APPENDIX C—COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF PLANTS

This list of common names and their scientific (Latin) equivalents includes only those plants that are mentioned in the text. With minor exceptions, authority for the scientific names of all plants and for the common names of all plants except trees is the second edition (1942) of Standardized Plant Names, edited by Harlan P. Kelsey and William A. Dayton. Authority for common names of trees is Check List of Native and Naturalized Trees of the United States (Including Alaska), by Elbert L. Little, Jr. (U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook No. 41, published in 1953.)

Trees and Shrubs

Alder, thinleaf—Alnus tenuifolia

Aspen, quaking—Populus tremuloides

Birch, water—Betula occidentalis

Bitterbrush, antelope—Purshia tridentata

Cottonwood, narrowleaf—Populus angustifolia

Currant, wax—Ribes cereum

Douglas-fir—Pseudotsuga menziesii

Fir, subalpine—Abies lasiocarpa

Honeysuckle, bearberry—Lonicera involucrata

Juniper, Rocky Mountain—Juniperus scopuloram

Maple, Rocky Mountain—Acer glabrum glabrum

Mountain-ash, Greenes—Sorbus scopulina

Pine, limber—Pinus flexilis

Pine, lodgepole—Pinus contorta

Pine, ponderosa—Pinus ponderosa

Raspberry, American red—Rubus idaeus strigosus

Raspberry, boulder—Rubus deliciosus

Sagebrush, big—Artemisia tridentata

Spruce, blue—Picea pungens

Spruce, Engelmann—Picea engelmannii

Willow, Scouler—Salix scouleriana

Wildflowers

Actinea, graylocks—Actinea grandiflora

Arnica, heartleaf—Arnica cordifolia

Bistort, American—Polygonum bistortoides

Black-eyed susan—Rudbeckia hirta

Buttercup, alpine—Ranunculus adoneus

Calypso—Calypso bulbosa

Columbine, Colorado—Aquilegia coerulea

Coralroot, spotted—Corallorhiza maculata

Crazyweed, Lambert—Ozytropis lamberti

Dryad, Mt. Washington—Dryas octopetala

Erysimum, plains—Erysimum asperum

Fireweed—Epilobium angustifolium

Forget-me-not, alpine—Eritrichum argenteum

Gaillardia, common perennial—Gaillardia aristata

Geranium, Fremont—Geranium fremonti

Globe-flower, white—Trollius albiflorus

Iris, Rocky Mountain—Iris missouriensis

Jamesia, cliff—Jamesia americana

Kings crown—Sedum integrifolium

Marsh-marigold, elkslip—Caltha leptosepala

Miner’s candle—Cryptantha virgata

Monkshood, Columbia—Aconitum columbianum

Pasqueflower, American—Anemone ludoviciana

Penstemon, oneside—Penstemon unilateralis

Phlox, tufted—Phlox caespitosa

Primrose, Parry—Primula parryi

Pyrola—Pyrola spp.

Silene, moss—Silene acaulis

Starlily, common—Leucocrinum montanum

Thermopsis, spreading—Thermopsis divaricata

Townsendia, stemless—Townsendia exscapa

Twinflower, American—Linnaea borealis americana

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