Plants
of Deer Flat
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The following is an incomplete
list of the plants found on the Lake Lowell sector of Deer Flat.
Click on the following categories to see the plants of that sort
that are found on the refuge.
Trees
Shrubs
Forbs,
which are vascular plants without significant woody tissue above
the ground, excluding graminoids
Graminoids, which includes grasses and grass-like plants such
as sedges and rushes
Trees
| Common name |
Scientific
name |
| silver maple |
Acer saccharinum |
| green
ash |
Fraxinus
pennsylvanica |
| plains cottonwood |
Populus deltoides |
| peachleaf willow |
Salix amygdaloides |
| American elm |
Ulnus americana |
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Shrubs
| Common name |
Scientific
name |
| desert indigobush |
Amorpha fruticosa |
| sagebrush |
Artemisia
tridentata |
| rabbitbrush |
Chrysothamnus
nauseosus |
| Russian
olive |
Elaeagnus
angustifolia |
| golden currant |
Ribes viscosissimum |
| rose sp. |
Rosa sp. |
| Himalayan blackberry |
Rubus discolor |
| coyote willow |
Salix exigua |
| whiplash willow |
Salix lasiandra |
| yellow willow |
Salix lutea |
| salt cedar |
Tamarix ramosissima |
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Forbs
| Common name |
Scientific
name |
| showy mildweed |
Asclepias speciosa |
| spear saltbush |
Atriplex patula |
| common dogbane |
Apocynum cannabinum |
| garden asparagus |
Asparagus officinalis |
| devil's beggartick |
Bidens frondosa |
| Canada thistle |
Cirsium arvense |
| herb sophia |
Descurainia
sophia |
| barnyard grass |
Echinochloa
crus-galli |
| northern willowherb |
Epilobium watsonii |
| western goldenrod |
Euthamia occidentalis |
| velvetweed |
Gaura parviflora |
| western marsh cudweed |
Gnaphalium palustre |
| common sunflower |
Helianthus annuus |
| povertyweed |
Iva axillaris |
| common kochia |
Kochia scoparia |
| prickly lettuce |
Lactuca serriola |
| broadleaved pepperweed |
Lepidium latifolium |
| false-pimpernel |
Lindernia dubia |
| purple loosestrife |
Lythrum salicaria |
| evening primrose |
Oenothera sp. |
| pellitory |
Parietaria pennsylvanica |
| common plantain |
Plantago major |
| water smartweed |
Polygonum coccineum |
| curlytop
knotweed |
Polygonum
lapithifolium |
| cinquefoil
sp. |
Potentilla sp. |
| curly
dock |
Rumex crispus |
| curvepod
yellowcress |
Rofippa curvisiliqua |
| common
groundsel |
Senecio vulgaris |
| climbing
nightshade |
Solanum dulcamara |
| common
cattail |
Typha latifolia |
| rough
cocklebur |
Xanthium strumarium |
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Graminoids
| Common name |
Scientific
name |
| elongated wheatgrass |
Agropyron elongatum |
| cheatgrass |
Bromus tectorum |
| wooly sedge |
Carex lanuginosa |
| awned flatsedge |
Cyperus aristatus |
| redrooted flatsedge |
Cyperus erythrorhizos |
| inland saltgrass |
Distichlis spicata |
| common spikerush |
Eleocharis palustris |
| Great Basin wild-rye |
Elymus cinereus |
| stink-grass |
Eragrostis cilianensis |
| heleochloa |
Heleochloa alopecuroides |
| foxtail barley |
Hordeum jubatum |
| Torrey's rush |
Juncus torreyi |
| cutgrass |
Leersia oryzoides |
| sprangletop |
Leptochloa fascicularis |
| witchgrass |
Panicum capillare |
| knotgrass |
Paspalum distichum |
| reed canarygrass |
Phalaris arundinacea |
| hardstem bulrush |
Scirpus acutus |
| bulrush hybrid |
Scirpus glaucus |
| knotroot bristlegrass |
Setaria geniculata |
| bottlebrush squirreltail |
Sitanion hystrix |
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