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Bears Ears NATIONAL MONUMENT PLANTS Highlighted in the PROCLAMATION Forbs/herbaceous BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT PLANTS Highlighted in the PROCLAMATION PREPARED BY MARC COLES-RITCHIE Tim Peterson “The diversity of the soils and microenvironments in the Bears Ears area provide habitat for a wide variety of vegetation…Protection of the Bears Ears area will preserve its cultural, prehistoric, and historic legacy and maintain its diverse array of natural and scientific resources, ensuring that the prehistoric, historic, and scientific values of this area remain for the benefit of all Americans. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA . hereby proclaim the objects identified above that are situated upon lands and interests in lands owned or controlled by the Federal Government to be the Bears Ears National Monument.” Excerpts from Bears Ears National Monument Proclamation, December 28, 2016 1 cover photo: Bears Ears from Moss Back Mesa by Tim Peterson, flown by LightHawk cover photo inset left to right: Steve Hegji, Max Licher, Max Licher, Marc Coles-Ritchie, Marc Coles-Ritchie THIS LIST OF 129 SPECIES is created from the plants noted in the Proclamation that established Bears Ears National Monument. The Proclamation listed names that were sometimes general, such as aster or bluegrass, and other times more specific such as Kachina daisy or four-wing saltbrush. When a general plant name was listed we included multiple species that are associated with that name, and which are known to occur within the Monument boundary. acknowledgements The plants are grouped first by growth form: Forbs/herbaceous (65 species; includes wildflowers and subshrubs) This effort was guided by Mary O’Brien who reviewed many Page 5 drafts. Sue Smith prepared the initial list of Monument plants. Many photographers (listed below each photo) have generously Grasslike (15 species; includes grasses and horsetails) given permission for their images to be used; many of which are Page 16 available under the “creative commons” https://creativecommons. Cacti (5 species) org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. Joan Carstensen did the beautiful Page 19 design and layout. Tony Frates of Utah Native Plant Society Shrubs (30 species) provided updates on the names of particular species. We recognize Page 20 President Barack Obama for designating the Monument that contains these beautiful plants. Trees (14 species) Page 25 2 3 Forbs/herbaceous Secondly, within each growth form the plants are listed alphabetically by the common name that was in the Proclamation, and by common generic name if there is more than one plant that shares that name (as in beard- tongue, beeflower, columbine, daisy, sagebrush and willow). Plants noted as “endemic” are found only in the Colorado Plateau according to the USDA Plants database (plants.usda.gov). Plants listed as “imperiled” are endemic to that same region, but are also globally imperiled because they aster aster are so uncommon according to NatureServe (www.natureserve.org). Almutaster pauciflorus (alkali Eurybia glauca (gray aster) marsh aster) MARC COLES-RITCHIE TONY FRATES name from Proclamation columbine, alcove common name from aster aster Aquilegia micrantha (Mancos USDA Plants website Symphyotrichum ascendens Symphyotrichum ericoides (white scientific name, columbine) endemic AL SCHNEIDER (western aster) MAX LICHER heath aster) MAX LICHER Latin special classification photographer We recognize that there are many more plants in Bears Ears National Monument than those listed here. This document merely presents the plants that were highlighted in the Proclamation. We hope that in the near future a complete list of the plants of Bears Ears National Monument will be developed. aster aster Symphyotrichum falcatum (white Symphyotrichum foliaceum (alpine prairie aster) LIZ MAKINGS leafybract aster) TONY FRATES 4 5 Forbs/herbaceous Forbs/herbaceous aster aster beardtongue beardtongue Symphyotrichum frondosum Symphyotrichum laeve (smooth blue Penstemon breviculus (shortstem Penstemon comarrhenus (dusty (short-rayed alkali aster) STEVE MATSON aster) RICHARD SPELLENBERG beardtongue) AL SCHNEIDER beardtongue) EUGENE STURLA aster balsamroot beardtongue beardtongue Symphyotrichum spathulatum Balsamorhiza sagittata (arrowleaf Penstemon crandallii (Crandall’s Penstemon cyanocaulis (western mountain aster) balsamroot) MARC COLES-RITCHIE beardtongue) AL SCHNEIDER (bluestem beardtongue) MARC COLES-RITCHIE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE/NEAL HERBERT beardtongue beardtongue beardtongue beardtongue Penstemon ambiguus (gilia Penstemon angustifolius (broadbeard Penstemon lentus (handsome Penstemon leonardii (Leonard’s beardtongue) USDA-NRCS PLANTS DATABASE beardtongue) AL SCHNEIDER beardtongue) AL SCHNEIDER beardtongue) TONY FRATES 6 7 Forbs/herbaceous Forbs/herbaceous beardtongue beardtongue, Navajo penstemon columbine columbine