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Canyon de Chelly National Monument
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Species Count: 541
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus blitoides
Amaranthus hybridus
Amaranthus palmeri
Amaranthus powellii
Amaranthus retroflexus
Atriplex argentea
Atriplex canescens
Atriplex confertifolia
Atriplex obovata
Atriplex rosea
Bassia hyssopifolia
Bassia scoparia
Blitum nuttallianum
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium berlandieri
Chenopodium fremontii
Chenopodium leptophyllum
Cycloloma atriplicifolium
Dysphania botrys
Dysphania graveolens
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Oxybasis glauca
Oxybasis rubra
Salsola tragus
Suaeda nigra
Amaryllidaceae
Allium cernuum
Allium geyeri
Allium gooddingii
Allium macropetalum
Anacardiaceae
Rhus aromatica
Toxicodendron rydbergii
Apiaceae
Aletes macdougalii
Aulospermum purpureum
Cicuta douglasii
Conioselinum scopulorum
Cymopterus glomeratus
Ligusticum porteri
Oxypolis fendleri
Pseudocymopterus montanus
Vesper bulbosus
Vesper purpurascens
Apocynaceae
Apocynum cannabinum
Asclepias engelmanniana
Asclepias involucrata
Asclepias subverticillata
Asclepias tuberosa
Araceae
Lemna minor
Asparagaceae
Asparagus officinalis
Echeandia flavescens
Maianthemum racemosum
Nolina microcarpa
Yucca angustissima
Yucca baccata
Aspleniaceae
Asplenium resiliens
Asteraceae
Achillea millefolium
Acroptilon repens
Ageratina herbacea
Almutaster pauciflorus
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Antennaria marginata
Antennaria parvifolia
Artemisia bigelovii
Artemisia frigida
Bidens cernua
Brickellia grandiflora
Carduus nutans
Chaenactis stevioides
Chaetopappa ericoides
Chrysothamnus depressus
Chrysothamnus greenei
Cirsium chellyense
Cirsium chuskaense
Cirsium vulgare
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia
Dicoria canescens
Erigeron divergens
Erigeron flagellaris
Erigeron lonchophyllus
Erigeron speciosus
Erigeron tracyi
Gutierrezia microcephala
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Helianthella microcephala
Helianthus annuus
Isocoma rusbyi
Lactuca serriola
Lygodesmia grandiflora
Malacothrix sonchoides
Mulgedium pulchellum
Packera hartiana
Packera multilobata
Pericome caudata
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
Ratibida columnifera
Senecio spartioides
Solidago velutina
Sonchus asper
Stephanomeria tenuifolia
Taraxacum erythrospermum
Tetradymia canescens
Tetraneuris ivesiana
Thelesperma megapotamicum
Townsendia incana
Townsendia strigosa
Tragopogon dubius
Verbesina encelioides
Xanthium strumarium
Berberidaceae
Mahonia repens
Betulaceae
Alnus oblongifolia
Betula occidentalis
Bignoniaceae
Catalpa bignonioides
Boraginaceae
Cryptantha crassisepala
Cryptantha fendleri
Cryptantha fulvocanescens
Cryptantha gracilis
Cryptantha pterocarya
Lithospermum incisum
Lithospermum multiflorum
Mertensia oblongifolia
Nama dichotoma
Nama retrorsum
Oreocarya bakeri
Oreocarya confertiflora
Oreocarya flava
Oreocarya suffruticosa
Phacelia alba
Phacelia ivesiana
Phacelia neomexicana
Brassicaceae
Alyssum alyssoides
Alyssum desertorum
Alyssum minus
Boechera formosa
Boechera perennans
Camelina microcarpa
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Cardamine cordifolia
Chorispora tenella
Descurainia sophia
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni
Draba nemorosa
Erysimum capitatum
Erysimum repandum
Lepidium densiflorum
Lepidium montanum
Lepidium perfoliatum
Physaria intermedia
Physaria newberryi
Physaria rectipes
Rorippa sinuata
Rorippa sphaerocarpa
Rorippa tenerrima
Rorippa teres
Sisymbrium altissimum
Stanleya pinnata
Streptanthella longirostris
Streptanthus cordatus
Thelypodium wrightii
Cactaceae
Cylindropuntia whipplei
Cylindropuntia x viridiflora
Echinocereus coccineus
Echinocereus fendleri
Echinocereus mojavensis
Opuntia fragilis
Opuntia macrorhiza
Opuntia phaeacantha
Sclerocactus whipplei
Campanulaceae
Campanula parryi
Cannabaceae
Celtis reticulata
Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera korolkowii
Symphoricarpos oreophilus
Valeriana acutiloba
Caryophyllaceae
Arenaria serpyllifolia
Cerastium beeringianum
Cerastium glomeratum
Eremogone eastwoodiae
Eremogone fendleri
Pseudostellaria jamesiana
Silene antirrhina
