Eastern Mojave Vegetation Field Notes (Continued)  
 

Tom Schweich  

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Literature Cited
   When I first read the field notes of Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg, I was fascinated by the descriptions they wrote about the places they went and the plants and animals they found there. By publishing my field notes on the Internet I hope to follow a little bit in their tradition.

 

 

   

 

2018

 

 

   

 

March, 2018

 

Literature Cited:
- Sovell, John, Pam Smith, Denise Culver, Susan Panjabi and Joe Stevens, 2012.
- Willson, Gary D., James L. Stubbendieck, 1996.
- Yu, L., J. Young, A. Boe, J. R. Hendrickson, and N. H. Troelstrup, Jr., 2016.  

 
Note on Smooth Brome One of the most common non-native species found at nearly every site was smooth brome (Bromopsis (Bromus) inermis). Smooth brome is not on the noxious weed list, yet it appears to be one of the largest threats to ecosystems, besides development, in Jefferson County, particularly in wetlands. Smooth brome is very difficult to treat without causing problems to the surrounding environment. Unfortunately, the spread of smooth brome is being encouraged by weed treatment activities especially in wetlands. Canada thistle is very common in wetlands, and is a B-List noxious weed. It is often treated with herbicides that impact dicots. Smooth brome is a monocot. A recent report by Rondeau (2011) found in a six year monitoring effort for Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense, also Breea arvensis) that although the treatments were successful in removing the Canada thistle it was replaced by smooth brome in wetlands where smooth brome was already in the area. In addition, they found the local native plants including woody species were being impacted as well over the six year study. Overall the result was a less desirable outcome than the situation being remedied from an ecological perspective. This is unfortunate because Canada thistle is a B-Listed plant; people are being required to treat it. If smooth brome is in the vicinity (which is often the case) a state listed noxious weed is being replaced by something that is even more difficult to control and arguably more damaging to the ecosystem. In the State of Colorado, smooth brome is available for use in seed mixes used by ranchers, homeowners and highway departments which is why it is not listed as an invasive species. This plant is considered to be an invasive species in at least ten other states (MN, OH, IN, IL, KY, TN, NB, WI, ND and MS), by Ivasives.org and The Nature Conservancy.
  1773    Field identification: grass.
  1774    Field identification: grass.

 

Other articles:
• Social Trail (N. Wash. OS):   at top;   at path;

Locations: Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageMissouri Foxtail Cactus sits low in the soil.  

 

Sunday, March 11th

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Missouri Foxtail Cactus beside the trail.
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Bractless Blazing Star (Mentzelia nuda) with last year's fruit.
Walked up to the North Washington Open Space to look for the Escobaria missouriensis and other things that might be in bloom.

 

   

 

Wednesday, March 14th

 

Other articles:
• Social Trail:   near NTM trl;
Full Size ImageEscobaria missouriensis in a crack between three rocks.  

  One plant of Escobaria missouriensis found on the toe of a landslide, lowest southwest slopes of North Table Mountain.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Carex inops heliophila;
• Social Trail:   at corner;
Full Size ImageCarex inops var. heliophila along the trail.  

  A little Carex just starting to bloom, probably C. inops var. heliophila.

 

   

 

Friday, March 23rd

Denver to Newark to Atlantic Ocean.

 

   

 

Saturday, March 24th

Atlantic Ocean to Madrid to Bormujos.

 

   

 

Sunday, March 25th

Salida, Sanlucar la Mayor.

 

 
Full Size ImageSofia, Ian, Colin, and Cheryl by the Rio Guagalquivir
Full Size ImageKnitted decorations along the river.  

 

Monday, March 26th

Sevilla, paso of San Gonzalo over Triana Bridge.

The float of the Virgin in the streets of Triana. The thing to see here is the float will “jump” when it is picked up by the costaleros.

 

   

 

Tuesday, March 27th

Dolmens and Italica.

 

Locations: Dolmen de Matarrubilla.
Full Size ImageAltar or offering table in the Dolmen de Matarrubilla.
Full Size ImageSofia at the entrance to the Dolmen de Matarrubilla.  

 

Dolmen de Matarrubilla

The Matarrubilla Dolmen was discovered in 1917, also as a result of some agricultural tasks. It is just one kilometer in a straight line from La Pastora,

As a funerary corridor and circular chamber structure with a total length of 32 meters, Matarrubilla approaches La Pastora in grandeur. It differs fundamentally because in the chamber is a great block of black marble, carved and with a recess of several centimeters on the upperpart, that probably fulfilled functions of table of offerings or altar. Undoubtedly it is a ritual element that already had great importance in the design and planning of the monument, since its placement, occupying much of the space of the chamber, must have occurred before the erection of the roof in a false dome.

The funeral deposit found in Matarrubilla was quite scarce. In the plundered chamber were scrambled and fragmented remains of pottery and some human bones. In the corridor, some materials were in situ, including stone tools, a large number of fragments of gold lamellae, some ivory objects (including an elephant tusk in the rough, unworked) and several thousands of necklace beads. Only one complete skeleton was found, halfway down the corridor and in a cramped position. The relatively low number of burials and grave goods and the presence of the altar or offering table that so clearly dominates the space available in the vaulted chamber of the monument suggests that, indeed, a monument such as Matarrubilla may have played the role of a temple or ceremonial enclosure besides (or perhaps more than) a sepulcher ( https://www.rutasconhistoria.es/loc/dolmen-de-matarrubilla ).

 

Locations: Dolmen de Pastora.
Full Size ImagePath to the Dolmen de Pastora
Full Size ImageEntrance to the Dolmen de Pastora.  

 

Dolmen de la Pastora

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Inside the Dolmen de Pastora
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Interior of the chamber of the Dolmen de Pastora.
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Interpretive panel at Dolmen de Pastora.

More information about Dolmen de la Pastora is available here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen_de_la_Pastora .

 

Locations: Italica.
Full Size ImagePond and garden in private house in Italica.
Full Size ImageIn the amphitheater at Italica.  

 

Italica

More information about Italica: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italica .

Full Size ImageLunch at La Caseta de Antonio.  
  Lunch at La Caseta de Antonio.

 

   

 

Wednesday, March 28th

Niebla, Castle, lunch at Roman Spring

Locations: Niebla.
Full Size ImageInside the castle at Niebla.
Full Size ImageSevilla Gate with the Rio Tinto beyond.  

 
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Sofia on top of Castillo de los Guzmanes.
Castillo de los Guzmanes

Locations: Dolmen de Soto.
Full Size ImageCheryl inside the Dolmen de Soto.
Full Size ImageOur group on top of Dolmen de Soto.  

  Dolmen de Soto

Locations: Pilar de la Media Legua.
Full Size ImagePost-lunch photo at El Pilar de la Media Legua.
Full Size ImagePhoto of the Pilar de la Media Legua. Trigueros in the background.  

  Lunch at the Pilar de la Media Legua.

 

   

 

Thursday, March 29th

Muelle de Carabelas to Portugal.

Locations: Muelle de las Carabelas.
Full Size ImageReplica of the Santa Maria.
Full Size ImageOn the replica of the Nina.  

 
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Colin and Ian on the bow of the Santa Maria.
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Replica of the Pinta, as seen from the top deck of the Santa Maria.
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Replica of the Nina.
Muelle de las Carabelas

Locations: Monasterio de La Rabida. Muelle de las Carabelas.
Full Size ImageFresco depicting the departure of Columbus.
Full Size ImageFresco depicting something, probably related to Columbus.  

 
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The chapel of Monasterio de La Rabida
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Ceiling of the chapel at the Monasterio de La Rapida.
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Cloister in Monasterio de La Rabida.
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A small side chapel at Monasterio de La Rabida
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Restored wall.
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The Muelle de Las Carabelas as seen from the Monasterio de La Rabida.
La Rabida Monastery.

 

   

 

Friday, March 30th

Ilha de Tavira, to lunch at Santa Luzia, to Sagrada Interro.

Locations: Ilha de Tavira.
Full Size ImageBoblefutbol on the beach of Ilha de Tavira
Full Size ImageIn the direction of the booming bass.  

  Ilha de Tavira, filed with revelers for Semana Santa, complete with booming bass.

Locations: Tavira.
Full Size ImageInside the Igreja de Misericodria waiting for the Procissao do Enterro do Senhor.  

  Waiting for the Procissao do Enterro do Senhor at the Igreja de Misericordia. Unfortunately, it began to rain and the procession did not go out.

 

   

 

Saturday, March 31st

Walking tour of Tavira to Cacela Velha.

Locations: Tavira.
Full Size ImageThe Roman Bridge across the Gilao River
Full Size ImageThe Gilao River from the Roman Bridge.  

 
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Moderately attentive group on the Roman Bridge.
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Inside the Igreja de Misericordia.
Walking around Tavira.

Locations: Cacela Velha.
Full Size ImageThe church of Cacela Velha from the beach.
Full Size ImageIan and an eel.  

  Cacela Velha and lunch.

Locations: Tavira.
Full Size ImageView from Casa de Osga, our rural house.
Full Size ImageGetting ready to dye Easter eggs.  

 
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Easter eggs dyed.
Rural house, Casa de Osga, and coloring Easter Eggs.

 

   

 

April, 2018

 

 

   

 

Sunday, April 1st

Praia do Baril to Bormujos.

Locations: Praia do Barril.
Full Size ImageTrain to Praia do Barril.
Full Size ImageSofia and Nico by the train.  

 
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The beach at Praia do Barril, our group at left.
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Graveyard of the Anchors.
Praia do Baril

 

   

 

Monday, April 2nd

Sevilla

Full Size ImageRestaurante La Cueva
Full Size ImageOne several graves of Christopher Columbus; this one in the Seville Cathedral.
Full Size ImageThe Giralda of the Seville Cathedral.  
  Sevilla

 

   

 

Tuesday, April 3rd

Italica

Locations: Italica.
Full Size ImageGeneral view of Italica.
Full Size ImageA lot of school groups touring Italica on this day.  

 
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View across the amphitheater to the city of Italica.
Italica

 

   

 

Wednesday, April 4th

Bormujos to Madrid

 

   

 

Thursday, April 5th

Madrid.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   30 Mar 2007;

Locations: Madrid.
Full Size ImageColin in front of the statue of Velasquez.  

 
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Vertical Garden, 11 years later.
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Vertical Garden, 11 years later.
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Riding the Metro.
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Plaza Mayor
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Plaza de Espana, with statue of Miguel Cervantes.
The Prado, the Sofia Reina, and around.

 

   

 

Friday, April 6th

Madrid to Denver.

 

   

 

Wednesday, April 11th

North Washington Open Space and North Table Mountain.

Locations: Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1775, Juniperus virginiana  

1775   

Field identification: Juniperus sp., probably a horticultural species.

Juniperus virginiana L. Eastern Redcedar.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. On a cut bank near the north boundary fence of the North Washington Open Space, 1.8 km northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7689°N, 105.2334°W. WGS 1984 Single plant about 2 m. tall. Probable garden escapee.

Tall narrow shrub, to 2 m.; Leaves in 2s, scale-like, margin entire, tip acute, overlapping > ¼ length of next leaf, length of gland < distance to apex; Seed, #1, 4 mm. × 3 mm.

Locations: Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1776, Lamium amplexicaule  

1776   

Field identification: Lamium amplexicaule. Turkish Mint.

Lamium amplexicaule L. Henbit.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7688°N, 105.2317°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1797 m.. Small group of plants in the area that has previously mowed by neighbors, northeast corner of parcel.

Locations: North Table Mountain.  

1777   

Field identification:Carex inops var. heliophila. Sun Sedge.

Carex inops L.H. Bailey ssp. heliophila (Mack.) Crins. Sun Sedge.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest corner of North Table Mountain, exposed sites on lower slopes, near City of Golden North Table Mountain trail, 1.23 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7665°N, 105.2192°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1818 m..

 

   

 

Thursday, April 12th

Kinney Gulch Trail, from Eagle Ridge up to Tripp Ranch.

