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Utah Juniper
 Juniperus
osterosperma
 Leaves
are scalelike.
Berries
are marble size and reddish brown
in color with a powdery coating.
Can
grow to 15 ft.
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 Gambel
Oak
Quercus gambelii
Has acorns.
Bark is grayish, rough and hard.
Grows in dense thickets.
Considered tall shrub or small tree.
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 Breaded
Tongue
Penstemon vigatus
5
stamens, one of which lies down on the lower petal and looks hairy.
Purple
flower.
Can
reach 2 ft.
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 Crested
Wheatgrass
Agropyron cristatum
Located
in desert to middle elevations.
Spike is oblong-oval, flat shaped.
Spike also contains hairs which flare out.
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 Tamarisk
Tamarisk pentandra
Leaves
are thick, scale like, and grayish green in color.
Flowers
are small, showy and pink.
Can
grow to 15-20 ft.
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 Big
Sagebrush
Artemisia tridenata
3-parted
leaves which are silvery, hairy and wedge shaped
Bark
is dull gray.
Can
reach 2-7 ft.
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 Pińon
Pine
Pinus edulis
Two
needles grouped together at the base.
Chunky,
little cones.
Bark
is reddish and grows crooked.
Can
reach 35 ft.
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 Indian
Paintbrush
Castilleja miniata
Almost
entirely made up of leaves.
An
assortment of color in flowers.
Can
grow 1-2 ft.
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 Indian
Rice Grass
Stipa hymenoides
Used
by Indians to make flour.
Found on dry sandy soils.
Usually found in dense bunches.
Slender, long leaves.
Leaves are harsh to the touch.
Can grow 1-2 ft.
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 Pepper
Grass
Lepidium perfoliatum
Common
weed which is usually located in disturbed sites.
Located
in warm desert shrubs near sage.
Leaves
are sessile.
Can
grow 2-10 in.
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 Fremont
Cottonwood
Populus fremontii
Coarsely
toothed leaves.
Females
produce white cotton.
Good
indicator of a nearby water source.
Can
grow 50-60 ft.
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 Sweet-Clover
Melilotus officinalis
Flowers
can be white, yellow or pink.
Found on roadsides and fields.
Planted to control erosion.
Not a native plant.
Can grow 2-5 ft.
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 Wood's
Rose (Wild Rose)
Rosa woodsii
5
petals.
Thorny bushes.
Dark red rosehips.
Found in lowlands and mountains.
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 Groundsel
Senecio spartioides
Found
on roadsides and rocky slopes.
Yellow
ray flowers.
Blooms
from July to September.
Can
grow 2-4 ft.
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 Cattails
Typha latifolia
Flat,
strap-like leaves.
Jointless
stem.
Dense
cylinder of brown flowers extend from stem.
Found
in wetland areas.
Can grow 4-8 ft.
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Serviceberry
Amelanchier utahersis
Found
in subalpine zones.
White
spring flowers.
Grows most commonly on rocky slopes. Fruit turns bluish purple as
it
ripens.
can grow 6-15 ft.
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Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus montanus
Found
in lower foothills.
Small wedge-shaped, toothed leaves.
Can grow 4-6 ft.
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 Globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua or Subhastata ambigua
Found
in low deserts.
Has orange flowers.
Blooms in spring and summer.
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 Gray
Thistle
Cirsium undulatum
Leaves
contain spines.
White
or pink flowers.
Can
grow 2-5 ft.
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 Mormon
Tea
Ephredra nevadensis
Blooms
in the spring.
Found
in the deserts to mountains.
Contains
ephedrine, which helps sooth coughs, colds and hay fever.
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 Netleaf
Hackberry
Celtis reticulata
Usually
found in canyons or on hillsides.
Elm-like
leaves that are bright green.
Pea
sized red/orange fruit.
Does
not exceed 30 ft.
Plant Index
 Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamus viscidiflorus
Usual
found on dry mesas and slopes.
Golden
flowers.
Flowers
are sticky.
Can
reach 2-5 ft.
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 Singleleaf
Ash
Fraxinus anomala
One,
single leaf.
Leaves
are dark green above (on top) and light green below (on bottom).
Flowers
do not have petals.
Usually
found in canyons or on hillsides.
Do
not exceed 20 ft.
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 Squawbush
(Skunkbush)
Rhus trilobata
Hairs on plant result in an unpleasant odor.
Grow in open forest and on slopes.
3 leaflets, which have 3 lobes.
Can grow 2-6 ft.
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 Woolly
Locoweed
Oxytropis campestris
Season
is May-June.
Poisonous.
Semidesert region.
Can reach 10-24 in.
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 Willow
Salix exigua
Found
on streambanks, lakeshores, and irrigation ditches.
Grow where water is abundant.
Stems are ashy gray color.
New twigs are reddish in color.
Usually not taller than 15 ft.
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