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Detailed Area Plant List for Tarryall Mountains, East Slope, Jefferson County, United States.
Edited by Tom Schweich
This list is assembled from personal collections, herbarium vouchers, and published lists. For California, much of the data is provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria as indicated by a single dagger “†.” Their web site is at: (http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/). For Colorado, much of the data is provided by the Southwest Environmental Information Network as indicated by a double dagger “‡,” which web site is found at (http://swbiodiversity.org). See their respective websites for copyright information and recommended citation formats.
For a complete list of Locations included in this Area List, see the Locations Included section, below.
For a check list, please see: Check List for Tarryall Mountains, East Slope, Jefferson County, United States.
Cupressaceae
Juniperus communis L. Common Juniper. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site, 3892. 9/12/2024. .
Pinaceae
Pinus ponderosa Laws. Ponderosa Pine. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
3884.
9/12/2024.
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Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco. Douglas Fir. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site, 3885. 9/12/2024. .
Apiaceae
Aletes anisatus (A. Gray) W. L. Theob. & C. C. Tseng. Anise Indian Parsley. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope, Soils are gravelly coarse sandy loams derived from weathered Pike's Peak granite. Forest within the 2002 hayman Fire, along FS Road 211 near the decommissioned Molly Gulch Campground. Paula Fornwalt 3. 20 May 2008. ( CS162583‡ ) Disturbed site in mixed forest of Populus tremuloides/ Pseudotsuga menziesii/ Pinus ponderosa burned in Hayman Fire of 2002. Lost Creek Wilderness Area, Pike National Forest, Hankins Gulch Trail, SW of Goose Creek trailhead. Tim Hogan 5135. 3 Jun 2013. ( COLO1818806‡ RMBL6353‡ ) .
Araliaceae
Aralia nudicaulis L. Wild Sarsaparilla. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope, In moist soil in the shade of large Psuedotsuga. Pike National Forest. Growing along Goose Creek. Mark Duff 139. 14 Aug 1992. ( COLO451104‡ ) .
Asclepiadaceae
Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope,
This was being pollinated by a variety of insects, including at leaste two species of bees, ants, and a large unknown insect, all at the same time.
Cheeseman Lake 7/5" Quadrangle. Along Forest Road 211.
Stephen B. Austin 838.
23 Jul 2013.
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KHD59787‡
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Asteraceae
Achillea millefolium L. (Syn: A. lanulosa Nutt. , A. m. L. var. alpicola (Rydb.) Garrett , A. m. L. var. lanulosa (Nutt.) Piper , A. m. L. var. occidentalis DC. ) Common Yarrow. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial herb to 50 cm.;; Leaves alternate, tendrils absent, finely dissected, aromatic when fresh; Inflorescence, heads enclosed by an involucre, in flat-topped clusters; Phyllaries in 2+ series; Receptacles bearing scale-like bracts (paleate); Perianth in 2 or more whorls, parts in 5s; Phyllaries in 2+ series, not all subtending ray flowers; Flowers open, bisexual, two kinds, some with strap-shaped corollas; Petals fused into a tube; Ray flowers, white, lobe ovate; Disc flowers, white; Stamens = in number to corolla lobes; Ovary inferior. Pistils, 1 per flower (Described from Coll. No. 482, 30 Nov 2011, and Coll. No. 1023, 24 Jul 2013).
- Dispersed Camp Site,
3879.
9/12/2024.
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Antennaria rosea Greene. Rosy Pussytoes. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial herb, to 9 cm., stoloniferous 4-5 cm., forming loose mats in wet muddy soil, all sixteen plants collected pistillate (gynoecious?); Leaves, simple, white tomentose both sides, basal, 35 mm. × 9 mm wide, oblanceolate, cauline, 11-13 mm., linear; Inflorescence, >> basal leaves; Involucre, 5.5-7.0 mm.; Bracts (phyllaries), 5.0-6-5 mm. × 1.1-0.7 mm. wide, green at base, purplish band in middle, tips, white, scarious. (Described from Coll. No. 1083, 25 April 2015).
