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FERN Family (Polypodiaceae)
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Bracken Fern
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(Pteridium aquilinum)
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North side, below Snowbird
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Brewer Cliffbrake Fern
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(Pellaea breweri)
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Parsley Fern
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(Cryptogramma crispa)
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TREES AND SHRUBS
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PINE Family (Pinaceae)
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Alpine (or Subalpine) Fir
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(Abies lasiocarpa)
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White Fir
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(Abies concolor)
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Lower in canyon
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Douglas Fir
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(Pseudotsuga menziesii glauca)
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Engelmann Spruce
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(Picea engelmanni)
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Blue Spruce
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(Picea pungens)
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Lower in canyon
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Limber Pine
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(Pinus flexilis)
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On higher ridges
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Mountain Common Juniper
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(Juniperus communis)
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Low, spreading
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WILLOW Family (Salicaceae)
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Narrow Leaf Cottonwood
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(Populus angustifolia)
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Down canyon
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Quaking Aspen
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(Populus tremuloides)
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Wild Pussy Willow
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(Salix wolfii)
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Bebb Willow
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(Salix bebbiana)
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Rocky Mtn Creeping Willow
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(Salix saximontana) ?
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Only a few inches high,
found at high elevations
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MAPLE Family (Aceraceae)
(All grow lower in Canyon)
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Big Tooth Maple
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(Acer grandidentatum)
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Rocky Mountain Maple
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(Acer glabrum)
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Box Elder
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(Acer negundo)
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Curlyleaf Mountain Mahogany
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(Cercocarpus ledifolius)
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Gambel's Scrub Oak
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(Quercus gambelii)
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SAXIFRAGE Family (Saxifragaceae)
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Gooseberry Currant
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(Ribes montigenum)
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ROSE Family (Rosaceae)
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Shrubby Cinquefoil
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(Potentilla fruticosa)
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Nootka Rose
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(Rosa nutkana)
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STAFF TREE Family (Celastraceae)
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Mountain Lover
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(Pachystima myrsinites)
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"Pa-kissed-Ma", Myrtle Boxwood, Mountain Hedge
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PHLOX Family (Polemoniaceae)
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Prickly Gilia
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(Leptodactylon watsonii)
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HONEYSUCKLE Family (Caprifoliaceae)
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Twinberry, Bearberry
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(Lonicera involucrata)
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Rose colored bracts
encircling fruit
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Utah Honeysuckle
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(Lonicera utahensis)
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Has twin berries also,
but no bracts
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Red Elderberry
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(Sambucus rubens)
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Blue Elderberry
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(Sambucus caerulea)
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Further down canyon;
Flat-topped umbel
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Snowberry
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(Symphoricarpos oreophilus utahensis)
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SUNFLOWER Family (Asteraceae/Compositae)
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White Sage; Wormwood
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(Artemisia ludovisciana)
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Herbaceous Sage;
Mountain Sage
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Big Sage
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(Artemisia tridentata)
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Lower in the canyon
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HERBACEOUS FLOWERING PLANTS
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LILY Family (Liliaceae)
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False Hellebore, Corn Lily
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(Veratrum californicum)
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"Boy Scout toilet paper",
Green Hellebore
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ORCHID Family (Orchidaceae)
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Bog Orchid
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(Habenaria dilatata)
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Bog Candle; Scent Bottle
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Coral Root Orchid
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(See Saprophytes)
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NETTLE Family (Urticaceae)
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Stinging Nettle
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(Urtica dioica)
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BUCKWHEAT Family (Polygonaceae)
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Sulphur Flower Buckwheat
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(Eriogonum umbellatum)
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Umbrella Plant
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Creamy Buckwheat
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(Eriogonum heracloides)
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Curly Dock
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(Rumex crispus)
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Mountain Sorrel
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(Oxyria digyna)
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PURSLANE Family (Portulacaceae)
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Western Spring Beauty
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(Claytonia lanceolata)
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PINK Family (Caryophyllaceae)
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Alpine Chickweed
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(Cerastium beeringianum)
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Peterson Silene
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(Silene petersoni)
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BUTTERCUP Family (Ranunculaceae)
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Monkshood
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(Aconitum columbianum)
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Mountain Delphinium
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(Delphinium occidentale)
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Tall Wood Larkspur
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Rocky Mountain Columbine
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(Aquilegia caerulea)
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Colorado Columbine
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Yellow Columbine
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(Aquilegia flavescens)
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California Columbine
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Windflower
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(Anemone multifida)
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Pacific Anemone
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Mountain Windflower Anemone
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(Anemone globosa)
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Small, finely dissected leaves; Flowers carmine color; Cliff area
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Snow Buttercup
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(Ranunculus adoneus)
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Blooms in early July,
at edge of snow
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Rocky Mountain Buttercup
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(Ranunculus cymbalaria)
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Small flowers
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Meadow Rue
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(Thalictrum fendleri)
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Male and female flowers
on separate plants;
Male flowers like tiny tassels
