Common Names Scientific Name Family Flower Color Plant Type Description tumble pigweed Amaranthus albus Amaranth Green Herb Amaranthus albus, tumble pigweed prostrate pigweed Amaranthus blitoides Amaranth Herb redroot pigweed Amaranthus retroflexus Amaranth Green Forb creeping barberry, creeping Oregon grape Berberis repens Barberry Oregon grape Mahonia repens Barberry Yellow Shrub Grape-like berries. Leaves: Prickly toothed leaflets mountain alder Alnus incana Birch Tree A small stream-side tree. Flowers and catkins develop and flower on twigs of the previous year before the leaves come out. Sitka alder Alnus sinuata Birch -catkins- Tree western birch Betula occidentalis Birch Tree blazing star, smoothstem blazingstar Mentzelia laevicaulis Blazing Star Yellow Herb Dutchman's breeches Dicentra cucullaria Bleeding heart or Fumatory Forb Dutchman's breeches is a native wildflower that grows in a few partial shade sheltered canyon environments. These spots have more moisture than rangelands, but are not really wet soil. steer's head Dicentra uniflora Bleeding heart or Fumatory White Herb fiddleneck Amsinckia intermedia Borage Yellow or Purple Herb Hay containing fiddleneck is poisonous to livestock rigid fiddleneck Amsinckia retrorsa Borage Orange, Yellow Forb Asperugo procumbens Borage matted cryptantha Cryptantha circumscissa Borage White Herb cryptantha Cryptantha glomerata Borage White Herb cryptantha Cryptantha sp. Borage White Shrub rats and mice, gypsyflower, gypsy flower, hound's tongue, hounds-tongue, hounds tongue Cynoglossum officinale Borage Purple Forb blue stickseed, Jessica sticktight Hackelia micrantha Borage salt heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum L. Borage Shrub stickseed, wild forget-me-not Lappula velutina Borage Blue Herb corn gromwell Lithospermum arvense Borage puccoon, wayside gromwell Lithospermum ruderale Borage Yellowish Herb long-flowered bluebell Mertensia longifloria Borage Blue Herb broad-leaf bluebells Mertensia platyphylla Borage Blue Herb broomrape Orobanche sp. Broomrape Yellow, white, purple Broomrape buckbrush, snowbush Ceanothus velutinus Buckthorn White Shrub Leaves persistent, N fixing genus. Leaves: Shiny upper side northern buckwheat, arrowleaf buckwheat Eriogonum compositum Buckwheat yellow buckwheat Eriogonum flavum Buckwheat Yellow, red Shrub parsnip-flowered buckwheat Eriogonum heracleoides Buckwheat parsnip-flowered buckwheat (Eriogonum heracleoides) birdnest buckwheat Eriogonum nidularium Coville Buckwheat Forb cushion buckwheat, oval-leafed eriogonum Eriogonum ovalifolium Buckwheat Cream white Shrub strict buckwheat, Blue Mountain buckwheat Eriogonum strictum Buckwheat White-pale pink Shrub Very low growing. thymeleaf buckwheat Eriogonum thymoides Buckwheat sulphur-flowered buckwheat, sulphur buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum Buckwheat Yellow Forb smart weed, smartweed Polygonum Buckwheat Pink and Yellowish Forb erect knotweed Polygonum argyrocoleon Buckwheat Green Forb water smartweed Polygonum coccineum Buckwheat Pink Forb knot bindweed, black bindweed, ivy bindweed, climbing bindweed Polygonum convolvulus Buckwheat Forb Japanese knotweed Polygonum cuspidatum Buckwheat Forb sheep sorrel Rumex acetosella Buckwheat Pink, Yellow, Creamy White Herb sand dock Rumex venosus Buckwheat Pink and Yellowish Forb perennial monk's Hood Aconitum columbianum Buttercup Purple Herb 1.5 to 7 feet tall. columbine Aguilegia sp. Buttercup White, yellow Forb Piper's anemone, windflower Anemone piperi Buttercup White Herb rocky mountain red columbine Aquilegia formosa Buttercup Red Herb blue clematis Clematis columbiana Buttercup Blue Vine sugar bowl Clematis hirsutissima Buttercup Herb virgin's bower, western clematis Clematis ligusticifolia Buttercup White, yellow Vine bicolor larkspur Delphinium bicolor Buttercup little larkspur Delphinium bicolor Buttercup Herb blue larkspur, little larkspur Delphinium bicolor Buttercup Blue Herb wild peony Paeonia brownii Buttercup Brown-reddish Herb Compact near ground. Leaves: Deeply lobed, leathery sagebrush buttercup Ranunculus glaberrimus Buttercup Yellow Herb blister buttercup, cursed buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus Buttercup buttercup Ranunculus sp Buttercup Yellow Herb bur buttercup, hornseed buttercup, curveseed butterwort, testiculate buttercup Ranunculus