Plants

BBHSP Biology Section 3: Plants

Please contact us if you find any corrections or if you have questions about this page.  Photos by Elizabeth Beil, Jennifer Berry, Seabrook Leaf, and others.  The growing list of species found at BBHS is on this page (below all the pictures) and is collected and managed by Jennifer Berry.

The 20 acre Commercial-Recreational Use Permit Zone at Big Bend Hot Springs Project consists of a surprising diversity of plant communities, including: White Alder/Poplar Forest along the Achoma (Pit River) banks,  White Alder/Maple Forest along Indian Springs Creek riparian zone, Ponderosa Pine/Douglas Fir/Incense Cedar/Oak Closed-Canopy Forest (“Moon Forest”, near Parking Lot and upper staff area above Skunk Camp), Manzanita/Canyon Live Oak/Black Oak Open Canopy Chaparral, (large area between Parking Lot and Pit River) and Orchard/Garden/Non-Native plantings.  Most of the site was an occasional flood plain, and the location of important small Madesi villages.

Plant Mystery crop
Plant Yellow Flower
Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)
Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)
Yellow Star Thistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
Yellow Star Thistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
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Hot Water Algae: Algae are a very large and diverse group of simple, typically photosynthetic plant organisms. There are thousands of species of algae that have not been named or studied by modern botany. The hot water algae of BBHS might be unique, unnamed, and/or unstudied varieties, and they could have important nutrients and chemicals worth studying!
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Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana)

Sugar Pine trunk (center) has bark similar to Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) (on right), but Sugar Pine bark is more even and has a tighter pattern. Sugar Pine needles are much longer than Douglas Fir needles, but not nearly as long as the huge Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderos) needles.  Sugar Pines have the largest cones of any local conifers (often 8-12 inches long!).

