Below are the flora I have observed for the first time, identified and added to the website. Click on the common name for details.
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Antennaria howellii | Howell's Pussytoes |
Bidens tripartita | Three-lobed Beggarticks |
Carex douglasii | Douglas' Sedge |
Chrysothamnus vaseyi | Vasey's Rabbitbrush |
Cryptantha minima | Little Cryptantha |
Dalea lanata var. terminalis | Woolly Prairie Clover |
Eleocharis acicularis | Needle Spikerush |
Erigeron caespitosus | Tufted Fleabane |
Gilia ophthalmoides | Eyed Gilia |
Hymenopappus filifolious var. polycephalus | Manyhead Hymenopappus |
Juniperus deppeana | Alligator Juniper |
Lupinus plattensis | Nebraska Lupine |
Lupinus polyphyllus var. prunophilus | Chokecherry Lupine |
Lupinus sericeus | Silky Lupine |
Mentzelia laciniata | Cutleaf Blazingstar |
Microsteris gracilis | Slender Phlox |
Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake |
Pedicularis canadensis var. fluviatilis | Canadian Lousewort |
Penstemon unilateralis (Penstemon virgatus) | Oneside Penstemon |
Phaseolus angustissimus | Slimleaf Bean |
Physalis longifolia | Longleaf Groundcherry |
Plantago tweedyi | Tweedy's Plantain |
Poa arctica | Arctic Bluegrass |
Rumex pulcher | Fiddle Dock |
Salix bebbiana | Bebb's Willow |
Sonchus asper | Prickly Sowthistle |
Stenotus armerioides | Thrift Mock Goldenweed |
Tetraneuris acaulis var. acaulis | Stemless Four-nerved Daisy |
Vinca minor | Periwinkle |
Zigadenus venenosum | Meadow Death Camus |
August 15, 2015 update
Aristida arizonica | Arizona Three-Awn |
Astragalus bodinii | Bodin's Milkvetch |
Bromus frondosus | Weeping Brome |
Clematis hirsutissima var. scottii | Scott's Clematis |
Elymus scribneri | Spreading Wheatgrass |
Erigeron glabellus var. pubescens | Streamside Fleabane |
Eriogonum cernuum | Nodding Buckwheat |
Eriogonum umbellatum var. porteri | Porter's Sulphur Flower |
Festuca brachyphylla subsp. Coloradensis | Colorado Fescue |
Gentiana prostrata | Moss Gentian |
Mertensia franciscana | Franciscan Bluebells |
Mertensia oblongifolia | Oblongleaf Chiming Bells |
Penstemon brandegeei | Brandegee's Penstemon |
Puccinellia nuttalliana | Nuttall's Alkaligrass |
Ranunculus adoneus | Snow Buttercup |
Salix lasiandra var. caudata | Greenleaf Willow |
Tetraneuris acaulis var. caespitosa | Goldflower |
July 2, 2015 update
Aegilops cylindrica | Jointed Goatgrass |
Chenopodium incanum var. elatum | Mealy Goosefoot |
Chenopodium incanum var. incanum | Mealy Goosefoot |
Cirsium arizonicum var. bipinnatum | Arizona Thistle |
Cirsium neomexicanum | New Mexico Thistle |
Erysimum inconspicuum | Shy Wallflower |
Malacothrix sonchoides | Sowthistle Desert Dandelion |
Salix gooddingii | Goodding's Black Willow |
Sphaeralcea hastulata | Spear Globemallow |
June 11, 2015 update
Aletes sessiliflorus | Sessileflower Indian Parsley |
Astragalus amphioxys | Crescent Milkvetch |
Astragalus ceramicus var. ceramicus | Painted Milkvetch |
Boechera gracilenta | Selby's Rockcress |
Calochortus nuttallii | Nuttall's Mariposa Lily |
Cymopterus glomeratus | Fendler's Springparsley |
Dalea jamesii | James' Prairie Clover |
Echinocereus fendleri | Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus |
Erigeron concinnus | Navajo Fleabane |
Linum puberulum | Plains Flax |
Packera multilobata | Lobeleaf Groundsel |
Penstemon ophianthus | Coiled Anther Penstemon |
Penstemon saxosorum | Upland Penstemon |
Physaria intermedia | Mid-Bladderpod |
Sphaeralcea fendleri | Fendler's Globemallow |
Townsendia incana | Hoary Townsend Daisy |