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:   just n. of Tripp Rch;  

1778   

Field identification: Chorispora tenella

Chorispora tenella (Pall.) DC. Crossflower.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Between Kinney Run Trail and the creek, just north of Tripp Ranch, 3.36 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7259°N, 105.2137°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1889 m.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Euphorbia myrsinites;
• Kinney Run Trail:   at slope;

Locations: Kinney Run.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1779, Euphorbia myrsinites in Kinney Run.  

1779   

Field identification: Euphorbia myrsinites

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Habitat of Coll. No. 1779, Euphorbia myrsinites in Kinney Run.
Euphorbia myrsinites L. Myrtle Spurge.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. West-facing slope, just beginning to bloom, collection from southern edge of an infestation that extends 175 m. north along the rock outcrop. 3.31 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7264°N, 105.2133°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1851 m.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Kinney Run;
• Kinney Run Trail:   at coll locn;

Locations: Kinney Run.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1780, Viola nuttallii  

1780   

Field identification: Viola nuttallii

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Kinney Run in early Spring.
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Kinney Run in early Spring.
Viola nuttallii Pursh. Nuttall's Violet.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. 40 m. east of, and above the Kinney Run Trail, in the sandstone of a hogback, at the base of Cercocarpus montanus, which itself was rooted in a fracture of the bedrock, 3.22 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7272°N, 105.2134°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1845 m.

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:   at coll locn;  

1780.1   

Field identification: Cerastium arvense.

Cerastium arvense L. ssp. strictum Gaudin. Field Chickweed.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. 40 m. east of and above the Kinney Run Trail, in the sandstone of a hogback, at the base of Cercocarpus montanus, which itself was rooted in a fracture of the bedrock, 3.22 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7272°N, 105.2134°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1845 m.

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:   at outcrop;  

1781   

Field identification: Taraxacum officinale.

Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg. Common Dandelion.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Thirty meters east of and above the Kinney Run Trail, in thin soil near bare rock outcrops of a small hogback, 3.16 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7276°N, 105.2136°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1839 m.

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:   at cove;

Locations: Kinney Run.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1782, Berberis repens.  

1782   

Field identification: Berberis repens

Berberis repens Lindl. Creeping Barberry.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Thirty-eight meters east of and above the Kinney Run Trail, west side of the hogback in a small cove or old excavation that collects water, 3.12 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.728°N, 105.2137°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1835 m.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Kinney Run;
• Kinney Run Trail:   at sm. hill;
• Field Notes:   Coll. No. 1827, 16 May 2018;

Locations: Kinney Run.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Lithospermum arvense in Kinney Run.  

1783   

Field identification: unknown, possibly Boraginaceae Lithospermum arvense.

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View of Kinney Run in early Spring.
--- Match with 1827.

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:   at line of trees;

Locations: Kinney Run.
Full Size ImageLight-phase Red-Tailed Hawk seen in Kinney Run.  

 

Also seen: Lomatium orientale, Alyssum simplex, Erodium cicutarium, Claytonia rosea, Zigadenus paniculatus. Three raptors seen today. This is the first of three.

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General view north on Kinney Run.

 

   

 

Monday, April 16th

North Table Mountain. Cottonwood Canyon to North Table Loop, the basalt quarry, and back.

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1784, Carex inops var. heliophila  
1784   

Field identification: Carex inops var. heliophila. In rocks with some openings and bare ground, Berberis repens.

Carex inops L.H. Bailey ssp. heliophila (Mack.) Crins. Sun Sedge.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Upper part of Cottonwood Canyon, a relatively large canyon draining North Table Mountain to the southeast, on top of small rise along an old social trail that predates Open Space trail construction, 3.07 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7799°N, 105.2043°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1896 m. With Berberis repens. Early anthesis at this slightly higher elevation, pistillate spikelets just beginning to develop.

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.
Full Size ImageConcentration of Pediocactus simpsonii
Full Size ImageDeer at the break in mountain slope.  

 

Tops of rocky ledges above Cottonwood Canyon: a lot of Pediocactus simpsonii and a good number of Carex inops var. simpsonii. Small (10-12) herd of deer in the upper reaches of Cottonwood Canyon, away from the trail.

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Concentration of Pediocactus simpsonii

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.
Full Size ImageFlowing water entering Cottonwood Canyon
Full Size ImageFlowing water entering Cottonwood Canyon  

 

Stream draining the small reservoir, and feeding Cottonwood Canyon.

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A second group of deer on top of North Table Mountain.

 

   

 

Wednesday, April 18th.

Heritage Dells and Magic Mountain Archeological Site.

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1786, Muscari botryoides  
1785   

Field identification: Muscari botryoides

Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill. Common Grape Hyacinth.

Heritage Square, Jefferson County, Colorado. Heritage Dells area, 35 m. east of the Kinney Run Trail, in thin soil on top of a very low hogback, 4.3 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7177°N, 105.2111°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1872 m. Well naturalized in a small thriving colony. Most leaves have been at least partially eaten.

  1786   

Field identification: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Cerastium arvense L. ssp. strictum Gaudin. Field Chickweed.

Heritage Square, Jefferson County, Colorado. Heritage Dells area, 41 m. east of the Kinney Run Trail, in thin soil on top of a very low hogback, 4.3 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7177°N, 105.211°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1887 m.

  1787   

Field identification: Carex inops var. heliophila

Carex inops L.H. Bailey ssp. heliophila (Mack.) Crins. Sun Sedge.

Heritage Square, Jefferson County, Colorado. Heritage Dells area, 47 m. east of the Kinney Run Trail, in thin soil on top of a very low hogback, 4.34 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7172°N, 105.211°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1898 m.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1787.1, Delphinium nuttallianum  
1787.1    Field identification: Delphinium nuttallii.

Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz. Twolobe Larkspur.

Heritage Square, Jefferson County, Colorado. Heritage Dells area, 47 m. east of the Kinney Run Trail, in thin soil on top of a very low hogback, 4.34 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7172°N, 105.211°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1898 m. Dark blue-purple larkspur. Only four plants, therefore only one flower and one leaf collected.

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:   at Burgess;   at top of hill;
Full Size ImageLooking south on the Kinney Run Trail.
Full Size ImageLooking north on the Kinney Run Trail.  

 

Pinus ponderosa, Rhus aromatica trilobata, Lomatium orientale, Artemisia frigida, Artemisia ludoviciana, Brickellia californica, Centauria diffusa, Ericameria nauseosa graveolens, Taraxacum officinale, Verbascum thapsus, Cynoglossum officinale, Alyssum simplex, Cerastium arvense strictum, Sedum lanceolatum, Penstemon virens, Potentilla sp., Ribes cereum, Commandra umbellata, Viola nuttallii, Yucca glauca, Leucocrinum montanum,

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Burgess Avenue.
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Small Missouri Foxtail Cactus

 

 

   

 

Thursday, April 19th

Matthews/Winters Open Space.

 

Locations: Matthews/Winters Park.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1788, Lithospermum arvense.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1788, Lithospermum arvense  

1788   

Field identification: Lithospermum arvense

Lithospermum arvense L. Corn Gromwell.

Matthews/Winters Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Beside the Village Walk Trail, near the Mount Vernon Cemetery, 7.25 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.6909°N, 105.2085°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1948 m. Duplicates Judy King collection 4 May 2009, KHD47888. Also collected in Kinney Run, Golden, my Coll. Nos. 1783 and 1827.

 

 

 

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Full Size ImageErysimum capitatum in the Survey Field.
Full Size ImageNorth Golden as seen from the Survey Field.  

 

Monday, April 23rd

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.

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Beetle seen in the Survey Field
 

Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1789, Collinsia parviflora
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1789, Collinsia parviflora  
1789   

Field identification: Collinsia parviflora “Blue-Eyed Mary”

Collinsia parviflora Lindl. Maiden Blue-eyed Mary.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. North-facing slope of small gulch, 1.97 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7383°N, 105.2267°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1846 m.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Erodium cicutarium;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1790, Erodium cicutarium  

1790   

Field identification: Erodium cicutarium

Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Her. ex Aiton. Redstem Stork's Bill.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. South side of an alluvial hill near the center of the Survey Field, 2.22 km, south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7357°N, 105.2245°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1843 m.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1791, Nothocalais cuspidata  
1791   

Field identification: Nothocalais cuspidata

Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene. Prairie False Dandelion.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Distributed broadly across upper surface of small alluvial hill, near the center of the Survey Field, 2.22 km, south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7359°N, 105.2245°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1851 m.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1792, Delphinium, probably D. nuttallii  
1792   

Field identification: Delphinium nuttallii

 

 

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Thursday, April 26th

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space.

Cloudy, cool, breezy, with a few rain drops.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1793, Pulsatilla nuttalliana  
1793   

Field identification: Anemone patens

Anemone patens L. var. multifida Pritzel. Eastern Pasqueflower.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest Great Plains at base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, just above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on Colorado Highway 73 from Colorado Highway 93, then 2.0 mi. generally north on Plainview Road. 39.898°N, 105.2704°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1943 m.

 

 

   

 

Friday, April 27th

Clear Creek Canyon Park

 
  1794   

Field identification: Leucocrinum montanum

Leucocrinum montanum Nutt. ex A. Gray. Star Lily.

Clear Creek Canyon Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast-facing hillslope just inside the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon, foothills of Rocky Mountain Front Range, 2.3 km west of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7528°N, 105.2476°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1816 m.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Euphorbia esula;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1795, Euphorbia esula  

1795   

Field identification: Euphorbia esula

Euphorbia esula L. Leafy Spurge.

Clear Creek Canyon Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Colonizing a former quarry road, southeast-facing side of the canyon, just inside the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon, foothills of Rocky Mountain Front Range, 2.16 km west of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7532°N, 105.2461°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1794 m.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Physaria vitulifera;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1796, Physaria vitulifera  

1796   

Field identification: Physaria vitulifera

Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Roundtip Twinpod.

Clear Creek Canyon Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Growing on the bank of a former quarry road, southeast-facing side of the canyon, just inside the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon, foothills of Rocky Mountain Front Range, 2.16 km west of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7535°N, 105.2459°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1801 m.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6:   at quarry;   at climbing area;

Locations: Clear Creek Canyon. Clear Creek Canyon Park.
Full Size ImageEntrance to Clear Creek Canyon Park  

 

Clear Creek Canyon Park.

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Stuck?
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Car wreck.
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Mazes constructed on the floor of the quarry.
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Fault plane exposed by quarry.
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Fault plane exposed by quarry.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6:   at quarry;   at Indian Gl;   in Tunnel 1;

Locations: Indian Gulch.
Full Size ImageObs. No. 1599, Oenothera coronopifolia  

 
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Erysimum capitatum among Linaria dalmatica.
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Indian Gulch
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Tunnel No. 1 from ridge above Indian Gulch.
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Leucocrinum montanum sometimes called "sand lily" in some actual sandy habitat.
Also seen on the slope: Lithospermum incisum, Erysimum capitatum, Corydalis aureus, Viola nuttallii, and an Oenothera that I think was O. coronopifolia. I described the Oenothera as Leaves cauline, deeply pinnately lobed, sepals reflexed, bi-fised, hairy, tip non-descript, stamens 8, indusium present, stigma 4-lobed.

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6:   at Mayhem Gl;

Locations: Clear Creek Canyon Park.
Full Size ImageMayhem Gulch Parking Lot and Trailhead  

 

Mayhem Gulch Parking Lot and Trailhead.

 

 

Other articles:
• Centennial Cone Road:   at pkg;

Locations: Centennial Cone Park.
Full Size ImageUpper reaches of Mayhem Gulch drainage.  

 

Centennial Cone West Trailhead.

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Centennial Cone, as seen from the West Trailhead.
 

Other articles:
• Douglas Mountain Drive:   at saddle;
Full Size ImageYellow Submarine mail box.
Full Size ImageRanch in upper Elk Creek drainage.  

 

Saddle between Horse Creek and Elk Creek drainage.

Other articles:
• Douglas Mountain Drive:   at turn;

Locations: Douglas Mountain.
Full Size ImageLots of ranchettes in upper Elk Creek drainage.  

 

Road changes direction, view of upper Elk Creek drainage.

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Douglas Mountain above the road.