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope,
aspen grove-marshland
Wigwam Ranch.
John B. Hartwell 736.
4 July 1937.
(
KHD2217‡
)
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Artemisia frigida Willd. Prairie Sagewort. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial herb, to 30 cm., woody at base; Stems many; Leaves alternate, 9 mm., pinnately dissected into 7 parts, silvery hairy; Inflorescence raceme-like, indeterminate, heads 1-3 in axils; Heads have only disk flowers, all alike; Involucre of hairy phyllaries; Phyllaries in 2 series, hairy, not gummy or with tips recurved; Receptacle hairy, not chaffy or bristly; Flowers fertile; Pappus absent; (Described from Coll. No. 1067, 8 Oct 2014).
- Dispersed Camp Site,
3881.
9/12/2024.
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Dieteria bigelovii (A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman var. bigelovii. Bigelow's Tansy Aster. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site, Thin ponderosa pine forest with Erigeron divergens, Heterotheca villosa, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum porteri, Townsendia grandiflora, Castilleja integra, Eriocoma lettermanii, Bouteloua gracilis, and Bouteloua simplex. This area burned in the Hayman Fire of 2002. Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden. Tom Schweich 3372. 12 Sep 2024. . .
Erigeron divergens Torr. & A. Gray. Spreading Fleabane. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Annual or short-lived perennial, to 15 cm., tap-rooted, ±spreading hairy throughout, becoming minutely glandular above, hairs multicellular with clear crosswalls; Leaves, basal, absent or withered; cauline, alternate, petiole ±10 mm. + blade ±12 mm. × 2.4 mm. wide, uniformly hairy, somewhat reduced above; Inflorescence, heads borne singly on leafy stems, peduncles spreading or decurved, but cannot be described as “heads nodding;” Involucre, 3 mm. × limb 12 mm.; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, 2 kinds; Rays, corolla, 3.5 mm., white fading blue; Disk flowers, corolla, 1.7 mm., yellow; Pappus, short scales and longer capillary bristles, similar on ray and disk flowers; Cypsela, 0.8 mm. (Described from Coll. No. 1489. 13 July 2016. See also Coll. No. 3381).
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Thin ponderosa pine forest with Heterotheca villosa, Hymenothrix dissecta, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum porteri, Townsendia grandiflora, Castilleja integra, Eriocoma nelsonii, and Vulpia octoflora.
Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden.
Tom Schweich 3381.
12 Sep 2024.
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Undist.
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Erigeron flagellaris A. Gray. Trailing Fleabane. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial, to 5-6 cm., with scapose inflorescence to 9 cm., spreading by leafy stoloniferous branches; Leaves, basal and cauline, entire, basal, linear-oblanceolate, 35 mm. × 2.5 mm., cauline, linear, 13 mm. × 1.5 mm.; Inflorescence, single heads on scape to 8 cm.; Receptacle epaleate; Phyllaries, 2+series, ±equal, 4 mm., hairy abaxially, ascending multicellular hairs with clear crosswalls, glandular between hairs; Flowers of 2 kinds; Pappus of bristles, 2 mm., + short scales, that of ray and disc flowers alike; Rays, #±80, corolla white, fading lilac, 8 mm. × 0.5 mm.; Disc flowers, corolla yellow, lobes triangular; Achene, short hairy. (Described from Coll. No. 1116, 28 May 2015).
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope,
South slope: dry, gravelly soil, with grass and weeds.
Pike National Forest: Goose Creek.
K. J. Helwick 13.
1 Jun 1916.
(
USFS477732‡
)
.
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Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners var. minor (Hook.) Semple. Hairy False Goldenaster. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Thin ponderosa pine forest with Erigeron divergens, Hymenothrix dissecta, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum porteri, Townsendia grandiflora, Castilleja integra, Eriocoma lettermanii, Bouteloua gracilis, and Bouteloua simplex.
This area burned in the Hayman Fire of 2002.
Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden.
Tom Schweich 3376.
12 Sep 2024.
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Undist.
