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Madrono, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 203-211, 2007 NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS Arizona Flora of North America, Volume 25, p. 287). Pre- viously collected from four southern Arizona mountain AscLEPiAS OENOTHEROiDES Cham. & Schlecht. ranges: Santa Catalina Mountains since 1976 {E. (APOCYNACEAE:ASCLEPIADOIDEAE).—Cochise Schmutz s.n. ARIZ 201849), Tucson Mountains since Co.: north of Portal along Noland Rd., —100 meters 1989 {P.D. Jenkins89-70ARIZ), Galiuro Mountains in north of mile marker 9, San Simon River Valley, east 2000 {Dana Backer s.n. ARIZ 354401), and Whitlock drainage from Chiricahua Mountains, 32 3.137'N, Mountains in 2002 {Michael Chamherland2013 ARIZ). 109 10.882'W, 1329 m/4360 ft, 15 Sep 2003, McGill Significance. First record of this non-native, annual 7399 (ASU); southeast ofPortal along Portal Rd., -50 species on 21,500 ha Santa Rita Experimental Range, meters northeast of intersection with Sanford Rd., where 468 vascular species have been reported since its 3r'52.97'N, 1094.15'W, 1295 m/4250 ft, 27 Aug 2006, establishment in 1902 (Medina, 2003, In: McClaran et Kline3274 (ARIZ). al. (eds.), Santa Rita Experimental Range: 100 yr (1903 Previouskmnvledge. Asclepiasoeuotheroidesis known to 2003) of Accomplishments and Contributions, from adjacent Hidalgo and Grant Counties, New USDA Forest Service RMRS-P-30, p. 141.). We Mexico, but has not been recognized in the Arizona discovered 49 E. cenchroides plants within 15 m radius, flora until now. in a 30 ha area where numerous scientific teams have Significance. These collections represent a new state been measuringgrass-mesquite relationshipssince2002. record for Arizona. A. oenotheroides (hierba de zizotes, Plants were found in a mesquite-grassland vegetation zizotes milkweed) is superficially similar to A. nyctagi- type that included native species Digitaria californica nifolia A. Gray and a recent examination of Asclepias (Benth.) Henr., Ferocactus wislizeni (Engelm.) Britt. & specimens (by J. Riser) at ASU reveled that a 2003 Rose, Heteropogon contortus (L.) Beauv. Ex Roemer & collection {McGill 7399) originally determi—ned as A. J.A. Schultes, Kcdlstroemia grand/flora Torr. ex A. nyctaginifolia is actually A. oenotheroides the first Gray, Muhlenhergia porteri Scribn. ex Beal, and record ofthis species in Arizona. A. oenotheroides has Prosopis velutina Woot., and long (>40 y) established since been found (by C. KHne; Kline 3274) at another non-native species Eragrostis curvula (Shrad.) Nees and nearby location. While A. nyctaginifolia and A. E. lehnianniana Nees. The discovery in 2006 may be oenotheroides are similar, the two species are distin- related to wet summer conditions following a very dry guishable by A. oenotheroides having corona hoods winter because the species is known to increase during approximately twice as long as the anther head and wet summers following severe drought in South Africa conspicuously tapering towards the base while the (Fynn and O^Connor 2000. J. Appl. Ecol. 37:491). In corona hoods are approximately three times as long as our area, precipitation at the nearby (<400 m distant) the anther head and do not taper towards their base in Rodent Station rain gage in summer (June-September) A. nyctaginifolia (R. E. Woodson, 1954, The North 2006 was 284 mm and only 36 mm in winter (October American species of Asclepias L., Annals of the May) 2005-2006, which are 136% and 24% of the Missouri Botanical Garden 41:1-211). The flowers of respective averages since 1922 (McClaran et al., 2002, A. oenotheroidesarerathergracileandgreenishwhiteto Santa Rita Experimental Range Digital Database pale yellow while A. nyctaginifolia has more robust User's Guide, USDA Forest Service RMRS-GTR- flowers that are white to greenish white, often with 100, 13 p.). a purple tinge. At this time, A. oenotheroides is known All plants were carefully removed in plastic bags to in Arizona only from Cochise County, but should also limit furtherspread because its anemochorous dispersal be sought in eastern Graham County. can be >13 m in a 10 m s ' wind (Ernst et al. 1992. Plant Ecology 102:1.) and its ability to grow in both — open grassland and under tree canopy (Smit, 2005, James P. Riser II, Plant Biologist, USDA Forest BMC Ecology5:4) aretraitsconducivetoitsspreadand Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forestry establishment in this location (Baker, 1965, In: Baker Sciences Lab, 800 E. Beckwith Ave., Missoula, MT, and Stebbins(eds.). TheGeneticsofColonizingSpecies, 59801 and ChrisKline.SeniorInstructional Specialist, Academic Press, New York.). Observations ofits rapid Boyce Thompson Arboretum, 37615 U.S. Highway 60, spread following arrival in other southern Arizona Superior, AZ 85273. locations (pers. comm., P. Jenkens, ARIZ), warranted our extermination effort, and continued diligence in future summers. Arizona — Mitchel P. McClaran, and Aleta M. Nafus, Enneapogo—n cenchroides (Licht.) C.E. Hubb. School of Natural Resources, 325 Bioscience East, (POACEAE). Santa Rita Experimental Range, Pas- University ofArizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. ture 2SW, 200 m northwest ofRodent Station livestock exclosure, 3r49'N, 110 53'W, elev. 1150 m, 28 Sep- tember 2006, Mitchel P. McClaran andAleta M. Nafiis 06-01 (ARIZ). California Previous knowledge. Native to Africa, Arabia, Asia and India, and recently arrived, by unknown mode, in PSOROTHAMNUS FREM—ONTII var. ATTENUATUS southern Arizona (Reeder, 2003, In: Barkworth (ed.). Barneby (FABACEAE). San Bernardino County, MADRONO 204 [Vol. 54 — California, TheWhipple Mountains along the Heritage Berteroa incana L. (BRASSICACEAE). Lassen Road at 34°19.4'N and 114 34.8'W, elevation 500 m; Co., LWongValley, Anderson (Saralegui) Ranch, 2.2 road ca. 20 plants growing in four parallel washes on miles of highway 395 on highway 70 then 5.5 road a moderately steepslope nearAmbrosiadumosa, Larrea milesNon ScottRoad,ca. 4900ft., 39° 5ri9.3"N, 120° , tridentatch Eriogonum infJatum and Opimtia bigelovii\ J. 05'41.6"W, WGS-1984. Growing at the edge of dry D. Adams (RSA) 9 May 2006. The specimens collected meadows, plants erect, white flowered, 14 Jul 2005, each contained stems, leaves and seed pods. A Arnold Tiehm 15023 (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, UC, photograph of a seed pod was submitted to www. UNLV, WTU and 34 sheets distributed from NY). calphotos.berkeley.edu. Previous knowledge, "...mostly in the northern and The seed pods of these plants were covered with central states from Maine to Nevada and Oregon; in sticky exudate that smelled like pine and tar. The clear Canada from Gaspe and Nova Scotia and to British exudate was amber on older seed pods. There were no Columbia (R.C. Rollins. 1993. The Cruciferae of glands visible on the seed pods. The seed pods formed continental North America. Stanford University Press, after the flowers fell from the racemes. The seed pods Stanford, CA.). formedabout2-3 weeksearlierthan P.fremontiiplants Significance. First report for California. near the Death Valley and Providence Mountains. lreaanTvgheiesnsgweefrprleoamnntas1rrthooawd3,mcsoumncshiwdiaesdrea3bamlnedmv6awrtiioadbe1i5lbiymtym1i5nlmloenmagf.lsTiohzneeg, HSihlePlshh,byas3z.a3r(iroBaaRdAlmSuidSloIevsCiAEcCiNaEEnAaEof)(s.tN—auttMeto.l)ninoeOo'CnoK.ah,niegAhnwc&ahoyri3A5tl9e- II gorro1wmasmawbiudsehbaybo6utmm1 mlohnigg.h.ThTehepllaenatvewsawserfeousinldvetroy Tfr3oNm,HawRt2h9oEr,ne, tShen33,.96.roa7d06mi0lefts.,SW3o8°n08d'ir1t3r.o8a"dN,, strigose in many plants. The flowers were purple with 118°46'19.7"W, WGS-1984, growing with Artemisia red or green calyces. tridentata in areas of compacted silty sand. 26 May Previous knowledge Herbarium specimens labeled as 2004, Arnold Tiehm 14462 with Jan Nachlinger (CAS, Psorothamnus fremont.ii var. attenuatiis have been ISTC, NY, OSC, RENO, UC, UNLV, WTU); 15 Jun ; ctohlelseectsepdecfirmoenmssleavcekrasleeCdalpiofdosr,niwahilcochatairoensn,ecbeusstarayllfoorf 2R0E05N,O,ArnUoCl,d TUiNeLhVm,14W98T6U)(,CASb,othISTcCo,lleNctYi,onsOSdCe,- i' identification of the variety (Adams and York, 2005, termined by S. O'Kane, 1-2007. ' Madrono 52:258-61). Previous knowledge. Widespread from Manitoba and Significance. Because herbarium specimens of pre- Minnesota, south and west to Utah, Eureka and Nye vious collections of Psorothamnus fremontii lack the counties, Nevada, and Navajo County, Arizona seedpods that arenecessary foridentification, these are (Holmgren, N.H. 2005. Brassicaceae pp. 174-419 in the first collections in California that include seed pods N.H. Holmgren, P.K. Holmgren & A. Cronquist. andthuscanbeassignedto Psorotlmmnusfremontiivar. Intermountain Flora: Vascular Plants of the Inter- attenuatus; as a result, these collections extend the mountain West, U.S.A. 2 part B: 1-488. New York documented range ofthis variety into California. Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.). RaTnhcehoaSuatnhtoarAinsagBroatteafnuilcGtaordSeanr,ahClaDreegmroonott, CofAtfhoer ofSaigbnoiuftica2n4c0e.kNmewSWtoCfarloimforEnuiraeaknadCaoruanntgye,eNxteevnasdiao.n , supplying map coordinates of the plants examined in Searches in adjacent Mineral County, Nevada have i this study. been unsuccessful. ' — — James D. Adams, Jr., University of Southern Arnold Tiehm, 1550 Foster Dr., Reno, NV California, School ofPharmacy, 1985 Zonal Ave., Los 89509. atiehm(a)unr.edu. Angeles, CA 90089-9121. [email protected]. Nevada ! California I PolYGALA macradenia Gray var. macradenia Astragalus kent—rophyta var. ungulatus M.E. (POLYGALACEAE).—Clark Co., Ash Creek, Red Jones (Fabaceae). Mono Co., Mono Valley, 0.65 Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Spring road miles E of state line on highway 167 to Mountains, in desert shrub habitat. In sandstone and Hawthorne, then 2.0 road miles S on E fork ofa pole limestone mixed soils with sandstone outcrops. Associ- , line road, T3N, R29E, SIO, 7050 ft. Growing with ated species: Krameria erecta, Thymophylla acerosa, Juniperus, Artemisia tridentata on light-colored clay Coleogyne ramosissima, Eriogonum fasciculatum var. UTM outcrops, plants prostrate, 6 Jun 1998, Arnold Tiehm pollfolium, and Ambrosia dumosa. lis 0641228E 12580 (CAS, NY, RENO). 4002487N NAD27, 1164 m, 17 April 2006, Trent M. Previous knowledge. Known from Elko, Eureka, Draper 58843 (UNLV). Humboldt, Lander, northern Nye, Washoe, and White Previous knowledge. This taxon is known to occur in Pinecounties, Nevada(R.C. Barneby 1989. Fabaceaein Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and northern Mexico. A. Cronquistetal. Intermountain Flora 3 part B: 1-279. Significance. This is the first collection from Nevada New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY and recent and the Mojave Desert. Herbarium records indicate collections). that theclosest known population is 150 km to theeast extSeingsniifoincaonfcea.boFuitrst19r0eckormdsfoourthCwaelsitf.orPnliaantasndweareraanlgseo iMnohthaeveHuaCloaupnatiy,InAdriiaznonRae.serTvhaitsions,ubsGhrraunb,d Cwaitnhyonit,s 1 \ found in adjacent Mineral Co., Nevada (Tiehm 14987 diminutive stature and with an appearance similar to NMC, RENO). that of a small Coleogyne ramosissima, can be easily | | — 1 2007] NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS 205 overlooked. It was not included in Leary and Niles' 4029053N NAD27, 2128 m, 6 February 2006, Trent flora of the area (Leary, P. J. and W. E. Niles. 