Mountain Meadows Basin

Flora-Overview

The Mountain Meadows Basin lies on the north end of the Sierra, cradled between the Sierra and Cascade ranges. Springtime in the Basin brings out a delightful array of blooming flowers, many of which continue to thrive through most of the summer due to continuing snow melt from higher elevations and the occasional summer storms. Among the foliage at Mountain Meadows you’ll find:

Grasses:

• Bluegrass
• Spikerushes
• Thin grass
• Various bromes and sedges

Forbs:

• Anderson Aster
• Jeffrey Shootingstar
• Lupine
• Primrose Monkeyflower
• Purple Nightshade
• Sierra Iris
• St. John’s Wort
• Western Cowbane
• Wild Iris

Plants:

• Cattails
• Clover
• Dandelions
• Lokbom (Wild Carrot)
• Milkweed
• Mint
• Pigweed
• Rhubarb
• Rosebud
• Small Sun Flowers
• Tobacco
• Tule Roots
• Wild Onion (bulb)
• Wild Potatoes (tuber)
• Wild Strawberries

Shrubs:

• Chokecherry
• Elderberry
• Manzanita
• Sierra Gooseberry
• Service Berries
• Yellow Leaf Silktassel

Trees:

• Alder
• Cottonwood
• Douglas Fir
• Incense Cedar
• Jeffery Pine
• Pondarosa Pine
• Red Fir
• Sugar Pine
• Tamerac Pine (Lodgepole Pine)
• White Fir
• Wild plum
• Willow
• Yellow Pine