Tom Schweich  

If you are following the Kinney Run Field Trip, make a sharp right turn (southeast) onto the 6th Avenue Trail, cross the creek, then make a sharp left turn (north) onto the Illinois Avenue Trail.

Field Trip Stop 9

Typha latifolia “Cattails”

Dam across Deadman Gulch, reconstructed in late 2016.

Field Trip Stop 8

Location of Coll. No. 1441, Hesperis matronalis.

Field Trip Stop 7

Field Trip Stop 6

The shrub to the right (east) is Crataegus succulenta “Fleshy Hawthorn” The vine growing on it is Clematis ligusticifolia “Western White Clematis”

Field Trip Stop 5

The stream from the west comes from Lookout Mountain by way of Deadman Gulch. It passes under the Kinney Run Trail and joins Kinney Run behind us. The little wet lowland is one place that Ribes aureum “Golden Currant” and R. cereum “Wax Currant” can be seen side-by-side. The shrub is Prunus americana “American Plum&rdquo. I have also found three non-native plants from the Brassicaceae, Mustard Family, here:

• Barbarea vulgaris “Garden Yellowrocket,“ down in the bed of the creek.
• Thlaspi arvense “Field Penny Cress,” on the banks of the creek.
• Draba nemorosa “Woodland Whitlow Grass,” hidden along deep grasses, forbs, and a few shrubs.

Lyrate lower leaf of Coll. No. 1818, Barbarea vulgaris	Coarsely dentate leaves of Coll. No. 1820, Thlaspi arvense	Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1821, Draba nemorosa	Coll. No. 1821, Draba nemorosa	Overview of Coll. No. 1821, Draba nemorosa

Field Trip Stop 4

Cambria Lime Kiln.

The Golden Civic Foundation interpretive panel at the Cambria Lime Kiln reads as follows:

The Cambria Lime Kiln stands as one of the few remaining historic facilities of Goldens industrial legacy. It is the only known surviving man-made industrial component of Golden's brick-making operations and is likely the only historic industrial kiln of any kind remaining in the Golden region and possibly in all of Jefferson County. The company and the individuals behind it had a tremendous influence on the development of the Golden area during the 1880s and 1890s when Golden was a booming town.

The Cambria Lime Kiln was constructed in 1879 and was made from native sandstone that was quarried from its vicinity. The fact that is was built from stone and not from brick is a rather unusual feature for an industrial kiln of this region. The Cambria Brick and Tile Company which operated in Golden from 1879 to the mid-1890s, built this kiln to serve its commercial and residential interests. Through its plant, kilns, and lime and clay quarries, the Cambria Company became one of the most diverse and productive industrial plants in Jefferson County and was responsible for much of the building materials used to develop Golden in the late 19th century. The Cambria Lime Kiln is the final remaining structure of the Cambria Company's operations.

Look across Kinney Run to the northwest to a small hill with rocks that are white in color. This dry little hill might be a failed hogback. There are a couple of interesting collections from this hill.

• Lithospermum arvense “Corn Gromwell.” This unusual non-native is not often collected in Colorado. It is most often collected in central Jefferson County and around Boulder. Noxious in Kentucky and New England States.

Cambria Lime Kiln

Video of coyote flushed from shrubby vegetation on east slope of Kinney Run

Also attached are two references to disturbance of wildlife by hikers and other references.

Field Trip Stop 3

Knob of rock east of Kinney Run Trail.

There is an old trail or road up the slope and across the top of the knob of sandstone. At our feet are little mops of very fine leaved grass. I believe this will be Festuca saximontana “Rocky Mountain Fescue.” It is not native to Golden, but instead often used in revegetation.

Nestled in the Rocky Mountain Fescue at our feet is one Astragalus shortianus “Short's Milkvetch.” This is a foothills native. It seems unlikely that it was planted here. Instead, it was naturally seeded here.

The sandstone is named the Lykens(?) Sandstone and is Permian-Triassic in age. (Check this!) It is quite soft and easily eroded, so the field ftip will not go up onto the outcrop. Growing in the sandstone are numerous Physaria vitulifera.

View generally south of Kinney Run.	View of knob where some Physaria vitulifera grow.

Field Trip Stop 2

Noxious plants:

• Cynoglossum officinale “Gypsy Flower” or “Hounds Tongue”
• Euphorbia myrsinites “Myrtle Spurge”

West-facing slope below hogback outcrop, location of Coll. No. 1779, Euphorbia myrsinites.

Field Trip Stop 1

We have crossed the creek of Kinney Run. Above and to the east is the sandstone outcrop that defines Kinney Run. Plants that have been collected here are:

• Physaria vitulifera
• Rubus deliciosus
• Allium textile
• Zigadenus paniculatus

Coll. No. 1778, Chorispora tenella, at a small waste place between the trail and the creek, just north of Tripp Ranch.

Start of Field Trip

The Kinney Run Botanic Field Trip starts at the intersection of Tripp Road and Crawford Street. From there, it runs generally north (downhill) to the end of Illinois Street.

Do not try to park on Tripp Road. There is no parking. Instead park on Crawford Street. Or, better yet, park at Shelton School and walk down to the start.

From Crawford Street, walk east on Tripp Road to the intersection with Kinney Run Trail and Stop 1.

Junction: Crawford Street, Kinney Run Trail follows Crawford Street from Tripp Road south to Tripp Drive.

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