1996. M. Draper 58596 (UNLV). Flora of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Previous knowledge. This European native occurs in Area. Unpublished. Community College of Southern northeastern Nevada, California, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV). The population is Louisiana, and southern British Columbia, Canada within the protected boundaries (but close to in- (M.E. Barkworth and L.K. Anderson, Grass Manual holdings) ofRed Rock Canyon National Conservation on the Web at http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/ Area and is therefore protected from urban encroach- default.htm). InNevada, the specieshasonlypreviously ment. been found near Lee, in Elko County. Ambrosiaconfertiflora DC. (ASTERACEAE). tioSnignfirfiocmancNe.evTahdias.isTohnelyEtlhkeoseCcoonudntlyocalpiotpyulcaoltlieocn- Clark Co., Cold Creek Canyon, Spring Mountains, (approximately 400 km to the north) was discovered forming large colonies in a post-fire (burned in 2000) by A.H. Holmgren in 1941. It was treated as G. chaparral community, on disturbed limestone soil. occidentalis in Intermountain Flora (Cronquist, A., A. Associated species: Gutierrezia sarothrae, Prunusfasci- H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal, and P. K. cveusltaittaus.varU.TfMascicluilsata061a3n0d9ICEean4o0t2h9u8s44gNregNgiAiD2v7ar,. Hthoelmginrteenr.mo1u9n7t7a.inIntweersmt,ountUaSiAn.Flo6:ra:1v-a5s8c4u.larCopllaunmtbsioaf 1958 m, 6 September 2006, Trent M. Draper 58839 University Press, New York, NY.). The newest generic (UNLV). treatment for the Flora of North America (M. E. Previous knowledge. Ambrosia confertiflora occurs Barkworth and L. K. Anderson, Grass Manual on throughout the southern portion ofthe western United the Web at http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/ States, eastward to Tennessee, and into Mexico. default.htm) recognizes the Elko County collection as Significance. This is the first collection ofthis species G. declinata. The Spring Mountains material may have from Nevada and one of the few populations known beenintroducedinhayfed toferal horseswhen thearea WfrearpsoohmritnetgdhtefornMooCmjo.at,hveeUBTeDae[vsWeeerrlts.Dh,a(mISt.MLho.a,usnNt.apriDen.vsi,oAutsswolouyothdbw,eeesSnt. waanseacrobvyerseadwmbiyllsnoopwe,ratoironf.rom activity associated with Goodrich, and L. C. Higgins. 2003. A Utah Flora. Alopecurusgeniculatus L. (POACEAE).—Clark Brigham Young University, Provo, UT].) Co., Cold Creek Canyon, along a creek fed from Sanvitalia abertii Gray (ASTERACEAE).— "Sawmill Spring," Spring Mountains, in moist lime- Clark Co., Cold Creek Canyon,just north of"Sawmill stone derived soil, heavily utilized and disturbed by elk Spring," Spring Mountains, in a post-fire (burned in and feral horses. Associated species: Quercus gambelii, A20s0s0o)cicahtaepdarrspaelciceosm:muGnuittieyr,reizniadisstaurrobtehrdale,imeCsteoanneotshoiuls. URoTsaMwoloidssii61v1a9r3.5Eult4r0am2o9n0t5a3naN, NaAndD2P7o,a 2c1o2mp8rems,sa.4 August 2005, Trent M. Draper 57821 (UNLV). greggii var. vestitus, Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia, Brick- ellia oblongifolia var. linifolia and Hedeoma nana ssp. Previous knowledge. Alopecurus geniculatus is native 2ca1l1i9formn,ica.4 UAuTgMustlis200066,118Tr9e5nEt 4M0.291D8r0aNperNA5D82873,7 tGoraEsusraMsaianuaanld opnarttsheofWNeobrthhttApm:e//rhiecraba(riWu.m.Ju.suC.reidnsu,/ (UNLV). Specimen determined by W. E. Niles. webmanual/default.htm). Whether the Spring Moun- Previous knowledge. This taxon was collected once in tains population isnative is uncertain. There are several Las Vegas Wash by National Park Service personnel records ofits occurrence in northwest Nevada. daoncduimdeennttiaftiieodnbywWa.s E.maNdiele.s,Tbhuet nospevcoiuecsheorcocrurostheirn CouSingtnyi,ficNaencvea.daT.hisAissetahrechfirosft choelrlbeactriiounmfrreocmorCdlsarikn California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico California, Arizona, and Utah indicate that this is the (J. L. Strother. 2006. In Flora of North America first collection from the Mojave Desert. 6E1d6i.toMriaaglnoCloimompihtytteae:,Aesdst.e.riFdlaoer,apoafrNto8r:tAhstAemrearciecaae,21p:a1rt- CarduusNUTANS L. (ASTERACEAE).—Clark Co., 3. Oxford University Press, New York, NY). Cold Creek Canyon, along a creek fed from "Sawmill Significance. This is the first collection formally Spring," Spring Mountains, several plants in moist documented from Nevada. The fiora of the Spring limestone derived soil, heavily utilized by elk and feral Mountains is mostly well known, but the area around horses. Associated species: Gutierrezia sarothrae, Oe- "Sawmill Spring" hasbeenoverlooked,probablydueto nothera elata ssp. hirsutissima, Bromus inermiUs,TMMelilo- the presence of nearby private land and the lack of tus officinalis, and Artemisia tridentata. lis a recognized place name on official maps. "Sawmill 611935E 4029053N NAD27, 2128 m, 4 August 2006, Spring" is named for an aging large iron boiler, fiy Trent M. Draper 58832 (UNLV). wheels, and pieces ofrailroad tracks that were used in Previous knowledge. Carduus nutans is native to ntheewoSpperriatnigoMnooufntaasianwsm,ilclo.unTthye,aauntdhosrtahteasreccoollredcstefdro1m EouutrompeucahndofwesthteernUnAistiead. TShtiasteesxoatnicdoicscucrlsasstihfrioedugha-s the area. a noxious weed in Nevada and many other states. Significance. This is the first collection from Clark Glyceria declinata Breb. (POACEAE).—Clark County, Nevada and one of few from the Mojave Co., Cold Creek Canyon, "Sawmill Spring," Spring Desert. It may have been introduced in hay fed to feral Mountains, in a post-fire (burned in 2000) fresh water horses when the area was covered by snow. Because of riparian area. In moistdark soil derived from limestone its invasive potential, all plants were collected and parent material, disturbed by grazing and trampling of removed from the site. elk and feral horses. Associated species: Juncus long- I would like to thank Wesley E. Niles for his help istylis, J. ensifolius var. montanus, Schedonorus arundi- with distribution records and reviewing the manu- naceus, and Poa pratensis. UTM lis 611935E script. MADRONO 206 [Vol. 54 — Trent M. Draper, Biologist, United States UtahFlora, 2nded. BrighamYoungUniversity, Provo, Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Cen- UT.). ter, 160 N. Stephanie St., Henderson, NV 89014. Significance. First report for Nevada and a west- [email protected]. northwest range extension of about 81 km from Juab County, Utah (B.J. Albee et al. 1988. Atlas of the vascular plants of Utah. Occas. Pap. Utah Mus. Nat. Hist. 7: 1-670 and see earth.gis.usu.edu/plants/index. Nevada html). — Aegilops triuncialis L. (Poaceae). Washoe Co., Cryptanthaflaccida (Dougl.) E.L. Greene (BOR- Peavine Mountain, 1.1 road miles NW of Forest AGINACEAE).—Washoe Co., 8.5 mi NE of Red Boundary at end ofHoge Road on E sideofmountain, Rock, 5000 ft. Juniper, sage, 22 Jun 1938, Dan T20N, R19E, S21, 5600 ft. Growing in an old burn TWillotson 206 (UC); Dogskin Mountain, 3.4 road miles area, abundant, 30 May 2002, Arnold Tiehm 13899 of Winnemucca Ranch Road on North Fork Dry with John Korfmacher (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, Valley Creek Road, NW end ofthe mountain, T24N, UNLV, WTU and 35 sheets distributed from NY). R19E, S6, 4820 ft., growing with Juniperus on rocky, Previous Knowledge. Known from California and silty Oats. 30 May 2002, Arnold Tiehm 13893 (CAS, Oregon [see herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual]. NY, OSC, RENO, UNLV, WTU and 30 duplicates Significance. First record for Nevada (see Nevada distributed from NY). Native Plant Society [NNPS] newsletter 28(7): 6-7. Previous Knowledge. Known from "c. and se. Wash, 2002). tos. Cahf., e. tothew. partoftheSnakeRiverPlainsin Idaho (Owyhee, Ada, Boise, and Elmore cos.)" (A. Anemone drummondii —S. Watson var. Cronquist. 1984. Cryptantha in A. Cronquist et al. DRUMMONDii (Ranunculaceac). Washoe Co., Sierra Intermountain Flora 4: 223-268. New York Botanical Nevada, Carson Range, unnamed small peak NE of Garden Bronx, NY.). Mud Lake, just off trail to Rose Knob Peak, T17N, Significance. First report forNevada and awestward R18E, S34, 9650 ft., 39°17'43.8"N, 119°57'01.4"W, range extension ofover 81 km from the nearest known WGS-1984, growing on steep E facing, rocky, gravelly, populations in Indian Valley, Plumas County, Califor- clayeyslopes, formingclumps, flowerscreamywhite, 20 nia (see NNPS newsletter 29[4]: 3). Jul 2005, Arnold Tiehm 15024 with Jan Nachlinger (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, UNLV, WTU and six sheets EUCLIDIUM SYRiACUM (L.) R. Br. (BRASSICA- distributed from NY). CEAE).—Nye Co., White River Valley, White River Previous Knowledge. Known from British Columbia, Campground, T6N, R61E, S9, 38°23'17.4"N, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California and in Asia 115°08'03.0"W, 5180 ft., growing in disturbed areas in A(Bm.eEr.icDautEtdointoreitalal.Co1m9m97i.ttAeneem3:on1e39-i1n58F)l.ora of North t(hCeASc,amNpYg,roOuSnCd,, R1EJNuOn,2U00N5L,VA,rnWoTldUTainedhm7 s1h4e9e3t5s Significance. First record for Nevada. Known from distributed from NY). as close as the west side of Lake Tahoe (G.L. Smith. Previous knowledge. "Established sporadically in w. 1973. AfloraoftheTahoeBasinandneighboringareas. U.S.;inourrange[Intermountain Florarange]inc. and Wasmann J. Biol. 31: 1-231). n. Utah" ( N.H. Holmgren. 2005. Brassicaceae in N.H. — Holmgren et al. Intermountain Flora. 2 part B: 174- Carex vulpinoidea Michaux (Cyperaceae). CWhur- 419. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.). chill Co., Lahontan Valley, Fallon, 1 road mile of Significance. First record for Nevada (see NNPS Downs Lane on Reservoir Road, T19N, R29E, S28, newsletter 31[8]: 6-7. 2005). 3945 ft., growingon the banks ofthe S- Canal, forming clumpsto0.7 mtall,29May2003,ArnoldTiehm 14217 EuphorbiapeplusL. (EUPHORBIACEAE).—Wa- (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, UNLV, WTU and 22 sheets shoe Co., Reno, Idlewild Park off of Booth Street, at distributed from NY). the northwest end ofthe west pond, T19N, R19E, SIO, PreviousKnowledge. Widespreadin Canada, US, and 39°31'21.0"N, 119°49'57.4"W, ca. 4500 ft., growing as Mexico. InthewesternUSknownfromallstatesexcept a weed along the railroad tracks, erect annual, 18 Oct Montana, Nevada, and Utah (L.A. Standley. 2002. 2005, Arnold Tiehm 15107 (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, Carex section Multiflorae in Flora of North America UNLV, WTU and 36 sheets distributed from NY). Editorial Committee 23: 281-285). Previous knowledge. In the western U.S. it is known Significance. First record for Nevada (see NNPS from at least California, Oregon, and Utah ( A. newsletter 29[7]: 5-6. 2003). Cronquist. 1997. Euphorbiaceae in A. Cronquist et al. Intermountain Flora. 3 part A: 260-284. New York Cryptantha compacta Higgin—s (BORAGINA- Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.; D.L. Koutnik. 1993. CEAE) [C. ochroleWuca Higgins]. Elko Co., Bad- Euphorbia, in J.C. Hickman ed. The Jepson Manual, lands, 5.5 road miles ofroad to FerberWash on the pp 573-576. University of California Press, Berkeley, main road to Antelope Valley, T26N, R70E, S7, CA.). 5580 ft., growing with Juniperus, Artemisia pygmaea Significance. First record for Nevada. It has been on gullied, light-colored clay hills, forming clumps. 10 noted in other areas around Reno. Jun 2002, Arnold Tiehm 13989 with Jan Nachlinger (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, UNLV, WTU). Helminthotheca (Picris) echinoides (L.) Previous Knowledge. Known from Beaver, Garfield, Holub. (ASTERACEAE).—Washoe Co., WReno, Uni- Juab, Millard, San Pete, Sevier, and Tooele counties versity of Nevada, Enterprise Road just of Chil- Utah (A. Cronquist. 1984. Cryptantha in A. Cronquist dren's Behavioral Sciences building, T20N, R19E, S35. et al. Intermountain Flora 4: 223-268. New York 4600 ft., locally common along the road, 25 Jun 1997, Botanical Garden Bronx, NY; S.L. Welshetal. 1993. A Arnold Tiehm 12218 (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO). — 2007] NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS 207 Previousknowledge. Known from "Alta., N.B., Ont., Parthenium ligulatum (M.E. Jones) Barneby Sask.: Ariz., Calif., Conn., D.C., Iowa, Maine, Md., (ASTERACEAE).—Eureka Co., Fish Creek Range, Mass., Mo., Mont., N.J., N.Y., N. Dak., Ohio, Oreg., foothills on extreme E side, 4.8 road miles S ofhighway Pa., Vt., Va.; Europe; widely introduced elsewhere" (J. 50 on the Duckwater road, then 0.3 road miles W, Strother, 2006. Hclminthotheca in Flora of North T17N, R54E, SI9. 