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This list of common names and their scientific (Latin) equivalents includes only those plants in the monument that are mentioned in the next. With minor exceptions, authority for the scientific names of all plants and for the common names of all plants except trees is the second edition (1942) of Standardized Plant Names, edited by Harlan P. Kelsey and William A. Dayton. Authority for common names of trees is Check List of Native and Naturalized Trees of the United States (Including Alaska), by Elbert L. Little, Jr., (U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook No. 41, published in 1953). GRASSES AND SEDGES Bluestem, littleAndropogon scopariusBuffalograssBuchloe dactyloides Gramma, blueBouteloua gracilis Gramma, sideoatsBouteloua curtipendula Needle-and-threadStipa comata Sandreed, prairieCalamovilfa longifolia Sedge, threadleafCarex filifolia Wheatgrass, bluestemAgropyron smithi
Buffaloberry, silverShepherdia argentea Chokecherry, Common Prunus virginiana Cottonwood, plainsPopulus sargentii Elm, AmericanUlmus americana Juniper, Rocky MountainJuniperus scopulorum
Erysimum, plainsErysimum asperum Euphorbia, snow-on-the-mountainEuphorbia marginata Evening-primrose, tuftedOenothera caespitosa Fleabane, fernleafErigeron compositus Globemallow, scarletSphaeralcea coccinea LocoAstragalus missouriensis Mariposa, segolilyCalochortus nuttallii Pasqueflower, AmericanAnemone ludoviciana PenstemonsPenstemon sp. Phlox, HoodsPhlox hoodi Prairie-coneflower, uprightRatibida columnaris Prickly pear, commonOpuntia vulgaris Rose, Fendler woodsRosa woodsi fendleri Starlily, commonLeucocrinum montanum Sweetclover, whiteMelilotus alba Sweetclover, yellowMelilotus officinalis Thermopsis, prairieThermopsis rhombifolia Violet, CanadaViola canadensis Yarrow, westernAchillea lanulosa
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