Other articles:
• Camino Perdido:   at pkg;

Locations: Centennial Cone Park.
Full Size ImageDouglas Mountain from the North Trailhead of Centennial Cone Park.  

 

North Trailhead of Centennial Cone Park.

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Travois Trail headed southeast from the North Trailhead

Other articles:
• Belcher Hill Road:  65000;   on the down-hill slide;

Locations: North Table Mountain. Ralston Buttes. White Ranch Park.
Full Size ImageWhoa!  

 

White Ranch Park, West Trailhead.

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Early Spring view to the north.
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Denver through the haze.
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Ralston Buttes from West Trailhead.
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North and South Table Mountains from White Ranch Park.

 

 

 

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Bromus carinatus;
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 2090, 26 Jun 2019;

Locations: Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageConstruction damage and debris.  

 

Saturday, April 28th

North Washington Open Space.

 
  1797   

Field identification: Carex inops ssp. heliophila.

Carex inops L.H. Bailey ssp. heliophila (Mack.) Crins. Sun Sedge.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Scattered across the top and southwest slope of the hill with somewhat intact mixed-grass prairie, 1.76 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7685°N, 105.2331°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1817 m. Three collections of the Sun Sedge bearing the suffixes .0, .1, and .2 were made this day relatively near to each other.


Full Size ImageObs. No. 1603, Escobaria missouriensis  
  Many Escobaria missouriensis seen with fruit.

 

   

 

May, 2018

 

 

 

 

Locations: Schweich Hill.  

 

Sunday, May 6th

North Washington Open Space.

 

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1798, Celtis reticulata
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1798, Celtis reticulata  
1798   

Field identification: Celtis reticulata, in bloom.

Celtis reticulata Torr. Net-Leaved Hackberry.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7684°N, 105.2326°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1794 m. Two trees, three short branches taken from each. Just off the top of the hill to the south.

 

 

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.  

 

Monday, May 7th

North Table Mountain, from Easley Road, Lithic Trail, North Table Loop, Mesa Top Trail, Cottonwood Canyon Trail, North Table Loop, to Lithic Trail and Easley Road.

Other articles:
• Lithic Trail:   at lower switchback;
Full Size ImageColl. No, 1799, Celtis reticulata
Full Size ImageColl. No, 1799, Celtis reticulata  

1799   

Field identification: Celtis reticulata.

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Coll. No. 1799, Celtis reticulata
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Coll. No. 1799, Celtis reticulata
Celtis reticulata Torr. Net-Leaved Hackberry.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of North Table Mountain, along the upper portion of the Lithic Trail and nearby portions of the North Table Loop, 3.77 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7812°N, 105.1926°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 5826 ft. Several small trees scattered on the hillslope.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Saskatoon Serviceberry;
• North Table Loop:   at Coll. No. 1800;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1800, Amelanchier alnifolia  

1800   

Field identification: Amelanchier alnifolia

Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem. Saskatoon Serviceberry.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. A few small shrubs on slopes of northeast aspect, lower east slopes of North Table Mountain, 3.83 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7833°N, 105.1946°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1796 m.

Coll. No. 1800-1801, 7 May 2018, characters oberved: Shrub, to 1 m.; Stems, branches unarmed; Leaves, simple, petiole, 8 mm., blade, 22-32 mm. × 19-32 mm. wide, veins, pinnate, surface, sparsely hairy above, sparsely to moderately hairy below, margin, serrate; Flowers, borne singly, pedicels, 10 mm., petals 9 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, color cream; Ovary, inferior, tip hairy; Styles, #(4)5;

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   at Coll. No. 1801;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1801, Amelanchier alnifolia
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1801, Amelanchier alnifolia  

1801   

Field identification: Amelanchier alnifolia

Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem. Saskatoon Serviceberry.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Slopes of northeast aspect, lower east slopes of North Table Mountain, 4.00 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7854°N, 105.1948°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1841 m. Beside North Table Loop, numerous small shrubs.

Coll. No. 1800-1801, 7 May 2018, characters oberved: Shrub, to 1 m.; Stems, branches unarmed; Leaves, simple, petiole, 8 mm., blade, 22-32 mm. × 19-32 mm. wide, veins, pinnate, surface, sparsely hairy above, sparsely to moderately hairy below, margin, serrate; Flowers, borne singly, pedicels, 10 mm., petals 9 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, color cream; Ovary, inferior, tip hairy; Styles, #(4)5;

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   along trail;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1802, Corylus cornuta Ulmus americana
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1802, Corylus cornuta Ulmus americana  

1802   

Field identification: Corylus cornuta, leaves just beginning, no reproductive parts.

Corylus cornuta Marshall. Beaked Hazelnut.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower northeast slopes of North Table Mountain, adjacent to North Table Loop, which has the appearance of once having been a road at this location, 4.55 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7922°N, 105.1974°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1830 m. Tree, just beginning to leaf out, no reproductive structures. Determination tentative.

Other articles:
• Mesa Top Trail:   below closure;
• Glossary:  petiolule;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1803, Medicago lupulina.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1803, Medicago lupulina  

1803   

Field identification: Medicago lupulina

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Coll. No. 1803, Medicago lupulina
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Coll. No. 1803, Medicago lupulina
Medicago lupulina L. Black Medick.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Eastern slope of North Table Mountain, just below the rim of the mesa, beside the Mesa Top Trail which is a former road, 3.83 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7848°N, 105.1974°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1830 m. Small yellow flowers on Mesa Top Trail.

Coll. No. 1803, 7 May 2018, characters observed: Annual herb, prostrate, to 1 cm. × 50 cm. wide; Leaves, compound, stipules, leaf-like, 6.5 mm., petioles, 11 mm., leaflets, #3, obovate, 5 mm. × 5-6 mm. wide, margin denticulate, middle leaflet extended beyond lateral leaflet on a petiolule; Inflorescence, compact axillary raceme, 8 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide; Sepals, 1 mm.; Flowers, 2 mm., color yellow; Fruit, unknown -- should be curved.

Other articles:
• Mesa Top Trail:   at bridge;
Full Size ImageLocation of Coll. No. 1804, Juncus sp.  

1804   

Field identification: Juncus interior, immature, determination tentative.

Other articles:
• Cottonwood Canyon Trail:   at 1st tower;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1805, Poa fendleriana  

1805   

Field identification: Poa sp., at first tower.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey.  Muttongrass.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, east side, between the Cottonwood Canyon Trail near the north end and northernmost tower of the adjacent power line, 3.45 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7835°N, 105.2035°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1959 m. Perennial, clumped, non-rhizomatous grass, in wet shallow soil on basalt caprock of the mesa.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1805. 8-May-2018

Coll. No. 1805, 8 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 22 cm., clumped; Roots, fibrous; Stem, herbaceous; Leaves, sheath, 40-80 mm., open; ligule, membranous, 1.5 mm., auricles, absent; blade, 40 mm, revolute, margins, scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, contracted panicle, 80 mm. × 14 mm. wide, 4± branches; Rachis, not extended, sparsely scabrous; Spikelets, many, 7 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, similar, borne singly, stalked, pedicels 1-2 mm., 2-many flowered; Compression, lateral; Disarticulation, above the glumes; Glumes, lower, 2.6 mm., veins, #3, upper, 2.7 mm., <lowest floret, veins, #3, keeled, membranous, awns, #0; Florets, 4 per spikelet, all staminate, no pistillate or bisexual florets found; Lemma, 4.5 mm., >glumes, ovate, membranous, hairy proximally to short hairy distally, none cobwebby, color, green-purple, veins, #5, obscure, tip, obtuse; Palea, 3.7 mm., <lemma, membranous, veins, green, ciliate, margin, glabrous, tip, entire; Anthers, 1.7 mm.

Other articles:
• Cottonwood Canyon Trail:   head of landslide;
Full Size ImageLocation of Coll. No. 1806, Carex praegracilis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1806, Carex praegracilis  

1806   

Field identification: Carex sp., settled on C. praegracilis, but I'm not so sure about this one.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Carex praegracilis W. Boott.  Clustered Field-Sedge.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Beside the Cottonwood Canyon Trail, about 2/3 of the way up Cottonwood Canyon on the southeast flank of North Table Mountain, 3.13 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7792°N, 105.2012°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1889 m. Small patch in head of landslide, growing around a large boulder.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1806. 7-May-2018

` Coll. No. 1806, 8 May 2018. characters observed: Perennial sedge, Habit: rhizomatous; Culms: to 45 mm., scabrous below head; Leaves: 2.2 mm. wide, green, sheaths, white-hyaline, smooth; Inflorescence: 27 mm. × 8 mm. wide, #8-10 spikes, loosely clustered; Spikes: identical appearing, terminal androgynous, lateral androgynous, proximal pistillate, 8 mm. × 5 mm. wide; Bracts: proximal, 24 mm., <inflorescence, setaceous (bristle-like); Pistillate scales: 4 mm. × 2 mm. wide, green mid-vein, brown laterally, hyaline margin, one scale margin just barely folded over edge of perigynum; Perigynia: #15-16 per spike, 3.8 mm. × 1.6 mm. wide, wingless, obscurely veined, glabrous, beak, 0.8 mm., flattish, ±sloping to tip, serrulate, achene to beak tip 1.6 mm.; Achene: 2.1 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, pretty flat, obovate; Stigma: #2.

Other articles:
• Lithic Trail:   at Coll. No. 1807;
• Field Notes:   Coll. No. 1815, 10 May 2018;
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1807, Poa fendleriana
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1807, Poa fendleriana  

1807   

Field identification: Poa sp.

Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey. Muttongrass.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lowest eastern slopes of North Table Mountain, beside the Lithic Trail about mid-way between the Fairmont Ditch and North Table Loop, 3.80 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden, 39.7818°N, 105.1927°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1777 m. "Reddish stems," actually reddish proximal sheaths, attracted me from trailside.

Coll. No. 1807, 7 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, 50-60 cm., clumped, not rhizomatous; Roots, fibrous; Stems, herbaceous; Internodes, hollow, glabrous; Leaves, blade and sheath differentiated; Sheath, 120 mm., open at least ½, minutely scabrous, reddish color proximally; Ligule, membraneous, 2 mm., auricles absent; Blade, 25 mm., scabrous, margin scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, > leaves, panicle, 110 mm. × 20 mm. wide, spikelets many; Rachis, sparsely scabrous on all sides, not extended beyond upper spikelet; Spikelets, many, similar, borne singly, one per node, stalked, 6 mm.; Compression, lateral; Disarticulation, above the glumes; Glumes, lower 3.7 mm., upper 4.3 mm., veins 3(5); Florets, 5-6 per spikelet, pistillate; Axis, hairy, extended beyond upper floret; Lemma, 5 mm., > glumes, membraneous, keeled, keel and margin are villous proximally, hairs to 0.7 mm., veins definitely ≥3, maybe 5, parallel, tip entire, obtuse; Palea, 2.5 mm., <lemma, proximally villous, keels ciliate, margin glabrous; Stamens, none found; Ovary, glabrous, yellow-brown; Stigma, feathery;

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   at bolts;
Full Size ImageTwo of many bolts just below the North Table Loop.  

  There is an area that has a double row of bolts just below the trail.

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   at s. switchback;
Full Size ImageBase of lava flow along North Table Loop.
Full Size ImageBase of lava flow along North Table Loop.  

  At the switchback, it looks like the bottom of a lava flow is exposed.

 

 

Other articles:
• Mesa Spur Trail:   at W. 58th;

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.  

 

Thursday, May 10th

 

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Lepidium perfoliatum;
• Mesa Spur Trail:   along trail;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1808, Lepidium perfoliatum
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1808, Lepidium perfoliatum  

1808   

Field identification: Lepidium perfoliatum.

