MPG Species Lists: Trait Study Proposal
C. Casper
2023-10-19
Map 1. Vegetation sampling points within rangelands
199 native herbaceous plant species on MPG Rangelands
rangeland forbs (159 species)
| common name | scientific name | life cycle |
|---|---|---|
| western yarrow | Achillea millefolium | perennial |
| giant horsemint | Agastache urticifolia | perennial |
| false-dandelion | Agoseris glauca | perennial |
| nodding onion | Allium cernuum | perennial |
| western rock jasmine | Androsace occidentalis | annual |
| cutleaf anenome | Anemone patens | perennial |
| low pussytoes | Antennaria dimorpha | perennial |
| rosy pussytoes | Antennaria microphylla | perennial |
| small-leaf pussytoes | Antennaria parvifolia | perennial |
| woods pussytoes | Antennaria racemosa | perennial |
| rosy pussytoes | Antennaria rosea | perennial |
| umber pussytoes | Antennaria umbrinella | perennial |
| spreading dogbane | Apocynum androsaemifolium | perennial |
| common dogbane | Apocynum cannabinum | perennial |
| Holboell’s rockcress | Arabis holboellii | perennial |
| littleleaf rockcress | Arabis microphylla | perennial |
| Nuttall’s rockcress | Arabis nuttallii | perennial |
| ballhead sandwort | Arenaria congesta | perennial |
| heartleaf arnica | Arnica cordifolia | perennial |
| twin arnica | Arnica sororia | perennial |
| prairie sagewort | Artemisia ludoviciana | perennial |
| Canada milkvetch | Astragalus canadensis | perennial |
| hariy milkvetch | Astragalus inflexus | perennial |
| timber milkvetch | Astragalus miser | perennial |
| woollypod milkvetch | Astragalus purshii | perennial |
| balsamroot | Balsamorhiza sagittata | perennial |
| rockcress | Boechera pendulocarpa | perennial |
| rockcress | Boechera retrofracta | perennial |
| fairy slipper | Calypso bulbosa | perennial |
| Scotch harebell | Campanula rotundifolia | perennial |
| nodding plumeless thistle | Carduus nutans | perennial |
| harsh paintbrush | Castilleja hispida | perennial |
| stiff yellow Indian paintbrush | Castilleja lutescens | perennial |
| scarlet paintbrush | Castilleja miniata | perennial |
| pale Indian paintbrush | Castilleja pallescens | perennial |
| fireweed | Chamerion angustifolium | perennial |
| Fremont’s goosefoot | Chenopodium fremontii | annual |
| narrowleaf goosefoot | Chenopodium leptophyllum | annual |
| wavy-leaf thistle | Cirsium undulatum | perennial |
| pink fairies | Clarkia pulchella | annual |
| miner’s lettuce | Claytonia perfoliata | perennial |
| blue-eyed Mary | Collinsia parviflora | annual |
| narrow-leaved collomia | Collomia linearis | annual |
| bastard toadflax | Comandra umbellata | perennial |
| Canada horseweed | Conyza canadensis | biennial |
| slender hawksbeard | Crepis atribarba | perennial |
| gray hawksbeard | Crepis intermedia | perennial |
| basin cryptantha | Cryptantha ambigua | annual |
| northern miner’s candle | Cryptantha celosioides | perennial |
| Torrey’s cryptantha | Cryptantha torreyana | annual |
| brittle bladderfern | Cystopteris fragilis | perennial |
| larkspur | Delphinium bicolor | perennial |
| mountain tansy mustard | Descurainia incana var. incisa | perennial |
| hoary tansyaster | Dieteria canescens | perennial |
| Bonneville shootingstar | Dodecatheon conjugens | perennial |
| few-flowered shooting star | Dodecatheon pulchellum | perennial |
| sticky cinquefoil | Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa | perennial |
| autumn willowherb | Epilobium brachycarpum | annual |
| fringed willowherb | Epilobium ciliatum | perennial |
| rough horsetail | Equisetum hyemale | perennial |
| smooth horsetail | Equisetum laevigatum | perennial |
| woodland horsetail | Equisetum sylvaticum | perennial |
| cutleaf daisy | Erigeron compositus | perennial |
| longleaf fleabane | Erigeron corymbosus | perennial |
| spreading fleabane | Erigeron divergens | biennial |