Douglas Fir Needles (New Growth is Lighter Green)
Shasta Lily
Hot Water Algae and Salt Crystals
Hot Water Algae and Salt Crystals
GenusSpeciesCommon NameLifeform
Native Plants   
AcermacrophylumBig Leafed MapleTree
AchilleamillefoliumYarrowPerennial
AesculuscalifornicaBuckeyeTree
AgrostisexarataSpike bentgrassGrass
AlnusrhombifoliaWhite AlderTree
AmelanchierutahensisWestern Service BerryTree/Shrub
AngelicaargutaAngelicaPerennial
ApocynumandrisaemifoliumSpreading dogbanePerennial
ArbutusmenzesiiMadroneTree
ArctostaphylosviscidaPale leaved ManzantiaShrub
ArctostaphylosmanzanitaManzanitaShrub
AsarumcaudatumCalifornia GingerPerennial
Berberisaquifolium var. repensOregon GrapeShrub
CalocedrusdecurrensWestern CedarTree
CalystegiamalacophylaMorning GloryVine
CalystegiapurpurataWestern Morning GloryVine
CampanulamediumCanterbury BellsPerennial
Castilleja Indian PaintbrushPerennial
CeanothusintegerrimusDeer brushShrub
CercisoccidentalisWestern RedbudTree
CercocarpusbetuloidesMountain MahoganyShrub
Clarkiapurpurea quadrivulneraPurple ClarkiaAnnual
ClaytoniaparvifloraNarrow-leaved Miner’s LettuceAnnual
ClematisligustifoliaVirgin’s Bower VineVine
CornusglabrataBrown DogwoodTree
CornusnuttalliiPacific DogwoodTree
Cornusserisea spp occidentalisWestern DogwoodTree
Coryluscornuta var. californicaWestern HazelTree
CynoglossumgrandeHound’s TonguePerennial
DarmerapeltataIndian RhubarbPerennial
DelphiniumdepauperatumFew Flowered LarkspurPerennial
DichelostemmacapitatumBlue DickPerennial Bulb
DigitalispurpureaFoxgloveBiennial
EpipactusgiganteaStream OrchidPerennial
EriodictyoncalifornicumYerba SantaShrub
EriogonumnudumNaked BuckwheatPerennial
EschscholziacaespitosaFoothill PoppyAnnual
FraxinuslatifoliaOregon AshTree
Giliasinistra ssp sinistraClockwise GiliaAnnual
HeucheraAlum rootPerennial
JuncusmexicanaMexican RushPerennial
Liliumwashingtonianum ssp washingtonianumShasta lilyPerennial Bulb
LomatiumdissectumBisquit RootPerennial
LoniceraciliosaOrange HoneysuckleVine
LunariaannuaMoney PlantAnnual
LupinusalbifronsSilver LupineShrub
LupinusbicolorMiniature LupineAnnual
MadiaelegansTarweedAnnual
MimuluskelloggiiKellogg’s MonkeyflowerAnnual
MimuluslayneaeLayne’s MonkeyflowerAnnual
MimulusguttatusSeep Spring Monkey FlowerPerennial
MonardellalanceolataMustang MintPerennial
OemleriacerasiformisOso BerryTree/Shrub
PedicularisdensifloraIndian warriorPerennial
PelagiobotrysPopcorn FlowerAnnual
PelleamucronataCoffee FernFern
PerideridiagairdneriYampahAnnual
PhaceliadistansCommon PhaceliaPerennial
PhaceliaheterophyllaVari-leaf PhaceliaPerennial
PhladelphuslewisiiWestern Mock OrangeDeciduous shrub
PinusponderosaPonderosa PineTree
PolygonumbistortoidesWestern BistortPerennial
PolystichummunitumWestern Sword FernFern
Populusbalsamifera ssp. trichocarpaBlack CottonwoodTree
Potentillagracilis var. fastigiataSlender cinquefoil
Prunusvirginiana var, demissaWestern Choke CherryShrub
PrunusemarginataBitter CherryTree
PseudotsugamenzesiiDouglas FirTree
QuercuschrysolepisCanyon Live OakTree
QuercusgarryanaOregon White OakTree
QuercuskellogiiBlack OakTree
QuercuswislezeniiInterior Live OakTree
RhamnuspurshianaCascaraShrub
RhustrilobataSkunkbush Sumac, Sourberry, & Three-Leaf Sumac.Shrub
RibescalifornicumGooseberryShrub
RibescalifornicumCurrentShrub
RibesroezliiGooseberryShrub
RosacaliforniaWestern RoseShrub
RubusunsinusCalifornia BlackberryVine
Rumexsalicifolius var. salicifoliusWillow Leaved DockPerennial
SalixexiguaNarrow Leafed WIllowTree
Salixlucida ssp. lasiandraYellow WillowTree
SambucusmexicanaBlue ElderberryShrub
ScrophulariacalifornicaCalifornia figwortPerennial
ScutellariaantirrhinoidesSnapdragon SkullcapPerennial
SilenedouglasiiDouglas’ CampionPerennial
SmilacinaracemosaSoloman’s sealPerennial
SmilaxcalifornicaCalifornia greenbriarVine
SolidagocalifornicaCalifornia goldenrodPerennial
SpiraeadouglasiiRose spiraeaShrub
Symphorocarpusalbus var. laevigatusSnowberryShrub
SyringahybridLilacShrub
ToxicodendrondiversilobumPoison OakShrub
TrientalisarcticaArctic StarflowerPerennial
TrilliumovatumWestern WakerobinPerennial
TyphaangustifoliaNarrow Leafed CattailGrass
VerbenahastataBlue VervainPerennial
ViolaglabellaPioneer violetPerennial
Violalobata ssp integrifloiaYellow violetPerennial
GenusSpeciesCommon Name Lifeform
Recent Immigrant Plants 
AegilopsBarbed GoatgrassGrass
AvenabarbataSlender OatsGrass
BromusCatharticusRescuegrassGrass
BromustectorumDown ChessGrass
CentaureasolstitialisYellow Star ThistlePerennial
CentaureamaculosaKnapweedPerennial
CichoriumintybusChickoryPerennial
ConiummaculatumPoison HemlockAnnual
CynodondactylonBermuda GrassGrass
HederahelixEnglish IvyVine
HolcuslanatusVelvet GrassGrass
HypericumperforatumSt. John’s WortPerennial
LactucaserriolaPrickly LettuceAnnual
LamiumamplexcauleHenbitAnnual
LeucanthemumvulgarreOx Eye DaisyPerennial
LychniscoronariaRose CampionPerennial
MelissaofficinalisLemon BalmPerennial
OenotheraelataEvening PrimrosePerennial
ParthenocissusquinquefoliaBoston IvyVine
PhalarisbrachystachysShort Spike Canary GrassGrass
PlantagolanceolataPlantainPerennial
Poapratensis spp. pratensisKentucky BluegrassGrass
RanunculusarvensisField ButtercupAnnual
RhusglabrataSmooth SumacTree
RobiniapseudoacaciaBlack LocustTree
RubusdiscolorHimalayan BlackberryVine
RubuslactiniatusCutleaf BlackberryVine
RumexacetosellaSorrelPerennial
SilenelatifoliaBladder CampionPerennial
SinapisarvensisField MustardAnnual
SolanumdulcamaraNightshadePerennial
Symphytum × uplandicumComfreyPerennial
Taeniantherumcaput-medusaeMedusaheadGrass
Torilis arvensisField Hedge ParselyAnnual
TragopogondubiousYellow SalsifyBiennial
TrifoliumhirtumCloverAnnual
TrifoliumpratenseRed CloverPerennial
VerbascumblattariaMoth MulleinBiennial
VerbascumthapsisCommon MulleinBiennial
VincamajorPeriwinkleVine