The Truckee Meadows is a valley in Northern Nevada, named for the Truckee River, which collects and drains all water in the valley. Truckee Meadows is also colloquially used as a name for the Reno–Tahoe-Fernley CSA area, even though the metro area includes areas outside this valley.
Chrysothamnus, known as rabbitbrush, rabbitbush, and chamisa, are shrubs in the sunflower family. The native distribution is in the arid western United States, Canada, and northern Mexico. It is known for its bright white or yellow flowers in late summer.
Rabbitbrush is a common name for shrubs, principally of the western United States, in three related genera of the family Asteraceae:
Ericameria is a genus of North American shrubs in the daisy family.
Astereae is a tribe of plants in the family Asteraceae that includes annuals, biennials, perennials, subshrubs, shrubs, and trees. Plants within the tribe are present nearly worldwide divided into 170 genera and more than 2,800 species, making it the second-largest tribe in the family behind Senecioneae. They are found primarily in temperate regions of the world.
Isocoma commonly called Jimmyweed or goldenweed, is a genus of North American semi-woody shrubs in the sunflower family. It is found in the semi-arid areas of Southwestern United States and Mexico.
Ericameria nauseosa, commonly known as Chamisa, rubber rabbitbrush, and gray rabbitbrush, is a North American shrub in the sunflower family (Aster). It grows in the arid regions of western Canada, western United States and northern Mexico.
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus is a species of shrub in the daisy family of the Americas known by the common names yellow rabbitbrush and green rabbitbrush.
Schoenocrambe argillacea is a rare species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names clay reed-mustard, Uinta Basin plainsmustard, and clay thelypody.
Schoenocrambe barnebyi is a rare species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names Barneby reed-mustard, Syes Butte plainsmustard, and Barneby thelypody. It is endemic to Utah in the United States, where it is known only from Emery and Wayne Counties. It is threatened by habitat degradation and destruction. It is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.
Ericameria paniculata is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family Asteraceae, native to the southwestern United States. It is an evergreen yellow-flowered desert shrub.
Chrysothamnus molestus is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Arizona rabbitbrush, Tusayan rabbitbrush, disturbed rabbitbrush, and stickyfruit low rabbitbrush. It is endemic to the State of Arizona in the southwestern United States, where it is known from Coconino, Apache, and Navajo Counties.
Ericameria parryi is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Parry's rabbitbrush. It is native to much of the western United States.
Lorandersonia baileyi, is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. It was initially discovered in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico in 1902, and has since been collected in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo León.
Chrysothamnus depressus called long-flowered rabbitbrush, is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. It is native to the southwestern United States, the States of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. It grows in dry canyons, rocky crevices and similar habitats in the Mohave Desert, the Colorado Plateau, etc.
Chrysothamnus eremobius, the Pintwater rabbitbrush , is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. It has been found only in the Pintwater and Sheep Ranges of Clark and Lincoln Counties in southern Nevada.
Chrysothamnus greenei, called Greene's rabbitbrush , is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. It has been found in eastern California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and southern Wyoming.
Chrysothamnus scopulorum, called Grand Canyon glowweed or evening-daisy , is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. It has been found only in northern Arizona and southern Utah.
Chrysothamnus vaseyi, called Vasey's rabbitbrush, is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. It has been found in Utah, Colorado, northern New Mexico, southern Wyoming, northern Arizona and eastern Nevada.
Ericameria parishii is a western North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family.