Vesper montanus | Mountain Spring Parsley |
November 4, 2014 update
Acroptilon repens (Centaurea repens) | Russian Knapweed |
Ajuga reptans | Common Bugle |
Allium textile | White Wild Onion |
Arida parviflora (Machaeranthera parviflora) | Small-flower Tansyaster |
Andropogon hallii | Sand Bluestem |
Artemisia bigelovii | Bigelow Sagebrush |
Artemisia laciniata subsp. parryi | Parry's Wormwood |
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula | White Sagebrush |
Astragalus nuttallianus var. micranthiformis | Turkeypeas |
Atriplex heterosperma (A. micrantha) | Saltbush |
Boechera pallidifolia (Arabis pallidifolia) | Gunnison County Rockcress |
Brickellia brachyphylla | Plumed Brickellbush |
Bromus secalinus | Rye Brome |
Calamagrostis canadensis | Bluejoint |
Carex hassei | Salt Sedge |
Carex nebrascensis | Nebraska Sedge |
Chamaesyce fendleri | Fendler's Sandmat |
Chenopodium glaucum var. salinum | Oak-leaf Goosefoot |
Chenopodium neomexicanum | New Mexico Goosefoot |
Chenopodium pratericola | Desert Goosefoot |
Cryptantha fulvocanescens | Tawny Cryptantha |
Chrysothamnus greenei | Greene's Rabbitbrush |
Descurainia obtusa | Blunt Tansymustard |
Dieteria asteroides var. asteroides | Fall Tansyaster |
Distichlis spicata | Saltgrass |
Draba rectifructa | Mountain Draba |
Ephedra torreyana var. torreyana | Torrey's Jointfir |
Eriogonum corymbosum var. velutinum | Crispleaf Buckwheat |
Eriogonum effusum | Spreading Buckwheat |
Festuca arundinacea | Tall Fescue |
Grindelia nuda var. aphanactis | Curlytop Gumweed |
Helianthus microcephalus | Small Woodland Sunflower |
Helianthus pauciflorus | Stiff Sunflower |
Houstonia rubra | Red Bluet |
Hymenoxys richardsonii var. floribunda | Colorado Rubberweed |
Ipomopsis multiflora | Manyflowered Gilia |
Juncus alpinoarticulatus (J. alpinus) | Alpine Rush |
Juncus arcticus var. mexicanus | Mexican Rush |
Juncus articulatus | Jointleaf Rush |
Juncus saximontanus | Rocky Mountain Rush |
Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata | Flatspine Stickseed |
Lappula squarrosa | European Stickseed |
Lepidium alyssoides | Mesa Pepperwort |
Lepidium latifolium | Broadleaved Pepperweed |
Lycium pallidum | Pale Wolfberry |
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tanseyleaf Tansy Aster |
Mentzelia rusbyi | Rusby's Blazingstar |
Muhlenbergia thurberi | Thurber's Muhly |
Nama hispidum | Bristly Nama |
Neokochia americana | Green Molly |
Oenothera neomexicana | New Mexico Evening Primrose |
Oonopsis foliosa var. foliosa (Pyrrocoma foliosa) | Leafy False Goldenweed |
Orobanche ludoviciana ssp. multiflora | Manyflower Broomrape |
Paronychia pulvinata | Alpine Nailwort |
Penstemon auriberbis | Colorado Penstemon |
Penstemon virens | Front Range Penstemon |
Persicaria lapathifolia | Curlytop Knotweed |
Phacelia crenulata | Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope |
Phleum alpinum | Alpine Timothy |
Physaria fendleri | Fendler's Bladderpod |
Physaria gordonii (Lesquerella gordonii) | Gordon's Bladderpod |
Physaria rectipes ( Lesquerella rectipes) | Straight Bladderpod |
Plantago patagonica | Woolly Plantain |
Prunus americana | Wild Plum |
Ranunculus cymbalaria | Alkali Buttercup |
Ribes aureum | Golden Currant |
Rumex occidentalis | Western Dock |
Salix babylonica | Weeping Willow |
Salix laevigata (Salix bonplandiana var. laevigata) | Red Willow |
Salix scouleriana | Scouler's Willow |
Scutellaria brittonii | Britton's Skullcap |
Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia | Gooseberryleaf Globemallow |
