The Great Basin: A Natural Prehistory

Appendix 2: Concordance of Common and Scientific Plant Names

351 A P P E N D I X 2 Concordance of Common and Scientific Plant Names In each entry, the scientific name follows that used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (www.plants.usda.gov/); then, vice versa. Common names for plants are not standardized. Those I use here are provided by the USDA or by the Flora of North America (www.efloras.org/); in certain cases, I have also included names that have long been in common use in the Great Basin but that do not appear in either of these references. Common Names (Scientific Name) Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) Antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) Arrowweed (Pluchea sericea) Bailey’s greasewood (Sarcobatus baileyi) Baltic rush (Juncus balticus) Beaked sedge (Carex rostrata) Beavertail pricklypear (Opuntia basilaris) Big greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) Bigtooth maple (Acer grandidentatum) Black sagebrush (Artemisia nova) Blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) Blue spruce (Picea pungens) Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) Broadleaf cattail (Typha latifolia) Bud sagebrush (Picrothamnus desertorum) Bulrush (Schoenoplectus) Cattail (Typha) Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Chia (Salvia columbariae) Chickweed (Cerastium) Colorado pinyon (Pinus edulis) Common juniper (Juniperus communis) Cosmopolitian bulrush (Schoenoplectus maritimus) Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) Curl-leaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) Currant (Ribes) Desert almond (Prunus fasciculata) Desert holly (Atriplex hymenelytra) Desert peach (Prunus andersonii) Desert saltbush, Cattle saltbush (Atriplex polycarpa) Desert snowberry (Symphoricarpos longiflorus) Desert spruce, Schott’s pygmycedar (Peucephyllum schottii) Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) Fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens) Foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana) Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii) Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii) Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Gooseberry currant (Ribes montigenum) Grand fir (Abies grandis) Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) Great Basin wildrye (Leymus cinereus) Green rabbitbrush (Ericameria teretifolia) Hardstem bulrush, tule (Schoenoplectus acutus) Honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) 352 APPENDIX 2 Torrey saltbush (Atriplex torreyi) Utah agave (Agave utahensis) Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) Washoe pine (Pinus washoensis) Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) Western white pine (Pinus monticola) Whipple yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei) White bursage, burrobush (Ambrosia dumosa) White fir (Abies concolor*) Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) Winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata) Woods’ rose (Rosa woodsii) Yellow rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) Scientific Name (Common Name) Abies concolor* (white fir) Abies grandis (grand fir) Abies lasiocarpa (subalpine fir) Abies magnifica (red fir) Acer grandidentatum (bigtooth maple) Achnatherum hymenoides (Indian ricegrass) Agave utahensis (Utah agave) Allenrolfea occidentalis (iodinebush, pickleweed) Ambrosia dumosa (white bursage, burrobush) Argentina anserina (silverweed cinquefoil) Artemisia (sagebrush) Artemisia arbuscula (little sagebrush) Artemisia nova (black sagebrush) Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush) Atriplex (saltbush) Atriplex canescens (fourwing saltbush) Atriplex confertifolia (shadscale) Atriplex hymenelytra (desert holly) Atriplex nuttallii (Nuttall’s saltbush) Atriplex parryi (Parry’s saltbush) Atriplex polycarpa (desert saltbush, cattle saltbush) Atriplex torreyi (torrey saltbush) Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) Calocedrus decurrens (incense cedar) Carex rostrata (beaked sedge) Celtis reticulata (netleaf hackberry) Cerastium (chickweed) Cercocarpus ledifolius (curl-leaf mountain mahogany) Horsebrush (Tetradymia) Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) Indian ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides) Iodinebush, pickleweed (Allenrolfea occidentalis) Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi) Jointfir (Ephedra) Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) Limber pine (Pinus flexilis) Little sagebrush (Artemisia arbuscula) Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) Mormon tea (Ephedra viridis) Mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) Mojave seablite (Sueada moquinii) Netleaf hackberry (Celtis reticulata) Nevada jointfir (Ephedra nevadensis) Nuttall’s saltbush (Atriplex nuttallii) Ocean spray (Holodiscus) Parry’s saltbush (Atriplex parryi) Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) Pricklypear (Opuntia) Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus) Red fir (Abies magnifica) Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum) Rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) Sagebrush (Artemisia) Saltbush (Atriplex) Saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) Screwbean mesquite (Prosopis pubescens) Shadscale (Atriplex confertifolia) Shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa) Silver buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea) Silverweed cinquefoil (Argentina anserina) Simpson’s pediocactus (Pediocactus simpsonii) Singleleaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla) Smokebush, Nevada dalea (Psorothamnus polydenius) Snowberry (Symphoricarpos) Spikerush (Eleocharis) Spineless horsebrush (Tetradymia canescens) Stansbury cliffrose (Purshia stansburiana) Subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) Tamarisk (Tamarix) Teddybear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) APPENDIX 2 353 Chrysothamnus (rabbitbrush) Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (yellow rabbitbrush) Coleogyne ramosissima (blackbrush) Cylindropuntia bigelovii (teddybear cholla) Dasiphora fruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil) Distichlis spicata (saltgrass) Eleocharis (spikerush) Encelia farinosa (brittlebush) Ephedra (jointfir) Ephedra nevadensis (Nevada jointfir) Ephedra viridis (Mormon tea) Ericameria nauseosa (rubber rabbitbrush) Ericameria teretifolia (green rabbitbrush) Hesperoyucca whipplei (whipple yucca) Holodiscus sp. (ocean spray) Juncus balticus (Baltic rush) Juniperus communis (common juniper) Juniperus occidentalis (western juniper) Juniperus osteosperma (Utah juniper) Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountain juniper) Krascheninnikovia lanata (winterfat) Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) Leymus cinereus (Great Basin wildrye) Opuntia (pricklypear) Opuntia basilaris (beavertail pricklypear) Pediocactus simpsonii (Simpson’s pediocactus) Peucephyllum schottii (desert spruce, Schott’s pygmycedar) Picea engelmannii (Engelmann spruce) Picea pungens (blue spruce) Picrothamnus desertorum (bud sagebrush...