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August 29, 2008 




Measuring Feeding Trays

Measuring Feeding Trays

Students measure the remains of a feeding tray after it was left overnight near Jordanelle Reservoir. The students put pre-measured feed in the trays the day before and placed the trays near the river corridor in order to test animal foraging behavior.


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Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0112


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Key to Wetland Plants
1.  Plant is a grass, or looks like a grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Go to 2

Plant is not a grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Go to 5

2.  Plant is a GRASS (has hollow stem with bulges that look like joints). . . . Go to 3

Plant looks like a grass (does not have a hollow, jointed stem) . . . . . . . . . . .Go to 4

3.  Grass seed head is soft and feathery;  seeds are small. . . . . Reed canarygrass

Grass seed head is stiff;  seeds are large. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wheatgrass

4.  Plant stem has edges (is triangular) - it is a SEDGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Go to 6

Plant stem is round (but not hollow) - it is a RUSH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Go to 7

5.  Plant is soft and herbaceous (not woody like a tree) - it is a FORB. . . . . Go to 8

Plant has woody stems or branches - it is a TREE or SHRUB. . . . . . . . . . . .Go to 9

6.  Stems are thick, greenish-brown, spotted, with soft edges. . . .Hardstem Bulrush

Stems are narrow, bluish-green with sharp edges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Sedge

7.  Flower is at the end of the stem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Spikerush

Flower is at the side of the stem, but near the end. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Baltic Rush

8.  Leaves and/or stems are prickly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . Go to 12

Leaves and/or stems are mostly smooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Go to 13

9.  Stem and branches have stiff thorns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Russian Olive

Stem and branches are smooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Go to 10

10.  Leaves are narrow and long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Go to 11

Leaves shaped like a triangle and have bumpy edges (serrated) . . Fremont Cottonwood

11.  Leaf buds are covered by one scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willow

Leaf buds are covered by several scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .Narrowleaf Cottonwood

12.  Leaf edges are prickly and lobed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thistle

Leaf edges are prickly and bumpy (serrated), stem is prickly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teasel

13.  Leaves are long and smooth, all leaves are found at the bottom of the stem. . .Cattail

Leaves are either opposite or alternate, are variable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other forbs

Adapted from:  Some Common Cache Valley Wetland Plants, by Barbara Daniels, UDWR.