6150 ft., growing with Juniperus, America Editorial Committee 19: 300. Oxford Univer- Artemisia nova on open gravelly brown clay hills, sity Press, New York, NY.). caespitose perennial to 2 dm across, heads sessile, 2 Jun Significance. First record for Nevada (see NNPS 2001, Arnold Tiehm 13557 with Jan Nachlinger (CAS, NY, RENO, UNLV). newsletter 23[8]: 5. 1997). Previous knowledge. Known from Rio Blanco Coun- Hymenoxys richardsonii (Hook.) Cockerell var. ty, Colorado and from Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, RiCHARDSONii (ASTERACEAE).—White Pine Co., Uintah, and Wayne counties, Utah (A. Cronquist. Badlands, 3.2 road miles S and SE of the county line 1994. Asteraceae in A. Cronquist et al. Intermountain on main road through the Badlands, T26N, R70E, S33. Flora 5: 1-^96. New York Botanical Garden Bronx, 5580 ft., growing with Jimiperus, Chrysothamnusparryi NY.; S. Goodrich & E. Neese 1986. Uinta Basin Flora. on steep, brown, clay hills, forming clumps from USDA Forest Service; J. Strother, 2006. Parthenium in 2a00b2r,anAcrhneodldcaTuideexh,mu1p4,t0o002w5itshteJmasnpNearchclliunmgpe,r1(1CAJSu,n 2F2l.orOaxfoofrNdoUrntihveArmsietryicParesEsd,itNoreiwalYCoorkm,miNtYt.e)e. 21: 20- NY, OSC, RENO, UNLV, WTU and 33 duplicates Significance. First report for Nevada and a range distributed from NY). extension of over 240 km from the Uinta Basin of Previous knowledge. Known from Alberta and northern Utah(seeNNPS newsletter28[5]: 5 6. 2002). I Saskatchewan Canada, to N. Dakota, Wyoming, know of no other disjunction quite matching Parthe- Colorado, Montana, and Utah (A. Cronquist. 1994. nium ligulatum. The closest are: Astragalus jejunus S. Asteraceae in A. Cronquist et al. Intermountain Flora Watson which is known from SW Wyoming, adjacent 5; 1^96. New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY.; Utah and Idaho, and Elko, Nye, and White Pine S.L. Welsh et al. 1993. A Utah Flora, 2nd ed. Brigham Counties, Nevada (R.C. Barneby 1989. Fabaceae in A. Young University, Provo, UT.). Cronquist et al. Intermountain Flora 3 part B: 1 279. Significance. First record for Nevada and a north- New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY); and Lepto- northwest range extension of about 130 km from dactylon cciespitosum Nuttall, which is known from Millard Co., Utah (B.J. Albee et al. 1988. Atlas ofthe Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, and Elko, Eureka, Nye, vascular plants of Utah. Occas. Pap. Utah Mus. Nat. and White Pine Counties, Nevada (A. Cronquist. 1984. iHinsdte.x.ht7m:l).1-670 and see earth.gis.usu.edu/plants/ LFelpotroada4c:1t3y9l-o1n42i.n NAe.wCYroonrqkuiBsottaneticaall. GIanrtdeernmouBnrtoanixn, NY.). Both of these have a few small geographically — Iris pseudacorus L. (WIRIDACEAE). Washoe intermediate populations in Nevada. Co., Reno, Dry Creek just of the old Huffaker PSILOCARPHUSOREGONUS'Nutt.(ASTERACEAE). 4JlSe4uca7hnvo0eosf1ltt9.,o9a7f2tlioAn7wre4wnr9iso5dleyd,eSl.flToorViwim,erihgsnmtigynlilea1ar2cg2oSe1tl.7cu,lmun(TmC1psA8soSNm,t,eoti5NRmY2fet,0.sEt,awOlhlSi,tSC2e6,3,, hERil5kg2ohEw,CaoyS.,U1.1BAul5ol9n1R0tuhfent,rMogoarduonwttioaniBgunlsil,nR0ou.pn3enRreosadedrrivemodiilrem,seTaW4d3oNow,f RENO). areas, 16 Jul 1984, Arnold Tiehm 9038 with Barbara Previous knowledge. In the Intermountain Region mEirtlteesrW(CNASW, NofY)B;utEtlekoSpCroi.n,gsOwoynhBeoebDeJsoehrnt,so1n.3Rrooaadd kHPI1rno9ne9tlos3emsw.r,gnmrAoeNunfneU.rttwoaamih1nY97oFt7Frlh.lokeor,arI,alroNi2wY6dne:.ard5c)e3,a8eSe-d.n5U4atiB6kan.rehiACg.Roh(iSla.vumCLemr.rYobnioWqPauelunlaiUigssnnthisUvneeei(rttvPse.iaarKtll.-y.. wWpp1laia2ast8sith8nhs3Ao,HreatpwteliCmatoiPnh.set,iasakJM,ataobrnsiuTdqn4eudnN6aitaNantc,ttoha,lRiiMn4n1og90dueErnrJy,tuacniSr(nleCsl1eA,,9kS9,b925,e.1d05sNA5rrYonof,ntoa.,dlsidRlgmtEryiTolNHiewOoesi)ohn;Edmg sity, Provo, UT.), and in the western U.S. also known ofthe state line on road from Fee Reservoir to Crooks 2f0r0o2m. CIarliisforinniaFlaonrda WoafshiNnogrttohn A(mNe.rCi.caHenEddeitrosroina.l ALratkeem,isiTa45tNri,dentRa1t8a,E,aloSnIg6,sma5l7l50clfaty.,sogilreodwidnrgainwaigtehs Committee 26: 371 395. Oxford University Press, that are wet early in the year and then dry to an NeSwiYgonirfkic,anNcYe..).First record for Nevada (see NNPS i1m3p1e8n1etwriatbhleGar"yadSocbheo"o,lcr7aftJu(nCA2S0,00N,Y,ArRnEoNldO).Tiehm newsletter 23[7]: 2. 1997). Previous knowledge. "Eastern Washington, eastern Lythrum tribracteatum Salzm. ex Spreng. (LY- Oregon, and adjacent Idaho, west into the Klamath THRACEWAE).—Washoe Co., Duck Flat, Duck Lake, Craelgiifoonrnioaf. so."ut(hAw.esCtronOqrueigsot.n,19a94n.dAsstoeurtahceatehrionuAg.h Coendatrhveille, sNidEe oefndhiogfhwtahye l8a1keb,etTw3e7eNn,GRer1l8aEc,h SaIn4d. CYroornkquBiosttanei.tcaall.GaIrndteernmoBurnotnaxi,nNYF.lo)r.a 5: 1-496. New 4690 ft., growing on the exposed mud flats at the edge Significance. First collections for Nevada. These are Tofiethhme 1l2a6ke5,3 (plCaAnSt,s NpYro,stOraStCe,, R18ENAOu,gU1N9L98V,).Arnold the basis for Nevada being listed in Flora North Previous knowledge. Known from California, Idaho, ANmoerrtihcaA(mJe.rDi.cMaoreEfdiietlodr.ia2l006C.omPmsiiltotceaerphu19s:in4F5l6o^r6a0o.f and Utah (A. Cronquist. 1997. Lythraceae pp. 167-170 Oxford University Press, New York, NY.). in A. Cronquist et al. Intermountain Flora 3 part A:167-170. NewYork Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.). Rota—LA ramos/or (L.) Koehne (LYTHRA- Significance. First record for Nevada (see NNPS CEAE). Washoe Co., Pyramid Lake Indian Reserva- newsletter 24[8]: 3^. 1998) tion, Truckee River just upstream from the fish MADRONO 208 [Vol. 54 hatcherybetweenNixon andWadsworth,T22N, R24E, Significance. First report from Jackson County and S30, 4000 ft., growing at the edge of a drying slough any site west of the Cascade divide. This represents , along the river, rooted in the water, 28 Sep 2000, a range extension ofat least 150 kmwest ofthe nearest Arnold Tiehm 13414 (RENO); Washoe Co., Washoe sites reported by the Oregon Plant Atlas. Vgh5ar0ilo0gl0wheiwyfn,at.gy,1a.t363995tr,h1oe6a'Wde1d3g.mei9ol"feNos,fhipNgo1hn1wd9osa"f,y4,0B'1e05lT8l1.Av06iu"NegWw,,2O0RvW01e6G9r,SpE-a,A1srs9nS8ol4oll,dn, &plaLtRoeoamsuaetali(ouAnmgPIwheAesCntdEeerArnEse)od.ng—ei,iJat(cwCkoosuoplnotpeurCloa.&t,ioRGnorssiezc)az.lCy0o.u8Pletkaemkr ||' Tiehm 15266 (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, UNLV, WTU apart: 1) 42°15.64'N, 122°37.58'W, elevation 1,750 m, and 12 sheets to be distributed from NY). on thin rocky-to-lithic basaltic andesite soil, a popula- I CalPirfeovrinoiua,skIndoawhloe,dgOer.egIonn,theanwdesWtaersnhiUn.gSt.oknn(oAw.nCfrroon-m ttihoanno1f0a0rmounodn 1a0n0oppleanntsflastprweiatdhoLvoemraatniuamredaisosfecmtourme, !; qalu.isIt.nt1e9r9m7o.unLtyatihnraFcleoareapp3.p1ar6t7-A1:7016i7n-1A.70.CrNoenqwuiYsotrekt mL.erimaacnraoucsaeropsua,m,ErLi.ognuodniucmaulneu,duL.m uvtarri.cuolbaltounmg.ifoElriiucma,- \\ Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.; E. McClintock. 1993. and Penstemon duestus, first seen and collected (in Lythraceae pp. 745-746 in J.C. Hickman. The Jepson flower) on 11 May 2000; and 2) 42°16.03'N, Manual. Higher plants of California. University of 122°37.52'W, elevation 1,760 m, on thin rocky basaltic California Press, Berkeley, CA.). andesite soil, a population of a fmew hundred plants Significance. First record for Nevada (see NNPS spread over an area ofaround 200 (north and south) , newsletter 32[8]: 3. 2006. on a rough rocky, flat with Lomatium dissectum, L. ' macrocarpum, Pinus ponderosa, Arctostaphylos patula, SCHED—ONNARDUS PANICULATUS (Nutt.) Trel. (POA- Eriogonum nudum var. oblongifolium, E. umbellatum CEAE). Washoe Co., Reno, Rancho San Rafael Park var. modocense, and Holodiscus microphyllus, first seen on NW corner ofN. Virginia and N. McCarran, S of and collected (in fruit) 11 June 1997 (collected in flower the Basque Monument, T20N, R19E, S34, 18 May 2001) , T. Duncan, determined by the late S. \ i3n9g^3a3t'1t0h.e5"eNd,ge11o9f4m9o'i5s3t.3ar"eWa,sWnGeSa-r8m4e,ad4o7w0s0,ft.f,ogrrmoiwn-g SuPnrdebveirogus(kOnSoUw)led2g00e2..Basedon theOregonPlantAtlas i large colonies, Arnold Tiehm 14539 (CAS, NY, OSC, of the Oregon Flora Project, known in Oregon from , RENO, UNLV, WTU). one site in Klamath County (southeastern part, Previous knowledge. Schedonnardus in a monotypic Horsefly Valley near Lorella), several sites in Lake North American genus that grows in the prairies and and Harney Counties and some additional sites farther central plains of Canada, the United States, and east or north. northwesternMexico. Ithasalsobeenfound,asarecent Significance. First report from Jackson County and introduction, in California and Argentina" (N. Snow. any site west of the Cascade divide. This represents 2003. Scliedonnardus in Flora of North America a range extension ofca. 140 km west ofnearest known Editorial Committee. 25: 228-230. Oxford University site. PreSsisg,niNfiecwancYeo.rkF,irNsYt.)r.ecord for Nevada (see NNPS RoLseom(aAtPiIuAmCEcAaEn)b.y—i J(aCcokuslotenrCo&.,RCoassec)adeC-oSuilstekriyo&u ' newsletter 30[7]: 6 7. 2004). National Monument, along BLM Rd 40-3E-30.0 ca.l km west of junction with BLM Rd 40-3E-5, , —Arnold Tiehm, 1550 Foster Dr., Reno, NV 4g2ra^v0e3l.llyO'soNi,l o1n22a°3s0o.u8t8h'-Wf,aceilnegvastlioopne i1m,6m8e0dima,teilnycsooaurtshe I 89509. atiehm(a^unr.edu. of a large borrow pit (for quarrying the same gravel), I| with Lomatium macrocarpum, Chaenactis douglasii, i Crepis bakeri, Arabis oregana, Cercocarpus ledifolius, Allium siskiyouense, and Fritellaria glauca, collected in Oregon flower28 May2000,J. T. Duncan,verifiedbythelateS. Sundberg (OSU) 2002. ; Eriogonum umbellatum Torrey var. glaherrimum Previousknowledge. Basedon theOregonPlantAtlas | (Gandoger) Reveal (POLYGONACEAE).—Jackson ofthe Oregon Flora Project known in Oregon fromthe j Co., Grizzly Peak plateau at the southern edge, south and west sides ofSummer Lake in Lake County j; 42 15.94'N, 122 37.17'W, elevation 1,760 m, on thin as well as additional sites farther east in Lake County rocky-to-lithic basaltic andesite soil, a population of and beyond to the east or north. about 30 plants scattered on a large herbaceous flat Significance. First report from Jackson County and withLonmtiumniacrocarpuni, Erigeronhloomeri, Sedum any site west of the Cascade divide. This represents oregonense, Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii, Lewisia neva- a range extension ofca. 170 km west ofnearest known densis, and Allium siskiyouense, first collected 1 August site. 2006, /. T. Duncan, verified by J. L. Reveal from a specimen sent to him. taiPnrseviinouLsakkneowCloeudngtey.,KOnoRwnanfdroMmotdhoecWaCronuenrtyM,ouCnA-, 975—2J0a-2m0e26s.T. Duncan, 692 B Street, Ashland, OR plus one nineteenth century collection reported from Klamath County, OR (J. L. Reveal, Eriogonum, in Flora of North America, Volume 5, p. 353, 2005); based on the Oregon Plant Atlas ofthe Oregon Flora Oregon Project, known from five sites in Lake County along with an unverified report of it on Steens Mountain in PYRRO—COMA LIATRIFORMISGveenQ. (ASTER- Harney County. ACEAE). Wallowa Co., Precious Lands Wildlife |j 2007] NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS 209 Management Area, northeast Oregon canyon grass- encelioides, Mollugo cerviana, Bouteloa aristidoides, lands with Pseudoroegneria spicata, Festuca ovina var. Bouteloua barbata, Munroa squarrosa, Psorothamnus ingrata, Poa sandbergii, Solidago salebrosa, Gentiana scoparius. Chihuahuan desert scrub in deep sand dunes affinis, Balsamorhiza sagittata, Erigeron speciosus, dominated by Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana, Achillea millefolium, and Eriogomim compositimi, T6N, Larrea tridentata, and Psorothamnus scoparius. R45E, S36, SWl/4, approximately 92 plants, elev. Previous knowledge. The type locality is in Crane 853 m, 30 August 2005, A. Sondenaa 676 (SRP); T5N, County, Texas (D. S. Correll, 1966, Some Additions to R45E, SI2, NWl/4, approximately 50 plants, elev. the Flora of Texas, Rhodora 68: 427-428). Subsequent 1250 m, 4 August 2005, B. McClarin 05-0646 (OSC); collections were made in Ward and Winkler Counties, T6N, R44E, S13, NWl/4, 