Wyoming Rare Plant Field Guide
Text by Walter Fertig
Photography by Charmaine Refsdal and Jennifer Whipple
This resource is based on the following source:
Fertig, W., C. Refsdal, and J. Whipple. 1994. Wyoming Rare Plant Field Guide. Wyoming Rare Plant Technical Committee, Cheyenne. Unpaginated.This resource should be cited as:
Fertig, W., C. Refsdal, and J. Whipple. 1994. Wyoming Rare Plant Field Guide. Wyoming Rare Plant Technical Committee, Cheyenne. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plants/wyplant/index.htm (Version 16JUL97).
The objective of this guide is to assist federal personnel, professional and amateur botanists, and interested lay persons in the identification of the rarest plant species in Wyoming. Each of the 91 species listed in the Species Descriptions page below is represented with a page containing a color photograph, a line drawing, a distribution map, and descriptive text. Additionally, the other links below list the rare plants according to location, vegetation and soil type, and agency classifiaction.
Table of Contents
- Rare Plants of Wyoming: Species Descriptions
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Definitions and Codes
- Wyoming Rare Plant Reference List
- United States Forest Service Rare Plant List
- Acknowledgements
- Ashley National Forest
- Bighorn National Forest
- Black Hills National Forest
- Bridger-Teton National Forest
- Medicine Bow National Forest
- Shoshone National Forest
- Targhee National Forest
- Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Bighorn National Forest
- Bureau of Land Management Rare Plant List
- Casper District
- Rawlins District
- Rock Springs District
- Worland District
- Rawlins District
- Other Agencies
- National Park Service Rare Plants
- Department of Defense Rare Plants
- Bureau of Reclamation Rare Plants
- US Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Rare Plants
- Wyoming Indian Tribes Rare Plants
- Rare Plants on Wyoming State Lands
- Department of Defense Rare Plants
- Species by Vegetation Type
- Species by Soil Type
- References
- Glossary
- Species by Soil Type
The Wyoming Rare Plant Technical Committee |
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Duane Atwood, Botanist US Forest Service, IntermountainRegion, Ogden, UT |
Jeff Carroll, Botanist Bureau of Land Management. Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, WY |
Don Christianson Natural Resource Policy Section, Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Cheyenne, WY |
Walter Fertig, Botanist Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Laramie, WY |
Andrew Kratz, Botanist US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Lakewood, CO |
Steve Laster, Range Management Specialist Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale Resource Area, Pinedale, WY |
Bill Noblitt, Chair, TES Biologist US Forest Service, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Jackson, WY |
Charmaine Refsdal, Botanist/Photographer Green River, WY |
Jennifer Whipple, Botanist Yellowstone National Park, WY |
Bureau of Land Management Cheyenne, WY |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cheyenne, WY |
Forest Service Intermountain Region Ogden, UT |
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National Park Service Rocky Mountain Region Denver, CO |
Wyoming Game & Fish Department Cheyenne, WY |
The Nature Conservancy Wyoming Natural Diversity Database Laramie, WY |
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