Field Notes of Annie Alexander and
Louise Kellogg
Annie
Alexander
Edited by Tom Schweich
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Field Notes of Annie Alexander and
Louise Kellogg | 1939 Field Notes (Continued) |
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Annie
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contains the 1939 Field Notes of Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg. I have attempted to reproduce the field notes as faithfully as possible while taking advantage of opportunities presented by the World Wide Web. For details about the Field Notes, please see About the Field Notes."
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| Locations: Kyle Canyon. Little Falls.
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a few specimens of an eriogonum which according to Mr. Clokey is rare. A small, wiry shrub, matted and seldom more than a foot across clung to the steep wall of the cliffs and was quite common. We looked for the shrub species of Mountain Mahogany but all the dark shrubs hanging on to the rocks were Coleogyne. Found some Jamesia coming into bloom and Holodiscus, Galium, and Saxafraga.
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Before going up Kyle Canyon visited the seep about the water tank at the Resort for specimens of the Carex named from this locality.
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| | Locations: Kyle Canyon.
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Climbed to a mahogany flat on the east side of Kyle Canyon just above the bridge ½ mile north of Resort. Found a small crucifer we(?) needed(?) but nothing new to add to our collection. Common plants were Gilia nuttali and a Phacelia. There were several ___ ____ of Orobanche _____. Artemisia tridentata and a clump of Opuntia ursina or erincea. A short grass Gramma? carpeted the ground.
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We then went up to Little Falls to secure specimen of wild gooseberry and and wild ________ and followed around the base of the cliff for ferns. Found the largest aspen we have come across yet, 18 inches in diameter 2 ½ feet above ground.
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On returning to the hard(?) road, walked over to the type locality of Pedicularis semi-barbatus charlestonensis as pointed out by Mr. Clokey just north of Camp 26, above the paved road in aspens and yellow pine. Collected some specimens in fruit.
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Walked up the Cathedral Rock Trail to the summit 8600 ft. A good trail shaded by yellow pines along the way. At and near the summit among the rocks and associated with Erigeron rosea were a number of Erigeron reductus(?) a small low growing plant. Flowers with lavendar colored rays. Besides the two species of Erigeron on the summit, noted Symphoricarpus, Holodiscus, Ribes cereum, two species of Eriogonum, Galium, a small yellow pine, juniper, pinyon pine, Cercocarpus ledifolius, Coleogyne, | |
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On the way down we took a branch trail to Twin Falls Ό mile from the turn off, 8250 ft., passing thru a grove of aspen. Many
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of the aspens were bent over from the weight of winter snows. Some of the plants among the aspens were corydalis, frittalaria, Berberis repens, blue lupines, Castelleja, and angelica. The two small streams from the falls come together just below the trail and there was considerable growth on the banks between and on either side. Just back of the first fall on the trail were some large Woodsia ferns. Collected some small plants in this area.
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| | Locations: Deer Creek.
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Moved over to Deer Creek eight miles from the Charleston Resort and drove up the creek on a private road. Camping at 8250 ft. At this point two branches of the creek come together. Are told by the people who have charge of the cabins here that the real Deer Creek is north over two ridges from here a larger stream than the one here but does not run far.
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Today climbed the ridge north and were disappointed not to see the big Deer Creek. There were some fine examples of Pinus aristata near the summit. We were surprised to find Junipers or cedars with it also plants from lower levels reaching up so higher(?) as Salvia, Gilia aggregata, cryptantha, Senecio leucoreus(?) and Artemisia tridentata. We returned by way of the Deer Cr. Spring
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a marshy place where Dodecatheon, Aquilegia, and an orchid, Habernaria?
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a marshy place where Dodecatheon, Aquilegia and an orchid were growing luxuriantly.
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| | Locations: Deer Creek.
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Collected up the south branch of Deer Creek today and below the bridge on the private road. The wooded stream seemed ideal for Sorex myops(?) (A kind of shrew; refer to Mammals of Nevada at: http://www.brrc.unr.edu/data/mammals/mamlist.html) but traps out there might have taken only Peromyscus . In the deeper woods up stream found Pyrola not in bloom also Juniperus communis var. montana . Two species of fern in some rocks near the creek -- Woodsia and Cheilanthes -- Pedicularis back of the stream. Collected meadow rue, columbine, and angelica latter first bloom noted. Downstream found the Rock Daisy in crevice in a facing _______ of rock. Nearby in the rock was saxifrage in bloom.