Sporobolus contractus | Spike Dropseed |
Tetraneuris ivesiana | Ives' Four-nerved Daisy |
Thelesperma subnudum | Navajo Tea |
Thelypodiopsis purpusii | Purpus' Tumblemustard |
Thelypodium integrifolium | Entireleaved Thelypody |
Townsendia annua | Annual Townsend Daisy |
Townsendia fendleri | Fendler's Townsend Daisy |
Tripterocalyx micranthus | Small-Flower Sand Puffs |
Xanthisma spinulosum var. spinulosum | Spiny Goldenweed |
January 3, 2014 update
Abronia fragrans | Snowball Sand Verbena |
Apodanthera undulata | Melon Loco |
Artemisia filifolia | Sand Sagebrush |
Artemisia nova | Black Sagebrush |
Bouteloua barbata | Sixweeks Grama |
Carex ebenea | Ebony Sedge |
Chamaesyce chaetocalyx var. chaetocalyx | Bristlecup Sandmat |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow |
Comandra umbellata | Bastard Toadflax |
Crepis runcinata | Barber's Hawksbeard |
Cryptantha virgata | Miner's Candle |
Epilobium hornemannii | Hornemann's Willowherb |
Eriogonum leptophyllum | Slenderleaf Buckwheat |
Fallopia baldschuanica | Russian Vine |
Gaura neomexicana | New Mexico Beeblossom |
Heterotheca villosa var. nana | Hairy Golden Aster |
Juncus arcticus ssp littoralis | Mountain Rush |
Liatris punctata var. mexicana | Mexican Gayfeather |
Lupinus parviflorus | Lodgepole Lupine |
Lycopus americanus | Water Horehound |
Packera mancosana | Mancos Shale Packera |
Paspalum dilatatum | Dallisgrass |
Penstemon alpinus | Alpine Sawsepal Penstemon |
Penstemon angustifolius | Narrow-Leaved Penstemon |
Penstemon crandallii | Crandall's Beardtongue |
Penstemon comarrhenus | Dusty Beardtongue |
Persicaria maculosa | Spotted Lady's-thumb |
Phacelia glandulosa | Glandular Phacelia |
Potentilla paradoxa | Paradox Cinquefoil |
Psoralidium tenuiflorum | Slimflower Scurfpea |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac |
Salix exigua | Coyote Willow |
Sarcobatus vermiculatus | Greasewood |
Senecio wootonii | Wooton's Ragwort |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass |
Symphyotrichum divaricatum | Southern Salt Marsh Aster |
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic Aster |
Symphyotrichum spathulatum | Western Mountain Aster |
Ulmus pumila | Siberian Elm |
Verbena macdougalii | MacDougal Verbena |
Viburnum opulus | Snowball Tree |
Viola adunca var. bellidifolia | Mountain Blue Violet |
November 23, 2012 update
Carex aquatilis | Water Sedge |
Carex phaeocephala | Dunhead Sedge |
Castilleja minor | Lesser Indian Paintbrush |
Centaurium arizonicum | Arizona Centaury |
Dimorphocarpa wislizenii | Spectacle Pod |
Elymus elongatus | Tall Wheatgrass |
Epilobium ciliatum | Fringed Willowherb |
Erigeron bellidiastrum | Western Daisy Fleabane |
Erigeron utahensis | Utah Daisy |
Eriogonum annuum | Annual Buckwheat |
Eriogonum microthecum | Slender Buckwheat |
Grayia spinosa | Spiny Hopsage |
Helianthus nuttallii | Nuttall's Sunflower |
Hesperostipa comata | Needle-and-Thread Grass |
Juncus drummondii | Drummond's Rush |
Juncus mertensianus | Mertens' Rush |
Juncus torreyi | Torrey's Rush |
Linum aristatum | Bristle Flax |
Oenothera longissima | Longstem Evening Primrose |
Penstemon eatonii | Firecracker Penstemon |
Penstemon hallii | Hall's Penstemon |
Polypogon monspeliensis | Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass |
Schoenoplectus pungens | Three Square |
Shepherdia argentea | Silver Buffaloberry |
Sonchus arvensis glabrescens | Field Sowthistle |
Sphaeralcea parvifolia | Smallflower Globemallow |
Sphaerophysa salsula | Swainsonpea |
Spiranthes magnicamporum | Great Plains Lady's Tresses |
