SILVER LAKE PLANT CHECKLIST

Plant names in “ ( ) ” are of unconfirmed taxonomy

TREES & SHRUBS

BIRCH Family ___ Alnus incana……...... ……Thinleaf Alder BOXWOOD Family ___ Pachystima myrsinites...... ….Mountain Lover CURRANT Family ___ Ribes (inerme)……...... Whitestem Gooseberry ___ Ribes montigenum ………...... Mountain Gooseberry HEATH Family ___ Vaccinium (caespitosum)...... Dwarf Huckleberry HONEYSUCKLE Family ___ Lonicera involucrata...... …………...... Twinberry, Bearberry ___ Lonicera utahensis…....………………...... Utah Honeysuckle ___ Sambucus racemosa...... …...... Red Elderberry ___ Symphoricarpos oreophilus……………………..…Snowberry PINE Family ___ Abies lasiocarpa...... Subalpine Fir ___ Picea engelmannii...... Engelmann Spruce ___ Pinus flexilis ….……...... Limber Pine ROSE Family ___ Amelanchier alnifolia...... …………...... Saskatoon Serviceberry ___ Physocarpus malvceus...... …...... Ninebark ___ Rosa woodsii...... ……..………………...... Woods Rose ___ Rubus idaeus …...... Raspberry ___ Sorbus scopulina...... …...... Mountain Ash WILLOW Family ___ Populus tremuloides...... …...... Quaking Aspen ___ Salix boothii...... …...... Booth’s Willow ___ Salix drummondiana...... Drummond’s Willow ___ Salix lucida…...... Caudate Willow ___ Salix planifolia...... Planeleaf Willow

WILDFLOWERS

BORAGE Family ___ Mertensia arizonica...... …….Tall Bluebells ___ Mertensia ciliata...... …….....Mountain bluebells BUCKWHEAT Family ___ Eriogonum heracleoides…………..…...... Wyeth buckwheat ___ Rumex (acetosella)…………………..………..…..Sheep sorrel ___ Rumex crispus…………………….…………….….Curly dock BUTTERCUP Family ___ Aconitum columbianum...... …..Monkshood ___ Actaea rubra……...... …..Baneberry ___ Aquilegia caerulea...... …..Colorado Columbine ___ Aquilegia flavescens...... …....Yellow Columbine ___ Delphinium occidentale ..……………….…Western Larkspur ___ Ranunculus (inamoenus)...... Pleasant Buttercup ___ Thalictrum fendleri...... …………...…………...... Meadowrue EVENING PRIMROSE Family ___ Epilobium (alpinum)...... Alpine Willowherb ___ Epilobium angustifolium...... Fireweed ___ Epilobium (ciliatum)...... Northern Willowherb FIGWORT Family ___ Castilleja miniata...... …..Scarlet Paintbrush ___ Mimulus guttatus……...... Monkeyflower ___ Pedicularis groenlandica...... …...Elephanthead ___ Pedicularis racemosa...... ….....Lousewort, Parrot's Beak ___ Penstemon humilis...... ………………...... Low Penstemon ___ Penstemon procerus...... …...... Littleflower Penstemon GENTIAN Family ___ Swertia perennis...... …….Felwort ___ Swertia radiata...... …...... Showy Green Gentian GERANIUM Family ___ Geranium richardsonii…………….….Richardson's Geranium ___ Geranium viscosissimum...... Sticky Geranium HORSETAIL Family ___ Equisetum arvense…...... …….Meadow Horsetail ___ Equisetum laevigatum...... …….Smooth Scouringrush

