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Show PLANT LIFE Because the soils around the Great Salt Lake vary greatly, from sand dunes to marshes, there is also a great variety in the plant life in the area. Figure 57 shows the location of the vegetative types in the area. Table 4 under " Soils of the Great Salt Lake Area" gives more detailed information concerning the location and nature of soils producing the various kinds of vegetation. The following is a list of the common plants found in the Great Salt Lake area: ACERACEAE Acer grandidentatum Nutt. Acer Negundo L. AIZOACEAE Sesuvium sessile Pers. AMARANTHACEAE Amaranthus retro fleocus L. ANACARDIACEAE Rhus trilobata Nutt. APOCYNACEAE Apocynum cannabinum L. ASCLEPIADACEAE Asclepias capricomu Woodson Asclepias incarnata L. Asclepias speoiosa Torr. Cressa depressa Godding BERBERIDACEAE • Mdhonia repens ( Lindl.) G. Don. BORAGINACEAE Amsinckia retrosa Suksd. Cryptantha spp. Cynoglossum officinale L. Heliotropiwn spathulatum Rydb. Lappula redowskii ( Hornem.) Mertensia oblongifolia ( Nutt.) G. Don. Plagiobothrys nitens ( Greene) I. M. Johnst. MAPLE FAMILY Big Tooth Maple Box Elder CARPETWEED FAMILY Horse- purs lane AMARANTH FAMILY Pigweed, Redroot CASHEW FAMILY Squawbush DOGBANE FAMILY Dogbane MILKWOOD FAMILY Spider Milkweed Swamp Milkweed Showy Milkweed BARBERRY FAMILY Creeping Barberry BORAGE FAMILY Fiddleneck Cryptantha Hound's Tongue Heliotrope Stickseed Bluebells Popcorn Flower LOCATION foothills along streams fields foothills moist places strand fields fields strand foothills lower plains lower plains fields moist soil foothills foothills playas |