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MUSTARD Family (Brassicaceae/Cruciferae)
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Rock Cress
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(Arabis holbuellii)
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Pinkish flowers
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Rock Cress
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(Arabis microphylla or glabra)
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White flowers
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Drummond's Rock Cress
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(Arabis drummondi)
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Wild Candytuft
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(Thlaspi alpestris)
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Yellow Ball Mustard
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(Descurainia pinnata)
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Tiny, white, early blooming
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Heartleaf Bittercress
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(Cardamine cordifolia)
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Brook Cress
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Wallflower
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(Erysinum capitatum)
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SEDUM Family (Crassulaceae)
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Stonecrop
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(Sedum debile)
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SAXIFRAGE Family (Saxifragaceae)
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Wild Coralbells
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(Heuchera rubescens)
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In rock crevices
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Brook Saxifrage
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(Saxifraga arguta)
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Miterwort
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(Mitella stenopetala)
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Fringed Parnassia
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(Parnassia fimbriata)
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Wideworld Parnassia
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(Parnassia palustris)
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ROSE Family (Rosaceae)
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Wild Strawberry
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(Fragaria vesca)
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Gordon's Ivesia
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(Ivesia gordoni)
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Cinquefoil
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(Potentilla gracilis)
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Bright yellow flowers;
palmate leaves
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Sticky Cinquefoil
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(Potentilla anserina)
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Light yellow flowers;
leaves not palmate
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PEA Family (Fabaceae/Leguminosae)
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Lupine
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(Lupinus lobbii)
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Bluebonnet Lupine
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(Lupinus caudalus)
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Annual Lupine
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? (Lupinus kingii)
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Silky Lupine
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? (Lupinus sericeus)
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GERANIUM Family (Geraniaceae)
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Wild Pink Geranium
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(Geranium fremontii)
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Showy Geranium
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Wild White Geranium
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(Geranium richardsonii)
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Sticky Geranium
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(Geranium viscosissimum)
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Pink to rose-purple;
stems feel sticky
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FLAX Family (Linaceae)
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Wild Blue Flax
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(Linum lewisii)
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Yellow Flax
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(Linum kingii)
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Grows north and east Albion
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VIOLET Family (Violaceae)
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Yellow Mountain Violet
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(Viola purpurea)
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Blue Violet
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(Viola adunca)
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EVENING PRIMROSE Family (Onagraceae)
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Fireweed
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(Epilobium angustifolium)
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Hummingbird Trumpet
(Wild Fuschia)
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(Zauschneria garrettii)
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Dry hillsides, down canyon;
in August
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PARSLEY Family (Apiaceae/Umbelliferae)
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Cow Parsnip
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(Heracleum lanatum)
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|
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Lomatium
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??
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|
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Leptotaenia
|
Leptotaenia multifida
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In rich soil; 2' tall; rich green feathery foliage;
flower clusters form round knobs
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PRIMROSE Family (Primulaceae)
|
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Shooting Star
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(Dodecatheon pauciflorum)
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|
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Parry's Primrose
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(Primula parryi)
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Rare -- on Devil's Castle
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GENTIAN Family (Gentianaceae)
|
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Green Showy Gentian
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(Frasera speciosa)
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Monument Plant
|
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Annual Gentian (Felwort)
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(Gentiana amarella)
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PHLOX Family (Polemoniaceae)
|
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Scarlet Gilia
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(Gilia aggregata)
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Skyrocket
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Pale Gilia
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(Gilia congesta or sinuata)
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|
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Feather Gilia
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(Linanthus nuttallii)
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|
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White Jacob's Ladder
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(Polemonium foliosissimum or albiflora)
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|
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* Sky Pilot
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(Polemonium viscosum)
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High areas -- rare here
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WATERLEAF Family (Hydrophyllaceae)
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Virgate Phacelia
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(Phacelia heterophylla)
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BORAGE Family (Boraginaceae)
|
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Forget-Me-Not (Stickseed)
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(Hackelia jessicae)
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Mountain Bluebells
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(Mertensia ciliata)
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MINT Family (Lamiaceae/Labiatae)
|
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Horsemint, Giant Hyssop
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(Agastache urticifolia)
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|
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Mountain Pennyroyal
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(Monardella odoratissima)
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Beebalm, Lemonmint,
Cloverhead Mint
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Self Heal
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(Prunella vulgaris)
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Grows in damp areas
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FIGWORT Family (Scrophulariaceae)
|
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Indian Paintbrush
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(Castilleja linariaefolia)
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Scarlet red
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Rhexi-Leaved Paintbrush
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(Castilleja rhexifolia)
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Purple-red, maroon to pink
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Indian Paint Brush
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(Castilleja miniata)
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Scarlet, smaller
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Painted Cup
|
(Castilleja occidentalis)
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White Indian Paintbrush
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Yellow Painted Cup
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(Castilleja ??)
