38 CIRCULAR 8 04, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



COMMON AND BOTANICAL NAMES OF SPECIES 

 MENTIONED 



GRASSES AND GRASSLIKE PLANTS 



Bluegrass, Sandberg (syn. little blue- Poa secunda 

 grass) . 



Buff alograss Buchloe dactyloides 



Dropseed, sand Sporobolus cryptandrus 



Fescue, sixweeks Festuca octoflora 



Grama, blue Bouteloua gracilis 



Grama, side-oats B. curtipendula 



Muhly, stony hills Muhlenbergia cuspidata 



Needle-and-thread Stipa comata 



Needlegrass, green S. viridula 



Sacaton , alkali Sporobolus airoides 



Sedge, threadleaf Car ex filifolia 



Wheatgrass, bluestem Agropyron smithii 



Wheatgrass, bearded bluebunch A. spicatum 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



Agoseris, pale Agoseris glauca 



Biscuitroot Cogswellia sp. 



Cymopterus Cymopterus sp. 



Gaura, scarlet Gaura coccinea 



Globemallow, scarlet Sphaeralcea coccinea 



Goldaster, hairy Chrysopsis villosa 



Indianwheat, woolly Plantago purshii 



Licorice _ Glycyrrhiza sp. 



Lupine Lupinus sp. 



Mariposa Calochortus sp. 



Musineon Musineon sp. 



Onion, textile Allium textile 



Phlox, dwarf Phlox sp. 



Prairieclover, purple Petalostemum purpureum 



Prairieclo ver, slender white P. oligophyllum 



Primrose, evening Oenothera sp . 



Sunflower, prairie Helianthus petiolaris 



BROWSE PLANTS 



Chokecherry , black Prunus virginiana melanocarpa 



Greasewood, black Sarcobatus vermiculatus 



Pricklypear, plains Opunlia polyacantha 



Rabbitbrush, greenplume Chrysothamnus graveolens 



Rose, Fendler Rosa woodsi fendleri (syn. R. fendleri) 



Sagebrush, big Artemisia tridentata 



Sagebrush, fringed A. frigida 



Sagebrush, silver A. cana 



Saltbush, Gardner Atriplex gardneri 



Saltbush, shadscale A. confertifolia 



Soap weed, small Yucca glauca 



Sumac, skunkbush Rhus trilobata 



Winterfat, common Eurotia lanata 