7 plants, elev. 1128 m, 01 Texas, in adjacent Lea County, New Mexico, and in September2005, B. McClarin, no vouchercollected due Socorro County in central New Mexico (P. K. Bretting, to small population size. 1982, A systematic and ethnobotanical survey ofProbos- Previous kmnvledge. A Palouse Prairie endemic cidea and allied genera of the Martyniaceae, Ph.D. confined to grassy hillsides and prairies in southeast Dissertation, Indiana University). A single specimen Washington and adjacent Idaho (D. Bogler, Pyrro- wascollected byHenrickson {Henrickson 7497, TEX) in coma, pp. 413^24 in Flora ofNorth America Vol. 20, northern Chihuahua approximately 50 miles from the Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2006). Many Hudspeth County collection. All specimens were populations likely extirpated by cultivation oflands for collected in habitats composed ofsand dunes. agriculture. There were 80 extant populations in Idaho Significance. These specimens are the first documen- and Washington as of 2005 (K. Gray, et al.. Updated ted collection from far West Texas. Additional speci- Palouse goldenweed {Pyrrocoma liatriformis) occur- mensshouldbelooked forin similarsanddune habitats rences on BLM land, Craig Mountain, Idaho, Idaho ofWest Texas and south-central New Mexico. Fish and Game, Boise, ID, 2005). Significance. First report for Oregon. This species is a former federal candidate for threatened status that is — currentlyontheU.S. FishandWildlifeService'sSpecies Raul Gutierrez, Jr., Arizona State University, of Concern list (M. Mancuso, Palouse goldenweed School of Life Sciences Graduate Programs, P.O. Box {Haplopappus liatriformis) monitoring at Craig Moun- 874601, Tempe, AZ 85287-4601. raul.gutierrez@ tain - 1996 results, Idaho Fish and Game, Boise, ID, asu.edu. 1997). Pyrrocoma liatriformis is considered Threatened in Washington with a Natural Heritage rank of G2 indicating it is imperiled because of rarity or vulnera- bility to extinction (Washington Natural Heritage Washington Program, Endangered, threatened and sensitive vascu- lar plants of Washington, Department of Natural Abronia umbellata Lam. (NYCTAGINACE- Resources, Olympia, WA, 1997). Now that this rare AE).—Pacific Co: Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, species has been documented for northeast Oregon Leadbetter Point Unit, T13N, RllW, S8, NW 1/4 of grasslands. Federal land managers for the U.S. Forest NW 1/4, USGS 7.5 min. NorthCoveQuad. Growingin Service and Bureau of Land Management should an open sandy environment in habitat restored for initiate surveys and consider potential impacts to this Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivo- species when conducting National Environmental sus). The restored area (currently 26 ha) lies behind Policy Act (NEPA) analysis for land management a dune east of the ocean beach, and was previously activities. dominated by Ammophila breviligulata and Ammophila The field work leading to this report was funded by arenaria. Ammophila was cleared mechanically and the Bonneville Power Administration and a Tribal re-growth was treated chemically; the area was also Landowner Incentive Grant from the U.S. Fish and lightly covered with oyster shell from Willapa Bay to Wildlife Service. maintain open, sparselyvegetated, lightly shelled, sandy habitat for Western Snowy Plover, a federally-listed ground nesting shorebird. One plant was seen on — Nez APnegrceelaTrCi.beSoWnidldelniafeaaPnrodgBralma,irPA..O.McBColxari36n5,, SSeepptteemmbbeerr 51,2,22000066((KKB)B;&a KsSe)c,on6d3pmlanetastwaosftsheeenfiorsnt Lapwai, ID 83540. plant. Both plants were flowering and setting seed. Loose fragments ofboth plants were collected after elk trampled them during the discovery period (A' Savce WS, WTU). Texas Previous knowledge. The historic range of Abronia umbellata is from western Vancouver Island, British Probo—scidea sabulosa Correll (MARTYNIA- Columbia south along the coast to northern Baja CEAE). Hudspeth Co., about 1.0 mile north ofTexas California. In Washington, it was historically docu- highway 20 and about 0.5 mile east of Acala Road, mented at four sites in Clallam and Kitsap Counties, 3L20'0.20"N, 105 54'16.4"W, 1089 m, 20 September but never in Pacific County. 2006, Gutierrez 1225, with Gutierrez (ASU with photos, Significance. In Washington, Abronia umbellata was BRIT, CAS, DES, NMC, NY, RM, RSA, SRSC, previously thought to be extirpated; this is the first UTEP). About 20 plants observed in the area with sighting since 1950. It is likely that A. umbellata Portulaca oleracea, Portulaca halimoides, Cuscuta um- historically occurred within Pacific County, but was bellata, Amaranthus acanthochiton, Tidestromia lanugi- never officially recorded. Removal of invasive Ammo- nosa, Proboscidea parviflora, Heliotropium convolvula- phila and leveling of dunes in the habitat restoration ceum, Gutierrezia sarothrae. Pedis papposa, Verbesina area allowed these plants to reestablish from seeds that MADRONO 210 [Vol. 54 remained viable in a long-lived seed bank. Native Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Ahronias are thought to prefer open sand conditions; Center, BatonRouge, LA). Chondrillajunceaisstrongly j' these conditions were lost when Ammophilas began to favored by disturbance and is closely associated with dominate dunes along the southwest Washington coast Bromus tectorum, apparently following on the heels of some decades ago. In addition to Western Snowy cheatgrass infestations. Plover and Abronia umbellata. Streaked Horned Larks Significance. In other western states such as Idaho, {Eremopliila alpestris strigata) also nest in the habitat this species has invaded disturbed and undisturbed restoration area, bringing the total number ofstate or plant communities and has interfered with wheat- federallylistedspeciespresentin thisareaofopensandy harvestingmachinery. This is the first documentation habitat to three. of this noxious weed in the state, and botanists should voucher and report any future Wyoming sightings to local weed control authorities to prevent — costly infestations. Long term potential impacts are KiRSTEN Brennan, Willapa National Wildlife severe. Refuge, 3888 SR 101, Ilwaco, WA 98624, kirsten_ [email protected],andKathleenSayce,P.O.Box91, ECHIUM VULGARE L. (BORAGINACEAE).—Wyo- Nahcotta, WA 98637, [email protected]. wmianyg,emLbaarnakmmieenCto.a,boNuetar10C0hmeyeSnonuet,h orfaiOltrtoaodRroiagdht, oNf W 41.09 105.05. Habitat: high plains grassland with Cvnoglossum officinale and Bromus tectorum, elevation Wyomingand Colorado ca. 6100 ft. Bruce Shambaugh s.n., August 2004 (RM). — Wyoming, Laramie Co., near Cheyenne, Union Pacific mtPhirenoCgne,gnPhtooFaprrunoermeLoaoAndgtMgiOeeNCoTon.AR,NitvhAeeLraLb.nadn(aekAtrsS,ToNfEdiRtrhAee4cCt2MEl.iyA8d3Ed2Wl)7e.38F0oo0fWryktoWho-ef WdtRrea1asi0cpl5kir,.toe0ra1odardet,c,reaeancltnkesdvahabteniarodrbnibvceiicdcdai.ewniirt6tyer7e0afa0eltnomcfneteg.ns;;tOscbt;aot.tosh2pRrmoseaiasdddte,irsneNgto4cfh1a.sw0Rea9eRy°n ,; 108.72612200; Habitat: disturbed, rocky/gravelly, 30- from road & railroad tracks into pastureland; Brasher, i 4Eu5p%hosrlboipae;esAuslsao,ciCaetnetdausrpeeaciemsa:cuClyonsoag,loCsisrismiiuinojfaircvieunaslee;. CS.olForraandkol,in,Gr&anKd. NCeol.s,onKr3e4m41m,li1n0g,AugN. 24000.0660(1RM)W. surrounding overstory of cottonwood and some Sa/ix 106.3989, CO Highway 9 roadside on SE edge oftown spp.; elevation 5357 ft; plants appear to have escaped with Bromus inermis, 1 large single plant, S. F. Enloe out of an ornamental planting and have moved down s.n., Aug 2005 (RM). theriverbanktothewatersedgeanddownstreamalong Previous knowledge. The first documentation of this the water at least 100 ft; plants appear to be producing species in Wyoming is Dorn 4371 (RM) in 1986, significant numbers ofseed (viability not yet checked), Laramie Co., near Cheyenne, followed by three other ! downstream plants probably established by seed (too Dorn collections housed at RM (Albany & Uinta cos., I far for creeping roots); S. F. Enloe & H. Enloe s.n., 10 1992; Platte Co., 1993), then E. J. Hoffman s.n., July June 2006 (RM). 2000 in the Laramie Mountains, Laramie Co. The Previous knowledge. Though long-known to be Kremmling, CO specimen is only the second speci- invasive, this species is still widely cultivated in the men for Colorado at RM, with none being housed at United States, includingWyoming. In statesadjacent to COLO. Wyoming it is reported to be escaped from cultivation Significance. Echium vulgare is listed as a noxious and spreadingin Bannock County, ID(Cronquist 1994, weed in Washington. Though previously known from Intermountain Flora, Vol. 5, New York Botanical Colorado and Wyoming, this species was not Garden, Bronx,NY)and Salt LakeCounty, UT(Welsh perceived as a problematic weed requiring control et al. 1993, A Utah Flora, 2nd ed., Brigham Young efforts until thevicinity ofDorn's 1986collectionwas University, Provo, UT). revisited by Shambaugh. The infestation was mapped Significance. This is the first documentation of this in 2004 (University of Wyoming Cooperative Agri- ; species naturalizing in Wyoming following cultivation. cultural Pest Survey (CAPS)http://uwadmnweb. i i Eight other species of Centaurea are officially listed as uwyo.edu/capsweb/) and had spread to over 113 ha eithernoxiousordeclaredbytheStateofWyomingand along an 8 km stretch of railroad tracks. Collectors i this species bears guilt by association. should voucher and report other sightings of this ; — weed in Wyoming and Colorado. This weed, like minCgh,onSdubrlieltlteaCjou.,ncNeasiLd.e (oAfSHTiEgRhAwCayEA1E9)1.betWwyeoe-n mitasnypyrortohleirzabdoirnaegesalkisalpooiidss,onoaunsdtolilkievesstoomckeduotehetro tPuirnneodfafl,eNan4d3 1J7a.c1k4s9o'nWjus1t10°p3a2s.t20G0r'a,neilteevaHtiootn 6S3p5ri7ngfts. bdeorrmaagteistishaisn hluomnagns.stiff hairs that cause contact Roadside about 2 ft. from road below a cut bank in | a mixed sagebrush, aspen, conifer community. Nearly RORIPPA AUSTRIACA (Crantz) Bess. (BRASSICA- I bare ground apparently recently disturbed from work CEAE).—Wyoming, Sublette Co., 2 m NE of Cora WY N on a telephone-electrical box. Adrianne Peterson s.n., Highway oWn Highway 352 at Bootjack Ranch, 28 Aug 2006 (RM). 42^58.254' 109 58.780',elevation7415 ft.,justacross Previous knowledge. We know oftwo undocumented fence from irrigated pasture, common here in the i prreepvoirotusslyo:f MtehidsicispneecieLsodbgeeinCgrefeko,undneairn HWyaytotvmiillneg, W(bRoYMt)t.omSoufbliertrtiegaCtoio.n,dciat.ch3esm. CNurorfahCosr.na.,,Nc1aA.ug1umsit. 2E00Wo6f Big Horn Co. in about 1998, and nearAlpineJunction, Highway 352 on county road at 42.98846 Lincoln Co. in about 2005. This species is designated 109.99312; ca. 7400 ft. elevation; roadside in pasture- noxiousbyninewestern states, fouroftheseadjacent to land, the infestation including cultivated fields, irriga- Wyoming (USDA, NRCS. 2006-11-15. The PLANTS tion ditches, irrigated pasture, and roadsides, spanning NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS 2007] 211 parts ofmultiple acres; 25 August 2006; Brasher, Enloe potential to invade ecologically important wet areas & Peterson 3475 (RM). such as fioodplains, and economically important Previous knowledge. Rorippa austriaca is currently agriculturallandsincludingfields, pastures, andditches. listed asanoxiousweedin fourstates: Alaska, Arizona, California, and Washington. This weed is not on the — Wyoming state noxious weed list, nor has it been J. W. Brasher, S. F. Enloe, University of declared in any county ofWyoming. Wyoming Department of Plant Sciences, Dept. 3354, WY Significance. This is the first documentation of this Laramie, 82071, A. Peterson, A. G. Currah, noxious weed in Wyoming, and botanists should Sublette County Weed and Pest, P.O. Box 729, Pine- WY voucher and report any future Wyoming sightings to dale, 82941, and B. E. Nelson, University of local weed control authorities to prevent costly infesta- Wyoming, Rocky Mountain Herbarium (RM), Dept. WY tions. Because this species grows in moist soil it has 3165, Laramie, 82071.

