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habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
grass-like
cactus-like / succulents
special groups
composites
legumes
mints
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
Flower
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
more than 5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Golden Spike National Historic Site
Walter Fertig
Species Count: 112
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus albus
Atriplex confertifolia
Atriplex patula
Atriplex rosea
Halogeton glomeratus
Kochia prostrata
Salsola paulsenii
Salsola tragus
Amaryllidaceae
Allium acuminatum
Allium nevadense
Allium passeyi
Apiaceae
Cymopterus longipes
Asteraceae
Achillea millefolium
Agoseris parviflora
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Ambrosia psilostachya
Artemisia dracunculus
Balsamorhiza hispidula
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Chaenactis douglasii
Chrysothamnus vaseyi
Crepis intermedia
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Helianthus annuus
Iva axillaris
Lactuca serriola
Nothocalais troximoides
Packera multilobata
Taraxacum officinale
Tetradymia canescens
Tetradymia nuttallii
Tragopogon dubius
Boraginaceae
Amsinckia intermedia
Oreocarya humilis
Brassicaceae
Alyssum alyssoides
Alyssum desertorum
Arabidopsis thaliana
Boechera lignifera
Descurainia sophia
Draba verna
Euclidium syriacum
Isatis tinctoria
Lepidium perfoliatum
Sisymbrium altissimum
Strigosella africana
Cactaceae
Opuntia fragilis
Caryophyllaceae
Holosteum umbellatum
Convolvulaceae
Convolvulus arvensis
Cupressaceae
Juniperus osteosperma
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Fabaceae
Astragalus cibarius
Astragalus utahensis
Ladeania lanceolata
Melilotus officinalis
Geraniaceae
Erodium cicutarium
Grossulariaceae
Ribes aureum
Lamiaceae
Marrubium vulgare
Liliaceae
Calochortus bruneaunis
Calochortus nuttallii
Fritillaria pudica
Loasaceae
Mentzelia dispersa
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Malvaceae
Sphaeralcea munroana
Melanthiaceae
Zigadenus paniculatus
Onagraceae
Epilobium brachycarpum
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja chromosa
Plantaginaceae
Collinsia parviflora
Linaria dalmatica
Veronica biloba
Poaceae
Aegilops cylindrica
Agropyron cristatum
Aristida purpurea
Bromus briziformis
Bromus diandrus
Bromus japonicus
Bromus tectorum
Elymus elymoides
Eremopyrum triticeum
Eriocoma hymenoides
Hordeum jubatum
Hordeum murinum
Leymus cinereus
Leymus triticoides
Pascopyrum smithii
Poa bulbosa
Poa pratensis
Poa secunda
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Thinopyrum elongatum
Thinopyrum intermedium
Triticum aestivum
Polemoniaceae
Linanthus pungens
Linanthus watsonii
Phlox longifolia
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum hookeri
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Polygonum aviculare
Rumex crispus
Ranunculaceae
Ceratocephala testiculata
Delphinium nuttallianum
Rosaceae
Amelanchier utahensis
Petrophyton caespitosum
Purshia tridentata
Rosa woodsii
Rubiaceae
Galium aparine
Sarcobataceae
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Saxifragaceae
Lithophragma parviflorum
Scrophulariaceae
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus
Solanaceae
Lycium barbarum
Nicotiana attenuata
Verbenaceae
Verbena bracteata