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Last Chance Townsendia (Townsendia aprica)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Last Chance Townsendia (Townsendia aprica)
Townsendia aprica is an Utah endemic species. It grows among pinyon-juniper communities on clay or clay-silt exposures of the Cretaceous Mancos Shale i...
Beaver Mountain Groundsel (Packera castoreus)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Beaver Mountain Groundsel (Packera castoreus)
This perennial herb can be found in Polemonium, Trisodium, Festuca, and arenaria comm...
La Sal Mountains' Groundsel (Senecio inexpectatus)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › La Sal Mountains' Groundsel (Senecio inexpectatus)
Senecio freemontii var. inexpectatus grows on alpine ridge crests, talus slopes, and in subalpine meadows between 3000 - 3700 meters (10,000 - 12,200 fee...
Cronquist Daisy (Erigeron cronquistii)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Cronquist Daisy (Erigeron cronquistii)
Erigeron cronquistii is known only from Cache County, Utah where it is found in crevices of limestone and dolomite cliffs in the Bear River Range from Lo...
Garrett's Fleabane (Erigeron garrettii)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Garrett's Fleabane (Erigeron garrettii)
Erigeron garrettii is known only from the Wasatch Mountains of Salt Lake County and Wasatch County, Utah where it grows along a 25 mile section of habi...
Alcove Rock-daisy (Laphamia specicola)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Alcove Rock-daisy (Laphamia specicola)
Laphamia specicola is known from Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah where it grows only in the Navajo Basin along the Colorado and San Juan Rivers. This s...
Barneby's Rockaster (Herrickia kingii var. barnebyana)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Barneby's Rockaster (Herrickia kingii var. barnebyana)
Herrickia kingii var. barnebyana is known only from the Canyon Mountains and Mount Nebo in the Wasatch Range where it is found on rocky slopes and ...
Entrada Skeletonplant (Lygodesmia grandiflora var. entrada)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Entrada Skeletonplant (Lygodesmia grandiflora var. entrada)
Entrada skeletonplant, Lygodesmia grandiflora var. entrada, is a perennial herb with white or white-pinkish flowers. It has wiry, branching ...
Western Townsend-daisy (Townsendia mensana)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Western Townsend-daisy (Townsendia mensana)
Townsendia mensana is a member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), endemic to the Uinta Basin region of Utah and a small ...
Sigurd Easter Daisy (Townsendia jonesii var. lutea)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Sigurd Easter Daisy (Townsendia jonesii var. lutea)
Townsendia jonesii var. lutea is a Utah Great Basin endemic found in Juab, San Pete, and Sevier Counties. It lives on gypsiferous substrates among salt d...
La Sal Daisy (Erigeron mancus)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › La Sal Daisy (Erigeron mancus)
Erigeron mancus is known only from the La Sal Mountains from a narrow region of the Navajo Basin that saddles Grand County and San Juan County, Utah. Th...
Rock Hymenoxys (Hymenoxys lapidicola)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Rock Hymenoxys (Hymenoxys lapidicola)
Rock hymenoxys, Hymenoxys lapidicola, is a compact mat-forming plant, it lights up sandstone rock crevices in ponderosa pine communities with its small y...
Untermann's Daisy (Erigeron untermannii)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Untermann's Daisy (Erigeron untermannii)
Erigeron untermannii is a Uinta Basin endemic found in Duchesne, Uintah, Emery, and Sanpete Counties, Utah. It is a long lived perennial with an intricat...
Joanna's thistle (Cirsium joannae)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Joanna's thistle (Cirsium joannae)
Cirsium joannae or Joanna’s thistle is a relatively recently described species as it was named after Joanna Welch in 2007 who collected and helpe...
Musinea Groundsel (Packera musiniensis)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Musinea Groundsel (Packera musiniensis)
Packera musiniensis is a Utah endemic species found in Sanpete County. It grows on ridge tops of the Tertiary Flagstaff Limestone barrens, talus slopes o...
Jones Golden-aster (Heterotheca jonesii)
» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Jones Golden-aster (Heterotheca jonesii)
Jones golden-aster, Heterotheca jonesii, is an endemic to Utah, found in Kane, Garfield, and Washington Counties. It can be spotted by its bright yellow ...
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Plants (Plantae)
Multicellular organisms that are autotrophic or make complex carbohydrates from basic constituents. Most use photosynthesis.