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Madrono, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 203-211, 2007 NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS Arizona Flora of North America, Volume 25, p. 287). Pre- viously collected from four southern Arizona mountain AscLEPiAS OENOTHEROiDES Cham. & Schlecht. ranges: Santa Catalina Mountains since 1976 {E. (APOCYNACEAE:ASCLEPIADOIDEAE).—Cochise Schmutz s.n. ARIZ 201849), Tucson Mountains since Co.: north of Portal along Noland Rd., —100 meters 1989 {P.D. Jenkins89-70ARIZ), Galiuro Mountains in north of mile marker 9, San Simon River Valley, east 2000 {Dana Backer s.n. ARIZ 354401), and Whitlock drainage from Chiricahua Mountains, 32 3.137'N, Mountains in 2002 {Michael Chamherland2013 ARIZ). 109 10.882'W, 1329 m/4360 ft, 15 Sep 2003, McGill Significance. First record of this non-native, annual 7399 (ASU); southeast ofPortal along Portal Rd., -50 species on 21,500 ha Santa Rita Experimental Range, meters northeast of intersection with Sanford Rd., where 468 vascular species have been reported since its 3r'52.97'N, 1094.15'W, 1295 m/4250 ft, 27 Aug 2006, establishment in 1902 (Medina, 2003, In: McClaran et Kline3274 (ARIZ). al. (eds.), Santa Rita Experimental Range: 100 yr (1903 Previouskmnvledge. Asclepiasoeuotheroidesis known to 2003) of Accomplishments and Contributions, from adjacent Hidalgo and Grant Counties, New USDA Forest Service RMRS-P-30, p. 141.). We Mexico, but has not been recognized in the Arizona discovered 49 E. cenchroides plants within 15 m radius, flora until now. in a 30 ha area where numerous scientific teams have Significance. These collections represent a new state been measuringgrass-mesquite relationshipssince2002. record for Arizona. A. oenotheroides (hierba de zizotes, Plants were found in a mesquite-grassland vegetation zizotes milkweed) is superficially similar to A. nyctagi- type that included native species Digitaria californica nifolia A. Gray and a recent examination of Asclepias (Benth.) Henr., Ferocactus wislizeni (Engelm.) Britt. & specimens (by J. Riser) at ASU reveled that a 2003 Rose, Heteropogon contortus (L.) Beauv. Ex Roemer & collection {McGill 7399) originally determi—ned as A. J.A. Schultes, Kcdlstroemia grand/flora Torr. ex A. nyctaginifolia is actually A. oenotheroides the first Gray, Muhlenhergia porteri Scribn. ex Beal, and record ofthis species in Arizona. A. oenotheroides has Prosopis velutina Woot., and long (>40 y) established since been found (by C. KHne; Kline 3274) at another non-native species Eragrostis curvula (Shrad.) Nees and nearby location. While A. nyctaginifolia and A. E. lehnianniana Nees. The discovery in 2006 may be oenotheroides are similar, the two species are distin- related to wet summer conditions following a very dry guishable by A. oenotheroides having corona hoods winter because the species is known to increase during approximately twice as long as the anther head and wet summers following severe drought in South Africa conspicuously tapering towards the base while the (Fynn and O^Connor 2000. J. Appl. Ecol. 37:491). In corona hoods are approximately three times as long as our area, precipitation at the nearby (<400 m distant) the anther head and do not taper towards their base in Rodent Station rain gage in summer (June-September) A. nyctaginifolia (R. E. Woodson, 1954, The North 2006 was 284 mm and only 36 mm in winter (October American species of Asclepias L., Annals of the May) 2005-2006, which are 136% and 24% of the Missouri Botanical Garden 41:1-211). The flowers of respective averages since 1922 (McClaran et al., 2002, A. oenotheroidesarerathergracileandgreenishwhiteto Santa Rita Experimental Range Digital Database pale yellow while A. nyctaginifolia has more robust User's Guide, USDA Forest Service RMRS-GTR- flowers that are white to greenish white, often with 100, 13 p.). a purple tinge. At this time, A. oenotheroides is known All plants were carefully removed in plastic bags to in Arizona only from Cochise County, but should also limit furtherspread because its anemochorous dispersal be sought in eastern Graham County. can be >13 m in a 10 m s ' wind (Ernst et al. 1992. Plant Ecology 102:1.) and its ability to grow in both — open grassland and under tree canopy (Smit, 2005, James P. Riser II, Plant Biologist, USDA Forest BMC Ecology5:4) aretraitsconducivetoitsspreadand Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forestry establishment in this location (Baker, 1965, In: Baker Sciences Lab, 800 E. Beckwith Ave., Missoula, MT, and Stebbins(eds.). TheGeneticsofColonizingSpecies, 59801 and ChrisKline.SeniorInstructional Specialist, Academic Press, New York.). Observations ofits rapid Boyce Thompson Arboretum, 37615 U.S. Highway 60, spread following arrival in other southern Arizona Superior, AZ 85273. locations (pers. comm., P. Jenkens, ARIZ), warranted our extermination effort, and continued diligence in future summers. Arizona — Mitchel P. McClaran, and Aleta M. Nafus, Enneapogo—n cenchroides (Licht.) C.E. Hubb. School of Natural Resources, 325 Bioscience East, (POACEAE). Santa Rita Experimental Range, Pas- University ofArizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. ture 2SW, 200 m northwest ofRodent Station livestock exclosure, 3r49'N, 110 53'W, elev. 1150 m, 28 Sep- tember 2006, Mitchel P. McClaran andAleta M. Nafiis 06-01 (ARIZ). California Previous knowledge. Native to Africa, Arabia, Asia and India, and recently arrived, by unknown mode, in PSOROTHAMNUS FREM—ONTII var. ATTENUATUS southern Arizona (Reeder, 2003, In: Barkworth (ed.). Barneby (FABACEAE). San Bernardino County, MADRONO 204 [Vol. 54 — California, TheWhipple Mountains along the Heritage Berteroa incana L. (BRASSICACEAE). Lassen Road at 34°19.4'N and 114 34.8'W, elevation 500 m; Co., LWongValley, Anderson (Saralegui) Ranch, 2.2 road ca. 20 plants growing in four parallel washes on miles of highway 395 on highway 70 then 5.5 road a moderately steepslope nearAmbrosiadumosa, Larrea milesNon ScottRoad,ca. 4900ft., 39° 5ri9.3"N, 120° , tridentatch Eriogonum infJatum and Opimtia bigelovii\ J. 05'41.6"W, WGS-1984. Growing at the edge of dry D. Adams (RSA) 9 May 2006. The specimens collected meadows, plants erect, white flowered, 14 Jul 2005, each contained stems, leaves and seed pods. A Arnold Tiehm 15023 (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, UC, photograph of a seed pod was submitted to www. UNLV, WTU and 34 sheets distributed from NY). calphotos.berkeley.edu. Previous knowledge, "...mostly in the northern and The seed pods of these plants were covered with central states from Maine to Nevada and Oregon; in sticky exudate that smelled like pine and tar. The clear Canada from Gaspe and Nova Scotia and to British exudate was amber on older seed pods. There were no Columbia (R.C. Rollins. 1993. The Cruciferae of glands visible on the seed pods. The seed pods formed continental North America. Stanford University Press, after the flowers fell from the racemes. The seed pods Stanford, CA.). formedabout2-3 weeksearlierthan P.fremontiiplants Significance. First report for California. near the Death Valley and Providence Mountains. lreaanTvgheiesnsgweefrprleoamnntas1rrthooawd3,mcsoumncshiwdiaesdrea3bamlnedmv6awrtiioadbe1i5lbiymtym1i5nlmloenmagf.lsTiohzneeg, HSihlePlshh,byas3z.a3r(iroBaaRdAlmSuidSloIevsCiAEcCiNaEEnAaEof)(s.tN—auttMeto.l)ninoeOo'CnoK.ah,niegAhnwc&ahoyri3A5tl9e- II gorro1wmasmawbiudsehbaybo6utmm1 mlohnigg.h.ThTehepllaenatvewsawserfeousinldvetroy Tfr3oNm,HawRt2h9oEr,ne, tShen33,.96.roa7d06mi0lefts.,SW3o8°n08d'ir1t3r.o8a"dN,, strigose in many plants. The flowers were purple with 118°46'19.7"W, WGS-1984, growing with Artemisia red or green calyces. tridentata in areas of compacted silty sand. 26 May Previous knowledge Herbarium specimens labeled as 2004, Arnold Tiehm 14462 with Jan Nachlinger (CAS, Psorothamnus fremont.ii var. attenuatiis have been ISTC, NY, OSC, RENO, UC, UNLV, WTU); 15 Jun ; ctohlelseectsepdecfirmoenmssleavcekrasleeCdalpiofdosr,niwahilcochatairoensn,ecbeusstarayllfoorf 2R0E05N,O,ArnUoCl,d TUiNeLhVm,14W98T6U)(,CASb,othISTcCo,lleNctYi,onsOSdCe,- i' identification of the variety (Adams and York, 2005, termined by S. O'Kane, 1-2007. ' Madrono 52:258-61). Previous knowledge. Widespread from Manitoba and Significance. Because herbarium specimens of pre- Minnesota, south and west to Utah, Eureka and Nye vious collections of Psorothamnus fremontii lack the counties, Nevada, and Navajo County, Arizona seedpods that arenecessary foridentification, these are (Holmgren, N.H. 2005. Brassicaceae pp. 174-419 in the first collections in California that include seed pods N.H. Holmgren, P.K. Holmgren & A. Cronquist. andthuscanbeassignedto Psorotlmmnusfremontiivar. Intermountain Flora: Vascular Plants of the Inter- attenuatus; as a result, these collections extend the mountain West, U.S.A. 2 part B: 1-488. New York documented range ofthis variety into California. Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.). RaTnhcehoaSuatnhtoarAinsagBroatteafnuilcGtaordSeanr,ahClaDreegmroonott, CofAtfhoer ofSaigbnoiuftica2n4c0e.kNmewSWtoCfarloimforEnuiraeaknadCaoruanntgye,eNxteevnasdiao.n , supplying map coordinates of the plants examined in Searches in adjacent Mineral County, Nevada have i this study. been unsuccessful. ' — — James D. Adams, Jr., University of Southern Arnold Tiehm, 1550 Foster Dr., Reno, NV California, School ofPharmacy, 1985 Zonal Ave., Los 89509. atiehm(a)unr.edu. Angeles, CA 90089-9121. [email protected]. Nevada ! California I PolYGALA macradenia Gray var. macradenia Astragalus kent—rophyta var. ungulatus M.E. (POLYGALACEAE).—Clark Co., Ash Creek, Red Jones (Fabaceae). Mono Co., Mono Valley, 0.65 Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Spring road miles E of state line on highway 167 to Mountains, in desert shrub habitat. In sandstone and Hawthorne, then 2.0 road miles S on E fork ofa pole limestone mixed soils with sandstone outcrops. Associ- , line road, T3N, R29E, SIO, 7050 ft. Growing with ated species: Krameria erecta, Thymophylla acerosa, Juniperus, Artemisia tridentata on light-colored clay Coleogyne ramosissima, Eriogonum fasciculatum var. UTM outcrops, plants prostrate, 6 Jun 1998, Arnold Tiehm pollfolium, and Ambrosia dumosa. lis 0641228E 12580 (CAS, NY, RENO). 4002487N NAD27, 1164 m, 17 April 2006, Trent M. Previous knowledge. Known from Elko, Eureka, Draper 58843 (UNLV). Humboldt, Lander, northern Nye, Washoe, and White Previous knowledge. This taxon is known to occur in Pinecounties, Nevada(R.C. Barneby 1989. Fabaceaein Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and northern Mexico. A. Cronquistetal. Intermountain Flora 3 part B: 1-279. Significance. This is the first collection from Nevada New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY and recent and the Mojave Desert. Herbarium records indicate collections). that theclosest known population is 150 km to theeast extSeingsniifoincaonfcea.boFuitrst19r0eckormdsfoourthCwaelsitf.orPnliaantasndweareraanlgseo iMnohthaeveHuaCloaupnatiy,InAdriiaznonRae.serTvhaitsions,ubsGhrraunb,d Cwaitnhyonit,s 1 \ found in adjacent Mineral Co., Nevada (Tiehm 14987 diminutive stature and with an appearance similar to NMC, RENO). that of a small Coleogyne ramosissima, can be easily | | — 1 2007] NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS 205 overlooked. It was not included in Leary and Niles' 4029053N NAD27, 2128 m, 6 February 2006, Trent flora of the area (Leary, P. J. and W. E. Niles. 