The event was attended by an energetic crowd of 20-25 individuals. The group split into teams, which were sent to different portions of the preserve in order to inventory the site as thoroughly as possible. During the course of the Bioblitz, we were able to collect comprehensive information on a number of different taxa, including plants, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and invertebrates. Information on the bird species of the site was combined with existing information from other earlier surveys and a master list developed. The taxa observed during the survey included five mammal, six amphibian and reptile, thirteen butterfly, sixty-nine bird and 195 plant species.
The event proved to be a fun and useful activity for the Natural Science Society members. Next year's Bioblitz is already in the planning stages and the lessons learned from this year's event will improve and enhance the activity in 1998. In addition, the information will also be forwarded to The Nature Conservancy for their use in developing management objectives for the site.
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COMMON
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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Mammals
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Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
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Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
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Richardson's ground squirrel
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Spermophilus richardsonii
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White-tailed jackrabbit
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Lepus townsendii
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Badger
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Taxidea taxus
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Vole spp.
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Amphibians/Reptiles
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Chorus frog
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Pseudacris maculata
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Plains garter snake
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Thamnophis radix
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Common garter snake
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Thamnophis sirtalis
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Smooth green snake
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Liochlorophis vernalis
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Tiger salamander
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Ambystoma mavortium
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Painted turtle
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Chrysemys picta
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Butterflies
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Common wood nymph
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Cercyonis pegala
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Monarch
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Danaus plexippus
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Orange sulpher
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Colias eurytheme
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Bronze copper
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Hyllolycaena hyllus
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Melissa blue
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Lycaeides melissa
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Variegated fritillary
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Euptoieta claudia
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Aphrodite fritillary
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Speyeria aphrodite
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Peck's skipper
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Polites peckius
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Long dash skipper
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Polites mystic
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Common sulpher
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Cabbage white
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Pearl crescent
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Phyciodes tharos
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Callippe fritillary
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Speyeria callippe
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Birds
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American bittern
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Botaurus lentiginosus
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American black duck
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Anas rubripes
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American coot
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Fulica americana
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American goldfinch
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Carduelis tristis
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American redstart
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Setophaga ruticilla
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American white pelican
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Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
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American wigeon
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Anas americana
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Back tern
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Chlidonias
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Baird's sparrow
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Ammodramus bairdii
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Barn swallow
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Hirundo rustica
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Blue-winged teal
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Anas discors
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Bobolink
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Dolichonyx oryzivorus
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Brewer's blackbird
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Euphagus cyancocephalus
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Brown-headed cowbird
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Molothrus ater
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Canada goose
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Branta canadensis
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Canvasback
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Aythya valisineria
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Chestnut-collared longspur
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Calcarius ornatus
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Clay-colored sparrow
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Spizella pallida
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Cliff swallow
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Hirundo pyrrhonota
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Common grackle
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Quiscalus quiscula
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Common snipe
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Gallinago gallinago
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Common yellowthroat
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Geothlypis trichas
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Double-crested cormorant
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Phalacrocorax auritus
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Eared grebe
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Podiceps nigricollis
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Eastern kingbird
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Tyrannus tyrannus
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Ferruginous hawk
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Buteo regalis
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Field sparrow
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Spizella pusilla
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Gadwall
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Anas strepera
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Grasshopper sparrow
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Ammodramus savannarum
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Gray catbird
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Dumetella carolinensis
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Great blue heron
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Ardea herodias
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Great horned owl
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Bubo virginianus
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Green-winged teal
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Anas crecca
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Horned lark
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Eremophila alpestris
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House wren
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Troglodytes aedon
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Killdeer
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Charadrius vociferus
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Least sandpiper
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Calidris minutilla
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Lesser scaup
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Aythya affinis
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Lesser yellowlegs
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Tringa flavipes
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Mallard
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Anas platyrhynchos
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Marbled godwit
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Limosa fedoa
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Marsh wren
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Cistothorus palustris
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Mourning dove
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Zenaida macroura
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Northern flicker
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Colapters auratus
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Northern harrier
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Circus cyaneus
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Northern pintail
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Anas acuta
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Northern shoveler
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Anas clypeata
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Orchard oriole
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Icterus spurius
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Pied-bill grebe
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Posilymbus podiceps
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Red-tailed hawk
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Buteo jamaicensis
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Red-winged blackbird
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Agelaius phoeniceus
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Redhead
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Aythya
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Ring-billed gull
