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Photo Gallery -- Wildflowers of the Modoc

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Title:	Bitterroot
Date:	Spring 2009
Forest Name:	Modoc National Forest
Location:	Big Valley Ranger District, Modoc National Forest
Credit:	Forest Gauna
Description:	The Bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva)is one of the earliest wildflowers found on the forest.
Source:	US Forest Service
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A beautiful white flower with many petals.

Title:	Wood's Rose
Date:	Summer 2010
Forest Name:	Modoc National Forest
Location:	Warner Mountain Ranger District
Credit:	Barbara Torres
Description:	Rosawoodsii, or Wood's Rose is found all over Modoc National Forest and the western US. This bushy shrub can grow up to 9 feet tall. The flowers are fragrant and the stems are studded with prickles.
Source:	US Forest Service
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A pink flower with 5 petals and a yellow center.

Title:	Baker's Globe Mallow
Date:	Summer 2010
Forest Name:	Modoc National Forest
Location:	Blue Lake, Warner Mountain Ranger District, Modoc National Forest
Credit:	Barbara Torres
Description:	Iliamna baken, Baker's Globe Mallow is a member of the hibiscus family. It is somewhat rare and blooms in late spring in burned over areas of the forest. The seeds can lie dormant in the soil for many years, only germinating when a fire passes across the landscape. This allows the plants to grow after much competition has been eliminated by the fire, as well as after the burned competition has added nutrients to the ground.
Source:	US Forest Service
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Baker's Globe Mallow is a pretty, cup-like purple flower that grows where a fire has burned.

Title:	Death Camus
Date:	Summer 2009
Forest Name:	Modoc National Forest
Location:	Modoc National Forest
Credit:	Forest Guana
Description:	Death Camas, Zigadenus paniculatus, is a perennial lily. It grows 8-28” tall from a dark, scaly bulb. It has long, narrow, grass-like leaves that grow up from the lower part of the plant and creamy-white spring flowers that clump at the top of a single stem. The flowers are small with stamens longer than the petals. The blooms smell fowl and the bulbs, unlike other lilies, are toxic. Death Camus can be found in Modoc County on dry plateaus, shrublands, grassy hillsides and ponderosa pine woodlands. Other common names are Sand com, Meadow Death, Death-Camus, foothill death camus, panicled death camus and Sandcom.
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Death Camus has long, grass-like leaves and creamy-white spring flowers at the top of a single stem.

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