Mountain brome growing among wildflowers at a mid-elevation meadow edge. Photo: Andrey Zharkikh / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Bromus marginatus, commonly known as mountain
Dwarf brodiaea blooming close to the ground in rocky, open soil. Photo: Stan Shebs / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Brodiaea terrestris, commonly called dwarf
Bigleaf sedge showing its characteristically broad leaf and long, drooping pistillate spikes. Photo: Hurd, Shaw, Mastrogiuseppe, Smithman & Goodrich, USDA Forest Service / Wikimedia Commons
Wavy scaly cloak fern rooted in a rock crevice, its typical habitat across the arid Southwest. Photo: Alison Northup, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Astrolepis
Scarlet locoweed forms a low silvery mat studded with brilliant red flowers on stony desert ground. Photo: Jim Morefield, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Astragalus
A freckled milkvetch plant’s silvery, pinnately divided foliage spreads low over rocky ground. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Astragalus lentiginosus, commonly
A dense stand of false willow in bloom, its narrow willow-like leaves and fuzzy seed heads typical of fall. Photo: Clay, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY
Western needlegrass growing as scattered bunchgrass clumps among granite on a dry, rocky slope. Photo: Matt Lavin, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Achnatherum occidentale (formerly
Oneleaf onion’s showy, star-shaped rose-pink flowers, among the largest-flowered of the California native onions. Photo: John Rusk, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Allium unifolium, commonly
Narrowleaf onion’s loose, rounded flower cluster of pale pink-and-white, star-shaped florets. Photo: Alex Abair, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Allium amplectens, commonly known as narrowleaf
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