| shaggy fleabane | Erigeron pumilus | perennial |
| aspen fleabane | Erigeron speciosus | perennial |
| golden buckwheat | Eriogonum flavum | perennial |
| cushion buckwheat | Eriogonum ovalifolium | perennial |
| sulphur buckwheat | Eriogonum umbellatum | perennial |
| common woolly sunflower | Eriophyllum lanatum | perennial |
| shy wallflower | Erysimum inconspicuum | biennial |
| thymeleaf sandmat | Euphorbia serpyllifolia | annual |
| woodland strawberry | Fragaria vesca | perennial |
| Virginia strawberry | Fragaria virginiana | perennial |
| yellow bell | Fritillaria pudica | perennial |
| blanket flower | Gaillardia aristata | perennial |
| sticky willy | Galium aparine | annual |
| northern bedstraw | Galium boreale | perennial |
| fragrant bedstraw | Galium triflorum | perennial |
| scarlet beeblossom | Gaura coccinea | perennial |
| sticky geranium | Geranium viscosissimum | perennial |
| largeleaf avens | Geum macrophyllum | perennial |
| prairie smoke | Geum triflorum | perennial |
| delicate gilia | Gilia tenerrima | annual |
| curlycup gumweed | Grindelia squarrosa | perennial |
| many-flower stickseed | Hackelia floribunda | perennial |
| common sunflower | Helianthus annuus | annual |
| Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | perennial |
| showy goldeneye | Heliomeris multiflora | perennial |
| hairy golden aster | Heterotheca villosa | perennial |
| round-leaf alumroot | Heuchera cylindrica | perennial |
| common alumroot | Heuchera parvifolia | perennial |
| white hawkweed | Hieracium albiflorum | perennial |
| Scouler’s woollyweed | Hieracium scouleri | perennial |
| narrowleaf hawkweed | Hieracium umbellatum | perennial |
| ball head waterleaf | Hydrophyllum capitatum | perennial |
| northern linanthus | Leptosiphon septentrionalis | annual |
| bitterroot | Lewisia rediviva | perennial |
| Lewis flax | Linum lewisii | perennial |
| smoth fringecup | Lithophragma glabra | perennial |
| smallflower woodland-star | Lithophragma parviflorum | perennial |
| field gromwell | Lithospermum ruderale | perennial |
| Wyeth’s biscuitroot | Lomatium ambiguum | perennial |
| cous biscuitroot | Lomatium cous | perennial |
| fernleaf biscuitroot | Lomatium dissectum | perennial |
| big seed biscuitroot | Lomatium macrocarpum | perennial |
| nine-leaf lomatium | Lomatium triternatum | perennial |
| silvery lupine | Lupinus argenteus | perennial |
| Wyeth’s lupine | Lupinus polyphyllus var. humicola | perennial |
| silky lupine | Lupinus sericeus | perennial |
| mountain tarweed | Madia glomerata | annual |
| false Solomon’s-seal | Maianthemum racemosum | perennial |
| small-flowered blazing-star | Mentzelia dispersa | annual |
| leafy bluebell | Mertensia oblongifolia | perennial |
| wholeleaf saxifrage | Micranthes nidifica | perennial |
| pink microsteris | Microsteris gracilis | annual |
| narrowleaved montia | Montia linearis | annual |
| bay forget-me-not | Myosotis laxa | perennial |
| jump cactus | Opuntia fragilis | perennial |
| clustered broom-rape | Orobanche fasciculata | annual |
| pink owl clover | Orthocarpus tenuifolius | annual |
| sweet cicely | Osmorhiza berteroi | perennial |
| woolly groundsel | Packera cana | perennial |
| Albert’s penstemon | Penstemon albertinus | perennial |
| scabland penstemon | Penstemon deustus | perennial |
| Wilcox’s penstemon | Penstemon wilcoxii | perennial |
| Gardner’s yampah | Perideridia montana | perennial |
| silverleaf phacelia | Phacelia hastata | perennial |
| thread-leaf phacelia | Phacelia linearis | annual |
| hood’s phlox | Phlox hoodii | perennial |
| moss phlox | Phlox muscoides | perennial |
| Scouler’s popcornflower | Plagiobothrys scouleri | annual |
| woolly plantain | Plantago patagonica | annual |
| white plectritis | Plectritis macrocera | annual |
| littlebells | Polemonium micranthum | annual |
| Douglas’ knotweed | Polygonum douglasii | annual |
