Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 15944 
Family Rosaceae 
Species Petrophytum caespitosum (Nutt.) Rydb.
Collector Information S. Hegji  (161)  27 September 2011
Geography United States,  Utah, Tooele County
Lat./Long. 39°  59' 25.66" N, 112°  28 ' 28.78" W at 6576 feet (2004 m)
Locality Sheeprock Mountains, at the mouth of Harker Canyon; 
Ecology Rocky hillside, burned-out Juniper forest, with low forbs, grasses. 

Taxonomy


No synonyms recognized in the ITIS database.

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
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Images of other samples of the same species:
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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
15925 Aconitum columbianum     1.5 mi. SE
15897 Alyssum desertorum     561 ft. SW
15854 Alyssum desertorum     552 ft. SW
15898 Amelanchier utahensis     551 ft. SW
15926 Aquilegia formosa     1.5 mi. SE
15928 Arenaria lanuginosa     1.5 mi. SE
15940 Argemone munita     2274 ft. NW
15911 Balsamorhiza sagittata     1.1 mi. SE
15853 Cercocarpus ledifolius     533 ft. SW
15946 Chrysothamnus nauseosus  var. hololeucus  1.3 mi. SE
15852 Cymopterus longipes     653 ft. W
15896 Eremogone loisiae     671 ft. W
15943 Eriogonum microthecum     370 ft. W
15947 Eriogonum racemosum     same section
15912 Erythronium grandiflorum     same section
15909 Lithophragma glabrum     1.1 mi. SE
15910 Lithophragma parviflorum     1.1 mi. SE
15945 Mentha arvensis     1.5 mi. SE
15927 Mimulus guttatus     1.5 mi. SE
15895 Penstemon humilis  var. brevifolius  876 ft. NW
15855 Salix      788 ft. W
15899 Salix bebbiana     788 ft. W
15924 Sidalcea oregana     same section
15908 Viola nuttallii     1.1 mi. SE

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Harker Canyon (Valley) Tooele County, UT 704 ft. E   Erickson Knoll 
Lion Hill (Summit) Tooele County, UT 1.5 mi. W 6890  Erickson Knoll 
Lion Hill Spring (Spring) Tooele County, UT 1.6 mi. W 6716  Erickson Knoll 
Dutch Peak (Summit) Tooele County, UT 2.5 mi. S 8816  Dutch Peak 
Sheeprock Mountains (Range) Tooele County, UT 2.8 mi. S 8114  Dutch Peak 
Wasatch National Forest-Vernon Division (Forest) Tooele County, UT 2.2 mi. E 6119  Dutch Peak 
Grove Hollow (Valley) Tooele County, UT 2.3 mi. E   Dutch Peak 
Black Peak (Summit) Tooele County, UT 3 mi. S 8882  Dutch Peak 
Stepladder Trough (Flat) Tooele County, UT 3 mi. NW 6086  Lookout Pass 
North Pine Canyon (Valley) Tooele County, UT 2.8 mi. NW   Erickson Knoll 
Greens Ridge (Ridge) Tooele County, UT 3.6 mi. S 8327  Dutch Peak 
Snow Hollow (Valley) Tooele County, UT 2.9 mi. E   Dutch Peak 
Benmore Experiment Station (Locale) Tooele County, UT 3.1 mi. NE 5975  Vernon 
Hilltop Mine (Mine) Tooele County, UT 3.1 mi. W 8816  Erickson Knoll 
Benmore Experimental Pastures (Flat) Tooele County, UT 3.6 mi. NE 5791  Vernon 
Benmore Guard Station (Locale) Tooele County, UT 3.2 mi. NE 5965  Vernon 
Rock Canyon (Valley) Tooele County, UT 3.1 mi. W   Erickson Knoll 
Benmore (Locale) Tooele County, UT 3.2 mi. NE 5965  Vernon 
Upper Pine Grove (Woods) Tooele County, UT 3.4 mi. SW 8140  Erickson Knoll 
Lower Pine Grove (Woods) Tooele County, UT 3.7 mi. SW 7740  Erickson Knoll 

Links

Taxon Links for species Petrophytum caespitosum  (Nutt.) Rydb.

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=Petrophytum+caespitosum

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