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Abstract
This paper provides an overview of botanical investigations in southeastern Utah, but is not so-restricted geographically. It grew out of the discovery of decades-old manuscripts on the flora of what became Canyonlands National Park in 1964, but from those typescript copies the coverage grew outward geographically and backward in time to the earliest inhabitants of what is today known as the Four Corners Region of the American Southwest. Reviewed is the account of utilization of the region and its natural resources by aboriginal inhabitants who were familiar with all of it. That early, and to an extent, continuous occupation was ultimately interdicted by peoples mainly of European origin, some of whom made the place their own by occupation and utilization, but some of whom were botanically inclined and attempted to understand and inventory the unique portions of the interesting floras encountered in this arid land of plateaus and exposed geological strata. Designation of a portion of the land wherein two rivers run into it and only one emerges as a national park changed the focus of the region from mere occupation to observation of its wonders, and the present paper is devoted to a review of the botanical wonders of the canyons of the Colorado Plateau, and more specifically those concerning the plant compliment of the Canyonlands.
Table of Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Map of Canyonlands National Park
Abstract
Prologue
Introduction
Field Botany 1950
A March Through Time
The Arches Expedition - 1963
Natural Bridges National Monument 1964
Canyonlands National Park 1964
A Flora of Canyonlands National Park
Phytogeographic Considerations
Impacts
Annotated Checklist of the Canyonlands Flora
Cow Canyon
Previous and Subsequent Footprints
Navajo Basin or Canyonlands
The Navajo–Kaiparowits Project – 1971–1975
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
Hanging Garden
Other Miscellany
References
Appendix – Memory of Bates Wilson
An Afterthought
Publication Date
2014
Keywords
botanical collections, Canyonlands National Park, field botany, flora, grazing effects
Disciplines
Botany | Desert Ecology
Recommended Citation
Welsh, Stanley L. and Moore, Glen, "Botanists in The Canyonlands of the Colorado Plateau – 1950–1983 & Prior" (2014). Books by Faculty of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. 10.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/mlbm/10