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Plant List by Family and Observation Location

Agavaceae (agave)

Sand lily, Leucocrinum montanum @homestead trail, mystery hike

Yucca, Yucca glauca, @legion park

Alliacea (Onion)

Textile Onion,  Allium textile,   @Pawnee buttes  @legion park

Anacardiaceae (Sumac)

Three leaf sumac, Rhus aromatica trilobata,  @Pawnee buttes  @legion park

Apiaceae (Parsley)

Alpine Spring-Parsley, Cymopterus lemmonii, @mud lake

Leafy wildparsley, Musineon divaricatum @meaadowlark trail

Mountain Springparsley, Vesper montanus @Pawnee buttes

Salt and pepper, Lomatium orientale @six mile fold

Slender Wildparsley,  Musineon tenuifolium  @Pawnee buttes

Whiskbroom parsley, Harbouria trachypleura, @mud lake  mystery hike

Apocynaceae (Dogbane)

Green comet milkweed, Asclepias viridiflora, @Meadwolark trail

Asparagaceae

False Solomon's seal, Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule, @Sherwood Creek

Asteraceae (Sunflower)

Bush Sunflower, Helianthus pumilus @legion park

Cutleaf Coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata  @Sherwood Creek

Cutleaf fleabane, Erigeron compositus @mud lake

Fringed Sage,  Artemisia frigida @six mile fold

Heart leaf arnica, Arnica cordifolia @mud lake

Hooker's Townsend Daisy,  Townsendia hookeri, @six mile fold

Hopi Tea Greenthread, Thelesperma megapotamicum  @legion park

Pearly Everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea @Wind River

Prairie Coneflower,  Ratibida columnifera @Meadwolark trail

Prairie False Dandelion Nothocalais cuspidata  @Meadwolark trail

Prairie Groundsel, Packera plattensis  @six mile fold

Pussytoes, Antennaria spp  @green mountain

Ragleaf Bahia, Amauriopsis dissecta @Sherwood Creek

Rush Skeletonplant, Lygodesmia juncea @Meadwolark trail

Stemless Fournerve Daisy, Tetraneuris acaulis  @Pawnee buttes

Western Ragweed, Ambrosia psilostachya @Meadwolark trail

Berberidaceae (Barberry)

Oregon grape, Berberis repens @mesa trail

Boraginaceae (Borage) 

Foothills mertensia Mertensia lanceolata @green mountain @legion park

Houndstongue,  Cynoglossum officinale @legion park

Narrowleaf Puccoon,  Lithospermum incisum @meadowlark trail,  mystery hike

Madwort, Asperugo procumbens  mystery hike

Many-Flowered Stickseed,  Hackelia floribunda @Wind River

Mountain cat's-eye, Oreocarya cana  @Pawnee buttes

Western Stickseed,  Lappula occidentalis  @Pawnee buttes

Brassicacea (mustard) 

Drummonds Rockcress, Boechera stricta @mud lake

Fendler's Pennycress or candytuft, Noccaea fendleri @green mountain

Mountain Bladderpod Physaria montana @mud lake

Pretty Draba, Draba streptocarpa @mud lake

Small-flowered Alyssum, Alyssum simplex @six mile fold

Wallflower, Erysimum capitatum @mud lake    @meadowlark trail  @Pawnee buttes

Cactaceae (Cactus) 

Big-Root Prickly Pear Opuntia macrorhiza @six mile fold

Green Hedgehog Cactus, Echinocereus viridiflorus @six mile fold  @Pawnee buttes

Missouri Pincushion Cactus, Escobaria missouriensis (maybe) @six mile fold,  mystery hike  @legion park

Many-spined Prickly pear, Opuntia polyacantha @six mile fold

Caryophyllaceae (Pink)

Fendler Sandwort, Eremogone fendleri @mud lake

Field Mouse-ear Chickweed, Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum  mystery hike  @green mountain

Ericaceae (Heath)

Kinnikinnick or Bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, @green mountain

Euphorbiaceae (Spurge)

Horned Spurge, Euphorbia Brachycera,  @Pawnee buttes  @legion park

Fabaceae (pea)

Alfalfa, Medicago sativa (Non-native) @Davidson Mesa

Alpine milkvetch, Astragalus alpinus @caribou ranch

American Vetch ,Vicia americana @Pawnee buttes

Chickpea Milkvetch,  Astragalus cicer  @Sherwood CreekAlfalfa, Medicago sativa (Non-native)

Drummond’s Milkvetch, Astragalus drummondii @Pawnee buttes

Foothill Milkvetch Astragalus tridactylicus @meadowlark trail  mystery hike

Golden Banner, Thermopsis spp. @mud lake  @Pawnee buttes

Ground-Plum, Astragalus crassicarpus   @meadowlark trail

Manystem pea, Lathyrus polymorphus var. incanus @Pawnee buttes

Nuttall's Oxytrope, Oxytropis multiceps @mud lake

Parry's Milkvetch,  Astragalus parryi   mystery hike

Purple Prairie Clover, Dalea purpurea @Meadwolark trail

Rocky Mountain Locoweed, Oxytropis lambertii  @meadowlark trail

Slender-flowered Scurfpea, Psoralidium tenuiflorum @Meadwolark trail

Short’s Milkvetch, Astragalus shortianus @mud lake    @mesa trail  @legion park

Silky Milkvetch, Astragalus sericoleucus,  @Pawnee buttes

Silvery Lupine,  Lupinus argenteus @mud lake

White Locoweed, Oxytropis sericea @six mile fold  mystery hike

Fumariaceae (Fumitory)

Golden smoke, Corydalis aurea, @homestead trail

Gentianaceae (Gentian)