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Coll. No. 1808, Lepidium perfoliatum
Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Lepidium perfoliatum L.  Clasping Pepperweed.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In the median and beside the Mesa Spur Trail, near the crossing of Ramstetter Creek, 130 m. south of W. 58th Avenue, surrounded on both sides by horse corrals and facilities, 5.07 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8006°N, 105.2124°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1788 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1808. 11-May-2018

Full Size ImageLocation of Collections 1809 to 1812.1
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Full Size ImageSenecio and Taraxacum for sure, but can you see the Boechera?  
1809   

Field identification: Leucocrinum montanum

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Anthericeae

Leucocrinum montanum Nutt. ex A. Gray.  Star Lily.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lowest north slopes of North Table Mountain, on a small flat that appears to be a landslide run-out, 4.8 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7979°N, 105.2088°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1820 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1809. 10-May-2018
  1810   

Field identification: Astragalus agrestis.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Astragalus agrestis Douglas ex G. Don.  Purple Milkvetch.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lowest north slopes of North Table Mountain, on a small flat that appears to be a landslide run-out, 4.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7978°N, 105.2088°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1818 m. Found among short grasses and forbs in all areas of North Table Mountain.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1810. 10-May-2018


Full Size ImageButton-like caudex of Coll. No. 1811, Senecio integerrimus  
1811   

Field identification: Packera plattensis

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Senecio integerrimus Nutt.  Columbia Ragwort.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lowest north slopes of North Table Mountain, on a small flat that appears to be a landslide run-out, 4.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7977°N, 105.2087°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1818 m. Numerous plants among short grasses and forbs.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1811. 10-May-2018

Coll. No. 1811, 10 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial, herb, to 40 cm., sap clear, caudex button-like; Stem, multicellular arachnose throughout; Leaves, basal and cauline, alternate, basal, petiole, 70 mm., blade, 75 mm. × 12 mm. wide, sparsely arachnose, margin wavy and revolute in places, reduced above, cauline, sessile, blade 85 mm. × 10 mm. wide, reduced above, margin wavy and revolute in part; Inflorescence, corymbiform, heads #8-10 per stem, somewhat convex, >leaves; Pedicels, 5-20 mm., subtended by a bract to 6 mm., lanceolate; Involucre, 7 mm. × 10 mm wide, bowl-shaped, ±glabrous; Phyllaries, ±equal, in 1 series, 7 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide, green, eglandular, margins ±flat, not clasping ray ovaries, tips acuminate with terminal tuft of hairs; Receptacle, epaleate; Ray flowers, #8-10, tube 4 mm. + blade 5 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, yellow, fertile; Disk flowers, many, tube 4.5 mm. + lobes 1 mm., yellow; Pappus, many, well-developed, bristles, ±equal; Cypsela, 1.3 mm., brown.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Boechera fendleri;
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1812, Boechera fendleri
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1812, Boechera fendleri  

1812   

Field identification: Boechera fendleri, determination tentative.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Boechera fendleri (S.Watson) W.A.Weber.  Fendler's rockcress.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lowest north slopes of North Table Mountain, on a small flat that appears to be a landslide run-out, 4.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7978°N, 105.2088°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1816 m. Many plants scattered over a small area.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1812. 10-May-2018

Coll. No. 1812, 10 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial (short-lived?), terrestrial, herb, tap-rooted, to 50 cm., branched hairs proximally, glabrous distally; Leaves, basal, petiole 9 mm. + blade 19 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, oblanceolate, entire, hairs 3-4 branches, cauline sessile, spear-shaped, 21 mm. × 4 mm. wide, auriculate, 1.0-1.5 mm.; Inflorescence, raceme, 125 mm.; Sepals, #4, 4 mm., ovate; Petals, #4, 6 mm., entire, lavender; Stamens, #6; Filaments, 3 mm., narrowly winged; Anthers, 1.5 mm.; Fruit, pedicels, 10 mm., glabrous, 50 mm. × 0.8-1.0 mm. wide, recurved; Ovules, many, biseriate.

Keys easily to B. fendleri in Weber & Wittmann (2012) and Harrington (2nd ed., 1964). Gets lost in Ackerfield (2015, p. 226) at couplet 9, and in FNANM Group 4 at couplet 25, both over the question of whether there are simple trichomes in addition to rayed trichomes on basal leaves and proximal stem. There are only a very few simple trichomes and those are on leaf margins.

  1812.1   

Field identification: Viola nuttallii

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Violaceae

Viola nuttallii Pursh.  Nuttall's Violet.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lowest north slopes of North Table Mountain, on a small flat that appears to be a landslide run-out, 4.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7978°N, 105.2088°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1818 m. Larger plants than typically seen around Golden.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1812.1 10-May-2018

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   near trl jct;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1813, Delphinium nuttallianum.  

1813   

Field identification: Delphinium nuttallii

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Ranunculaceae

Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz.  Twolobe Larkspur.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower north slopes of North Table Mountain, in a swale beside the North Table Loop, 4.56 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7957°N, 105.21°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1828 m. Stems from a small cluster of thickened, fleshy, tuber-like roots. Moist friable soil.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1813. 10-May-2018

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   above trl jct;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1814, Phlox, tentatively determined as P. multiflora.  

1814   

Field identification: Phlox, maybe P. multiflora.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Phlox multiflora A. Nelson.  Mountain Phlox.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower north slopes of North Table Mountain, on a small ridge overlooking the North Table Loop, 4.51 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7954°N, 105.2106°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1841 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1814. 10-May-2018

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   Coll. No. 1807, 7 May 2018;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1815, Poa fendleriana  

1815    Field identification: Koeleria macrantha, determination tentative.

Oh geez … I can't get this thing into anything but Poa fendleriana but it is full of bisexual florets. Compare it to my Coll. No. 1807.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey.  Muttongrass.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower north slopes of North Table Mountain, on the nose of a small ridge in the corner of the North Table Loop, 4.49 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7952°N, 105.2107°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1849 m. Collected with Phlox multiflora and Carex inops var. heliophila.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1815. 10-May-2018

Coll. No. 1815, 10 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 50 cm., clumped, not rhizomatous; Stem, herbaceous; Leaves, mostly basal, blade and sheath differentiated; (Cauline) Sheath, 55 mm., open at least ½, minutely scabrous; Ligule, membraneous, 1 mm.; Auricles, 0; (Cauline) Blade, 15-25 mm., rolled, margins minutely scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, contracted panicle, 85 mm. × 15 mm. wide, spikelets many; Rachis, not extended beyond the upper spikelet; Spikelets, many, similar, borne singly, stalked, narrowly rounded at base, 2-many flowered, 6.5 mm. × 3 mm. wide; Compression, lateral; Disarticulation, unknown; Glumes, lower 3 mm., upper 3.5 mm., keeled, membraneous, awns 0; Florets, 5 per spikelet, bisexual; Rachilla, glabrous, extended beyond upper floret; Lemma, 3 mm., ovate, membraneous, keeled, sparsely villous on proximal keel and margin, veins, ≥3(5), tip entire, obtuse, awns, 0; Palea, 2.9 mm., <lemma, membraneous, keel ciliate; Anthers, 1.5-1.7 mm.; Ovary, glabrous; Stigma, feathery.

Becomes lost in keys requiring that all florets be pistillate, e.g., Shaw (2008) and Ackerfield (2015). Keys easily to Poa fendleriana in keys that do not mention that florets are unisexual or that plant is dioecious, e.g., Hitchcock (2ed, Chase, 1950), Harrington (2ed, 1964), Welsh, et al. (1993), Baldwin (2012), and Weber & Wittman (2012).

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   above trl jct;
Full Size ImageNorth slope, junction of North Table Loop and Mesa Spur Trail in foreground.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1816, Carex inops var. heliophila  

1816   

Field identification: Carex inops var. heliophila.

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Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1816, Carex inops var. heliophila
Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Carex inops L.H. Bailey ssp. heliophila (Mack.) Crins.  Sun Sedge.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower north slopes of North Table Mountain, on the nose of a small ridge in the corner of the North Table Loop, 4.49 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7952°N, 105.2107°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1851 m. Collected with Phlox multiflora and Poa fendleriana

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1816. 11-May-2018

Other articles:
• Mesa Spur Trail:   at Ramstetter Ck;

Locations: Ramstetter Creek.
Full Size ImageRamstetter Creek east of Mesa Spur Trail.  

  Cross Ramstetter Creek.

 

   

 

Saturday, May 12th

Prewalk of the North Washington Open Space in preparation for tomorrow's field trip.

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1817, Packera plattensis fendleri  
1817   

Field identification: Packera, Keyed out while fresh in the office to P. plattensis.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Packera plattensis (Nuttall) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve.  Prairie Groundsel.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Near social trail just west of the top of hill. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7686°N, 105.2331°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 5950 ft.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1817. 12-May-2018

Coll. No. 1817, 12 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, 14 cm., from taprooted caudix, sap not milky; Stem, light green, tomentose, densely so in axils; Leaves, mostly basal and few cauline, alternate, petiole 8 mm., blade 10 mm. × 5 mm. wide, oblanceolate, surface, upper thinly tomentose, lower moderately tomentose, especially the mid-vein, margin, crenulate; Inflorescence, head enclosed by involucre, showy; Heads, #10, pedicels, 12 mm.; Involucre, 7 mm. × 5-6 mm. wide, thinly tomentose; Phyllaries, equal, in 1 series, 5 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, green, flat; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, of 2 kinds; Ray flowers, #10, tube 3 mm. + blade 7 mm., yellow, fertile; Disc flowers, many, tube 4 mm. + lobes 0.5 mm., yellow; Pappus, many, well-developed, bristles, 4 mm., ±equal, Style, 2-branched; Fruit, 1 mm., green, beak-less, glabrous.

 

   

 

Sunday, May 13th

 

Other articles:
• Social Trail (N. Wash. OS):  west of top;

Locations: Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageField Trip group, May 13, 2018.  

  Field trip to North Washington Open Space, 13 May 2018.

 

 

Locations: Kinney Run.  

 

Wednesday, May 16

Kinney Run, from Eagle Ridge Drive part way up to Tripp Ranch.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Barbarea vulgaris;
• Kinney Run Trail:   at Deadman Gl;
• Glossary:  lyrate;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1818, Barbarea vulgaris
Full Size ImageLyrate lower leaf of Coll. No. 1818, Barbarea vulgaris  

1818   

Field identification: Barbarea vulgaris

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Barbarea vulgaris R. Br.  Garden Yellowrocket.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. In a tributary to the locally named “Kinney Run,” recognized by the BGN as Deadman Gulch, 2.8 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7308°N, 105.2159°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1789 m. Growing in flowing water.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1818. 16-May-2018

Coll. No. 1818, 16 May 2018, characters observed: Probably a biennial or perennial, to 40 cm., terrestrial but growing in flowing water, glabrous throughout; Leaves, lower cauline, 150 mm. × 45 mm. wide, pinnafitid, lyrate, lobes, #9, terminal lobe 47 mm. × 40 mm. wide, auriculate, auricles, glabrous, leaves reduced upward, upper cauline, sessile, 35 mm. × 18 mm. wide, lobes, 3; Inflorescence, not bracted; Flowers, radial; Sepals, 2.5 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide, ovate, rows, #1, color, yellow; Petals, 6 mm., obovate, claw not conspicuously differentiated from blade, margin, entire, color, yellow; Stamens, #6; Filaments, 4 mm., plain; Anthers, 1 mm.; Fruit, pedicels, 5 mm., glabrous, mature, 19.5 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, spreading, glabrous.

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:   at Deadman Gl;  

1819   

Field identification: Prunus americana.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Rosaceae

Prunus americana Marshall.  American Plum.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small alluvial terrance between the streambeds of Kinney Run and Deadman Gulch, 2.8 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7307°N, 105.2159°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1804 m. Few shrubs in deep grasses; Ribes aureum and R. cereum also collected here.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1819. 16-May-2018

Coll. No. 1819, 16 May 2018, characters observed: Spreading woody shrub, to 2 m., blooming before leafing out; Stem, unarmed, glabrous, peeling to brown; Leaves, (immature, at time of flowering), simple, 15 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, elliptic-rhomboid, bases ±equal, pinnately veined, margin serrate, teeth eglandular, few hairs on petioles and leaf base margin; Flowers in small groups of 2-3, Pedicels, 9-18 mm.; Hypanthium, 2 mm.; Sepals, 2.8 mm., reflexed, few cobwebby hairs adaxially; Petals, free, 5.5 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, white; Stamens, many (30?); Style, #1, 10 mm.