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Larus delawarensis
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Ring-necked duck
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Aythya collaris
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Ruddy duck
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Oxyura jamaicensis
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Passerculus sandwichensis
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Sharptailed grouse
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Tympanuchus phasianellus
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Sora
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Porzana corolina
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Sprague's pipit
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Anthus spragueii
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Swainson's hawk
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Buteo swainsoni
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Tree swallow
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Pooecetes gramineusTachycineta bicolor
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Upland sandpiper
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Pooecetes gramineusBartramia longicauda
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Vesper sparrow
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Pooecetes gramineus
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Western kingbird
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Tyrannus verticalis
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Western meadowlark
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Sturnella neglecta
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Willet
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Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
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Wilson's phalarope
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Phalaropus tricolor
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Yellow warbler
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Dendroica petechia
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Yellow-headed blackbird
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Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
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Plants
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Boxelder
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Acer negundo
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Yarrow
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Achillea millifolium
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False dandelion
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Agoseris glauca
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Striated agrimony
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Agrimonia striata
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Slender wheatgrass
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Agropyron caninum
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Crested wheatgrass
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Agropyron cristatum
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Quackgrass
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Agropyron repens
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Western wheatgrass
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Agropyron smithii
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Bluebunch wheatgrass
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Agropyron spicatum
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Water plantain
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Alisma plantago-aquatica
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Wild onion
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Allium textile
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Foxtail
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Alopecurus aequalis
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Rough pigweed
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Amaranthus retroflexus
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Ragweed
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Ambrosia psilostachya
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Big bluestem
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Andropogon gerardii
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Little bluestem
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Andropogon scoparius
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Anemone canadensis
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Thimbleweed
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Anemone cylindrica
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Pasque flower
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Anemone patens
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Pussytoes
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Antennaria microphylla
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Hemp dogbane
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Apocynum cannabinum
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Hemp dogbane
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Apocynum sibiricum
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Threeawn
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Aristida longiseta
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Wormwood
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Artemisia absinthium
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Sagewort
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Artemisia dracunculus
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Fringed sage
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Artemisia frigida
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Pasture sage
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Artemisia ludoviciana
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Oval-leaved milkweed
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Asclepias ovalifolia
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Common milkweed
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Asclepisa syriaca
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Heath aster
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Aster ericoides
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Panicled aster
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Aster simplex
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Spearscale
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Atriplex subspicata
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Sloughgrass
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Beckmannia syzigachne
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Beggertick
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Bidens frondosa
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False aster
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Boltonia asteroides
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Sideoats grama
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Bouteloua curtipendula
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Blue grama
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Bouteloua gracilis
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Smooth brome
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Bromus inermis
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Buffalo grass
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Buchloe dactyloides
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Marsh reed grass
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Calamagrostis canadensis
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Northern reedgrass
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Calamagrostis stricta
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Prairie sandreed
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Calamovilfa longifolia
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Plains yellow primrose
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Calylophus serrulatus
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Harebell
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Campanula rotundifolia
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Carex atherodes
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Sedge
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Carex bebbii
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Sedge
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Carex eleocharis
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Thread-leaved sedge
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Carex filifolia
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Wooly sedge
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Carex lanuginosa
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Clustered field sedge
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Carex praegracilis
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Sedge
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Carex sartwelli
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Fox sedge
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Carex vulpinoidea
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Prairie chickweed
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Cerastium arvense
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Little ground rose
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Chamaerhodos erecta
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Goosefoot
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Chenopodium album
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Oak-leaved goosefoot
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Chenopodium glaucum
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Alkali blite
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Chenopodium rubrum
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Golden aster
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Chrysopsis villosa
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Canada thistle
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Cirsium arvense
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Flodman's thistle
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Cirsium flodmanii
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Bull thistle
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Cirsium vulgare
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Comandra
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Comandra umbellata
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Ballcactus
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Coryphantha vivipara
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Downy hawthorn
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Crataegus mollis
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Hawks'-beard
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Crepis runcinata
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Hound's tongue
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Cynoglossum officinale
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Purple prairie clover
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Dalea purpurea
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Flixweed
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Descurainia sophia
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Saltgrass
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Distichlis spicata
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Moss
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Drepanocladus sp.
