North American Wildland Plants 2/e

James Stubbendieck is the director of the Center for Great Plains Studies and a professor of grassland ecology in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Stephan L. Hatch is a professor of grass taxonomy and director of the S. M. Tracy Herbarium at Texas A&M University and is the coauthor of Grasses of the Texas Gulf Prairies and Marshes and Texas Range Plants. Neal M. Bryan is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Acknowledgments Introduction Wildland Plants Grasses Family POACEAE Tribe ANDROPOGONEAE Andropogon gerardii Andropogon virginicus Bothriochloa laguroides Heteropogon contortus Schizachyrium scoparium Sorghastrum nutans Tripsacum dactyloidesARISTIDEAE Aristida oligantha Aristida purpureaAVENEAE Agrostis stolonifera Avena barbata Avena fatua Calamagrostis canadensis Calamagrostis rubescens Deschampsia cespitosa Helictotrichon hookeri Koeleria macrantha Phalaris arundinacea Phleum alpinum Phleum pratense Trisetum spicatumBROMEAE Bromus carinatus Bromus diandrus Bromus hordeaceus Bromus inermis Bromus tectorumCYNODONTEAE Bouteloua curtipendula Bouteloua eriopoda Bouteloua gracilis Bouteloua hirsuta Bouteloua repens Buchloe dactyloides Chloris cucullata Cynodon dactylon Hilaria belangeri Hilaria jamesii Hilaria mutica Schedonnardus paniculatus Spartina gracilis Spartina pectinataDANTHONIEAE Danthonia californica Danthonia intermedia Danthonia parryiERAGROSTEAE Blepharoneuron tricholepis Calamovilfa longifolia Distichlis spicata Eragrostis curvula Eragrostis trichodes Leptochloa dubia Muhlenbergia montana Muhlenbergia porteri Muhlenbergia torreyi Redfieldia flexuosa Scleropogon brevifolius Sporobolus airoides Sporobolus compositus Sporobolus cryptandrusMELICEAE Melica bulbosaPANICEAE Digitaria californica Panicum hallii Panicum obtusum Panicum virgatum Paspalum distichum Pennisetum ciliare Setaria leucopilaPOEAE Dactylis glomerata Festuca campestris Festuca idahoensis Poa fendleriana Poa pratensis Poa secunda Vulpia octofloraSTIPEAE Hesperostipa comata Nassella leucotricha Nassella pulchra Stipa hymenoides Stipa nelsoniiTRITICEAE Agropyron cristatum Elymus canadensis Elymus elymoides Elymus hispidus Elymus smithii Elymus spicatus Elymus trachycaulus Hordeum jubatum Hordeum pusillum Leymus cinereus Taeniatherum caput-medusaeGrass-like Plants Family Scientific Name CYPERACEAE Carex filifolia Carex geyeri Carex nebrascensis Carex utriculata Schoenoplectus acutusJUNCACEAE Juncus balticusForbs and Woody Plants Family Scientific Name ANACARDIACEAE Rhus aromaticaAPIACEAE Conium maculatumASTERACEAE Tribe Scientific Name ANTHEMIDEAE Achillea millefolium Artemisia cana Artemisia filifolia Artemisia frigida Artemisia ludoviciana Artemisia nova Artemisia spinescens Artemisia tridentataASTEREAE Amphiachyris dracunculoides Chrysopsis villosa Chrysothamnus nauseosus Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus Grindelia squarrosa Gutierrezia sarothrae Solidago missouriensisCICHORIEAE Agoseris glauca Crepis acuminata Taraxacum officinale EUPATORIEAE Liatris punctataHELIANTHEAE Ambrosia deltoidea Ambrosia dumosa Ambrosia psilostachya Baileya multiradiata Balsamorhiza sagittata Flourensia cernua Hymenoxys hoopesii Hymenoxys odorata Ratibida columnifera Wyethia amplexicaulis Wyethia mollisSENECIONEAE Senecio douglasii Senecio serra Tetradymia canescensFamily Scientific Name BETULACEAE Alnus incanaBRASSICACEAE Descurainia pinnata Stanleya pinnataCAPRIFOLIACEAE Symphoricarpos albus Symphoricarpos occidentalisCHENOPODIACEAE Atriplex canescens Atriplex confertifolia Atriplex gardneri Ceratoides lanata Grayia spinosa Halogeton glomeratus Kochia americana Kochia scoparia Salsola iberica Sarcobatus vermiculatusCLUSIACEAE Hypericum perforatumCORNACEAE Cornus sericeaCUPRESSACEAE Juniperus monosperma Juniperus scopulorumDENNSTAEDTIACEAE Pteridium aquilinumELAEAGNACEAE Shepherdia canadensisEPHEDRACEAE Ephedra trifurcaERICACEAE Arctostaphylos pungens Arctostaphylos uva-ursiFABACEAE Acacia berlandieri Acacia farnesiana Acacia greggii Acacia rigidula Amorpha canescens Astragalus mollissimus Dalea purpurea Lupinus caudatus Medicago polymorpha Oxytropis lambertii Prosopis glandulosa Psoralidium tenuiflorumFAGACEAE Quercus gambelii Quercus stellataGERANIACEAE Erodium botrys Erodium cicutarium Geranium richardsoniiGROSSULARIACEAE Ribes cereum KRAMERIACEAE Krameria erectaMALVACEAE Sphaeralcea coccineaONAGRACEAE Epilobium angustifolium PINACEAE Pinus edulis Pinus ponderosaPLANTAGINACEAE Plantago patagonicaRANUNCULACEAE Delphinium bicolor Delphinium occidentaleRHAMNACEAE Ceanothus cuneatus Ceanothus fendleri Ceanothus integerrimus Ceanothus velutinusROSACEAE Adenostoma fasciculatum Amelanchier alnifolia Cercocarpus ledifolius Cercocarpus montanus Coleogyne ramosissima Fallugia paradoxa Pentaphylloides fruticosa Prunus virginiana Purshia stansburiana Purshia tridentata Rosa woodsiiSALICACEAE Populus tremuloides Salix bebbiana Salix exiguaSCROPHULARIACEAE Penstemon glaberULMACEAE Celtis pallidaZYGOPHYLLACEAE Larrea tridentataGlossary Authorities Selected References Index

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