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Plants of Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

The plants most often spotted in Stone Lakes Refuge, ranked by recent research-grade observations.

457
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants

Naturalists have logged 457 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Stone Lakes Refuge. The most frequently seen is the valley oak, with 33 recorded sightings.

Rarer finds confirmed in Stone Lakes Refuge include Flatface Calicoflower - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Flatface Calicoflower

Most-observed plants in Stone Lakes Refuge

valley oak
Quercus lobata
33 observations
coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis
31 observations · iNaturalist
California poppy
Eschscholzia californica
28 observations
narrowleaf milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis
27 observations · iNaturalist
buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
26 observations
blue elder
Sambucus cerulea
25 observations · iNaturalist
box elder
Acer negundo
20 observations
California Wild Rose
Rosa californica
19 observations
broadleaved pepperweed
Lepidium latifolium
16 observations · iNaturalist
western sycamore
Platanus racemosa
14 observations
Wild radish
Raphanus raphanistrum
12 observations · iNaturalist
turkey tangle frogfruit
Phyla nodiflora
12 observations · iNaturalist
woolly rosemallow
Hibiscus lasiocarpos
12 observations · iNaturalist
flatface calicoflower
Downingia pulchella
11 observations
poison hemlock
Conium maculatum
10 observations
scarlet pimpernel
Lysimachia arvensis
10 observations · iNaturalist
field bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
9 observations
trailing blackberry
Rubus ursinus
9 observations
Pacific poison oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum
8 observations
bristly oxtongue
Helminthotheca echioides
8 observations · iNaturalist
common water hyacinth
Pontederia crassipes
8 observations · iNaturalist
fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
6 observations · iNaturalist
coast live oak
Quercus agrifolia
5 observations
common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
5 observations
California fuchsia
Epilobium canum
5 observations · iNaturalist
Cut-leaved crane's-bill
Geranium dissectum
5 observations · iNaturalist
musk stork's-bill
Erodium moschatum
5 observations · iNaturalist
milk thistle
Silybum marianum
4 observations
chicory
Cichorium intybus
4 observations
ribwort plantain
Plantago lanceolata
4 observations
California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
4 observations · iNaturalist
hairy vetch
Vicia villosa
4 observations · iNaturalist
alkali mallow
Malvella leprosa
4 observations · iNaturalist
Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
4 observations · iNaturalist
California wild grape
Vitis californica
4 observations · iNaturalist
Common Spikeweed
Centromadia pungens
4 observations · iNaturalist
western blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
3 observations · iNaturalist
Frémont Cottonwood
Populus fremontii
3 observations
California mugwort
Artemisia douglasiana
3 observations · iNaturalist
bur clover
Medicago polymorpha
3 observations · iNaturalist
Lesser hop trefoil
Trifolium dubium
3 observations · iNaturalist
White Horehound
Marrubium vulgare
3 observations · iNaturalist
Common Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii
3 observations · iNaturalist
water fern
Azolla filiculoides
3 observations · iNaturalist
water primrose
Ludwigia hexapetala
3 observations · iNaturalist
wild carrot
Daucus carota
3 observations
water smartweed
Persicaria amphibia
3 observations
Scarlet Sesbane
Sesbania punicea
3 observations · iNaturalist
Taro
Colocasia esculenta
3 observations · iNaturalist
turkey mullein
Croton setiger
3 observations · iNaturalist

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