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Beaver Dam Wash Vascular Lists Stanley L. Welsh 13 February 2007

There are more than 400 of Araliaceae known from the portion of Beaver Dam Hedra helix Wash, including the Beaver Dam Slope and the Asclepiadaceae Beaver Dam Mountains. The first list is of those erosa Torrey whose distribution is principally in Beaver Dam Wash. Mainly they are indigenous species, but Bignoniaceae some are cultivated species (*) whose distribution Campsis radicans (L.) Seemann* in Utah is confined to County; a few Chilopsis linearis (Cavanilles) Sweet are weedy species (**). The unique species total 174 and represent 43.5% of the total species known for the Wash, and about 5.6% of the Cryptantha barbigera (A. Gray) Greene! indigenous flora of the state. Cryptantha dicipiens (M. E. Jones) Heller A second list of riparian plant species is Cryptantha dumetorum Greene presented following the first list. The 42 species Cryptantha racemosa (S. Watson) Greene from the second list represent 10.5% of the known Cryptantha virginensis (M. E. Jones) Payson flora of the wash. Both lists are organized platycarpa (Munz & Johnston) alphabetically by family, , and species. Munz & Johnston! Johnston! Coniferous plants: A. Gray! canescens (Hooker) A. Richardson! Ephedra fasciculata A. Nelson Buddlejaceae Ferns and relatives: utahensis Coville

Isoetaceae Cactaceae howellii Engelmann Coryphantha vivipara (Nuttall) Britton & Rose var. deserti (Engelmann) W. T. Marshall Marsileaceae Echinocactus polycephalus Engelmann & Marsilea oligospora Goodding Bigelow Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelmann) Orcutt Polypodiaceae Mamillaria tetrancistra Engelmann Cheilanthes parryi (D. C. Eaton) Domin Neolloydia johnstonii (Parry ex Engelmann) L. Pellaea jonesii (Maxon) Morton Benson Opuntia acanthocarpa Engelmann & Bigelow Salviniaceae Opuntia basillaris Engelmann & Bigelow Azolla filicaloides Lamarck Opuntia chlorotica Engelmann & Bigelow Opuntia echinocarpa Engelmann Flowering plants: Opuntia erinacea Engelmann (Net-veined plants) Opuntia phaeacantha Engelmann var. castorea S. L. Welsh & N. D. Atwood Amaranthus fimbriatus (Torrey) Bentham Campanulaceae Nemacladus glanduliferus Vinca major * Celastraceae Mortonia scabrella A. gray hymenelytra (Torrey) S. Watson Chenopodiaceae Compositae Adenophyllum cooperi (A. Gray) Strother longipes (S. Watson) Brummett Ambrosia confertifolia DC. Convolvulus equitans Bentham Ambrosia dumosa (A. Gray) Payne Ambrosia eriocentra (A. Gray) Payne Cruciferae Ambrosia sandersonii S. L. Welsh Athysanus pusillus (Hooker) Greene Amphipappus fremontii Torrey & Gray Caulanthus cooperi (S. Watson) Payson Aster exilis Elliott Caulanthus lasiophyllus (Hooker & Arnot) platyphylla (A. Gray) A. Gray Payson salicifolia (Ruiz & Pavon) Pesoon Lepidium fremontii S. Watson Baccharis serigilloides A. Gray Physaria tenella (A. Nelson) OKane & Al- Baccharis viminea DC. Shehbaz Baileya pleniradiata Harvey & Gray Bebbia juncea (Bentham) Graham parryi A. Gray foetidissima H. B. K. A. Gray Chrysothamnus paniculatus Ebenaceae Conyza bonariensis (L. ) Cronquist Diospyros virginiana L.* Conyza coulteri A. Gray Encelia farinosa A. Gray Enceliopsis nudicaulis (A. Gray) A. Nelson pringlei Parry var. bairdii S. L. Welsh Eriophyllum lanosum (A. Gray) A. Gray Euphorbiaceae Eriophyllum wallacei (A. Gray) A. Gray Chamaesyce setiloba (Engelmann) Millspaugh Filago californica Nuttall Croton californica Muell-Arg. Gaillardia arizonica A. Gray Geraea canescens Torrey & Gray Glyptopleura setulosa A. Gray flavescens S. Watson’ Haplopappus laricifolia A. Gray Haplopappus linearifolia A. Gray Hydrophyllaceae Hymenoclea salsola Eriodictyon angustifolium Nuttall Machaeranthera asteroides (Torrey) Greene anelsonii Macbride clevelandii A. Gray Phacelia caerulea Greene Harvey & Gray Phacelia cryptantha Greene bellidiforme Torrey & Gray Phacelia fremontii Torrrey Palafoxia arida Turner & Morris Phacelia vallis-mortae Voss Parthenium incanum H. B. K. Tricardia watsonii Torrey ex S. Watson Pectis papposa Pluchea odorata (L.) Cassini Juglandaceae annua Juglans major (Torrey) Heller* Psilostrophe cooperi californica Nuttall Krameriaceae Rafinesquia neomexicana A. Gray erecta Willdenow Senecio flaccidus Lessing Krameria grayi Roser & Painter var. monoensis (Greene) Turner & Barkley Stylocline intertexta Morefield Labiatae axillaris A. Nelson Salazaria mexicana Xylorhiza tortifolia (Torrey & Gray) Greene Salvia columbariae Bentham Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams albens A. Gray var. fremontii (A. Gray) M. E. Jones var. mokiacensis (A. Gray) M. E. Jones Leguminosae var. stramineus (Rydberg) M. E. Jones Acacia greggii A. Gray Caesalpinia giliesii (Hooker) D. Dietrich Astragalus calycosus Torrey Cersis occidentalis Torrey ex A. Gray var. scaposus (A. Gray) M. E. Jones Lotus rigidus (Bentham) Greene Astragalus lentiginosus Douglas ex Hooker concinnus Agardh Lupinus flavoculatus Heller Lupinus sparsiflorus Bentham Melilotus indica (L.) Allioni** Eriastrum eremicum (Jepson) H. L. Mason Pediomelum retrorsum Rydberg filiformis Parry ex A. Gray Prosopis glandulosa Torrey Gilia scopulorum M. E. Jones Prosopis odorata (Torrey & Fremont) Torrey Gilia stellata A. Heller & Fremont Langloisia schottii (Torrey) Greene Psorothamnus polydenius (Torrrey ex S. Watson) Rydberg Robinia neomexicana A. Gray rigida (Torrey) Torrey & Gray fasciculatum Bentham Eriogonum heermannii Durand & Hilgard urens (Parry ex A. Gray) Parry var. subspinosum Reveal nitens Greene Eriogonum nidularium Coville Mentzelia tricuspis A. Gray Eriogonum thomasii Torrey Eriogonum wrightii Torrey ex Bentham Perostegia drymarioides Fischer & Meyer rotundifolia (A. Gray) Greene Portulaceae Moraceae Calyptridium monandrum Nuttall Ficus carica Puniciaceae Punica granatum L.* villosa S. Watson Mirabilis bigelovii A. Gray glandulosa Curran spinescens A. Gray Fraxinus velutina stellatum Kellogg