testiculatus Buttercup Yellowish Herb meadow rue Thalictrum occidentale Buttercup Brown Herb butterfly bush Buddleja sp. Butterfly bush Shrub skunk cabbage Lysichitum americanum Calla-lily Yellow Herb yellow beeplant, yellow spiderflower Cleome lutea Caper Yellow Herb golden beeplant, golden spiderflower Cleome platycarpa Caper rocky mountain beeplant Cleome serrulata Caper Purple Herb Cleomella Cleomella macbrideana Caper Yellow Forb The cleomella pictured here was found on very poor, bare clay soil in the Succor Creek watershed. cat-tail Typha latifolia Cat-Tail Brown Forb Tall perennial, creeping rhizomes. yarrow Achillea millefolium Composites, Sunflower White Herb Russian knapweed, hardheads Acroptilon repens Composites, Sunflower Pink, rose Shrub pathfinder, trail plant Adenocaulon bicolor Composites, Sunflower Green, mixed Forb false dandelion, short-beaked agroseris, pale agoseri Agoseris glauca Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb western pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea Composites, Sunflower White Herb pearly pussytoes Antennaria anaphaloides Composites, Sunflower White, yellow Herb stinking chamomile, mayweed chamomile Anthemis cotula Composites, Sunflower heart-leafed arnica Arnica cordifolia Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb Leaves: Heart shaped silver sagebrush Artemisia cana Composites, Sunflower perennial tarragon Artemisia dracunculus Composites, Sunflower Shrub white sage brush, wormwood, white sagebrush Artemisia ludoviciana Composites, Sunflower Shrub white sagebrush, white sage brush Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana Composites, Sunflower scabland sagebrush Artemisia rigida Composites, Sunflower big sage, sagebrush, big sagebrush Artemisia tridentata Composites, Sunflower Yellow Shrub threetip sagebrush Artemisia tripartita Composites, Sunflower Shrub showy aster, alpine aster, mountain aster Aster alpigenus var. haydenii Composites, Sunflower Purple Herb hairy balsamroot Balsamorhiza hirsuta Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb Perennial hooker's balsamroot Balsamorhiza hookeri Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb arrowleaf balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb leafy beggarticks, devil's beggarticks, leafy sticktight Bidens frondosa Composites, Sunflower rough eyelashweed Blepharipappus scaber Composites, Sunflower littleleaf brickelbush, small-leaved brickellia Brickellia microphylla Composites, Sunflower Green-white Shrub brickellbush Brickellia sp. Composites, Sunflower musk thistle Carduus nutans Composites, Sunflower Purple Forb diffuse knapweed Centaurea diffusa Composites, Sunflower Light Pink Forb spotted knapweed Centaurea maculosa Composites, Sunflower Forb yellow starthistle Centaurea solstitialis Composites, Sunflower Yellow Forb Chaenactis, Douglas false yarrow, Douglas' dustymaiden Chaenactis douglasii Composites, Sunflower White to pink Herb rush skeletonweed Chondrilla juncea Composites, Sunflower Yellow Forb green rabbitbrush, yellow rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus Composites, Sunflower Yellowish Shrub Yellow rabbitbrush is common in the intermountain west. It is an early succession plant following fire. chicory Cichorium intybus Composites, Sunflower Blue Herb Canada thistle Cirsium arvense Composites, Sunflower Purple Herb Perennial, deep-seated creeping underground roots. Leaves: Spiny, pinnatifid Utah thistle Cirsium utahense Composites, Sunflower White Herb bull thistle Cirsium vulgare Composites, Sunflower Purple Herb Biennial. horseweed Conyza canadensis Composites, Sunflower Forb Atkinson's coreopsis Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. var. atkinsoniana Composites, Sunflower Forb Atkinson's coreopsis grows east of New Plymouth, ID, on low lying wet soils near the Payette River. It is a native plant in the western United states and British Columbia. longleaf hawksbeard, tapertip hawksbeard, long-leafed hawksbeard Crepis acuminata Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb limestone hawksbeard Crepis intermedia Composites, Sunflower modoc hawksbeard, low hawksbeard Crepis modocensis Composites, Sunflower Yellow Forb rubber rabbitbrush, gray rabbitbrush, gray rabbit brush, rubber rabbit brush Ericameria nauseosa Composites, Sunflower Yellow Shrub Gray rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) grows throughout Malheur County and surrounding areas of the intermountain west. It is an early succession plant following fire. Gray rabbitbrush is also known as rubber rabbitbrush and is a member of the Composite or Aster family. basin rayless daisy, rayless fleabane, rayless shaggy fleabane Erigeron concinnus var. aphanactis Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb wooly daisy Erigeron divergens Composites, Sunflower Pale lavender Herb threenerve fleabane Erigeron subtrinervis Composites, Sunflower Oregon sunshine, wooly sunflower Eriophyllum lanatum Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb blanket flower Gaillardia pinnatifida Composites, Sunflower Yellow, red Herb curlycup gumweed Grindelia squarrosa Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb broom snakeweed Gutierrezia sarothrae Composites, Sunflower Yellow Shrub - grass Poisonous oneflower helianthella, rocky mountain helianthella, rocky mountain little sunflower Helianthella uniflora Composites, Sunflower Brilliant Yellow Forb sunflower Helianthus annuus Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb Cusick's Sunflower Helianthus cusickii Composites, Sunflower poverty sumpweed Iva axillaris Composites, Sunflower Forb marshelder Iva xanthifolia Composites, Sunflower Forb prickly lettuce, compass plant Lactuca serriola Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb rush skeletonplant Lygodesmia juncea Composites, Sunflower Light purple Forb tall purple aster, hoary aster, hoary tansyaster Machaeranthera canescens Composites, Sunflower Purple Herb mountain tarweed Madia glomerata Composites, Sunflower Yellow Forb pineappleweed Matricaria matricarioides Composites, Sunflower Forb nodding microseris Microseris nutans Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb Scotch thistle Onopordum acanthium Composites, Sunflower Purple Forb western coneflower Rudbeckia occidentalis Composites, Sunflower Brown Herb Brown cone, not showy. western groundsel Senecio integerrimus Composites, Sunflower butterweed groundsel Senecio serra Composites, Sunflower Herb tall ragwort Senecio serra Composites, Sunflower common groundsel, old-man-in-the-Spring Senecio vulgaris Composites, Sunflower White, yellow Forb Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb annual sowthistle Sonchus oleraceus Composites, Sunflower Yellow Forb common tansy Tanacetum vulgare Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb dandelion Taraxacum officinale Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb spineless horsebrush Tetradymia canescens Composites, Sunflower showy townsend daisy Townsendia florifer Composites, Sunflower White Forb Annual plant.. yellow salsify, yellow goats beard, western salsify Tragopogon dubius Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb mule's ear, mule-ears Wyethia amplexicaulis Composites, Sunflower Yellow Herb white-rayed wyethia, sunflower mule-ears Wyethia helianthoides Composites, Sunflower White Herb common cockleburr Xanthium strumarium Composites, Sunflower Green Forb spiny greasebush Glossopetalon spinescens Crossosoma White Shrub wild cucumber Echinocystis lobata Cucurbit Cream white Vine western juniper Juniperus occidentalis Cypress Tree Utah juniper Juniperus osteosperma Cypress Yellowish Tree spreading dogbane, dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium Dogbane Pink Herb Poisonous juice. hemp dogbane Apocynum cannabinum L. Dogbane White red-osier dogwood Cornus stolonifera Dogwood White Shrub Red branched shrub. netleaf hackberry Celtis reticulata Elm Green Tree Booths evening-primrose Camissonia boothii Evening Primrose Forb club fruit Camissonia claviformis Evening Primrose Yellow Herb fireweed Chamerion angustifolium Evening Primrose Purple Herb Clarkia, elkhorn clarkia, pink fairies, pinkfairies, deer horn Clarkia pulchella Evening Primrose Pink, purple Herb panicle willowweed Epilobium brachycarpum Evening Primrose Purple, white Forb Watson's willow -herb Epilobium watsonii Evening Primrose Purple Herb small-flowered gaura Gaura mollis Evening Primrose Pink, Green Forb desert evening primrose Oenothera caespitosa Evening Primrose White Forb pale evening primrose Oenothera pallida Lindl. Evening Primrose Pale pink Forb tansey-leaf evening primrose Oenothera tanacetifolia Evening Primrose Yellow Herb Cusick's Indian