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:   at Deadman Gl;
• Glossary:   dentate;
Full Size ImageCoarsely dentate leaves of Coll. No. 1820, Thlaspi arvense  

1820   

Field identification: Thlaspi arvense.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Thlaspi arvense L.  Field Penny Cress.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small alluvial terrance between the streambeds of Kinney Run and Deadman Gulch, 2.8 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7309°N, 105.2158°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1803 m. Among deep grasses, forbs, and a few shrubs.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1820. 16-May-2018

Coll. No. 1820, 16 May 2018, characters observed: Annual terrestrial herb, to 50 cm.; Hairs, 0; Roots, tap-rooted; Leaves, cauline, 30 mm. × 9 mm. wide, sessile, basally lobed, sparsely dentate; Inflorescence, raceme; Flowers, radial; Sepals, 1 row, 2 mm. × 1 mm. wide, ovate; Petals, 3.5 mm. × 1 mm. wide, spoon-shaped, margin entire, color white; Stamens, 2 mm.; Anthers, 0.5 mm.; Fruit, pedicels, 15 mm., glabrous, silicle, 10 mm. × 8 mm. wide, spreading; Seeds, many.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Draba nemorosa;
• Kinney Run Trail:   at Deadman Gl;
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1821, Draba nemorosa
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1821, Draba nemorosa  

1821   

Field identification: At first I thought this might be Camelina microcarpa, but now I'm not so sure. It needs a good keying out.

Full Size Image
Overview of Coll. No. 1821, Draba nemorosa

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Draba nemorosa L.  Woodland Whitlow Grass.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small alluvial terrance between the streambeds of Kinney Run and Deadman Gulch, 2.8 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7308°N, 105.2159°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1809 m. Among deep grasses, forbs, and a few shrubs.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1821. 16-May-2018

Coll. No. 1821, 16 May 2018, characters observed: Annual terrestrial herb, 11 to 25 cm., hairs vary: none, simple, forked, but not dolabriform; Stem, proximal, hairs simple and forked, distal, glabrous; Leaves, basal and cauline, Basal, simple, 12 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, hairs forked; Cauline, #5-6, sessile, 11 mm. × 4 mm. wide, sparsely dentate, hairs, simple and forked; Inflorescene, raceme; Sepals, rows, #1, 1.3 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, ovate, color, green turning yellow, abaxial hairs wavy; Petals, 2 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, spoon-shaped, margin entire, color, yellow; Stamens, #4 or 6, 1.3 mm.; Anthers, 0.3 mm.; Style, very short; Fruit, pedicels, 20 mm., puberulent, body, 7 mm. × 2 mm. wide, ascending, short straight appressed hairs.

  1822   

Field identification: Ribes aureum

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Grossulariaceae

Ribes aureum Pursh.  Golden Currant.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small alluvial terrance between the streambeds of Kinney Run and Deadman Gulch, 2.8 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7307°N, 105.2159°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1807 m. Among deep grasses, forbs, and a few shrubs.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1822. 16-May-2018

  1823    Field identification: Ribes cereum.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Grossulariaceae

Ribes cereum Douglas.  Wax Currant.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small alluvial terrace between the streambeds of Kinney Run and Deadman Gulch, 2.8 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7307°N, 105.2158°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1803 m. One shrub in this area. Among deep grasses, forbs, and a few shrubs.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1823. 16-May-2018

  1824   

Field identification: Zigadenus paniculatus gramineus

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Melanthiaceae

Zigadenus paniculatus (Nutt.) S. Watson var. gramineus (Rydb.) Ackerfield.  Grassy Death Camas.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwest slope of a small hill between Kinney Run and Deadman Gulch, 2.84 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7303°N, 105.2159°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1814 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1824. 16-May-2018

  1825   

Field identification: Scutellaria brittonii

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Lamiaceae

Scutellaria brittonii Porter.  Britton's Skullcap.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. East-facing alluvial slope of a small hill between Kinney Run and Deadman Gulch, 2.86 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7301°N, 105.2158°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1812 m. Small, dense colony.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1825. 16-May-2018


Full Size ImagePieces of Coll. No. 1826, Astragalus shortianus  
1826   

Field identification: Astragalus sp.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Astragalus shortianus Torr. & A.Gray.  Short's Milkvetch.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small hill between Kinney Run and Deadman Gulch near their junction, 2.86 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7301°N, 105.2158°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1813 m. Three plants on a steep east-facing alluvial slope.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1826. 16-May-2018

Coll. No. 1826, 16 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 10 cm., acaulescent; Leaves, compound, petiole, 50 mm., blade, 90 mm. × 37 mm. wide, leaflets, #13, 17 mm. × 10 mm. wide, terminal leaflet not a tendril, petiole, rachis, and leaflets with appressed stiff straight hairs; Inflorescence, not an umbel; Calyx, tube 6 mm. + lobes 4 mm., hairs similar; Flower, zygomorphic, banner 22 mm., wings 18 mm., clawed, keel, 22 mm., tip obtuse; Fruit, 35 mm. × 10 mm. wide, falcate, appressed stiff basifixed straight hairs.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   Coll. No. 1783, 12 Apr 2018;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1827, Lithospermum arvense  

1827   

Field identification: Lithospermum arvense.

--- Match with 1783.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Lithospermum arvense L.  Corn Gromwell.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast slope of a small hill between Kinney Run and Deadman Gulch, near the junction of those two small streams, 2.89 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7299°N, 105.2159°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1811 m. The small plants are my collection no. 1783, made 12 April 2018, from the same population.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1827. 16-May-2018

Coll. No. 1827, 16 May 2018, characters observed: Annual, to 30 cm., hairs appressed with pustular bases; Stem, some branched distally; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole 5 mm. + blade 13 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, slightly obovate, margin entire, hairs as above, withering, cauline, alternate, sessile, 19 mm. × 3.7 mm. wide, margin entire, hairs as above; Calyx, lobes, 5.2 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, enlarged in fruit to 7 mm., hairs as above; Corolla, tube 4 mm. + throat 1 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm., blue to white, abaxial spreading hairy; Stamens, attached in tube; Style, 1.2 mm., Nutlets, #(1-2) 3 (4), 2.8 mm. × 2 mm. wide, green - tan, tuberculed.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Cynoglossum officinale;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1827.1, Cynoglossum officinale.  

1827.1   

Field identification: Cynoglossum officinale.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Cynoglossum officinale L.  Gypsyflower.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast slope of a small hill between Kinney Run and Deadman Gulch, near the junction of those two small streams, 2.89 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.73°N, 105.2159°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1811 m. Small colony, along with Lithospermum arvense and Euphorbia peplus. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1827.1 16-May-2018

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Physaria vitulifera;
• Kinney Run Trail:   at rock knob;

Locations: Kinney Run.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1828, Physaria vitulifera.  

1828   

Field identification: Physaria vitulifera. Coll. Nos. 1828.1 and 1828.2 subsumed here.

Full Size Image
View of knob where some Physaria vitulifera grow.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Physaria vitulifera Rydb.  Roundtip Twinpod.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Outcrops of sandstone about 2/3 of the way up the west limb of the hogback, east side of Kinney Run, 3.07 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7284°N, 105.214°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1827 m. Most basal leaves are entire, only a few are once very shallowly dentate. Growing in fractures of sandstone outcrops.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1828. 16-May-2018

Coll. No. 1828, 16 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial terrestrial herb, to 15 cm., stellate hairy throughout; Roots, tap; Stem, scapose, hairs as above; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, simple, petiole 15-35 mm. + blade 22-24 mm. × 10-14 mm. wide, few basal leaves with a single pair of teeth, remainder entire, tip barely acuminate, cauline, nearly sessile, 22 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, margin entire; Inflorescence, raceme, 60-90 mm. × 35 mm, wide; Sepals, #4, rows 1, 7 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide elliptic, green, hairy as above; Petals, 10 mm. × 2 mm. wide, obovate, margin entire, yellow; Stamens, #6 (4 long, 2 short), 6-8 mm.; Filaments, 4.5-6 mm., pair of short filaments slightly winged proximal ½; Anthers, 1.5 mm., saggitate (?); Ovary, 2 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide; Style, 6.4 mm., not elongating in fruit; Fruit, pedicels, 18-20 mm, longest sigmoid, hairs as above, mature fruit, 3 mm. × 4 mm. wide, didymous, apical sinus well-developed, basal sinus much less so, hairy as above.

Will key to P. bellii in Ackerfield (2015) at couplet 17 per the shape of the basal leaves, which are entire to very shallowly once dentate. However, FNANM sends this in the direction of P. vitulifera at couplet 12 based on the relative development of the basal and apical sinuses of the fruit.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  deadman gl;
• Kinney Run Trail:   at rock knob;

Locations: Kinney Run.
Full Size ImageYard waste disposal on the ridge above Kinney Run.  

 

On the ridge east of Kinney Run. I was coming down the ridge towards the lime kiln and saw this coyote across the trail. I think I might have flushed it out of a hiding place just south of the lime kiln.

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View generally north of Kinney Run.
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View generally south of Kinney Run.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Notes on Erigeron flagellaris, Schweich 2018;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1829, Erigeron flagellaris
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1829, Erigeron flagellaris  

1829   

Field identification: Erigeron flagellaris.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Erigeron flagellaris A. Gray.  Trailing Fleabane.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. On the west limb of a small hogback, about 2/3 of the way up from Kinney Run to the crest of the hogback, 3.1 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7282°N, 105.2139°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1830 m. Thin vegetation on sandstone.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1829. 16-May-2018

 

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageThe old homestead at Ranson/Edwards.
Full Size ImagePump near the old homestead.  

 

Thursday, May 17th

Ranson/Edwards

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North fence of Ranson/Edwards Homestead OSP
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Jog in property line across Coal Creek.
This was an attempt to pass by the old homestead and continue northeast to the northeast corner of the park. I returned to Plainview Road mainly by way of the old ranch road.
  1830   

Field identification: Penstemon virens

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Penstemon virens Pennell ex Rydb.  Front Range Beardtongue.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of small hogback between Kinney Run and Eagle Ridge Drive, 3.01 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.729°N, 105.2142°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1830 m. Sparsely vegetated sandstone among Cercocarpus montanus. Common Front Range Penstemon.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1830. 16-May-2018


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1831, Senecio integerrimus  
1831   

Field identification: Senecio integerrimus

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Senecio integerrimus Nutt.  Columbia Ragwort.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 300 m. northwest to the general vicinity of the old homestead, about 15.8 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8943°N, 105.2602°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1938 m. Moderate north slope, deep grass with Astragalus agrestis.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1831. 17-May-2018


Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1832, Eleocharis cf. acicularis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1832, Eleocharis cf. acicularis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1832, Eleocharis cf. acicularis  
1832   

Field identification: Eleocharis sp.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult.  Needle Spikerush.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 350 m. northwest to the general vicinity of the old homestead, about 15.9 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8949°N, 105.2603°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1928 m. Stigmas 3, achenes with longitudinal ridges. Small patch less than 1 m. sq., north side of the pond between the well and the homestead. Determination tentative.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1832. 17-May-2018


Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1833, Prunus virginiana  
1833   

Field identification: Prunus virginiana.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Rosaceae

Prunus virginiana L.  Chokecherry.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 530 m. northwest past the old homestead, about 15.9 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.896°N, 105.2587°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1923 m. Small area of low (<1m) shrubs in grasses; Ribes aureum nearby in a small pile of rocks.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1833. 17-May-2018


Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1834, Ribes aureum.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1834, Ribes aureum.  
1834   

Field identification: Ribes aureum.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Grossulariaceae

Ribes aureum Pursh.  Golden Currant.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 530 m. northwest past the old homestead, about 15.9 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8959°N, 105.2586°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1920 m. One shrub in pile of rocks in an otherwise open grassy field. The pile of rocks may be artificial given the proximity of the original homestead.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1834. 17-May-2018


Full Size ImageHabit of Coll. No. 1835, Erysimum capitatum
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1835, Erysimum capitatum  
1835   