| bushy knotweed | Polygonum ramosissimum | annual |
| slender cinquefoil | Potentilla gracilis | perennial |
| roughfruit fairybells | Prosartes trachycarpa | perennial |
| upright prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | perennial |
| blackeyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | perennial |
| lance-leaved stonecrop | Sedum lanceolatum | perennial |
| narrow-petalled stonecrop | Sedum stenopetalum | perennial |
| lesser spikemoss | Selaginella scopulorum | perennial |
| lambstongue groundsel | Senecio integerrimus | perennial |
| sleepy silene | Silene antirrhina | annual |
| Menzies’ campion | Silene menziesii | perennial |
| Oregon campion | Silene oregana | perennial |
| Western Canada goldenrod | Solidago lepida | perennial |
| Missouri goldenrod | Solidago missouriensis | perennial |
| purple meadowrue | Thalictrum dasycarpum | perennial |
| death camas | Toxicoscordion venenosum | perennial |
| triteleia | Triteleia grandiflora | perennial |
| American speedwell | Veronica americana | perennial |
| water speedwell | Veronica anagallis-aquatica | perennial |
| American vetch | Vicia americana | perennial |
| Nuttall’s violet | Viola nuttallii | perennial |
| Oregon cliff fern | Woodsia oregana | perennial |
Table 1. Native forbs detected at grid points within non-forested rangelands at any time between 2011-2022
rangeland graminoids (40 species)
| common name | scientific name | life cycle |
|---|---|---|
| three-awn | Aristida purpurea var. longiseta | perennial |
| blue grama grass | Bouteloua gracilis | perennial |
| mountain brome | Bromus carinatus | perennial |
| Columbia brome | Bromus vulgaris | perennial |
| pinegrass | Calamagrostis rubescens | perennial |
| shortbeak sedge | Carex brevior | perennial |
| threadleaf sedge | Carex filifolia | perennial |
| elk sedge | Carex geyeri | perennial |
| Hood’s sedge | Carex hoodii | perennial |
| small-winged sedge | Carex microptera | perennial |
| woolly sedge | Carex pellita | perennial |
| Liddon’s sedge | Carex petasata | perennial |
| white-scale sedge | Carex xerantica | perennial |
| onespike oatgrass | Danthonia unispicata | perennial |
| basin wildrye | Elymus cinereus | perennial |
| bottlebrush squirreltail | Elymus elymoides | perennial |
| blue wild rye | Elymus glaucus | perennial |
| western wheatgrass | Elymus smithii | perennial |
| slender wild rye | Elymus trachycaulus | perennial |
| rough fescue | Festuca campestris | perennial |
| Idaho fescue | Festuca idahoensis | perennial |
| western fescue | Festuca occidentalis | perennial |
| sheep fescue | Festuca ovina | perennial |
| tall mannagrass | Glyceria elata | perennial |
| foxtail barley | Hordeum jubatum | perennial |
| June grass | Koeleria macrantha | perennial |
| oniongrass | Melica bulbosa | perennial |
| Cusick’s bluegrass | Poa cusickii | perennial |
| fowl bluegrass | Poa palustris | perennial |
| Sandberg’s bluegrass | Poa secunda | perennial |
| bluebunch wheatgrass | Pseudoroegneria spicata | perennial |
| woolgrass | Scirpus cyperinus | perennial |
| sand dropseed | Sporobolus cryptandrus | perennial |
| needle and thread | Stipa comata | perennial |
| Indian ricegrass | Stipa hymenoides | perennial |
| Columbia needlegrass | Stipa nelsonii | perennial |
| western needlegrass | Stipa occidentalis | perennial |
| green needlegrass | Stipa viridula | perennial |
| tall trisetum | Trisetum cernuum ssp. canescens | perennial |
| sixweeks fescue | Vulpia octoflora | annual |
Table 2. Native grass species detected at grid points within non-forested rangelands at any time between 2011-2022
Map 2. Vegetation sampling points within restoration areas (specifically, seeding and planting treatments)
133 native herbaceous species found in MPG Restoration areas
restoration area forbs (99 species)
| common name | scientific name | life cycle |