LILY Family ___ Maianthemum racemosum ...Feathery False Lily of the Valley ___ Maianthemum stellata ...…...…Starry False Lily of the Valley ___ Veratrum californicum...……...... Corn Lily, False Hellebore MALLOW Family ___ Ilamna rivularis ...…...... ……Wild Hollyhock MINT Family ___ Agastache urticifolia...... Hyssop, Horsemint ___ Monardella odoratissima ...... Beebalm MUSTARD Family ___ Erysimum capitatum...... ……...………Sanddune Wallflower ORCHID Family ___ Platanthera dilatata...... ……………………...... Scentbottle PARSLEY Family ___ Angelica spp………...... …………………………...... Angelica ___ Heracleum maximum...... Cow Parsnip ___ Osmorhiza occidentalis...... Sweet Cicely, Sweetanise ___ Sium suave...... Hemlock Water Parsnip PEA Family ___ Lathyrus lanzwertii……...……...…...... Lanzwert’s Sweetpea ___ Trifolium repens...... White Clover PHLOX Family ___ Polemonium foliosissimum...... Jacob's Ladder PINK Family ___ Stellaria (jamesiana)...... James Chickweed (starwort) PRIMROSE Family ___ Dodecatheon alpinum...... Alpine Shootingstar ROSE Family ___ Fragaria virginiana...... …...... Mountain Strawberry ___ Geum macrophyllum...... …...... Large-leaved Avens ___ Potentilla glandulosa...... …...... Glandular Cinquefoil ___ Potentilla gracilis...... …...... Slender Cinquefoil SAXIFRAGE Family ___ Mitella spp…...... …...... Mitrewort ___ Parnassia fimbriata...... Fringed Grass of Parnassas ___ Saxifraga odontoloma...... …...... Brook Saxifrage ST JOHNSWORT Family ___ Hypericum formosum..…………..……..Western St. Johnswort

SUNFLOWER Family ___ Achillea millefolium...... ….....Yarrow ___ Antennaria microphylla...………………………...... Pussytoes ___ Arnica (mollis)...... Hairy Arnica ___ Artemisia ludioviciana ...... ……Louisiana Wormwood ___ Cirsium arvense …...... Canada Thistle SUNFLOWER Family (continued) ___ Erigeron (speciosus)...... …………...... Showy Fleabane Daisy ___ Eucephalus engelmannii...... …...... Engelmann Aster ___ Heliomeris multiflora ...... Showy Goldeneye ___ Hieracium cynoglossoides...... Houndstongue Hawkweed ___ Rudbeckia occidentalis...……………...... Western Coneflower ___ Senecio serra...... ….……………....Sawleaf Groundsel ___ Senecio triangularis...... ……….…...... Arrowleaf Groundsel ___ Symphyotrichum chilensis .……...... Pacific Aster ___ Symphyotrichum (foliaceus)...... ……...... …….Leafybract Aster ___ Taraxacum officinale ...... Common dandelion ___ Tragopogon dubius...... ……………………...... Goatsbeard VALERIAN Family ___ Valeriana occidentalis...... Western Valerian ___ Valeriana edulis...... Edible Valerian

VIOLET Family ___ Viola (adunca)………...... Blue Violet WINTERGREEN Family ___ Pyrola asarifolia...... ……....Liver-leaf Wintergreen

GRASSES & GRASS-LIKE PLANTS

GRASS Family ___ Acnatherum lettermanii…...... Letterman’s Needlegrass ___ Acnatherum nelsonii……………...…...... Nelson’s Needlegrass ___ Agrostis stolonifera...... …...... Redtop ___ Bromus carinatus……………………...……..Mountain Brome ___ Bromus inermis…………………….…….....Smooth Brome (I) ___ Calamagrostis canadensis……………...... Bluejoint Reedgrass ___ Dactylis glomerata……....……………………...Orchard Grass ___ Danthonia intermedia...... …...... Timber Oatgrass ___ Deschampsia cespitosa...... …...Tufted Hairgrass ___ Deschampsia elongata...... ….. Slender Hairgrass ___ Elymus glaucus...... ………………………...... Blue Wildrye ___ Elymus trachycaulus...... ……....Slender Wheatgrass ___ Hordeum brachyantherum...... …….....Meadow Barley ___ Phleum alpinum...... …...………………….....Alpine Timothy ___ Phleum pratense...... …………………………...... Timothy ___ Poa pratensis...... …...... Kentucky Bluegrass RUSH Family ___ Juncus arcticus...... …...... Baltic Rush, Wiregrass ___ Juncus ensifolius...... …...... Swordleaf Rush ___ Juncus parryi...... ………………………...... Parry Rush SEDGE Family ___ Carex aquatilis...... …...... Water Sedge ___ Carex geyeri…...... …...... Elk Sedge ___ Carex hoodii…...... …...... Hood Sedge ___ Carex microptera...... ……………...... Smallwing Sedge ___ Carex utriculata...... …...... Beaked Sedge

Prepared by Wayne Padgett, Ecologist Updated January 2011