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Drove back on the Lee Canyon rock to the top of the ridge or divide between Deer Creek and Kyle Canyon, type locality according to Mr. Clokey of the violet he named Viola Charlestonensis. Besides the violet, collected a flat-growing purple penstemon, yellow primrose and a composite. The ridges were covered with a thicket of Mt. Mahogany with scattering yellow pine, white fir and juniper. Saw one foxtail pine. Small plants as Gilia aggregata, Linum lewisii, Cryptantha Jamesii var. abortive, Symphoricarpus, and a species of primrose not yet in bloom were quite plentiful soils, loose gravels.
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From the ridge we drove back to Deer Creek and on to Lee Canyon making two stops on the way, one at a rocky point north of Lee Canyon where Mr. Clokey had said we would find a dwarf species of Mountain Mahogany that clumps about cliffs. We found some scraggly bushes that appeared to be this form growing with the larger variety.
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The second stop was what we took to be the type locality of Senecio leucorous Ridge south of Lee Canyon 8150 ft. Here we found Senecio on the wooded slope above the road nearly all specimens collected had rays. On the flat in Lee Canyon below the Government Camp found Senecio again more rayless than with rays. The predominant plant on the flat was a species of astragalus flat silvery leafed not yet in flower. Visited the upper end of Lee Canyon where we collected Valeriana May 24 and took some seeded specimens. Found there a single specimen of Erigeron (small white rays) no. 780 taken on the slope above and north of Deer Creek, Erigeron radicatus and a form of no. 744.
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| | Locations: Mummy Rock.
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Followed the creek (south branch) up today to the saddle below Mummy Rock, on ridge between Deer Creek and Kyle Canyon 9850 ft. alt. according to our altimeter. Valeriana persisted to the summit and Ribes montigenum. There
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were some fine examples of weather beaten Pinus aristata. One huge tree had a girth of almost 20 feet 3 ft. above ground. There was a great deal of fallen timber that showed no signs of decay. Their bleached barkless trunks sculptured like stones by the changes of season and weather. From the ridge we could look down into Kyle Canyon and the precipitous Cathedral Rocks, as well as the other cliffs looked a small part of the landscape in the distance. There were many small plants growing on the divide among the flint-like angular fragments of rocks three species of astragalus, a draba (?), the purple rayed erigeron, a penstemon and white primrose. We found a trail on reaching the summit one branch pointing to Kyle Canyon and the other to Saw Mill Deer Creek and we took the latter on returning to camp finding a penstemon in bloom just after leaving the source of the south branch of the creek.
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Broke camp at Deer Creek this morning returning to the Charleston Park Resort, collecting an unusually tall Galium on the way and a Blazing Star Thistle. P.iu. took more traps up to Twin Falls to try again for shrews, collecting apocynum and a Brickellia(?) on the way.
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No shrews in traps. Collected a cliff plant
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and a _______ leaf penstemon, first seen in bloom, and Holodiscus now in flower.
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Locations: Mary Jane Falls.
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Take horses and ride up Kyle Canyon going first to where we collected Draba June 10. Find only a few dried up specimens. We then continued up the canyon for a short distance and ride up the east slope to within Ό mile of Mary Jane Falls and tying our horses climbed to the base of the cliffs which we followed along to the falls a small stream that drops a hundred feet or more and runs down a steep ravine Grasses, dodecatheon and thistle (named after Mr. Clokey) the principal growth along the banks. In following along the base of the cliffs saw more Erigeron unicalis(?) than we had seen in any one place. They were growing in the crevices of the rocks and through the mats of Spirea caespitosa -- we found a few Draba among the rocks below the cliffs, gone to seed but still greem, and in one small slot a cricifer resembling candy tuft which we had not come across before. The plants were closer together and had mostly gone to seed. Had a fine view across the canyon of the precipitous slopes of twisted and weathered limestone below Charleston Peak. There were banks of snow that contributed to a waterfall that dropped from one cliff to another. Half way up the slope was a bench that afford a ______ for _______
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Walked up the old road to the Lead Mine, on the north side of Kyle Canyon, starting below the Resort, distance about a mile and grade, steep a pring starts near the mine and the stream from it runs for some distance down the ravine. The upper part well wooded with yellow pine and fir Saw some young foxtail pine. Growing in the moist banks were Dodecatheon, Angelica, orchids and Symphoricarpos. A few Jamesia in flower higher up the banks. Mr. Clokey had told us that for four years he had been trying to get 130 sheets of a certain Cruciferae growing at the mine. We think we found it at the log cabin, the same as no 810 collected yesterday at the base of cliffs near the Mary Jane Falls. It wasnt plentiful we counted twenty plants took two later found a few a short distance down the road small and dried up, climbed the ridge above and west of the cabin trying to get a view of the cliffs of Kyle Canyon. The slope was dry and rocky and among the rocks found a species of pink (arenaria?) the same as collected at Deer Creek, no. 775.
