| Criteria: found in Sierra County • is not native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 242 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 105 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Biennial | 1 plant | ||
Lifeform: Perennial | 120 plants | ||
| Acroptilon repens ! | Russian knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Agropyron cristatum | Crested wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 5 |
| Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum | Crested wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Agropyron desertorum | Desert crested wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Agrostis capillaris | Colonial bentgrass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Agrostis gigantea | Creeping bentgras | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Agrostis stolonifera ! | Redtop | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Alopecurus pratensis ! | Meadow foxtail | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Antennaria alpina | Alpine pussytoes | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Arrhenatherum elatius | Tall oatgrass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Arum italicum | Italian lords and ladies | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Bromus inermis | Smooth brome | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Calochortus eurycarpus | White mariposa lily | Perennial herb | |
| Cardaria chalepensis | Lens podded hoary cress | Perennial herb | |
| Cardaria draba | Heart podded hoary cress | Perennial herb | |
| Cardaria pubescens | White top | Perennial herb | |
| Carduus nutans ! | Nodding plumeless thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea biebersteinii | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea diffusa ! | Diffuse knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea maculosa | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea stoebe | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos ! | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Cerastium fontanum | Common mouse ear chickweed | Perennial herb | |
| Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare | Common chickweed | Perennial herb | |
| Chondrilla juncea ! | Skeleton weed | Perennial herb | |
| Cichorium intybus | Chicory | Perennial herb | 9 |
| Cirsium arvense ! | Canada thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Cirsium canescens | Prairie thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Cirsium ochrocentrum | Beaumont thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Cirsium ochrocentrum var. ochrocentrum | Yellowspine thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Cirsium undulatum | Wavy leaved thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Cirsium vulgare ! | Bullthistle | Perennial herb | |
| Conium maculatum ! | Poison hemlock | Perennial herb | |
| Convolvulus arvensis | Field bindweed | Perennial herb, Vine | |
| Cynodon dactylon ! | Bermuda grass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Cynoglossum officinale ! | Hound's tongue | Perennial herb | |
| Dactylis glomerata ! | Orchardgrass | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Digitalis purpurea ! | Foxglove | Perennial herb | 14 |
| Elymus hispidus | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Elymus ponticus | Tall wheat grass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Elymus repens | Quack grass | Perennial grass | |
| Elytrigia elongata | Tall wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Elytrigia intermedia | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Elytrigia intermedia ssp. barbulata | Barbed intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Elytrigia intermedia ssp. intermedia | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Elytrigia pontica | Tall wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Elytrigia pontica ssp. pontica | Rush wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Elytrigia repens | Quack grass | Perennial grass | |
| Eriogonum effusum | Spreading buckwheat | Perennial herb | |
| Euphorbia esula | Leafy spurge | Perennial herb | |
| Euphorbia virgata ! | Leafy spurge | Perennial herb | |
| Festuca arundinacea ! | Reed fescue | Perennial grass | 7 |
| Festuca thurberi | Thurber's fescue | Perennial grass | |
| Foeniculum vulgare ! | Fennel | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Glyceria nubigena | Great smoky mountain mannagrass | Perennial grass (aquatic) | |
| Grindelia squarrosa | Curlycup gumweed | Perennial herb | |
| Grindelia squarrosa var. serrulata | Curlycup gumweed | Perennial herb | |
| Heracleum sphondylium | Eltrot | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Holcus lanatus ! | Common velvetgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Hypericum perforatum ! | Klamathweed | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Hypericum perforatum ssp. perforatum | Klamathweed | Perennial herb | |
| Hypochaeris radicata ! | Hairy cats ear | Perennial herb | |
| Isolepis setacea | Bristleleaf bulrush | Perennial grass | |
| Lathyrus latifolius ! | Sweet pea | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Lathyrus pauciflorus | Fewflower pea | Perennial herb | |
| Lepidium appelianum ! | Hairy whitetop | Perennial herb | |
| Lepidium draba ! | Whitetop | Perennial herb | |
| Lepidium draba ssp. chalepense | Lenspod whitetop | Perennial herb | |
| Lepidium draba ssp. draba | Whitetop | Perennial herb | |
| Lepidium latifolium ! | Perennial pepperweed | Perennial herb | |
| Linaria dalmatica | Dalmatian toadflax | Perennial herb | |
| Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica ! | Dalmatian toadflax | Perennial herb | |
| Linaria genistifolia | Broomleaf toadflax | Perennial herb | |
| Linaria genistifolia ssp. dalmatica | Dalmatian toad flax | Perennial herb | |
| Linaria vulgaris ! | Butter and eggs | Perennial herb | |
| Lychnis coronaria | Rose campion | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Onobrychis viciifolia | Sanfoin | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Onopordum acanthium ! | Scotch cottonthistle | Perennial herb | |
| Phleum pratense | Common timothy | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Plantago lanceolata ! | Ribwort | Perennial herb | |
| Plantago major | Common plantain | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Poa bulbosa | Bulbous blue grass | Perennial grass | |
| Poa compressa | Canada blue grass | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Poa palustris | Fowl bluegrass | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Poa pratensis ! | Kentucky blue grass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Poa pratensis ssp. angustifolia | Narrow leaved kentucky blue grass | Perennial grass | |
| Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis | Kentucky blue grass | Perennial grass | |
| Polemonium caeruleum | Charity | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Potentilla recta | Sulphur cinquefoil | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Poterium sanguisorba | Garden burnet | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Puccinellia distans | European alkali grass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Ranunculus acris | Acrid buttercup | Perennial herb | |
| Ranunculus repens ! | Crowfoot, creeping buttercup | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Rhaponticum repens ! | Russian knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Rorippa austriaca | Austrian field cress | Perennial herb | |
| Rumex acetosella ! | Sheep sorrel | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Rumex crispus ! | Curly dock | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Rumex obtusifolius | Broadleaf dock | Perennial herb | |
| Salvia aethiopis ! | Mediterranean sage | Perennial herb | |
| Sanguisorba minor | Small burnet | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Sanguisorba minor ssp. balearica | Small burnet | Perennial herb | |
| Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata | Garden burnet | Perennial herb | |
| Saponaria officinalis ! | Bouncing bet | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Saxifraga virginiensis | Early saxifrage | Perennial herb | |
| Tanacetum parthenium | Feverfew | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Tanacetum vulgare ! | Tansy | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Taraxacum officinale | Red seeded dandelion | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Thinopyrum intermedium | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Thinopyrum ponticum | Tall wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Tragopogon dubius | Goat's beard | Perennial herb | |
| Tragopogon porrifolius | Salsify | Perennial herb | |
| Trifolium hybridum | Alsike clover | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Trifolium pratense | Red clover | Perennial herb | 7 |
| Trifolium repens | White clover | Perennial herb | 9 |
| Valeriana capitata | Captiate valerian | Perennial herb | |
| Verbascum blattaria | Moth mullein | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Verbascum thapsus ! | Woolly mullein | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Veronica anagallis-aquatica | Water speedwell | Perennial herb | |
| Vinca major ! | Vinca | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Viola affinis | Sand violet | Perennial herb | |
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Lifeform: Fern | 3 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Shrub | 9 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Tree | 3 plants | ||
| Ailanthus altissima ! | Tree of heaven | Tree | 2 |
| Castanea dentata | American chestnut | Tree | 1 |
| Robinia pseudoacacia ! | Black locust | Tree | 6 |
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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 Sierra 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. | ||