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Species Count: 227 Amaranthaceae Atriplex canescens Atriplex saccaria Blitum nuttallianum Grayia spinosa Salsola tragus Amaryllidaceae Allium macropetalum Allium nevadense Anacardiaceae Rhus aromatica Toxicodendron rydbergii Apiaceae Cymopterus glomeratus Apocynaceae Apocynum cannabinum Asclepias asperula Asclepias latifolia Asclepias macrosperma Asparagaceae Androstephium breviflorum Eremocrinum albomarginatum Yucca angustissima Yucca harrimaniae Asteraceae Acourtia wrightii Artemisia bigelovii Artemisia ludoviciana Baccharis salicifolia Brickellia atractyloides Brickellia longifolia Brickellia microphylla Chaenactis macrantha Chaenactis stevioides Cirsium neomexicanum Cirsium rydbergii Conyza canadensis Dieteria canescens Encelia resinifera Ericameria nauseosa Erigeron bellidiastrum Erigeron divergens Erigeron lobatus Erigeron utahensis Euthamia occidentalis Gaillardia pinnatifida Glyptopleura marginata Gnaphalium palustre Gutierrezia microcephala Gutierrezia sarothrae Herrickia glauca Heterotheca villosa Hymenopappus filifolius Logfia filaginoides Malacothrix glabrata Pluchea sericea Prenanthella exigua Pseudognaphalium stramineum Scabrethia scabra Solidago lepida Solidago velutina Sonchus asper Stephanomeria pauciflora Stylocline micropoides Symphyotrichum ascendens Symphyotrichum welshii Tetraneuris acaulis Tetraneuris ivesiana Thymophylla pentachaeta Townsendia annua Townsendia incana Xylorhiza tortifolia Betulaceae Ostrya knowltonii Boraginaceae Cryptantha confertiflora Cryptantha fendleri Cryptantha flava Cryptantha gracilis Cryptantha nevadensis Cryptantha pterocarya Cryptantha recurvata Heliotropium convolvulaceum Lappula occidentalis Phacelia ivesiana Plagiobothrys jonesii Tiquilia latior Brassicaceae Arabis pulchra Descurainia pinnata Lepidium alyssoides Lepidium lasiocarpum Lepidium lasiocarpum x oblongum Lepidium montanum Physaria rectipes Rorippa sinuata Streptanthella longirostris Cactaceae Echinocereus coccineus Echinocereus engelmannii Opuntia polyacantha Sclerocactus parviflorus Campanulaceae Lobelia cardinalis Cannabaceae Celtis reticulata Caryophyllaceae Silene antirrhina Commelinaceae Tradescantia occidentalis Cupressaceae Juniperus osteosperma Cyperaceae Carex hassei Schoenoplectus pungens Elaeagnaceae Shepherdia rotundifolia Ephedraceae Ephedra cutleri Ephedra torreyana Ephedra viridis Equisetaceae Equisetum hyemale Equisetum laevigatum Equisetum × ferrissii Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia fendleri Fabaceae Astragalus amphioxys Astragalus lentiginosus Astragalus nuttallianus Astragalus sabulonum Astragalus zionis Cercis orbiculata Dalea candida Ladeania lanceolata Lupinus pusillus Fagaceae Quercus gambelii Quercus gambelii X turbinella Quercus pauciloba Quercus X pauciloba Quercus × pauciloba Gentianaceae Frasera paniculata Zeltnera calycosa Geraniaceae Erodium cicutarium Erodium texanum Juncaceae Juncus arcticus Juncus longistylis Juncus tenuis Juncus torreyi Liliaceae Calochortus flexuosus Calochortus nuttallii Loasaceae Mentzelia albicaulis Mentzelia multiflora Mentzelia pterosperma Malvaceae Sphaeralcea coccinea Sphaeralcea moorei Sphaeralcea rusbyi Nyctaginaceae Abronia fragrans Mirabilis multiflora Tripterocalyx carneus Oleaceae Fraxinus anomala Onagraceae Camissonia walkeri Oenothera cespitosa Oenothera coronopifolia Oenothera longissima Oenothera pallida Orchidaceae Epipactis gigantea Orobanchaceae Castilleja chromosa Castilleja linariifolia Castilleja minor Phrymaceae Erythranthe eastwoodiae Pinaceae Pinus edulis Plantaginaceae Penstemon ambiguus Penstemon eatonii Penstemon utahensis Plantago patagonica Poaceae Andropogon gerardi Aristida purpurea Bothriochloa barbinodis Bouteloua curtipendula Bromus diandrus Bromus japonicus Bromus rubens Bromus tectorum Calamagrostis scopulorum Cenchrus longispinus Cynodon dactylon Dasyochloa pulchella Dichanthelium acuminatum Distichlis spicata Elymus canadensis Elymus elymoides Eriocoma hymenoides Hesperostipa comata Hilaria jamesii Imperata brevifolia Muhlenbergia minutissima Muhlenbergia thurberi Panicum virgatum Pappostipa speciosa Phragmites australis Poa annua Poa fendleriana Poa pratensis Polypogon monspeliensis Polypogon viridis Schismus barbatus Schizachyrium scoparium Sorghastrum nutans Sporobolus cryptandrus Sporobolus flexuosus Vulpia octoflora Polemoniaceae Aliciella hutchinsifolia Gilia sinuata Ipomopsis aggregata Ipomopsis gunnisonii Ipomopsis polycladon Polygonaceae Eriogonum corymbosum Eriogonum inflatum Eriogonum palmerianum Eriogonum wetherillii Rumex hymenosepalus Stenogonum flexum Primulaceae Primula specuicola Pteridaceae Adiantum capillus-veneris Ranunculaceae Anemone tuberosa Aquilegia micrantha Clematis ligusticifolia Delphinium scaposum Rhamnaceae Rhamnus betulifolia Rosaceae Amelanchier utahensis Coleogyne ramosissima Petrophyton caespitosum Purshia stansburyana Rubiaceae Galium multiflorum Salicaceae Populus fremontii Salix exigua Salix gooddingii Santalaceae Comandra umbellata Solanaceae Datura wrightii Lycium andersonii Lycium andersonii x brevipes Nicotiana attenuata Nicotiana obtusifolia Tamaricaceae Tamarix chinensis Typhaceae Typha domingensis Urticaceae Parietaria pensylvanica Vitaceae Parthenocissus inserta