Plant Species of the Bright Angel Trail:
Apache plume, Fallugia paradoxa
Apache plume, Fallugia paradoxa
See 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: No on-trail specimens have been found; there is only a single off-trail specimen at mile 0.28, elevation 6695 feet (2041 m).
Number of plants along Trail: none on trail; see above.
Pictures
From 5 September 2007, off-trail at mile 0.28:
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 | Rosaceae |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Fallugia paradoxa |
| 1987 Grand Canyon Flora Name | Fallugia paradoxa |
| 1987 Grand Canyon Flora page | 54 |
| SEINet Image Page | Fallugia paradoxa |
| USDA Plants | Fallugia paradoxa |
| Flora of North America | |
| Jepson Manual for California treatment | Fallugia paradoxa |
| Jepson Manual illustration page | 959 |
| Kearney and Peebles Name | Fallugia paradoxa |
| Kearney and Peebles Page # | 387 |
| Vascular Plants of AZ name | |
| Vascular Plants of AZ volume: page | |
| Huisinga et al 2006 name | Fallugia paradoxa |
| Huisinga et al 2006 page numbers | 172-173 |
| Epple Name | Fallugia paradoxa |
| Epple description page # | 94; 95 |
| Epple pix # | 187 |
| McDougall 1964 name | Fallugia paradoxa |
| McDougall 1964 page # | 114 |
| Brian 2000 Name | |
| Phillips 1979 name | Fallugia paradoxa |
| Phillips 1979 page # | 19 |
| Stockert 1967 name | Fallugia paradoxa |
| Stockert 1967 page # | 4 |