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habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
grass-like
cactus-like / succulents
aquatic & OBL wetland species
special groups
composites
legumes
milkweeds
mints
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
armature
unarmed
armed
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
2-5
more than 5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Fort Union National Monument
NPS-SOPN
Species Count: 194
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus hybridus
Amaranthus palmeri
Atriplex canescens
Bassia scoparia
Chenopodium hians
Chenopodium incanum
Chenopodium leptophyllum
Chenopodium watsonii
Dysphania graveolens
Krascheninnikovia
Salsola tragus
Amaryllidaceae
Allium cernuum
Anacardiaceae
Rhus trilobata
Toxicodendron radicans
Toxicodendron rydbergii
Apiaceae
Berula erecta
Pseudocymopterus montanus
Apocynaceae
Asclepias involucrata
Asclepias latifolia
Asclepias speciosa
Asclepias subverticillata
Asparagaceae
Nolina greenei
Nolina microcarpa
Yucca glauca
Asteraceae
Ambrosia confertiflora
Ambrosia psilostachya
Artemisia carruthii
Artemisia frigida
Artemisia ludoviciana
Berlandiera lyrata
Brickellia brachyphylla
Carduus nutans
Chaetopappa ericoides
Cirsium neomexicanum
Cirsium undulatum
Cirsium wheeleri
Conyza canadensis
Dieteria bigelovii
Dyssodia papposa
Engelmannia peristenia
Erigeron canus
Erigeron divergens
Erigeron grandiflorus
Gaillardia pinnatifida
Grindelia squarrosa
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Helianthus annuus
Heterotheca fulcrata
Heterotheca villosa
Hymenopappus filifolius
Lactuca serriola
Liatris punctata
Lygodesmia juncea
Lygodesmia texana
Ratibida columnifera
Ratibida tagetes
Senecio spartioides
Solidago mollis
Sonchus asper
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Taraxacum officinale
Tetraneuris acaulis
Thelesperma megapotamicum
Tragopogon pratensis
Verbesina encelioides
Xanthisma spinulosum
Zinnia grandiflora
Boraginaceae
Cryptantha crassisepala
Cryptantha minima
Lappula occidentalis
Lithospermum incisum
Oreocarya thyrsiflora
Brassicaceae
Descurainia pinnata
Erysimum capitatum
Lepidium densiflorum
Cactaceae
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Opuntia phaeacantha
Opuntia polyacantha
Caryophyllaceae
Arenaria lanuginosa
Commelinaceae
Commelina tuberosa
Convolvulaceae
Convolvulus arvensis
Ipomoea purpurea
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita foetidissima
Cupressaceae
Juniperus monosperma
Juniperus scopulorum
Cyperaceae
Carex occidentalis
Carex rossii
Cyperus fendlerianus
Schoenoplectus pungens
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia davidii
Euphorbia fendleri
Euphorbia serpillifolia
Fabaceae
Amorpha canescens
Amorpha fruticosa
Astragalus agrestis
Astragalus crassicarpus
Astragalus mollissimus
Dalea albiflora
Dalea purpurea
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Lathyrus eucosmus
Medicago lupulina
Melilotus officinalis
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Fagaceae
Quercus grisea
Quercus X pauciloba
Geraniaceae
Erodium cicutarium
Grossulariaceae
Ribes cereum
Lamiaceae
Marrubium vulgare
Monarda pectinata
Prunella vulgaris
Salvia reflexa
Teucrium laciniatum
Linaceae
Linum aristatum
Linum lewisii
Linum puberulum
Loasaceae
Mentzelia multiflora
Malvaceae
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Sphaeralcea hastulata
Sphaeralcea incana
Melanthiaceae
Zigadenus elegans
Montiaceae
Phemeranthus parviflorus
Nyctaginaceae
Mirabilis linearis
Onagraceae
Epilobium ciliatum
Oenothera coronopifolia
Oenothera curtiflora
Oenothera suffrutescens
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja integra
Castilleja martini
Orobanche fasciculata
Pinaceae
Pinus edulis
Plantaginaceae
Penstemon whippleanus
Plantago patagonica
Poaceae
Achnatherum robustum
Agrostis gigantea
Agrostis stolonifera
Andropogon gerardi
Aristida divaricata
Aristida purpurea
Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua dactyloides
Bouteloua gracilis
Bouteloua hirsuta
Bromus anomalus
Bromus catharticus
Bromus japonicus
Bromus lanatipes
Bromus tectorum
Distichlis spicata
Elymus canadensis
Elymus elymoides
Elymus trachycaulus
Hopia obtusa
Koeleria macrantha
Lycurus phleoides
Lycurus setosus
Muhlenbergia montana
Muhlenbergia repens
Muhlenbergia torreyi
Muhlenbergia wrightii
Munroa squarrosa
Nassella viridula
Panicum capillare
Panicum virgatum
Pascopyrum smithii
Piptatheropsis micrantha
Poa annua
Poa fendleriana
Poa pratensis
Schedonnardus paniculatus
Schizachyrium scoparium
Sporobolus airoides
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Polemoniaceae
Phlox nana
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum alatum
Eriogonum hieraciifolium
Eriogonum jamesii
Eriogonum wrightii
Portulacaceae
Portulaca oleracea
Ranunculaceae
Clematis ligusticifolia
Rosaceae
Fallugia paradoxa
Physocarpus monogynus
Rosa woodsii
Salicaceae
Populus angustifolia
Salix amygdaloides
Salix exigua
Scrophulariaceae
Verbascum thapsus
Solanaceae
Chamaesaracha coronopus
Physalis hederifolia
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Typhaceae
Typha latifolia
Ulmaceae
Ulmus pumila
Urticaceae
Urtica dioica
Verbenaceae
Verbena macdougalii