Flowering Plants (Anthophyta)
Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary
Dicots (Dicotyledoneae)
Parsley / Ginseng (Apiales)
Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales)
Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae)
- Last Chance Townsendia (Townsendia aprica)
- Beaver Mountain Groundsel (Packera castoreus)
- La Sal Mountains' Groundsel (Senecio inexpectatus)
- Cronquist Daisy (Erigeron cronquistii)
- Garrett's Fleabane (Erigeron garrettii)
- Alcove Rock-daisy (Laphamia specicola)
- Barneby's Rockaster (Herrickia kingii var. barnebyana)
- Entrada Skeletonplant (Lygodesmia grandiflora var. entrada)
- Western Townsend-daisy (Townsendia mensana)
- Sigurd Easter Daisy (Townsendia jonesii var. lutea)
- La Sal Daisy (Erigeron mancus)
- Rock Hymenoxys (Hymenoxys lapidicola)
- Untermann's Daisy (Erigeron untermannii)
- Joanna's thistle (Cirsium joannae)
- Musinea Groundsel (Packera musiniensis)
- Jones Golden-aster (Heterotheca jonesii)
Mustards/Capers (Capparales)
Mustards (Brassicaceae)
- Huber's Pepperplant (Lepidium huberi)
- Uinta Mountains draba (Draba inexpectata)
- Barneby Ridgecress (Lepidium barnebyanum)
- Schell Creek draba (Draba pennellii)
- Garrett Bladderpod (Lesquerella garrettii)
- Snowbasin Rockcress (Boechera glareosa)
- Grouse Creek Rockcress (Boechera falcatoria)
- Shrubby Reed-mustard (Hesperidanthus suffrutescens)
- Mount Belknap Draba (Draba ramulosa)
- Maguire's Whitlow-grass (Draba maguirei ssp. maguirei)
- Kodachrome Bladderpod (Physaria tumulosa)
- Clay Reed-mustard (Hesperidanthus argillaceus)
- Creeping Draba (Draba sobolifera)
- Burke's Whitlow-grass (Draba burkei)
- Ostler Peppergrass (Lepidium ostleri)
- Frisco Mountains mustard (Terraria haydenii)
- Barneby's Reed-Mustard (Hesperidanthus barnebyi)
Capparaceae
Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Peas (Fabales)
Pea Family (Fabaceae)
- Glenwood Milkvetch (Astragalus loanus)
- Navajo Lake Milkvetch (Astragalus limnocharis var. limnocharis)
- Table Cliff Milkvetch (Astragalus limnocharis var. tabulaeus)
- Stage Station Milkvetch (Astragalus vehiculus)
- Hamilton's Milkvetch (Astragalus hamiltonii)
- Mesic Milkvetch (Astragalus diversifolius)
- Cronquist Milkvetch (Astragalus cronquistii)
- Ann Kelsey’s milkvetch (Astragalus kelseyae)
- Pohl's Milkvetch (Astragalus lentiginosus var. pohlii)
- Gumbo Milkvetch (Astragalus ampullarius)
- Guard Milkvetch (Astragalus zionis var. vigulus)
- Kane Breadroot (Pediomelum megalanthum var. epipsilum)
- Goose Creek Milkvetch (Astragalus anserinus)
- Isely's Milkvetch (Astragalus iselyi)
- Cisco Milkvetch (Astragalus sabulosus)
- Deseret Milkvetch (Astragalus desereticus)
- Barneby's Aromatic Scurf-pea (Pediomelum aromaticum var. barnebyi)
- Shivwits Milkvetch (Astragalus ampullarioides)
- Paradox Milkvetch (Astragalus holmgreniorum)
- Horseshoe Milkvetch (Astragalus equisolensis)
- Avon Milkvetch (Astragalus praelongus var. avonensis)
- Rollin's Sweetvetch (Hedysarum boreale var. gremiale)
- Heliotrope Milkvetch (Astragalus montii)
- Tuhy Aromatic Scurf-pea (Pediomelum aromaticum var. tuhyi)
Dogbane / Gentian / Milkweed (Gentianales)
Borage / Mint / Verbena (Lamiales)
Mallow (Malvales)
Evening-primrose / Loosestrife (Myrtales)
Fumary / Poppy (Papaverales)
Buckwheats (Polygonales)
Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae)
- Frisco Buckwheat (Eriogonum soredium)
- Smith's Buckwheat (Eriogonum smithii)
- Lost Creek Buckwheat (Eriogonum mitophyllum)
- Ibex Buckwheat (Eriogonum ammophilum)
- Kaye's Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum artificis)
- Gate Canyon Buckwheat (Eriogonum hylophilum)
- Comb Wash Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum clavellatum)
- Scarlet Buckwheat (Eriogonum microtheca var. phoeniceum)
- Zion Buckwheat (Eriogonum zionis var. zionis)
Primroses (Primulales)
Barberry / Buttercup (Ranunculales)
Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae)
- Noel's columbine (Aquilegia holmgrenii)
- Graham's Columbine (Aquilegia grahamii)
- Autumn Buttercup (Ranunculus aestivalis)
- Desolation Canyon Columbine (Aquilegia desolaticola)
- Link Trail Columbine (Aquilegia rubicunda)
