Plant Check List for Trout Creek Pass, Chaffee County, United States.

Edited by Tom Schweich

This list is assembled from personal collections, herbarium vouchers, and published lists. For California, much of the data is provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria (http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/). For Colorado, much of the data is provided by the Southwest Environmental Information Network, which web site is found at (http://swbiodiversity.org). See their respective websites for copyright information and recommended citation formats.

For a complete list of Locations included in this Area List, see the Locations Included section, below.

This page is highly summarized. For detail about the distribution of plants, please see: Detailed Area List for Trout Creek Pass, Chaffee County, United States.

1. Asteraceae


2. [ ] Artemisia frigida Willd. Prairie Sagewort. SaltCk
3. [ ] Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. incompta (Nutt.) D. D. Keck. White Sagebrush. SaltCk
4. [ ] Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. ludoviciana. (Syn: A. britonii Rydb. ) White Sagebrush. SaltCk
5. [ ] Artemisia tridentata Nutt. Big Sagebrush. SaltCk
6. [ ] Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. var. douglasii. Douglas' Dustymaiden. SaltCk
7. [ ] Cirsium scariosum Nutt. Meadow Thistle. SaltCk
8. [ ] Ericameria parryi (A. Gray) G. I. Nesom & G. I. Baird var. parryi. Parry's Rabbitbrush. SaltCk
9. [ ] Erigeron flagellaris A. Gray. Trailing Fleabane. SaltCk
10. [ ] Erigeron subtrinervis Rydb. ex Porter & Britton. Threenerve Daisy. SaltCk
11. [ ] Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby. (Syn: G. linearifolia Lag. ) Broom Snakeweed. SaltCk
12. [ ] Hymenoxys richardsonii (Hook.) Cockerell var. floribunda (A. Gray) Parker. (Syn: Picradenia richardsonii Hooker var. floribunda (A. Gray) Weber ) Colorado Rubberweed. SaltCk
13. [ ] Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A.Mey. var. pulchella (Pursh) Breitung. (=Mulgedium pulchellum (Pursh) G. Don in R. Sweet) Blue Lettuce. SaltCk
14. [ ] Packera fendleri (A. Gray) W.A. Weber & Á. Löve. (Syn: Senecio fendleri A. Gray ) Fendler’s Ragwort. SaltCk
15. [ ] Solidago missouriensis Nutt. Missouri Goldenrod. SaltCk
16. [ ] Tetradymia canescens DC. Spineless Horsebush.

17. Boraginaceae


18. [ ] Cryptantha fendleri (A. Gray) Greene. Sand Dune Cat's-Eye. SaltCk
19. [ ] Lithospermum multiflorum Torrey ex A. Gray. Many Flowered Stoneseed. SaltCk
20. [ ] Mertensia ciliata (Torr.) G. Don. Tall Fringed Bluebells.
21. [ ] Oreocarya thyrsiflora Greene. (Syn: Cryptantha thyrsiflora (Greene) Payson ) Limestone Cat's-Eye. SaltCk

22. Brassicaceae


23. [ ] Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901. Roundtip Twinpod. SaltCk
24. [ ] Turritis glabra L. (Syn: Arabis glabra (L.) Bernhardi ) Tower Rockcress. SaltCk

25. Campanulaceae


26. [ ] Campanula parryi A. Gray. Parry's Bellflower. SaltCk

27. Fabaceae


28. [ ] Astragalus . Milkvetch. SaltCk
29. [ ] Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt. Groundplum Milkvetch. SaltCk
30. [ ] Astragalus hallii A. Gray var. hallii. Hall's Milkvetch. SaltCk
31. [ ] Astragalus miser Douglas ex. Hook. var. oblongifolius (Rydb.) Cronquist. Timber Milkvetch. SaltCk
32. [ ] Astragalus tenellus Pursh. Looseflower Milkvetch. SaltCk
33. [ ] Oxytropis sericea Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray. White Locoweed. SaltCk
34. [ ] Thermopsis rhombifolia (Nutt. ex Pursh) Nutt. ex Richardson var. divaricarpa (A. Nelson) Isely. (Syn: Thermopsis divaricarpa A. Nelson ) Spreadfruit Goldenbanner. SaltCk

35. Geraniaceae


36. [ ] Geranium caespitosum James. Pineywoods Geranium.

