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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3200, 29 Aug 2023.
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Name List: Humulus neomexicanus
3200. Humulus neomexicanus (A. Nelson & Cockerell) Rydb.
Mouth of Clear Creek Canyon, beside the flume of the Welch Ditch, 2.53 km. (geodesic) west southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7468,-105.2483,WGS 1984) Sunny southwest-facing site, upper side of the flume, in a small steep gulch, with Holodiscus dumosus, and Cercocarpus montanus.
8/28/2023
Welch Ditch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: COLO(122)
, d: CS(124)
, CAS718154‡
, CDA56593‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3201, 29 Aug 2023.
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Name List: Humulus neomexicanus
3201. Humulus neomexicanus (A. Nelson & Cockerell) Rydb.
Mouth of Clear Creek Canyon, along the Welch Ditch in a small steep gulch, 2.55 km. (geodesic) west southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7447,-105.2486,WGS 1984) Upper side of flume, wetter site, edge of Douglas fir and water birch. GPS coordinates inaccurate due to cliffs in the canyon; actual location about 80 meters to the northeast. One of three collections of hops made along the ditch this day.
8/29/2023
Welch Ditch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: EIU(126)
, COLO
, CS202194‡
, JCOSs.n.
, KHD 87494‡
, OBI‡
, REGISs.n.
, UCR308525‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3202, 29 Aug 2023.
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Name List: Ambrosia trifida
3202. Ambrosia trifida L.
West end of Golden History Park, at the western entrance gate, 395 m. west of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7547,-105.2256,WGS 1984) Most likely native to Golden, but found in an area of planted, non-native, vegetation.
8/29/2023
Golden History Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: CS(124)
, d: CDA(120)
, KHD ‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3203, 29 Aug 2023.
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Name List: Chenopodium album
3203. Chenopodium album L.
West end of Golden History Park, at the western entrance gate, 395 m. west of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7547,-105.2255,WGS 1984) Apparently naturalized, found in an area of native and non-native vegetation.
8/29/2023
Golden History Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: REGIS(128)
, d: EIU(126)
, CS
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3204, 29 Aug 2023.
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Name List: Humulus lupulus
3204. Humulus lupulus L.
Escaping the cultivated demonstration garden at the Golden History Park, adjacent to 11th Street, about 290 m. west of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7551,-105.2245,WGS 1984)
8/29/2023
Golden History Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(JCOS
, KHD ‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3205, 30 Aug 2023.
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Name List: Humulus neomexicanus
3205. Humulus neomexicanus (A. Nelson & Cockerell) Rydb.
(39.7492,-105.2504,WGS 1984) Combined with 3199, repeat for larger leaves.
8/30/2023
Welch Ditch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(Undist.
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3206, 30 Aug 2023.
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Name List: Froelichia gracilis
3206. Froelichia gracilis (Hook.) Moq.
Mouth of Clear Creek Canyon, in loose gravel and rocks between cliff and the flume of Welch Ditch, 2.60 km. (geodesic) west southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7475,-105.2497,WGS 1984) Upper side of flume only, not seen below. Only plant growing here.
8/30/2023
Welch Ditch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(CS202199‡
, JCOSs.n.
, KHD ‡
, OBI‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3206.5, 7 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Cenchrus longispinus
3206.5 Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fern.
Annual grass, collected in its second growing season at this site, suggesting it is naturalized here. In planted native grass beds, along 23rd Street, opposite Vernon Drive, 1.72 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7489,-105.2080,WGS 1984) Native to Colorado, but usually found in sandy habitats. Not previously collected at any other location in or near Golden; unclear whether this grass was previously here, brought in with the soil amendment, or was a contaminant in the seed mix. DeLong Park was a private residence that was left fallow for a number of years, then converted to a city park in 2021-2022.
9/7/2023
DeLong Park (City of Golden), Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: UCR(119)
, OBI
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3207, 8 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Symphyotrichum porteri
3207. Symphyotrichum porteri (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom.
Work or parking area in front of ranch sheds, 40 m. southeast of the Centennial Ranch house, 15.8 km. (geodesic) northwest of Golden. (39.7945,-105.3538,WGS 1984) With Dieteria bigelovii. Distance from Golden was measured as 15.8 km in planar mode in error, whereas a more accurate distance would be 12.2 km. measured in geodesic mode.