Field identification: Erysimum capitatum

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Erysimum capitatum (Hook.) Greene.  Sanddune Wallflower.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 570 m. northeast past the old homestead, about 15.9 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8964°N, 105.2586°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1925 m. Along a low ridge that is a little drier and rockier than surrounding grass land; moss growing on bare soil.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1835. 17-May-2018

Coll. No. 1835, 17 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial or at least biennial, terrestrial herb, hairs dolabriform throughout; Root, tap; Stem, erect, leafy, hairs as above; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, simple, petiole, indistinct, ±10 mm., blade 50 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, narrowly oblanceolate, 1-3 shallowly pinnate dentate, cauline, nearly sessile, 42 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, ±linear, marginm entire; Inflorescence, raceme 130 mm. × 45 mm. wide, not bracted; Flowers, radial; Sepals, #4, rows, 1, 7 mm. × 1-1.5 mm. wide, narrow and wide pairs opposite; Petals, claw, 10 mm. + blade 6 mm. × 4 mm. wide, spoon-shaped, margin, entire, color, orange; Stamens, #6, 11 & 15 mm., tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long); Anthers, 4.5 mm.; Ovary, 4 mm.; Style, 9 mm.; Stigma, capitate; Pedicels, 5-6 mm., ascending; Fruit, 17 mm. × 1 mm. wide, ascending, hairy as above.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1836, Arabis pycnocarpa
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1836, Arabis pycnocarpa var. pycnocarpa  
1836   

Field identification: Brassicaceae, but likely Arabis pycnocarpa.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Arabis pycnocarpa M. Hopkins.  Cream Flower Rockcress.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 570 m. northeast past the old homestead, about 15.9 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8964°N, 105.2586°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1924 m. Perennial, simple hairs, fls. white, fr. silique, basal lvs. present at anthesis. Along a low ridge that is a little drier and rockier than surrounding grass land; moss growing on bare soil. This is apparently the only name that remains in Arabis in Colorado.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1836. 17-May-2018

Coll. No. 1836, 17 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial terrestrial herb, to 25 cm. tall, hairs simple proximally; Roots, tap; Stem, erect, leafy; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, simple, petiole 12 mm. + blade 10 mm. × 8 mm. wide, margin entire, ciliate, tip obtuse; cauline, sessile, basally lobed, 22 mm × 6 mm. wide, lanceolate, margin 1-3 dentate; Flowers, radial; Sepals, #4, rows, 1, 2 mm. × 1 mm. wide, ovate, green, glabrous; Petals, 3.7 mm. × 0.9 mm. wide, obovate, margin, entire, color, white; Stamens, #6, 3.5 & 3.8 mm.; Anthers, 0.7 mm., ovate; Ovary, 3 mm.; Stigma, capitate; Fruit, pedicels, 6 mm., fruit, 40 mm. × 1 mm. wide, appressed, glabrous.


Full Size ImageFruit of Coll. No. 1837, Lomatium orientale
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1837, Lomatium orientale
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1837, Lomatium orientale  
1837   

Field identification: Lomatium orientale.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Apiaceae

Lomatium orientale J.M. Coult. & Rose.  Northern Idaho Biscuitroot.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 567 m. northeast past the old homestead, about 15.9 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8963°N, 105.2585°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1923 m. Along a low ridge that is a little drier and rockier than surrounding grass land; moss growing on bare soil.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1837. 17-May-2018

Coll. No. 1837, 17 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial, to 20 cm., woody taproot; Leaves, compound, pinnate, 75 mm. × 26 mm. wide, ultimate divisions, ≤3 mm., ≤1 mm. wide, villous, tips, obtuse, (with a very small white “spine”); Inflorescence, compound umbel; Involucel Bracts, glabrous; Flowers, white; Anthers, red; Ovary, glabrous, stylopodium, absent; Fruit, 5 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, ovate, glabrous, dorsally compressed, lateral ribs winged.

  1838   

Field identification: Draba, probably D. reptans.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Draba reptans (Lam.) Fernald.  Carolina Whitlow Grass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 567 m. northeast past the old homestead, about 15.9 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8964°N, 105.2586°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1922 m. Along a low ridge that is a little drier and rockier than surrounding grass land; moss growing on bare soil.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1838. 17-May-2018

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Boechera fendleri;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1839, Boechera fendleri  

1839   

Field identification: Boechera fendleri

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Boechera fendleri (S.Watson) W.A.Weber.  Fendler's rockcress.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 700 m. northeast past the old homestead, about 15.9 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.897°N, 105.2572°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1918 m. Along a low ridge that is a little drier and rockier than surrounding grass land; moss growing on bare soil.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1839. 17-May-2017


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1840, Frasera speciosa  
1840   

Field identification: Frasera speciosa.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Gentianaceae

Frasera speciosa Griseb.  Elkweed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 950 m. northeast past the old homestead to the northeast corner of the open space; about 16.3 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8992°N, 105.256°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1905 m. The larger leaves are basal, while the smaller leaves are cauline. Limited plant parts collected, only one plant in bloom in this foothill prairie location.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1840. 17-May-2018


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1841, Rumex acetosella
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1841, Rumex acetosella  
1841   

Field identification: Rumex acetosella.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Polygonaceae

Rumex acetosella L.  Sorrel.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 800 m. northeast past the old homestead to the northeast corner of the open space; about 16 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.897°N, 105.2555°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1911 m. Beside an old ranch road near the eastern boundary fence.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1841. 17-May-2018

Coll. No. 1841, 17 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb from woody rootstock, to 30 cm., dioecious (all plants in this collection staminate); Leaves, basal and cauline similar, ocrea, 7-10 mm., petiole 20 mm. + blade 12-24 mm. × 6 mm. wide, base hastate, lobes pointing outward, tip acuminate; Pedicels, 1-3 mm.; Flowers, bulbar-like base, described as stipe-like, but does not look stipe-like such as that seen in Eriogonum umbellatum; Pedicels, 1-3 mm.; Tepals, #6, 1.7 mm., reddish.

  1842   

Field identification: Juncus interior.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Juncaceae

Juncus interior Wiegand.  Inland Rush.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 800 m. northeast past the old homestead to the northeast corner of the open space; about 16 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.897°N, 105.2555°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1910 m. Beside an old ranch road near the eastern boundary fence.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1842. 17-May-2018

  1843    Field identification: Plantago, probably P. major.
  1844   

Field identification: Ribes cereum.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Grossulariaceae

Ribes cereum Douglas.  Wax Currant.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 miles west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.4 miles generally north on Plainview Road, then about 660 m. east northeast; about 15.7 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8948°N, 105.2555°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1910 m. Along the eastern boundary fence.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1844. 17-May-2018

 

 

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Escobaria missouriensis;

Locations: Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageEscobaria missouriensis  

 

Friday, May 18th

North Washington Open Space

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1845, Sisymbrium altissimim  
1845   

Field identification: Descurainia incisa, but a field trip attendee thought Sisymbrium.

Descurainia keys in Ackerfield's (2015) Key 1 (Plants with branched, forked, stellate, or dolabriform hairs), whereas Sisymbrium keys in Key 3 (Plants glabrous or with simple hairs; leaves with a sagittate or auriculate base).

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Sisymbrium altissimum L.  Tall Tumblemustard.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.73 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7689°N, 105.2316°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1791 m. In the formerly mowed area, along the northeast side.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1845. 18-May-2018

Coll. No. 1845, 18 May 2018, characters observed: Annual terrestrial herb, to 50 mm.; Roots, tap; Stem, erect, branched above, leafy, few simple hairs; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal compound, (petiole short if at all present), 120 mm. × 28 mm. wide, oblong, pinnately divided, few simple hairs on petioles, mid-ribs, and margins; cauline, nearly sessile, lanceolate, very finely pinnately divided; Flowers, radial; Sepals, #4, rows, 1, 3.5-4.5 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, small hood-shaped appendage at tip; Petals, 7 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, margin, entire, color, yellow; Stamens, tetradynamous, 3.6, 5.2 mm.; Filaments, plain; Anthers, 2 mm.; Stigma, (weakly) 2-lobed; Fruit, 17 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, ascending, glabrous.

  1846   

Field identification: Thlaspi arvense.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Thlaspi arvense L.  Field Penny Cress.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.73 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7689°N, 105.2324°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1814 m. Along the north fence.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1846. 18-May-2018

  1847   

Field identification: Senecio integerrimus.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Senecio integerrimus Nutt.  Columbia Ragwort.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.73 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7687°N, 105.2325°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1813 m. Just a few plants on the eastern slope, in dense smooth brome.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1847. 18-May-2018

  1848   

Field identification: Astragalus agrestis

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Astragalus agrestis Douglas ex G. Don.  Purple Milkvetch.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.73 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7687°N, 105.2325°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1815 m. Just a few plants on the eastern slope, in dense smooth brome.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1848. 18-May-2018

  1849   

Field identification: Astragalus agrestis

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Astragalus agrestis Douglas ex G. Don.  Purple Milkvetch.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.73 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7686°N, 105.2325°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1814 m. Upper eastern slope, above the thickest infestation of smooth brome, near social trail.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1849. 18-May-2018

Literature Cited:
- Barkworth, Mary E., Laurel K. Anderton, Kathleen M. Capels, Sandy Long, and Michael B. Piep, 2007.  

1850   

Field identification: grass, fine light-green ring forming perennial bunch grass.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Festuca saximontana Rydb.  Rocky Mountain Fescue.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.74 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7685°N, 105.2325°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1817 m. Fine light-green perennial bunch grass beside trail, just east of crest of hill. Not really native to Golden; probably a grass used in revegetation project.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1850. 18-May-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1851, Astragalus crassicarpus  
1851   

Field identification: Astragalus sp., not currently on my list.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt.  Groundplum Milkvetch.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of hill, beside social trail. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7686°N, 105.2328°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1821 m. Only one plant found in this parcel, so far.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1851. 18-May-2018

Coll. No. 1851, 18 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 15 cm., Leaves, compound, stipules free, petiole, 15 mm., blade, 85 mm. × 22 mm. wide, leaflets, #23, 11 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, terminal leaflet, not a tendril, hairs, simple, appressed, straight, Calyx, tube 8 mm. + lobes 3 mm., hairs, simple, some light and some dark, Flower, zygomorphic, white to blue, banner, 24 mm., glabrous, wings, claw, 10 mm., blade, 10 mm., keel, 20 mm., tip, obtuse; Style, persistent, 8 mm.; Fruit, 17 mm. × 7.3 mm. wide, oblong, glabrous.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1852, Vulpia octoflora
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1852, A little annual Vulpia octoflora  
1852   

Field identification: grass. Very small, annual, not Buffalo grass.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Vulpia octoflora (Walt.) Rydb.  Six Weeks Fescue.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of hill, beside social trail. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7685°N, 105.2328°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1819 m. Very small grass.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1852. 18-May-2018

Coll. No. 1852, 18 May 2018, characters observed: Annual, 5-6 cm., tufted; Roots, fibrous; Sheath, 6 mm., open, minutely hairy; Ligule, membraneous, very short; Blade, 4.5 mm. × 0.3 mm. wide, rolled, glabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, raceme, 16 mm. × 5 mm. wide; Spikelets, #6, 6-7 mm., similar, 1 / node, many flowered; Compression, lateral; Disarticulation, between florets; Glumes, lower, 2 mm., vein, #1, upper, 3 mm., veins, #3, keeled, awns, #0; Florets, #5-6 per spikelets; Axis, short hairy abaxially; Lemma, 3.2 mm, >glumes, lanceolate, green, rolled, hairs, 0.2 mm., white/straw color, veins, #3, glabrous, tip entire, awns, #1, 1.8 mm., straight, attached to end; Palea, 2.7 mm., <lemma, membraneous, margin ciliate; keeled.

