Platte River Ecosystem Resources and Management, with Emphasis on the Big Bend Reach in Nebraska
Appendices
Appendix F. Plant species of special concern in the Platte River system of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Data are compiled from Natural Heritage Programs in the three states. Phylogenetic order of families follow McGregor et al. (1977).
| Family Name - Scientific Name | Common Name | State |
| Selaginellaceae - Selaginella Family | ||
| Selaginella weatherbiana | Weatherby's spike-moss | CO |
| Equisetaceae - Horsetail Family | ||
| Equisetum fluviatile | Water horsetail | NE |
| Ophioglossaceae - Adder's Tongue Family | ||
| Botrychium lunaria | Moonwort | CO |
| Botrychium simplex | Least moonwort | CO |
| Botrychium echo | Reflected moonwort | CO |
| Botrychium hesperium | Western moonwort | CO |
| Botrychium minaganense | Mingan moonwort | CO |
| Polypodiaceae - Fern Family | ||
| Pellaea atropurpurea | Purple cliff-brake | CO, NE |
| Asplenium adiantum-nigrum | Black spleenwort | CO |
| Dryopteris expansa | Spreading wood fern | CO |
| Notholaena dealbata | False cloak-fern | NE |
| Woodsia mexicana | Mexican cliff fern | CO |
| Cupressaceae - Cypress Family | ||
| Juniperus horizontalis | Creeping juniper | NE |
| Annonaceae - Custard Apple Family | ||
| Asimina triloba | Pawpaw | NE |
| Ranunculaceae - Buttercup Family | ||
| Actaea rubra | Baneberry | NE |
| Aquilegia laramiensis | Laramie columbine | WY |
| Aquilegia saximontana | Rocky Mountain columbine | CO |
| Ranunculus gelidus | Tundra buttercup | CO |
| Ranunculus gmelinii | Small yellow buttercup | NE |
| Ranunculus hispidus | Hispid buttercup | NE |
| Berberidaceae - Barberry Family | ||
| Podophyllum peltatum | May-apple | NE |
| Menispermaceae - Moonseed Family | ||
| Caulophyllum thalictroides | Blue cohosh | NE |
| Papaveraceae - Poppy Family | ||
| Papaver kluanense | Alpine poppy | CO |
| Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | NE |
| Fumariaceae - Fumitory Family | ||
| Corydalis aurea | Golden corydalis | NE |
| Ulmaceae - Elm Family | ||
| Celtis occidentalis | Hackberry | WY |
| Ulmus thomasii | Rock elm | NE |
| Fagaceae - Oak Family | ||
| Quercus prinoides | Dwarf chinkapin oak | NE |
| Nyctaginaceae - Four O'Clock Family | ||
| Mirabilis albida | White four-o'clock | NE |
| Cactaceae - Cactus Family | ||
| Echinocereus viridiflorus | Hedgehog cactus | NE |
| Chenopodiaceae - Lamb's Quarter Family | ||
| Atriplex canescens | Four-wing saltbush | NE |
| Chenopodium fremontii | Freemont goosefoot | NE |
| Chenopodium missouriense | No common name | NE |
| Chenopodium subglabrum | No common name | NE, WY |
| Portulacaceae - Carpetweed Family | ||
| Claytonia virginica | Virginia spring beauty | NE |
| Talinum calycinum | Rockpink | NE |
| Talinum parviflorum | Prairie fameflower | WY |
| Arenaria eastwoodiae | ||
| var. eastwoodiae | Eastwood's sandwort | WY |
| Stellaria longifolia | Long-leaved stitchwort | NE |
| Polygonaceae - Buckwheat Family | ||
| Eriogonum acaule | Single-stemmed wild-buckwheat | WY |
| Eriogonum coloradense | Colorado wild buckwheat | CO |
| Eriogonum exilifolium | No common name | WY |
| Eriogonum pauciflorum | ||
| var. pauciflorum | Few-flowered wild buckwheat | CO |
| Eriogonum pauciflorum | ||