|---|---|---|
| western yarrow | Achillea millefolium | perennial |
| giant horsemint | Agastache urticifolia | perennial |
| false-dandelion | Agoseris glauca | perennial |
| nodding onion | Allium cernuum | perennial |
| rosy pussytoes | Antennaria microphylla | perennial |
| small-leaf pussytoes | Antennaria parvifolia | perennial |
| woods pussytoes | Antennaria racemosa | perennial |
| rosy pussytoes | Antennaria rosea | perennial |
| umber pussytoes | Antennaria umbrinella | perennial |
| spreading dogbane | Apocynum androsaemifolium | perennial |
| Holboell’s rockcress | Arabis holboellii | perennial |
| ballhead sandwort | Arenaria congesta | perennial |
| twin arnica | Arnica sororia | perennial |
| prairie sagewort | Artemisia ludoviciana | perennial |
| Canada milkvetch | Astragalus canadensis | perennial |
| hariy milkvetch | Astragalus inflexus | perennial |
| timber milkvetch | Astragalus miser | perennial |
| woollypod milkvetch | Astragalus purshii | perennial |
| balsamroot | Balsamorhiza sagittata | perennial |
| rockcress | Boechera pendulocarpa | perennial |
| fairy slipper | Calypso bulbosa | perennial |
| Scotch harebell | Campanula rotundifolia | perennial |
| nodding plumeless thistle | Carduus nutans | perennial |
| scarlet paintbrush | Castilleja miniata | perennial |
| Fremont’s goosefoot | Chenopodium fremontii | annual |
| narrowleaf goosefoot | Chenopodium leptophyllum | annual |
| wavy-leaf thistle | Cirsium undulatum | perennial |
| miner’s lettuce | Claytonia perfoliata | perennial |
| narrow-leaved collomia | Collomia linearis | annual |
| blue-eyed Mary | Collinsia parviflora | annual |
| Canada horseweed | Conyza canadensis | biennial |
| slender hawksbeard | Crepis atribarba | perennial |
| gray hawksbeard | Crepis intermedia | perennial |
| larkspur | Delphinium bicolor | perennial |
| mountain tansy mustard | Descurainia incana var. incisa | perennial |
| few-flowered shooting star | Dodecatheon pulchellum | perennial |
| sticky cinquefoil | Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa | perennial |
| autumn willowherb | Epilobium brachycarpum | annual |
| fringed willowherb | Epilobium ciliatum | perennial |
| smooth horsetail | Equisetum laevigatum | perennial |
| woodland horsetail | Equisetum sylvaticum | perennial |
| cutleaf daisy | Erigeron compositus | perennial |
| longleaf fleabane | Erigeron corymbosus | perennial |
| spreading fleabane | Erigeron divergens | biennial |
| golden buckwheat | Eriogonum flavum | perennial |
| shaggy fleabane | Erigeron pumilus | perennial |
| aspen fleabane | Erigeron speciosus | perennial |
| sulphur buckwheat | Eriogonum umbellatum | perennial |
| glacier lily | Erythronium grandiflorum | perennial |
| western showy aster | Eurybia conspicua | perennial |
| woodland strawberry | Fragaria vesca | perennial |
| Virginia strawberry | Fragaria virginiana | perennial |
| yellow bell | Fritillaria pudica | perennial |
| blanket flower | Gaillardia aristata | perennial |
| sticky willy | Galium aparine | annual |
| sticky geranium | Geranium viscosissimum | perennial |
| largeleaf avens | Geum macrophyllum | perennial |
| prairie smoke | Geum triflorum | perennial |
| many-flower stickseed | Hackelia floribunda | perennial |
| common sunflower | Helianthus annuus | annual |
| Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | perennial |
| showy goldeneye | Heliomeris multiflora | perennial |
| hairy golden aster | Heterotheca villosa | perennial |
| round-leaf alumroot | Heuchera cylindrica | perennial |
| Scouler’s woollyweed | Hieracium scouleri | perennial |
| ball head waterleaf | Hydrophyllum capitatum | perennial |
| northern linanthus | Leptosiphon septentrionalis | annual |
| Lewis flax | Linum lewisii | perennial |
| smallflower woodland-star | Lithophragma parviflorum | perennial |
| field gromwell | Lithospermum ruderale | perennial |
