South Sierra Plants: Top 50 List
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME FAMILY COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME FAMILY
1) Pinyon Pine Pinus monophylla Pine Family 26) Sky Pilot Polemonium eximium Phlox Family
2) Sierra Juniper Juniperus grandis Cypress Family 27) Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium Evening Primrose Family
3) Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius Rose Family 28) Yerba Mansa Anemopsis californica Lizard's-Tail Family
4) Rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus nauseosus Sunflower Family 29) Granite Gilia Linanthus pungens Phlox Family
5) Antelope Brush Purshia tridentata Rose Family 30) Mountain Gooseberry Ribes montigenum Gooseberry Family
6) Sage Brush Artemisia tridentata Sunflower Family 31) Rothrock's Nama Nama rothrockii Borage Family
7) Thick-Leaved Sage Salvia pachyphylla Mint Family 32) Skullcap Scutellaria siphocampyloides Mint Family
8) Wildrose Rosa woodsii Rose Family 33) Bridge's Penstemon Penstemon rostriflorus Figwort Family
9) Corn Lily Veratrum californicum Lily Family 34) Purple False Horkelia Horkeliella purpurascens Rose Family
10) Snow Plant Sarcodes sanguinea Heath Family 35) Bush Cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa Rose Family
11) Sneezeweed Helenium bigelovii Sunflower Family 36) Coulter's Daisy Erigeron coulteri Sunflower Family
12) Kern Frasera Frasera tubulosa Gentian Family 37) Durango Root Datisca glomerata Datisca Family
13) Ramshaw Meadows Abronia Abronia alpina Four O'Clock Family 38) Pinewoods Fritillary Fritillaria pinetorum Lily Family
14) Mountain Pride Penstemon newberryi Plantain Family 39) Black Oak Quercus kelloggii Oak Family
15) Snowberry Symphoricarpos rotundifolius Honeysuckle Family 40) Bog Laurel Kalmia polifolia Heath Family
16) Bush Chinquapin Chrysolepis sempervirens Oak Family 41) Labrador Tea Rhododendron columbianum Heath Family
17) Bluebells Mertensia ciliata Borage Family 42) Rosy Sedum Rhodiola integrifolia Stonecrop Family
18) Richard's Geranium Geranium richardsonii Geranium Family 43) Showy Milkweed Asclepias speciosa Milkweed Family
19) Mullein Verbascum thapsus Figwort Family 44) Parry's Beargrass Nolina parryi Asparagus Family
20) Fremontia Fremontodendron californicum Mallow Family 45) Owl's Claws Hymenoxys hoopesii Sunflower Family
21) Death Camas Toxicoscordion venenosum Bunchflower Family 46) Soda Straw Angelica lineariloba Carrot Family
22) Manzanita Arctostaphylos manzanita Heath Family 47) Grass Of Parnassus Parnassia californica Saxifrage Family
23) Dirty Socks Bistorta bistortoides Buckwheat Family 48) Checkerbloom Sidalcea malviflora Mallow Family
24) Monkshood Aconitum columbianum Buttercup Family 49) Buckskin Keckiella Keckiella rothrockii Figwort Family
25) Golden Eardrops Ehrendorferia chrysantha Poppy Family 50) Western Snakeroot Ageratina occidentalis Sunflower Family
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The following plants are not included in the games or the quizzes:
Ramshaw Meadows Abronia and Pinewoods Fritillary.
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