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Hymenothrix dissecta (A. Gray) B. G. Baldwin. (Syn: Amauriopsis dissecta (A. Gray) Rydb. , Bahia dissecta (A. Gray) Britton ) Ragleaf Bahia. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Thin ponderosa pine forest with Erigeron divergens, Heterotheca villosa, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum porteri, Townsendia grandiflora, Castilleja integra, Eriocoma lettermanii, Bouteloua gracilis, and Bouteloua simplex.
This area burned in the Hayman Fire of 2002.
Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden.
Tom Schweich 3374.
12 Sep 2024.
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Undist.
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Liatris punctata Hook. Dotted Blazing Star. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial herb, to 32 cm.; Leaves, cauline, alternate, 78 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, gradually reduced above, linear, glandular punctate, margins, entire, revolute, sparsely hairy; Inflorescence, single heads in axils on short pedicels; Involucre, 16 mm. × 7 mm. wide, ±cylindrical; Phyllaries, in 2+ series, inbricate, 14 mm. × 3.8 mm. wide, glandular-punctate abaxially distally, margin, ciliate, scarious, tip acute; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, one kind; Disk flowers; Corolla, tube white 8 mm. + lobes purple 2.5 mm.; Pappus, bristles, one series, 10 mm., plumose; Cypsela, 7 mm., hairy. Described from Coll. No. 1264, 29 Jul 2015.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
3889.
9/12/2024.
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Packera fendleri (A. Gray) W.A. Weber & Á. Löve. (Syn: Senecio fendleri A. Gray ) Fendler’s Ragwort. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope,
Sunny south-facing hillside in ponderosa forest.
Originally ID as Senecio fendleri. Lost Creek Project.
Lost Creek Area, Tarryall Mtns., 80 km (50 mi) southwest of Denver and 80 m northwest of Colo. Springs. Near Goose Creek trailhead.
P. Murphy 79143.
9 July 1979.
(
COLO114942‡
)
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Senecio spartioides Torr. & A. Gray. (Syn: S. multicapitatus Greenm. ex Rydb. ) Broomlike Ragwort. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial herb, to 50 cm.; Leaves, basal, unknown, cauline, alternate, 90 mm. × 3 mm. wide, narrowly oblanceolate, reduced above to 30 mm. × 1 mm. wide, variously hairy in axils and ±lower surface; Involucre, 12.5 mm. × 6 mm., narrowly campanulate, bractlets not prominent; Phyllaries, 2 series? or 1 series with 2 forms? outer, 7.5 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, all green, inner, 7.5 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, centrally green with margins chartaceous, all tips dark; Receptacle, epaleate; Rays, fertile, corolla, tube 5 mm. + blade 9 mm. × 2 mm. wide, yellow, lobes 3; Disk flowers, corolla, 6 mm., yellow; Pappus, 1 series of fine capillary bristles, 5 mm.; Cypsela, 4 mm., 5-angled, dark gray, “hirtellous” throughout (not just the angles). Described from Coll. No. 1298, 23 Sep 2015.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Thin ponderosa pine forest with Erigeron divergens, Heterotheca villosa, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum porteri, Townsendia grandiflora, Castilleja integra, Eriocoma lettermanii, Bouteloua gracilis, and Bouteloua simplex.
This area burned in the Hayman Fire of 2002.
Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden.
Tom Schweich 3371.
12 Sep 2024.
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Undist.
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Solidago missouriensis Nutt. Missouri Goldenrod. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial herb, to 35-40 cm., generally glabrous throughout; Leaves, basal, unknown, cauline, alternate, petiole 10-45 cm. + blade 100 mm. × 21-22 mm. wide, reduced above, oblanceolate, margin, sparsely scabrous proximally, serrate distally, glabrous, prominently 3(5)-nerved; Inflorescence, crowded panicle; Pedicels, 1 mm.; Bracts, #2, 1.8 mm.; Involucre, 3.0-4.5 mm. × 3-5 mm. wide, obconic; Phyllaries, 2+ series, 2.2-3.5 mm. × 1 mm. wide, graduated, green, margin chartaceous, veins 1; Receptacle, epaleate, conic; Flowers, 2 kinds; Rays, #12, fertile, tube 2 mm. + blade 2.2 mm., yellow; Disk flower, #12, tube 2.8 mm. + lobes 0.7 mm. = 3.5 mm., yellow; Pappus, capillary bristles, 3.0 mm.; Cypsela, 0.4-0.6 mm., glabrous-sparsely hairy. Described from Coll. No. 1255, 26 Jul 2015, and Coll. No. 1519, 29 Jul 2016. Distinguished in part by its glabrous characters and presence of 3 prominent nerves on leaves. Jepson eFlora notes that S. missouriensis Nutt. Is misapplied to S. spectabilis (D. C. Eaton) A. Gray. FNANM states that, in the west, it can be similar to smaller plants of S. spectabilis (13 Sep 2014).
