Table 1.3. Flora Present in the Sand Canyon Locality
Scientific Name | Common Name |
| GRASSES AND GRASSLIKE PLANTS | |
| Gramineae | |
| Oryzopsis hymenoides | Indian ricegrass |
| Aristida purpurea | purple threeawn |
| Poa fendleriana | muttongrass |
| Bouteloua gracilis | blue grama grass |
| Bromus tectorum | cheatgrass |
| HERBS | |
| Amaranthaceae | |
| Amaranthus sp. | pigweed |
| Apocynaceae | |
| Apocynum sp. | dogbane |
| Capparidaceae | |
| Cleome sp. | beeweed |
| Chenopodiaceae | |
| Chenopodium sp. | goosefoot |
| Compositae | |
| Helianthus sp. | sunflower |
| Cruciferae | |
| Descurainia sp. | tansy-mustard |
| Leguminosae | |
| Lupinus sp. | lupine |
| Liliaceae | |
| Yucca bacata | wide-leaf yucca |
| Yucca spp. | narrow-leaf yucca |
| Malvaceae | |
| Sphaeralcea sp. | globemallow |
| Polygonaceae | |
| Eriogonum sp. | buckwheat |
| Portulacaceae | |
| Portulaca sp. | purslane |
| Scrophulariaceae | |
| Orthocarpus purpureoalbus | owl-clover |
| Pedicularis centranthera | lousewort |
| Typhaceae | |
| Typha latifolia | cattail |
| CACTUS | |
| Cactaceae | |
| Echinocereus triglochidiatus | hedgehog cactus |
| Opuntia sp. | cholla, prickly pear |
| SHRUBS | |
| Anacardiaceae | |
| Rhus trilobata | lemonadeberry |
| Caprifoliaceae | |
| Symphoricarpos sp. | snowberry |
| Chenopodiaceae | |
| Atriplex canescens | four-wing saltbush |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus | greasewood |
| Compositae | |
| Artemisia tridentata | big sagebrush |
| Gutierrezia sarothrae | snakeweed |
| Chrysothamnus nauseosus | rabbitbrush |
| Ephedraceae | |
| Ephedra viridis | Mormon tea |
| Saxifragaceae | |
| Ribes sp. | currant |
| Fendlera rupicola | fendlerbush |
| Rosaceae | |
| Amelanchier utahensis | Utah serviceberry |
| Cercocarpus montanus | mountain mahogany |
| Cowania neomexicana | cliffrose |
| Peraphyllum ramosissimum | squawapple |
| Prunus virginiana | chokecherry |
| Purshia tridentata | bitterbrush |
| Rosa woodsii | wild rose |
| Salicaceae | |
| Salix exigua | coyote willow |
| Solanaceae | |
| Lycium pallidum | wolfberry |
| TREES | |
| Cupressaceae | |
| Juniperus osteosperma | Utah juniper |
| Fagaceae | |
| Quercus gambelii | Gambel oak |
| Pinaceae | |
| Pinus edulis | pinyon |
| Salicaceae | |
| Populus angustifolia | narrow-leaf cottonwood |
| Ulmaceae | |
| Celtis reticulata | hackberry |
| Aceraceae | |
| Acer negundo | box elder |
| Oleaceae | |
| Fraxinus anomala | single-leaf ash |