Escarpments and the Foothill Transition - Mountains and Plains: The Ecology of Wyoming Landscapes - page 159

Mountain-
mahogany
shrubland

Mixed
foothill
shrubland

Juniper
woodland

Aspen
woodland

conifer
woodland

oak
woodland

Woody
draws

common name Latin name

Western snowberry Symphoricarpos

occidentalis

— — — — X X X

Wax currant Ribes cereum — — X — X — —

Woods' rose Rosa woodsii — X X X X X X

GRASSeS
Basin wildrye

Leymus cinereus — — X X X — X

Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis X X X — — — —

Bluebunch
wheatgrass

Pseudoroegneria spicata X X X — X — X

idaho fescue Festuca idahoensis — — — X — — —

Spike fescue Leucopoa kingii — X X X X — —

Little bluestem Schizachyrium

scoparium

— — X — — X X

oatgrass Danthonia spp . — — — X — X X

Prairie junegrass Koeleria macrantha X X X — X X —

Sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula — — X — X X X

FoRBS
Arrowleaf
balsamroot

Balsamorrhiza
sagittata

— — X — X — —

creeping barberry
(oregon-grape)

Mahonia repens — — X X X X X

Field (mouse-ear)
chickweed

Cerastium arvense X X X — — — —

Hairy false
goldenaster

Heterotheca villosa X X X — — — —

Hooker's sandwort Arenaria hookeri X X — — — — —

Lupine Lupinus spp . — — X X — — —

Prairie (fringed)
sagewort

Artemisia frigida X X X X X X X

Pricklypear cactus Opuntia polyacantha X X X — — — —

Purple locoweed Oxytropis lambertii X X X — — — —

Pussytoes Antennaria spp . X X X X X — —

Sulfur-flower
buckwheat

Eriogonum umbellatum X X X — X — —

Western yarrow Achillea millefolium

var . occidentalis

X X X X X X X

a A dash indicates that the plant is absent or uncommon.
b Bur oak is found only in the Black Hills.
c Gambel oak is found only in the Sierra Madre.