Escarpments and the Foothill Transition - Mountains and Plains: The Ecology of Wyoming Landscapes - page 158

table 10.1. characteristic plants found in the different kinds of foothill vegetation a

Mountain-
mahogany
shrubland

Mixed
foothill
shrubland

Juniper
woodland

Aspen
woodland

conifer
woodland

oak
woodland

Woody
draws

common name Latin name

tReeS
Aspen

Populus tremuloides — — — X — — —

Boxelder Acer negundo — — — — — — X

Bur oak b Quercus macrocarpa — — — — — X —

Gambel oak c Quercus gambelii — — — — — X —

Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica — — — — — — X

Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii — — — — X — —

Limber pine Pinus flexilis X X — — X — —

Ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa — — — — X — —

SHRUBS
American plum Prunus americana — — — — — — X

Antelope bitterbrush Purshia tridentata — — X — X — —

Black sagebrush Artemisia nova X X X — — — —

Mountain big
sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata
ssp . vaseyana

— — X X X — —

Silver sagebrush
(plains)

Artemisia cana ssp.
cana

— — X — — — X

Wyoming big
sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata
ssp . wyomingensis

X X X — — — —

chokecherry Prunus virginiana — — X X — — X

common juniper Juniperus communis — — — X X X —

Rocky Mountain
juniper

Juniperus scopulorum — X X — X X X

Utah juniper Juniperus osteosperma — X — — X — —

curlleaf
mountain-mahogany

Cercocarpus ledifolius X X — — — — —

true (alderleaf )
mountain-mahogany

Cercocarpus montanus X X X — — — —

Snowbrush
ceanothus

Ceanothus velutinus — — X — — — —

Douglas hawthorn Crataegus douglasii — — — — — — X

Douglas rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus

viscidiflorus

X X X — — — —

Rubber rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa — X X X X X —

Saskatoon
serviceberry

Amelanchier alnifolia — — X X — — X

Utah serviceberry Amelanchier utahensis — — X X — — —

Skunkbush sumac Rhus trilobata — — X — — — X

Utah snowberry Symphoricarpos oreoph-

ilus var. utahensis

— — X X X X —