9/8/2023
Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: COLO(122)
, d: EIU(126)
, d: UCR(119)
, KHD ‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3208, 8 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Dieteria bigelovii var. bigelovii
3208. Dieteria bigelovii (A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman var. bigelovii.
Work or parking area in front of ranch sheds, 40 m. southeast of the Centennial Ranch house, 15.8 km. (geodesic) northwest of Golden. (39.7945,-105.3538,WGS 1984) With Symphyotrichum porteri. Distance from Golden was measured as 15.8 km in planar mode in error, whereas a more accurate distance would be 12.2 km. measured in geodesic mode.
9/8/2023
Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: COLO(122)
, d: OBI(118)
, d: REGIS(128)
, JCOS
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3209, 8 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Humulus lupulus
3209. Humulus lupulus L.
In a culvert with flowing water on the northeast side of County Road 70, 35 m. south of the Centennial Ranch house, 12.2 km. (geodesic) west northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7944,-105.3540,WGS 1984)
9/8/2023
Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: COLO(122)
, d: OBI(118)
, JCOS
, KHD ‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3210, 8 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Cirsium arvense
3210. Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
Weed:
CO DofA, List: B.
Broken shade up a small gulch 30 m. northeast of the Centennial Ranch house, 12.2 km. (geodesic) northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7949,-105.3538,WGS 1984) Colorado Noxious Weed List B.
EDDMaps: 11926494.
9/8/2023
Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(CS
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3211, 8 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Agrostis gigantea
3211. Agrostis gigantea Roth.
Fine grass, |
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3212, 8 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Lathyrus latifolius
3212. Lathyrus latifolius L.
Weed:
CO DofA, List: Watch.
In the gulch about 45 m. behind and northeast of the Centennial Ranch house, 12.2 km. (geodesic) northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7951,-105.3538,WGS 1984) In the open beside stream, also here: Cirsium arvense, Campanula rapunculoides, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, and Agrostis stolonifera.
9/8/2023
Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: REGIS(128)
, d: COLO(122)
, JCOS
, KHD ‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3213, 8 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
3213. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Sprengel.
In the gulch about 45 m. behind and northeast of the Centennial Ranch house, 12.2 km. (geodesic) northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7950,-105.3539,WGS 1984) Base of small Ponderosa pine, also here: Cirsium arvense, Campanula rapunculoides, Lathyrus latifolia, and Agrostis stolonifera.
9/8/2023
Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(JCOSs.n.
, KHD87501‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3214, 8 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Campanula rapunculoides
3214. Campanula rapunculoides L.
In the gulch about 55 m. behind and northeast of the Centennial Ranch house, 12.2 km. (geodesic) northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7952,-105.3537,WGS 1984) Nearly all vegetative, beside stream, rooted in moss.
EDDMaps: 11942190.
9/8/2023
Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(JCOS
, KHD ‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3215, 8 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Carex aurea
3215. Carex aurea Nutt.
In the gulch about 75 m. behind and northeast of the Centennial Ranch house, 12.2 km. (geodesic) northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7954,-105.3536,WGS 1984) In ponderosa pine duff beside creek.
9/8/2023
Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(KHD ‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3216, 8 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Epilobium ciliatum
3216. Epilobium ciliatum Raf.
In the gulch about 140 m. behind and northeast of the Centennial Ranch house, 12.2 km. (geodesic) northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7959,-105.3533,WGS 1984) Rooted in stream.
9/8/2023
Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: CS(124)
, JCOS
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3217, 8 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Heliomeris multiflora var. multiflora
3217. Heliomeris multiflora Nutt. var. multiflora.
Southeast-facing hill slope abobe the gulch about 285 m. behind and northeast of the Centennial Ranch house, 12.2 km. (geodesic) northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7971,-105.3528,WGS 1984)
9/8/2023
Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: REGIS(128)
, d: OBI(118)
, d: EIU(126)
, JCOS
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3218, 12 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Brickellia eupatorioides
3218. Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners.
Near the northern border of Schweich Hill, in the eastern section that was mowed by neighbors for about twenty years, 1.75 km. (geodesic) north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7688,-105.2320,WGS 1984) 20-30 plants mostly concentrated in a 10 m x 10 m patch, scattered in Bromus inermis with Artemisia dracunculus, Ericameria nauseosa var. graveolens, and Liatris punctata. Mowing occurred from approximately 2007 to 2018. Other collections may identify this location as “North Washington Open Space.”
