE Heuchera parviflora Common Alumroot Basal lvs, tall stem with light yellow flowers Micranthes odontoloma Brook Saxifrage Basal lvs, small white flowers with red style VALERIANACEAE Valerina acutiloba Subalpine Valerian White flowers in small terminal cluster Valeriana edulis Edible Valerian White flowers in large terminal cluster VIOLACEAE Viola sororia Bog Violet Light bluish purple stemless flowers ANDREWS LAKE AND FENS 4.