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Spalding Avenue Gold Beach, OR 97444 Grants Pass, OR 97526 (541) 247-3600 (541) 471-6500 and Crissey Field Welcome Center 14433 Highway 101 South 26568 Redwood Hwy Brookings, OR 97415 Cave Junction, OR 97523 (541) 412-6000 (541) 592-4000 Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Online: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/rogue-siskiyou The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Suggested References: The use of trade, firm or corporation names in the publication (or pages) is for the information and convenience of the reader. Such use does not constitute an official endorsement or approval by the United States Department of Agriculture of any product or service to the exclusion of others that may be suitable. Field Guides: Guide to Common Forest Plants. Rogue River, Siskiyou, and Umpqua N.F. Wheeler, Atzet. 1985 USDA – PNW Region Pacific Coast Tree Finder. Watts. 1973. Nature Study Guild. Pacific Coast Fern Finder. Keator, Heady. 1981. Nature Study Guild. Pacific Coast Berry Finder. Keator. 1978. Nature Study Guild. Manual of Oregon Trees and Shrubs. Randal, Keniston, Bever, Jensen. 1988. OSU Bookstores. A Field Guide to Pacific States Wildflowers. Petersen Field Guides. Niehaus, Ripper. 1976. Houghton Mifflin Co. The Aubudon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers. Western Region. Spelienberg. 1979. Borzoi Book. Knopf, Inc. Trees of North America. A Guide to Field Identification. Brockman. 1968. Golden Press. Reference: Rare and Endangered Plants of Oregon. Eastman. 1990. Beautiful American Publishing Company. Rare Plants of Southwest Oregon. Mullens, Showalter. 2007. BLM & USDA FS. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. Hickman ed. 1993. University of California Press. A Manual of Higher Plants of Oregon. Peck. 1961. Binfords and Mort. Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States. Washington, Oregon, and California. Volumes I-IV. Abrams. 1923. Stanford University Press. For accurate Geographical Information Consult: Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Hitchcock, Cronquist, Ownbey, Appropriate U.S.G.S. Quad Maps Thompson. 1969. University of Washington Press. Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest Map Flora of the Pacific Northwest. Hitchcock and Cronquist. 1973. University Kalmiopsis Wilderness Map of Washington Press. Threatened and Endangered Vascular Plants of Oregon. An Illustrated Plant Collecting Information: Guide. Meinke. 1981. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Remember: You may take photographs, drawings, or measurements of various History: plant parts, but PLEASE do not make any collections. The Botanist and Her Muleskinner. Lilla Irvin Leach and John Roy Leach, Collecting of plants or plant parts in Wilderness, Wild River or Botanical Pioneer Botanists in the Siskiyou Mountains. 1994. Kirkpatrick, Holzwarth, areas shall not be allowed except by permits issued by the Forest Service for Mullens. Leach Garden Friends, Portland, Oregon. scientific or educational purposes. HERBACEOUS PLANTS (continued) Lilla Leach hesitated, gazed at a red patch of flowers ahead and then ran to it. She got down on her Scientific Name Common Name Habitat Bloom knees, and exclaimed, “I have never seen anything like it before! Isn’t it beautiful? I believe it is new.” Silene grayi Gray’s Campion D Jul-Aug Sophora leachiana** Western Sophora M, R Apr-Jun Stenanthium occidentale Western Stenanthium R May-Jul Streptanthus howellii** Howell’s Streptanthus D, S Jul-Aug Streptanthus tortuosus Mountain Streptanthus D, OW Apr-Sept Streptopus amplexifolius var. Twisted Stalk F Apr-Jun americanus° Symphyotrichum campestre° Western Meadow Aster D, S Jul-Oct Synthyris cordata° Snow Queen F Feb-Apr Tauschia howellii** Howell’s Tauschia OW, F Jun-Aug Thermopsis macrophylla False Lupine M, OW Apr-Jun Triantha occidentalis ssp. Western False Asphodel R, S Jul-Aug