The " Martian " flora: new collections of vascular plants, lichens, fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah Author Sokoloff, Paul C. Author Freebury, Colin E. Author Hamilton, Paul B. Author Saarela, Jeffery M. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 8176 8176 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 1314-2828-4-8176 Sporobolus contractus Hitchc. Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordNumber: 264; recordedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; Taxon: scientificName: Sporoboluscontractus Hitchc.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Monocots; order: Poales; family: Poaceae; genus: Sporobolus; specificEpithet: contractus; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: Hitchc.; Location: continent: North America; country: United States of America ; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality: Mars Desert Research Station ; verbatimLocality: Dry streambed approx 500 m northeast of Mars Desert Research Station "hab"; verbatimElevation: 1371 m ; verbatimLatitude: 38°24'27.7"N ; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 110°47'20"W; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Saarela, Jeffery M. ; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate: November 20, 2014 ; habitat: Rocky sandstone desert; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607501; collectionCode: CAN, UTC ; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordNumber: 278; recordedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; Taxon: scientificName: Sporoboluscontractus Hitchc.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Monocots; order: Poales; family: Poaceae; genus: Sporobolus; specificEpithet: contractus; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: Hitchc.; Location: continent: North America; country: United States of America ; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality: Mars Desert Research Station ; verbatimLocality: "Comm check" hill, 1.7 km northeast of Mars Desert Research Station, just west of Cow Dung Road; verbatimElevation: 1381 m ; verbatimLatitude: 38°25'3.15"N ; verbatimLongitude: 110°46'54.59"W ; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Saarela, Jeffery M. ; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate: November 22, 2014 ; habitat: Conglomerate sandstone hilltop dominated by Artemisia and Ephedra; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607500; collectionCode: CAN, UTC ; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen Notes Common in the desert shrub communities near MDRS (Fig. 43), and typical of sandy soils and salt deserts ( Peterson et al. 2003 ), this species was previously reported for the nearby San Rafael Swell ( Harris 1983 ). Supplemental Files: CAN 607501 (Suppl. material 64), CAN 607500 (Suppl. material 65).