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Before reaching the stream the road climbs through thickets of Mt. Mahogany, pinyon pine, oaks, and manzanita. One Mt. Mahogany was in fruit the only one noted.
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| | Locations: Clark's Sawmill. Lee Canyon.
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Got an early start for Lee Canyon this morning to walk up the old Clarks Sawmill. That evidently no longer exists. The trail or old road we followed took us after a stiff climb to the source of Lee Canyons water supply as indicated by a concrete box and pipe. 10,300 ft. alt. we learned at the government buildings below; a fine little stream comes down from snow banks on the limestone ridges above. The descent is very rapid and the banks are swept clean of any timber. By accident we found a small crucifer collected at Twin Falls. What plants of it we found were within a few square yards. Under a dripping rock were Woodsia ferns growing. From the trail we cut across the woods to a rocky spur finding pyrola on the way growing under rotting logs and in decayed vegetation. All had flower stalks but buds were not yet open. Collected some only because we are leaving the Charleston Mts. Tomorrow. The common plants in the woods and in open places were Pedicularis in blossom at that altitude and a small astragalus no 794 in profuse bloom. Valeriana was also common.
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526 Madia Machanthera leucanthamifolia (Greene) Greene
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527 Composite Hymenoxys lemoni (Greene) Cockerell
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528 Crucifer Sisymbrium altissimum L.
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529 Zigadenus paniculatus Wats. |
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530 Leucelene ericoides (Torr) Greene
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531 Ceanothus Greggii Gray var. vestitus (Greene) McMinn
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532 Calachortus flexuosus |
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533 Penstemon eatonii |
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534 Linum lewisii | |
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535 Amelanchier alnifolia var. covillei A. utahensis Koehne
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536 Berberis ripens |
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537 Crucifer Erysimum |
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539 Ribes cereum | |
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540 Crucifer | | Locations: Charleston Park Resort. |
| Charleston Park Resort 7500 ft. Camps 1 & 2 7700 ft. |
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541 Pedicularis semibarbata Charlestonensis |
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542 Cercocarpis ledifolius |
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543 Trifolium | |
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544 Crucifer Arabis fendleri |
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545 Erysimum asperum |
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546 Prunus emarginata (Dougl.) Walp. |
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547 Crucifer | | Locations: Deer Creek.
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548 Arctostaphylous |
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551 Felix fragilis (L.) Gilib.?
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552 Spiraea caespitosa |
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553 Cryptantha Jamesii var. abortive |
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554 Euphorbia | | Locations: Charleston Park Resort. |
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555 Phacelia | |
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556 Lithospermum | |
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557 Antenaria | |
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558 Lupine | |
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559 Crucifer | |
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531 Ceanothus | |
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560 Crucifer Sisymbrium altissimum
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561 Linum | |
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562 Castilleja | |
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563 Eriodictyon trichocalyx |
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553 Cryptantha Jamesii var. abortive |
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565 Orobanche cooperi |
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567 Mimulus | |
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568 Sphaeralcea grossulariaefolia (H. & A) Rydb. var. pedata (Torr.) T. H. K.
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569 Phacelia Cryptantha gracilis Osterh.
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570 Garrya flavencens |
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571 Composite Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) H. & A.
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572 Sambucus | |
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573 Lupine Lupinus alpestris Nels.
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574 Gilis Nuttallii Linanthus nuttallii (Gray) Greene ex Mlkn.
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593b O. caespitosa Nutt. subsp. crinata (Rydb.) Munz
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593c Oenothera caespitosa Nutt. subsp. marginata (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) Munz
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593d O. c. subsp. marginata |
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593e ditto |
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575 Acer glabrum | |
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576 Pellea | |
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577 Ribes cereum | |
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578 Pinus aristata | |
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580 Pinus flexilis | |
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582 Populus tremuloides |
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583 Pinus ponderosa scopulorum |
| Locations: Lee Canyon.
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| Lee Canyon 8650 ft.