Sisymbrium officinale | Hedge Mustard |
Stanleya pinnata | Prince's Plume |
Thelypodium wrightii | Wright's Thelypody |
Typha angustifolia | Narrowleaved Cattail |
January 29, 2012 update
Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass |
Agropyron desertorum | Desert Wheatgrass |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem |
Aristida purpurea var. longiseta | Red Three-Awn |
Blepharoneuron tricholepis | Pine Dropseed |
Bothriochloa barbinodis | Cane Bluestem |
Bothriochloa laguroides | Silver Bluestem |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Side-oats Grama |
Bouteloua eriopoda | Black Grama |
Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama |
Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama |
Bromus catharticus | Rescue Grass |
Bromus inermis | Smooth Brome |
Bromus tectorum | Downy Brome |
Buchloe dactyloides | Buffalo Grass |
Carex microptera | Smallwing Sedge |
Cenchrus longispinus | Sandbur |
Chloris verticillata | Windmill Grass |
Chloris virgata | Feather Fingergrass |
Dactylis glomerata | Orchard Grass |
Danthonia intermedia | Timber Oatgrass |
Echinochloa crus-galli | Barnyard Grass |
Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya | Rough Barnyard Grass |
Eleocharis palustris | Common Spikerush |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye |
Elymus longifolius | Squirreltail |
Elymus repens | Quackgrass |
Elymus smithii | Western Wheatgrass |
Elymus trachycaulus | Slender Wheatgrass |
Eragrostis cilianensis | Stinking Lovegrass |
Festuca thurberi | Thurber's Fescue |
Hordeum jubatum | Foxtail Barley |
Hordeum vulgare | Barley |
Juncus triglumis var. albescens | Northern White Rush |
Koeleria macrantha | Junegrass |
Luzula parviflora | Smallflowered Woodrush |
Muhlenbergia asperiflora | Scratchgrass |
Muhlenbergia montana | Mountain Muhly |
Muhlenbergia torreyi | Ring Muhly |
Munroa squarrosa | False Buffalo Grass |
Panicum capillare | Witchgrass |
Phalaris arundinacea | Reed Canary Grass |
Phleum pratense | Timothy |
Pleuraphis jamesii | Galleta |
Poa fendleriana | Muttongrass |
Poa pratensis | Kentucky Bluegrass |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem |
Schoenoplectus acutus | Hardstem Bulrush |
Setaria pumila | Yellow Foxtail |
Setaria viridis | Green Bristlegrass |
Sorghum bicolor | Grain Sorghum |
Sporobolus cryptandrus | Sand Dropseed |
Trisetum spicatum | Spike Trisetum |
Typha latifolia | Common Cattail |
January 10, 2012 update
Ambrosia acanthicarpa | Flatspine Bur Ragweed |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Common Ragweed |
Ambrosia tomentosa | Skeletonleaf Bursage |
Anoda cristata | Spurred Anoda |
Arceuthobium vaginatum | Dwarf Mistletoe |
Astragalus miser | Timber Milkvetch |
Astragalus molybdenus | Leadville Milkvetch |
Bidens tenuisecta | Slimlobe Beggarticks |
Chenopodium fremontii | Fremont's Goosefoot |
Erigeron vetensis | Early Bluetop Fleabane |
Eriogonum lonchophyllum | Spearleaf Buckwheat |
Eriogonum ovalifolium | Cushion Buckwheat |
Forestiera pubescens | New Mexico Olive |
Grindelia inornata | Colorado Gumweed |
Helianthella uniflora | One-flowered Sunflower |
Jamesia americana | Cliffbush |
Lamium amplexicaule | Henbit |
Lithospermum multiflorum | Manyflowered Puccoon |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower |
Lotus wrightii | Wright's Deervetch |
Nama dichotomum | Wishbone Fiddleleaf |
Oxalis stricta | Yellow Wood Sorrel |
Pectis angustifolia | Lemonscent |
Pectis papposa | Manybristle Chinchweed |
