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.
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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--8176
Halogeton glomeratus (M. Bieb.) C.A. Mey.
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordNumber: 254; recordedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; Taxon: scientificName: Halogetonglomeratus (M. Bieb.) C.A. Mey.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Eudicots; order: Caryophyllales; family: Amaranthaceae; genus: Halogeton; specificEpithet: glomeratus; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: (M. Bieb.) C.A. Mey.; Location: continent: North America; country:
United States of America
; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality:
Mars Desert Research Station
; verbatimLocality: Vicinity of the Mars Desert Research Station, Hanksville, Utah, 500 m radius of "hab"; verbatimElevation:
1371 m
; verbatimLatitude:
38°24'23.2"N
; verbatimLongitude:
110°47'31.1"W
; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate:
November 17, 2014
; habitat: Sandy washes and outcrops surrounding MDRS; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607484; collectionCode:
CAN, UTC
; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordNumber: 267; recordedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; Taxon: scientificName: Halogetonglomeratus (M. Bieb.) C.A. Mey.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Eudicots; order: Caryophyllales; family: Amaranthaceae; genus: Halogeton; specificEpithet: glomeratus; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: (M. Bieb.) C.A. Mey.; 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
; verbatimLongitude:
110°47'20"W
; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate:
November 20, 2014
; habitat: Rocky sandstone desert; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607485; collectionCode:
CAN, UTC
; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen
Notes
This introduced species is highly invasive in the western United States, flourishing in disturbed habitats and alkaline soils (
Holmgren 2003
). It was commonly encountered along Cow Dung Road, and has flourished in the disturbed areas immediately surrounding MDRS (Fig. 24). This species was previously recorded for the nearby San Rafael Swell (
Harris 1983
).
Supplemental Files: CAN 607484 (Suppl. material 27), CAN 607485 (Suppl. material 28).