occidentalis° Toxicoscordion micranthum° Small-flower Deathcamas M, S May-Jul Trientalis latifolia Western Starflower OW, F Apr-Jul Trillium ovatum White Trillium F Mar-Jun Triteleia bridgesii° Bridges' Brodiaea OW Apr-Jun Visually resembling a small rhododendron, this unique shrub is a relic of the pre-ice age and one of the oldest members of the Ericaceae Family. Triteleia hyacinthina° White Brodiaea OW, S Apr-Jul Vancouveria chrysantha* Yellow Inside-Out Flower D, S May-Jun Wilderness Resource Vancouveria hexandra Inside-Out Flower F May-Jun Wilderness is an area which is affected primarily by the forces of nature, where Vancouveria planipetala Redwood Ivy R May-Jun humans are visitors who do not remain. It may contain ecological, geographical Veratrum insolitum Siskiyou False Hellebore OW, F Jun-Jul or other features of scientific, educational or historic value! Verbascum blattaria Moth Mullein D, OW May-Sept Veronica americana American Speedwell R May-Aug Botanical Values Vicia americana American Vetch OW Apr-Jun The Kalmiopsis Wilderness is legendary for its diversity of plant life! Much of this diversity results from plant species adapting to life in harsh soils derived Viola adunca Western Dog Violet R, M Mar-Jul from peridotite and serpentinite rocks. Both are rich in heavy metals such as Viola cuneata Wedgeleaf Violet D, OW, S Mar-Jun magnesium, iron, chromium and nickel, which in high amounts can be toxic to Viola glabella Smooth Woodland Violet R, F Mar-Jul most plants. The diversity of plant habitat has been the result of geologic forces Viola lobata Lobed Violet D, OW, S Apr-Jul (uplift, folding and faulting), erosional and depositional forces (glaciations, Viola macloskeyi Small White Violet R, M May-Aug weather, climate and the action of rivers), and periodic fires. Within the Viola orbiculata Round-Leaved Violet F May-Aug Kalmiopsis Wilderness are portions of the Babyfoot Lake, York Creek, and Big Viola primulifolia ssp. Western Bog Violet R, S Apr-Jun Craiggies Botanical Areas. occidentalis° ** The following Preliminary Plant List is intended to be used as a beginning botanical checklist for Viola sempervirens Evergreen Violet F Feb-Apr your observations. It is certainly not complete and we encourage you to report to the Forest Service Whipplea modesta Yerba deSelva F Apr-Jun your botanical observations, both common and rare, which have not been included on this list. Plants Xerophyllum tenax Beargrass M, OW, F May-Aug are listed alphabetically by scientific name to encourage you to become more familiar with the nomenclature. For assistance in plant identification please refer to the list of suggested references. 12 1 References: Refer to these abbreviations for Habitat and Status HERBACEOUS PLANTS (continued) (note: These designations are meant as a general guide.) Scientific Name Common Name Habitat Bloom HABITAT: Perideridia oregana Oregon Yampah M Jul-Aug D = Dry/Rocky S = Serpentine/Peridotite F = Forest Phacelia corymbosa Serpentine Phaclia S May-Aug R = Riparian/Moist OW = Open Woods M = Meadow 10 Phlox diffusa Spreading Phlox D May-Aug STATUS: Phlox speciosa Snowy Phlox D, OW Apr-Jun ** = Species Considered “Sensitive” (population viability a concern) Pinguicula macroceras° Horned Butterwort R Apr-Jul * = Monitor/Watch – species may be declining Piperia unalascensis° Short Spurred Rein Orchid D, OW Apr-Aug NOTE: Please provide us with information on species which are classified as Platanthera dilatata° White Bog-Orchid R, S Jun-Aug Sensitive, or Monitor/Watch, or are not currently listed here. Platanthera stricta° Slender Bog-Orchid R, M Jun-Aug • The names used in this booklet are based primarily on the online version of Platanthera sparsiflora° Sparse Flwrd Bog-Orchid R Jun-Aug the second edition of The Jepson Manual, also on the USDA Plants website. Poa piperi* Piper’s Bluegrass S, OW, D Apr-May Name changes since the 12/97 update of the Plant List are marked with a °. Polygala californica