paintbrush Castilleja cusickii Figwort or Snapdragon Yellow Forb Indian paintbrush Castilleja miniata Figwort or Snapdragon Orange, faded Herb Rare in camp. Tweedy's snowlover Chionophila tweedyi Figwort or Snapdragon Pale lavender Forb Tweedy's snowlover is a very common understory plant at elevations of 7,500 to 9,000 feet in the Central Mountains of Idaho. blue-eyed Mary Collinsia parviflora Figwort or Snapdragon Blue and white Herb Very small plant, flowers. dalmatian toadflax Linaria dalmatica Figwort or Snapdragon Forb butter and eggs, bread and butter Linaria vulgaris Figwort or Snapdragon Yellow Herb Cusick's monkeyflower Mimulus cusickii Figwort or Snapdragon Magenta Herb Lewis' monkeyflower Mimulus lewisii Figwort or Snapdragon Magenta Herb dwarf purple monkeyflower Mimulus nanus Figwort or Snapdragon Pink, purple Herb little yellow monkeyflower Mimulus primuloides Figwort or Snapdragon Yellow Herb elephanthead Pedicularis groenlandica Figwort or Snapdragon Pink, purple Herb parrot's beak, sickletop Pedicularis racemosa Figwort or Snapdragon Cream, others Herb Leaves: Leaves toothed sanddune penstemon, sharp-leafed penstemon, sand penstemon, sandhill penstemon Penstemon acuminatus Figwort or Snapdragon Purple, blue Herb Cusick's penstemon, Cusick's beartongue Penstemon cusickii Figwort or Snapdragon Herb blue penstemon Penstemon cyaneus Figwort or Snapdragon hot-rock penstemon Penstemon deustus Figwort or Snapdragon White Herb firecracker penstemon Penstemon eatonii Figwort or Snapdragon Red Forb Gairdneri's beardtongue Penstemon gairdneri Figwort or Snapdragon Light purple Herb glandular penstemon, stickystem penstemon Penstemon glandulosus Figwort or Snapdragon Blue, lavender Herb globe penstemon Penstemon globosus Figwort or Snapdragon Purple Forb Globe Penstemon thickleaf beardtongue Penstemon pachyphyllus Figwort or Snapdragon Palmer's penstemon Penstemon palmeri Figwort or Snapdragon White-pale pink Herb short-lobed penstemon, shortlobe penstemon Penstemon seorsus Figwort or Snapdragon Purple, blue Herb showy penstemon, royal penstemon, sagebrush penstemon Penstemon speciosus Figwort or Snapdragon Purple, blue Shrub penstemon, beardtongue Penstemon spp. Figwort or Snapdragon Purple Herb Wilcoxs penstemon Penstemon wilcoxii Figwort or Snapdragon Purple, blue Herb Common summer flower at McCall, ID. moth mullein Verbascum blattaria Figwort or Snapdragon White/Purple Herb common mullein Verbascum thapsus Figwort or Snapdragon Yellow Herb American speedwell Veronica americana Figwort or Snapdragon Purple, blue Herb Lewis flax Linum lewisii Flax Blue Forb wild flax, blue flax Linum perenne Flax Blue Forb white frasera Frasera montana Gentian White, cream Herb Small perrenial. explorer's bog gentian, northern gentian Gentiana acuta Gentian Purple, blue Herb storksbill, filaree Erodium cicutarium Geranium Pink, purple Herb Leaves: Pinnate-pinnatifid. Native of Europe or Asia. sticky geranium, sticky purple geranium Geranium viscosissimum Geranium Pink, purple Herb Leaves: Palmately divided golden currant Ribes aureum Gooseberry Yellowish Shrub Golden currant wax currant Ribes cereum Gooseberry White Shrub gooseberry Ribes sp. Gooseberry Green, Red Shrub currant Ribes spathianum Gooseberry Black Shrub sticky currant Ribes viscosissimum Gooseberry White Shrub fourwing saltbush Atriplex canescens Goosefoot Yellow Shrub shadscale saltbush Atriplex confertifolia Goosefoot Shrub forage kochia Bassia prostrata Goosefoot Green, Red hopsage, spiny hopsage Grayia spinosa Goosefoot Pink, Yellow, Creamy White Shrub Formerly Atriplex spinosa. halogeton Halogeton glomeratus Goosefoot Green-white Forb kochia Kochia scoparia Goosefoot Forb white sage, winterfat Krascheninnikovia lanata Goosefoot White Shrub Russian thistle, tumbleweed Salsola kali Goosefoot Pink, purple Forb A Eurasian annual weed of dry, often alkaline areas. greasewood Sarcobatus vermiculatus Goosefoot Pale yellow Shrub This plant is moderately poisonous to sheep and cattle if consumed in large amounts. Its toxicity increases as the plant matures. Indian ricegrass Achnatherum hymenoides Grass Grass perennial jointed goatgrass Aegilops cylindrica Grass Green-yellow Grass creeping bentgrass Agrostis stolonifera Grass Grass An introduced weed, sometimes used for lawns. meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis Grass purple threeawn