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Acknowledgements

Rare plant guide team (web version first published in 2003, based on 1991 "blue" book by Atwood et al, see References section below)
 
Tony Frates - Project coordinator, web/database programming (Utah Native Plant Society)
- 2003 guide and ongoing
Teresa Prendusi - Technical review/advisor (US Forest Service Regional Botanist) - 2003 guide and ongoing
Ron Bolander - BLM Project Inspector, BLM Assistance representative - 2003 guide and ongoing
Laurel Anderton - Data input, digitizing/editing, taxonomy investigation (contract biologist, National Park Service)
- 2003 guide
Debi Clark - Technical review/advisor (BLM botanist) - 2003 guide

Additional technical assistance provided by
 
Ben Franklin (Utah Natural Heritage Program) - 2003 guide and ongoing
Duane Atwood and Stanley Welsh (Stanley L. Welsh Herbarium) - 2003 guide and ongoing
Charmaine R. Delmatier (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) - 2003 guide
Michael Windham (formerly Garrett Herbarium/University of Utah, now Duke University) - 2003 guide, and ongoing
Leila Shultz (USU Floristics Laboratory) - 2003 guide
Sherel Goodrich (US Forest Service ecologist) - 2003 guide
Larry England (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) - 2003 guide
Vincent J. Tepedino (USDA Bee Lab) - 2003 guide and ongoing
James L. Reveal (Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland) - 2006 (Eriogonoids) and ongoing

Line drawings provided by
 
Primary illustrator:
 
Kaye H. Thorne (1939-2004)
(courtesy of Stanley L. Welsh Herbarium)
 
Other illustrators (alphabetical)
 
Bobbi Angell (Astragalus loanus, Astragalus musiniensis,Astragalus piscator,Astragalus striatiflorus Astragalus welshii, Caesalpinia repens, Camissonia gouldii, Ceanothus greggii var. franklinii, Cryptantha osterhoutii, Cryptantha semiglabra, Dodecatheon dentatum var. utahensis, Ivesia utahensis, Jamesia americana var. macrocalyx, Physaria lepidota var. membrancaea,Potentilla angelliae, Swertia gypsicola, Viola frank-smithii,Viola lithion)
 
G. Argus (Salix arizonica)
 
Jane Dorn (Phlox opalensis)
 
Tony Frates (Sclerocactus brevispinus, Astragalus sabulosus var. vehiculus)
 
Walt Fertig (Draba densifolia var. apiculata - insets, Viguiera soliceps)
 
Jeanne R. Janish (Androsace chamaejasme var. carinata, Astragalus diversifolius, Draba densifolia var. apiculata - except for insets, Epipactis gigantea, Penstemon duchesnensis, Penstemon navajoa)
 
April Jensen (Boechera lasiocarpa,Corydalis caseana subsp. brachycarpa, Petalonyx parryi)
 
Robin A. Jess (Angelica wheeleri, Cymopterus purpureus var. jonesii, Erigeron garrettii, Gilia tridactyla, Haplopappus lignumviridis, Penstemon abietinus, Penstemon caespitosus var. suffruticosus, Penstemon petiolatus, Phlox cluteana, Senecio castoreus)
 
Laurie Klingensmith (Cystopteris utahensis)
 
Elaine Kneller (Aquilegia loriae, Lupinus caudatus var. cutleri, Oenothera murdockii, Phacelia pulchella var. atwoodii, Thelypodiopsis ambigua var. erecta)
 
Isobel Nichols (Thelesperma pubescens var. caespitosum)
 
Anthony Salazar (Aster welshii, Gutierrezia pomariensis,Senecio fremontii var. inexpectatus,Senecio malmstenii)
 
Linda Vorobik (Ivesia shockleyi var. ostleri)
 
David H. Wagner (Botrychium crenulatum)
 
Janet Wingate (Botrychium lineare, Botrychium lineare)
 
Shannon Workman (Erigeron huberi, Salvia columbariae var. argillacea, Sphaeralcea fumariensis), Sphaeralcea gierischii)
 
Sources of illustrations: (we acknowledge these sources with great appreciation)
 
American Fern Journal
Brittonia
Canadian Museum of Nature
Colorado Rare Plant Field Guide
Illustrated Manual of Proposed Endangered and Threatened Plants of Utah (1979)
Intermountain Flora - Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. published by The New York Botanical Garden
 
Permission statements with respect to Intermountain Flora drawings:
 
Vol. 4:
Reproduced with permission of the publisher from: Arthur Cronquist et al., Asteridae except for Asteraceae. Intermountain Flora - Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Vol. 4, 1984, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.
 