37. Loasaceae


38. [ ] Mentzelia speciosa Osterh. (Syn: Nuttallia speciosa (Osterh.) Greene ) Plains Blazing Star. SaltCk

39. Onagraceae


40. [ ] Oenothera cespitosa Nutt. ssp. macroglottis (Rydb.) W.L. Wagner. Tufted Evening Primrose. SaltCk
41. [ ] Oenothera coronopifolia Torr. & A. Gray. Crownleaf Evening Primrose. SaltCk
42. [ ] Oenothera suffrutescens (Ser.) W. L. Wagner & Hoch. (Syn: Gaura coccinea Pursh , Gaura glabra Lehm. ) Linda Tarde. SaltCk

43. Plantaginaceae


44. [ ] Penstemon barbatus (Cav.) Roth. Beard-Lip Beardtongue.
45. [ ] Penstemon barbatus (Cav.) Roth var. torreyi (Benth.) A. Gray. Beardlip Penstemon. SaltCk
46. [ ] Penstemon teucrioides Greene. Germander Beardtongue. SaltCk
47. [ ] Penstemon virgatus A. Gray var. asa-grayi (Crosswh.) Dorn. Upright Blue Beardtongue. SaltCk

48. Polemoniaceae


49. [ ] Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V.E. Grant ssp. candida (Rydb.) V.E. Grant & A.D. Grant. Scarlet Gilia. SaltCk

50. Primulaceae


51. [ ] Androsace septentrionalis L. (Syn: Androsace septentrionalis L. ssp. subumbellata (A. Nelson) G. T. Robbins ) Pygmyflower Rockjasmine. SaltCk

52. Rosaceae


53. [ ] Dasiophora fruticosa (L.) Rydb. (Syn: Potentilla fruticosa L. ) Shrubby Cinquefoil, Golden Hardtack. SaltCk
54. [ ] Potentilla pensylvanica L. Prairie Cinquefoil. SaltCk

55. Rubiaceae


56. [ ] Galium boreale L. (Syn: Galium septentrionale Roem. & Schult. ) Bedstraw.

57. Alliaceae


58. [ ] Allium cernuum Roth. Nodding Onion. SaltCk

59. Orchidaceae


60. [ ] Platanthera huronensis (Nutt.) Lindl. Huron Green Orchid. SaltCk

61. Poaceae


62. [ ] Achnatherum hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Barkworth. (=Eriocoma hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Rydb.) Indian Rice Grass.
63. [ ] Bromus porteri (J.M. Coult.) Nash. Nodding Brome. SaltCk
64. [ ] Danthonia californica Bol. California Oatgrass. SaltCk
65. [ ] Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey. (Syn: E. longifolius (J. G. Sm.) Gould , Sitanion hystrix (Nutt.) J. G. Sm. ) Squirreltail Grass. SaltCk
66. [ ] Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth. (Syn: Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr. ) Needle and Thread. SaltCk
67. [ ] Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult. Prairie Junegrass. SaltCk
68. [ ] Muhlenbergia montana (Nutt.) Hitchc. Mountain Muhly. SaltCk
69. [ ] Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth. (Syn: Stipa viridula Trin. ) Green Needlegrass. SaltCk

Total number of taxa: 53
Native Taxa:
(serif, italic, bold)		 51
Exotic Taxa:
(sans-serif, italic)		0
Nativity Undetermined:
(default font, italic) 		2
Listed Weeds:
Identified as Weed 		0

Locations Included in This Area

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Date and time this article was prepared: 3/30/2023 5:03:55 PM