Vascular Species of the INEEL beginning with C

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Common name Where found
Cactaceae - Cactus Family
NPSc Coryphantha missouriensis (Sweet) Britt. & Rose Nipple coryphantha (see Excobaria missouriensis var. missouriensis)
NPSc Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D. R. Hunt
    var. missouriensis 
 Nipple coryphantha

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Reno Point
NPSc Opuntia polyacantha Haw. Starvation cactus, Prickly-pear  common and widespread
Capparaceae (Capparidaceae) - Caper Family
NAF Cleome luteo Hook. Yellow bee plant Big Lost River, west foothills
Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family
NPS Sambucus cerulea Raf. Elderberry Big Southern Butte
NPS Symphoricarpos oreophilus Gray Snowberry Big Southern Butte, west foothills
Caryophyllaceae - Pink Family
NPF Arenaria aculeata S. Wats. Maguire king's sandwort Big Southern Butte, west foothills
NPF Arenaria capillaris Poir.
    ssp. americana Maguire
Mountain sandwort, Thread-leaved sandwort west foothills
NPF Arenaria congesta Nutt.
    var. congesta
Capitate sandwort, Ballhead sandwort common, widespread
NPF Arenaria franklinii Dougl.
    var. franklinii
Franklin's sandwort Big Southern Butte, common, widespread
NPF Arenaria kingii (Wats.) Jones
    var. glabrescens (Wats.) Maguire
Maguire king's sandwort (see A. aculeata)
NPF Arenaria nuttallli Pax
    var. fragilis (Maguire & Holmgren) Hitchc.
Nuttall's sandwort (see Minuartia nuttalii ssp. nuttallii)
NPF Lychnis drummondii (Hook.) Wats. Drummond campion (see Silene drummondii var. drummondii)
NPF Minuartia nuttallii (Pax) Briq.
    ssp. nuttallii
Nuttall's sandwort Big Southern Butte
NPF Silene douglasii Hook.
    var.  douglassii
Douglas' silene East & Big Southern Buttes
NPF Silene drummondii Hook.
    var. dummondii
Drummond campion Big Southern Butte
NPF Silene menziesii Hook.
    ssp. menziesii
        var. viscosa (Greene) Hitchc. & Maguire
Menzies' silene Birch Creek
Chenopodiaceaea - Goosefoot Family
NPS Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.
    var. conescens 
Fourwing saltbush, Wingscale west and north edges
NPS Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frem.) Wats. Shadscale, Spiny Saltbush widespread
NPS Atriplex falcata (M. E. Jones) Standl. Saltsage, Mountscale, Nuttall saltbush central and north parts of site
NPS Atriplex nuttallii Wats.
    va. falcata M. E. Jones
Saltsage, Moundscale, Nuttal saltbush (see A. falcata)
IAF Atriplex rosea  Red orache Big Lost River and disturbed areas
NPS Atriplex spinosa (Hook.) Collotzi Spiny hopsage (see Grayia spinosa)
NPS Ceratoides lanata (Pursh) J.T. Howell Winterfat, White sage, Winter sage (see Krascheninnikovia lanata)
IAF Chenopodium album L. White goosefoot, Lamb's quarter, White pigweed widespread on disturbed areas
NAF Chenopodium atrovirens Rydb. Fremont's goosefoot widespread on disturbed areas, more common than C. album
NAF Chenopodium fremontii Wats.
    var. atrovirens (Rydb.) Fosberg
Fremont's goosefoot (see C. atrovirens)
NAF Chenopodium fremontii Wats.
    var. fremontii
Fremont's goosefoot widespread on disturbed areas, more common than C. album
NAF Chenopodium fremontii Wats.
    var. incanum Wats.
Fremont's goosefoot (see C. incanum var. incanum)
NAF Chenopodium glaucum L. Oakleaf goosefoot, Glaucus goosefoot (see C. salinum)
NAF Chenopodium hybridum L. Maple-leaved goosefoot, Sowbane (see C. simplex)
NAF Chenopodium incanum (Wats.) Heller
    var. incanum
Fremont's goosefoot widespread on disturbed areas, more common than C. album
NAF Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Wats.
    var. leptophyllum
Slimleaf goosefoot, Lamb's quarter widespread but not common
NAF Chenopodium salinum Standl. Oakleaf goosefoot, Glaucus goosefoot Big Lost River
NAF Chenopodium simplex (Torr.) Raf. Mapple-leaved goosefoot, Sowbane west foothills under junipers
NPS Eurotia lanata (Pursh) Moq. Winterfat, White sage, Winter sage (see Krascheninnikovia lanata)
NPS Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq. Spiny hopsage widespread, common
IAF Hologeton glomeratus C. A. Meyer Halogeton very common on disturbed areas, especially on playas & along roadsides
IAF Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad. Summer cypress, Red belvedere widespread on disturbed areas
NPS Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) Guldenstaedt Winterfat, White sage, Winter sage widespread with sagebrush, salt bushes and in pure stands in some areas
NAF Monolepis nuttalliana (Schultes) Greene Povertyweed, Prostrate monolepis spreading area, Big Lost River, roadsides & on basalt flows
IAF Salsola kali L. Windwitch, Tumbleweed, Russian thistle very common, widespread in disturbed areas, sometimes dominant for long stretches
NPS Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood, Chico common in saline areas
Compositae - Composite or Sunflower Family     (see Asteraceae)
 
Convolvulaceae - Morning Glory Family
IPF Consolvulus arvensis L. Field morning glory, Small bindweed roadside weed
Cornaceae - Dogwood Family
NPS Cornus sericea L.
   ssp. sericea
Red-stemmed dogwood, Red-osier dogwood Webb Springs, Birch Creek
NPS Cornus stolonifera Michx.
    var. stolonifera
Red-stemmed dogwood, Red-osier dogwood (see C. sericea ssp. sericea)
Crassulaceae - Stonecrop Family
NPSc Sedum lanceolatum Torr.
    var. lanceolatum
Lance-leaved stonecrop west foothills, buttes
Cruciferae - Mustard Family (see Brassicaceae)
 
Cupressaceae - Cypress Family
NPT Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little Utah juniper scattered throughout site
NPT Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. Rocky Mountain juniper Big Southern Butte
Cuscutaceae - Dodder Family
NPF Cuscuta indecora Choisey Inelegant dodder west foothills
Cyperaceae - Sedge Family
NPG Carex aurea Nutt. Golden sedge along Birch Creek at Reno Point
NPG Carex douglasii Boott Douglas' sedge dry sagebrush areas, scattered throughout site
NPG Carex filifolia Nutt. Thread-leaf sedge Lemhi foothills
NPG Carex microptera Mack. Small-winged sedge Webb Springs
NPG Eleocharis palustris (L.) R. and S. Common spike-rush, Creeping spikerns Webb Springs, sinks
NPG Scirpus acutus Muhl. Hardstem bulrush outflows and lagoons near facilities


   

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