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<br />Table I <br /> <br />PLANT SPECIES IDENTIFIED IN BOTAMCAL SURVEY OF ELAM <br />CONSTRUCTION'S PROPOSED HIGHWAY 50 BORROW AREA N0.2 <br />AT KANNAH CREEK, MESA COUNTY, COLORADO <br />Note: Nomenclature used in this report is that of Sherel Goodrich and Elizabeth Neese <br />from Uinta Basin Flora, that of the partially complete series of volumes titled Inter_ <br />Mountain Flora by R. Cronquist, A Holmgren et al., and that employed by S.L. Welch et <br />al. in A Utah Flora. It also stressed that this is not intended as a complete inventory of all <br />plants in the study area. This study was made in mid-June following a dry winter and a <br />cooler than normal spring., hence blossoms were less abundant than usual and many plants <br />were not normally developed. <br />HERBS <br />Arclium minus- burdock <br />Asclepias speciosa- milkweed <br />Asparagus oJjrcinale- asparagus <br />Alriplex palula- spear orache <br />Brichellra o6longifolia- Brichellia <br />Carderia draba- whitetop <br />Cenlaurea repens- knapweed <br />Chenopodium album- pigweed <br />Chrysothamr-us nauseosus- rabbitbrush <br />Cichorium inrybus- chicory <br />Clematis liguslicijolia- Virginia bower <br />Comandre umbellala- toadflax <br />Corrvolvulus arvensis-bindweed <br />Descurainia Sophia-tansy mustard <br />Erodium cicularivm- cranesbill <br />Gaum parv~ora- willow weed <br />Glycyrrhiza lepidola- licorice <br />Grindelia squarrosa- gumweed <br />Nalogelorr glomeralus- Halogeton <br />Heterolheca villosa- golden aster <br />Iva axillaris- poverty weed <br />Kochia americana- Kochia <br />K scoparia- Kochia , <br />Lacluca serriola- wild lettuce <br />Lepidiunr perjalialam- pepper weed <br />Ma/comia africana- desert purple mustard <br />Medicago saliva- alfalfa <br />Meli/olus ofiicirralis- yellow sweet clover <br />