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Desolation Valley   Charles Thoreau Townsend © 2002 California Academy of Sciences


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  Local Resources

Calflora Places to view California Native Plants:
  near   Georgetown
  near   Kyburz
  near   Placerville
  near   South Lake Tahoe

CNPS Chapter: El Dorado -- covering the Sierra Foothills area around Placerville.

CNPS Chapter: Tahoe

Traverse Creek, description of trails and habitats (Steve Tyron, floralore)

Sources of Native Plants
El Dorado County
Blue Oak Nursery  PROFILE 
Rescue 95672
Golden Gecko Garden Center  PROFILE 
Garden Valley 95633
Lotus Valley Nursery  PROFILE 
Lotus 95651 retail
Placer County
Bitterroot Restoration  PROFILE 
Lincoln 95648
Forest Seeds of California  PROFILE 
Placerville 95667 mail order
Fowler Nurseries  PROFILE 
Newcastle 95658
High Ranch Nursery Inc.  PROFILE 
Loomis, 95650 source identified
Mountain Valley Growers  PROFILE 
Squaw Valley 93675 mail order
Park Place Gardens  PROFILE 
Loomis 95650
Restoration Resources  PROFILE 
Rocklin 95765
Wapumne Native Plant Nursery  PROFILE 
Lincoln 95648
Alpine County
Amador County
Sacramento County
CNPS Sac Valley - American River Nursery  PROFILE 
Rancho Cordova periodic sales
Cornflower Farms  PROFILE 
Elk Grove 95759 wholesale, retail
Hartland Nursery  PROFILE 
Walnut Grove 95690
Village Nurseries  PROFILE 
Sacramento 95827
Windmill Nursery  PROFILE 
Carmichael 95608
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wild Plants in  El Dorado County
Native Plants, by lifeform
Native Plants at the edge of their range
non-Native Plants
by Jepson Bioregion:
 
High Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada Foothills

  Map of El Dorado County

 

 

What Grows Here?

  by watershed

  by zipcode

  by open space

 

 

 

Native Perennials that grow wild in El Dorado County:   Trees  •  Shrubs  •  Perennials  •  Annuals  •  Ferns
Achillea millefolium
Achnatherum occidentale
Acmispon glaber
Aconitum columbianum
Aconitum columbianum ssp. viviparum
Actaea rubra
Adenocaulon bicolor
Agastache urticifolia
Ageratina occidentalis
Agoseris grandiflora
 
Agrostis exarata
Agrostis exarata var. monolepis
Agrostis idahoensis
Agrostis pallens
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Alisma triviale
Allium hyalinum
Allium membranaceum
Allium obtusum
Allium peninsulare
 
Allium sanbornii
Allium validum
Ambrosia psilostachya
Anaphalis margaritacea
Anemone occidentalis
Antennaria rosea
Antennaria umbrinella
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Apocynum cannabinum
Aquilegia formosa
 
Aquilegia shockleyi
Arabis sparsiflora
Aralia californica
Arnica chamissonis
Arnica chamissonis ssp. foliosa
Arnica cordifolia
Artemisia douglasiana
Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia ludoviciana
Asarum hartwegii
 
Asarum lemmonii
Asclepias cordifolia
Asclepias eriocarpa
Asclepias fascicularis
Asclepias speciosa
Aster chilensis
Asyneuma prenanthoides
Baccharis glutinosa
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Bloomeria crocea
 
Boechera sparsiflora
Boykinia major
Boykinia occidentalis
Brickellia californica
Brodiaea coronaria
Brodiaea elegans
Brodiaea minor
Brodiaea purdyi
Brodiaea terrestris
Bromus carinatus var. marginatus
 
Bromus laevipes
Bromus marginatus
Calamagrostis canadensis
Calamagrostis rubescens
Calochortus albus
Calochortus argillosus
Calochortus clavatus
Calochortus luteus
Calochortus monophyllus
Calochortus superbus
 
Calochortus venustus
Caltha leptosepala
Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii
Caltha leptosepala var. biflora
Calyptridium umbellatum
Calystegia macrostegia
Camassia leichtlinii
Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii
Camassia quamash
Campanula prenanthoides
 