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Thin ponderosa pine forest with Erigeron divergens, Heterotheca villosa, Hymenothrix dissecta, Symphyotrichum porteri, Townsendia grandiflora, Castilleja integra, Eriocoma lettermanii, Bouteloua gracilis, and Bouteloua simplex.
This area burned in the Hayman Fire of 2002.
Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden.
Tom Schweich 3375.
12 Sep 2024.
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Undist.
)
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Symphyotrichum porteri (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom. (Syn: Aster porteri A. Gray ) Smooth White Aster. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial herb, to 35 cm., eglandular, generally not hairy; Stem ascending; Leaves, cauline, alternate, sessile, 53 mm. × 3 mm. wide, lance-linear, many rolled, tip pointed, maybe spinulose, generally glabrous except some distal margins; Inflorescence, crowded, ±flat-topped; Heads borne simgly on short pedicels; Involucre, 5 mm. × 8 mm. wide; Phyllaries, 2+series, 3.5 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, ±equal, inner ≥ outer, mid-vein green, margins white proximally, green distally, tip acute; Receptacle, epaleate, convex (if not conic); Flowers of two kinds; Rays, fertile, corolla, 6.5 mm., white; Disk flowers, corolla, 3.0 mm., yellow; Pappus, bristles, barbed, single, 2.5 mm.; Cypsela, 0.7 mm., sparsely hairy. Described from Coll. No. 1266, 29 Jul 2015.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Thin ponderosa pine forest with Heterotheca villosa, Hymenothrix dissecta, Solidago missouriensis, Castilleja integra, Eriocoma nelsonii, and Vulpia octoflora.
Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden.
Tom Schweich 3383.
12 Sep 2024.
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Undist.
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Townsendia grandiflora Nutt. Largeflower Townsend Daisy. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial herb, to 15 cm.; Stem, villous; Leaves, opposite below, alternate above, 32-43 mm. × 3 mm. wide, narrowly oblanceolate, long ciliate at base; Inflorescence, heads borne singly; Involucre, 12 mm. × 25 mm. wide; Phyllaries, 5+ imbricate series, 13 mm. × 2.5-3.0 mm. wide, ±equal, ovate, margin ciliate, tip acuminate, green around prominent mid-vein, chartaceous margins; Receptacle, flat, epaleate, very short bristles; Flowers of two kinds; Rays, sterile, pappus, scales, 0.6 mm., corolla, 14-21 mm. × 1.2-1.5 mm. wide, white with purple center; Disk, 14-21 mm. wide, pappus, bristles, 4.0 mm., corolla, 4.5-5.0 mm., yellow; cypsela, 4 mm. × 1.3 mm., laterally compressed (Described from Coll. No. 1247, 24 Jul 2015, and Coll. No. 1404, 8 June 2016).
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Thin ponderosa pine forest with Heterotheca villosa, Hymenothrix dissecta, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum porteri, Castilleja integra, Eriocoma nelsonii, and Vulpia octoflora.
Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden.
Tom Schweich 3382.
12 Sep 2024.
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Undist.
)
.
Boraginaceae
Lithospermum multiflorum Torrey ex A. Gray. Many Flowered Stoneseed. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial … cleistogamous flowers absent. Flowers heterostyled and dimorphic.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
3886.
9/12/2024.
