Plant Check List for Colorado National Monument, Mesa County, United States.

Edited by Tom Schweich

This list is assembled from personal collections, herbarium vouchers, and published lists. For California, much of the data is provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria (http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/). For Colorado, much of the data is provided by the Southwest Environmental Information Network, which web site is found at (http://swbiodiversity.org). See their respective websites for copyright information and recommended citation formats.

For a complete list of Locations included in this Area List, see the Locations Included section, below.

This page is highly summarized. For detail about the distribution of plants, please see: Detailed Area List for Colorado National Monument, Mesa County, United States.

1. Cupressaceae

2. [ ] Juniperus osteosperma (Torrey) Little. Utah Juniper. CC:5

3. Ephedraceae

4. [ ] Ephedra viridis Cov. Green Ephedra. CC:6

5. Pinaceae

6. [ ] Pinus edulis Engelm. Pinyon Pine. CC:6

7. Asteraceae

8. [ ] Chaetopappa ericoides (Torrey) G. L. Nesom. Sand Aster. CC:4

9. Tribe: Anthemideae

10. SubTribe: Artemisiinae

11. [ ] Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. Silver Wormwood. CC:4

12. [ ] Artemisia tridentata Nutt. Big Sagebrush. CC:5

13. Tribe: Astereae

14. SubTribe: Astranthiinae

15. [ ] Townsendia incana Nutt. Hoary Easter Daisy. CC:6

16. SubTribe: Chrysopsidinae

17. [ ] Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners. (Syn: H. v. (Pursh) Shinners var. nana (A. Gray) Semple , H. v. (Pursh) Shinners var. villosa ) Hairy False Goldenaster. CC:3

18. SubTribe: Gutiereziinae

19. [ ] Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby. (Syn: G. linearifolia Lag. ) Broom Snakeweed. CC:3

20. SubTribe: Pentachaetinae

21. [ ] Ericameria nauseosa (Pall. ex Pursh) G. I. Nesom & G. I. Baird. Rubber Rabbitbush. *

22. SubTribe: Solidagininae

23. [ ] Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. Yellow Rabbitbrush. *

24. Tribe: Bahieae

25. [ ] Hymenopappus filifolius Hook. Fine Leaved Wooly White. CC:6

26. Tribe: Helenieae

27. SubTribe: Tetraneurinae

28. [ ] Tetraneuris ivesiana Greene. Ives' Four-Nerve Daisy. CC:6

29. Tribe: Senecioneae

30. [ ] Packera multilobata (Torr. & A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve. (Syn: Senecio multilobatus A. Gray ) Lobeleaf Groundsel. CC:5

31. Boraginaceae

32. [ ] Oreocarya flava A. Nelson. Plateau Yellow Cryptantha. CC:7

33. Brassicaceae

34. [ ] Lepidium montanum Nutt. (Syn: Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. canescens (Thellung) C.L. Hitchc. , Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. cinereum (C. L. Hitchc.) Rollins , Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. montanum ) Mountain Peppergrass. CC:5

35. Cactaceae

36. [ ] Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. Three-Spine Hedgehog Cactus. CC:7

37. [ ] Opuntia (L.) Mill. Prickly Pear. *

38. Chenopodiaceae

39. [ ] Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq. Spiny Hop Sage. CC:6

40. Hydrangeaceae

41. [ ] Fendlera rupicola Engelm. & A. Gray. Cliff Fendler-Bush. CC:8

42. Nyctaginaceae

43. [ ] Mirabilis multiflora (Torrey) A. Gray. Colorado Four O'clock. CC:7

44. Oleaceae

45. [ ] Fraxinus anomala S. Watson. Single-Leaf Ash. CC:7

46. Onagraceae

47. [ ] Oenothera pallida Lindl. Pale Evening Primrose. CC:4

48. Polemoniaceae

49. [ ] Ipomopsis roseata (Rydb.) V.E. Grant. Rosy Gilia. CC:8

50. Rosaceae

51. Tribe: Amygdaloideae

52. SubTribe: Maleae

53. [ ] Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex Roem. var. utahensis (Koehn.) M. E. Jones. Western Serviceberry. CC:6

54. Tribe: Dryadoideae

55. SubTribe: Dryadeae

56. [ ] Cercocarpus montanus Raf. Alder-Leaf Mountain Mahogany. CC:6

57. [ ] Purshia stansburyana (Torr.) Henr. (Syn: Purshia mexicana (D. Don.) S. L. Welsh var. stansburyana (Torrey) S. L. Welsh ) Stansbury's cliffrose. CC:6

58. Asparagaceae

59. Tribe: Agavoideae

60. SubTribe: Agaveae

61. [ ] Yucca harrimaniae Trel. Harriman Yucca. CC:7

62. Poaceae

63. Tribe: Aristideae

64. [ ] Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey. (Syn: Aristida longiseta Steud. ) Purple Threeawn. CC:4

65. Tribe: Bromeae

66. [ ] Bromus tectorum L. (Syn: B. tectorum L. var. glabratus Spenn. ) Cheat Grass. CC:0 Weed: CO DofA, List: C.

67. Tribe: Cynodonteae

68. [ ] Hilaria jamesii (Torr.) Benth. (Syn: Pleuraphis jamesii Torrey ) Galleta. CC:6

69. Tribe: Stipeae

70. [ ] Eriocoma hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Rydb. (Syn: Achnatherum hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Barkworth , Oryzopsis hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Ricker , Stipa hymenoides Roem. & Schult. ) Indian Rice Grass. CC:3

71. [ ] Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth. (Syn: Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr. ) Needle and Thread. CC:6

Locations Included in This Area

• CNM -- Colorado National Monument.