| fernleaf biscuitroot | Lomatium dissectum | perennial |
| big seed biscuitroot | Lomatium macrocarpum | perennial |
| nine-leaf lomatium | Lomatium triternatum | perennial |
| silvery lupine | Lupinus argenteus | perennial |
| Wyeth’s lupine | Lupinus polyphyllus var. humicola | perennial |
| silky lupine | Lupinus sericeus | perennial |
| pink microsteris | Microsteris gracilis | annual |
| wholeleaf saxifrage | Micranthes nidifica | perennial |
| narrowleaved montia | Montia linearis | annual |
| bay forget-me-not | Myosotis laxa | perennial |
| pink owl clover | Orthocarpus tenuifolius | annual |
| Gardner’s yampah | Perideridia montana | perennial |
| woolly plantain | Plantago patagonica | annual |
| Douglas’ knotweed | Polygonum douglasii | annual |
| littlebells | Polemonium micranthum | annual |
| bushy knotweed | Polygonum ramosissimum | annual |
| slender cinquefoil | Potentilla gracilis | perennial |
| self-heal | Prunella vulgaris | perennial |
| upright prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | perennial |
| blackeyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | perennial |
| lambstongue groundsel | Senecio integerrimus | perennial |
| sleepy silene | Silene antirrhina | annual |
| Western Canada goldenrod | Solidago lepida | perennial |
| Missouri goldenrod | Solidago missouriensis | perennial |
| purple meadowrue | Thalictrum dasycarpum | perennial |
| western meadowrue | Thalictrum occidentale | perennial |
| death camas | Toxicoscordion venenosum | perennial |
| American speedwell | Veronica americana | perennial |
| American vetch | Vicia americana | perennial |
Table 3. Native forb species detected at grid points within revegetation treatment areas at any time between 2011-2022.
Seeded or planted species (does not mean species occurs because they were seeded, just that this species’ plant material is available)
restoration area graminoids (34 species)
| common name | scientific name | life cycle |
|---|---|---|
| three-awn | Aristida purpurea var. longiseta | perennial |
| blue grama grass | Bouteloua gracilis | perennial |
| mountain brome | Bromus carinatus | perennial |
| pinegrass | Calamagrostis rubescens | perennial |
| slender-beak sedge | Carex athrostachya | perennial |
| shortbeak sedge | Carex brevior | perennial |
| elk sedge | Carex geyeri | perennial |
| small-winged sedge | Carex microptera | perennial |
| Liddon’s sedge | Carex petasata | perennial |
| common spikerush | Eleocharis palustris | perennial |
| basin wildrye | Elymus cinereus | perennial |
| bottlebrush squirreltail | Elymus elymoides | perennial |
| blue wild rye | Elymus glaucus | perennial |
| western wheatgrass | Elymus smithii | perennial |
| slender wild rye | Elymus trachycaulus | perennial |
| rough fescue | Festuca campestris | perennial |
| Idaho fescue | Festuca idahoensis | perennial |
| western fescue | Festuca occidentalis | perennial |
| sheep fescue | Festuca ovina | perennial |
| tall mannagrass | Glyceria elata | perennial |
| foxtail barley | Hordeum jubatum | perennial |
| June grass | Koeleria macrantha | perennial |
| Cusick’s bluegrass | Poa cusickii | perennial |
| fowl bluegrass | Poa palustris | perennial |
| Sandberg’s bluegrass | Poa secunda | perennial |
| Wheeler’s bluegrass | Poa wheeleri | perennial |
| bluebunch wheatgrass | Pseudoroegneria spicata | perennial |
| sand dropseed | Sporobolus cryptandrus | perennial |
| needle and thread | Stipa comata | perennial |
| Indian ricegrass | Stipa hymenoides | perennial |
| western needlegrass | Stipa occidentalis | perennial |
| green needlegrass | Stipa viridula | perennial |
| tall trisetum | Trisetum cernuum ssp. canescens | perennial |
| sixweeks fescue | Vulpia octoflora | annual |
Table 4. Native grass species detected at grid points within revegetation treatment areas at any time between 2011-2022.
