TONY GROVE

This is a list of plants found in Tony Grove, a popular picnicking, hiking, and swimming area in the Bear River Range, about 25 mi east of Logan.  The center of attraction is a small lake.  This is partly natural, but increased in size by a small dam. [2005-2006: lake has been drained to permit repair of the dam]. The lake, when full, is used for fishing, canoeing, and just lolling around in.  Power boats are banned.  The area around, which is a cirque, is itself spectacular in addition to haveing a breathtaking array of plants. It is a standard field trip for all visitors to Logan.  Despite this, finding a listing of all the plants around the lake in existence has not been easy.  The list below is compiled from lists developed by the Bridgerland Audubon Society and Utah Native Plant Society.  It is VERY incomplete.  There will eventually be 5 tables, one for bryophytes (mosses and liverworts), one for ferns and other spore-bearing vascular plants, one for gymnosperms (conifers), and one for angiosperms (flowering plants). in the angiosperm table, the monocot families are listed after the dicots. All the tables need work, but the first two have the greatest need! 

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: The herbarium would love to have a more complete listing of the plants at Tony Grove.  Being a herbarium, we have to adhere to certain standards, one of which is that we cannot say a species is present in an area unless there is a specimen to document that fact.  There are many many specimens from Tony Grove in  the herbarium. To minimize impact on the flora, the first step in developing a more complete list would be to database information from all our existing specimens. If any one would be interested in helping do this, please contact Mary Barkworth (mary@biology.usu.edu or 797-1584) or Michael Piep (fungi@biology.usu.edu or 797-0061).  Yes, we would encourage you to look at and learn to know the species as you enter the data.  We could also link pictures to the names.  

BRYOPHYTES

FERNS AND OTHER SPORE-BEARING VASCULAR PLANTS

GYMNOSPERMS

ANGIOSPERMS