Support the Intermountain Flora project: Intermountain Flora
Great Basin Naturalist
GSENM species abstracts
Guide to the Species of Botrychium in Oregon
Rhodora
Stanley L. Welsh Herbarium
Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest (Hitchcock et al)
Utah Endangered, Threatened and Sensitive Plant Field Guide (1991)
Wyoming Rare Plant Field Guide

Photographer list
 
Alphabetical order by last name as they appear in the guide with full name in parentheses:
 
J. Anderson (John Anderson)
K. Anderson (Kim Anderson)
L. Armstrong (Lori Armstrong)
D. Atwood (N. Duane Atwood)
K. Blaxland (Kim Blaxland)
C. Bland (Catherine Bland)
D. Clark (Debi Clark)
T. Clark (Tom Clark)
J. Coyner
C. Damm
C. Delmatier (Charmaine R. Delmatier)
N. Dombrowski (Neal Dombrowski)
L. England (Larry England)
A. Evenden (Angie Evenden)
W. Fertig (Walt Fertig)
R. Fitts (Robert Fitts)
B. Franklin (Merton "Ben" Franklin)
A. Frates (Anthony "Tony" Frates, sometimes T. Frates)
S. Garvin (Susan Garvin)
B. Glisson (Bruce Glisson)
S. Goodrich (Sherel Goodrich)
W. Gray (William "Bill" Gray)
K. Harper (Kimball T. Harper)
B. Heidel (Bonnie Heidel)
J. Holland (Jim Holland)
D. House (Donna House)
A. Huber (Allen Huber)
L. Hughes (Lee Hughes)
W. Hunter (William "Bill" J. Hunter)
W. Jennings (William Jennings)
M. Kirkpatrick
L. Kurth (Laurie Kurth)
K. Lee (Kipp Lee)
P. Lyon (Peggy Lyon)
M. Malm (Margaret Malm)
M. Mancuso (Michael Mancuso)
S. Meyer (Susan Meyer)
T. Meyer (Therese Meyer)
K. Mutz (Kathy Mutz)
T. Naumann (Tamara Naumann)
B. Neely (Betsy Neely)
T. Nelson
W. Padgett (Wayne Padgett)
B. Parkinson (Ben Parkinson)
B. Phillips (Barbara Phillips)
T. Prendusi (Teresa Prendusi)
J. Reveal (James Reveal)
D. Reynolds (Doug Reynolds)
D. Roth (Daniela Roth)
C. Schelz (Charlie Schelz)
L. Shultz (Leila Shultz)
B. Smith (Barb Smith)
F. Smith (Frank Smith)
K. Snyder
J. Spencer (James "Jim" R. Spencer)
R. Thompson or B. Thompson (Robert "Bob" Thompson)
S. Topp (Sarah Topp)
D. Trotter (Daryl Trotter)
J. Tuhy (Joel Tuhy)
M. Ulloa (Maria Ulloa)
R. Van Buren (Renee Van Buren)
D. Van Keuren (Denise Van Keuren)
T. Wagoner (Tamara Wagoner)
S. Walker (Steve Walker)
B. Wellard (Blake Wellard)
S. Welsh (Stanley L. Welsh)
M. Williams
D. Woodruff (Dorde "Wright" Woodruff)
J. Young (Jon Young)
C. Zupan

Primary References
 
Arnow,L., B. Albee and A. wyckoff. 1980. Flora of the Central Wasatch Front, Utah: a manual of the ferns, fern allies, confiers, and flowering plants growing without cultivation in Salt Lake and Davis counties. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah. 663 pp.
 
Atwood, D., J. Holland, R. Bolander, B. Franklin, D.E. House, L. Armstrong, K. Thorne and L. England. 1991. Utah endangered, threatened, and sensitive plant field guide. Ogden, Utah: USDA Forest Service Intermountain Region. Unpaginated.
Utah Endangered, Threatened and Sensitive Plant Field Guide (1991)

(note: the Utah Rare Plant Guide is based on and is intended to be an extension of this publication)
 
Barneby, R.C. 1989. In: A. Cronquist, A.H. Holmgren, N.H. Holmgren, J.L. Reveal and P.K. Holmgren (eds). Intermountain flora: Vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Vol. 3B, Fabales. Bronx, New York: The New York Botanical Garden. 279 pp.
 
Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. Flora of North America North of Mexico. 16+ vols. New York and Oxford. Vol. 1, 1993; vol. 2, 1993; vol. 3, 1997; vol. 4, 2003; vol. 5, 2005; vol. 7, 2010; vol. 8, 2009; vol. 19, 2006; vol. 20, 2006; vol. 21, 2006; vol. 22, 2000; vol. 23, 2002; vol. 24, 2007; vol. 25, 2003; vol. 26, 2002; vol. 27, 2007.
 
Franklin, M.A. 2005. Plant information compiled by the Utah Natural Heritage Program: a progress report. Prepared for Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission. Publication No. 05-40, Utah DWR. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Department of Natural Resources, Divison of Wildlife Resources, Utah Natural Heritage Program. 334 pp.
 
Goodrich, S. and E. Neese. 1986. Uinta Basin flora. Ogden, Utah: USDA Forest Service and USDI BLM. 320 pp.
 
Holmgren, N.H., P.K. Holmgren and A. Cronquist. 2005. Intermountain flora: Vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Vol. 2B, Subclass Dilleniidae. Bronx, New York: The New York Botanical Garden. 488 pp.
 
Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich, and L.C. Higgins [eds]. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, no. 9. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University.
 
Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich, and L.C. Higgins [eds]. 1993. A Utah flora, second edition, revised. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. 986 pp.
 
Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich, and L.C. Higgins [eds]. 2003. A Utah flora, third edition, revised. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. 912 pp.
 
Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich, and L.C. Higgins [eds]. 2008. A Utah flora, fourth edition, revised. 2004-2008 summary monograph. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. 1019 pp.
 

Other References - rare plant guides and miscellaneous
 
Arizona Rare Plant Committee. 2000 (publication year omitted). Arizona rare plant guide: a collaboration of agencies and organizations. M. Falk coordinator. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Unpaginated.
 
Mozingo, H.N. and M. Williams. 1980. Threatened and endangered plants of Nevada. Prepared for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. 268 pp.
 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1994. Utah reed-mustards: clay red-mustard (Schoenocrambe argillacea), Barneby reed-mustard (Schoenocrambe barnebyi), shrubby reed-mustard (Schoenocrambe suffrutescens) recovery plan. Denver, Colorado: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 22 pp.
 
Utah Native Plant Society. 1981. Utah's colorful natives. Illustrations by Kaye Thorne. Text by Duane Atwood and Kaye Thorne. Salt Lake City, UT: Sun Lithographing Company. 8 pp. (unpaginated). Funded by UNPS, State Arboretum of Utah, University of Utah Lallapalooza, and Children's Art Discovery Project.
 

Other References - journal articles
 
Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2005. Hesperidanthus (Brassicaceae) revisited. Harvard Papers in Botany. 10(1):47-51.
 
Brouillet, L., L. Urbatsch and R.P. Roberts. 2004. Tonestus kingii and T. abberans are related to Eurybia and the Machaerantherinae (Asteraceae: Astereae) based on nrDNA (ITS and ETS) data: reinstatement of Herrickia and a new genus, Triniteurbyia. SIDA 21(2):889-900.
 
Harris, J.G. 2010. First reports of Draba pennellii and Draba pedicellata (Cruciferae) in Utah, and new distribution records for Draba kassii, Draba novolympica, and Hackelia ibapensis (Boraginaceae). Western North American Naturalist 70(2):255-257.
 
Holmgren, N.H. and P.K. Holmgren. 1989. A taxonomic study of Jamesia (Hydrangeaeceae). Brittonia 41(4):335-350.
 
Rollins, R.C. 1981. Studies in the genus Physaria (Cruficerae). Brittonia 33(3):332-341.
 
Welsh, S.L., and L.M. Chatterley. 1985. Utah's rare plants revisited. Great Basin Naturalist 45(2):173-236.
 
Welsh, S.L., and J.L. Reveal. 1977. Utah flora Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). Great Basin Naturalist 37(3):279-365.

Funding
 
Primary funding provided by the Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office
Additional funding provided by:
US Forest Service
Utah Native Plant Society
Matching contribution under BLM-UNPS challenge cost agreement provided by Tony Frates and Addsum Business Software, Inc.

And thanks go to the following individuals/organizations:
 
Mary Barkworth and the Intermountain Herbarium for donating space, computer access, scanners, and library resources relating to work for the 2003 guide
Robert Fitts of the Utah Natural Heritage Program for various assistance with a number of species
Dorde Woodruff for her assistance with various species of cacti - 2003 guide and ongoing
Dr. Harvey Ballard, Ohio University, for his assistance with Viola clauseniana - 2003 guide
Wayne Padgett and the USFS for technical and financial assistance in connection with obtaining an illustration for Corydalis caseana subsp. brachycarpa


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