Literature Cited:
- Barkworth, Mary E., Laurel K. Anderton, Kathleen M. Capels, Sandy Long, and Michael B. Piep, 2007.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Festuca saximontana;
Full Size ImageMy collection of Festuca saximontana  

1853   

Field identification: grass. Revegetation bunch grass.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Festuca saximontana Rydb.  Rocky Mountain Fescue.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of hill, beside social trail. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7688°N, 105.2337°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1817 m. Revegetation bunch grass.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1853. 18-May-2018

Coll. No. 1853, 18 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 60 cm., tufted; Leaves, mostly basal, cauline leaves on flowering culms; Sheath, 75 mm., open, minutely scabrous; Blade, 70 mm. × 1 mm. wide, rolled, minutely scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, panicle, 115 mm. × 8 mm. wide, 2-3 branches, 2.5 mm.; Rachis, finely scabrous; Spikelets, many, similar, 9 mm. × 2 mm. wide, 1 per node; Compression, unremarkable; Disarticulation, unknown; Glumes, lower, 3 mm., veins, #1, upper, 4 mm., veins, #3, awns, #0, margins, entire; Florets, 4(5) per spikelet; Axis, few short hairs; Lemma, 4.5 mm., >glumes, lanceolate, membraneous, veins, #5, parallel, margin, chartaceous, tip, entire, acute, awns, #1, 2.5 mm., straight, attached, end (remove palea before making this determination), Palea, 4 mm., <lemma, membraneous, glabrous, tip, 2-forked; Anthers, 1.5 mm.

Placed in F. saximontana per the short anthers. This is one of several collections from North Washington Open Space that will key out as either F. idahoensis or F. saximontana, neither of which are really native to Golden. This was likely planted as part of a revegetation project. In fact, one voucher of this collection will contain remnants of the plastic netting commonly used in such projects.

  1854   

Field identification: Poa sp., probably P. pratensis

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Poa pratensis L.  Kentucky Bluegrass.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of hill, beside social trail. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7687°N, 105.233°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1817 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1854. 18-May-2018

Coll. No. 1854, 18 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial, to 60 cm., 1 of 3 plants collected has a rhizome; Roots, fibrous; Stem, herbaceous; Internodes, hollow; Sheath, 90 mm., open; Ligule, membraneous; Blade, 45 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, flat, scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, panicle, 85 mm. × 10 mm. wide, 4 branches per node; Spikelets, many, similar, 1 per node, 4 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide; Compression, lateral; Glumes, lower, 2 mm., veins, #1, upper, 2.7 mm., veins, #3, awns, #0; Florets, 2 per spikelet; Callus, hairs, ½ length of lemma, cobwebby; Lemma, 2.5 mm., >glumes, ovate, membraneous, keeled, hairy, veins, #3, tip, entire, awns, #0; Palea, 2 mm., green on veins, glabrous; Anthers, 1.2 mm.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1855, Poa secunda ssp. secunda  
1855   

Field identification: Koeleria macrantha, determination tentative. — Yikes!!

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Poa secunda J. Presl ssp. secunda.  Sandberg Bluegrass..

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of hill, near social trail. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7686°N, 105.233°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1816 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1855. 18-May-2018

Coll. No. 1855, 18 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial, to 50 cm., not rhizomatous; Internodes, hollow, glabrous; Sheath, 60 mm., open; Ligule, membranous, 4 mm., auricles, 0.2-0.3 mm.; Blade, 20-37 mm. × 2 mm. to 1 mm. wide, flat, tip folded and fused (prow-shaped), mid-rib and margins sparsely scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, panicle, 80 mm. × 11 mm. wide, 1-5  branches, 3-7 mm., spikelets, many; Rachis, sparsely scabrous, nodes yellowish; Spikelets, many, similar, 1 per node, 5-6.2 mm. × 1.5-2 mm. wide, 2-many flowered; Compression, unremarkable; Glumes, lower, 2.5 mm., veins, #3, upper, 3.2 mm., veins, #3, awns, #0; Florets, 3 per spikelet, fertile; Axis, sparsely hairy; Lemma, 3.5 mm., ±=glumes, lanceolate, membranous, rounded proximal ½ to weakly keeled above, wavy hairy (to 0.5 mm.) proximally, not cobwebby, color, green, veins, #5, ±parallel, tip, entire, obtuse, awns, #0; Palea, 3.2 mm., ±lemma, membranous, glabrous, greenish at base and margins, Anthers, 1.3 mm.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Agropyron cristatum;

Locations: Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageMy collection of Agropyron cristatum at Denver Botanic Gardens  

1856   

Field identification: Agropyron cristatum.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.  Crested Wheat Grass.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of hill, near social trail. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7686°N, 105.233°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1816 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1856. 18-May-2018

 

 

Locations: Tin Cup Ridge.
Full Size ImageEscobaria missouriensis at Tin Cup Ridge.
Full Size ImageThe new boxes on the Bachman Ranch stand out.  

 

Wednesday, May 23rd

Tin Cup Ridge.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1857, Vicia americana var. minor  
1857   

Field identification: Vicia americana.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Vicia americana Willd. var. minor Hook.  American Vetch.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lowest east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.73 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7148°N, 105.2047°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1858 m. Tendrils variously forked and not, racemes 3-4 flowered.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1857. 23-May-2018

Coll. No. 1857, 23 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 30 cm., sprawling; Stem, not winged, hairs, simple, basifixed; Leaves, compound, stipules, free, 7 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, leaflets, #10, 22 mm. × 3.7 mm. wide, oblong, terminal leaflet, a tendril, variously forked or not, hairs, simple, basifixed; Inflorescence, raceme, 3-4 flowers, pedicels 22-28 mm.; Calyx, tube 4-5 mm. + lobes 2 mm., longer abaxially, simple basifixed hairs; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 18 mm., reflexed at middle, back glabrous, blade, 17 mm., keel, 13 mm., tip obtuse; Stigma, round, ring of hairs below stigma.


Full Size ImageButton-like caudex of Coll. No. 1858, Senecio integerrimus  
1858   

Field identification: Senecio integerrimus.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Senecio integerrimus Nutt.  Columbia Ragwort.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.77 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Open grassland. 39.7144°N, 105.2048°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1889 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1858. 23-May-2018

  1859   

Field identification: Cerastium arvense

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Caryophyllaceae

Cerastium arvense L. ssp. strictum Gaudin.  Field Chickweed.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.80 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7142°N, 105.2046°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1892 m. Among grasses on the edge of the brush.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1859. 24-May-2018

  1860   

Field identification: Bromus tectorum

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Bromus tectorum L.  Cheat Grass.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.80 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7141°N, 105.2045°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1891 m. Grasses in an opening in the brush.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1860. 23-May-2018

  1861   

Field identification: Rhus aromatica trilobata.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Anacardiaceae

Rhus trilobata Nutt. var. trilobata.  Skunkbush Sumac.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.80 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7141°N, 105.2045°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1892 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1861. 23-May-2018

  1862   

Field identification: Lithospermum incisum

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Lithospermum incisum Lehm.  Narrowleaf Stoneseed.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.83 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.714°N, 105.2046°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1894 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1862. 23-May-2018

  1863   

Field identification: Tragopogon dubius

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Tragopogon dubius Scop.  Yellow Salsify.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.83 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.714°N, 105.2046°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1897 m. In grasses amid shrubs.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1863. 23-May-2018

  1864   

Field identification: Asparagus officinale

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asparagaceae

Asparagus officinalis L.  Asparagus.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.83 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.714°N, 105.2047°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1899 m. In mixed shrubs and grasses.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1864. 23-May-2018

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Notes on Castilleja integra;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1865, Castilleja integra  

1865   

Field identification: Castilleja integra.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Orobanchaceae

Castilleja integra A. Gray.  Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.83 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.714°N, 105.2047°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1899 m. In mixed grasses and shrubs.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1865. 23-May-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1866, Oenothera suffrutescens  
1866   

Field identification: Oenothera suffrutescens.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Onagraceae

Oenothera suffrutescens (Ser.) W. L. Wagner & Hoch.  Linda Tarde.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.83 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7141°N, 105.2047°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1893 m. North side of small watercourse, among shrubs and some open grassland.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1866. 23-May-2018

  1867   

Field identification: Ribes cereum.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Grossulariaceae

Ribes cereum Douglas.  Wax Currant.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Middle east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.83 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.714°N, 105.2048°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1893 m. In shrubs above the grassland.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1867. 23-May-2018

  1868   

Field identification: Prunus virginiana.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Rosaceae

Prunus virginiana L.  Chokecherry.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Middle east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.83 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.714°N, 105.2048°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1893 m. Base of steepest slopes.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1868. 23-May-2018


Full Size ImageLight-colored variant of Ericameria nauseosa  
  Light-colored variant of Ericameria nauseosa
  1869   

Field identification: Lappula redowski.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene var. cupulata (A. Gray) Higgins. (Syn: Lappula redowskii (Hornem.) Greene var. cupulata (A. Gray) M. E. Jones) fide Ackerfield (2015).  Crowned Stickseed.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Middle east slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.65 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7153°N, 105.2061°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1898 m. On the bank of a ditch cut on contour of the slope.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1869. 23-May-2018

  1870   

Field identification: Cynoglossum officinale.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Cynoglossum officinale L.  Gypsyflower.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Near the top of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden,4.57 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7159°N, 105.2065°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1904 m. Among trees and shrubs. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1870. 23-May-2018

  1871   

Field identification: Arnica fulgens

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Arnica fulgens Pursh.  Foothill Arnica.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Near the top of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden,4.57 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.716°N, 105.2065°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1903 m. Amid trees and shrubs, east exposure.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1871. 23-May-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1872, Arabis pycnocarpa  
1872   

Field identification: Arabis pycnocarpa.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Arabis pycnocarpa M. Hopkins.  Cream Flower Rockcress.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Near the top of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden,4.57 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7159°N, 105.2066°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1904 m. In open areas among brush and trees.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1872. 23-May-2018

Coll. No. 1872, 23 May 2018, characters observed: Annual or short-lived Perennial, terrestrial herb, to 60 cm. tall; Stem, erect, leafy, proximal hairs simple, distal glabrous; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, simple, petiole, 10 mm., indistinct, blade 45 mm. × 10 mm. wide, oblanceolate, pinnately toothed, hairs, forked, not dolabriform, cauline, sessile, basally lobed, lanceolate, proximal leaves have a mix of simple and forked hairs, mid- to distal-leaves are glabrous, margin, entire; Inflorescence, raceme, 65 mm. × 15 mm. wide, not bracted, not secund; Flowers, radial; Pedicels, 3 mm.; Sepals, #4, rows 1, 4.2 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, lanceolate, chartaceous, glabrous; Petals, 5 mm. × 1 mm. wide, somewhat spoon-shaped, margin entire, color, white to cream; Stamens, #6, 5.2 mm.; Filaments, plain; Anthers, 1 mm., exserted; Ovary, 5 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide; Stigma, capitate, 0.6 mm. wide, ±= width of ovary base (Welsh, 1993); Fruit, pedicels, 6 mm., ascending, nearly appressed, glabrous; mature, 12-16 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, ascending, nearly appressed, not inflated, glabrous.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1873, Cryptantha virgata  
1873   

Field identification: Cryptantha virgata.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Cryptantha virgata (Porter) Payson.  Miner"s Candle.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Near the top of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden,4.50 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7165°N, 105.2067°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1895 m. Five plants, several old flower stalks. In a collapsed mined out vein.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1873. 23-May-2018

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   on trail;
Full Size ImageCamping supplies stashed on Tin Cup Ridge.  

  Cache of camping supplies on Tin Cup Ridge.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Lepidium draba;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1874, Lepidium draba
Full Size ImageFruit of Coll. No. 1874, Lepidium draba  

1874   

Field identification: Lepidium draba.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Lepidium draba L.  White Top.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lowest slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 4.5 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7149°N, 105.2046°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1884 m. At the edge of the parking lot. Colorado Noxious Weed List B

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1874. 23-May-2018

 

 

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   at new const.;

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.
Full Size ImageRebuilt trail on North Table Loop.  