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|
|
Yellow Monkey Flower
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(Mimulus guttatus)
|
At streams
|
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Lewis Monkey Flower
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(Mimulus lewisii)
|
Deep rose, large flowers,
rare and very beautiful
|
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Tolmie Owlclover
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(Orthocarpus tolmiei)
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Yellow
|
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Parrot's Beak, Lousewort
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(Pedicularis racemosa)
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|
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Elephant's Head
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(Pedicularis groenlandica)
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|
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Wasatch Pentstemon
|
(Pentstemon cyananthus)
|
Deep vivid blue
|
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Low Pentstemon
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(Pentstemon humilis)
|
|
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Pentstemon
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? (Pentstemon leonardi)
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Whipple's Pentstemon
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(Pentstemon whippleanus)
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Pale; (sometimes deep purple)
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Veronica, Speedwell
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(Veronica americana)
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|
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Little Rabbit Figwort
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(Scrophularia lanceolata)
|
|
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Mullein, Velvet Ear
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(Verbascum thlapsis)
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|
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VALERIAN Family (Valerianaceae)
|
|
Edible Valerian
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(Valeriana edulis)
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Large root; smelly, but edible
|
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Wild Heliotrope
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(Valeriana occidentalis)
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SUNFLOWER Family (Asteraceae/Compositae)
|
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Yarrow
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(Achillea millefolium)
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Mountain Dandelion
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(Agoseris parviflora)
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|
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Pearly Everlasting
|
(Anaphalis margaritacea)
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North side Alta road
|
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Pussytoes
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(Antennaria luziloides or microphylla)
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|
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Meadow Arnica
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(Arnica chamissonis)
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Usually 3 flowers to a stem
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There are 40 species of Asters in the Rocky Mountains, even more species
of Erigeron, and many species of Senecio -- also many other composites.
** ASTERS -- Have several rows of bracts on back of flower
** DAISIES -- Have one or two rows of bracts
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Engelmann Aster
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(Aster engelmannii)
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Tall, pale lavender to white
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Leafy Aster
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(Aster foliaceus)
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|
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Showy Aster
|
(Aster conspicuous)
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Largest lavender aster
|
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Showy Fleabane Daisy
|
(Erigeron speciosus)
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Fleabane Daisy
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(Erigeron leiomerus)
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|
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Mountain (Little) Sunflower
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(Helianthella uniflora)
|
Bracts around flower head are firm; leaves 3-nerved
|
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Mountain Sunflower
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(Helianthella quinquenervis)
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Larger than uniflora;
bracts around flower head are soft; leaves 5-nerved
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Mountain Sunflower
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(Hymenoxys richardsonii)
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|
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Nuttall's Sunflower
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(Helianthus nuttallii ?)
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|
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Hawkweed
|
(Hieracium scouleri)
|
Yellow
|
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Hawkweed
|
(Hieracium ??)
|
Orange
|
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Western Coneflower
|
(Rudbeckia occidentalis)
|
|
|
Wooley Butterweed
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(Senecio canus)
|
4 to 12 inches high,
flowers to 1 inch,
dry rocky places from
foothills to above timberline
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Mountain Butterweed
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(Senecio fremontii)
|
4 to 6 inches high,
flowers 1 inch, branched
from base, thickish leaves;
rocky mountainsides
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Groundsel
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(Senecio integerrimus)
|
Straight unbranched stems
18 to 28 inches high;
valleys to timberline
|
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Other Butterweeds and Senecios
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(??)
|
|
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Common Dandelion
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(Taraxacum officinale)
|
|
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False Dandelion
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(Agoseris glauca)
|
No true calyx
|
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Goldeneye
|
(Viguiera multiflora)
|
Blooms in Alta and below
|
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Mountain Thistle
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(Cirsium eatonii)
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|
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Thistle
|
(Unidentified)
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|
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Bull Thistle
|
(Cirsium vulgare)
|
Lower in canyon
|
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Meadow Goldenrod
|
(Solidago canadensis)
|
Down canyon a little
|
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Other Composites
|
(unidentified)
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SAPROPHYTES in ORCHID Family (Orchidaceae)
|
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(Dependent on decaying vegetation under spruce or aspens)
|
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Striped Coralroot Orchid
|
(Corallorrhiza striata)
|
|
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Spotted Coralroot Orchid
|
(Corallorrhiza maculata)
|
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OTHERS
|
|
Sedges (Cyperaceae)
(Elk Sedge and others)
|
(Carex species)
|
"Sedges have edges"
|
|
Rushes (Juncaceae)
|
(Juncus species)
|
"Rushes are round"
|
|
Grasses (Poaceae/Graminae)
|
(Many different species)
|
"Grasses are hollow
and with joints abound"
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Many other species
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(Always discovering more)
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