grass Aristida purpurea Grass Purple, Green Grass cheat grass, downy brome Bromus tectorum Grass Green Grass hairy crabgrass Digitaria sanguinalis Grass Grass alkali saltgrass Distichlis stricta Grass Grass barnyard grass Echinochloa muricata Grass Green Grass basin wildrye, giant wildrye, great basin wildrye Elymus cinereus Grass Green, mixed Grass squirreltail Elymus elymoides Grass Grass Eremopyrum triticeum Grass Grass Annual wheatgrass mouse barley, hare barley, wild barley Hordeum leporinum Grass Grass annual bluegrass Poa annua Grass Green Grass bulbous bluegrass Poa bulbosa Grass Green Grass rabbitsfoot Polypogon monspeliensis Grass Yellowish Grass common rye Secale cereale Grass Grass green foxtail Setaria viridis Grass Green, mixed Grass medusahead rye Taeniatherum caput-medusae Grass Green-yellow Grass showy downingia Downingia elegans Harebell Purple Herb white mountain heather Cassiope mertensiana Heath White Shrub small, white, bell-like flowers Prince's-Pine Chimaphila umbellata Heath Pink, rose Shrub Very short shrubby perenial. alpine laurel, swamp laurel Kalmia microphylla Heath Pink, purple Shrub labrador tea Ledum groenlandicum Heath White Shrub pink heather Phyllodoce breweri Heath Pink Shrub red heather Phyllodoce empetriformis Heath Pink, purple Shrub green pyrola Pyrola chlorantha Heath Green-white Herb sidebells pyrola Pyrola secunda Heath White Herb 9-12" tall. lesser pyrola Pyrola sp Heath Pink, rose Herb grouse whortleberry, red huckleberry Vaccinium scoparium Heath Red Shrub Leaves: Very small shrub huckleberry Vaccinium sp Heath Blue Shrub twinflower Linnaea borealis Honeysuckle Pink Shrub A very small shrub like vine that grows as an understory in pine forests, 4 in tall, hugs soil or rock surface. black twinberry Lonicera involucrata Honeysuckle Pale yellow Shrub red twinberry, Utah honeysuckle Lonicera utahensis Honeysuckle Pale Yellow or Red Shrub blue elderberry Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea Honeysuckle Cream white Shrub red elderberry Sambucus racemosa Honeysuckle Cream white Shrub Pith in center of stem. Leaves: Pinnately divided snowberry Symphoricarpos oreophilus Honeysuckle White to pink Shrub Conspicuous white fruit. horsetail Equisetum arvense Horsetail -none- Forb scouringrush Equisetum hyemale Horsetail Brown Forb smooth scouring-rush Equisetum laevigatum Horsetail syringa Philadelphus lewisii Hydrangea Cream white Shrub yellow flag Iris pseudacorus Iris Yellow Forb Introduced plant, conspicuous along edges of ponds, irrigation canals. iris Iris sp. Iris Purple, Cream, Yellow perennial indigo bush, false indigo Amorpha fruticosa Legume or Pea Purple Shrub - Tree curvepod milkvetch, sickle milkvetch Astragalus curvicarpus Legume or Pea Yellow Herb threadstalk milkvetch, basalt milkvetch Astragalus filipes Legume or Pea Yellow Forb Mulford's milkvetch Astragalus mulfordiae Legume or Pea Purple, white Herb Blue Mountain prairie clover, western prairie clover Dalea ornata Legume or Pea Pink, purple Herb Searl's prairie clover Dalea searlsiae Legume or Pea Purple Forb wild licorice Glycyrrhiza lepidota Legume or Pea Forb peavine Lathyrus nevadensis Legume or Pea Lavender, light blue Herb few-flowered peavine Lathyrus pauciflorus Legume or Pea Purple Vine bushy peavine Lathyrus rigidus Legume or Pea White Vine bird's-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus Legume or Pea Yellow Herb spur lupine Lupinus arbustus Legume or Pea Yellow, white, purple Shrub kellogg spurred lupine Lupinus caudatus Legume or Pea White-pale pink Herb bluebonnet, lupine Lupinus sp. Legume or Pea Blue Herb Leaves: Palmate compound black medic Medicago lupulina Legume or Pea alfalfa Medicago sativa Legume or Pea white sweetclover Melilotus alba Legume or Pea White Forb yellow sweetclover Melilotus officinalis Legume or Pea Yellow Herb golden pea Thermopsis montana Legume or Pea Yellow Herb Not palatable to livestock strawberry clover Trifolium fragiferum Legume or Pea Light Pink Forb big-head clover, largehead clover Trifolium macrocephalum Legume or Pea Pink and Yellowish Forb Trifolium owyheense Legume or Pea Purple Forb Owyhee clover red clover Trifolium pratense Legume or Pea Pink Herb ladino clover, white clover, Dutch clover Trifolium repens Legume or Pea tapertip onion Allium acuminatum Lily Purple Douglas wild onion Allium douglasii Lily Pink