9/12/2023
Schweich Hill, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: COLO(122)
, d: EIU(126)
, d: CS(124)
, OBI
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3219, 12 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana
3219. Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. ludoviciana.
Near the western border of Schweich Hill, about mid-way up the slope, 1.81 km. (geodesic) north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7685,-105.2339,WGS 1984) This area was graded then revegetated circa 2006, though this taxon is more likely adventive rather than revegetated. Other collections may identify this location as “North Washington Open Space.”
9/12/2023
Schweich Hill, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(CAS718172‡
, CDA56591‡
, OBI‡
, UCR307021‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3220, 12 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Ambrosia psilostachya
3220. Ambrosia psilostachya DC.
Plants of short stature. Top of hill, center of parcel, 1.77 km. (geodesic) north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7685,-105.2330,WGS 1984) Southwest aspect, top of hill, gravel-covered upturned Laramie and Arapahoe Formations. Other collections identify this location as “North Washington Open Space.”
9/12/2023
Schweich Hill, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: COLO(122)
, d: CAS(121)
, UCR
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3221, 17 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Gutierrezia sarothrae
3221. Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby.
Northwest corner of the Survey Field, highest Great Plains at base of Rocky Mountain Front Range scarp, 1.92 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden (39.7397,-105.2300,WGS 1984) With Bouteloua gracilis, Bromus inermis, Ambrosia psilostachya, and Helianthus pumilus.
9/17/2023
Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: COLO(122)
, OBI‡
, REGISs.n.
, UCR306972‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3222, 17 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Solidago nemoralis ssp. decemflora
3222. Solidago nemoralis Aiton ssp. decemflora (de Candolle) Brammall ex Semple.
Northwest corner of Survey Field, north-facing slope of small gulch, 1.97 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7390,-105.2294,WGS 1984) Highest Great Plains at base of Rocky Mountain Front Range scarp, with Juniperus scopulorum and Pinus ponderosa.
9/17/2023
Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: REGIS(128)
, d: CS(124)
, d: EIU(126)
, UCR
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3223, 17 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Ambrosia psilostachya
3223. Ambrosia psilostachya DC.
Very similar to Coll. No. 3224, but much more tall. Mixed grass prairie, highest Great Plains at the Rocky Mountain Front Range scarp, northwest corner of the Survey Field, 2.02 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7386,-105.2293,WGS 1984) Common plant of the plains of Colorado, especially up against the Front Range, also found at lower elevations on the west slope.
9/17/2023
Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: CS(124)
, CDA
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3224, 17 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Ambrosia psilostachya
3224. Ambrosia psilostachya DC.
Very similar to Coll. No. 3223, but more compact plant. Mixed grass prairie, highest Great Plains at the Rocky Mountain Front Range scarp, northwest corner of the Survey Field, 2.02 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7385,-105.2294,WGS 1984) Common plant of the plains of Colorado, especially up against the Front Range, also found at lower elevations on the west slope.
9/17/2023
Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: EIU(126)
, CofG
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3225, 17 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Andropogon gerardii
3225. Andropogon gerardii Vitman.
Northwest corner of the Survey Field, mixed grass prairie, highest Great Plains at the Rocky Mountain Front Range scarp, 2.04 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7383,-105.2294,WGS 1984)
9/17/2023
Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: UCR(119)
, d: CDA(120)
, d: CS(124)
, OBI
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3226, 17 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Ericameria nauseosa var. graveolens
3226. Ericameria nauseosa (Pall. ex Pursh) G.L.Nesom & G.I.Baird var. graveolens (Nutt.) Reveal & Schuyler.
Northwest corner of the Survey Field, mixed grass prairie, highest Great Plains at the Rocky Mountain Front Range scarp,2.09 km. (geodesic) south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7379,-105.2292,WGS 1984) Gravelly open fields with Rhus trilobata, Artemisia dracunculus, Prunus virginiana, and Thinopyrum intermedium, but beside a small perennial stream that is probably overflow from a nearby city water tank.