1996. M. Draper 58596 (UNLV). Flora of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Previous knowledge. This European native occurs in Area. Unpublished. Community College of Southern northeastern Nevada, California, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV). The population is Louisiana, and southern British Columbia, Canada within the protected boundaries (but close to in- (M.E. Barkworth and L.K. Anderson, Grass Manual holdings) ofRed Rock Canyon National Conservation on the Web at http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/ Area and is therefore protected from urban encroach- default.htm). InNevada, the specieshasonlypreviously ment. been found near Lee, in Elko County. Ambrosiaconfertiflora DC. (ASTERACEAE). tioSnignfirfiocmancNe.evTahdias.isTohnelyEtlhkeoseCcoonudntlyocalpiotpyulcaoltlieocn- Clark Co., Cold Creek Canyon, Spring Mountains, (approximately 400 km to the north) was discovered forming large colonies in a post-fire (burned in 2000) by A.H. Holmgren in 1941. It was treated as G. chaparral community, on disturbed limestone soil. occidentalis in Intermountain Flora (Cronquist, A., A. Associated species: Gutierrezia sarothrae, Prunusfasci- H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal, and P. K. cveusltaittaus.varU.TfMascicluilsata061a3n0d9ICEean4o0t2h9u8s44gNregNgiAiD2v7ar,. Hthoelmginrteenr.mo1u9n7t7a.inIntweersmt,ountUaSiAn.Flo6:ra:1v-a5s8c4u.larCopllaunmtbsioaf 1958 m, 6 September 2006, Trent M. Draper 58839 University Press, New York, NY.). The newest generic (UNLV). treatment for the Flora of North America (M. E. Previous knowledge. Ambrosia confertiflora occurs Barkworth and L. K. Anderson, Grass Manual on throughout the southern portion ofthe western United the Web at http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/ States, eastward to Tennessee, and into Mexico. default.htm) recognizes the Elko County collection as Significance. This is the first collection ofthis species G. declinata. The Spring Mountains material may have from Nevada and one of the few populations known beenintroducedinhayfed toferal horseswhen thearea WfrearpsoohmritnetgdhtefornMooCmjo.at,hveeUBTeDae[vsWeeerrlts.Dh,a(mISt.MLho.a,usnNt.apriDen.vsi,oAutsswolouyothdbw,eeesSnt. waanseacrobvyerseadwmbiyllsnoopwe,ratoironf.rom activity associated with Goodrich, and L. C. Higgins. 2003. A Utah Flora. Alopecurusgeniculatus L. (POACEAE).—Clark Brigham Young University, Provo, UT].) Co., Cold Creek Canyon, along a creek fed from Sanvitalia abertii Gray (ASTERACEAE).— "Sawmill Spring," Spring Mountains, in moist lime- Clark Co., Cold Creek Canyon,just north of"Sawmill stone derived soil, heavily utilized and disturbed by elk Spring," Spring Mountains, in a post-fire (burned in and feral horses. Associated species: Quercus gambelii, A20s0s0o)cicahtaepdarrspaelciceosm:muGnuittieyr,reizniadisstaurrobtehrdale,imeCsteoanneotshoiuls. URoTsaMwoloidssii61v1a9r3.5Eult4r0am2o9n0t5a3naN, NaAndD2P7o,a 2c1o2mp8rems,sa.4 August 2005, Trent M. Draper 57821 (UNLV). greggii var. vestitus, Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia, Brick- ellia oblongifolia var. linifolia and Hedeoma nana ssp. Previous knowledge. Alopecurus geniculatus is native 2ca1l1i9formn,ica.4 UAuTgMustlis200066,118Tr9e5nEt 4M0.291D8r0aNperNA5D82873,7 tGoraEsusraMsaianuaanld opnarttsheofWNeobrthhttApm:e//rhiecraba(riWu.m.Ju.suC.reidnsu,/ (UNLV). Specimen determined by W. E. Niles. webmanual/default.htm). Whether the Spring Moun- Previous knowledge. This taxon was collected once in tains population isnative is uncertain. There are several Las Vegas Wash by National Park Service personnel records ofits occurrence in northwest Nevada. daoncduimdeennttiaftiieodnbywWa.s E.maNdiele.s,Tbhuet nospevcoiuecsheorcocrurostheirn CouSingtnyi,ficNaencvea.daT.hisAissetahrechfirosft choelrlbeactriiounmfrreocmorCdlsarikn California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico California, Arizona, and Utah indicate that this is the (J. L. Strother. 2006. In Flora of North America first collection from the Mojave Desert. 6E1d6i.toMriaaglnoCloimompihtytteae:,Aesdst.e.riFdlaoer,apoafrNto8r:tAhstAemrearciecaae,21p:a1rt- CarduusNUTANS L. (ASTERACEAE).—Clark Co., 3. Oxford University Press, New York, NY). Cold Creek Canyon, along a creek fed from "Sawmill Significance. This is the first collection formally Spring," Spring Mountains, several plants in moist documented from Nevada. The fiora of the Spring limestone derived soil, heavily utilized by elk and feral Mountains is mostly well known, but the area around horses. Associated species: Gutierrezia sarothrae, Oe- "Sawmill Spring" hasbeenoverlooked,probablydueto nothera elata ssp. hirsutissima, Bromus inermiUs,TMMelilo- the presence of nearby private land and the lack of tus officinalis, and Artemisia tridentata. lis a recognized place name on official maps. "Sawmill 611935E 4029053N NAD27, 2128 m, 4 August 2006, Spring" is named for an aging large iron boiler, fiy Trent M. Draper 58832 (UNLV). wheels, and pieces ofrailroad tracks that were used in Previous knowledge. Carduus nutans is native to ntheewoSpperriatnigoMnooufntaasianwsm,ilclo.unTthye,aauntdhosrtahteasreccoollredcstefdro1m EouutrompeucahndofwesthteernUnAistiead. TShtiasteesxoatnicdoicscucrlsasstihfrioedugha-s the area. a noxious weed in Nevada and many other states. Significance. This is the first collection from Clark Glyceria declinata Breb. (POACEAE).—Clark County, Nevada and one of few from the Mojave Co., Cold Creek Canyon, "Sawmill Spring," Spring Desert. It may have been introduced in hay fed to feral Mountains, in a post-fire (burned in 2000) fresh water horses when the area was covered by snow. Because of riparian area. In moistdark soil derived from limestone its invasive potential, all plants were collected and parent material, disturbed by grazing and trampling of removed from the site. elk and feral horses. Associated species: Juncus long- I would like to thank Wesley E. Niles for his help istylis, J. ensifolius var. montanus, Schedonorus arundi- with distribution records and reviewing the manu- naceus, and Poa pratensis. UTM lis 611935E script. MADRONO 206 [Vol. 54 — Trent M. Draper, Biologist, United States UtahFlora, 2nded. BrighamYoungUniversity, Provo, Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Cen- UT.). ter, 160 N. Stephanie St., Henderson, NV 89014. Significance. First report for Nevada and a west- [email protected]. northwest range extension of about 81 km from Juab County, Utah (B.J. Albee et al. 1988. Atlas of the vascular plants of Utah. Occas. Pap. Utah Mus. Nat. Hist. 7: 1-670 and see earth.gis.usu.edu/plants/index. Nevada html). — Aegilops triuncialis L. (Poaceae). Washoe Co., Cryptanthaflaccida (Dougl.) E.L. Greene (BOR- Peavine Mountain, 1.1 road miles NW of Forest AGINACEAE).—Washoe Co., 8.5 mi NE of Red Boundary at end ofHoge Road on E sideofmountain, Rock, 5000 ft. Juniper, sage, 22 Jun 1938, Dan T20N, R19E, S21, 5600 ft. Growing in an old burn TWillotson 206 (UC); Dogskin Mountain, 3.4 road miles area, abundant, 30 May 2002, Arnold Tiehm 13899 of Winnemucca Ranch Road on North Fork Dry with John Korfmacher (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, Valley Creek Road, NW end ofthe mountain, T24N, UNLV, WTU and 35 sheets distributed from NY). R19E, S6, 4820 ft., growing with Juniperus on rocky, Previous Knowledge. Known from California and silty Oats. 30 May 2002, Arnold Tiehm 13893 (CAS, Oregon [see herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual]. NY, OSC, RENO, UNLV, WTU and 30 duplicates Significance. First record for Nevada (see Nevada distributed from NY). Native Plant Society [NNPS] newsletter 28(7): 6-7. Previous Knowledge. Known from "c. and se. Wash, 2002). tos. Cahf., e. tothew. partoftheSnakeRiverPlainsin Idaho (Owyhee, Ada, Boise, and Elmore cos.)" (A. Anemone drummondii —S. Watson var. Cronquist. 1984. Cryptantha in A. Cronquist et al. DRUMMONDii (Ranunculaceac). Washoe Co., Sierra Intermountain Flora 4: 223-268. New York Botanical Nevada, Carson Range, unnamed small peak NE of Garden Bronx, NY.). Mud Lake, just off trail to Rose Knob Peak, T17N, Significance. First report forNevada and awestward R18E, S34, 9650 ft., 39°17'43.8"N, 119°57'01.4"W, range extension ofover 81 km from the nearest known WGS-1984, growing on steep E facing, rocky, gravelly, populations in Indian Valley, Plumas County, Califor- clayeyslopes, formingclumps, flowerscreamywhite, 20 nia (see NNPS newsletter 29[4]: 3). Jul 2005, Arnold Tiehm 15024 with Jan Nachlinger (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, UNLV, WTU and six sheets EUCLIDIUM SYRiACUM (L.) R. Br. (BRASSICA- distributed from NY). CEAE).—Nye Co., White River Valley, White River Previous Knowledge. Known from British Columbia, Campground, T6N, R61E, S9, 38°23'17.4"N, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California and in Asia 115°08'03.0"W, 5180 ft., growing in disturbed areas in A(Bm.eEr.icDautEtdointoreitalal.Co1m9m97i.ttAeneem3:on1e39-i1n58F)l.ora of North t(hCeASc,amNpYg,roOuSnCd,, R1EJNuOn,2U00N5L,VA,rnWoTldUTainedhm7 s1h4e9e3t5s Significance. First record for Nevada. Known from distributed from NY). as close as the west side of Lake Tahoe (G.L. Smith. Previous knowledge. "Established sporadically in w. 1973. AfloraoftheTahoeBasinandneighboringareas. U.S.;inourrange[Intermountain Florarange]inc. and Wasmann J. Biol. 31: 1-231). n. Utah" ( N.H. Holmgren. 2005. Brassicaceae in N.H. — Holmgren et al. Intermountain Flora. 2 part B: 174- Carex vulpinoidea Michaux (Cyperaceae). CWhur- 419. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.). chill Co., Lahontan Valley, Fallon, 1 road mile of Significance. First record for Nevada (see NNPS Downs Lane on Reservoir Road, T19N, R29E, S28, newsletter 31[8]: 6-7. 2005). 3945 ft., growingon the banks ofthe S- Canal, forming clumpsto0.7 mtall,29May2003,ArnoldTiehm 14217 EuphorbiapeplusL. (EUPHORBIACEAE).—Wa- (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, UNLV, WTU and 22 sheets shoe Co., Reno, Idlewild Park off of Booth Street, at distributed from NY). the northwest end ofthe west pond, T19N, R19E, SIO, PreviousKnowledge. Widespreadin Canada, US, and 39°31'21.0"N, 119°49'57.4"W, ca. 4500 ft., growing as Mexico. InthewesternUSknownfromallstatesexcept a weed along the railroad tracks, erect annual, 18 Oct Montana, Nevada, and Utah (L.A. Standley. 2002. 2005, Arnold Tiehm 15107 (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, Carex section Multiflorae in Flora of North America UNLV, WTU and 36 sheets distributed from NY). Editorial Committee 23: 281-285). Previous knowledge. In the western U.S. it is known Significance. First record for Nevada (see NNPS from at least California, Oregon, and Utah ( A. newsletter 29[7]: 5-6. 2003). Cronquist. 1997. Euphorbiaceae in A. Cronquist et al. Intermountain Flora. 3 part A: 260-284. New York Cryptantha compacta Higgin—s (BORAGINA- Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.; D.L. Koutnik. 1993. CEAE) [C. ochroleWuca Higgins]. Elko Co., Bad- Euphorbia, in J.C. Hickman ed. The Jepson Manual, lands, 5.5 road miles ofroad to FerberWash on the pp 573-576. University of California Press, Berkeley, main road to Antelope Valley, T26N, R70E, S7, CA.). 5580 ft., growing with Juniperus, Artemisia pygmaea Significance. First record for Nevada. It has been on gullied, light-colored clay hills, forming clumps. 10 noted in other areas around Reno. Jun 2002, Arnold Tiehm 13989 with Jan Nachlinger (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, UNLV, WTU). Helminthotheca (Picris) echinoides (L.) Previous Knowledge. Known from Beaver, Garfield, Holub. (ASTERACEAE).—Washoe Co., WReno, Uni- Juab, Millard, San Pete, Sevier, and Tooele counties versity of Nevada, Enterprise Road just of Chil- Utah (A. Cronquist. 1984. Cryptantha in A. Cronquist dren's Behavioral Sciences building, T20N, R19E, S35. et al. Intermountain Flora 4: 223-268. New York 4600 ft., locally common along the road, 25 Jun 1997, Botanical Garden Bronx, NY; S.L. Welshetal. 1993. A Arnold Tiehm 12218 (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO). — 2007] NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS 207 Previousknowledge. Known from "Alta., N.B., Ont., Parthenium ligulatum (M.E. Jones) Barneby Sask.: Ariz., Calif., Conn., D.C., Iowa, Maine, Md., (ASTERACEAE).—Eureka Co., Fish Creek Range, Mass., Mo., Mont., N.J., N.Y., N. Dak., Ohio, Oreg., foothills on extreme E side, 4.8 road miles S ofhighway Pa., Vt., Va.; Europe; widely introduced elsewhere" (J. 50 on the Duckwater road, then 0.3 road miles W, Strother, 2006. Hclminthotheca in Flora of North T17N, R54E, SI9. 