swamp onion Allium madidum Lily small onion, dwarf onion Allium parvum Lily Douglas' brodiaea, brodiaea Brodiaea douglasii Lily Purple, blue wide-fruit mariposa lily Calochortus eurycarpus Lily White-pale pink sego lily Calochortus nuttallii Lily White Forb black camas, camas, small camas Camassia quamash Lily Blue The close up pictures of camas show 6 pale to deep blue petals in the form of a star. Clintonia, Queen's Cup Clintonia uniflora Lily Waxy white Forb Short perennial, usually has single flowers. glacier lily Erythronium grandiflorum Lily Yellow Forb yellowbell Fritillaria pudica Lily Yellow Forb mountain lily , sand lily, star lily Leucocrinum montanum Lily White Forb false Solomon's Seal Smilacina racemosa Lily White starry false lily of the valley, false Solomons seal Smilacina stellata Lily White Forb Alternate zig-zag pattern of leaves and flowers. twisted stalk Streptopus amplexifolius Lily Purple, white trillium Trillium ovatum Lily White to pink Forb skunk cabbage, corn lily, California false hellebore Veratrum californicum Lily White Forb green false hellebore Veratrum viride Lily Green, mixed Forb False hellebore is a common plant of mid and high elevation marshes, growing exclusively on soils that have a continual source of free water. beargrass, squaw grass Xerophyllum tenax Lily White Forb mountain death camas, mountain deathcamas Zigadenus elegans Lily White Forb foothill deathcamas Zigadenus paniculatus Lily meadow death camas, meadow deathcamas Zigadenus venenosus Lily White Forb purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria Loosestrife Purple Herb cleavers Galium aparine Madder Herb sweet woodruf, bedstraw Galium boreale Madder White Herb fragrant bedstraw, sweetscented bedstraw Galium triflorum Madder velvetleaf Abutilon theophrasti Mallow Yellow Shrub A large, aggressive annual weed. common mallow, cheeseweed Malva neglecta Mallow Purple, white Herb alkali mallow Malvella leprosa Mallow Oregon checkerbloom, Oregon checker-mallow Sidalcea oregana Mallow red globe mallow Sphaeralcea coccinea Mallow Red, Orange Forb gooseberry leaf globe mallow, gooseberryleaf globemallow Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia Mallow Orange, Yellow Forb orange globe mallow, Munro's globemallow Sphaeralcea munroana Mallow Orange, Yellow Herb small flower globe mallow Sphaeralcea parvifolia Mallow Orange, Yellow Forb rocky mountain maple Acer glabrum Maple Green-yellow Tree box elder Acer negundo Maple Bright green Tree Medium sized tree showy milkweed Asclepias speciosa Milkweed Pink, purple Herb nettleleaf giant hyssop, nettle leaf giant hyssop Agastache urticifolia Mint henbit , henbit deadnettle Lamium amplexicaule Mint Purple Forb horehound, white horehound Marrubium vulgare Mint White-pale pink Herb Horehound monardella Monardella odoratissima Mint Light purple Shrub purple sage Salvia dorrii var. carnosa Mint Purple Shrub narrowleaf skullcap Scutellaria angustifolia Pursh ssp. angustifolia Mint Herb A larger flowered narrowleaf skullcap. These plants colonize unstable or shallow soils where few plants prosper. narrowleaf skullcap Scutellaria angustifolia Pursh ssp. micrantha Mint Herb A smaller flowered narrowleaf skullcap. These plants cover soil in unstable, shallow soils where few plant species prosper. field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Morningglory White/Purple Herb dodder Cuscuta sp. Morningglory White, cream Vine yellow alyssum Alyssum alyssoides Mustard Holboell's rockcress Arabis holboellii Mustard wintercress, american yellowrocket Barbarea orthoceras Mustard black mustard Brassica nigra Mustard Yellow Forb shepherd's purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Mustard White Herb Flat, triangular pods are all along a fine stalk. Leaves are pinnatifid. The plant forms a rosette. hoary cress, whitetop Cardaria spp. Mustard White Herb purple mustard, blue mustard, tenella mustard Chorispora tenella Mustard Blue - purple Forb flixweed Descurainia sophia Mustard Yellow Forb tansy mustard Descurainia sp. Mustard Yellow Herb spring draba, spring whitlow-grass Draba verna Mustard White, yellow perennial pepperweed Lepidium latifolium L Mustard White, cream Forb clasping pepperweed Lepidium perfoliatum Mustard Green-yellow Forb bladder pod Lesquerella douglasii Mustard Yellow Herb marsh yellowcress Rorippa islandica Mustard