Horse Mountain Botanical
Area species list
Source: Humboldt State University checklist
compiled from collections by
D.E. Anderson, B. Klipfel, T. Nelson, V. Rumble, J.O. Sawyer, and
J. P. Smith
Revised December 11, 1994; additional species from CNPS
fieldtrip, June 10, 1995
about Horse Mountain Botanical Area
- Abies grandis x concolor
(grand fir/white fir hyrid)
- Acer macrophyllum
(bigleaf maple)
- Achillea millefolium
(common yarrow)
- Achlys triphylla (vanilla
leaf)
- Adiantum pedatum var. aleuticum
(maidenhair fern)
- Allium falcifolium (coast
flatstem onion)
- Allotropa virgata
(candystick)
- Amelanchier alnifolia
(western serviceberry)
- Anemone quinquefolia var. minor
(five-leaved anemone)
- Angelica genulfexa
(kneeling angelica)
- Antennaria suffrutescens
(shrubby pussytoes)
- Apocynum pumilium var. pumilium
(dwarf mountain hemp)
- Apocynum pumilium var. rhomboideum
(rhomboid mountain hemp)
- Aquilegia formosa
(crimson columbine)
- Aralia californica
(California spikenard)
- Arabis sp (rock cress)
- Arbutus menziesii
(madrone)
- Arctostaphylos nevadensis
(pinemat manzanita)
- Arctostaphylos canescens ssp. sonomensis
(hoary manzanita)
- Arenaria macrophylla
(big-leaved sandwort)
- Arnica cernua (nodding
arnica)
- Asarum caudatum
(long-tailed wild-ginger)
- Asarum hartwegii
(Hartweg's wild-ginger)
- Aspidotis densa (Indian's
dream-fern)
- Athryium filix-femina
(lady fern)
- Berberis aquifolium (tall
Oregon-grape)
- Berberis nervosa
(Oregon-grape)
- Boschniakia strobilacea
(California groundcone)
- Calystegia sp (morning
glory)
- Calochortus tolmiei
(Tolmie's pussy ears)
- Calocedrus decurrens
(incense cedar)
- Campanula prenanthoides
(California harebell)
- Castilleja pruinosa
(frosted paintbrush)
- Ceanothus cuneatus (buck
brush)
- Ceanothus pumilius (dwarf
ceanothus)
- Ceanothus velutinus
(tobacco brush, snow brush)
- Chimaphila umbellata var. occidentalis
(western prince's pine)
- Chrysolepis chrysophylla
(giant chinquapin)
- Cirsium sp (thistle)
- Claytonia lanceolata
(springbeauty)
- Claytonia saxosa? (rock
springbeauty)
- Collinsia grandiflora
(giant blue-eyed Mary)
- Collinsia parviflora
(maiden blue-eyed Mary)
- Collinsia rattanii
(sticky blue-eyed Mary)
- Collnsia sparsiflora var. brucae
(spinster's blue-eyed Mary)
- Cornus nuttallii
(mountain dogwood)
- Corylus cornuta var. californica
(California hazel)
- Crepis pleurocarpa
(naked-stemmed hawkweed)
- Cryptogramma acrostichoides
(American parsley-fern)
- Cupressus lawsoniana
(Port Orford-cedar)
- Disporum sp. (fairybells)
- Dodecatheon hendersonii
(Henderson's shootingstar)
- Epilobium sp (willowherb)
- Eriogonum nudum (barestem
eriogonum)
- Eriogonum umbellatum
(sulpher flower)
- Eriopyllum lanatum var. lanceolatum
(common woolly- sunflower)
- Erythronium californicum
(California fawn lily)
- Festuca californica
(California fescue)
- Festuca idahoensis (Idaho
fescue)
- Festuca occidentalis
(western fescue)
- Galium bolanderi
(Bolander's bedstraw)
- Galium muricatum ()
- Garrya buxifolia (boxleaf
silk tassel)
- Gaultheria shallon
(salal)
- Heuchera micrantha var. pacifica
(small-flowered heuchera)