| var. gnaphalodes | No common name | NE |
| Plumbaginaceae - Leadwort Family | ||
| Ameria scabra ssp. sibirica | Sea pink | CO |
| Losaceae - Stickleaf Family | ||
| Mentzelia oligosperma | Stickleaf | WY |
| Saliaceae - Willow Family | ||
| Populus deltoides | ||
| var. wislezenii | Wislezenlus plains cottonwood | WY |
| Salix candida | Hoary willow | CO |
| Salix myrtillifolia | Myrtle-leaf willow | CO |
| Salix lanata ssp. calcicola | Lanate willow | CO |
| Caperaceae - Caper Family | ||
| Cleome multicaulis | Many-stemmed spider flower | WY |
| Brassicaceae - Mustard Family | ||
| Arabis canadensis | Sicklepod | NE |
| Arabis crandallii | Crandall's rock-cress | WY |
| Braya humilis ssp. ventosa | Alpine braya | CO |
| Draba borealis | Northern rockcress | CO |
| Lesquerella gracilis | ||
| ssp. nuttallii | Spreading bladderpod | NE |
| Eutrema penlandii | Penland eutrema | CO |
| Physaria bellii | Bell twinpod | CO |
| Physaria eburniflora | No common name | WY |
| Physaria vitulifera | Rydberg twinpod | WY |
| Rorippa tenerrima | No common name | NE |
| Thellungiella salsuginea | Salt-lick mustard | CO |
| Thelypodium integrifolium | No common name | NE |
| Ericaceae - Heath Family | ||
| Pyrola picta | Pictureleaf wintergreen | CO |
| Monotropaceae - Indian Pipe Family | ||
| Monotropa uniflora | Indian pipe | NE |
| Primulaceae - Primrose Family | ||
| Dodecatheon pulchellum | ||
| ssp. pauciflorum | Dark-throat shooting star | NE |
| Lysimachia hybrida | Lanceleaf loosestrife | NE |
| Primula egaliksensis | Greenland primrose | CO |
| Grossulariaceae - Currant Family | ||
| Ribes americanum | Wild black currant | CO |
| Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage Family | ||
| Heuchera richardsonii | Richardson alum-root | CO |
| Parnassia kotzebueii | Kotzebue grass-of-parnassus | CO |
| Sulivantia hapemanii | Purpus' sulivantia | WY |
| Rosaceae - Rose Family | ||
| Agrimonia pubescens | Downy agrimony | NE |
| Amelanchier arborea | June-berry | NE |
| Rubus allegheniensis | Common blackberry | NE |
| Fabaceae - Bean Family | ||
| Apios americana | Groundnut | CO |
| Astragalus barrii | Barr's ophaca | WY |
| Astragalus leptaleus | No common name | WY |
| Astragalus mollissimus | ||
| var. mollissimus | Wooly locoweed | WY |
| Astragalus plattensis | Platte River milkvetch | CO |
| Astragalus simplicifolius | Bun milkvetch | WY |
| Dalea aurea | Silktop dalea | WY |
| Dalea villosa | Silky prairie clover | WY |
| Oxytropis nana | Dwarf locoweed | WY |
| Psoralea hypogaea | Little breadroot scurf-pea | NE |
| Onagraceae - Evening Primrose Family | ||
| Oenothera canescens | Spotted evening primrose | NE |
| Guara neomexicana ssp. coloradensis | Colorado butterflyweed | CO |
| Ludwigia polycarpa | Manyseed seedbox | NE |
| Euphorbiaceae - Spurge Family | ||
| Euphorbia existipulata | Square-seeded spurge | WY |
| Euphorbia geyeri | Geyer's spurge | WY |
| Euphorbia hexagona | Six-angled spurge | WY |
| Staphylaceae - Bladdernut Family | ||
| Staphylea trifolia | American bladdernut | NE |
| Hippocastanaceae - Buckeye Family | ||
| Aesculus glabra var. arguta | Western buckeye | NE |
| Araliaceae - Ginseng Family | ||
| Aralia racemosa | Spikenard | NE |
| Panax quinquefolium | Ginseng | NE |
