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Appendix 6. Names of species in vegetation plots sampled in the Jack Morrow Hills Ecosystem.

Comnon Name(1) Scientific Name<2> synonvm<3> TREES Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides juniper Juniperus osteosperma TALL Antelope bitterbrush Purshia tridentate Basin big sagebrush tridentate var. tridentate Common chokecherry Prunus virginiana Greasewood sarcobatus vermiculatus Green rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. lanceolatus & c. viscidiflorus var. viscidiflorus Mountain big sagebrush Artemisia tridentate var. vaseyana Mountain silver sagebrush Artemisia cana var. viscidula Rubber rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. oreophilus Say's rose Rosa sayi Shadscale saltbush Atriplex confertifolia Spineless horsebrush Tetradymia canescens Spiny hopsage Grayia spinosa Three-tip sagebrush Artemisia tripartite var. tripartite True mountain mahogany Cercocarpus montanus Utah serviceberry Amelanchier utahensis Utah snowberry Symphoricarpos oreophilus var •. utahensis Whisky currant Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Wood's rose Rosa woods i i big sagebrush Artemisia tridentate var. wyomingensis LOW SHRUBS Black sagebrush Artemisia nova Gardner saltbush Atriplex gardneri Low sagebrush Artemisia arbuscula var. longiloba Winterfat Krascheninnikovia lanata Eurotia l., Ceratoides l. TALL GRAMINOIDS Basin wildrye Elynus cinereus MEDIUM GRAMINOIDS Alkali bluegrass Poa juncifolia var. juncifolia Big bluegrass Poa juncifolia var. ampla Bluebunch wheatgrass Elyrws spicatus Agropyron spicatum Crested wheatgrass Agropyron cristatum Ditch reedgrass Calamagrostis scopulorum fescue Festuca idahoensis ·Indian ricegrass Oryzopsis hymenoides Letterman's needlegrass Stipa lettermanii Liddon sedge · Carex petasata Needle-and-thread Stipa comata Nelson's needlegrass Stipa nelsonii var. nelsonii Nodding brome Brorws anomalus Pine needlegrass Stipa pinetol'um Saline wildrye Elyrws sal inus Leynus sal inus Slender wheatgrass Elyrws trachycaulus var. andinus Slender wheatgrass Elyrws trachycaulus var. trachycaulus Agropyron trachycaulum Thickspike wheatgrass Elyrws lanceolatus var. lanceolatus Agropyron dasystachyum Western wheatgrass El yrws smith ii Agropyron smithii SHORT GRAMINOIDS Bottlebrush squirreltail Elyrws elymoides Sitanion hystrix Inland bluegrass Poa interior Kentucky bluegrass Poa pratensis Mat rwhly Muhlenbergia richardsonis Muttongrass Poa fendleriana Needle-leaf sedge Carex stenophylla c. eleocharis 129 ·,:

C0111110n Name< 1> Scientific NameC2) svnonvmC3l Ross's sedge Carex· ross i i Sandberg bluegrass Poa secunda var. secunda Valley sedge Carex vallicola FORBS Arrowleaf balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata Ballhead sandwort Arenaria congests var. congests Bastard toadflax Comandra umbellate Bushy bird's beak Cordylanthus ramosus Bushy blazingstar Mentzelia dispersa Carrotleaf biscuitroot Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum Cats eye Cryptantha sp. Cinquefoil · Potentilla gracilis x P. hippiana Columbia groundsel Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus C0111110n yarrow Achillea millefolium CDq)SCt gilia Ipomopsis crebrifolia Desert goosefoot Chenopodium pratericola Desert princesplume Stanleya pinnate Desert stickseed Lappula redowskii var. redowskii L. occidentalis Desert wirelettuce Stephanomeria runcinata Douglas's dustymaiden Chaenactis douglasii var. · DriJJIIIOnd's caqlion Silene drummondii DriJJIIIOnd's rockcress Arabis driJJIIIOndii False dandelion Agoseris glauca var. laciniata False Solomon's seal Maianthemum stellatum Field pennycress Thlaspi arvense Flowery phlox Phlox multiflora Fremont's beardtongue Penstemon fremontii F·remont' s goosefoot Chenopodium fremontii Golden buckwheat Eriogonum flavum var. Havum Granite pricklygilia Leptodactylon pungens Grassy deathcamas Zygadenus venenosus var. gramineus Groundsel, sp. Senecio sp. Groundsmoke Gayophytum racemosum & G. diffusum var. strictipes Hawksbeard Crepis acuminate & C. atribarba Hairy whitetop Cardaria·pubescens Hoary aster Machaeranthera canescens var. canescens Holboell's rockcress Arabis holboellii var. secunda Hollyleaf clover Trifolium gymnocarpon var. gymnocarpon Hood's phlox Phlox hoodii Hooker's sandwort Arenaria hookeri· var. hookeri Larchleaf .beardtongue Penstemon· laricifol ius var. laricifot.ius Large-fruited milkvetch Astragalus megacarpus Larkspur Delphinium sp. Lemon scurfpea Psoralidium lanceolatum Lettuce Lactuca sp. Littleleaf pussytoes Antennaria microphylla Mat vetch Vicia americana var. minor Matroot penstemon Penstemon radicosus Menzies's caqlion Silene menziesii var. viscose & S. menziesii var. menziesii Musk phlox Phlox muscoides P. hoodii ssp. muscoides Nelson's tansymustard Descurainia pinnate var.• nelsoni i Nodding buckwheat Eriogonum cernuum Northern bedstraw Galium boreale Nuttall's goldenweed Haplopappus nuttallii Nuttall's povertyweed Monolepis nuttalliana Oblongleaf bluebells Mertensia oblongifolia Pinyon goosefoot Chenopodium atrovirens Plains pricklypear Opuntia polyacantha Povertyweed Iva axi llari s Prairie flax Linum lewisii Prairie smoke Geum triflorum Purple milkvetch Astragalus agrestis Rock dandelion Taraxacum laevigatum Rocky Mtn. penstemon Penstemon strictus Rod hal imolobos Halimolobos virgata

130 conmon Name< 1> Scientific NameC2> Synonvm(3) Rosy pussytoes Antennaria rosea_ Roughseed catseye Cryptantha flavoculata Sawatch knotweed Polygonum sawatchense Sego lHy calochortus nuttall i i Sharpleaf twinpod Physaria acutifolia Shortstem buckwheat Eriogonum brevicaule var. micranthum Silky catseye Cryptantha sericea sHvery lupine Lupinus argenteus var. argophylla Slender buckwheat Eriogonum microthecum var. laxfflorum Spiny mHkvetch Astragalus kentrophyta var. jessiae Spo~ted missionbells Fritillaria atropurpurea SulPhurflower buckwheat Eriogonum upj)ellatum var. dicrocephalum Tansynustard Descurainia sophia Textile onion Allium textile Thrifty goldenweed Haplopappus armerioides Stenotus armerioides Tipj)er milkvetch Astragalus diversifolius var. campestris A. convallarius · Turpentine springparsely Cymopterus terebinthinus var. albiflorus, Veiny dock Rumex venosus · · Violet Viola sp. Weedy mi l kvetch Astragalus miser Western aster Aster occidentalis Western gromwell Li thospermum·· ruder ale Wyoming Indian paintbrush Castilleja linariifolia Wyoming thistle Cirsium pulcherrimum Yellow Indian paintbrush Castilleja flava Yellow salsify Tragopogon dubius

(1) Common names for most species ar~ from: USDA Soil Conservation Service. 1994. : Plants of Wyoming - Alphabetical listing. Several species are missing from that reference, and widely­ (_ accepted common names are used for those species. (2) Scientific names are from: Dorn, R. D. 1992. Vascular plants of Wyoming. Second Edition. Mountain West Publishing, Cheyenne WY. (3) Synonyms are from USDA Soil Conservation service (1994).

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