Seeded or planted species (does not mean species occurs because they were seeded, just that this species’ plant material is available)
rangeland species not found in revegetation areas (73 species)
| common name | scientific name | life cycle | life_form |
|---|---|---|---|
| western rock jasmine | Androsace occidentalis | annual | forb |
| cutleaf anenome | Anemone patens | perennial | forb |
| low pussytoes | Antennaria dimorpha | perennial | forb |
| common dogbane | Apocynum cannabinum | perennial | forb |
| littleleaf rockcress | Arabis microphylla | perennial | forb |
| Nuttall’s rockcress | Arabis nuttallii | perennial | forb |
| heartleaf arnica | Arnica cordifolia | perennial | forb |
| rockcress | Boechera retrofracta | perennial | forb |
| Columbia brome | Bromus vulgaris | perennial | graminoid |
| threadleaf sedge | Carex filifolia | perennial | graminoid |
| Hood’s sedge | Carex hoodii | perennial | graminoid |
| woolly sedge | Carex pellita | perennial | graminoid |
| white-scale sedge | Carex xerantica | perennial | graminoid |
| harsh paintbrush | Castilleja hispida | perennial | forb |
| stiff yellow Indian paintbrush | Castilleja lutescens | perennial | forb |
| pale Indian paintbrush | Castilleja pallescens | perennial | forb |
| fireweed | Chamerion angustifolium | perennial | forb |
| pink fairies | Clarkia pulchella | annual | forb |
| bastard toadflax | Comandra umbellata | perennial | forb |
| basin cryptantha | Cryptantha ambigua | annual | forb |
| northern miner’s candle | Cryptantha celosioides | perennial | forb |
| Torrey’s cryptantha | Cryptantha torreyana | annual | forb |
| brittle bladderfern | Cystopteris fragilis | perennial | forb |
| onespike oatgrass | Danthonia unispicata | perennial | graminoid |
| hoary tansyaster | Dieteria canescens | perennial | forb |
| Bonneville shootingstar | Dodecatheon conjugens | perennial | forb |
| rough horsetail | Equisetum hyemale | perennial | forb |
| cushion buckwheat | Eriogonum ovalifolium | perennial | forb |
| common woolly sunflower | Eriophyllum lanatum | perennial | forb |
| shy wallflower | Erysimum inconspicuum | biennial | forb |
| thymeleaf sandmat | Euphorbia serpyllifolia | annual | forb |
| northern bedstraw | Galium boreale | perennial | forb |
| fragrant bedstraw | Galium triflorum | perennial | forb |
| scarlet beeblossom | Gaura coccinea | perennial | forb |
| delicate gilia | Gilia tenerrima | annual | forb |
| curlycup gumweed | Grindelia squarrosa | perennial | forb |
| common alumroot | Heuchera parvifolia | perennial | forb |
| white hawkweed | Hieracium albiflorum | perennial | forb |
| narrowleaf hawkweed | Hieracium umbellatum | perennial | forb |
| bitterroot | Lewisia rediviva | perennial | forb |
| smoth fringecup | Lithophragma glabra | perennial | forb |
| Wyeth’s biscuitroot | Lomatium ambiguum | perennial | forb |
| cous biscuitroot | Lomatium cous | perennial | forb |
| mountain tarweed | Madia glomerata | annual | forb |
| false Solomon’s-seal | Maianthemum racemosum | perennial | forb |
| oniongrass | Melica bulbosa | perennial | graminoid |
| small-flowered blazing-star | Mentzelia dispersa | annual | forb |
| leafy bluebell | Mertensia oblongifolia | perennial | forb |
| jump cactus | Opuntia fragilis | perennial | forb |
| clustered broom-rape | Orobanche fasciculata | annual | forb |
| sweet cicely | Osmorhiza berteroi | perennial | forb |
| woolly groundsel | Packera cana | perennial | forb |
| Albert’s penstemon | Penstemon albertinus | perennial | forb |
| scabland penstemon | Penstemon deustus | perennial | forb |
| Wilcox’s penstemon | Penstemon wilcoxii | perennial | forb |
| silverleaf phacelia | Phacelia hastata | perennial | forb |
| thread-leaf phacelia | Phacelia linearis | annual | forb |
| hood’s phlox | Phlox hoodii | perennial | forb |
