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table 16.1. Some plants in the Black Hills representative of other floristic regions
Region/common name
Latin name
RocKY MoUntAin SPecieS
narrowleaf cottonwood
Populus angustifolia
Ponderosa pine
Pinus ponderosa
creeping barberry (oregon-grape)
Mahonia repens
elkweed
Frasera speciosa
Heartleaf arnica
Arnica cordifolia
Grouse whortleberry
Vaccinium scoparium
Richardson's geranium
Geranium richardsonii
GReAt BASin SPecieS
Alderleaf (true) mountain-mahogany
Cercocarpus montanus
Big sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
Skunkbush sumac
Rhus trilobata
Blanketflower
Gaillardia aristata
Bottlebrush squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
Prairie junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
threadleaf sedge
Carex filifolia
eASteRn DeciDUoUS FoReSt SPecieS
American elm
Ulmus americana
Boxelder
Acer negundo
Bur oak
Quercus macrocarpa
common hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Green ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
Downy yellow violet
Viola pubescens
Red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
BoReAL FoReSt SPecieS
Paper birch
Betula papyrifera
White spruce
Picea glauca
Bunchberry dogwood
Cornus canadensis
canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
Single delight (woodnymph)
Moneses uniflora
tw inlower
Linnaea borealis
ssp.
americana
SoUtHeRn GReAt PLAinS SPecieS
Bush morning-glory
Ipomoea leptophylla
crested pricklypoppy
Argemone polyanthemos
Fendler (purple) threeawn
Aristida purpurea
var.
longiseta
Sand sagebrush
Artemisia filifolia
Velvetweed
Gaura mollis
Sources: Based on Buttrick (1914), Mcintosh (1931), and Wright (1970).
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