9/17/2023
Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: COLO(122)
, d: EIU(126)
, d: CS(124)
, CAS
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3227, 17 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Eriocoma robusta
3227. Eriocoma robusta (Vasey) Romasch.
Northwest corner of the Survey Field, mixed grass prairie, highest Great Plains at the Rocky Mountain Front Range scarp,2.09 km. (geodesic) south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7373,-105.2289,WGS 1984) Gravelly open fields with Rhus trilobata, Artemisia dracunculus, A. ludoviciana, Ericameria nauseosa var. graveolens, Prunus virginiana, and Thinopyrum intermedium.
iNaturalist: 183708052.
9/17/2023
Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: EIU(126)
, d: CS(124)
, KHD 87394‡
, OBI‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3228, 19 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Heliomeris multiflora var. multiflora
3228. Heliomeris multiflora Nutt. var. multiflora.
Mouth of Magpie Gulch on the southeast flank of Mount Galbraith, 1.72 km. (geodesic) west northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7595,-105.2405,WGS 1984) Floor of gulch, full sun and high shade, with Symphyotrichum porteri, Cynoglossum officinale, Hypericum perforatum, Mentha spicata, Monarda fistulosa, and Rubus deliciosus.
9/19/2023
Magpie Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: CofG(125)
, d: CAS(121)
, d: CDA(120)
, UCR
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3229, 19 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Symphyotrichum porteri
3229. Symphyotrichum porteri (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom.
Mouth of Magpie Gulch on the southeast flank of Mount Galbraith, 1.72 km. (geodesic) west northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7594,-105.2406,WGS 1984) Floor of gulch, full sun and high shade, with Heliomeris multiflora, Cynoglossum officinale, Hypericum perforatum, Mentha spicata, Monarda fistulosa, and Rubus deliciosus.
9/19/2023
Magpie Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: CDA(120)
, d: CofG(125)
, d: UCR(119)
, OBI
)
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Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado:
Fallopia baldschuanica.
Tucker Gulch Trail, Golden, Colorado:
just above bridge.
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3230, 29 Sep 2023.
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Name List: Fallopia baldschuanica
3230. Fallopia baldschuanica (Regel) Holub.
Side yard of 405 Garden Glen Ct., Colden, CO. (39.7651,-105.2249,WGS 1984) Sprawling over a green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marshall) and fence for about 10 m., coming across onto the City of Golden Tucker Gulch Trail, no sign of rooting away from fence line. Also seen on top of Cemetery Hill (Gregory Drive), and 1000 19th Street.
iNaturalist: 185490713.
EDDMaps: 11556331.
9/29/2023
Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: CofG(125)
, d: REGIS(128)
, d: COLO(122)
, CDA56581‡
, CS202037‡
, JCOS
, KHD ‡
, OBI‡
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3231, 12 Apr 2024.
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Name List: Claytonia rosea
3231. Claytonia rosea Rydb.
155 m. west southwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3. (39.8728,-105.2794,WGS 1984) In an open thicket of Prunus virginiana on an outwash plain.
4/12/2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(JCOS
, x-CDA
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3232, 12 Apr 2024.
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Name List: Pulsatilla nuttalliana
3232. Pulsatilla nuttalliana (DC.) Bercht. & J. Presl.
280 m. northwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.2 km. north northwest of Golden. (39.8752,-105.2796,WGS 1984) Open rocky field, recognizable here at this early date: Lomatium orientale, Echinocereus viridiflorus, Yucca glauca, and Carex inops ssp. heliophila.
4/12/2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: REGIS(141)
, JCOS
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3233, 15 Apr 2024.
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Name List: Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
3233. Populus deltoides Marshall ssp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenw.
Staminate catkins. (39.7591,-105.2329,WGS 1984)
4/15/2024
New Loveland Mine Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(Discarded
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3234, 15 Apr 2024.
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Name List: Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
3234. Populus deltoides Marshall ssp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenw.
Staminate catkins. (39.7581,-105.2328,WGS 1984)
4/15/2024
New Loveland Mine Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(Discarded
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3235, 16 Apr 2024.
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Name List: Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
3235. Populus deltoides Marshall ssp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenw.
Pistillate catkins. At the headgate of the Church Ditch. (39.7523,-105.2453,WGS 1984)
4/16/2024
Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(Discarded
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3236, 24 Apr 2024.
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Name List: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca
3236. Noccaea fendleri (A. Gray) Holub ssp. glauca (A. Nelson) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch.
Isolated hill in the Idaho Springs-Ralston shear zone, 540 m. northwest of the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.4 km. north northwest of Golden. (39.8765,-105.2823,WGS 1984) North side of hill in Ponderosa pine woodland.