| Apiaceae - Parsley Family | ||
| Aletes humilis | Larimer aletes | CO |
| Cymopterus williamsii | Williams water parsnip | WY |
| Lomatium nuttallii | Dog parsley | CO, NE |
| Gentianaceae - Gentian Family | ||
| Eustoma grandiflorum | Showy prairie gentian | CO |
| Gentiana affinis | Northern gentian | WY |
| Asclepidaceae - Milkweed Family | ||
| Asclepias amplexicaulis | Clasping milkweed | NE |
| Asclepias arenaria | Sand milkweed | WY |
| Asclepias engelmanniana | Englemann's milkweed | NE |
| Asclepias subverticillata | Poison milkweed | WY |
| Asclepias uncialis | Dwarf milkweed | CO |
| Cuscutaceae - Dodder Family | ||
| Cuscuta megalocarpa | Gronovius dodder | WY |
| Cuscuta plattensis | Wyoming dodder | WY |
| Polemoniaceae - Polemonium Family | ||
| Ipomopsis congesta | Ball-head | NE |
| Ipomopsis globularis | Golbe gilia | CO |
| Ipomopsis spicata | No common name | NE |
| Phlox kelseyi ssp. salina | Marsh phlox | CO |
| Hydrophyllaceae - Waterleaf Family | ||
| Phacelia incana | Western phacelia | WY |
| Boraginaceae - Borage Family | ||
| Cryptantha cana | Mountain cat's-eye | CO, NE |
| Lithospermum multiflorum | Many-flowered gromwell | WY |
| Mertensia brevistyla | No common name | WY |
| Lamiaceae - Mint Family | ||
| Dracocephalum parviflorum | Dragonhead | NE |
| Monarda pectinata | Plains bee balm | WY |
| Physostegia parviflora | Obedient plant | NE |
| Trichostema brachiatum | False pennyroyal | NE |
| Scrophulariaceae - Figwort Family | ||
| Agalinis tenuifolia | ||
| var. parviflora | Slender false-foxglove | WY |
| Dasistoma macrophylla | Mullein foxglove | NE |
| Mimulus gemmiparus | Weber Monkey-flower | CO |
| Mimulus rubellus | Cillolate-toothed monkey flower | WY |
| Pedicularis canadensis | Common lousewort | NE |
| Pedicularis lanceolata | Swamp lousewort | NE |
| Penstemon angustifolius | ||
| var. caudatus | Narrow beardtongue | WY |
| Penstemon mucronatus | No common name | WY |
| Penstemon tubaeflorus | Tube penstemon | NE |
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's root | NE |
| Campanulaceae - Bellflower Family | ||
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great lobelia | WY |
| Triodanis holzingeri | Venus' looking glass | WY |
| Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family | ||
| Lonicera dioica | ||
| var. glaucesens | Limber honeysuckle | NE |
| Viburnum lentago | Sheepberry | NE |
| Asteraceae - Sunflower Family | ||
| Ambrosia linearis | Streaked ragweed | CO |
| Aster brachyactis | Rayless aster | NE |
| Aster junciformis | No common name | NE |
| Brickellia grandiflora | Tassel flower | NE |
| Chaenactis stevioides | Broad-flowered pincushion | WY |
| Chrysothamnus parryi | ||
| ssp. howardii | Rabbit brush | NE |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains coreopsis | WY |
| Crepis nana | Dwarf hawksbeard | CO |
| Erigeron caespitosus | No common name | NE |
| Erigeron canus | Hoary fleabane | NE |
| Euthamia occidentalis | Western fragrant goldenrod | NE |
| Haplopappus annuus | Annual goldenweed | WY |
| Haplopappus armerioides | Skyline goldenweed | NE |
| Haplopappus pygmaeus | Pygmy goldenweed | WY |
| Haplopappus wardii | Ward goldenweed | WY |
| Hymenoxys scaposa | Bitterweed | NE |
| Liatris lancifolia | Lance-leaf gayfeather | WY |
