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In conifer forest along the Lyons Creek Trail, approx. 0.9 mile east of the trailhead, Eldorado National Forest, El Dorado County, California, elev. approx. 6820 feet. The surrounding forest burned 3 years previously in the August 2021 Caldor Fire.

Blue wildrye produces mostly 4 glumes (2 spikelets) per node and these have a palmate arrangement rather than two pairs of opposing glumes. The leafy stems with broad leaf blades are characteristic of this wildrye.

For additional photos and species diagnosis, see https://www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/albums/72157686003454940

Foxtail wheatgrass (Agrositanion saxicola, Pseudelymus saxicola), a native perennial bunchgrass in the sagebrush steppe north of Jarbidge Nevada along the Jarbidge River drainage, and just north of the ID/NV border in Twin Falls County, Idaho, represents a hybrid between Elymus elymoides (squirreltail) and Agropyron spicatum (bluebunch wheatgrass). It is mostly like bluebunch in its tall stature, leafy stems (few if any basal leaves), and non-shattering spikes with long inflorescence internodes. The long curved awns coming from both glumes and lemmas are more like those of squirreltail.

butterballs, Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium, Nevada, Mineral County, White Mountains, Teels Marsh watershed, elevation 1986 m (6515 ft).

Populations of var. ovalifolium in this area vary from bright yellow to pale yellow to cream to greenish-white, but do not have the diffuse pinkish coloration typical of var. purpureum.

butterballs, Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium, Nevada, Mineral County, White Mountains, Teels Marsh watershed, elevation 1986 m (6515 ft).

Populations of var. ovalifolium in this area vary from bright yellow to pale yellow to cream to greenish-white, but do not have the diffuse pinkish coloration typical of var. purpureum.