Parry's Gentian or Bottle Gentian,  Gentiana parryi, @Sherwood Creek

Monument Plant,  Frasera speciosa,  @mud lake

Geraniaceae (Geranium)

RedstemFilaree or Stork’s Bill, Erodium cicutarium  @homestead trail

Richardson Geranium,  Geranium richardsonii, @mud lake

Grossulariaceae (Gooseberry)

Golden currant, Ribes aureum @legion park

Wax Currant, Ribes cereum,  @green mountain   @Pawnee buttes

Hypericaceae (St. John's-Wort)

St. Johnswort,  Hypericum perforatum, @Meadwolark trail

Iridaceae (Iris)

Wild iris, Iris missouriensis, @mud lake

Lamiaceae (Mint)

American Dragonhead, Dracocephalum parviflorum @Wind River

Britton's Skullcap, Scutellaria brittonii @mud lake

Linaceae (Flax) 

Blue flax, Linum lewisii, @legion park

Malvaceae (Mallow)

Scarlet Globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea @Meadowlark trail  @legion park

Melanthiaceae (False Hellebore) 

Mountain Death Camas, Anticlea elegans @caribou ranch

Montiaceae (Miner's lettuce) 

Spring beauty, Claytonia rosea, @mesa trail  @goshawk ridge  @green mountain

Monotropaceae (Pinesap) 

Pinedrops, Pterospora andromedea @Sherwood Creek

Onagraceae (Evening Primrose)

Howard's Evening Primrose, Oenothera howardii  @legion park

Lavenderleaf sundrop, Oenothera lavandulifolius @Pawnee buttes

Scarlet Gaura, Oenothera suffrutescens @legion park

Willowherb, probably Panicled Willowherb,  Epilobium brachycarpum @Sherwood Creek

Orchidaceae (orchid)

Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid,  Goodyera oblongifolia @Sherwood Creek

Spotted corralroot, Corallorhiza maculata, @mud lake

Tall Green Bog Orchid, Platanthera huronensis @Wind River

Orobanchaceae (Broomrape Family) 

Indian paintbrush, Castilleja minata @mud lake

Papavaraceae (Poppy)

Crested Prickly Poppy, Argemone polyanthemos, @Meadwolark trail

Pinaceae (Pine)

Limber Pine, Pinus flexilis @mud lake

Plantaginaceae

Blue eyed mary, Collinsia parviflora,  @green mountain

Blue mist penstemon, Penstemon virens @mud lake  @green mountain

Broadbeard Penstemon, Penstemon angustifolius  @legion park

Sidebells Penstemon, Penstemon secundiflorus @mud lake

Poaceae (Grass)

Buffalograss, Buchloe dactyloides  @legion park

Foxtail Barley, Hordeum jubatum  @legion park

Needle-and-thread grass, Hesperostipa comata, @legion park

Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)

Sheep's Sorrel Rumex acetosella  @caribou ranch

Subalpine Buckwheat, Eriogonum umbellatum var. Majus @caribou ranch

Winged Buckwheat, Eriogonum alatum @six mile fold

Polemoniaceae (Phlox)

Carpet Phlox, Phlox hoodii  @Pawnee buttes

Fairy Trumpet, Ipomopsis aggregata @Sherwood Creek

Narrow-leaf Mountain Trumpet Collomia linearis @caribou ranch

Spike Ipomopsis, Ipomopsis spicata,  @Pawnee buttes

Sticky Gilia, Aliciella pinnatifida,  @Wind River

Primulaceae (Primrose)

Shooting star, Dodecatheon pulchellum, @mud lake

Ranunculaceae (buttercup) 

Cutleaf Anemone,  Anemone multifida @mud lake  @caribou ranch

Nuttall's Larkspur, Delphinium nuttallianum @mud lake  @goshawk ridge  mystery hike

Pasque flower, Pulsatilla patens @goshawk ridge

Rosaceae (Rose)

Antelope Bitterbrush, Purshia tridentata, @Wind River

Leafy cinquefoil, Drymocallis fissa,   @green mountain

Mountain Mahogany, Cercocarpus montanus @legion park

Rubiaceae (Madder)

Northern Bedstraw, Most likely Galium boreal @mud lake

Ruscacea (butcher's broom family)

False Solomon's Seal, Maianthemum racemosum, ssp. amplexicaule  @mud lake

Santalaceae (Sandalwood) 

Bastard Toadflax Comandra umbellata, @meadowlark trail  @Pawnee buttes

Sapindaceae (Soapbearry)

Box elder (maple) tree, Acer negundo  @goshawk ridge

Saxifragacea (Saxifrage)

Rocky Mountain Alumroot, Heuchera bracteata,   @green mountain

Verbenaceae (Vervain) 

Dakota Mock Vervain,  Glandularia bipinnatifida  @meadowlark trail

Violaceae (Violet) 

Nuttall’s Violet, Viola nuttalli   @homestead trail  @Pawnee buttes

Prairie violet, Viola pedatifida, mystery hike

Other Photos

Old man's beard

Swainson's Hawk

Wandering Garter Snake 

Pollen Wasp

Two-tailed Swallowtail

Mourning Cloak

Pine White

Cricket

Stinkbug

Skipper

Moth

Caribou Ghost Town
Six-MIle Fold fossils

Mourning cloak butterfly

Comma butterfly

Box elder bug

Vesper sparrow

Coral-winged grasshopper

Jet planes

Anise swallowtail

Chipping sparrow

Fungus-- Veiled Polypore

Painted lady

Juniper apple rust

redtail hawk

HCA sign

Rattle snake

lark sparrow

Blister beetles

crab spider

harvester ants