Onagraceae Oenothera deltoidea Torrey & Gray Torrey & Fremont var. decumbens (Parry) Munz Antirrhinum filipes A. Gray glyptosperma Antirrhinum kingii S. Watson Eschscholzia mexicana Greene Mimulus bigelovii (A. Gray) A. Gray Eschscholzia minutiflora Mimulus parryi A. Gray Mohavea breviflora Coville Pedaliaceae Penstemon petiolatus Brandegee Proboscidia parviflora Plantaginacae cooperi A. Gray Plantago insularis Eastwood Petunia parvilora Jussieu brevifolia Engelmann Yucca vespertina (McKelvey) S. L. Welsh wrightii Heller ex Abrams Visaceae alma L. H. Bailey Phoradendron californicum Nuttall Cyperus strigosus L.

Flower Plants: Gramineae (Parallel-veined plants) (Thurber) Bentham ex Scribner Muhlenbergia microsperma (DC.) Kunth Agavaceae Spropolus airoides (Torrey) Torrey Agave utahensis Engelmann var. wrightii (Munro) Gould Equisetacae arvense Equisetum laevigatum macrophyllus Coville calycosum flexuosus S. Watson Centaurium exaltatum

Total: 174 Gramineae ______Muhlenbergia asperifolia Polypogon monspeliensis Riparian plants of Beaver Dam Wash (some repeated from first list). Isoetes howellii Engelmann Anacardiaceae Juncaceae Rhus aromatica Boraginaceae Heliotropium curassavicum Chenopodiaceae Chenopodium botrys Labiatae Compositae arvensis Gnaphalium luteo-album Mentha spicata Gnaphalium palustre Marsileaceae Cruciferae Marsilea oligospora Goodding Nasturtium officinale Onagraceae Cyperaceae Epilobium ciliatum Eleocharis acicularis Eleocharis palustris Polygonaceae Scirpus americanus Polygonum lapathifolium Scirpus validus Potamogetonaceae Elaeagnaceae Potamogeton filiformis Elaeagnus angustifolia** Potamogeton foliosus Potamogeton pectinatus

Ranunculaceae Ranunculus cymbalaria Zanichelliaceae Zanichellia palustris Scrophulariaceae Castilleja exilis Salicaceae Mimetanthe pilosa Populus fremontii S. Watson Mimulus glabratus Salix exigua Veronica anagallis-aquatica Salix gooddingii

Typhaceae Total: 42 Typha domingensis

Umbelliferae Berula erecta

References: Baird, G. I. 1990. A floristic survey of the Beaver Dam Wash, Utah. Unpublished M.S. Thesis, Brigham Young University, 144 p. Higgins, L. C. A flora of the Beaver Dam Mountains. Unpublished M.S. Thesis, Brigham Young University. 304 p. Welsh, S. L., N. D. Atwood, S. Goodrich, and L. C. Higgins. 2003. A Utah Flora. ed. 3. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. 912 p. ______, ______, ______, and ______. 2007. A Utah Flora. ed 4. Electronic version. Ineditius.