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Label

Accession No. 15231 
Family Chenopodiaceae 
Species Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr.
Common name "greasewood"
Collector Information Nicholas Peterson  (6)  13 September 2008
Geography United States,  Utah, Utah County
Lat./Long. 40°  15' 34.32" N, 112°  5 ' 45.84" W at 4880 feet (1487 m)
Locality Cedar Valley, Fairfield vicinity, S of Utah Highway 73, near Camp Floyd State Park; 
Ecology salt desert shrub community. 
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):

     Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr.
     Sarcobatus baileyi Coville
     Sarcobatus vermiculatus var. baileyi (Coville) Jepson

Common Name(s): black greasewood, greasewood.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=20707, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Caryophyllidae
                            Order: Caryophyllales
                                Family: Chenopodiaceae
                                    Genus: Sarcobatus
                                        Species: Sarcobatus vermiculatus
                                                                                            

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 00791s1.jpg 
00791
 specimen image: 01063s1.jpg 
01063
 specimen image: 01393s3.jpg 
01393
 specimen image: 02202s1.jpg 
02202
specimen image: 02378s1.jpg 
02378
 specimen image: 05388s1.jpg 
05388
 specimen image: 07844s1.jpg 
07844
 specimen image: 08613s2.jpg 
08613
specimen image: 09215s1.jpg 
09215

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
05690 Atriplex heterosperma      "two-seeded orach" same section
05689 Chrysothamnus nauseosus  var. consimilis   "rubber rabbitbrush" same section
04645 Chrysothamnus nauseosus  var. consimilis   "rubber rabbitbrush" same section
05691 Chrysothamnus nauseosus  var. gnaphalodes   "gray-stem rubber rabbitbrush" same section
15442 Gutierrezia sarothrae      "broom snakeweed" 397 ft. NW
02150 Ribes aureum      "golden currant" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Fairfield Cemetery (Cemetery) Utah County, UT 1164 ft. N 4885  Cedar Fort 
Stage Coach Inn State Historical Site (Locale) Utah County, UT 924 ft. E 4879  Cedar Fort 
Fairfield (Populated Place) Utah County, UT 1286 ft. NE 4879  Cedar Fort 
Big Spring (Spring) Utah County, UT 1624 ft. NW 4899  Cedar Fort 
Camp Floyd State Historical Site (Locale) Utah County, UT 2647 ft. S 4899  Cedar Fort 
Camp Floyd Cemetery (Cemetery) Utah County, UT 2753 ft. S 4895  Cedar Fort 
Fairfield Station (historical) (Building) Utah County, UT 1.8 mi. W 5102  Mercur 
Manning Canyon (Valley) Utah County, UT 3.1 mi. NW   Mercur 
Wells Canyon (Valley) Utah County, UT 3.1 mi. W   Mercur 
Clay Canyon (Valley) Utah County, UT 3.2 mi. W   Mercur 
Cedar Fort Station (historical) (Building) Utah County, UT 4.1 mi. N 4899  Cedar Fort 
Pole Canyon (Valley) Utah County, UT 4.2 mi. N   Mercur 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 4.7 mi. N 5109  Cedar Fort 
Cedar Fort (Populated Place) Utah County, UT 4.7 mi. N 5079  Cedar Fort 
Cedar Valley Post Office (Post Office) Utah County, UT 4.7 mi. N 5079  Cedar Fort 
Spring Creek (Stream) Utah County, UT 5 mi. N   Mercur 
Broadmouth Canyon (Valley) Utah County, UT 5.2 mi. N   Mercur 
Manning (Locale) Utah County, UT 4.5 mi. NW 5929  Mercur 
Thorpe Hills (Summit) Tooele County, UT 4.8 mi. SW 5896  Fivemile Pass 
Sevenmile Pass (Gap) Tooele County, UT 5.3 mi. SW 5633  Fivemile Pass 

Links

Taxon Links for species Sarcobatus vermiculatus  (Hook.) Torr.

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=Sarcobatus+vermiculatus

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