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Keystone Gulch
Peggy Lyon, CNHP
Species Count: 125
Apiaceae
Heracleum maximum
Lomatium triternatum
Osmorhiza depauperata
Pseudocymopterus montanus
Asparagaceae
Maianthemum racemosum
Maianthemum stellatum
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Herrickia glauca
Heterotheca villosa
Hymenoxys hoopesii
Leucanthemum vulgare
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Packera tridenticulata
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Solidago velutina
Taraxacum officinale
Tragopogon dubius
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Mahonia repens
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Betula occidentalis
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Lithospermum multiflorum
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Cardamine cordifolia
Nasturtium officinale
Noccaea montana
Rorippa palustris
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Campanula rotundifolia
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Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
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Eremogone congesta
Pseudostellaria jamesiana
Silene drummondii
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Paxistima myrsinites
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Cornus sericea
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Juniperus communis
Juniperus scopulorum
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Carex geyeri
Carex lasiocarpa
Carex utriculata
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Shepherdia canadensis
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Equisetum arvense
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
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Astragalus kentrophyta
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Medicago lupulina
Medicago sativa
Melilotus officinalis
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens
Vicia americana
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Quercus gambelii
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Geranium richardsonii
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Ribes wolfii
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Calochortus gunnisonii
Streptopus fassettii
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Linum lewisii
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Forestiera pubescens
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Epilobium hornemannii
Oenothera cespitosa
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Corallorhiza striata
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Castilleja miniata
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Erythranthe guttata
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Pseudotsuga menziesii
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Achnatherum nelsonii
Bromus inermis
Bromus lanatipes
Calamagrostis canadensis
Dactylis glomerata
Elymus elymoides
Elymus trachycaulus
Eriocoma hymenoides
Koeleria macrantha
Muhlenbergia montana
Pascopyrum smithii
Phleum pratense
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Eriogonum umbellatum
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Actaea rubra
Clematis ligusticifolia
Thalictrum fendleri
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Dasiphora fruticosa
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Padus virginiana
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Potentilla pulcherrima
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Populus tremuloides
Salix drummondiana
Salix exigua
Salix lasiandra
Salix monticola
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Acer glabrum
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Heuchera parvifolia
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Verbascum thapsus
Typhaceae
Typha latifolia
Urticaceae
Urtica gracilis
Viburnaceae
Sambucus racemosa
Violaceae
Viola