Carex amplifolia
Carex aquatilis
Carex athrostachya
Carex barbarae
Carex densa
Carex deweyana
Carex dudleyi
Carex lanuginosa
Carex microptera
Carex nudata
Carex pachystachya
 
Carex pellita
Carex praegracilis
Carex senta
Carex spectabilis
Carex subfusca
Carex utriculata
Carex vesicaria
Castilleja applegatei
Castilleja miniata
Chamerion angustifolium
 
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Cirsium occidentale
Claytonia sibirica
Clematis lasiantha
Clematis ligusticifolia
Clinopodium douglasii
Clintonia uniflora
Comarum palustre
Croton californicus
Cynoglossum grande
 
Cyperus eragrostis
Danthonia californica
Danthonia californica var. americana
Danthonia intermedia
Darmera peltata
Datura wrightii
Delphinium andersonii
Delphinium glaucum
Delphinium nudicaule
Delphinium nuttallianum
 
Deschampsia cespitosa
Deschampsia elongata
Dicentra formosa
Dichelostemma capitatum
Dichelostemma congestum
Dichelostemma multiflorum
Dichelostemma volubile
Disporum hookeri
Distichlis spicata
Dodecatheon alpinum
 
Dodecatheon clevelandii
Dodecatheon hendersonii
Dodecatheon jeffreyi
Dodecatheon pulchellum
Drymocallis glandulosa
Drymocallis lactea
Dudleya cymosa
Dugaldia hoopesii
Eleocharis acicularis
Eleocharis macrostachya
 
Eleocharis palustris
Elymus elymoides
Elymus glaucus
Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii
Elymus multisetus
Elymus smithii
Elymus trachycaulus
Elymus triticoides
Epilobium canum
Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium
 
Epilobium ciliatum
Epipactis gigantea
Erigeron compositus
Erigeron divergens
Erigeron glacialis
Erigeron linearis
Erigeron peregrinus
Eriogonum elongatum
Eriogonum latifolium
Eriogonum ovalifolium
 
Eriogonum umbellatum
Eriogonum umbellatum var. polyanthum
Eriogonum ursinum
Eriogonum wrightii
Eriophyllum lanatum
Erysimum capitatum
Erythronium grandiflorum
Erythronium multiscapideum
Erythronium multiscapoideum
Eschscholzia californica
Euthamia occidentalis
 
Festuca californica
Festuca idahoensis
Festuca occidentalis
Festuca rubra
Fragaria vesca
Fragaria virginiana
Fritillaria affinis
Fritillaria atropurpurea
Fritillaria recurva
Gentiana calycosa
 
Geum macrophyllum
Geum triflorum
Glyceria elata
Glyceria grandis
Glyceria striata
Gnaphalium californicum
Gnaphalium canescens
Goodyera oblongifolia
Grindelia camporum
Grindelia hirsutula
 
Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi
Helenium bigelovii
Helenium puberulum
Helianthus californicus
Heracleum lanatum
Heracleum maximum
Hesperostipa comata
Heterotheca grandiflora
Heterotheca villosa
Heuchera micrantha
 
Heuchera micrantha var. erubescens
Heuchera rubescens
Heuchera rubescens var. alpicola
Heuchera rubescens var. glandulosa
Heuchera rubescens var. rydbergiana
Hoita macrostachya
Hordeum brachyantherum
Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum
Hordeum jubatum
Horkelia californica
 
Hosackia crassifolia
Hymenoxys hoopesii
Ipomopsis aggregata
Iris hartwegii
Iris innominata
Iris longipetala
Iris macrosiphon
Iris missouriensis
Juncus balticus
Juncus effusus
 
Juncus effusus ssp. pacificus
Juncus effusus var. pacificus
Juncus ensifolius
Juncus mexicanus
Juncus nevadensis
Juncus occidentalis
Juncus patens
Juncus phaeocephalus
Juncus tenuis
Juncus xiphioides
 
Koeleria macrantha
Lathyrus jepsonii
Lathyrus vestitus
Lewisia longipetala
Lewisia nevadensis
Lewisia pygmaea
Lewisia rediviva
Leymus triticoides
Lilium humboldtii
Lilium pardalinum
 