4/24/2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: REGIS(141)
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3237, 24 Apr 2024.
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Name List: Cirsium vulgare
3237. Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
Weed:
CO DofA, List: B.
Basal rosette. In cobbles and gravel of the bank of Coal Creek, 850 m. northwest of the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.6 km. north northwest of Golden. (39.8778,-105.2856,WGS 1984)
iNaturalist: 209169508.
4/24/2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(JCOS
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3238, 8 May 2024.
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Name List: Xanthoceras sorbifolium
3238. Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge.
Woody shrub, about 2 m. tall, rooted at the base of a telephone pole, between that pole and a fence post. West end of alley parallel to 4th and 5th Streets, between Arapahoe and Cheyenne Streets, north side of alley, rooted between telephone pole and fence post, nearest street address 407 Cheyenne Street, 940 m. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7609,-105.2296,WGS 1984) Formerly grown in a private garden at 409 Cheyenne Street. Garden was destroyed by residential construction in 2018. However, this plant appeared in 2022 at the edge of the former garden some distance from the original location the plant was grown.
5/8/2024
Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(FLD
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3239, 14 May 2024.
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Name List: Physaria vitulifera
3239. Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.
East-facing slope below a flat. Unclear whether we are in Niobrara Fm. or on the Pierre Shale. 815 m. west of Hildebrand Ranch Park parking lot, 2.10 km. south southwest of West Metro Fire Rescue Station 14 (39.5516,-105.1196,WGS 1984) Fine-grained calcareous sandstone with Musineon divaricatum, Helianthis pumilis, Delphinium sp., and Cercocarpus montanus. These collections were made because of previous collections on nearby private land that are determined P. bellii (COLO201392, COLO201400).
5/14/2024
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: COLO(136)
, d: REGIS(141)
, FLD
, JCOS
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3240, 14 May 2024.
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Name List: Physaria vitulifera
3240. Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.
Top of an east-facing slope below flat. Unclear whether we are in Niobrara Fm. or on the Pierre Shale. 835 m. west of Hildebrand Ranch Park parking lot, 2.10 km. south southwest of West Metro Fire Rescue Station 14. (39.5515,-105.1198,WGS 1984) Fine-grained calcareous sandstone with Musineon divaricatum, Helianthis pumilis, Delphinium sp., and Cercocarpus montanus. These collections were made because of previous collections on nearby private land that are determined P. bellii (COLO201392, COLO201400).
5/14/2024
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: COLO(136)
, KHD
)
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Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3241, 14 May 2024.
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Name List: Physaria vitulifera
3241. Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.
Just on the east slope of a small hogback mapped as Niobrara Fm., 965 m. west of Hildebrand Ranch Park parking lot, 2.15 km. south southwest of West Metro Fire Rescue Station 14. (39.5514,-105.1213,WGS 1984) Three of six plants growing under Cercocarpus montanus, with Eriogonum umbellatum and Opunita polyacantha. These collections were made because of previous collections on nearby private land that are determined P. bellii (COLO201392, COLO201400).
5/14/2024
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: OBI(132)
, d: COLO(136)
, KHD
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3242, 14 May 2024.
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Name List: Oxytropis sericea var. sericea
3242. Oxytropis sericea Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray var. sericea.
Lower northeast slope of small hogback, near where the Two Brands Trail crosses through the hogback, 914 m. west southwest of parking lot, 24.5 km. south southeast of Golden. (39.5490,-105.1203,WGS 1984) Also here: Juniperus scopulorum, Musineon divaricatum, Cercocarpus montanus, Castilleja integra, Gutierrezia sarothrae, and Leucocrinum montanum.
5/14/2024
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: KHD(131)
, d: OBI(132)
, d: CAS(135)
, d: REGIS(141)
, JCOS
)
|
Comments: 11/6/2024, Coll. No. 3242, 14 May 2024: Perennial, to 35 cm., hairs soft, often wavy, not wart-like; Leaves, basal, compound, 170 mm. × 36 mm. wide; Leaflets, #17±, 29 mm. × 7 mm. wide, hairy both sides; Bracts, 11 mm., lanceolate; Calyx, tube 10 mm. + lobes 4 mm., hairs white, wavy; Flowers, ascending, 20-24 mm., banner, 19 mm., white with purple guides, wings, 19 mm. (unable to see distinctive flexure of wings in dried specimens), keel, 17 mm., purple distally, trip porrect; Fruit, last year's persistent, 20 mm. × 7 mm. wide, ascending;
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3243, 14 May 2024.