- Hieracium albiflorum
(white-flowered hawkweed)
- Holodiscus discolor
(oceanspray)
- Hypericum perforatum var. scouleri
(Scouler's Klamath weed)
- Iris tenuissima
(long-tubed iris)
- Iris sp (iris)
- Lathyrus sp (wild pea)
- Lithocarpus densiflora
(tanoak)
- Lomatium tracyi (Tracy's
lomatium)
- Lomatium sp (lomatium,
wild parsnip)
- Lotus crassifolius
(broad-leaved lotus)
- Lotus humistratus (hill
lotus)
- Lotus oblongifolius
(narrow-leaved lotus)
- Lotus sp (lotus,
deer-vetch)
- Lupinus albicaulis (pine
lupine)
- Lupinus sp (lupine)
- Luzula sp (woodrush)
- Microsteris gracillis
(slender false phlox)
- Mimulus cardinalis
(crimson monkeyflower)
- Mimulus pulsiferae
(candelabrum monkeyflower)
- Mimulus sp (monkeyflower)
- Monardella odoratissima
(coyote mint)
- Montia perfoliata
(miner's lettuce)
- Montia saxosa (rocky
miner's lettuce)
- Penstemon laetus ssp. sagittatus
(gay penstemon)
- Phacelia sp (phacelia)
- Phlox diffusa (spreading
phlox)
- Pinus attenuata (knobcone
pine)
- Pinus jeffreyi (Jeffrey
pine)
- Pinus lambrertiana (sugar
pine)
- Pinus monticola (western
white pine)
- Platanthera sparsiflora
(sparse-flowered bog-orchid)
- Poa sp (blue grass)
- Polygala cornuta (Sierra
milkwort)
- Polypogon sp (beard
grass)
- Polystichum munitum
(sword fern)
- Pseudostellaria jamesiana
()
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
(Douglas-fir)
- Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
(western bracken fern)
- Pyrola picta ssp. dentata
(toothed white-veined wintergreen)
- Pyrola picta ssp. picta
(painted white-veined wintergreen)
- Quercus chrysolepis var. chrysolepis
(golden canyon live oak)
- Quercus chrysolepis var. nana
(dwarf canyon live oak)
- Quercus vaccinifolia
(huckleberry oak)
- Ranunculus californicus
(California buttercup)
- Rhamnus californica ssp. californica
(California coffeeberry)
- Rhamnus californica ssp. occidentalis
(western coffeeberry)
- Rhododendron occidentale
(western azalea)
- Ribes sanguineum (red
flowering currant)
- Ribes velutinum
(velvet-stem gooseberry)
- Rosa sp (rose)
- Rubus parviflorus var. velutinus
(velvet thimbleberry)
- Sedum laxum ssp flavidum
(pale yellow stonecrop)
- Silene californica
(California Indian pink)
- Smilacina racemosa var. amplexicaulis
(western false Solomon's seal)
- Smilacina racemosa var. racemosa
(fat false Solomon's seal)
- Spiraea densiflora (rosy
spirea)
- Symphoricarpos mollis
(creeping snowberry)
- Thlaspi californicum?
(Kneeland Prairie penny-cress)
- Trientalis latifolia
(broad-leaved starflower)
- Trifolium sp (clover)
- Trillium ovatum (Pacific
trillium)
- Triteleia laxa var. tracyi
(Tracy's Ithuriel's spear)
- Vaccinium parvifolium
(red huckleberry)
- Vancouveria planipetala
(redwood inside-out flower)
- Viola cuneata
(wedge-leaved violet)
- Viola glabella (smooth
yellow violet)
- Viola hallii (Hall's
violet)
- Whipplea modesta (yerbe
de selva)
- Wyethia angustifolia
(narrow-leaved mule ears)
- Xerophyllum tenax
(bear-grass)
- Zigadenus sp
(death-camas)
California Native Plant Society - North Coast Chapter
P.O. Box 1067 Arcata, CA 95518-1067
updated March 2001