| Machaeranthera coloradoensis | Colorado aster | WY |
| Palafoxia rosea var. macrolepis | No common name | WY |
| Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake | NE |
| Pectis angustifolia | No common name | WY |
| Saussurea weberi | Weber saussurea | CO, WY |
| Shinnersoseris rostrata | No common name | WY |
| Solidago ptarmicoides | Sneezewort aster | CO |
| Stephanomeria runcinata | Desert skeletonplant | NE |
| Verbesina encelioides | ||
| ssp. exauriculata | Golden crownbeard | NE |
| Alisimataceae - Water Plantain Family | ||
| Sagittaria longiloba | Longbarb arrowhead | NE |
| Sagittaria rigida | Sessile-fruited arrowhead | NE |
| Potamogetonaceae - Pondweed Family | ||
| Potamogeton friesii | No common name | NE |
| Potamogeton strictifolius | No common name | NE |
| Juncaceae - Rush Family | ||
| Juncus vaseyi | Vasey bulrush | CO |
| Cyperaceae - Sedge Family | ||
| Carex crawei | Crawe sedge | WY |
| Carex haydenii | Cloud sedge | NE |
| Carex hitchcockiana | No common name | NE |
| Carex saximontana | Rocky Mountain sedge | NE |
| Eleocharis wolfii | No common name | NE |
| Eriophorum wallacei | Cottongrass | WY |
| Fimbristylis autumnalis | Slender fimbry | NE |
| Scirpus hallii | Hall bulrush | NE |
| Scirpus pumilus | Little bulrush | CO |
| Scirpus saximontanus | Rocky Mountain bulrush | CO |
| Poaceae - Grass Family | ||
| Aristida basiramea | Forktip three-awn | CO |
| Aristida purpurascens | Arrowfeather three-awn | NE |
| Brachyelytrum erectum | Bearded short-husk | NE |
| Bromus pubescens | Canada brome | WY |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice cutgrass | WY |
| Leptochloa fascicularis | Bearded sprangletop | WY |
| Muhlenbergia tenuiflora | Slender muhly | NE |
| Oryzopsis racemosa | Black-seed ricegrass | NE |
| Phippsia algida | Snow grass | CO |
| Ptilagrostis porteri | Porter feathergrass | CO |
| Stipa neomexicana | New Mexico needlegrass | WY |
| Zizania aquatica | Wild rice | NE |
| Araceae - Arum Family | ||
| Arisaema dracontium | Green dragon | NE |
| Liliaceae - Lily Family | ||
| Allium stellatum | Pink wild onion | NE |
| Allium tricoccum | Wild leek | NE |
| Fritillaria atropurpurea | Leopard lily | NE |
| Zigadenus elegans | White camass | NE |
| Iridaceae - Iris Family | ||
| Androstephium breviflorum | Smallflower androstephium | WY |
| Sisyrinchium pallidum | Pale blue-eyed grass | CO |
| Smilacaceae - Smilax Family | ||
| Smilax herbacea var. | ||
| lasioneuron | Carrion-flower | CO |
| Orchidaceae - Orchid Family | ||
| Corallorhiza odontorhiza | Late coral-root | NE |
| Cypripedium calceolus | Yellow lady's slipper | NE |
| Cypripedium candidum | Small white lady's slipper | NE |
| Cypripedium fasciculatum | Clustered lady's slipper | WY |
| Galearis spectabilis | Showy orchis | NE |
| Goodyera repens | Dwarf rattlesnake plantain | CO |
| Habenaria viridis | ||
| var. bracteata | Frog orchid | NE |
| Listera borealis | Northern twayblade | CO |
| Listera convallarioides | Broad-leaved twayblade | CO |
| Malaxis brachypoda | White adder's-mouth | CO |
| Platanthera dilatata | ||
| var. albiflora | No common name | WY |
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Diluvium lady's tresses | CO |
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