Silene laciniata
Silene menziesii
Spergularia salina
Celastraceae
Paxistima myrsinites
Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum demersum
Cleomaceae
Cleomella serrulata
Colchicaceae
Prosartes trachycarpa
Commelinaceae
Tradescantia pinetorum
Convolvulaceae
Calystegia macounii
Convolvulus arvensis
Evolvulus nuttallianus
Ipomoea costellata
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita foetidissima
Cucurbita moschata
Cupressaceae
Juniperus monosperma
Juniperus osteosperma
Juniperus scopulorum
Platycladus orientalis
Cyperaceae
Carex crawei
Carex duriuscula
Carex geophila
Carex hassei
Carex nebrascensis
Carex occidentalis
Carex oreocharis
Carex pachystachya
Carex pellita
Carex praegracilis
Carex siccata
Carex specuicola
Carex vallicola
Cyperus fendlerianus
Cyperus schweinitzii
Cyperus squarrosus
Eleocharis engelmannii
Eleocharis palustris
Eleocharis parishii
Schoenoplectus americanus
Scirpus microcarpus
Scirpus pallidus
Cystopteridaceae
Cystopteris fragilis
Cystopteris reevesiana
Cystopteris tenuis
Cystopteris utahensis
Cystopteris × tennesseensis
Dryopteridaceae
Dryopteris filix-mas
Elaeagnaceae
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Ephedraceae
Ephedra cutleri
Ephedra torreyana
Ephedra viridis
Equisetaceae
Equisetum arvense
Equisetum hyemale
Equisetum laevigatum
Equisetum variegatum
Ericaceae
Pterospora andromedea
Euphorbiaceae
Croton texensis
Euphorbia brachycera
Euphorbia fendleri
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Tragia ramosa
Fabaceae
Astragalus brandegeei
Astragalus calycosus
Astragalus ceramicus
Astragalus chuskanus
Astragalus lentiginosus
Astragalus lonchocarpus
Astragalus nuttallianus
Astragalus scopulorum
Astragalus wingatanus
Calliandra humilis
Gleditsia triacanthos
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Hedysarum boreale
Ladeania lanceolata
Lathyrus eucosmus
Lathyrus graminifolius
Lotus plebeius
Lotus wrightii
Lupinus brevicaulis
Lupinus kingii
Medicago falcata
Medicago lupulina
Medicago polymorpha
Medicago sativa
Melilotus officinalis
Oxytropis lambertii
Parryella filifolia
Pediomelum megalanthum
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Robinia pseudoacacia
Spartium junceum
Trifolium longipes
Trifolium repens
Vicia americana
Fagaceae
Quercus gambelii
Quercus turbinella
Quercus X pauciloba
Gentianaceae
Frasera paniculata
Frasera speciosa
Zeltnera calycosa
Geraniaceae
Erodium cicutarium
Geranium lentum
Geranium richardsonii
Grossulariaceae
Ribes cereum
Ribes leptanthum
Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum sibiricum
Hydrangeaceae
Fendlera rupicola
Philadelphus microphyllus
Hypericaceae
Hypericum scouleri
Iridaceae
Iris missouriensis
Sisyrinchium demissum
Juglandaceae
Carya illinoinensis
Juglans major
Juncaceae
Juncus bufonius
Juncus ensifolius
Juncus longistylis
Juncus tenuis
Juncus torreyi
Lamiaceae
Agastache pallidiflora
Caryopteris x clandonensis
Dracocephalum parviflorum
Hedeoma drummondii
Hedeoma oblongifolia
Marrubium vulgare
Mentha arvensis
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Poliomintha incana
Prunella vulgaris
Salvia reflexa
Stachys rothrockii
Liliaceae
Calochortus aureus
Calochortus gunnisonii
Linaceae
Linum aristatum
Linum australe
Linum lewisii
Linum puberulum
Loasaceae
Mentzelia albicaulis
Mentzelia multiflora
Mentzelia pumila
Mentzelia rusbyi
Malvaceae
Malva neglecta
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Sphaeralcea fendleri
Sphaeralcea hastulata
Sphaeralcea incana
Sphaeralcea leptophylla
Sphaeralcea parvifolia
Martyniaceae
Proboscidea parviflora
Melanthiaceae
Anticlea vaginata
Zigadenus paniculatus
Montiaceae
Phemeranthus parviflorus
Moraceae
Morus alba
Nyctaginaceae
Abronia elliptica
Abronia fragrans
Boerhavia spicata
Mirabilis linearis
Mirabilis multiflora
Mirabilis oxybaphoides
Tripterocalyx wootonii
Oleaceae
Fraxinus anomala
Menodora scabra
Onagraceae
Calylophus lavandulifolius
Epilobium ciliatum
Epilobium halleanum
Gayophytum ramosissimum
Oenothera albicaulis
Oenothera coronopifolia
Oenothera curtiflora
Oenothera flava
Oenothera pallida
Oenothera suffrutescens
Orchidaceae
Epipactis gigantea
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja angustifolia
Castilleja integra
Castilleja linariifolia
Castilleja martini
Castilleja minor
