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habit
trees
shrubs
herbaceous
grass-like
cactus-like / succulents
special groups
composites
legumes
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
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
inconspicuous
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Mindy S. Pratt
Species Count: 81
Amaranthaceae
Atriplex canescens
Atriplex confertifolia
Halogeton glomeratus
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Salsola kali
Anacardiaceae
Rhus trilobata
Apiaceae
Conium maculatum
Asteraceae
Achillea millefolium
Artemisia ludoviciana
Artemisia tridentata
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Centaurea stoebe
Chondrilla juncea
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Cirsium arvense
Crepis acuminata
Ericameria nauseosa
Grindelia squarrosa
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Wyethia amplexicaulis
Brassicaceae
Descurainia
Isatis tinctoria
Lepidium draba
Cactaceae
Opuntia
Caprifoliaceae
Symphoricarpos albus
Cornaceae
Cornus sericea
Cupressaceae
Juniperus
Cyperaceae
Carex garberi
Carex nebrascensis
Ephedraceae
Ephedra
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia esula
Fabaceae
Astragalus
Lupinus
Oxytropis
Fagaceae
Quercus gambelii
Geraniaceae
Geranium richardsonii
Geranium viscosissimum
Juncaceae
Juncus arcticus
Malvaceae
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja
Pinaceae
Pinus monophylla
Plantaginaceae
Penstemon
Poaceae
Achnatherum nelsonii
Achnatherum thurberianum
Agropyron cristatum
Agrostis stolonifera
Aristida purpurea
Bromus inermis
Bromus marginatus
Bromus tectorum
Dactylis glomerata
Deschampsia cespitosa
Distichlis spicata
Elymus elymoides
Elymus lanceolatus
Eriocoma hymenoides
Festuca idahoensis
Hesperostipa comata
Hordeum jubatum
Koeleria macrantha
Leymus cinereus
Pascopyrum smithii
Phleum
Poa pratensis
Poa secunda
Pseudoroegneria spicata
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Thinopyrum intermedium
Polemoniaceae
Phlox
Ranunculaceae
Delphinium barbeyi
Delphinium occidentale
Rosaceae
Amelanchier alnifolia
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Dasiphora fruticosa
Prunus virginiana
Purshia tridentata
Rosa woodsii
Salicaceae
Populus tremuloides
Salix exigua
Sarcobataceae
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix chinensis