tumble mustard, tall tumblemustard Sisymbrium altissimum Mustard Yellowish Forb Prince's plume Stanleya pinnata Mustard Yellow Shrub thick-leaf thelypody, cut-leaf thelypody Thelypodium laciniatum Mustard White/Purple Forb pennycress, field pennycress Thlaspi arvense Mustard White Herb pellitory Parietaria pensylvanica Nettle Forb stinging nettle Urtica dioica Nettle Green Forb Russian Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia Oleaster Tree fairy slipper, calypso orchid Calypso bulbosa Orchid Pink, purple Forb spotted coral-root Corallorhiza maculata Orchid Brown, red, white Saprophyte, forest floor. Leaves: No green leaves early coral-root Corallorhiza trifida Orchid Yellowish Saprophyte, forest floor. Leaves: No green leaves mountain lady's slipper Cypripedium montanum Orchid Brown and White Forb rattlesnake plantain Goodyera oblongifolia Orchid -dull- Forb Forest floor. Leaves: White stripe on midrib bog orchid Habenaria dilatata Orchid White Forb Thin spikelike raceme of flowers. water hemlock Cicuta douglasii Parsley White Herb Poisionous plant, wet soil. Leaves: 1-3 times pinnate poison hemlock Conium maculatum Parsley White Herb Hayden's cymopterus Cymopterus bipinnatus Parsley Queen Anne's lace, wild carrot Daucus carota Parsley White Herb cow parsnip Heracleum lanatum Parsley White Herb Photosensitive skin reaction, wet soil. Is poisonous to humans. desert swale parsley Lomatium ambiguum Parsley Yellow Herb Wasatch desertparsley Lomatium bicolor Parsley Canby's lomatium Lomatium canbyi Parsley White-pale pink Herb fern-leafed desert parsley, fernleaf biscuitroot, desert parsley, fern-leafed lomatium Lomatium dissectum Parsley Forb Gray's desert parsley, Gray's lomatium Lomatium grayi Parsley Yellow Forb barestem lomatium, bare-stem desert parsley Lomatium nudicaule Parsley Yellowish Herb nine-leaved desert parsley Lomatium triternatum Parsley Yellow Herb sweet cicely Osmorhiza chilensis Parsley White Herb yampah Perideridia gairdneri Parsley White Herb grand collomia Collomia grandiflora Phlox White, Orange Forb tiny trumpet, narrow-leaf collomia Collomia linearis Phlox Light purple Forb tiny trumpet, narrow-leaf collomia Collomia linearis Phlox scarlet gilia Gilia aggregata Phlox Red Herb slender phlox Microsteris gracilis Phlox Light Pink Forb A very tiny early spring flower. Snake River phlox Phlox colubrina Phlox White to pink Shrub Hood's phlox Phlox hoodii Phlox White to pink Herb long-leafed phlox Phlox longifolia Phlox White to pink Herb Jacob's Ladder Polemonium pulcherrimum Phlox Blue Herb Leaves: Alt. pinnately compound grand fir Abies grandis Pine Tree Intergrades with white fir. Leaves: Needles, singular subalpine fir Abies lasiocarpa Pine Tree Found in the central mountains of Idaho above McCall and elsewhere. western larch Larix occidentalis Pine Tree Englemann spruce Picea engelmannii Pine Tree Spire shaped tree, 4 angled needles. Leaves: Sharp needles lodgepole pine Pinus contorta Pine Tree Medium length needles, thin bark, small cones. Leaves: needles in 2's limber pine Pinus flexilis Pine Tree sugar pine Pinus lambertiana Pine Tree ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa Pine Tree Long needled, thick puzzle bark. Leaves: Needles in 3's Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii Pine Tree Needles around stem, tounges on cones. Leaves: Needles singular western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla Pine Tree ballhead sandwort Arenaria congesta Pink jagged chickweed Holosteum umbellatum Pink White Herb bigleaf sandwort, franklin's sandwort Moehringia macrophylla Pink White Herb previously known as Arenaria macrophylla bouncingbet, soapwort Saponaria officinalis Pink White-pale pink Herb European origin, escaped as a weed, toxic to livestock but seldom consumed. foxtail barley Hordeum jubatum Poaceae bracken fern Pteridium aquilinum Polypod -none- Herb Bracken fern is a common forest understory fern. sacred datura, angel's trumpet Datura innoxia Potato White Forb Jimsonweed Datura stramonium Potato White/Purple Shrub coyote tobacco Nicotiana attenuata Potato White Forb hoe nightshade, hairy nightshade Solanum sarrachoides Potato hairy night shade Solanum sarrachoides Potato White Forb There berries are Green, brown, and yellow when matured. Jeffrey's shooting star Dodecatheon jeffreyi Primrose Pink, purple Herb shootingstar