Range Plants -- OBJ 3: PPT Bluebunch Wheatgrass Perennial Native Has purple nodes. University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. There are 16 slides in this presentation

Cheatgrass (or Downy Brome) Range Plants -- OBJ 3: PPT Cheatgrass (or Downy Brome) Annual Introduced As it matures, plants turn purple-red. They are palatable for grazers if they are grazed during early growth stage. Later in the season it becomes lignified and becomes less palatable. When it turns purple, it is very good fuel for fire because of the continuous mats it forms. Cheatgrass is highly invasive, especially in sagebrush ecosystems after fire disturbance. University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. There are 16 slides in this presentation

Range Plants -- OBJ 3: PPT Crested Wheatgrass Perennial Introduced -useful in restoring rangelands, especially in potential or current cheatgrass-dominated areas. Overlapping spikes = imbricated. A very persistent plant = grazing resistant, drought resistant, fire resistant. University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission – drawing by Beverly Jaquish There are 16 slides in this presentation

Range Plants -- OBJ 3: PPT Idaho Fescue Perennial Native -a soft-feeling grass, distinctively thin narrow leaves and roots. Panicle seed head, mostly basal leaves, dark roots. University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission – drawing by Beverly Jaquish There are 16 slides in this presentation

Range Plants -- OBJ 3: PPT Western Yarrow Perennial Native One of the most widespread plants found in N. America. Corymb flower. Has a lot of medicinal value because of its antibacterial properties. University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium There are

Range Plants -- OBJ 3: PPT Tailcup Lupine Perennial Native Raceme flower. Causes crooked calf syndrome. University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission – drawing by Beverly Jaquish There are

Range Plants -- OBJ 3: PPT Tall Larkspur Perennial Native Responsible for more livestock death than any other plant in the N. America. Flowers have a spur on them which is where the name “larkspur” comes from. University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium There are

University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium Leafy Spurge Introduced Perennial University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium http://www.ag.ndsu.edu

Montana State University Herbarium Spotted Knapweed Perennial Introduced K. Launchbaugh Montana State University Herbarium www.usu.edu/weeds/plant_species/weedspecies/spottedknap.html K. Launchbaugh Jen Peterson

Range Plants -- OBJ 3: PPT Big Sagebrush Perennial Native Montana State University Herbarium

Range Plants -- OBJ 3: PPT Deerbrush Perennial Native University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium Field Book Of Western Wild Flowers, by Margaret Armstrong

Range Plants -- OBJ 3: PPT Shadscale Saltbrush Perennial Native Utah Valley State College Herbarium Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission – drawing by Beverly Jaquish

Range Plants -- OBJ 3: PPT Winterfat Perennial Native University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium

Range Plants -- OBJ 3: PPT Juniper Perennial Native University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium

Utah Valley State College Herbarium Saltcedar Perennial Introduced K. Launchbaugh Utah Valley State College Herbarium K. Launchbaugh K. Launchbaugh