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 .