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Name List: Ipomopsis spicata
3243. Ipomopsis spicata (Nutt.) V.E. Grant.
Lower northeast slope of small hogback, near where the Two Brands Trail crosses through the hogback, 914 m. west southwest of parking lot, 24.5 km. south southeast of Golden. (39.5490,-105.1202,WGS 1984) Also here: Euphorbia brachyceras, Cirsium undulatum, Bromus inermis, and Leucocrinum montanum.
5/14/2024
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(JCOSs.n.
, KHD83531‡
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3243.1, 14 May 2024.
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Name List: Euphorbia brachycera
3243.1 Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.
Lower northeast slope of small hogback, near where the Two Brands Trail crosses through the hogback, 914 m. west southwest of parking lot, 24.5 km. south southeast of Golden. (39.5490,-105.1202,WGS 1984) Also here: Ipomopsis spicata, Cirsium undulatum, Bromus inermis, and Leucocrinum montanum.
5/14/2024
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(JCOSs.n.
, UCR
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3244, 14 May 2024.
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Name List: Packera plattensis
3244. Packera plattensis (Nuttall) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve.
Lower northeast slope of small hogback, near where the Two Brands Trail crosses through the hogback, 875 m. west southwest of parking lot, 24.5 km. south southeast of Golden. (39.5494,-105.1199,WGS 1984) Small groups of 2-4 plants scattered across the lowest slope of the hogback.
5/17/2024
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(UCR
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3245, 31 May 2024.
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Name List: Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
3245. Populus deltoides Marshall ssp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenw.
Pistillate catkins with developing fruit. East side of Highway 6, along the Illinois Street Trail, 2.21 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7362,-105.2149,WGS84) Also collected here: Apocynum ×floribundum, Mirabilis nyctaginea, Rhamnus cathartica, and Schoenoplectus tabermontani.
5/31/2024
Deadman Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(JCOSs.n.
, REGISs.n.
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3246, 8 Jun 2024.
Glossary:
gibbous.
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Name List: Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus
3246. Lupinus argenteus Pursh var. argenteus.
Very small (1.67 ac.) City of Golden-owned open space, adjacent to Jefferson County Open Space (Apex Park) and Stonebridge HOA common area, accessed by narrow passage from Crawford Street, 3.44 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7257,-105.2157,WGS 1984) Dry (-ish) northeast-facing slope. Also here: Artemisia ludoviciana, Helianthus pumilis, Heterotheca villosa, Linaria dalmatica, Eriogonum umbellatum, Rosa arkansana, and Koeleria macrantha. High mixed-grass prairie at base of Rocky Mountain Front Range.
6/8/2024
Tripp Ranch Meadow, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: CS(138)
, d: EIU(140)
, UCR
, x-CDA
)
|
Comments: 11/7/2024, Coll. No. 3246, 8 June 2024, characters observed: Perennial, of dry mixed-grass prairie, to 60 cm., caulescent, hairy but not densely villous; Leaves, cauline, palmate; Leaflets, #9, lance-linear, 56 mm. × 7 mm. wide, many folded, more hairy adaxial, less hairy abaxial; Calyx, tube 2.5 mm. + lobes 3 mm., tube gibbous; Corolla, 8 mm., closed appearance, blue, banner, recurved 3 mm. below apex, back glabrous, eyespot pale.
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3247, 8 Jun 2024.
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Name List: Physocarpus monogynus
3247. Physocarpus monogynus (Torr.) J.M. Coult.
Flowers quite pink compared to others seen around Golden s.l. Very small (1.67 ac.) City of Golden-owned open space, adjacent to Jefferson County Open Space (Apex Park) and Stonebridge HOA common area, accessed by narrow passage from Crawford Street, 3.44 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. (39.7248,-105.2165,WGS 1984) On ridge near top of and entrance to parcel. Also here: Artemisia frigida, Artemisia ludoviciana, Grindelia squarrosa, Senecio integerrimus, Opuntia macrorhiza, O. polyacantha, Eriogonum umbellatum, Cercocarpus montanus, and Potentilla fissa High mixed-grass prairie at base of Rocky Mountain Front Range.