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Oreocarya virgata (Porter) Greene. (Syn: Cryptantha virgata (Porter) Payson ) Miner"s Candle. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope, Sunny south-facing hillside in ponderosa forest. Lost Creek Project; Miner's candle. Originally identified as Cryptantha virgata. Handwritten note says = Oreocarya. Lost Creek Area, Tarryall Mtns., 80km (50mi) southwest of Denver and 80km northwest of Colo. Springs, near Goose Creek trailhead. P. Murphy 79144. 9 Jul 1979. ( COLO429233‡ ) . .
Phacelia heterophylla Pursh. Varileaf Phacelia. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Described by Pursh (1814) from a collection by M. Lewis Jun-Jul, 1806 on the banks of the Kooskooskie (Clearwater) River.
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope,
Cheeseman Lake 7.5" Quadrangle. Along the Forest Road #211 roadside.
Stephen B. Austin 836.
23 Jul 2013.
(
KHD59788‡
)
.
Campanulaceae
Campanula rotundifolia L. (=Campanula petiolata A. DC.) Harebell. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Leaves, basal, ?, cauline, alternate, ±lance-linear, 52 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide; Inflorescence, solitary and loose racemes; Pedicel, 9 mm.; Calyx, tube 2.5 mm. + 5 lobes 2.5 mm. = 5.0 mm.; Corolla, 13 mm, blue-purple; Capsule, nodding, 5.5 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, opening by pores near the base. Described from Coll. No. 1246, 24 July 2015.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
3890.
9/12/2024.
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Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera involucrata (Richardson) Banks ex Spreng. Twinberry Honeysuckle. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope,
Stream bank shrub
Wigam Ranch, Colorado
John B. Hartwell 708.
4 Jul 1937.
(
KHD13231‡
)
.
Caryophyllaceae
Eremogone fendleri (A. Gray) Ikonnikov. (Syn: Arenaria fendleri A. Gray ) Fendler's Sandwort. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial herb, tufted, to 30 cm.; Stem, proximal glabrous, distal short glandular hairy “peg-like hairs”; Leaves, mostly basal, cauline, stipules absent, opposite, 50 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, linear to needle-like, erect to appressed, margin finely scabrous, tip small spinulose; Inflorescence, open cyme; Pedicels, 3-8 mm.; Sepals, #5 distinct, 4.5-5.0 mm. × 1 mm. wide, glandular hairy (or stipitate glandular); Petals, white, 5 mm., entire; Stamens, #10; Anthers, purple; Styles, #3. Described from Coll. No. 1270, 1374, and 2372.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
3891.
9/12/2024.
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Cornaceae
Cornus canadensis L. (Syn: Chamaepericlymenum canadense L.) Asch. & Graebn. ) Bunchberry Dogwood. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope, In moist soil along creek in the shade of large Pseudotsuga. Pike National Forest. Growing along Goose Creek. Mark Duff 131. 14 Aug 1992. ( COLO253427‡ ) .
Ericaceae
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Sprengel. (Syn: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Sprengel ssp. adenotricha (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor ) Bearberry. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site, 3894. 9/12/2024. .
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope,
Plants forming low mats, open ponderosa -douglas fir forest on Pike's Peak granite gravel substrate. Abundant and widespread.
Front Range, Tarryall Mountains, South Platte River below Cheeseman Reservoir. Along jeep trail about 1 miles E of Pike National Forest rd 211, 2 miles W of South Platte River at the head of Wildcat Creek.
Loraine Yeatts 1264.
4 May 1986.
(
KHD30608‡
)
.
Fabaceae
Oxytropis multiceps Nuttall. Southwestern Locoweed. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope,
Open poderosa-douglas fir forest on Pikes Peak granite gravel substrate. Abundant on W facing steep, gravelly roadside, common.
Front Range, Yarrtall Mountains, South Platte River below Cheesman Reservoir, road cut along Pike National Forest Road 211, on hill above Goose Creek Campground.
Loraine Yeatts 1263.
4 May 1986.
(
KHD11306‡
)
.
