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Wyoming Rare Plant Field Guide

Illustration of Penstemon gibbensii

Text by Walter Fertig

Photography by Charmaine Refsdal and Jennifer Whipple

This resource is based on the following source:

Fertig, W., C. Refsdal, and J. Whipple. 1994.  Wyoming Rare Plant 
     Field Guide.  Wyoming Rare Plant Technical Committee, Cheyenne.  
     Unpaginated.

This resource should be cited as:

Fertig, W., C. Refsdal, and J. Whipple. 1994.  Wyoming Rare Plant 
     Field Guide.  Wyoming Rare Plant Technical Committee, Cheyenne.  
     Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.  
     http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plants/wyplant/index.htm
     (Version 16JUL97).

The objective of this guide is to assist federal personnel, professional and amateur botanists, and interested lay persons in the identification of the rarest plant species in Wyoming. Each of the 91 species listed in the Species Descriptions page below is represented with a page containing a color photograph, a line drawing, a distribution map, and descriptive text. Additionally, the other links below list the rare plants according to location, vegetation and soil type, and agency classifiaction.

Rare Plants of Wyoming: Species Descriptions
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Definitions and Codes
Wyoming Rare Plant Reference List
United States Forest Service Rare Plant List: Ashley National Forest; Bighorn National Forest; Black Hills National Forest; Bridger-Teton National Forest; Medicine Bow National Forest; Shoshone National Forest; Targhee National Forest; Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Bureau of Land Management Rare Plant List: Casper District; Rawlins District; Rock Springs District; Worland District
Other Agencies: National Park Service Rare Plants; Department of Defense Rare Plants; Bureau of Reclamation Rare Plants; US Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Rare Plants; Wyoming Indian Tribes Rare Plants; Rare Plants on Wyoming State Lands
Species by Vegetation Type
Species by Soil Type
References
Glossary

The Wyoming Rare Plant Technical Committee

Duane Atwood, Botanist
US Forest Service, IntermountainRegion, Ogden, UT

Jeff Carroll, Botanist
Bureau of Land Management. Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, WY

Don Christianson
Natural Resource Policy Section, Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Cheyenne, WY

Walter Fertig, Botanist
Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Laramie, WY

Andrew Kratz, Botanist
US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Lakewood, CO

Steve Laster, Range Management Specialist
Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale Resource Area, Pinedale, WY

Bill Noblitt, Chair, TES Biologist
US Forest Service, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Jackson, WY

Charmaine Refsdal, Botanist/Photographer
Green River, WY

Jennifer Whipple, Botanist
Yellowstone National Park, WY

The Wyoming Rare Plant Technical Committee
Duane Atwood, Botanist US Forest Service, IntermountainRegion, Ogden, UT
Jeff Carroll, Botanist Bureau of Land Management. Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, WY
Don Christianson Natural Resource Policy Section, Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Cheyenne, WY
Walter Fertig, Botanist Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Laramie, WY
Andrew Kratz, Botanist US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Lakewood, CO
Steve Laster, Range Management Specialist Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale Resource Area, Pinedale, WY
Bill Noblitt, Chair, TES Biologist US Forest Service, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Jackson, WY
Charmaine Refsdal, Botanist/Photographer Green River, WY
Jennifer Whipple, Botanist Yellowstone National Park, WY

	Bureau of Land Management Cheyenne, WY		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cheyenne, WY		Forest Service Intermountain Region Ogden, UT
	National Park Service Rocky Mountain Region Denver, CO		Wyoming Game & Fish Department Cheyenne, WY		The Nature Conservancy Wyoming Natural Diversity Database Laramie, WY

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Wyoming Rare Plant Field Guide

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The Wyoming Rare Plant Technical Committee