USDA Forest Service Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab - Rocky Mountain Research Station

 

 
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab
322 East Front Street
Suite 401
Boise, ID  83702

(208) 373-4340
(208) 373-4391 (FAX)

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Selection and Increase Project

 

Research Species

Below is the current list of species involved in the Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project.  For additional information about the status of a species and which cooperators are involved see Appendix 1 in the 2006 Annual Report

 

 

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APIACEAE

 

 

LILIACEAE

 

 

Lomatium dissectum 

Fernleaf biscuitroot

 

Allium acuminatum

Tapertip onion

Lomatium graveolens var. graveolens

Stinking lomatium

 

LINACEAE

 

L. grayi

Gray's biscuitroot

 

Linum lewisii lewisii

Blue flax

L. leptocarpum

Slender-fruit lomatium

 

L. perenne

Blue flax

L. triternatum

Nineleaf biscuitroot

 

MALVACEAE

 

Perideridia bolanderi

Yampah

 

Sphaeralcea spp.

Globemallow

ASTERACEAE

 

 

S. coccinea

Scarlet globemallow

Achillea millefolium

Western yarrow

 

S. grossulariifolia

Gooseberryleaf globemallow

Agoseris aurantiaca

Orange agoseris

 

S. munroana

Munro's globemallow

A. glauca

Pale agoseris

 

S. parvifolia

Small-flower globemallow

A. grandiflora

Bigflower agoseris

 

POACEAE

 

A. heterophylla

Annual agoseris

 

Achnatherum hymenoides

Indian ricegrass

A. tridentata wyomingensis

Wyoming big sagebrush

 

A. thurberianum

Thurber’s needlegrass

Balsamorhiza hookeri

Hooker balsamroot

 

Bromus carinatus

California brome

B. sagittata

Arrowleaf balsamroot

 

B. marginatus

Mountain brome

Chaenactis douglasii

Douglas false-yarrow

 

Elymus elymoides

Squirreltail grass

Chrysothamnus nauseosus

Gray rabbitbrush

 

E. elymoides brevifolia

Bottlebrush squirreltail

Crepis acuminata

Tapertip hawksbeard

 

E. multisetus

Big squirreltail

C. intermedia

Gray hawksbeard

 

Hesperostipa comata

Needle-and thread grass

C. occidentalis

Western hawksbeard

 

Leymus cinereus

Basin wildrye

Erigeron pumilus

Shaggy fleabane

 

L. triticoides

Beardless wildrye

Machaeranthera canescens

Hoary aster

 

Poa fendleriana

Muttongrass

Viguiera multiflora

Showy goldeneye

 

P. secunda

Sandberg bluegrass

CAPPARACEAE

 

 

Pseudoroegneria spicata

Bluebunch wheatgrass

Cleome lutea

Yellow beeplant

 

POLEMONIACEAE

 

C. serrulata

Rocky Mountain beeplant

 

P. longifolia

Longleaf phlox

CHENOPODIACEAE

 

 

POLYGONACEAE

 

Atriplex canescens

Four-wing saltbush

 

Eriogonum heracleoides

Wyeth buckwheat

A. confertifolia

Shadscale

 

E. ovalifolium

Cushion buckwheat

A. torreyi

Torrey's saltbush

 

E. umbellatum

Sulfur-flower buckwheat

Krascheninnikovia lanata

Winterfat

 

ROSACEAE

 

FABACEAE

 

 

Purshia tridentata

Bitterbrush

Astragalus eremeticus 

Hermit milkvetch

 

SCROPHULARIACAE

 

A. filipes (A. stenophyllus)

Threadstalk milkvetch

 

Penstemon acuminatus

Sharpleaf penstemon

A. utahensis

Utah milkvetch

 

P. cyaneus

Royal penstemon

Dalea ornata

Prairie clover

 

P. deustus

Scabland penstemon

Hedysarum boreale

Boreal sweetvetch

 

P. pachyphyllus

Thickleaf penstemon

H. occidentale

Western sweetvetch

 

P. speciosus

Sagebrush penstemon

Lathyrus brachycalyx

Sweetpea

 

 

 

Lupinus arbustus

Longspur lupine

 

 

 

L. argenteus

Silvery lupine

 

 

 

L. caudatus

Tailcup lupine

 

 

 

L. polyphyllus

Bigleaf lupine

 

 

 

L. sericeus

Silky lupine

 

 

 

Vicia americana

American vetch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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