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Vascular of the Stony Creek Bog Area Del Norte County,

James P. Smith Jr Humboldt State University, [email protected]

John O. Sawyer Jr. Humboldt State University

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Recommended Citation Smith, James P. Jr and Sawyer, John O. Jr., "Vascular Plants of the Stony Creek Bog Area Del Norte County, California" (2019). Botanical Studies. 52. https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps/52

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Compiled by James P. Smith, Jr. & John O. Sawyer, Jr. † Department of Biological Sciences Humboldt State University

Thirteenth Edition • 29 April 2019

The Stony Creek Bog area is located near the confluence CONIFERS of the North Fork of the Smith River and Stony Creek (N 41.8611, W -123.9635), northeast of the unincorporated community of Gasquet in the Smith River National CUPRESSACEAE — Cypress Family Recreation Area and the Six Rivers National Forest. It is Calocedrus decurrens • incense cedar accessed via the Stony Creek Trail Road off of North Chamaecyparis lawsoniana • Port-Orford-cedar Fork Road. Juniperus communis var. jackii • running juniper

The area is famous for its rare plants and for the PINACEAE — Pine Family carnivorous Darlingtonia californica, the California cobra- Pinus attenuata • knobcone pine lily. The Siskiyou Land Trust recently purchased 80 acres Pinus jeffreyi • Jeffrey pine at the confluence and has begun a restoration project. Pinus lambertiana • sugar pine Stony is spelled Stoney on some maps. Pinus monticola • western white pine Pinus ponderosa • yellow or ponderosa pine Pseudotsuga menziesii • Douglas-fir PTERIDOPHYTES

FLOWERING PLANTS ATHYRIACEAE — Lady Fern Family Athyrium filix-femina • lady fern — Amaryllis or Onion Family DENNSTAEDTIACEAE — Bracken Fern Family amplectans • narrow-leaved onion Pteridium aquilinum • bracken fern Allium falcifolium • scythe-leaved onion

DRYOPTERIDACEAE — Wood Fern Family ANACARDIACEAE — Cashew or Sumac Family Polystichum munitum • western sword fern Toxicodendron diversilobum • poison-oak Polystichum imbricans ssp. imbricans • narrow-leaved sword fern ARALIACEAE — Aralia or Ginseng Family Hedera helix • English ivy POLYPODIACEAE — Polypody Fern Family Polypodium californicum • California polypody ARISTOLOCHIACEAE — Birthwort Family Asarum hartwegii • Hartweg’s wild-ginger PTERIDACEAE — Brake Fern Family Adiantum aleuticum • western maidenhair fern — Hyacinth or Asparagus Family Aspidotis densa • cliff brake, Indian’s dream alba • white rush-lily Maianthemum racemosum • false Solomon's seal SELAGINELLACEAE — Club- Family bridgesii • Bridges’ wake robin Selaginella sp. • club-moss

-1- — Barberry Family Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum • western wallflower Mahonia nervosa var. nervosa • little -grape Mahonia repens • creeping Oregon-grape CYPERACEAE — Sedge Family chrysantha • yellow inside-out * Carex echinata ssp. echinata • star sedge Vancouveria planipetala • redwood-ivy Carex mendocinensis • Mendocino sedge Carex serpenticola • serpentine sedge BORAGINACEAE — Borage Family Eriophorum crinigerum • fringed cotton-grass Lithospermum californicum • gromwell, puccoon Phacelia corymbosa • serpentine scorpion weed ERICACEAE — Heath Family Arbutus menziesii • madrone — Honeysuckle Family Arctostaphylos columbiana • hairy manzanita Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans • honeysuckle Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. glandulosa Lonicera involucrata • twinberry • Eastwood’s manzanita Arctostaphylos nevadensis • pinemat manzanita CARYOPHYLLACEAE — Carnation or Pink Family Arctostaphylos x parvifolia • Knight's manzanita Cerastium arvense • field chickweed Chimaphila umbellata • prince’s-pine Minuartia douglasii • Douglas’ sand wort Gaultheria shallon • salal Silene serpenticola • Del Norte campion * Pyrola picta • white-veined shinleaf Silene campanulata ssp. glandulosa Rhododendron columbianum • western Labrador tea • Red Mountain catchfly Rhododendron macrophyllum • California rose-bay Rhododendron occidentale • wild azalea CELASTRACEAE — Spindle Tree Family Vaccinium ovatum • evergreen huckleberry Parnassia palustris • California grass-of-Parnassus Vaccinium parvifolium • red huckleberry

