Flora of Western Utah—Early Cenozoic to the Present
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Cenozoic Geology of Western Utah: Sites for Precious Metal and Hydrocarbon Accumulations,
Publisher
Utah Geological Association
Publication Date
3-1987
First Page
65
Last Page
74
Abstract
The evolution of the flora of the Great Basin appears to be closely paralleled in the development of semi-arid and arid floras in the rest of the world. The Early Mesozoic flora was dominated by gymnosperms that were replaced by the rapidly evolving early flowering plants ofthe Late Mesozoic. The flora of the Great Basin during the Cenozoic is a story of the evolution of flowering plants and their subsequent dramatic adaptations to desert conditions. The present desert flora appears to be derived chiefly from the Tertiary floras which ...
Recommended Citation
Shultz, Leila M. and Shultz, John S., "Flora of Western Utah—Early Cenozoic to the Present" (1987). Wildland Resources Faculty Publications. Paper 1651.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wild_facpub/1651