6/8/2024
Tripp Ranch Meadow, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: REGIS(141)
, EIU
, FLD
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3248, 10 Jun 2024.
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Name List: Ligusticum porteri
3248. Ligusticum porteri J.M. Coult. & Rose.
Beside dry streambed composed mostly of cobbles, 180 m. west southwest of the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Station 3, 13.9 km. northwest of Golden. (39.8726,-105.2796,WGS 1984) Also here: Cynoglossum officinale, Silene latifolia, Lupinus argentea, and Prunus virginiana.
6/10/2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: KHD(131)
, JCOS
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3249, 10 Jun 2024.
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Name List: Physocarpus monogynus
3249. Physocarpus monogynus (Torr.) J.M. Coult.
South side of gulch that drains by Coal Creek Canyon Fire Station No. 3, 567 m. southwest of the fire station, 14.0 km. northwest of Golden. (39.8721,-105.2841,WGS 1984) Open Douglas fir forest, with Cynoglossum officinale, Mertensia lanceolata, Veronica biloba, Androsace occidentalis, and Rubus deliciosus.
6/10/2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: EIU(140)
, d: OBI(132)
, JCOS
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3250, 10 Jun 2024.
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Name List: Carex rossii
3250. Carex rossii Boott.
On a terrace, right bank of the second creek on the south side of Coal Creek Canyon, the first being that of Blue Mountain Estates, 565 m. west southwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3. (39.8721,-105.2841,WGS 1984) Open Douglas fir forest with little understory, and that of Physocarpus monogynus, with a large patch of a Veronica, c.f. V. biloba. Smut-infected(?).
6/10/2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(FLD
, KHD
)
|
Comments: 6/18/2024, Coll. No. 3250, 10 June 2024, characters observed: Perennial sedge, cespitose, to 30 cm.; Leaves, 0.7 mm. wide, green, sheaths margins white-hyaline; Inflorescence, 30 mm. × 5 mm. wide, 3-5 spikes; Spikes, basal present, terminal staminate, lateral, pistillate, 2-4; Bracts, proximal 20 mm., ±= inflorescence, leaf-like; Pistillate scales, 3 mm., >perigynia, green mid-vein, brown laterally, hyaline margin, awn 0; Perigynia, 2-4 per pistillate spike, 2.7 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide, wingless, pubescent, beak 0.7-1.3 mm., bi-dentate; Achene, spherical, 1.5 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, black, smut-infested?; Stigma, #3; Anthers, not seen. , 2/8/2025, Seven vouchers indicated, but not sure where they went.
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3251, 10 Jun 2024.
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Name List: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule
3251. Maianthemum racemosum (L.) Link ssp. amplexicaule (Nutt.) LaFrankie.
On a terrace, right bank of the second creek on the south side of Coal Creek Canyon, the first being that of Blue Mountain Estates, 725 m. west southwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.0 km. northwest of Golden. (39.8717,-105.2859,WGS 1984) Open Douglas fir forest (little to no middlestory) with Physocarpus montanus and Prunus virginiana.
6/10/2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: COLO(136)
, JCOS
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3252, 10 Jun 2024.
|
Name List: Arnica cordifolia
3252. Arnica cordifolia Hook.
On a terrace, right bank of the second creek on the south side of Coal Creek Canyon, the first being that of Blue Mountain Estates, 787 m. west southwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.0 km. northwest of Golden. (39.8714,-105.2866,WGS 1984) Open Douglas fir forest, with Acer glabrum.
6/10/2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: REGIS(141)
, d: COLO(136)
, d: CS(138)
, JCOS
)
|
Comments: 11/10/2024, Coll. No. 3252, 10 June 2024, characters observed: Perennial, to 40 cm., rhizomes long and thin; Stem, simple (of 4 plants one was branched at base), arachnoid hairy; Leaves, opposite, 1-2 pairs, 64 mm. × 42 mm. wide, cordate, margin dentate (to almost serrate); Inflorescence, heads solitary; Receptacle, epaleate; Phyllaries, 1st series, 21 mm. × 3 mm. wide, green, margin chartaceous, pilose, 2nd series, very thin chartaceous; Ray flowers, fertile, #11, yellow, tube 6.5 mm. + blade 25 mm. × 9.5 mm. wide; Disc flowers, many, yellow, tube 10 mm. + lobes 1 mm.; Pappus, many, 9 mm., white, capillary; Cypsela, 6 mm., dark gray, strigose.