6150 ft., growing with Juniperus, America Editorial Committee 19: 300. Oxford Univer- Artemisia nova on open gravelly brown clay hills, sity Press, New York, NY.). caespitose perennial to 2 dm across, heads sessile, 2 Jun Significance. First record for Nevada (see NNPS 2001, Arnold Tiehm 13557 with Jan Nachlinger (CAS, NY, RENO, UNLV). newsletter 23[8]: 5. 1997). Previous knowledge. Known from Rio Blanco Coun- Hymenoxys richardsonii (Hook.) Cockerell var. ty, Colorado and from Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, RiCHARDSONii (ASTERACEAE).—White Pine Co., Uintah, and Wayne counties, Utah (A. Cronquist. Badlands, 3.2 road miles S and SE of the county line 1994. Asteraceae in A. Cronquist et al. Intermountain on main road through the Badlands, T26N, R70E, S33. Flora 5: 1-^96. New York Botanical Garden Bronx, 5580 ft., growing with Jimiperus, Chrysothamnusparryi NY.; S. Goodrich & E. Neese 1986. Uinta Basin Flora. on steep, brown, clay hills, forming clumps from USDA Forest Service; J. Strother, 2006. Parthenium in 2a00b2r,anAcrhneodldcaTuideexh,mu1p4,t0o002w5itshteJmasnpNearchclliunmgpe,r1(1CAJSu,n 2F2l.orOaxfoofrNdoUrntihveArmsietryicParesEsd,itNoreiwalYCoorkm,miNtYt.e)e. 21: 20- NY, OSC, RENO, UNLV, WTU and 33 duplicates Significance. First report for Nevada and a range distributed from NY). extension of over 240 km from the Uinta Basin of Previous knowledge. Known from Alberta and northern Utah(seeNNPS newsletter28[5]: 5 6. 2002). I Saskatchewan Canada, to N. Dakota, Wyoming, know of no other disjunction quite matching Parthe- Colorado, Montana, and Utah (A. Cronquist. 1994. nium ligulatum. The closest are: Astragalus jejunus S. Asteraceae in A. Cronquist et al. Intermountain Flora Watson which is known from SW Wyoming, adjacent 5; 1^96. New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY.; Utah and Idaho, and Elko, Nye, and White Pine S.L. Welsh et al. 1993. A Utah Flora, 2nd ed. Brigham Counties, Nevada (R.C. Barneby 1989. Fabaceae in A. Young University, Provo, UT.). Cronquist et al. Intermountain Flora 3 part B: 1 279. Significance. First record for Nevada and a north- New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY); and Lepto- northwest range extension of about 130 km from dactylon cciespitosum Nuttall, which is known from Millard Co., Utah (B.J. Albee et al. 1988. Atlas ofthe Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, and Elko, Eureka, Nye, vascular plants of Utah. Occas. Pap. Utah Mus. Nat. and White Pine Counties, Nevada (A. Cronquist. 1984. iHinsdte.x.ht7m:l).1-670 and see earth.gis.usu.edu/plants/ LFelpotroada4c:1t3y9l-o1n42i.n NAe.wCYroonrqkuiBsottaneticaall. GIanrtdeernmouBnrtoanixn, NY.). Both of these have a few small geographically — Iris pseudacorus L. (WIRIDACEAE). Washoe intermediate populations in Nevada. Co., Reno, Dry Creek just of the old Huffaker PSILOCARPHUSOREGONUS'Nutt.(ASTERACEAE). 4JlSe4uca7hnvo0eosf1ltt9.,o9a7f2tlioAn7wre4wnr9iso5dleyd,eSl.flToorViwim,erihgsnmtigynlilea1ar2cg2oSe1tl.7cu,lmun(TmC1psA8soSNm,t,eoti5NRmY2fet,0.sEt,awOlhlSi,tSC2e6,3,, hERil5kg2ohEw,CaoyS.,U1.1BAul5ol9n1R0tuhfent,rMogoarduonwttioaniBgunlsil,nR0ou.pn3enRreosadedrrivemodiilrem,seTaW4d3oNow,f RENO). areas, 16 Jul 1984, Arnold Tiehm 9038 with Barbara Previous knowledge. In the Intermountain Region mEirtlteesrW(CNASW, NofY)B;utEtlekoSpCroi.n,gsOwoynhBeoebDeJsoehrnt,so1n.3Rrooaadd kHPI1rno9ne9tlos3emsw.r,gnmrAoeNunfneU.rttwoaamih1nY97oFt7Frlh.lokeor,arI,alroNi2wY6dne:.ard5c)e3,a8eSe-d.n5U4atiB6kan.rehiACg.Roh(iSla.vumCLemr.rYobnioWqPauelunlaiUigssnnthisUvneeei(rttvPse.iaarKtll.-y.. wWpp1laia2ast8sith8nhs3Ao,HreatpwteliCmatoiPnh.set,iasakJM,ataobrnsiuTdqn4eudnN6aitaNantc,ttoha,lRiiMn4n1og90dueErnrJy,tuacniSr(nleCsl1eA,,9kS9,b925,e.1d05sNA5rrYonof,ntoa.,dlsidRlgmtEryiTolNHiewOoesi)ohn;Edmg sity, Provo, UT.), and in the western U.S. also known ofthe state line on road from Fee Reservoir to Crooks 2f0r0o2m. CIarliisforinniaFlaonrda WoafshiNnogrttohn A(mNe.rCi.caHenEddeitrosroina.l ALratkeem,isiTa45tNri,dentRa1t8a,E,aloSnIg6,sma5l7l50clfaty.,sogilreodwidnrgainwaigtehs Committee 26: 371 395. Oxford University Press, that are wet early in the year and then dry to an NeSwiYgonirfkic,anNcYe..).First record for Nevada (see NNPS i1m3p1e8n1etwriatbhleGar"yadSocbheo"o,lcr7aftJu(nCA2S0,00N,Y,ArRnEoNldO).Tiehm newsletter 23[7]: 2. 1997). Previous knowledge. "Eastern Washington, eastern Lythrum tribracteatum Salzm. ex Spreng. (LY- Oregon, and adjacent Idaho, west into the Klamath THRACEWAE).—Washoe Co., Duck Flat, Duck Lake, Craelgiifoonrnioaf. so."ut(hAw.esCtronOqrueigsot.n,19a94n.dAsstoeurtahceatehrionuAg.h Coendatrhveille, sNidEe oefndhiogfhwtahye l8a1keb,etTw3e7eNn,GRer1l8aEc,h SaIn4d. CYroornkquBiosttanei.tcaall.GaIrndteernmoBurnotnaxi,nNYF.lo)r.a 5: 1-496. New 4690 ft., growing on the exposed mud flats at the edge Significance. First collections for Nevada. These are Tofiethhme 1l2a6ke5,3 (plCaAnSt,s NpYro,stOraStCe,, R18ENAOu,gU1N9L98V,).Arnold the basis for Nevada being listed in Flora North Previous knowledge. Known from California, Idaho, ANmoerrtihcaA(mJe.rDi.cMaoreEfdiietlodr.ia2l006C.omPmsiiltotceaerphu19s:in4F5l6o^r6a0o.f and Utah (A. Cronquist. 1997. Lythraceae pp. 167-170 Oxford University Press, New York, NY.). in A. Cronquist et al. Intermountain Flora 3 part A:167-170. NewYork Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.). Rota—LA ramos/or (L.) Koehne (LYTHRA- Significance. First record for Nevada (see NNPS CEAE). Washoe Co., Pyramid Lake Indian Reserva- newsletter 24[8]: 3^. 1998) tion, Truckee River just upstream from the fish MADRONO 208 [Vol. 54 hatcherybetweenNixon andWadsworth,T22N, R24E, Significance. First report from Jackson County and S30, 4000 ft., growing at the edge of a drying slough any site west of the Cascade divide. This represents , along the river, rooted in the water, 28 Sep 2000, a range extension ofat least 150 kmwest ofthe nearest Arnold Tiehm 13414 (RENO); Washoe Co., Washoe sites reported by the Oregon Plant Atlas. Vgh5ar0ilo0gl0wheiwyfn,at.gy,1a.t363995tr,h1oe6a'Wde1d3g.mei9ol"feNos,fhipNgo1hn1wd9osa"f,y4,0B'1e05lT8l1.Av06iu"NegWw,,2O0RvW01e6G9r,SpE-a,A1srs9nS8ol4oll,dn, &plaLtRoeoamsuaetali(ouAnmgPIwheAesCntdEeerArnEse)od.ng—ei,iJat(cwCkoosuoplnotpeurCloa.&t,ioRGnorssiezc)az.lCy0o.u8Pletkaemkr ||' Tiehm 15266 (CAS, NY, OSC, RENO, UNLV, WTU apart: 1) 42°15.64'N, 122°37.58'W, elevation 1,750 m, and 12 sheets to be distributed from NY). on thin rocky-to-lithic basaltic andesite soil, a popula- I CalPirfeovrinoiua,skIndoawhloe,dgOer.egIonn,theanwdesWtaersnhiUn.gSt.oknn(oAw.nCfrroon-m ttihoanno1f0a0rmounodn 1a0n0oppleanntsflastprweiatdhoLvoemraatniuamredaisosfecmtourme, !; qalu.isIt.nt1e9r9m7o.unLtyatihnraFcleoareapp3.p1ar6t7-A1:7016i7n-1A.70.CrNoenqwuiYsotrekt mL.erimaacnraoucsaeropsua,m,ErLi.ognuodniucmaulneu,duL.m uvtarri.cuolbaltounmg.ifoElriiucma,- \\ Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.; E. McClintock. 1993. and Penstemon duestus, first seen and collected (in Lythraceae pp. 745-746 in J.C. Hickman. The Jepson flower) on 11 May 2000; and 2) 42°16.03'N, Manual. Higher plants of California. University of 122°37.52'W, elevation 1,760 m, on thin rocky basaltic California Press, Berkeley, CA.). andesite soil, a population of a fmew hundred plants Significance. First record for Nevada (see NNPS spread over an area ofaround 200 (north and south) , newsletter 32[8]: 3. 2006. on a rough rocky, flat with Lomatium dissectum, L. ' macrocarpum, Pinus ponderosa, Arctostaphylos patula, SCHED—ONNARDUS PANICULATUS (Nutt.) Trel. (POA- Eriogonum nudum var. oblongifolium, E. umbellatum CEAE). Washoe Co., Reno, Rancho San Rafael Park var. modocense, and Holodiscus microphyllus, first seen on NW corner ofN. Virginia and N. McCarran, S of and collected (in fruit) 11 June 1997 (collected in flower the Basque Monument, T20N, R19E, S34, 18 May 2001) , T. Duncan, determined by the late S. \ i3n9g^3a3t'1t0h.e5"eNd,ge11o9f4m9o'i5s3t.3ar"eWa,sWnGeSa-r8m4e,ad4o7w0s0,ft.f,ogrrmoiwn-g SuPnrdebveirogus(kOnSoUw)led2g00e2..Basedon theOregonPlantAtlas i large colonies, Arnold Tiehm 14539 (CAS, NY, OSC, of the Oregon Flora Project, known in Oregon from , RENO, UNLV, WTU). one site in Klamath County (southeastern part, Previous knowledge. Schedonnardus in a monotypic Horsefly Valley near Lorella), several sites in Lake North American genus that grows in the prairies and and Harney Counties and some additional sites farther central plains of Canada, the United States, and east or north. northwesternMexico. Ithasalsobeenfound,asarecent Significance. First report from Jackson County and introduction, in California and Argentina" (N. Snow. any site west of the Cascade divide. This represents 2003. Scliedonnardus in Flora of North America a range extension ofca. 140 km west ofnearest known Editorial Committee. 25: 228-230. Oxford University site. PreSsisg,niNfiecwancYeo.rkF,irNsYt.)r.ecord for Nevada (see NNPS RoLseom(aAtPiIuAmCEcAaEn)b.y—i J(aCcokuslotenrCo&.,RCoassec)adeC-oSuilstekriyo&u ' newsletter 30[7]: 6 7. 2004). National Monument, along BLM Rd 40-3E-30.0 ca.l km west of junction with BLM Rd 40-3E-5, , —Arnold Tiehm, 1550 Foster Dr., Reno, NV 4g2ra^v0e3l.llyO'soNi,l o1n22a°3s0o.u8t8h'-Wf,aceilnegvastlioopne i1m,6m8e0dima,teilnycsooaurtshe I 89509. atiehm(a^unr.edu. of a large borrow pit (for quarrying the same gravel), I| with Lomatium macrocarpum, Chaenactis douglasii, i Crepis bakeri, Arabis oregana, Cercocarpus ledifolius, Allium siskiyouense, and Fritellaria glauca, collected in Oregon flower28 May2000,J. T. Duncan,verifiedbythelateS. Sundberg (OSU) 2002. ; Eriogonum umbellatum Torrey var. glaherrimum Previousknowledge. Basedon theOregonPlantAtlas | (Gandoger) Reveal (POLYGONACEAE).—Jackson ofthe Oregon Flora Project known in Oregon fromthe j Co., Grizzly Peak plateau at the southern edge, south and west sides ofSummer Lake in Lake County j; 42 15.94'N, 122 37.17'W, elevation 1,760 m, on thin as well as additional sites farther east in Lake County rocky-to-lithic basaltic andesite soil, a population of and beyond to the east or north. about 30 plants scattered on a large herbaceous flat Significance. First report from Jackson County and withLonmtiumniacrocarpuni, Erigeronhloomeri, Sedum any site west of the Cascade divide. This represents oregonense, Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii, Lewisia neva- a range extension ofca. 170 km west ofnearest known densis, and Allium siskiyouense, first collected 1 August site. 2006, /. T. Duncan, verified by J. L. Reveal from a specimen sent to him. taiPnrseviinouLsakkneowCloeudngtey.,KOnoRwnanfdroMmotdhoecWaCronuenrtyM,ouCnA-, 975—2J0a-2m0e26s.T. Duncan, 692 B Street, Ashland, OR plus one nineteenth century collection reported from Klamath County, OR (J. L. Reveal, Eriogonum, in Flora of North America, Volume 5, p. 353, 2005); based on the Oregon Plant Atlas ofthe Oregon Flora Oregon Project, known from five sites in Lake County along with an unverified report of it on Steens Mountain in PYRRO—COMA LIATRIFORMISGveenQ. (ASTER- Harney County. ACEAE). Wallowa Co., Precious Lands Wildlife |j 2007] NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS 209 Management Area, northeast Oregon canyon grass- encelioides, Mollugo cerviana, Bouteloa aristidoides, lands with Pseudoroegneria spicata, Festuca ovina var. Bouteloua barbata, Munroa squarrosa, Psorothamnus ingrata, Poa sandbergii, Solidago salebrosa, Gentiana scoparius. Chihuahuan desert scrub in deep sand dunes affinis, Balsamorhiza sagittata, Erigeron speciosus, dominated by Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana, Achillea millefolium, and Eriogomim compositimi, T6N, Larrea tridentata, and Psorothamnus scoparius. R45E, S36, SWl/4, approximately 92 plants, elev. Previous knowledge. The type locality is in Crane 853 m, 30 August 2005, A. Sondenaa 676 (SRP); T5N, County, Texas (D. S. Correll, 1966, Some Additions to R45E, SI2, NWl/4, approximately 50 plants, elev. the Flora of Texas, Rhodora 68: 427-428). Subsequent 1250 m, 4 August 2005, B. McClarin 05-0646 (OSC); collections were made in Ward and Winkler Counties, T6N, R44E, S13, NWl/4, 7 plants, elev. 1128 m, 01 