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table 4.1 Some characteristic plants of riparian plant communities in Wyoming
a
cinquefoil-
silver
sagebrush
shrubland
conifer-
broadleaf
woodland
Alder-
conifer
woodland
tall
willow
shrubland
Short
willow
shrubland
Grease-
wood
shrubland
common
name
Broadleaf
woodland
Riparian
meadow
Latin name
tReeS
engelmann
spruce
Picea
engelmannii
—
X
X
—
—
—
—
—
Blue spruce
Picea pungens
—
X
X
—
—
—
—
—
Lodgepole pine
Pinus contorta
var. latifolia
—
X
X
—
—
—
—
—
Boxelder
Acer negundo
X
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Green ash
Fraxinus
pennsylvanica
X
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
narrowleaf
cottonwood
Populus
angustifolia
X
X
—
—
—
—
—
—
Plains
cottonwood
Populus
deltoides
X
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Peachleaf
willow
Salix
amygdaloides
X
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Russian olive
Elaeagnus
angustifolia
X
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
SHRUBS
Basin big
sagebrush
Artemisia
tridentata
ssp.
tridentata
X
—
—
—
—
—
X
—
Silver
sagebrush
(mountain)
Artemisia cana
ssp.
viscidula
—
X
X
X
—
X
—
X
Silver sage-
brush (plains)
Artemisia cana
ssp.
cana
X
—
—
—
—
—
X
X
common
snowberry
Symphoricarpos
albus
X
—
—
—
—
—
—
X
Greasewood
Sarcobatus
vermiculatus
—
—
—
—
—
—
X
X
Rubber
rabbitbrush
Ericameria
nauseosa
X
X
—
—
—
—
X
X
Saltcedar
Tamarix
chinensis
X
—
—
—
—
—
X
X
Silverberry
Elaeagnus
commutata
X
X
—
—
—
—
—
—
Skunkbush
sumac
Rhus trilobata
X
X
—
—
—
—
—
—
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continued
)
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