Great Basin Naturalist
Abstract
The algal flora of selected soils in the Uintah Basin, Uintah County, Utah, was studied. A total of 45 species was identified from the top soils of three different vascular plant habitats. The soil algal flora was dominated in biomass by filamentous Cyanophyta, including Microcoleus vaginatus, Phormidium minnesotense, and three species of Nostoc. These algae formed the algal matrix of the soil within which other Cyanophyta as well as Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta, and Euglenophyta occurred.
Recommended Citation
Ashley, John; Rushforth, Samuel R.; and Johansen, Jeffrey R.
(1985)
"Soil algae of cryptogamic crusts from the Uintah Basin, Utah, U.S.A.,"
Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 45:
No.
3, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol45/iss3/6
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