Dodecatheon pulchellum Primrose Purple Herb common evening primrose Oenothera biennis Primrose Yellow Forb spring beauty Claytonia lanceolata Purslane White to pink Herb bitterroot, bitter root Lewisia rediviva Purslane White/Purple Herb water montia, water miner's lettuce Montia chamissoi Purslane White/Purple Herb narrowleaf minerslettuce, indian lettuce Montia linearis Purslane White Herb miner's lettuce Montia perfoliata Purslane White Herb common purslane Portulaca oleracea Purslane Yellow Herb Common purslane serviceberry, saskatoon Amelanchier alnifolia Rose White Shrub 5 petals. curlleaf mountain-mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius Rose Green-white Evergreen shrub black hawthorn Crataegus douglasii Rose White Shrub - Tree wild strawberry, woodland strawberry Fragaria vesca Rose White Virginia strawberry, wild strawberry Fragaria virginiana Rose White Herb ocean spray Holodiscus discolor Rose Cream white Shrub grimy mousetail Ivesia rhypara Rose Forb ninebark Opulaster malvaceus Rose White Shrub wild crabapple, squaw apple, wild crab apple Peraphyllum ramosissimum Rose diverse-leafed cinquefoil Potentilla diversifolia Rose Yellow Forb cinquefoil Potentilla spp. Rose Yellow Herb bittercherry Prunus emarginata Rose White Shrub - Tree wild plum Prunus sp. Rose Tree common chokecherry Prunus virginiana Rose White Tree bitterbrush, antelope bitterbrush Purshia tridentata Rose Yellow Shrub Nearby Camp Morrison. Nootka rose Rosa nutkana C. Presl var. nutkana Rose Pink Shrub Nootka Rose Woods' rose Rosa woodsii Rose Pink Shrub red raspberry Rubus idaeus Rose White Shrub thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus Rose White Shrub Red edible berries, very large leaves. rowan, mountain ash, mountain-ash Sorbus sp Rose Cream white Shrub - Tree shiny-leaf spirea Spiraea betulifolia Rose White Shrub sub-alpine spirea Spiraea densiflora Rose Pink Shrub Douglas spirea Spiraea douglasii Rose Pink, rose Shrub pyramid spirea Spiraea pyramidata Rose Pink Shrub slender fringe cup Lithophragma bulbiferum Saxifrage woodland star, prairie star Lithophragma heterophyllum Saxifrage White Herb prairie starflower Lithophragma parviflorum Saxifrage yellow nutsedge Cyperus esculentus Sedge Yellowish Sedge bull rush Scirpus spp. Sedge Brown Sedge cutleaf nighshade Solanum triflorum Solanaceae prostrate spurge, milk spurge Chamaesyce maculata Spurge Forb turkey mullein, doveweed Eremocarpus setigerus Spurge Light Green Forb leafy spurge Euphorbia esula Spurge Yellow Forb thyme-leaved spurge Euphorbia glyptosperma Spurge petty spurge Euphorbia peplus Spurge Forb St. John's Wort Hypericum formosum var. Scouleri St. John's Wort Yellow Herb stonecrop Sedum sp. Stonecrop Yellow Herb smooth sumac Rhus glabra Sumac Red Shrub - Tree skunkbrush sumac Rhus trilobata Sumac Shrub poison ivy Toxicodendron rydbergii Sumac Shrub salt cedar, tamarisk Tamarix parviflora Tamarisk White-pale pink/ Purple Tree common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Teasel Brown - purple Shrub valerian Valeriana sp. Valerian White Herb prostrate vervain, bigbract verbena Verbena bracteata Verbena Light purple Forb early blue violet Viola adnuca var. unknown Violet Blue Herb hook violet Viola adunca Violet pale mountain violet Viola adunca var. glabra Violet Blue Herb Beckwith's violet Viola beckwithii Violet Purple, white Herb yellow violet Viola nuttallii Violet yellow prairie violet, yellow mountain violet Viola venosa Violet Yellow Herb yellow water lily, indian pond lily Nuphar polysepala Water Lily Yellow Herb false strawberry Hesperochiron pumilus Waterleaf dwarf waterleaf Hydrophyllum capitatum Waterleaf Pink, purple Herb ground nama Nama aretioides Waterleaf Light purple Forb Kirtley's baby blue eyes Nemophila kirtleyi Waterleaf silverleaf phacelia Phacelia hastata Waterleaf Green, Red Forb linear-leafed phacelia, threadleaf phacelia Phacelia linearis Waterleaf Purple Herb eastern cottonwood, necklace poplar, great plains cottonwood Populus deltoides Willow Tree quaking aspen Populus tremuloides Willow Tree black cottonwood Populus trichocarpa Willow -none- Tree peach-leaf willow Salix amygdaloides Willow Yellow Shrub - Tree coyote willow Salix exigua Willow -none- Shrub black willow Salix nigra Willow Tree MacKenzie's willow Salix rigida Willow Brown and White Shrub - Tree willow Salix sp. Willow Shrub