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3253, 10 Jun 2024.
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Name List: Aletes acaulis
3253. Aletes acaulis (Torr.) J.M. Coult. & Rose.
On a terrace, right bank of the second creek on the south side of Coal Creek Canyon, the first being that of Blue Mountain Estates, 936 m. west southwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.0 km. northwest of Golden. (39.8708,-105.2882,WGS 1984) Rocky forest floor, on lower part of an rock outcrop prominent in aerial imagery.
6/10/2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: REGIS(141)
, d: EIU(140)
, FLD
, JCOS
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3254, 10 Jun 2024.
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Name List: Erysimum capitatum
3254. Erysimum capitatum (Hook.) Greene.
Petals 29 mm., orange, fruit ascending. Nose of ridge, 483 m. west southwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Station 33, 14.0 km. north northwest of Golden. (39.8719,-105.2830,WGS 1984) Open woodland with Pinus ponderosa, Cercocarpus montanus, and Potentilla fissa.
6/10/2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: EIU(140)
, d: CAS(135)
, FLD
, JCOS
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3255, 14 Jun 2024.
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Name List: Koeleria macrantha
3255. Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult.
In a small pass between Elk Creek and Guy Gulch, 870 m. southeast of the Ralph Schell Trailhead, 10.1 km. west northwest of Golden. (39.7680,-105.3379,WGS 1984) Montane grassland, with: Erigeron divergens, Echinocereus viridiflorus, and Oxytropis lambertii.
6/14/2024
Centennial Cone Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(FLD
, JCOSs.n.
, OBI‡
, UCR248686‡
)
| Comments: 6/14/2024, See list of observation at this point for associated plants.
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3256, 14 Jun 2024.
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Name List: Penstemon secundiflorus
3256. Penstemon secundiflorus Benth.
In a small pass between Elk Creek and Guy Gulch, 870 m. southeast of the Ralph Schell Trailhead, 10.1 km. west northwest of Golden. (39.7680,-105.3379,WGS 1984) Montane grassland, with: Artemisia frigida, Helianthus pumilis, and Heterotheca villosa.
6/14/2024
Centennial Cone Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: OBI(132)
, d: EIU(140)
, JCOS
)
|
Comments: 6/14/2024, See observations at this location for list of associated plants.
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3257, 14 Jun 2024.
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Name List: Oxytropis lambertii
3257. Oxytropis lambertii Pursh.
In a small pass between Elk Creek and Guy Gulch, 870 m. southeast of the Ralph Schell Trailhead, 10.1 km. west northwest of Golden. (39.7680,-105.3379,WGS 1984) Montane grassland, with: Erigeron divergens, Echinocereus viridiflorus, and Koeleria macrantha.
6/14/2024
Centennial Cone Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: CAS(135)
, d: COLO(136)
, d: CS(138)
, JCOS
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3258, 14 Jun 2024.
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Name List: Castilleja integra
3258. Castilleja integra A. Gray.
In a small pass between Elk Creek and Guy Gulch, 860 m. southeast of the Ralph Schell Trailhead, 10.1 km. west northwest of Golden. (39.7681,-105.3379,WGS 1984) Montane grassland, also nearby: Harbouria trachypleura, Heterotheca villosa, Alyssum simplex, and Eriogonum arcuatum. About 15 m. upslope from the other collections at this site.
6/14/2024
Centennial Cone Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(JCOSs.n.
, OBI‡
)
|
Field Notes:
Coll. No. 3259, 14 Jun 2024.
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Name List: Sedum lanceolatum
3259. Sedum lanceolatum Torr.
Western slope of unnamed hill between Elk Creek and Guy Gulch, 880 m. southeast of Ralph Schell Trailhead, 10.6 km. west northwest of Golden. (39.7668,-105.3387,WGS 1984) Also seen here: Harbouria trachypleura, Pediocactus simpsonii, Astragalus laxmannii robustior, Eriogonum arcuatum, Cercocarpus montanus, and Potentilla fissa.
6/14/2024
Centennial Cone Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
(d: OBI(132)
, d: REGIS(141)
, JCOS
)
|
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