December 2012 Number 1 - Utah Native Plant Society

Calochortiana December 2012 Number 1
Table 1. Species composition in Physaria thamnophila study plots by site
Scientific Name Family >1
m
tall?
#
Sites
w/sp a
CL02
cl
% of Subplots Occupied in Each Site b
CL02
un
CL07
cl
CL07
un
AM07 AR03 SM04
Abutilon fruticosum Malvaceae 1 - - 0.74 - - - -
Acacia berlandieri Fabaceae 1 - - - - - - 0.67
Acacia rigidula Fabaceae X 5 47.20 33.06 60.00 39.26 46.55 24.12 18.00
Acalypha monostachya Euphorbiaceae 2 - - - - - 1.18 9.33
Acleisanthes obtusa Nyctaginaceae 2 - - 2.22 - - 2.35 -
Acourtia runcinata Asteraceae 1 - - - - - - 0.67
Allionia incarnata Nyctaginaceae 3 - - - - 0.34 8.82 3.33
Aloysia macrostachya Verbenaceae X 3 - 2.42 - 13.33 - 0.59 3.33
Argythamnia humilis var.
humilis
Euphorbiaceae 5 0.80 - 0.74 2.22 0.69 1.18 0.67
Aristida purpurea Poaceae 5 17.60 1.61 28.89 4.44 11.72 42.94 66.67
Aristolochia sp. Aristolochiaceae 1 - - - - - - 0.67
Astragalus nuttallianus Fabaceae 2 - - 0.74 2.22 - - -
Astragalus sp. 2 Fabaceae 1 - - - - 0.34 - -
Ayenia pilosa Sterculiaceae 5 - - 2.96 2.22 0.34 4.12 2.67
Bahia absinthifolia Asteraceae 1 - - - - 0.69 - -
Bothriochloa laguroides
ssp. torreyana
Poaceae 1 - - - - - 1.18 -
Bouteloua repens Poaceae 1 - - - - - - 0.67
Bouteloua trifida Poaceae 5 16.80 - 8.15 1.48 9.66 8.24 2.67
Cardiospermum dissectum
Sapindaceae 1 - - - - - 16.47 -
Celtis ehrenbergiana Ulmaceae X 2 - - 0.74 - 1.03 - -
Celtis laevigata Ulmaceae 1 - - - - - 0.59 -
Cenchrus spinifex Poaceae 2 - - 2.22 - 0.69 - -
Cevallia sinuata Loasaceae 1 - - - - 3.45 - -
Chaetopappa bellioides
and Aphanostephus skirrhobasis
var. kidderi
Chamaesaracha sordida
and Physalis cinerascens
Asteraceae 5 1.60 - 19.26 3.70 50.00 4.12 14.67
Solanaceae 3 - - - 4.44 26.55 - 8.67
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