CEMML Floristics Laboratory Photo Gallery

Rare and Threatened & Endangered Plant Species

Arctomecon californica Torr. & Frem. (29k)

Family: Papaveraceae.
State Status: Critically Endangered.
Biome: Mohave desert.
Location: Nellis Air Force Base.
County, State: Clark County, Nevada.
Photographer: K. Schulz.

Haplostachys haplostachya (Gray) St. John (15k)

Family: Lamiaceae
Federal Status: Endangered.
Biome: Tropical dry forests.
Location: Mauna Kea, Island of Hawaii.
County, State: Hawaii.
Photographer: R. Shaw.

Hedyotis coriacea Sm. (16k)

Family: Rubiaceae.
Federal Status: Endangered.
Biome: Open Ohia forest (MEPO Treeland).
Location: Mauna Loa, Island of Hawaii.
County, State: Hawaii.
Photographer: M. Castillo, June 1993.

Portulaca sclerocarpa Gray (25k)

Family: Portulacaceae.
Federal Status: Endangered.
Biome: Tropical dry forests.
Location: Mauna Kea, Island of Hawaii.
County, State: Hawaii.
Photographer: T. Wager.

Rhododendron chapmanii Gray (17k)

Family: Ericaceae.
Federal Status: Endangered.
Biome: ?.
Location: Camp Blanding.
County, State: Florida
Photographer: T. Wager.

Silene hawaiiensis Sherff (14k)

Family: Caryophyllaceae.
Federal Status: Threatened.
Biome: Tropical dry forests.
Location: Mauna Kea volcano, Island of Hawaii.
County, State: Hawaii.
Photographer: R. Shaw.

Silene lanceolata Gray (15k)

Family: Caryophyllaceae.
Federal Status: Endangered.
Biome: Tropical dry forests.
Location: Mauna Kea, Island of Hawaii.
County, State: Hawaii.
Photographer: C. Popolizio, November 1992.

Tetramolopium arenarium (Gray) Hbd. (18k)

Family: Asteraceae.
Federal Status: Endangered.
Site: Greenhouse-grown specimens from seed.
Biome: Tropical dry forests.
Location: Mauna Kea volcano, Island of Hawaii.
County, State: Hawaii.
Photographer: R. Shaw.

Landscapes Where CEMML Works

Forested Lakeshore (32k)

Biome: Northern Hardwoods Forest
Dominant Vegetation: Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch, Acer rubrum L., Betula papyrifera Marsh., Myrica gale L., Carex . spp.
Location: Eastern Mud Lake.
County, State: Lewis County, Ft. Drum, New York
Photographer: C. Popolizio, September, 1993.

Front Range, Rocky Mountains (31k)

Biome: Shortgrass Steppe-Rocky Mountains Ecotone
Dominant Vegetation: Cercocarpus montanus shrubland with scattered Juniperus monosperma and Pinus Ponderosa.
Location: Pinyon Canyon Maneuver Site
County, State: Los Animas County, Colorado
Photographer: R. Shaw.

Sonoran Desert (34k)

Biome: Sonoran Desert
Dominant Vegetation: Opuntia P. Mill spp., Castilleja purpurea (Nutt.) G. Don
Location: Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
County, State: Pima County, Arizona
Photographer: M. Arnett

Wetland (39k)

Biome: Northern Hardwoods Forest
Dominant Vegetation: Myrica gale L., Andromeda polifolia L. var. glaucophylla (Link) DC., Eriophorum virginicum L.
Location: Eastern Mud Lake.
County, State: Lewis County, Ft. Drum, New York
Photographer: C. Popolizio, September, 1993.

Photogenic Plants

Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose (saguaro cactus) (16k)

Family: Cactaceae
Biome: Sonoran Desert
County, State: Arizona
Photographer: J. Morrison

Ferocactus Britt. & Rose sp. (barrel cactus) (40k)

Family: Cactaceae
Biome: Sonoran Desert.
Location: Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
County, State: Arizona
Photographer: J. Morrison.

Opuntia basilaris Engelm.& Bigelow (beavertail prickly pear cactus) (47k)

Family: Cactaceae
Biome: Sonoran Desert
Location: Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
County, State: Arizona
Photographer: J. Morrison

Opuntia fulgida Engelmann ssp. fulgida (jumping cholla cactus) (40k)

Family: Cactaceae
Biome: Sonoran Desert
Location: Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
County, State: Arizona
Photographer: M. Arnett, P. Walter

Pholisma sonorae (Torr. ex Gray) Yatskievyc (sandfood) (22k)

Family: Lennoaceae
Biome: Sonoran Desert
Location: Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
County, State: Arizona
Photographer: J. Morrison

Pholisma sonorae (Torr. ex Gray) Yatskievyc (sandfood) (23k)

Family: Lennoaceae
Biome: Sonoran Desert
Location: Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
County, State: Arizona
Photographer: J. Morrison

Rudbeckia nitida Nutt. var. nitida (shiny coneflower) (13k)

Family: Asteraceae
Biome: Southeastern Coastal Plain, Upland Pine Forest
Location: Camp Blanding
County, State: Clay county, Florida
Photographer: P. Douglas

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