Fumariaceae
Corydalis aurea Willd. Scrambled Eggs. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope,
Disturbed site in mixed forest of Populus tremuloides/ Pseudotsuga menziesii/ Pinus ponderosa burned in Hayman Fire of 2002.
Lost Creek Wilderness Area, Pike National Forest, Hankins Gulch Trail, SW of Goose Creek trailhead.
Tim Hogan 5134.
3 Jun 2013.
(
COLO1818814‡
RMBL6329‡
)
.
Geraniaceae
Geranium caespitosum James. Pineywoods Geranium. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
3880.
9/12/2024.
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Grossulariaceae
Ribes cereum Douglas. Wax Currant. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
3887.
9/12/2024.
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Montiaceae
Phemeranthus parviflorus (Nutt.) Kiger. Sunbright. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
dense in crack between boulders.
3878.
9/12/2024.
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Orobanchaceae
Castilleja integra A. Gray. Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Thin ponderosa pine forest with Erigeron divergens, Heterotheca villosa, Hymenothrix dissecta, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum porteri, Townsendia grandiflora, Eriocoma lettermanii and Bouteloua simplex.
This area burned in the Hayman Fire of 2002.
Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden.
Tom Schweich 3378.
12 Sep 2024.
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Undist.
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Plantaginaceae
Penstemon virens Pennell ex Rydb. Front Range Beardtongue. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope,
Lost Creek Wilderness Area, Pike National Forest, Hankins Gulch Trail, SW of Goose Creek trailhead.
Lost Creek Wilderness Area, Pike National Forest, Hankins Gulch Trail, SW of Goose Creek trailhead.
Tim Hogan 5136.
3 Jun 2013.
(
COLO1818798‡
RMBL6352‡
)
.
Polemoniaceae
Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V. E. Grant. (Syn: Gilia aggregata (Pursh) Sprengel ) Scarlet Gilia. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site, 3882. 9/12/2024. .
Rosaceae
Cercocarpus montanus Raf. Alder-Leaf Mountain Mahogany. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Described by Rafinesque from a specimen collected by Edwin James of the Long Expedition, 1820, probably in present Jefferson County, Colorado. Rafinesque was somewhat frustrated by Torrey's reluctance publish a new species name in assigning James' collection to C. fothergillides Humb. Bonpl. And Kunth.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
3883.
9/12/2024.
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Geum macrophyllum Willd. Large-leaf Avens. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial herb, to 50 cm., plant drying green; Leaves, upper stem leaves divided near to base; Sepals 5; Hypanthium bractlets (not visible); Petals 5 (not visible); Style continuous to fruit, 3 mm., hooked, not plumose, without bristles, non-glandular; Fruit, many per flower, 2.5 mm (Described from Coll. No. 438.1, 12 Nov 2012, var. perincisum considered indistinct).
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope,
Growing along a small creek in a cool damp grotto.
Pike National Forest. Side drainage of Goose Creek 1 mile west of Hankens Gulch.
Mark Duff 129.
14 Aug 1992.
(
COLO689679‡
)
.
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Potentilla L. Cinquefoil. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Lvs. pinnate, adaxial gray.
3888.
9/12/2024.
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Alliaceae
Allium cernuum Roth. Nodding Onion. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
3895.
9/12/2024.
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Iridaceae
Sisyrinchium montanum Greene. Rocky Mountain Blue-Eyed Grass. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Tarryall Mountains, East Slope,
Sunny area near stream.
Lost Creek Area, Tarryall Mtns., 80km (50mi) southwest of Denver and 80km northwest of Colo. Springs. Near Goose Creek trailhead.
P. Murphy 79145.
9 July 1979.
(
COLO415000‡
)
.
Poaceae
Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths. (Syn: Chondrosum gracile Kunth ) Blue Grama. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Thin ponderosa pine forest with Erigeron divergens, Heterotheca villosa, Hymenothrix dissecta, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum porteri, Townsendia grandiflora, Castilleja integra, Eriocoma lettermanii and Bouteloua simplex.
This area burned in the Hayman Fire of 2002.
Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden.
Tom Schweich 3377.
12 Sep 2024.
(
Undist.
)
.
.