Physalis hederifolia var. fendleri | Ivyleaf Groundcherry |
Ranunculus macounii | Macoun's Buttercup |
Salvia subincisa | Sawtooth Sage |
Sanvitalia abertii | Abert's Dome |
Saponaria officinalis | Bouncing Bet |
Solanum jamesii | Wild Potato |
Solanum nigrum | Black Nightshade |
Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur |
Solidago nemoralis var. longipetiolata | Gray Goldenrod |
Sonchus oleraceus | Common Sowthistle |
Thermopsis pinetorum | Golden Pea |
Valeriana arizonica | Arizona Valerian |
Xanthisma gracile | Slender Goldenweed |
January 17, 2011 update
Berlandiera lyrata | Chocolate Flower |
Berula erecta | Cutleaf Waterparsnip |
Brickellia eupatorioides var. corymbulosa | False Boneset |
Ceanothus fendleri | Fendler's Buckbrush |
Cordylanthus wrightii | Bird's Beak |
Erigeron eximius | Sprucefir Fleabane |
Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower |
Humulus lupulus | Wild Hops |
Krascheninnikovia lanata | Winterfat |
Lactuca ludoviciana | Biannual Lettuce |
Melampodium leucanthum | Plains Blackfoot |
Mirabilis oxybaphoides | Trailing Four O'Clock |
Nepeta cataria | Catnip |
Phoradendron juniperinum | Juniper Mistletoe |
Physocarpus monogynus | Ninebark |
Pseudognaphalium canescens | Wright's Cudweed |
Pseudognaphalium macounii | Macoun's Cudweed |
Toxicodendron radicans | Poison Ivy |
Tradescantia occidentalis | Western Spiderwort |
Vitis arizonica | Canyon Grape |
August 10, 2010 update
Achillea alpicola | Alpine Yarrow |
Apocynum cannabinum | Indian Hemp |
Asclepias engelmanniana | Engelmann's Milkweed |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Weed |
Astragalus gracilis | Slender Milkvetch |
Astragalus naturitensis | Naturita Milkvetch |
Cirsium parryi | Parry's Thistle |
Cryptantha pterocarya | Wingnut Cryptantha |
Equisetum hyemale | Common Scouring Rush |
Erigeron compositus | Cut-leafed Daisy |
Erigeron compositus var discoideus | Gold Buttons |
Erigeron formosissimus | Beautiful Fleabane |
Erigeron lonchophyllus | Shortray Fleabane |
Erigeron pulcherrimus | Basin Fleabane |
Hippuris vulgaris | Mare's Tail |
Packera pseudoaurea | Falsegold Groundsel |
Pyrrocoma clementis | Tranquil Goldenweed |
June 21, 2010 update
Amelanchier utahensis | Utah Serviceberry |
Arabis fendleri | Fendler's Rockcress |
Asclepias nummularia | Tufted Milkweed |
Astragalus bisulcatus | Two-Grooved Milkvetch |
Astragalus laxmannii | Laxmann's Milkvetch |
Astragalus lentiginosus | Freckled Milkvetch |
Astragalus mollissimus | Woolly Milkvetch |
Astragalus newberryi | Newberry's Milkvetch |
Astragalus nuttallianus | Small-flowered Milkvetch |
Caulanthus spp | Wild Cabbage |
Cleome lutea | Yellow Beeplant |
Corydalis curvisiliqua | Curvepod Fumewort |
Cryptantha crassisepala | Thicksepal Cryptantha |
Cymopterus bulbosus | Wafer-Parsnip |
Descurainia richardsonii | Mountain Tansymustard |
Eriogonum bicolor | Pretty Buckwheat |
Euphorbia cyparissias | Cypress Spurge |
Fraxinus anomola | Single Leaf Ash |
Giliastrum acerosum | Spiny Blue Bowls |
Hedysarum boreale | Utah Sweetvetch |
Ipomopsis pumila | Dwarf Ipomopsis |
Lupinus pusillus | Rusty Lupine |
Oreocarya flava | Yellow Cryptantha |
Penstemon osterhoutii | Osterhout's Beardtongue |
Penstemon utahensis | Utah Penstemon |
Phacelia integrifolia | Gypsum Scorpionweed |
Phlox longifolia | Longleaf Phlox |
Physaria vitulifera | Fiddleleaf Twinpod |
Scorzonera laciniata | False Salsify |
Streptanthella longirostris | Little Twistflower |
Townsendia exscapa | Stemless Townsend Daisy |
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