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Label

Accession No. 15289 
Family Garryaceae 
Species Garrya flavescens S. Watson
Common name "ashy silktassel"
Collector Information Eli Angus  (163)  02 October 2004
Geography United States,  Utah, Washington County
Lat./Long. 37°  14' 43" N, 113°  31 ' 19" W at 5120 feet (1560 m)
Locality southern foothills of the Pine Valley Mountains, hills N of the head of Washington Hollow, along FR 030, ca. 1.5 miles NE of Washington Flat; 
Ecology pinyon-juniper community, with Fraxinus anomala, Purshia mexicana, Ephedra. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Garrya flavescens S. Wats.
     Garrya flavescens ssp. pallida (Eastw.) Dahling
     Garrya flavescens var. pallida (Eastw.) Bacig. ex Ewan

Common Name(s): ashy silktassel, yellowleaf silktassel.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=27829, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Rosidae
                            Order: Cornales
                                Family: Garryaceae
                                    Genus: Garrya
                                        Species: Garrya flavescens
                                                                                            

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 03141s1.jpg 
03141
 specimen image: 04177s1.jpg 
04177
 specimen image: 10913s1.jpg 
10913
 specimen image: 11596d1.jpg 
11596
specimen image: 11596s1.jpg 
11596

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
14592 Glossopetalon spinescens     2795 ft. NE
14593 Phlox austromontana  var. jonesii  2795 ft. NE

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Washington Flat (Flat) Washington County, UT 1.1 mi. SW 5046  Washington 
Cottonwood Guard Station (Locale) Washington County, UT 1.2 mi. W 5072  Washington 
East Fork Cottonwood Creek (Stream) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. N   Signal Peak 
West Fork Cottonwood Creek (Stream) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. N   Saddle Mountain 
Spring Hollow (Valley) Washington County, UT 2 mi. W   Saddle Mountain 
Twin Peaks (Summit) Washington County, UT 2.2 mi. SW 5345  Washington 
Cottonwood Creek (Stream) Washington County, UT 2.2 mi. SE   Saddle Mountain 
Bitter Creek (Stream) Washington County, UT 2.2 mi. SE   Signal Peak 
Cedar Knoll (Summit) Washington County, UT 2.4 mi. N 6700  Saddle Mountain 
Middle Fork Cottonwood Creek (Stream) Washington County, UT 2.7 mi. N   Saddle Mountain 
Cougar Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.2 mi. N 5925  Saddle Mountain 
Cedar Knoll (Summit) Washington County, UT 2.9 mi. NW 6293  Saddle Mountain 
Cedar Bench (Bench) Washington County, UT 2.7 mi. W 5092  Washington 
Grass Knoll (Summit) Washington County, UT 3.4 mi. N 7235  Saddle Mountain 
East Fork Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.4 mi. N 6093  Saddle Mountain 
Lower Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.6 mi. N 6172  Saddle Mountain 
Big Hollow Trail (Trail) Washington County, UT 3.3 mi. NE 5440  Signal Peak 
Yant Flat (Flat) Washington County, UT 3.1 mi. E 4511  Harrisburg Junction 
West Fork Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.1 mi. N 6519  Saddle Mountain 
Washington Hollow (Valley) Washington County, UT 4.2 mi. S   Washington 

Links

Taxon Links for species Garrya flavescens  S. Watson

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Garrya+flavescens

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