| Criteria: found in Nevada County • is native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 2733 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 648 plants | ||
Lifeform: Biennial | 2 plants | ||
| Descurainia incisa ssp. incisa | Mountain tansy mustard | Biennial herb | |
| Erigeron divergens | Diffuse daisy | Biennial, Perennial herb | 4 |
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Lifeform: Perennial | 1631 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Fern | 64 plants | ||
| Adiantum aleuticum | Five finger fern | Fern | 9 |
| Adiantum jordanii | Adiantum | Fern | 4 |
| Aspidotis californica | California lace fern | Fern | 1 |
| Aspidotis densa | Lace fern | Fern | 1 |
| Athyrium distentifolium | Fern | ||
| Athyrium distentifolium var. americanum | American alpine lady fern | Fern | |
| Athyrium filix-femina | Common ladyfern | Fern | 19 |
| Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum | Subarctic ladyfern | Fern | |
| Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum | Western lady fern | Fern | 1 |
| Azolla filiculoides | Mosquito fern | Fern | |
| Azolla mexicana | Mexican mosquito fern | Fern | |
| Azolla microphylla | Mexican mosquito fern | Fern | |
| Blechnum spicant | Deer fern | Fern | 30 |
| Botrychium ascendens | Upswept moonwort | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Botrychium crenulatum | Scalloped moonwort | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Botrychium lunaria | Common moonwort | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Botrychium minganense | Mingan moonwort | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Botrychium multifidum | Common grapefern | Fern | |
| Cheilanthes gracillima | Lace lip fern | Fern | 1 |
| Cryptogramma acrostichoides | American parsley fern | Fern | |
| Cryptogramma cascadensis | Cascade parsely fern | Fern | |
| Cystopteris fragilis | Brittle fern | Fern | 1 |
| Dryopteris arguta | Wood fern | Fern | 7 |
| Equisetum arvense | Common horsetail | Fern | 6 |
| Equisetum hyemale | Scouringrush horsetail | Fern | 31 |
| Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine | Giant scouring rush | Fern | 7 |
| Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouringrush horsetail | Fern | 4 |
| Equisetum laevigatum | Smooth scouring rush | Fern | 2 |
| Equisetum telmateia | Giant horsetail | Fern | 3 |
| Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii | Giant horsetail | Fern | 1 |
| Equisetum telmateia var. braunii | Giant horsetail | Fern | 1 |
| Isoetes bolanderi | Bolander's quillwort | Fern | |
| Isoetes howellii | Quillwort | Fern | |
| Isoetes nuttallii | Nuttall's quillwort | Fern | |
| Isoetes occidentalis | Western quillwort | Fern | |
| Isoetes orcuttii | Orcutt's quillwort | Fern (aquatic) | |
| Lycopodiella inundata | Bog club moss | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Marsilea vestita | Hairy waterclover | Fern | 6 |
| Marsilea vestita ssp. vestita | Hairy pepperwort | Fern | 5 |
| Myriopteris gracillima | Lace lip fern | Fern | 1 |
| Pellaea andromedifolia | Coffee fern | Fern | 3 |
| Pellaea brachyptera | Sierra cliff brake | Fern | |
| Pellaea breweri | Brewer's cliff brake | Fern | |
| Pellaea bridgesii | Bridges' cliff brake | Fern | 1 |
| Pellaea mucronata | Bird's foot fern | Fern | 2 |
| Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata | Bird's foot fern | Fern | |
| Pentagramma pallida | Silver back fern | Fern | |
| Pentagramma triangularis | Gold back fern | Fern | 3 |
| Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis | Gold back fern | Fern | |
| Polypodium californicum | California polypody | Fern | 12 |
| Polypodium calirhiza | Licorice fern | Fern | 3 |
| Polystichum imbricans | Narrow leaved sword fern | Fern | 1 |
| Polystichum imbricans ssp. imbricans | Rock sword fern | Fern | |
| Polystichum munitum | Western sword fern | Fern | 43 |
| Polystichum scopulinum | Mountain holly fern | Fern | |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Western brackenfern | Fern | 5 |
| Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens | Western bracken fern | Fern | |
| Selaginella asprella | Bluish spike moss | Fern (rhizomatous) | |
| Selaginella hansenii | Hansen's spike moss | Fern (mosslike) | |
| Selaginella wallacei | Wallace's spike moss | Fern (mosslike) | |
| Selaginella watsonii | Watson's spike moss | Fern (mosslike) | |
| Struthiopteris spicant | Deer fern | Fern | 30 |
