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Resources: Checklists
A checklist is a list of species that have been found in some
area. Although simple, they can serve many purposes.
- They can stimulate others to point out the omissions,
preferably by depositing specimens of additional species
in a nearby herbarium and informing the keeper of the
checklist of the addition.
- They can challenge individuals to learn more species
as they try to see every species on a list.
- They can be used to compare the species diversity and
similarity of two regions or trails.
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Chrysothamnus nauseosus
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The validity of any checklists depends on its reliability and
completeness. Reliability can be checked by examining herbarium
specimens, IF THESE HAVE BEEN MADE. Completeness is harder to
judge. Those connected to this page are known to be incomplete.
The county level checklists are based on the first edition of
Welsh et al. and do not take into account the additions included
in the second edition, nor specimens in the Intermountain Herbarium.
The trail checklists were compiled by students in a class during
the summer of 1998. These students were taking their first plant
identification class and, not unnaturally, focussed on the conspicuously
flowering species. The student identifications have been verified
and the documenting specimens will be deposited in the herbarium
later this summer.
Our goal is to add to these checklists over the years and to
encourage others to take an interest in posting such lists for
individual areas. Anyone interested in "adopting" an
area or trail in the Intermountain Region, particularly its northern
portion, is encouraged to contact Mary
Barkworth about making the information that they acquire generally
available via this page.
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