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
Bromus tectorum L.
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordNumber: 297; recordedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; Taxon: scientificName: Bromustectorum L.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Monocots; order: Poales; family: Poaceae; genus: Bromus; specificEpithet: tectorum; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: L.; Location: continent: North America; country:
United States of America
; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality:
Mars Desert Research Station
; verbatimLocality: Roadside along ATV trail 2 km northeast of Mars Desert Research Station; verbatimElevation:
1348 m
; verbatimLatitude:
38°24'53.8"N
; verbatimLongitude:
110°46'18"W
; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy:
Saarela, Jeffery M.
; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate:
November 23, 2014
; habitat: Dry sandy streambed, grass-dominated community; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607495; collectionCode:
CAN, UTC
; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen
Notes
A noxious weed common throughout the southwestern United States (
Pavlick and Anderton 2007
), this species was previously reported for the nearby San Rafael Swell (
Harris 1983
), and was common in the immediate vicinity of MDRS.
Supplemental File: CAN 607495 (Suppl. material 60).