| moss phlox | Phlox muscoides | perennial | forb |
| Scouler’s popcornflower | Plagiobothrys scouleri | annual | forb |
| white plectritis | Plectritis macrocera | annual | forb |
| roughfruit fairybells | Prosartes trachycarpa | perennial | forb |
| woolgrass | Scirpus cyperinus | perennial | graminoid |
| lance-leaved stonecrop | Sedum lanceolatum | perennial | forb |
| narrow-petalled stonecrop | Sedum stenopetalum | perennial | forb |
| lesser spikemoss | Selaginella scopulorum | perennial | forb |
| Menzies’ campion | Silene menziesii | perennial | forb |
| Oregon campion | Silene oregana | perennial | forb |
| Columbia needlegrass | Stipa nelsonii | perennial | graminoid |
| triteleia | Triteleia grandiflora | perennial | forb |
| water speedwell | Veronica anagallis-aquatica | perennial | forb |
| Nuttall’s violet | Viola nuttallii | perennial | forb |
| Oregon cliff fern | Woodsia oregana | perennial | forb |
1) section with figure of species counts by family
2) section with information about traits. phenology, drought tolerance (maybe from KD’s data), seed size
3) section with potential/suitable species not detected in surveys
4) subsection with commercial availability
Species Availability and Sources
107 Species grown, collected, or planted at MPG Ranch
| common name | scientific name | commercial availability | MPG seed farmed | field collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| western yarrow | Achillea millefolium | yes | no | |
| nodding onion | Allium cernuum | unknown | no | |
| pearly everlasting | Anaphalis margaritacea | unknown | no | |
| rosy pussytoes | Antennaria microphylla | unknown | yes | |
| small-leaf pussytoes | Antennaria parvifolia | unknown | no | |
| Holboell’s rockcress | Arabis holboellii | unknown | yes | |
| three-awn | Aristida purpurea var. longiseta | unknown | no | |
| heartleaf arnica | Arnica cordifolia | unknown | no | yes |
| twin arnica | Arnica sororia | unknown | yes | yes |
| showy milkweed | Asclepias speciosa | unknown | yes | |
| hariy milkvetch | Astragalus inflexus | unknown | no | yes |
| balsamroot | Balsamorhiza sagittata | yes | no | yes |
| blue grama grass | Bouteloua gracilis | yes | no | |
| mountain brome | Bromus carinatus | yes | no | |
| Scotch harebell | Campanula rotundifolia | unknown | yes | |
| Douglas’ dustymaiden | Chaenactis douglasii | unknown | yes | |
| fireweed | Chamerion angustifolium | unknown | no | |
| pink fairies | Clarkia pulchella | unknown | yes | |
| blue-eyed Mary | Collinsia parviflora | unknown | yes | |
| narrow-leaved collomia | Collomia linearis | unknown | yes | |
| golden tickseed | Coreopsis tinctoria | unknown | no | |
| gray hawksbeard | Crepis intermedia | unknown | yes | yes |
| cryptantha | Cryptantha spp. | unknown | no | |
| white prairie clover | Dalea candida | yes | no | yes |
| purple prairie clover | Dalea purpurea | yes | no | yes |
| larkspur | Delphinium bicolor | unknown | yes | yes |
| tufted hairgrass | Deschampsia cespitosa | unknown | no | |
| Bonneville shootingstar | Dodecatheon conjugens | unknown | no | yes |
| tall cinquefoil | Drymocallis arguta | unknown | yes | |
| Canada wildrye | Elymus canadensis | yes | no | |
| basin wildrye | Elymus cinereus | yes | no | |
| bottlebrush squirreltail | Elymus elymoides | yes | no | |
| thickspike wheatgrass | Elymus lanceolatus | unknown | no | |
| western wheatgrass | Elymus smithii | yes | no | |
| slender wild rye | Elymus trachycaulus | yes | no | |
| cutleaf daisy | Erigeron compositus | unknown | yes | yes |
| shaggy fleabane | Erigeron pumilus | unknown | yes | |
| aspen fleabane | Erigeron speciosus | unknown | yes | |
| golden buckwheat | Eriogonum flavum | unknown | no | |
| cushion buckwheat | Eriogonum ovalifolium | unknown | yes | |
| sulphur buckwheat | Eriogonum umbellatum | unknown | yes | |
