Platte River Ecosystem Resources and Management, with Emphasis on the Big Bend Reach in Nebraska
Appendices
Appendix A. Common and scientific names of plants mentioned in text and major plant species in the Platte River Basin.
| SPECIES | SCIENTIFIC |
| Alfalfa | Medicago sativa |
| American elm | Ulmus americana |
| Annual eriogonum | Eriogonum annuum |
| Aspen | Populus spp. |
| Barnyard grass | Echinochloa crusgalli |
| Basswood | Tilia americana |
| Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardi |
| Box elder | Acer negundo |
| Black medic | Medicago lupulina |
| Black sage | Artemisia tridentata |
| Black spruce | Picea pungens |
| Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis |
| Bluebunch wheatgrass | Agropyron spicatum |
| Broom snakeweed | Gutierrezia sarothrae |
| Buckbrush | Symphoricarpos orbiculatus |
| Buffalo grass | Buchloe dactyloides |
| Bur oak | Quercus macrocarpa |
| Canada bluegrass | Poa canadensis |
| Canada goldenrod | Solidago canadensis |
| Canada wild rye | Elymus canadensis |
| Cattail | Typha glauca (hybrid) |
| Chinese elm | Ulmus parvifolia |
| Chokecherry | Prunus virginiana |
| Cocklebur | Xanthium strumarium |
| Common ragweed | Ambrosia artemisiifolia |
| Common reed | Phragmites australis |
| Coontail | Ceratophyllum demersum |
| Corn | Zea mays |
| Cottonwood | Populus deltoides |
| Coyote willow | Salix exigua |
| Crested wheatgrass | Agropyron cristatum |
| Diamond willow | Salix eriocephala |
| Dotted gayfeather | Liatris punctata |
| Downy brome | Bromus tectorum |
| Dwarf sagebrush | Artemisia cana |
| Eastern pricklypear | Opuntia humifusa |
| False boneset | Kuhnia eupatoroides |
| False indigo | Amorpha fruticosa |
| False solomon's seal | Smilacina stellata |
| Fescue sedge | Carex brevior |
| Fox sedge | Carex vulpinoidea |
| Fringed sage | Artemisia frigida |
| Fringed loosestrife | Lysimachia ciliata |
| Fog fruit | Lippia lanceolata |
| Greasewood | Sarcobatus vermiculatus |
| Green ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
| Green needlegrass | Stipa viridula |
| Hackberry | Celtis occidentalis |
| Hairy goldaster | Chrysopsis villosa |
| Hairy grama | Bouteloua hirsuta |
| Hairy sunflower | Helianthus hirsutus |
| Hardstem bulrush | Scirpus acutus |
| Heath aster | Aster ericoides |
| Hoary puccoon | Lithospermum canescens |
| Indian grass | Sorghastrum nutans |
| Indian ricegrass | Oryzopsis hymenoides |
| Intermediate wheatgrass | Agropyron intermedium |
| Japanese brome | Bromus japonicus |
| Junegrass | Koeleria pyramidata |
| Kentucky bluegrass | Poa pratensis |
| Lady's thumb | Polygonum persicaria |
| Lead plant | Amorpha canescens |
| Lilac | Syringa vulgaris |
| Little bluestem | Andropogon scoparius |
| Little pricklypear | Opuntia fragillis |
| Lovegrass | Eragrostis cilianensis |
| Mead's sedge | Carex meadi |
| Missouri goldenrod | Solidago missouriensis |
| Mound scale | Atriplex nuttallii |
| Musk grass | Chara spp. |
| Needle-and-thread | Stipa comata |
| New Jersey tea | Ceanothus herbaceous |
| Panicled aster | Aster simplex |
| Plains muhly | Muhlenbergia cuspidata |
| Platte lupine | Lupinus plattensis |
| Poison ivy | Toxicodendron radicans |
| Ponderosa pine | Pinus ponderosa |
| Prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera |
| Prairie cordgrass | Spartina pectinata |
| Prairie goldenpea | Thermopsis rhombifolia |
| Prairie sandreed | Calamovilfa longifolia |
| Prairie sandwort | Arenaria spp. |
| Prairie spiderwort | Tradescantia occidentalis |
| Prickly poppy | Agremone polyanthemos |
| Prickly rose | Rosa acicularis |
| Purple prairie-clover | Dalea purpurea |
| Purple three-awn | Aristida purpurea |
| Quaking aspen | Populus tremuloides |
| Rabbitbrush | Chrysothamnus nauseosus |
| Red cedar | Juniperus virginiana |
| Red mulberry | Morus rubra |
| Red oak | Quercus rubra |
| Red-osier dogwood | Cornus stolonifera |
| Red three-awn | Aristida longiseta |
| Reed canary grass | Phalaris arundinacea |
| River-bank grape | Vitis riparia |
| Rocky Mountain juniper | Juniperus scopulorum |
| Rough-leaved dogwood | Cornus drummondii |
| Russian olive | Elaeagnus angustifolia |
| Sago pondweed | Potamogeton pectinatus |
| Salt cedar | Tamarix ramosissima |
| Sandberg bluegrass | Poa sandbergii |
| Sand bluestem | Andropogon hallii |
| Sand dropseed | Sporobolus cryptandrus |
| Sand lovegrass | Eragrostis trichodes |
| Sand sagebrush | Artemesia filifolia |
| Saw-beak sedge | Carex rostrata |
| Scarlet globemallow | Sphaeralcea coccinea |
| Scurfpea | Psoralea tenuifolia |
| Shell-leaf penstemon | Penstemon grandiflorus |
| Siberian elm | Ulmus pumila |
| Side-oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula |
| Silky prairie clover | Dalea villosa |
| Silverleaf scurfpea | Psoralea argophylla |
| Silver maple | Acer saccharinum |
| Slippery elm | Ulmus rubra |
| Smartweed | Polygonum spp. |
| Smooth brome | Bromus inermis |
| Smooth sumac | Rhus glabra |
| Soapweed yucca | Yucca glauca |
| Soybean | Glycine max |
| Spikerush | Eleocharis spp. |
| Squash | Cucurbita maxima |
| Summer cypress | Kochia scoparia |
| Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum |
| Timothy | Phleum pratense |
| Threadleaf sedge | Carex filifolia |
| Three-square bulrush | Scirpus americanus |
| Virginia creeper | Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
| Water milfoil | Myriophyllum spicatum |
| Water sedge | Carex aquatilus |
| Western snowberry | Symphoricarpos occidentalis |
| Western wheatgrass | Agropyron smithii |
| White coralberry | Symphoricarpos albus |
| White sage | Artemisia ludoviciana |
| White sweetclover | Melilotus alba |
| Wild lettuce | Lactuca canadensis |
| Wild rose | Rosa arkansana |
| Winter wheat | Triticum aestivum |
| Woodland sedge | Carex pensylvanica |
| Wooly sedge | Carex lanuginosa |
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