- Goodrich's Columbine (Aquilegia scopulorum var. goodrichii)
- Lori's Columbine (Aquilegia loriae)
Buckthorn / Grapes (Rhamnales)
Rosales (Rosales)
Scrophulariales (Scrophulariales)
Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae)
- Bear River Range Beardtongue (Penstemon compactus)
- Stemless Beardtongue (Penstemon acaulis)
- Gibben's Beardtongue (Penstemon gibbensii)
- Firleaf Beardtongue (Penstemon abietinus)
- Canaan Mountain Beardtongue (Penstemon ammophilus)
- Graham's Beardtongue (Penstemon grahamii)
- Idaho Penstemon (Penstemon idahoensis)
- Sweet Penstemon (Penstemon angustifolius var. dulcis)
- Ben's Beardtongue (Penstemon franklinii)
- Pinyon Penstemon (Penstemon pinorum)
- Goodrich Penstemon (Penstemon goodrichii)
- White River Beardtongue (Penstemon albifluvis)
- Marcus Jones' Penstemon (Penstemon marcusii)
Broomrape Family (Orobanchaceae)
Solanales (Solanales)
Waterleaf Family (Hydrophyllaceae)
- Hughes's phacelia (Phacelia hughesii)
- Clay Phacelia (Phacelia argillacea)
- Argyle Canyon Phacelia (Phacelia argylensis)
- Drab Phacelia (Phacelia indecora)
- Pavement Phacelia (Phacelia sabulonum)
- Atwood's Pretty (Phacelia pulchella var. atwoodii)
- Utah Phacelia (Phacelia utahensis)
- Cronquist's Phacelia (Phacelia cronquistiana)
Violales (Violales)
Monocots (Monocotyledoneae)
Animals (Animalia)
Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.
Vertebrates (Craniata)
Have skulls and backbones.
Turtles (Chelonia)
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Amphibians (Amphibia)
Birds (Aves)
Have feathers and lay eggs
Mammals (Mammalia)
Have hair, feed young milk, warm blooded.
Fish (Actinopterygii)
Use gills to breathe
Minnows / Suckers (Cypriniformes)
Leuciscidae
- Virgin Spinedace (Lepidomeda mollispinis)
- Southern Leatherside (Lepidomeda aliciae)
- Northern Leatherside (Lepidomeda copei)
- Least Chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis)
- Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)
- Virgin River Chub (Gila seminuda)
- Bonytail (Gila elegans)
- Roundtail Chub (Gila robusta)
- Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)
- Humpback Chub (Gila cypha)
Suckers (Catostomidae)
Perch / Sticklebacks (Perciformes)
Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes)
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
Invertebrates with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies
Insects (Insecta)
Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.
Mollusks (Mollusca)
Soft bodied animals with an internal or external shell and a toothed tongue or radula. Have a mantle that lines and secretes the shell and a muscular foot that allows for movement.
Mussels / Clams (Bivalvia)
Two hinged lateral shells and a wedged shaped "foot". Bivalves lack tentacles and a head.
Snails / Slugs (Gastropoda)
Usually have chambered shells.
Aquatic Snails (Basommatophora)
Littorinimorpha
Amnicolas / Duskysnails (Hydrobiidae)
- Nuwuvi Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis nuwuvi)
- Smooth Glenwood Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis chamberlini)
- Lindahl's Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis lindahlae)
- Bifid Duct Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis peculiaris)
- Black Canyon Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis plicata)
- Otter Creek Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis fusca)
- Northwest Bonneville Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis variegata)
- Sub-globose Snake Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis saxatilis)
- Carinate Glenwood Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis inopinata)
- Desert Springsnail (Pyrgulopsis deserta)
- Hamlin Valley Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis hamlinensis)
- Santa Clara Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis santaclarensis)
- Bear Lake Springsnail (Pyrgulopsis pilsbryana)
- Longitudinal Gland Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis anguina)
- Pine Grove Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis pinetorum)
Amnicolidae
Cochliopidae
Lithoglyphidae