| common woolly sunflower | Eriophyllum lanatum | yes | yes | |
| glacier lily | Erythronium grandiflorum | unknown | no | yes |
| rough fescue | Festuca campestris | unknown | no | yes |
| Idaho fescue | Festuca idahoensis | unknown | yes | |
| yellow bell | Fritillaria pudica | unknown | no | yes |
| blanket flower | Gaillardia aristata | unknown | yes | yes |
| scarlet beeblossom | Gaura coccinea | unknown | no | yes |
| sticky geranium | Geranium viscosissimum | unknown | no | yes |
| prairie smoke | Geum triflorum | unknown | no | yes |
| curlycup gumweed | Grindelia squarrosa | unknown | yes | yes |
| Rocky Mountain rockrose | Helianthella uniflora | unknown | no | |
| common sunflower | Helianthus annuus | yes | no | |
| Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | yes | no | |
| showy goldeneye | Heliomeris multiflora | unknown | no | |
| hairy golden aster | Heterotheca villosa | unknown | yes | yes |
| round-leaf alumroot | Heuchera cylindrica | unknown | no | |
| streambank wild hollyhock | Iliamna rivularis | unknown | no | yes |
| June grass | Koeleria macrantha | yes | no | |
| bitterroot | Lewisia rediviva | unknown | yes | yes |
| Lewis flax | Linum lewisii | yes | no | |
| smallflower woodland-star | Lithophragma parviflorum | unknown | no | |
| field gromwell | Lithospermum ruderale | unknown | no | yes |
| nine-leaf lomatium | Lomatium triternatum | unknown | yes | yes |
| silvery lupine | Lupinus argenteus | yes | no | |
| silky lupine | Lupinus sericeus | yes | no | yes |
| small-flowered blazing-star | Mentzelia dispersa | unknown | no | |
| blazing-star | Mentzelia laevicaulis | unknown | no | |
| wild bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | unknown | yes | |
| Great Basin blue-eyes | Nemophila breviflora | unknown | yes | |
| hairy evening primrose | Oenothera villosa | unknown | no | |
| pink owl clover | Orthocarpus tenuifolius | unknown | yes | |
| Bessey’s locoweed | Oxytropis besseyi | unknown | yes | |
| woolly groundsel | Packera cana | unknown | no | yes |
| Albert’s penstemon | Penstemon albertinus | unknown | no | |
| fuzzy tongue penstemon | Penstemon eriantherus | unknown | yes | |
| littleflower penstemon | Penstemon procerus | unknown | yes | |
| Wilcox’s penstemon | Penstemon wilcoxii | unknown | yes | |
| silverleaf phacelia | Phacelia hastata | yes | yes | |
| thread-leaf phacelia | Phacelia linearis | unknown | yes | yes |
| Geyer’s twinpod | Physaria geyeri | unknown | no | |
| woolly plantain | Plantago patagonica | unknown | yes | |
| Sandberg’s bluegrass | Poa secunda | yes | no | yes |
| Sandberg’s bluegrass | Poa secunda | yes | no | |
| littlebells | Polemonium micranthum | unknown | yes | |
| slender cinquefoil | Potentilla gracilis | unknown | yes | |
| bluebunch wheatgrass | Pseudoroegneria spicata | yes | no | yes |
| upright prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | yes | no | yes |
| blackeyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | unknown | no | |
| lambstongue groundsel | Senecio integerrimus | unknown | no | |
| Missouri goldenrod | Solidago missouriensis | unknown | yes | yes |
| scarlet globemallow | Sphaeralcea coccinea | unknown | yes | |
| sand dropseed | Sporobolus cryptandrus | yes | no | |
| needle and thread | Stipa comata | yes | no | |
| Indian ricegrass | Stipa hymenoides | unknown | no | |
| triteleia | Triteleia grandiflora | unknown | no | yes |
| American vetch | Vicia americana | unknown | no | |
| sixweeks fescue | Vulpia octoflora | unknown | no |
37 Species of native forbs grown at one time in MPG Seed Farm
35 are not commercially available or source is unknown
| life form | field collected | MPG Seed Farmed | commercial availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| forb | 29 | 37 | 13 |
| graminoid | 3 | 1 | 13 |