COMPOSITAE () — Sunflower Family FAGACEAE — Oak Family Achillea millefolium • yarrow, milfoil Notholithocarpus densiflorus var. densiflorus • tanoak spathulata • Klamath arnica Notholithocarpus densiflorus var. echinoides Balsamorhiza deltoidea • deltoid balsam • dwarf tanoak foliosus var. hartwegii • leafy fleabane Quercus chrysolepis • canyon live oak Eriophyllum lanatum • woolly-sunflower Quercus vaccinifolia • huckleberry oak Eucephalus brickellioides • brickell bush aster oregona • Oregon golden-aster GARRYACEAE — Silk Tassel Family bolanderi • Bolander's hawkweed Garrya buxifolia • dwarf silk tassel Leontodon saxitilis • hairy hawkbit Microseris laciniata ssp. siskiyouensis GENTIANACEAE — Gentian Family • Siskiyou silver puffs Gentiana affinis var. ovata • trapper’s gentian Microseris nutans • nodding silver puffs Gentiana setigera • Mendocino gentian Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. yosemitanum • western bog-aster GRAMINEAE (POACEAE) — Grass Family Symphyotrichum subspicatum Anthoxanthum odoratum • sweet vernal grass • leafy-bracted American-aster Danthonia californica • California oat grass Elymus glaucus • western wild rye CONVOLVULACEAE — Morning Glory Family Festuca californica • California fescue Calystegia occidentalis • western morning glory Festuca idahoensis • Idaho fescue Festuca rubra • red fescue CRASSULACEAE — Stonecrop Family Koeleria macrantha • June grass Sedum laxum ssp. laxum • rose-flowered stonecrop Melica geyeri • Geyer's onion grass Poa piperi • Piper’s blue grass CRUCIFERAE () — Mustard Family Stipa lemmonii • Lemmon's needle grass koehleri var. stipitata • Koehler’s rock cress Stipa nelsonii • Nelson's needle grass Arabis macdonaldiana • McDonald’s rock cress Trisetum canescens • tall trisetum californica • California bitter-cress Cardamine nuttallii • Nuttall’s toothwort GUTTIFERAE (HYPERICACEAE) — St. John’s Wort F.

