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Table G-1. American Indian traditional-use plants present at the NTS

Scientific Name Common Name GC/UTTR YM PM/RM
1. Ambrosia dumosa White bursage X
2. Amelanchier utahensis serviceberry X
3. Amsinckia tesselata fiddleneck X
4. Anemopsis californica yerba mansa X
5. Arabis pulchra wild mustard X
6. Artemisia ludoviciana sagebrush, wormwood X X
7. Artemisia nova black sagebrush X X
8. Artemisia tridentata big sagebrush X X
9. Atriplex canescens four-winged saltbush X
10. Atriplex confertifolia shadscale X
11. Brodiaea pulchella desert hyacinth X
12. Calochortus bruneaunis sego lily X
13. Calochortus flexuosus mariposa lily X
14. Carex spp. sedge X
15. Castilleja chromosa Indian paintbrush X
16. Castilleja martinii narrowleaf paintbrush X
17. Ceratoides lanata winterfat X
18. Chenopodium fremontii Fremont goosefoot X
19. Chrysothamnus nauseosus rabbitbrush X X X
20. Cirsium mohavense desert thistle X
21. Coleogyne ramosissima black brush X
22. Coryphantha vivipara var. fishhook cactus X X
23. Coryphantha vivipara var. foxtail cactus X
24. Datura meteloides jimsonweed X X
25. Descurainia pinnata tansy mustard X
26. Distichlis spicata salt grass X
27. Echinocactus polycephalus cotton-top cactus X
28. Echinocereus englemannii hedge hog cactus X X
29. Eleocharis palustris spikerush X
30. Elymus elymoides squirrel tail X
31. Encelia virginensis var. brittlebush X
32. Ephedra nevadensis Indian tea X X X
33. Ephedra viridis Indian tea X X
34. Eriastrum eremicum desert eriastrum X
35. Eriogonum inflatum desert trumpet X
36. Erodium cicutarium herringbill X
37. Euphorbia albomarginata rattlesnake weed X X
38. Geastrum spp. earthstar X
39. Gilia inconspicua gilia X
40. Grayia spinosa spiny hop sage X
41. Gutierrezia microcephala matchweed X X
42. Juncus mexicanus wire grass X
43. Juniperus osteosperma juniper, cedar X X X
44. Krameria parvifolia range ratany X
45. Larrea tridentata creosote bush X X
46. Lewisia rediviva bitter root X
47. Lycium andersonii wolfberry X X
48. Lichen lichen X X
49. Lycium pallidum wolfberry X
50. Menodora spinescens spiny menodora X
51. Mentzelia albicaulis desert corsage X X
52. Mirabilis multiflora four o'clock X X
53. Nicotiana attenuata coyote tobacco X
54. Nicotiana trigonophylla Indian tobacco X X
55. Opuntia basilaris beavertail cactus X X
56. Opuntia echinocarpa golden cholla cactus X
57. Opuntia erinacea Mojave prickly pear X X
58. Opuntia polycantha grizzly bear cactus X
59. Orobanche corymbosa broomrape, wild asparagus X
60. Oryzopsis (Stipa) hymenoides Indian ricegrass X X X
61. Penstemon floridus Panamint beard tongue X
62. Penstemon pahutensis Pahute beard tongue X
63. Peraphyllum ramosissimum squawapple X
64. Phragmites australis cane, reed X X
65. Pinus monophylla pinyon pine X X
66. Prosopis glandulosa mesquite X X
67. Prosopis pubescens screwbean X
68. Psorothamnus polydenius dotted dalea X
69. Purshia glandulosa buckbrush X
70. Purshia mexicana cliffrose X
71. Purshia tridentata buckbrush X
72. Quercus gambelii scrub oak X X
73. Rhus aromatica skunkbush, sumac X
74. Rhus trilobata var. anisophylla squawbush X
75. Rhus trilobata var. simplicifolia squawbush X X
76. Ribes cereum white squaw currant X
77. Ribes velutinum desert gooseberry X
78. Rosa woodsii woods rose X
79. Rumex crispus curly dock, wild rhubarb X
80. Salix exigua willow X X
81. Salix gooddingii black willow X X
82. Salsola iberica Russian thistle X X
83. Salvia columbariae chia sage X
84. Salvia dorrii purple sage, Indian X
85. Sarcobatus vermiculatus greasewood X
86. Sisymbrium altissimum tumbling mustard X
87. Sphaeralcea ambigua globe mallow X X X
88. Stanleya pinnata Indian spinach X X X
89. Stephanomeria sp. spinosa spiny wire lettuce, gum X X
90. Stipa speciosa bunchgrass
91. Streptanthella longirostris wild mustard X
92. Streptanthus cordatus wild mustard X
93. Suaeda torreyana seepweed X
94. Symphoricarpos longiflorus snowberry X
95. Symphoricarpos spp. snowberry
96. Tessaria sericeae arrowweed X X
97. Thamnosma montana turpentine bush X X
98. Thelypodium integrifolium wild cabbage X
99. Typha domingensis cattail X
100. Typha latifolia cattail X X
101. Veronica anagallis-aquatica speedwell X
102. Vitis arizonica wild grape X X
103. Xylorhiza tortifolia desert aster X
104. Yucca baccata banana yucca X X X
105. Yucca brevifolia Joshua tree X
106. Yucca spp. yucca X
107. Yucca schidigera Mojave yucca ,Spanish X


NOTE: American Indian traditional-use plants present in the NTS area are identified in the project reports entitled Native American Plant Resources in the Yucca Mountain Area, Nevada (YM) (Stoffle et al., 1989b) and Native American Cultural Resources on Pahute and Rainier Mesas, Nevada Test Site (PM/RM) (Stoffle et al., 1994b). This table includes traditional-use plants identified in the Colorado River Corridor Study (GC) and in the Utah Test and Training Range Study (UTTR) that are also present at the NTS (see NTS EIS, Table 4-38).



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