Bouteloua simplex Lag. Matted Grama. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Thin ponderosa pine forest with Erigeron divergens, Heterotheca villosa, Hymenothrix dissecta, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum porteri, Townsendia grandiflora, Castilleja integra, and Eriocoma nelsonii.
Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden.
Tom Schweich 3380.
12 Sep 2024.
(
Undist.
)
.
.
Eriocoma lettermanii (Vasey) Romansch. (Syn: Achnatherum lettermanii (Vasey) Barkworth ) Letterman's Needlegrass. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial, to 70 cm., clumped; Leaves, sheath, 80 mm., open, glabrous, ligule, membranous, 1 mm., auricles, absent, blade, 150 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide, revolute, sparsely scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, panicle, 100 mm. × 12 mm. wide, spikelets, many; Axis, not extended, glabrous; Spikelets, many, 6 mm. × 1 mm. wide, excluding awn, similar, borne singly, pedicels, 1.2-6.0 mm., 1-flowered; Compression, unremarkable; Disarticulation, above the glumes; Glumes, subequal, lower, 7 mm. × 1 mm. wide, veins, #1, upper, 6.5 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, = lowest floret, veins, #3, rounded, membranous, tip, extended sharp soft point, not really an awn; Florets, 1 per spikelet, bisexual; Callus, 0.5 mm., pointed, but not sharp like other cogeners, short, straight, white hairs; Lemma, 4 mm., ≤glumes, ovate, color, tan, stiff but not hard, hairs, slightly longer and more dense distally than proximally, straight, longest 1.2 mm., color white, veins, #3, parallel, then converging at awn, tip, 2-forked, awns, #1, 17 mm., attached at end of lemma, scabrous, bent twice, twisted, terminal segment straight; Palea, 3.5 mm., <lemma, 87% length of lemma, membranous, hairy, hairs extending beyond tip, tip, entire, color, tan; Anthers, 1.4 mm.; Achene, 3 mm., green. (Described from Coll. No. 1998, 24 July 2018. See also Coll. No. 3343.1.)
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Thin ponderosa pine forest with Erigeron divergens, Heterotheca villosa, Hymenothrix dissecta, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum porteri, Townsendia grandiflora, Castilleja integra, and Bouteloua simplex.
Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden.
Tom Schweich 3379.
12 Sep 2024.
(
Undist.
)
.
.
Muhlenbergia montana (Nutt.) Hitchc. Mountain Muhly. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
Perennial grass, to 50 cm., caespitose; Leaves, sheath, open, ligule, membraneous, 4.5 mm., auricles, 0, blade, 110 mm. × 1 mm. wide; Inflorescence, rather sparse contracted panicle, 120 mm.; Florets per spikelet, #1; Glumes, #2, papery, toothed, lower, 1.5 mm., upper, 2 mm., teeth 3; Lemma, 3 mm. + awn 13 mm., flexuous, tuft of hairs at base; Palea, 2.8 mm. Described from Coll. No. 1282, 28 Aug 2015.
- Dispersed Camp Site,
Thin ponderosa pine forest with Erigeron divergens, Heterotheca villosa, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum porteri, Townsendia grandiflora, Castilleja integra, Eriocoma lettermanii, Bouteloua gracilis, and Bouteloua simplex.
This area burned in the Hayman Fire of 2002.
Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden.
Tom Schweich 3373.
12 Sep 2024.
(
Undist.
)
.
.
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash. Little Bluestem. CalPhotos. Jepson eFlora. SEINet Taxon.
- Dispersed Camp Site, 3893. 9/12/2024. .
| Total number of taxa: | 46 |
| Native Taxa: (serif, italic, bold) | 45 |
| Exotic Taxa: (sans-serif, italic) | 0 |
| Nativity Undetermined: (default font, italic) | 1 |
| Listed Weeds: Identified as Weed | 0 |
Notes:
† -- Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria (ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/).
‡ -- Southwest Environmental Information Network, SEINet. 2009-2014. http//:swbiodiversity.org/seinet/index.php. Accessed from July 2009 to September 2014.
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Date and time this article was prepared: 2/4/2025 12:05:43 PM.
