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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)

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, Potentilla angelliae, Swertia gypsicola, Viola frank-smithii,Viola lithion)
 
G. Argus (Salix arizonica)
 
Jane Dorn (Phlox opalensis)
 
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 (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, 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
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)
C. Bland (Catherine Bland)
D. Clark (Debi Clark)
T. Clark (Tom Clark)
J. Coyner
C. Damm
C. Delmatier (Charmaine R. Delmatier)
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)
S. Garvin (Susan Garvin)
S. Goodrich (Sherel Goodrich)
W. Gray (William "Bill" Gray)
K. Harper (Kimball T. Harper)
B. Heidel (Bonnie Heidel)
J. Holland
D. House (Donna House)
A. Huber (Allen Huber)
L. Hughes (Lee Hughes)
W. Hunter (William "Bill" J. Hunter)
W. Jennings
M. Kirkpatrick
E. Kneller (Elaine Kneller)
L. Kurth (Laurie Kurth)
K. Lee (Kipp Lee)
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. Phillips (Barbara Phillips)
T. Prendusi (Teresa Prendusi)
D. Reynolds (Doug Reynolds)
D. Roth (Daniella Roth)
C. Schelz (Charlie Schelz)
L. Shultz (Leila Shultz)
B. Smith (Barb Smith)
F. Smith (Frank Smith)
K. Snyder
R. Thompson or B. Thompson (Robert "Bob" Thompson)
D. Trotter (Daryl Trotter)
J. Tuhy (Joel Tuhy)
R. Van Buren (Renee Van Buren)
D. Van Keuren (Denise Van Keuren)
T. Wagoner (Tamara Wagoner)
S. Walker (Steve Walker)
S. Welsh (Stanley L. Welsh)
M. Williams
D. Woodruff (Dorde "Wright" Woodruff)
J. Young (Jon Young)
C. Zupan

References
 
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. USDA Forest Service Intermountain Region, Ogden, Utah.
 
Welsh, S. L., N. D. Atwood, S. Goodrich, and L. C. Higgins. 1993. A Utah Flora. Second edition. Brigham Young University Press. Provo, Utah. 986 pp.
 
Welsh, S. L., N. D. Atwood, S. Goodrich, and L. C. Higgins. 2003. A Utah Flora. Third edition. Brigham Young University Press. Provo, Utah. 912 pp.

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.

Special 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
Dr. Harvey Ballard, Ohio University, for his assistance with Viola clauseniana - 2003 guide
Dorde Woodruff for her assistance with various species of cacti - 2003 guide and ongoing
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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