-2- Hypericum perforatum ssp. perforatum • Klamath weed — Miner’s-Lettuce Family parvifolia var. parvifolia • small-leaved montia HYDRANGEACEAE — Hydrangea Family Whipplea modesta • yerba de selva NAMACEAE — Waterleaf Family Eriodictyon californicum • yerba santa — Family • Douglas' iris — Bog-Asphodel Family Iris innominata • Del Norte County iris californicum • bog-asphodel Sisyrinchium bellum • blue-eyed-grass ONAGRACEAE — Evening-Primrose Family JUNCACEAE — Rush Family Epilobium minutum • herb Juncus sp. • wire-grass Epilobium rigidum • stiff willow herb * Luzula comosa • wood rush ORCHIDACEAE — Orchid Family LAURACEAE — Laurel Family Calypso bulbosa • calypso orchid Umbellularia californica • California bay Cypripedium californicum * • California lady’s-slipper Goodyera oblongifolia • rattlesnake plantain LEGUMINOSAE (FABACEAE) — Bean or Pea Family Piperia unalascensis • Alaska rein orchid Lathyrus delnorticus • Del Norte sweet pea Platanthera sparsiflora * • canyon bog orchid Lathyrus nevadensis var. nevadensis • Sierra pea Lotus oblongifolius var. nevadensis OXALIDACEAE — Oxalis or Sorrel Family • Sierra Nevada bird’s-foot trefoil Oxalis oregana • redwood sorrel Lupinus onustus • ground lupine Trifolium breweri • forest clover POLEMONIACEAE — Phlox Family Trifolium longipes ssp. elmeri • Elmer’s clover Allophyllum gilioides • dense false gily-flower Vicia americana ssp. americana • American vetch Microsteris gracilis • slender phlox Phlox diffusa • spreading phlox — Butterwort Family macroceras • horned butterwort POLYGALACEAE — Milkwort Family Polygala californica • California milkwort — Lily Family elegans var. nanus • elegant cat’s-ear POLYGONACEAE — Buckwheat Family Calochortus tolmiei • cat’s ears Eriogonum nudum var. nudum • naked wild buckwheat Clintonia uniflora • bride’s bonnet Polygonum aviculare • prostrate knotweed californicum • California fawn lily Polygonum douglasii • Douglas’ knotweed Erythronium citrinum var. citrinum • cream fawn lily Polygonum spergulariaeforme • fall knotweed Fritillaria affinis • checker lily bolanderi • Bolander's lily PRIMULACEAE — Primrose Family Lilium rubescens • redwood lily Dodecatheon hendersonii • Henderson’s shooting star Lilium pardalinum ssp. vollmeri • Vollmer's lily Trientalis latifolia • Pacific star flower parvifolia • Siskiyou bells RANUNCULACEAE — Buttercup Family MALVACEAE — Mallow Family Anemone oregana ssp. oregana • Oregon wind flower Sidalcea malviflora • dwarf checker-mallow Aquilegia formosa • crimson columbine Delphinium nuttallianum • two-lobed larkspur MELANTHIACEAE — Wake Robin Family Ranunculus occidentalis • western buttercup Trillium rivale • brook wake robin Xerophyllum tenax • bear-grass RHAMNACEAE — Buckthorn Family Zigadenus micranthus • small-flowered death-camas Ceanothus prostratus • Mahala mat Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus Ceanothus pumilus • Siskiyou ceanothus • meadow death-camas Frangula californica ssp. occidentalis • California coffee berry

-3- ROSACEAE — Rose Family — Violet Family Amelanchier alnifolia • western service berry cuneata • wedge-leaved violet Amelanchier utahensis var. utahensis • Utah service berry Viola lobata • moose-horn violet Holodiscus discolor • cream bush, ocean spray Viola primulifolia ssp. occidentalis • bog white violet * Oemleria cerasiformis • oso berry Physocarpus capitatus • Pacific ninebark Poteridium annuum • western burnet ' ' ' ' ' Rosa gymnocarpa • wild or wood rose Rubus ursinus • California blackberry We first compiled this list for a North Coast Chapter of the California Native Plant Society field trip to Stony RUBIACEAE — Madder Family Creek Bog in 1970. CNPS members and students in several Galium ambiguum ssp. siskiyoense • Siskiyou bedstraw of the Advanced Plant Classes at HSU have added a number of plants through the years. We thank — Willow Family them for their assistance. Special thanks to Veva Stansell Salix delnortensis • Del Norte willow for her additions. Salix lasiolepis • arroyo willow *This plant is rare at this site. Do not collect it. Voucher SARRACENIACEAE — Pitcher Plant Family specimens are already deposited in the Humboldt State Darlingtonia californica • California pitcher plant University Herbarium.

SAXIFRAGACEAE — Saxifrage Family Heuchera micrantha • crevice alum root howellii • Howell's saxifrage Saxifraga mertensiana • woodland saxifrage

SCROPHULARIACEAE Boschniakia strobilacea • California ground cone affinis • coast paintbrush Castilleja brevilobata • short-lobed paintbrush Castilleja miniata ssp. elata • Siskiyou paintbrush Castilleja pruinosa • frosted paintbrush Castilleja subinclusa ssp. franciscana • long-leaved paintbrush Collinsia linearis • Chinese houses Penstemon heterophyllus • foothill penstemon

TOFIELDIACEAE — False Asphodel Family Triantha occidentalis • western false asphodel

UMBELLIFERAE () — Carrot or Family genuflexa • kneeling angelica Ligusticum californicum • California ligusticum Lomatium howellii • Howell’s lomatium Lomatium macrocarpum • sheep-parsnip Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum • buck-parsnip peckiana • Peck's sanicle * glauca • glaucous tauschia

VALERIANCAEAE — Valerian Family californica • California valerian Valeriana sitchensis • mountain-heliotrope

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