Lilium parvum
Lilium washingtonianum
Linnaea borealis
Linum lewisii
Linum lewisii var. alpicola
Lomatium dissectum
Lomatium utriculatum
Lotus crassifolius
Lotus scoparius
Lupinus albicaulis
Lupinus argenteus
 
Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus
Lupinus bicolor
Lupinus formosus
Lupinus grayi
Lupinus latifolius
Lupinus polyphyllus
Lupinus rivularis
Luzula comosa
Luzula subsessilis
Maianthemum racemosum
 
Maianthemum stellatum
Marah fabacea
Marah fabaceus
Melica californica
Melica torreyana
Mentha arvensis
Mentha canadensis
Mimulus cardinalis
Mimulus guttatus
Mimulus lewisii
 
Mimulus primuloides
Monardella odoratissima
Monardella villosa
Muhlenbergia rigens
Nassella cernua
Nassella lepida
Nassella pulchra
Odontostomum hartwegii
Oenothera elata
Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima
 
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri
Oreostemma alpigenum
Osmorhiza occidentalis
Pascopyrum smithii
Paspalum distichum
Penstemon azureus
Penstemon davidsonii
Penstemon deustus
Penstemon heterophyllus
Penstemon newberryi
 
Penstemon rydbergii
Penstemon rydbergii var. oreocharis
Penstemon speciosus
Perideridia kelloggii
Persicaria amphibia
Persicaria punctata
Phacelia egena
Phacelia imbricata
Phacelia ramosissima
Phacelia ramosissima var. eremophila
 
Phacelia ramosissima var. subglabra
Phalaris arundinacea
Phleum alpinum
Phlox diffusa
Phyla nodiflora
Poa ampla
Poa fendleriana
Poa juncifolia
Poa nevadensis
Poa secunda
 
Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
Polemonium pulcherrimum
Polygonum amphibium
Polygonum punctatum
Potentilla glandulosa
Potentilla gracilis
Potentilla palustris
Prosartes hookeri
Prosartes hookeri var. trachyandra
Prunella vulgaris
 
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Pseudognaphalium canescens
Pseudognaphalium microcephalum
Pycnanthemum californicum
Ranunculus californicus
Ranunculus occidentalis
Ranunculus occidentalis var. dissectus
Ranunculus occidentalis var. howellii
Ranunculus occidentalis var. ultramontanus
Romneya coulteri
 
Rumex salicifolius
Sagittaria latifolia
Salvia sonomensis
Salvia spathacea
Sanicula crassicaulis
Satureja douglasii
Schoenoplectus acutus
Schoenoplectus californicus
Scirpus californicus
Scirpus microcarpus
 
Scrophularia californica
Scutellaria californica
Sedum lanceolatum
Sedum obtusatum
Sedum spathulifolium
Sedum stenopetalum
Sidalcea malviflora
Sidalcea oregana
Silene laciniata
Silene laciniata ssp. californica
 
Silene laciniata ssp. major
Sisyrinchium bellum
Sisyrinchium californicum
Sisyrinchium idahoense
Smilacina racemosa
Smilacina stellata
Solanum xanti
Solidago californica
Solidago canadensis
Solidago canadensis ssp. elongata
 
Solidago elongata
Solidago velutina ssp. californica
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Stachys ajugoides
Stachys albens
Stipa cernua
Stipa comata
Stipa lepida
Stipa nelsonii var. dorei
Stipa occidentalis
 
Stipa pulchra
Stipa speciosa
Symphyotrichum chilense
Tellima grandiflora
Thalictrum fendleri
Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum
Thalictrum polycarpum
Toxicoscordion fremontii
Toxicoscordion paniculatum
Trientalis latifolia
 
Trifolium wormskioldii
Trillium angustipetalum
Trillium chloropetalum
Triteleia bridgesii
Triteleia hyacinthina
Triteleia ixioides
Triteleia ixioides ssp. scabra
Triteleia laxa
Typha domingensis
Typha latifolia
 
Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea
Veratrum californicum
Verbena hastata
Verbena lasiostachys
Veronica americana
Vicia americana
Viola adunca
Viola glabella
Wyethia angustifolia
Wyethia mollis
 
Zigadenus fremontii
Zigadenus paniculatus