Plant Species of the Bright Angel Trail:
matchweed, Gutierrezia sarothraeSee Plant Guide to Bright Angel Trail for an introduction to this page, especially the Introduction To These Species Pages.
This page is just a shell to hold my photographs and reference information for now, so that readers can see the photographs and this taxon. The identification status, voucher info, and discussion of the species will be added in the future.
Characteristics Identification status: .
From a SEINet search on 29 September 2007, there are vouchers of this species from the Coconino County portion of the Grand Canyon. The nearest are at: ; and . Note that there may be additional vouchers at other herbaria not available through SEINet.
First occurrence on Bright Angel Trail: mile 0.12, elevation 6781 feet (2067 m).
Number of plants along Trail: This is a very common species along the trail; at least 50 plants were found in at least 9 different locations in September 2007.
Pictures From 5 September 2007, mile 0.12:
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References See Resources for Grand Canyon Flora for further information on most of these references. Entries in the second column are either the name used in that source or a page reference. The name is linked to online pages when available. If a given reference does not contain this taxon, the entry is either left blank or contains a hyphen.
Family Asteraceae Scientific Name Gutierrezia sarothrae 1987 Grand Canyon Flora Name Gutierrezia sarothrae 1987 Grand Canyon Flora page 32 SEINet Image Page Gutierrezia sarothrae USDA Plants Gutierrezia sarothrae Flora of North America Gutierrezia sarothrae Jepson Manual for California treatment Gutierrezia sarothrae Jepson Manual illustration page 279 Kearney and Peebles Name Gutierrezia sarothrae Kearney and Peebles Page # 853 Vascular Plants of AZ name Vascular Plants of AZ volume: page Huisinga et al 2006 name Gutierrezia sarothrae Huisinga et al 2006 page numbers 208-209 Epple Name Gutierrezia sarothrae Epple description page # 275 Epple pix # 409 McDougall 1964 name Gutierrezia sarothrae McDougall 1964 page # 240 Brian 2000 Name Phillips 1979 name - Phillips 1979 page # - Stockert 1967 name Gutierrezia sarothrae Stockert 1967 page # 6
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Last Update: 29 September 2007