Neighborhood Access Trail

Eastern Mojave Vegetation	Neighborhood Access Trail, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado
	Tom Schweich

Very short road from Easley Road onto the southeast slopes of North Table Mountain.

Other articles:
• North Table Loop: at Neighborhood Access Trl;
• Field Notes: 8 Nov 2015;

Upper end of the Neighborhood Access Trail.

Intersection: North Table Loop

Trail crosses stream bed of Cottonwood Canyon.

Other articles:
• Field Notes: 8 Nov 2015;

View northwest up Cottonwood Canyon

View along Neighborhood Access Trail

Other articles:
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1352, 20 May 2016;

Coll. No. 1352, Scutellaria brittonii

Coll. No. 1352, Scutellaria brittonii, and Coll. No. 1353, Allium textile, above the rock outcrop beside the trail.

Other articles:
• Field Notes: 8 Nov 2015;

View northwest up Cottonwood Canyon

Intersection: Neighborhood Access Trail, to W. 43rd Drive.

Switchback

Literature Cited:
- Chen, Chia Jui, Meghan G. Mendenhall, and Billie L. Turner, 1994.

Other articles:
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1347, 20 May 2016;

Patch of Thermopsis rhombifolia var. divaricarpa, Coll. No. 1347.

Small meadow below trail; location of Coll. No. 1347, Thermopsis rhombifolia.

Game trail down to meadow and creek.

Small point of rocks; Allium textile collected above.

Other articles:
• Field Notes: near Coll. No. 1310; Coll. No. 1311; Coll. No. 1345, 12 May 2016;

Habitat of Coll. No. 1311, Leucocrinum montanum.

Habitat of Physaria vitulifera and Escobaria sp. beside neighborhood trail.

Coll. No. 1345, Physaria vitulifera

Leucocrinum montanum habitat above the trail. Plant was more common on the south slopes further up the canyon.

Literature Cited:
- Chen, Chia Jui, Meghan G. Mendenhall, and Billie L. Turner, 1994.

Other articles:
• Neighborhood Access Trail: near trailhead;
• Field Notes: near Coll. No. 1310;

Thermopsis rhombifolia var. divaricarpa on the southeast side of North Table Mountain.

Thermopsis rhombifolia var. divaricarpa, in flower, no fruit yet.

Thermopsis rhombifolia variety unknown, no fruit yet, above the trail.

Other articles:
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1354, 20 May 2016;

Glandular teeth on leaf margin of Coll. No. 1354, Prunus pensylvanica

Coll. No. 1354, Prunus pensylvanica

Coll. No. 1354, Prunus pensylvanica, beside trail.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora: Chorispora tenella;
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1308; Coll. No. 1309;

Habitat of Coll. No. 1308, Chorispora tenella

Coll. No. 1309, Berberis repens

Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1308, Chorispora tenella

Coll. No. 1308, Chorispora tenella

Coll. No. 1309, Berberis repens

Old home site? Location of Coll. No. 1308.

Other articles:
• Ridge Road: at Ulysses;

Locations: Cottonwood Canyon.

Cottonwood Canyon

Trailhead: Ridge Road, Ulysses Way

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Date and time this article was prepared: 8/1/2026 2:58:49 PM