| Thelypteris nevadensis | Sierra marsh fern | Fern | |
| Woodwardia fimbriata | Western chain fern | Fern | 31 |
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Lifeform: Shrub | 319 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Tree | 62 plants | ||
| Abies concolor | White fir | Tree | 22 |
| Abies magnifica | Magnificant silver fir | Tree | 3 |
| Abies magnifica var. magnifica | California red fir | Tree | |
| Acer macrophyllum | Bigleaf maple | Tree | 52 |
| Acer negundo | Boxelder | Tree | 30 |
| Acer negundo var. californicum | California box elder | Tree | 30 |
| Aesculus californica | Buckeye | Tree | 46 |
| Alnus rhombifolia | White alder | Tree | 38 |
| Arbutus menziesii | Madrono | Tree | 35 |
| Calocedrus decurrens | Incense cedar | Tree | 40 |
| Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | Port orford cedar | Tree | 14 |
| Cornus sessilis | Western cornelian cherry | Tree | 6 |
| Cupressus lawsoniana | Port orford cedar | Tree | 14 |
| Fraxinus latifolia | Oregon ash | Tree | 29 |
| Juglans californica | Southern california black walnut | Tree | 12 |
| Juglans californica var. hindsii | Northern california black walnut | Tree | 13 |
| Juglans hindsii | Northern california black walnut | Tree | 13 |
| Juniperus grandis | Sierra juniper | Tree | |
| Juniperus occidentalis | Western juniper | Tree | 2 |
| Juniperus occidentalis var. australis | Sierra juniper | Tree | |
| Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis | Western juniper | Tree | 2 |
| Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark pine | Tree | 1 |
| Pinus attenuata | Knobcone pine | Tree | 6 |
| Pinus contorta | Lodgepole pine | Tree | 30 |
| Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana | Lodgepole pine | Tree | 4 |
| Pinus jeffreyi | Jeffrey pine | Tree | 17 |
| Pinus lambertiana | Sugar pine | Tree | 13 |
| Pinus monophylla | Single leaf pinyon | Tree | 10 |
| Pinus monticola | Western white pine | Tree | 10 |
| Pinus ponderosa | Yellow pine | Tree | 29 |
| Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa | North plateau ponderosa pine | Tree | 2 |
| Pinus ponderosa var. washoensis | Washoe pine | Tree | |
| Pinus sabiniana | Gray pine | Tree | 28 |
| Pinus washoensis | Washoe pine | Tree | |
| Platanus racemosa | California sycamore | Tree | 36 |
| Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa | Black cottonwood | Tree | 27 |
| Populus fremontii | Fremont cottonwood | Tree | 32 |
| Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii | Cottonwood | Tree | 4 |
| Populus tremuloides | Quaking aspen | Tree | 28 |
| Populus trichocarpa | Black cottonwood | Tree | 27 |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas fir | Tree | 31 |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii | Douglas fir | Tree | 4 |
| Quercus Xmorehus | Oracle oak | Tree | 1 |
| Quercus berberidifolia | Inland scrub oak | Tree | 13 |
| Quercus chrysolepis | Gold cup live oak | Tree | 24 |
| Quercus chrysolepis var. nana | Canyon live oak | Tree | 25 |
| Quercus douglasii | Blue oak | Tree | 26 |
| Quercus garryana | Oregon oak | Tree | 24 |
| Quercus garryana var. breweri | Oregon oak | Tree | 2 |
| Quercus garryana var. semota | Oregon white oak | Tree | |
| Quercus kelloggii | California black oak | Tree | 24 |
| Quercus lobata | Valley oak | Tree | 40 |
| Salix gooddingii | Gooding's willow | Tree | 7 |
| Salix laevigata | Polished willow | Tree | 17 |
| Salix lasiandra | Pacific willow | Tree | 20 |
| Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra | Pacific willow | Tree | 6 |
| Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra | Shining willow | Tree | 6 |
| Sequoiadendron giganteum | Redwood | Tree | 19 |
| Taxus brevifolia | California yew | Tree | 11 |
| Torreya californica | California nutmeg | Tree | 9 |
| Tsuga mertensiana | Patton spruce | Tree | 13 |
| Umbellularia californica | California bay | Tree | 40 |
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Pink background indicates a plant is non-native.
! indicates a plant is potentially invasive. |
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| NB: found in Nevada County is intended to indicate only plants found growing in the wild. However, the evidence is not always clear, and may occasionally include plants found in cultivation. To verify the wild presence of any particular plant in the list above, please click through to Calflora and look closely at the observations in this county. | ||