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The Bison of Yellowstone National Park
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APPENDIX I:
COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF PLANTS

Common name Scientific name

Alpine FoxtailAlopecurus alpinus
Alpine FirAbies lasiocarpa
ArnicaArnica spp.
BalsamrootBalsamorrhiza sagittata
Barley, MeadowHordeum brachyantherium
Barley, WildHordeum spp.
Blue-eyed MaryCollinsia parviflora
BluegrassPoa spp.
Bluegrass, AlpineP. alpina
Bluegrass, CanbyP. canbyi
Bluegrass, CusickP. cusickii
Bluegrass, KentuckyP. pratensis
Bluegrass, SandbergP. secunda
Bluegrass, TimberlineP. rupicola
CinquefoilPotentilla spp.
Cinquefoil, NorthwestP. gracilis
Cinquefoil, ShrubbyP. fruticosa
CloverTrifolium repens
DandelionTaraxacum spp.
Dwarf HuckleberryVaccinium scoparium
Engelmann SprucePicea englemanni
EriogonumEriogonum spp.
Eriogonum, SulfurE. umbellatum
Geranium
Giant Wild-ryeElymus cinereus
GroundselSenecio spp.
HorsetailEquisetum spp.
Idaho FescueFestuca idahoensis
JunegrassKoeleria cristata
LupineLupinus spp.
Mountain BromeBromus marginatus
Needle-and-ThreadStipa comata
NeedlegrassStipa spp.
Needlegrass, ColumbiaS. columbiana
Needlegrass, RichardsonS. richardsonii
OnionAllium rubrum
PhloxPhlox spp.
Pine, LodgepolePinus contorta
Pine, WhitebarkP. albicaulis
PinegrassCalamagrostis rubescens
Purple Onion GrassMelica spectabilis
PussytoesAntennaria parvifolia
RaspberryRubus spp.
Red DogwoodCornus stolonifera
RushJuncus spp.
Rush, Long-styledJ. longistylus
Rush, SlenderJ. tenuis
Rush, WireJ. balticus
SagebrushArtemisia spp.
Sagebrush, BigA. tridentata
Sagebrush, FringedA. frigida
SedgeCarex pp.

aC. acuta

C. aperta

C. aquatilis

C. athrostachya

C. nova

C. platylepsis

C. raynoldsii

C. xerantica
Sedge, BeakedC. rostrata
Sedge, HepburnC. hepburnii
Sedge, NebraskaC. nebraskensis
Sedge, OvalheadC. festivella
Sedge, SilvertopC. foenea
Sedge, SmallwingC. microptera
Sedge, ValleyC. vallicola
Sedge, WoollyC. lanuginosa
ServiceberryAmelanchier spp.
Spike-sedgeEleocharis macrostachya
SweetgrassHierochloe odorata
Timber OatgrassDanthonia intermedia
TimothyPhleum pratense
Timothy AlpineP. alpinum
Tufted HairgrassDeschampsia caespitosa
Western BulrushScirpus acutus
WheatgrassAgropyron spp.
Wheatgrass, BluebunchA. spicatum
Wheatgrass, BluestemA. smithii
Wheatgrass. SlenderA. trachycaulum
Wheatgrass, ThickspikeA. dasystachyum
WillowSalix spp

aNot listed its Booth (1050), but determined by him (1968 pers. Comm.)


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