December 2012 Number 1 - Utah Native Plant Society

Utah Native Plant Society
Dam Mountains, mislabeled as Bear Valley and Beaver
Valley by Gray], 20-28 Apr 1877 (fl, fr), Palmer s.n.
(GH, K). ARIZONA: MOHAVE CO.: Virgin Narrows
about 5 mi NE of Littlefield, 2 Jun 1977 (fl, fr),
Gierisch 3954 (BRY, NY); Hedricks Canyon [Virgin
Mountains], T40N R15W S23, 2 Apr 1981 (fl, imm fr),
Gierisch & Morgart 4824 (BRY, NY). UTAH: WASH-
INGTON CO.: Beaver Dam Mountains, Bull Dog Canyon,
25 Apr 2003 (fr), Alexander 1388 (OSC, UNLV), 6
May 2005 (fl,fr), Alexander 2120 (OSC,UNLV), 6 May
2005 (fl, fr), Alexander 2121 (OSC,UNLV), 6 May
2005 (fl, fr), Alexander 2127 (OSC,UNLV); Bulldog
Knolls, 6 May 2006 (fl, fr), Alexander 2132
(OSC,UNLV), 6 May 2006, Alexander 2134
[individuals A,B,C] (OSC, UNLV), 6 May 2006 (fl, fr),
Alexander 2135 (OSC, UNLV); Bull Dog Knolls, S
slope of S knoll, T43S R18W S28, 1097 m, 21 Apr
1986 (fl, fr), Baird 2324 (BRY); Bulldog Knolls, north
knoll, T43S R18W S21, 341 m, 28 Mar 1986 (fl, imm
fr), Higgins & Barnum 16267 (BRY, NY); Bulldog
Canyon, Beaver Dam Mountains, W slope, T43S R18W
S26, 381 m, 15 Apr 1983 (fl, fr), Neese & Welsh 13062
(BRY, NY); Cedar Pockets wash, along a sequential
drainage, T43S R17W S20, 1219 m, 5 May 1986 (fr),
Welsh & Atwood 23742 (BRY).
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Numerous individuals provided advice, funding and
encouragement during various stages of this project including:
Wesley E. Niles; Aaron Liston, my thesis advisor;
Richard Halse of the OSC Herbarium; Kathryn
Birgy of the UNLV Herbarium; Arnold Tiehm and the
Nevada Native Plant Society (and the NNPS Small
Grants Program); Lisa Decesare of the Library of the
Gray Herbarium, Harvard University; the Moldenke
Fund for Plant Systematics and the Hardman Fund at
Oregon State University; and my committee members,
Mary Santelmann, David Lytle, Rich Cronn, and Paul
Farber. Additional thanks go to the late R.C. Barneby
and the Barneby Fund for Research in Legume Systematics,
which funded a month of research at NY. The
following herbaria's online databases were consulted for
this project: CAS, DS, GH, JEPS, K, MO, NY, OSC,
ORE, RSA, UC, UNLV, US, WILLU. I thank the curators
and staff of the following herbaria for access to
their collections or loans of their specimens: BRY,
CAS, DS, GH, JEPS, K, NY, OSC, ORE, RM, RSA,
UC, UNLV, US, WILLU.
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