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Purple coneflower
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Echinacea angustifolia
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Spikerush
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Eleocharis acicularis
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Spikerush
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Eleocharis compressa
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Spikerush
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Eleocharis macrostachya
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Elymus canadensis
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Horsetail
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Equisetum hyemale
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Horsetail
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Equisetum laevigatum
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Fleabane
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Erigeron philadelphica
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Western wallflower
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Erysimum asperum
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Spurge
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Euphorbia serpyllifolia
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Blanket flower
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Gaillardia aristata
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Northern bedstraw
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Galium boreale
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Scarlet gaura
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Gaura coccinia
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Torchflower
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Geum triflorum
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Wild licorace
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Glycyrrhiza lepidota
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Gumweed
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Grindelia squarrosa
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Broom snakeweed
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Gutierrezia sarothrae
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Maximilians sunflower
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Helianthus maximiliani
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Stiff sunflower
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Helianthus rigidus
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Spike oats
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Helictotrichon hookeri
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Dame's rocket
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Hesperis matronalis
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Alumroot
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Heuchera richardsonii
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Foxtail barley
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Hordeum jubatum
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Baltic rush
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Juncus balticus
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Path rush
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Juncus tenuis
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Junegrass
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Koeleria pyramidata
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Blue lettuce
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Lactuca pulchella
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Stickseed
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Lappula echinata
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Duckweed
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Lemna minor
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Star duckweed
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Lemna trisulca
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Peppergrass
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Lepidium densiflorum
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Blazing star
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Liatris ligulistylis
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Dotted gayfeather
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Liatris punctata
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Blue flax
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Linum perenne v. lewisii
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Flax
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Linum sulcatum
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Kalm's lobelia
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Lobelia kalmii
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Spiked lobelia
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Lobelia spicata
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Deer vetch
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Lotus purshianus
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Bugleweed
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Lycopus asper
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Skeletonweed
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Lygodesmia juncea
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Loosestrife
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Lysimachia hybrida
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Common mallow
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Malva rotundifolia
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Black medic
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Medicago lupulina
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Alfalfa
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Medicago sativa
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Yellow sweetclover
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Melilotus officianalis
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Mint
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Mentha arvense
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Muhly
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Muhlenbergia asperifolia
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Plains muhly
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Muhlenbergia cuspidata
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Evening primrose
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Oenothera biennis
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False gromwell
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Onosmodium molle
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Owl clover
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Orthocarpus luteus
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Wood sorrel
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Oxalis stricta
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Purple locoweed
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Oxytropis lambertii
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Switchgrass
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Panicum virgatum
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Slender beardtongue
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Penstemon gracilis
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Hood's phlox
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Phlox hoodii
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Plaintain
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Plantago major
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Patagonian plantain
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Plantago patagonica
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Poa compressa
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Fowl bluegrass
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Poa palustris
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Kentucky bluegrass
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Poa pratensis
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Milkwort
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Polygala alba
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Knotweed
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Polygonum achoreum
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Smartweed
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Polygonum amphibium
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Knotweed
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Polygonum aviculare
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Wild buckwheat
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Polygonum convolvulus
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Populus deltoides
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Populus tremuloides
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Silverweed
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Potentilla anserina
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Tall cinquefoil
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Potentilla arguta
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Cinquefoil
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Potentilla pensylvanica
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Wild plum
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Prunus
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Choke cherry
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Prunus virginiana
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Silver scurfpea
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Psoralea argophylla
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Breadroot
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Psoralea esculenta
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Small yellow buttercup
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Ranunculus gmelinii
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Macoun's buttercup
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Ranunculus macounii
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Buttercup
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Ranunculus sceleratus
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Prairie coneflower
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Ratibida columnifera
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Gooseberry
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Ribes cynosbati
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Liverwort
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Ricciocarpus natans
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Bog yellow cress
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Rorippa palustris
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Wild rose
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Wood's rose
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Black-eyed Susan
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Rudbeckia hirta
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Golden dock
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Rumex maritimus
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Mexican dock
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Rumex mexicanus
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Western dock
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Rumex occidentalis
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Arrowhead
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Sagittaria latifolia
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Peach-leaved willow
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Salix amygdaloides
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Sandbar willow
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Salix exigua
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Hardstem bullrush
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Scirpus acutus
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Pale bullrush
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Scirpus atrovirens
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Three square
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Scirpus pungens
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Whitetop
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Scolochloa festucacea
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Early ragwort
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Senecio canus
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Blue eyed grass
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Sisyrinchium montanum
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Water parsnip
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Sium suave
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Solidago canadensis
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Solidago missouriens
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Sneezewort aster
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Solidago ptarmicoides
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Stiff goldenrodd
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Solidago rigida
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Sow thistle
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Sonchus arvensis
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Giant burreed
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Sparganium eurycarpum
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Alkali cordgrass
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Spartina gracilis
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Prairie cordgrass
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Spartina pectinata
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Scarlet globemallow
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Sphaeralcea coccinea
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Meadowsweet
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Spiraea alba
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Hedge-nettle
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Stachys palustris
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Needle-and-thread
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Stipa comata
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Porcupine grass
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Stipa spartea
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Green needlegrass
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Stipa viridula
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Buckbrush
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Symphoricarpos occidentalis
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Dandelion
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Taraxacum officinale
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Germander
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Teucrium canadense
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Poison ivy
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Toxicodendron rydbergii
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False dandelion
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Tragopogon dubius
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Cat-tail
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Typha glauca
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Stinging nettle
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Urtica dioica
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Bladderwort
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Utricularia vulgaris
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Ironweed
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Vernonia fasciculata
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Veronica
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Veronica persica
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Wild vetch
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Vicia
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Horned pondweed
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Zannichellia palustris
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Golden alexanders
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Zizia aptera
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