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Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall

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Forster's Tern
species of bird
Abies lasiocarpa
species of plant
Swainson's Thrush
species of bird
Shepherdia
Shepherdia, commonly called buffaloberry or bullberry, is a genus of small shrubs in the Elaeagnaceae family. The plants are native to northern and western North America. They are non-legume nitrogen fixers.
Yucca glauca
species of plant
Quercus michauxii
species of plant
Ficus aurea
species of plant
Quercus gambelii
species of plant
Quercus dumosa
species of plant
Balsamorhiza
thumb|left|Leaves are mostly basal with long petiole (botany)|petioles, entire as in this Balsamorhiza careyana individual, or with one to three pinnate lobes Balsamorhiza is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae known commonly as balsamroots. These are perennials with fleshy taproots and caudices bearing erect stems and large, basal leaves. Atop the tall stems are showy yellow sunflower-like blooms. Balsamroots are native to western North America (United States and Canada).
Opuntia fragilis
species of plant
Taxus floridana
species of plant
Amphicarpaea
Amphicarpaea, commonly known as hogpeanut, is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes three species native to eastern North America and southern, southeastern, and eastern Asia. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Salix exigua
species of plant
Collomia
Collomia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae. Species in the genus are known generally as trumpets, mountain trumpets, or trumpet flowers. They are native to North America and southern South America. The genus name comes from the Greek kolla ("glue"), a reference to the seeds, which become gelatinous in texture when wet.
Rafinesquia
Rafinesquia, commonly known as plumeseed, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico.
Shepherdia canadensis
species of plant
Boykinia
Boykinia is a small genus of plants related to the saxifrages. It contains at least nine species, known as brookfoams. Brookfoams are glandular rhizomatous creeping perennials with highly lobed or toothed leaves and inflorescences of petite flowers. They are native to North America (the west coast from Alaska to Baja California and the southeastern United States) and Asia (Japan).
Collinsia
Collinsia is a genus of about 20 species of annual flowering plants, consisting of the blue eyed Marys and the Chinese houses. It was traditionally placed in the snapdragon family Scrophulariaceae, but following recent research in molecular genetics, it has now been placed in a much enlarged family Plantaginaceae.
Hordeum pusillum
species of plant
Chrysothamnus
Chrysothamnus, known as rabbitbrush, rabbitbush, and chamisa, are a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae. 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.
Gentiana alba
species of plant
Balduina
genus of plants
Ericameria
Ericameria is a genus of North American shrubs in the family Asteraceae.
Golden aster
Chrysopsis (golden asters) are plants in the family Asteraceae native to the southern and eastern United States. All the species are found in Florida, although some are found in other states as well.
Artemisia arbuscula
species of plant
Stylocline
Stylocline (neststraw) is a small genus of North American desert plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
Isocoma
Isocoma, commonly called jimmyweed or goldenweed, is a genus of North American semi-woody shrubs in the family Asteraceae. It is found in the semi-arid areas of Southwestern United States and Mexico.
Dudleya pulverulenta
species of plant
Trillium viridescens
species of plant
Triantha
Triantha is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Tofieldiaceae, first described as a genus in 1879. False asphodel is a common name for plants in this genus.
Stanleya
genus of plants
Warea
genus of plants
Potentilla rivalis
species of plant
Streptanthus
Streptanthus is a genus of plants within the family Brassicaceae. There are 56 known species within the genus Streptanthus, distributed through the western and south-central United States and northern Mexico. The common names for this genus are twistflower and jewelflower. Twenty-four of the species and eleven lesser taxa occur in California, thirty-two of which are California endemics; seventeen of these California taxa are classified as rare plants.
Dudleya edulis
species of plant
Selenia
genus of plants
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Species of flowering plant in family Asteraceae
Ceanothus spinosus
species of plant
Chorizanthe fimbriata
species of plant
Dudleya lanceolata
species of plant
Xylococcus bicolor
species of plant
Xylorhiza
genus of plants
Castilleja angustifolia
species of plant
Uropappus
Uropappus, commonly called silverpuffs, is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. Some authors accept only one species, U. lindleyi, and separate Stebbinsoseris.
Meconella
Meconella is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family. They are known generally as fairypoppies. ==Species== There are about 3 species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Name!! Distribution |- | ||Meconella californica – California fairypoppy||around the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sierra foothills |- |120px ||Meconella denticulata – smallflower fairypoppy|| from around the San Francisco Bay Area to the Peninsular Ranges |- | ||Meconella oregana – white fairypoppy|| Oregon, California, Washington and British Columbia. |- |}
Asplenium pinnatifidum
species of plant
Aristolochia reticulata
species of plant
Buckleya distichophylla
species of plant
Myosotis verna
species of plant
Mentzelia multiflora
species of plant
Helianthus pumilus
species of plant
Ceanothus cuneatus
species of plant
Dissanthelium californicum
species of plant
Coreopsis maritima
species of plant
Orobanche ludoviciana
species of plant
Ceanothus oliganthus
species of plant
Solidago speciosa
species of plant
Calyptridium
Calyptridium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae.
Brickellia grandiflora
species of plant