Flora of the Western United States

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Flora of the Western United States encompasses the diverse native plant life found across the region’s varied ecosystems, from coastal forests and mountain conifers to deserts and grasslands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biota of a region
ecoregional flora
flora
characteristicOf Great Basin region
linked to: Great Basin

Pacific coastal forests
Rocky Mountain region
Southwestern deserts
western Great Plains
linked to: Great Plains
country United States of America
habitatIncludes Mediterranean-type shrublands
alpine tundra
chaparral
coastal dunes
cold deserts
grasslands
hot deserts
montane coniferous forests
pinyon-juniper woodlands
riparian zones
sagebrush steppe
subalpine forests
temperate rainforests
hasPart flora of California
flora of the Cascade Range
flora of the Chihuahuan Desert
flora of the Coast Ranges
flora of the Colorado Plateau
flora of the Columbia Plateau
flora of the Great Basin
flora of the Great Plains (western portion)
flora of the Mojave Desert
flora of the Pacific Northwest
flora of the Rocky Mountains
flora of the Sierra Nevada
flora of the Sonoran Desert
flora of the Southwestern United States
includesTaxon Abies concolor
Abies grandis
linked to: Abies

Arctostaphylos spp.
Artemisia tridentata
Atriplex canescens
linked to: Atriplex

Bouteloua gracilis
Bromus carinatus
Carnegiea gigantea
linked to: Carnegiea

Ceanothus spp.
Chamerion angustifolium
linked to: Chamerion

Eriogonum spp.
Festuca idahoensis
Juncus spp.
Juniperus occidentalis
linked to: Juniperus

Larix occidentalis
linked to: Larix

Larrea tridentata
Lupinus spp.
Opuntia spp.
Penstemon spp.
linked to: Penstemon digitalis

Picea engelmannii
Pinus contorta
Pinus edulis
linked to: Pinus monophylla

Pinus monophylla
Pinus ponderosa
linked to: Ponderosa pine

Populus fremontii
Populus tremuloides
linked to: Populus

Pseudoroegneria spicata
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Quercus agrifolia
Quercus garryana
Salix spp.
Salvia apiana
linked to: Salvia

Sarcobatus vermiculatus
linked to: Sarcobatus

Sequoia sempervirens
linked to: California redwood

Sequoiadendron giganteum
linked to: giant sequoia

Sphaeralcea spp.
Typha latifolia
linked to: Typha species

Yucca brevifolia
influencedBy Mediterranean climate
alpine climate
continental climate
desert climate
region Western United States
threatenedBy altered fire regimes
climate change
habitat loss
invasive plant species

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Engelmann spruce belongsToFloraOf Flora of the Western United States
Flora of the Western United States hasPart flora of the Sierra Nevada
linked to: Flora of the Western United States