Cordylanthus wrightii
Orobanche fasciculata
Orthocarpus luteus
Orthocarpus purpureoalbus
Pedicularis centranthera
Oxalidaceae
Oxalis decaphylla
Phrymaceae
Erythranthe eastwoodiae
Erythranthe glabrata
Erythranthe guttata
Erythranthe rubella
Pinaceae
Picea engelmannii
Picea pungens
Pinus edulis
Pinus ponderosa
Plantaginaceae
Besseya arizonica
Penstemon comarrhenus
Penstemon lentus
Penstemon linarioides
Penstemon ophianthus
Penstemon strictiformis
Penstemon virgatus
Plantago argyraea
Plantago eriopoda
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Plantago patagonica
Veronica americana
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia
Poaceae
Achnatherum lettermanii
Agrostis gigantea
Agrostis scabra
Bouteloua gracilis
Bromus arvensis
Bromus japonicus
Bromus tectorum
Cenchrus spinifex
Chloris verticillata
Distichlis spicata
Elymus canadensis
Eriocoma hymenoides
Erioneuron pilosum
Glyceria striata
Hesperostipa neomexicana
Hilaria jamesii
Hordeum pusillum
Koeleria macrantha
Lolium arundinaceum
Lolium pratense
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
Muhlenbergia curtifolia
Muhlenbergia montana
Muhlenbergia pungens
Muhlenbergia racemosa
Muhlenbergia thurberi
Muhlenbergia wrightii
Munroa squarrosa
Panicum capillare
Pappostipa speciosa
Pascopyrum smithii
Phragmites australis
Piptatheropsis micrantha
Poa compressa
Polypogon interruptus
Polypogon monspeliensis
Puccinellia nuttalliana
Sphenopholis obtusata
Sporobolus airoides
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Zuloagaea bulbosa
Polemoniaceae
Aliciella leptomeria
Eriastrum diffusum
Gilia inconspicua
Gilia ophthalmoides
Gilia sinuata
Ipomopsis aggregata
Ipomopsis gunnisonii
Ipomopsis longiflora
Ipomopsis multiflora
Ipomopsis polycladon
Ipomopsis pumila
Linanthus pungens
Phlox austromontana
Phlox gracilis
Phlox hoodii
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum alatum
Eriogonum cernuum
Eriogonum corymbosum
Eriogonum racemosum
Eriogonum shockleyi
Eriogonum subreniforme
Fallopia convolvulus
Persicaria lapathifolia
Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum ramosissimum
Polygonum sawatchense
Rumex crispus
Rumex mexicanus
Rumex occidentalis
Portulacaceae
Portulaca halimoides
Portulaca oleracea
Primulaceae
Androsace occidentalis
Pteridaceae
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Myriopteris gracilis
Ranunculaceae
Aquilegia chrysantha
Aquilegia elegantula
Aquilegia micrantha
Ceratocephala testiculata
Clematis columbiana
Clematis ligusticifolia
Delphinium nuttallianum
Delphinium scaposum
Myosurus cupulatus
Ranunculus aquatilis
Ranunculus cymbalaria
Ranunculus macounii
Thalictrum dasycarpum
Thalictrum fendleri
Rosaceae
Agrimonia striata
Argentina anserina
Cercocarpus intricatus
Cercocarpus montanus
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Dasiphora fruticosa
Fallugia paradoxa
Holodiscus dumosus
Malus pumila
Malus sylvestris
Potentilla crinita
Potentilla pensylvanica
Prunus armeniaca
Prunus persica
Prunus virginiana
Purshia stansburyana
Purshia tridentata
Rubus parviflorus
Rubiaceae
Galium boreale
Galium triflorum
Galium wrightii
Salicaceae
Populus alba
Populus angustifolia
Populus fremontii
Populus nigra
Populus tremuloides
Populus x acuminata
Salix amygdaloides
Salix bebbiana
Salix exigua
Salix gooddingii
Salix laevigata
Salix lasiolepis
Santalaceae
Arceuthobium divaricatum
Phoradendron juniperinum
Sarcobataceae
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Saururaceae
Anemopsis californica
Saxifragaceae
Lithophragma tenellum
Selaginellaceae
Selaginella mutica
Solanaceae
Chamaesaracha coronopus
Datura wrightii
Lycium pallidum
Nicotiana attenuata
Physalis longifolia
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanum jamesii
Solanum rostratum
Solanum triflorum
Talinaceae
Phemeranthus brevifolius
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix chinensis
Tamarix parviflora
Typhaceae
Typha angustifolia
Typha latifolia
Ulmaceae
Ulmus americana
Ulmus pumila
Urticaceae
Parietaria pensylvanica
Urtica gracilis
Verbenaceae
Verbena bracteata
Verbena macdougalii
Violaceae
Viola nephrophylla
Viola sororia
Vitaceae
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Vitis arizonica
Woodsiaceae
Woodsia neomexicana
Zygophyllaceae
Kallstroemia californica
Tribulus terrestris