Penstemon moffatii (Moffatt’s Penstemon navajoa (Navajo Mountain Aquilegia coerulea (Colorado blue Aquilegia elegantula (western beardtongue) ANDI WOLFE beardtongue) imperiled DANIELA ROTH columbine) MARC COLES-RITCHIE red columbine) PATRICK ALEXANDER beardtongue beeflower, purple columbine, alcove daisy, Abajo Penstemon utahensis (Utah Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mountain Aquilegia micrantha (Mancos Erigeron abajoensis (Abajo fleabane) penstemon) MARC COLES-RITCHIE beeplant) MARC COLES-RITCHIE columbine) endemic AL SCHNEIDER imperiled BILL GRAY beeflower, yellow cave primrose daisy, Kachina Durango tumble mustard Cleome lutea (yellow spiderflower) Primula specuicola (cavedwelling Erigeron kachinensis (kachina Thelypodiopsis aurea (Durango MARC COLES-RITCHIE primrose) endemic STEVE HEGJI fleabane)imperiled LORAINE YEATTS tumblemustard) AL SCHNEIDER 8 9 Forbs/herbaceous Forbs/herbaceous evening primrose evening primrose evening primrose globe mallow Oenothera albicaulis (whitest Oenothera caespitosa (tufted Oenothera pallida (pale evening Sphaeralcea coccinea (scarlet evening primrose) MAX LICHER evening primrose) MAX LICHER primrose) MARC COLES-RITCHIE globemallow) MAX LICHER evening primrose evening primrose globe mallow globe mallow Oenothera coronopifolia Oenothera elata (Hooker’s evening Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia Sphaeralcea leptophylla (crownleaf evening primrose) primrose) MARC COLES-RITCHIE (gooseberryleaf globemallow) (scaly globemallow) AL SCHNEIDER NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STAN SHEBS evening primrose evening primrose globe mallow Indian paintbrush Oenothera flava (yellow evening Oenothera longissima Sphaeralcea parvifolia (smallflower Castilleja linariifolia (Wyoming primrose) PATRICK ALEXANDER (longstem evening primrose) globemallow) MAX LICHER Indian paintbrush) AL SCHNEIDER NEAL HERBERT, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 10 11 Forbs/herbaceous Forbs/herbaceous Indian paintbrush Indian paintbrush monkey flower monkey flower Castilleja miniata (giant red Castilleja scabrida Mimulus guttatus (seep Mimulus rubellus (little redstem Indian paintbrush) AL SCHNEIDER (rough Indian paintbrush) monkeyflower) MARC COLES-RITCHIE monkeyflower) MAX LICHER NATIONAL PARK SERVICE/JACOB W. FRANK Indian paintbrush low larkspur monkey flower peppergrass Castilleja sulphurea (sulphur Delphinium nuttallianum (twolobe Mimulus tilingii (Tiling’s Lepidium crenatum (alkali Indian paintbrush) AL SCHNEIDER larkspur) PATRICK ALEXANDER monkeyflower) KEIR MORSE pepperweed) USDA-NRCS PLANTS DATABASE monkey flower monkey flower peppergrass peppergrass Mimulus eastwoodiae (Eastwood’s Mimulus floribundus (manyflowered Lepidium lasiocarpum (shaggyfruit Lepidium montanum (mountain monkeyflower) MAX LICHER monkeyflower) STEVE MATSON pepperweed) MAX LICHER pepperweed) PATRICK ALEXANDER 12 13 Forbs/herbaceous Forbs/herbaceous peppergrass pinnate spring parsley sego lily straight bladderpod Lepidium virginicum (Virginia Cymopterus beckii (featherleaf Calochortus nuttallii (sego lily) Physaria rectipes (straight pepperweed) MAX LICHER springparsley) imperiled MARC COLES-RITCHIE bladderpod) AL SCHNEIDER TERESA PRENDUSI prince’s plume sacred datura sunflower sunflower Stanleya pinnata (desert Datura wrightii (sacred thorn-apple) Helianthus anomalus (western Helianthus petiolaris (prairie princesplume) MARC COLES-RITCHIE ALAN SCHMIERER sunflower) MAX LICHER sunflower) MAX LICHER sand verbena scarlet gilia yarrow Abronia elliptica (fragrant white Ipomopsis aggregata (scarlet gilia) Achillea millefolium (common sand verbena) MARC COLES-RITCHIE MARC COLES-RITCHIE yarrow) MARC COLES-RITCHIE 14 15 Grasslike Grasslike bluegrass bluegrass bluestem bluestem Poa bigelovii (Bigelow’s bluegrass) Poa cusickii (Cusick’s bluegrass) Bothriochloa barbinodis (cane Schizachyrium scoparium (little MAX LICHER CAROL WITHAM bluestem) MAX LICHER bluestem) MAX LICHER bluegrass bluegrass giant ryegrass horsetail Poa glauca (glaucous bluegrass) Poa palustris (fowl bluegrass) Leymus cinereus (basin wildrye) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) STEVE MATSON MAX LICHER PATRICK ALEXANDER MARC COLES-RITCHIE bluegrass bluestem horsetail horsetail Poa secunda (Sandberg bluegrass) Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem) Equisetum hyemale (scouringrush Equisetum laevigatum (smooth TONY FRATES MATT LAVIN horsetail) MARC COLES-RITCHIE horsetail) MATT LAVIN 16 17 Grasslike Cacti needle and thread ricegrass claret cup prickly pear Hesperostipa comata (needle and Achnatherum hymenoides (Indian Echinocereus mojavensis (Mojave Opuntia fragilis (brittle pricklypear) thread) SHERI HAGWOOD, HOSTED BY ricegrass) MARC COLES-RITCHIE kingcup cactus) MARC COLES-RITCHIE MAX LICHER USDA-NRCS PLANTS DATABASE prickly pear prickly pear Opuntia phaeacantha (tulip Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii pricklypear) MAX LICHER (Navajo
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