Floristic Diversity



	Floristic Diversity The species listed to the right were reported from Red Butte Canyon by Cottam and Evans (1945) and by Bates (1963). Not only is the presence of these plants unverified by herbarium specimens (see Albee et al. 1988, which is based on speciments in the herbaria of Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah), but at least six of them would not ordinarily occur within the elevational limits of the canyon.	Diversity of Plants Agrostis semiverticillata, water polypogon Amsinkia tessellata, roung fiddleneck Angelica pinnata, small-leaved angelica Brickelia grandiflora, tasselflower Castilleja angustifolia, Indian paintbrush Cirsium flodmanii, Flodman thistle Cryptantha flavoculata, yellow-eye cryptanth Deschampsia caespitosa, tufted hairgrass Erigeron glabellus, smooth fleabane Erigonum ovalifolium, cushion buckwheat Gayophytum ramosissimum, branchy groundsmoke Geranium bicknellii, Bicknell cranesbill Glyceria grandis, American mannagrass Juncus mertensianus, Merten's rush Lathyrus brachycalyx, Rydberg sweetpea Mentzelia albicaulis, whitestem blazing star Scirpus maritimus, alkali bulrush Stellaria longipes long-stalked starwort Valeriana edulis, edible valerian