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583 Valeriana | |
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584 Juniperus communis var. montana |
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585 Crucifer 8300 ft. | |
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587 Pinus aristata | |
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588 Pinus p. scopulorum |
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568 Sphaeralcea |
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589 Lappula redowskii (Hormen) Greene
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590 Lupine Astragalus oophorus Wats.
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591 Streptanthus cordatus Nutt. |
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608 Quercus | |
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592 Lupine Astragalus minthorniae (Rydb.) Jepson
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592 Lupine Astragalus minthorniae (Rydb.) Jepson
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593 Oenothera caespitosa (Nutt.) Munz var. crinita (Rydb.) Munz
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593a O. caespitosa (Nutt.) Munz var. crinita (Rydb.) Munz
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594 Crucifer Sphaeralcea |
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568 Sphaeralcea | |
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595 Grass Bromus rubens L. |
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596 Grass Poa secunda Presl. |
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597 Grass | |
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598 Indian rice Oryzopsis hymenoides (Roem. & Schmidt) Ricker
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599 Foxtail Sitanion hystrix (Nutt.) J. G. Smith
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600 Bronco | |
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601 Senecio | |
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602 Erigeron | |
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603 Atriplex | |
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604 Delphinium parishii Gray |
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605 Phacelia | |
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606 Grass Tridens pulchellus (HBK.) Hitchc.
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608 Mammalaria deserti Coryphantha sp. either C. chlorantha (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose or C. vivipara var. rosea det. A. D. Zimmerman, 1983.
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554 Euphorbia 8300 ft. |
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611 Grass Poa longiligula Scribn. & Merr.
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612 Erigeron uncialis |
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613 Viola charlestonens |
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614 Crucifer Sisymbrium pinnatum |
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615 Holodiscus discolor |
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617 Lupine 7600 ft. | |
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618 Dodecatheon jeffreyi |
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619 Grass Carex hasseiBailey. Spring Hill, Charleston Park Resort.
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620 Comandra pallida |
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620.1 Ditaxis diversiflora |
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621 Gilia aggregata |
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622 Ditaxis Commandra pallida A. DC.
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624 Berberis fremontii |
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625 Phlox | |
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626 Juniperus | |
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628 Smilacina liliacea |
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629 Fritallaria | |
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543 Trifolium Camp 1 & 2. |
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630 Fritillaria atropurpurea Nutt. | Both F. atropurpurea det. Santana, 1980. |
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632 Krameria | |
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633 Parosela | |
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634 Composite Petalonyx nitidus Wats.
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631 Eriodictyon angustifolium Nutt. |
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635 Eriogonum nidularium Cov. |
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636 nidularium Cov. (near E. gracile var. effusum)
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639 Oenothera brevipes var. pallidula
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640 Navarretia Langloisia setosissima (T & G) Greene ssp. setosissima Timbrook, 1978
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641 Composite | |
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642 Psathyrotes annua (Nutt.) Gray
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643 Phacelia | |
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644 Composite | |
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646 Eriogonum | | Locations: Indian Springs.
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647 Composite. | |
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648 Buddleia utahensis |
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649 Mimulus biglovii Gray |
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650 Nemacladus rigidus rubescens Greene.
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651 Oenothera refracta |
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652 Composite | | Locations: Cold Creek Ranch.
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653 Veronica beccabunga ssp. Americana (Raf.) Sellers, det. Sellers, 1983.
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654 Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh. var. saximontanus Fern.
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655 Mimulus | |
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656 Radicula nasturtium-aquaticum |
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657 Grass Carex praegracilis Boalt.
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658 Grass Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey.
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659 Symphoricarpus longiflorus |
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660 Cercocarpus | |
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661 Phacelia | |
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662 Ribes cereum | |
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663 Salix | |
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665 Lupine | |
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667 Berberis fremontii |
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668 Composite | |
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669 Streptanthus | |
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670 Rafinesquia neomexicana |
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671 Gilia | |
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673 Composite | |
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718 Grass Carex hassei Bailey |
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719 Sorrel | |
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720 Watergrass Heleocharis montevidensus Kunth. var. parishii (Britt.) V. Grant
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721 Crucifer Sisymbrium altissimum
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722 Senecio leucoreus |
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723 Eriodictyon | |
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724 Aster Erigeron argentatus Gray ssp. lypicum Stewart
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725 Hedeoma | |
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726 Composite | |
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727 Grass Elymus condensatus Presl. var. pubens Piper.
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529 Zygadenus | | Locations: Rainbow Falls.
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