Table 17.3. Taxa Represented in the Tested Sites Pollen Samples

Scientific Name Common Name Abbreviations
ARBOREAL POLLEN AP
Abies fir
Alnus alder
Juniperus juniper Ju
Picea spruce
Pinus pine fragments
Pinus edulis-type pinyon-type pine Ped
Pinus ponderosa-type ponderosa-type pine
Pseudotsuga Douglas fir
Quercus oak Qu
NONARBOREAL POLLEN NAP
Artemisia sagebrush Ar
Cheno-am Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family), excluding greasewood (Sarcobatus) but including amaranth (Amaranthus), in the Amaranthaceae (pigweed) family Ch
Cleome beeweed Cl
Cruciferae mustard family
Cucurbita squash
Cylindropuntia cholla
Ephedra nevadensis-type joint-fir EpN
Ephedra torreyana-type joint-fir
Erodium filaree
Euphorbia-type spurge-type
Gaura-type gaura-type
Gilia-type gilia-type
Gramineae grass family
High-spine Compositae Compositae group including Helianthus (sunflower) Hi
Liguliflorae Liguliflorae tribe in the Compositae
Low-spine Compositae Compositae group including Ambrosia (bursage) Lo
Oenothera-type evening-primrose-type
Papilionoideae Papilionoideae subfamily in the Leguminosae
Platyopuntia prickly pear
Portulaca purslane
Rosaceae rose family
Sarcobatus greasewood Sar
Sphaeralcea-type globemallow-type Sp
Umbelliferae parsley/carrot family Um
Zea maize Z
OTHER ABBREVIATIONS
Insufficient pollen IP