Texas, in adjacent Lea County, New Mexico, and in September2005, B. McClarin, no vouchercollected due Socorro County in central New Mexico (P. K. Bretting, to small population size. 1982, A systematic and ethnobotanical survey ofProbos- Previous kmnvledge. A Palouse Prairie endemic cidea and allied genera of the Martyniaceae, Ph.D. confined to grassy hillsides and prairies in southeast Dissertation, Indiana University). A single specimen Washington and adjacent Idaho (D. Bogler, Pyrro- wascollected byHenrickson {Henrickson 7497, TEX) in coma, pp. 413^24 in Flora ofNorth America Vol. 20, northern Chihuahua approximately 50 miles from the Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2006). Many Hudspeth County collection. All specimens were populations likely extirpated by cultivation oflands for collected in habitats composed ofsand dunes. agriculture. There were 80 extant populations in Idaho Significance. These specimens are the first documen- and Washington as of 2005 (K. Gray, et al.. Updated ted collection from far West Texas. Additional speci- Palouse goldenweed {Pyrrocoma liatriformis) occur- mensshouldbelooked forin similarsanddune habitats rences on BLM land, Craig Mountain, Idaho, Idaho ofWest Texas and south-central New Mexico. Fish and Game, Boise, ID, 2005). Significance. First report for Oregon. This species is a former federal candidate for threatened status that is — currentlyontheU.S. FishandWildlifeService'sSpecies Raul Gutierrez, Jr., Arizona State University, of Concern list (M. Mancuso, Palouse goldenweed School of Life Sciences Graduate Programs, P.O. Box {Haplopappus liatriformis) monitoring at Craig Moun- 874601, Tempe, AZ 85287-4601. raul.gutierrez@ tain - 1996 results, Idaho Fish and Game, Boise, ID, asu.edu. 1997). Pyrrocoma liatriformis is considered Threatened in Washington with a Natural Heritage rank of G2 indicating it is imperiled because of rarity or vulnera- bility to extinction (Washington Natural Heritage Washington Program, Endangered, threatened and sensitive vascu- lar plants of Washington, Department of Natural Abronia umbellata Lam. (NYCTAGINACE- Resources, Olympia, WA, 1997). Now that this rare AE).—Pacific Co: Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, species has been documented for northeast Oregon Leadbetter Point Unit, T13N, RllW, S8, NW 1/4 of grasslands. Federal land managers for the U.S. Forest NW 1/4, USGS 7.5 min. NorthCoveQuad. Growingin Service and Bureau of Land Management should an open sandy environment in habitat restored for initiate surveys and consider potential impacts to this Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivo- species when conducting National Environmental sus). The restored area (currently 26 ha) lies behind Policy Act (NEPA) analysis for land management a dune east of the ocean beach, and was previously activities. dominated by Ammophila breviligulata and Ammophila The field work leading to this report was funded by arenaria. Ammophila was cleared mechanically and the Bonneville Power Administration and a Tribal re-growth was treated chemically; the area was also Landowner Incentive Grant from the U.S. Fish and lightly covered with oyster shell from Willapa Bay to Wildlife Service. maintain open, sparselyvegetated, lightly shelled, sandy habitat for Western Snowy Plover, a federally-listed ground nesting shorebird. One plant was seen on — Nez APnegrceelaTrCi.beSoWnidldelniafeaaPnrodgBralma,irPA..O.McBColxari36n5,, SSeepptteemmbbeerr 51,2,22000066((KKB)B;&a KsSe)c,on6d3pmlanetastwaosftsheeenfiorsnt Lapwai, ID 83540. plant. Both plants were flowering and setting seed. Loose fragments ofboth plants were collected after elk trampled them during the discovery period (A' Savce WS, WTU). Texas Previous knowledge. The historic range of Abronia umbellata is from western Vancouver Island, British Probo—scidea sabulosa Correll (MARTYNIA- Columbia south along the coast to northern Baja CEAE). Hudspeth Co., about 1.0 mile north ofTexas California. In Washington, it was historically docu- highway 20 and about 0.5 mile east of Acala Road, mented at four sites in Clallam and Kitsap Counties, 3L20'0.20"N, 105 54'16.4"W, 1089 m, 20 September but never in Pacific County. 2006, Gutierrez 1225, with Gutierrez (ASU with photos, Significance. In Washington, Abronia umbellata was BRIT, CAS, DES, NMC, NY, RM, RSA, SRSC, previously thought to be extirpated; this is the first UTEP). About 20 plants observed in the area with sighting since 1950. It is likely that A. umbellata Portulaca oleracea, Portulaca halimoides, Cuscuta um- historically occurred within Pacific County, but was bellata, Amaranthus acanthochiton, Tidestromia lanugi- never officially recorded. Removal of invasive Ammo- nosa, Proboscidea parviflora, Heliotropium convolvula- phila and leveling of dunes in the habitat restoration ceum, Gutierrezia sarothrae. Pedis papposa, Verbesina area allowed these plants to reestablish from seeds that MADRONO 210 [Vol. 54 remained viable in a long-lived seed bank. Native Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Ahronias are thought to prefer open sand conditions; Center, BatonRouge, LA). Chondrillajunceaisstrongly j' these conditions were lost when Ammophilas began to favored by disturbance and is closely associated with dominate dunes along the southwest Washington coast Bromus tectorum, apparently following on the heels of some decades ago. In addition to Western Snowy cheatgrass infestations. Plover and Abronia umbellata. Streaked Horned Larks Significance. In other western states such as Idaho, {Eremopliila alpestris strigata) also nest in the habitat this species has invaded disturbed and undisturbed restoration area, bringing the total number ofstate or plant communities and has interfered with wheat- federallylistedspeciespresentin thisareaofopensandy harvestingmachinery. This is the first documentation habitat to three. of this noxious weed in the state, and botanists should voucher and report any future Wyoming sightings to local weed control authorities to prevent — costly infestations. Long term potential impacts are KiRSTEN Brennan, Willapa National Wildlife severe. Refuge, 3888 SR 101, Ilwaco, WA 98624, kirsten_ [email protected],andKathleenSayce,P.O.Box91, ECHIUM VULGARE L. (BORAGINACEAE).—Wyo- Nahcotta, WA 98637, [email protected]. wmianyg,emLbaarnakmmieenCto.a,boNuetar10C0hmeyeSnonuet,h orfaiOltrtoaodRroiagdht, oNf W 41.09 105.05. Habitat: high plains grassland with Cvnoglossum officinale and Bromus tectorum, elevation Wyomingand Colorado ca. 6100 ft. Bruce Shambaugh s.n., August 2004 (RM). — Wyoming, Laramie Co., near Cheyenne, Union Pacific mtPhirenoCgne,gnPhtooFaprrunoermeLoaoAndgtMgiOeeNCoTon.AR,NitvhAeeLraLb.nadn(aekAtrsS,ToNfEdiRtrhAee4cCt2MEl.iyA8d3Ed2Wl)7e.38F0oo0fWryktoWho-ef WdtRrea1asi0cpl5kir,.toe0ra1odardet,c,reaeancltnkesdvahabteniarodrbnibvceiicdcdai.ewniirt6tyer7e0afa0eltnomcfneteg.ns;;tOscbt;aot.tosh2pRrmoseaiasdddte,irsneNgto4cfh1a.sw0Rea9eRy°n ,; 108.72612200; Habitat: disturbed, rocky/gravelly, 30- from road & railroad tracks into pastureland; Brasher, i 4Eu5p%hosrlboipae;esAuslsao,ciCaetnetdausrpeeaciemsa:cuClyonsoag,loCsisrismiiuinojfaircvieunaslee;. CS.olForraandkol,in,Gr&anKd. NCeol.s,onKr3e4m41m,li1n0g,AugN. 24000.0660(1RM)W. surrounding overstory of cottonwood and some Sa/ix 106.3989, CO Highway 9 roadside on SE edge oftown spp.; elevation 5357 ft; plants appear to have escaped with Bromus inermis, 1 large single plant, S. F. Enloe out of an ornamental planting and have moved down s.n., Aug 2005 (RM). theriverbanktothewatersedgeanddownstreamalong Previous knowledge. The first documentation of this the water at least 100 ft; plants appear to be producing species in Wyoming is Dorn 4371 (RM) in 1986, significant numbers ofseed (viability not yet checked), Laramie Co., near Cheyenne, followed by three other ! downstream plants probably established by seed (too Dorn collections housed at RM (Albany & Uinta cos., I far for creeping roots); S. F. Enloe & H. Enloe s.n., 10 1992; Platte Co., 1993), then E. J. Hoffman s.n., July June 2006 (RM). 2000 in the Laramie Mountains, Laramie Co. The Previous knowledge. Though long-known to be Kremmling, CO specimen is only the second speci- invasive, this species is still widely cultivated in the men for Colorado at RM, with none being housed at United States, includingWyoming. In statesadjacent to COLO. Wyoming it is reported to be escaped from cultivation Significance. Echium vulgare is listed as a noxious and spreadingin Bannock County, ID(Cronquist 1994, weed in Washington. Though previously known from Intermountain Flora, Vol. 5, New York Botanical Colorado and Wyoming, this species was not Garden, Bronx,NY)and Salt LakeCounty, UT(Welsh perceived as a problematic weed requiring control et al. 1993, A Utah Flora, 2nd ed., Brigham Young efforts until thevicinity ofDorn's 1986collectionwas University, Provo, UT). revisited by Shambaugh. The infestation was mapped Significance. This is the first documentation of this in 2004 (University of Wyoming Cooperative Agri- ; species naturalizing in Wyoming following cultivation. cultural Pest Survey (CAPS)http://uwadmnweb. i i Eight other species of Centaurea are officially listed as uwyo.edu/capsweb/) and had spread to over 113 ha eithernoxiousordeclaredbytheStateofWyomingand along an 8 km stretch of railroad tracks. Collectors i this species bears guilt by association. should voucher and report other sightings of this ; — weed in Wyoming and Colorado. This weed, like minCgh,onSdubrlieltlteaCjou.,ncNeasiLd.e (oAfSHTiEgRhAwCayEA1E9)1.betWwyeoe-n mitasnypyrortohleirzabdoirnaegesalkisalpooiidss,onoaunsdtolilkievesstoomckeduotehetro tPuirnneodfafl,eNan4d3 1J7a.c1k4s9o'nWjus1t10°p3a2s.t20G0r'a,neilteevaHtiootn 6S3p5ri7ngfts. bdeorrmaagteistishaisn hluomnagns.stiff hairs that cause contact Roadside about 2 ft. from road below a cut bank in | a mixed sagebrush, aspen, conifer community. Nearly RORIPPA AUSTRIACA (Crantz) Bess. (BRASSICA- I bare ground apparently recently disturbed from work CEAE).—Wyoming, Sublette Co., 2 m NE of Cora WY N on a telephone-electrical box. Adrianne Peterson s.n., Highway oWn Highway 352 at Bootjack Ranch, 28 Aug 2006 (RM). 42^58.254' 109 58.780',elevation7415 ft.,justacross Previous knowledge. We know oftwo undocumented fence from irrigated pasture, common here in the i prreepvoirotusslyo:f MtehidsicispneecieLsodbgeeinCgrefeko,undneairn HWyaytotvmiillneg, W(bRoYMt)t.omSoufbliertrtiegaCtoio.n,dciat.ch3esm. CNurorfahCosr.na.,,Nc1aA.ug1umsit. 2E00Wo6f Big Horn Co. in about 1998, and nearAlpineJunction, Highway 352 on county road at 42.98846 Lincoln Co. in about 2005. This species is designated 109.99312; ca. 7400 ft. elevation; roadside in pasture- noxiousbyninewestern states, fouroftheseadjacent to land, the infestation including cultivated fields, irriga- Wyoming (USDA, NRCS. 2006-11-15. The PLANTS tion ditches, irrigated pasture, and roadsides, spanning NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS 2007] 211 parts ofmultiple acres; 25 August 2006; Brasher, Enloe potential to invade ecologically important wet areas & Peterson 3475 (RM). such as fioodplains, and economically important Previous knowledge. Rorippa austriaca is currently agriculturallandsincludingfields, pastures, andditches. listed asanoxiousweedin fourstates: Alaska, Arizona, California, and Washington. This weed is not on the — Wyoming state noxious weed list, nor has it been J. W. Brasher, S. F. Enloe, University of declared in any county ofWyoming. Wyoming Department of Plant Sciences, Dept. 3354, WY Significance. This is the first documentation of this Laramie, 82071, A. Peterson, A. G. Currah, noxious weed in Wyoming, and botanists should Sublette County Weed and Pest, P.O. Box 729, Pine- WY voucher and report any future Wyoming sightings to dale, 82941, and B. E. Nelson, University of local weed control authorities to prevent costly infesta- Wyoming, Rocky Mountain Herbarium (RM), Dept. WY tions. Because this species grows in moist soil it has 3165, Laramie, 82071.

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