 

Thursday, May 24th

North Table Mountain Park, trailhead poarking lot to Ramstetter Reservoir and back.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1875, Vicia villosa  
1875   

Field identification: Fabaceae; best guess back in the office: Vicia villosa.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Vicia villosa Roth.  Hairy Vetch.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Smooth brome-infested grasslands on the lower northwest slope of North Table Mountain, just off North Table Loop in the direction of Ramstetter Reservoir, 3.67 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7883°N, 105.2263°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1805 m. Lax, twining on smooth brome.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1875. 24-May-2018

Coll. No. 1875, 24 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial, herb, sprawling through the smooth brome, to 50 cm.; Leaves, compound, stipules, 13 mm. × 3 mm. wide, 2-lobed, petiole, 0, blade, 75 mm. × 28 mm. wide, leaflets, #13-15, 20 mm. × 4 mm. wide, linear-elliptic, terminal leaflet a tendril, forked, #3-4, hairs, straight; Inflorescence, raceme, secund, flowers, #±20; Calyx, tube 3 mm. + lobes 4 mm., narrow, hairs simple; Flower, zygomorphic, white to dark blue, banner, 16 mm., reflexed ¾, wings, 14 mm., clawed, dark blue, keel, 11 mm., tip obtuse; Style, ring of hairs below stigma, 0.6 mm.; Fruit, (immature) 5 mm. × 0.8 mm wide, lanceolate, glabrous.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Camelina microcarpa;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1876, Camelina microcarpa  

1876   

Field identification: Camelina microcarpa

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Camelina microcarpa Andrz. ex DC.  Little-Podded False Flax.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Smooth brome-infested grasslands on the lower northwest slope of North Table Mountain, just off North Table Loop in the direction of Ramstetter Reservoir, 3.7 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7885°N, 105.2268°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1825 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1876. 24-May-2018

Coll. No. 1876, characters observed: Annual, terrestrial, herb, to 80 cm. tall; Stem, erect, mostly single, some branched mid-stem; Leaves, basal, absent or withered, cauline, #20-25, sessile, basally lobed, 62 mm. × 10 mm. wide, reduced above, lanceolate, hairs simple and forked; Inflorescence, to 200 mm. × 35 mm. wide, not bracted, not one-sided; Flowers, radial; Pedicels, 8 mm.; Sepals, #4, 2.4 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, ovate, color, green, tip purplish, abaxially hairy; Petals, 4.0 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, oblong-spatulate, margin, entire, color, yellow; Stamens, #6, 3 mm.; Filaments, plain or maybe very narrowly winged; Anthers, 0.7 mm., ovate; Ovary, 1.8 mm. × 0.9 mm. wide; Style, 0.8 mm.; Stigma, capitate, 0.4 mm. wide; Fruit, pedicels, 15 mm., 3× than fruit, spreading, mature fruit, 5 mm. × 3.2 mm. wide, somewhat flattened, parallel to replum, coriaceous, short-winged, valve mid-vein apparent but not prominent; Seeds, many, 1.0 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, angled, papillate.

  1877   

Field identification: Androsace occidentalis.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Primulaceae

Androsace occidentalis Pursh.  Western Rockjasmine.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Smooth brome-infested grasslands on the lower northwest slope of North Table Mountain, just off North Table Loop in the direction of Ramstetter Reservoir, 3.7 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7885°N, 105.2268°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1825 m. Lowest northwest slope of North Table Mountain; small colony in Bromus inermis, Camelina microcarpa, Alyssum simplex, Linaria dalmatica, and Tragopogon dubius; only native here. Accidently discovered when pulling Coll. No. 1876, Camelina microcarpa out of the ground.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1877. 24-May-2017

  1878   

Field identification: Astragalus, probably A. flexuousus.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Astragalus flexuosus G. Don.  Flexible Milkvetch.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Smooth brome-infested grasslands on the lower northwest slope of North Table Mountain, north from North Table Loop in the direction of Ramstetter Reservoir, 3.76 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7891°N, 105.2269°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1820 m. One crown with stems emerging from an area 15 cm. diameter, small magenta flowers.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1878. 24-May-2018

Coll. No. 1878, 24 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, sprawling, to 30 cm., appressed basifixed straight white hairs throughout, plus black hairs in the inflorescence; Leaves, compound, stipules, 4 mm., triangular, entire, free (except possibly slightly connate on side opposite to petiole), petioles, 6 mm., blade, 45 mm. × 14 mm. wide, leaflets, #19, 7 mm. × 2.3 mm. wide, terminal leaflet present, Inflorescence, raceme; Calyx, tube 3 mm. + lobes 0.7 mm.; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 9 mm., reflexed middle, back glabrous, wings, 8 mm., keel, 6 mm., tip obtuse, Fruit, legume, 7.5 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, linear-lanceolate.

  1879   

Field identification: Erigeron, probably E. tracyi.

Quite tall, and some buds are nodding.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Erigeron divergens Torr. & A. Gray.  Spreading Fleabane.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Smooth brome-infested grasslands on the lower northwest slope of North Table Mountain, north from North Table Loop in the direction of Ramstetter Reservoir, 3.76 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.79°N, 105.227°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1816 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1879. 23-May-2018

Locations: Ramstetter Creek. Ramstetter Reservoir.
Full Size ImageRamstetter Reservoir seen from the dam.
Full Size ImageNorth Table Mountain from the dam of Ramstetter Reservoir.  

  Ramstetter Reservoir

Full Size ImagePistillate catkin of Coll. No. 1880, Salix exigua
Full Size ImageStaminate catkin of Coll. No. 1880, Salix exigua  
1880   

Field identification: Salix, probably S. exigua.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Salicaceae

Salix exigua Nutt.  Coyote Willow, Narrow-Leaved Willow.

Ramstetter Reservoir, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast shore of Ramstetter Reservoir, northwest corner of North Table Mountain Park, 4.03 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7914°N, 105.2282°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1809 m. Nearly all plants staminate.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1880. 24-May-2018

Coll. No. 1880, 24 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial erect shrub, to 2 m.; Leaves, alternate, 21 mm. ×. 1.8 mm. wide, 11.7 ×long as wide, abaxial villous, adaxial mostly glabrous, margins entire, slightly revolute; Staminate catkins, 30 mm. × 6 mm. wide; Pistillate catkins, 42 mm. × 4 mm. wide, floral bract, 1.8 mm., capsule, 2.6 mm., glabrous.

Literature Cited:
- Wingate, Janet L., 2017.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1881, Carex praegracilis  

1881   

Field identification: Carex sp.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Carex praegracilis W. Boott.  Clustered Field-Sedge.

Ramstetter Reservoir, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast shore of Ramstetter Reservoir, northwest corner of North Table Mountain Park, 4.03 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7911°N, 105.2289°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1810 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1881. 24-May-2018

Coll. No. 1881, 24 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial, to 40 cm., from rhizomes; Rhizomes and culm bases ±black; Culm, ridges scabrous; Leaves, mostly basal or near basal, sheath, front hyaline without veins, ligule, 2 mm., blade, flat; Spikes, > 6 per culm, differentiated, androgynous; Bract, 9 mm., margin chartaceous proximal ⅔; Scales, ±clasping perigynia; Perigynia, 2.5-2.7 mm., beak 1.7 mm.

This was the first collection I keyed out using Wingate, J. L., 2017. Sedges of Colorado. I like the key therein, as the detailed descriptions.

    South of Ramstetter Reservoir.

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1882, Plantago patagonica  
1882   

Field identification: Plantago patagonica

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Plantago patagonica Jacq.  Woolly Plantain.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lowest west slopes of North Table Mountain, between CO Highway 93 and North Table Loop, 3.53 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7867°N, 105.2292°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1822 m. Small, dry gravelly bar between two small watercourses.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1882. 24-May-2018

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Sphaeralcea coccinea;
Full Size ImageSphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. On the lowest slopes of North Table Mountain.  

  Sphaeralcea coccinea

 

 

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Full Size ImagePoison Ivy in the Survey Field.  

 

Monday, May 28th

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
  1883   

Field identification: Camelina microcarpa.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Camelina microcarpa Andrz. ex DC.  Little-Podded False Flax.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southern part of Survey field, about half-way down northwest-facing bank of an unnamed watercourse, 2.49 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7331°N, 105.2201°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1801 m.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1883. 28-May-2018

  1884   

Field identification: Vicia americana.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Vicia americana Willd.  American Vetch.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southern part of Survey field, bottom of northwest-facing bank of an unnamed watercourse, 2.47 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7333°N, 105.2203°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1811 m. Variety minor if infraspecific names are to be applied.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1884. 28-May-2018

  1885    Field identification: Tragopogon dubius

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Tragopogon dubius Scop.  Yellow Salsify.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southern part of Survey field, base of northwest-facing bank of an unnamed watercourse, 2.47 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7333°N, 105.2202°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1818 m.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1885. 28-May-2018

Other articles:
• Glossary:   ament;   catkin;
Full Size ImageSalix amygdaloides (Coll. No. 1886) with Cottonwood in southern Survey Fields.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1886, Salix amygdaloides  

1886   

Field identification: Salix sp., staminate.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Salicaceae

Salix amygdaloides Andersson.  Peachleaf Willow.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.47 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7333°N, 105.2204°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1823 m. In streambed with cottonwood.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1886. 28-May-2018

Coll. No. 1886, 28 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial tree, Twigs, young, dark brown; Leaves, alternate, petiole, 10-12 mm., tuft of hairs adaxially, glands absent at base of leaf, blade, 80 mm. × 26 mm. wide, 3.08 × long as wide, young leaves have slightly tangled white hairs both sides, mature leaves, green adaxially, glaucus abaxially, margin, serrate, tip, acuminate; Staminate catkins (aments), peduncle, 12 mm., spike, 47 mm. × 9 mm. wide, stamens, #4-5, 4.5 mm.; Pistillate catkins, absent.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1887, Turritis glabra  
1887   

Field identification: Arabis pycnocarpa

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Turritis glabra L.  Tower Rockcress.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast-facing slope, along an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.44 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7336°N, 105.2207°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1824 m. Late, some have finished blooming, flowers pinkish rather than white.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1887. 28-May-2018

Coll. No. 1887, 28 May 2018, characters observed: Short-lived (?) perennial, terrestrial, herb, 45 cm. to 90 cm. tall; Roots, tap. Stem, erect, #1, (1 of 4 specimens has 2 stems), leafy, proximal, simple and forked hairs, distal, glabrous; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal simple, petiole, 6 mm., blade, 60 mm. × 15 mm. wide, oblanceolate, hairs, simple and forked, margin, dentate, tip, obtuse; cauline, #20, sessile, lobed, 2.5 mm., 40 mm. × 10 mm. wide, lanceolate, reduced above, margin, entire, becoming glabrous distally; Inflorescence, raceme, 70 mm. × 11 mm. wide, not bracted, not one-sided; Pedicels (at anthesis), 3-4 mm., glabrous; Sepals, #4, 2.5 mm. × 1.1 mm. wide, ovate, green, margin chartaceous; Petals, 4.5 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, spatulate, margin entire, color, pinkish, fading lavender; Fruit, (24-) 80-85 mm. × 0.9 mm. wide, ascending-appressed, glabrous, flattened, parallel to replum, style, base 0.4-0.5 mm. wide, stigma, 0.8-0.9 mm. wide; Ovules, biseriate, many, 0.7 mm. × 0.3 mm. wide, tan, translucent, wing not apparent.

  1888   

Field identification: Silene sp.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Caryophyllaceae

Silene antirrhina L.  Sleepy Catchfly.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast-facing slope, along an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.44 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7336°N, 105.2208°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1823 m.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1888. 28-May-2018

Coll. No. 1888, 28 May 2018, characters observed: Annual, to 60 cm.; Stem, proximal finely pubescent, distal glabrous, distal internodes frequently glutinous (a.k.a., “sticky band below upper leaves”); Leaves, basal, withered, cauline, opposite, connate proximally, 45 mm. × 8 mm. wide, oblanceolate, reduced above, margin ciliate; Inflorescence, cymose; Calyx, 8 mm. × 3.7 mm. fused; Petals, white to pink, barely exserted from calyx, withered and withdrawn after drying; Styles, #3.

Other articles:
• Glossary:   chartaceous;   hyaline;  membranous;  scarious;  

1889   

Field identification: Poa sp.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Poa pratensis L.  Kentucky Bluegrass.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest Great Plains at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, small southeast-facing terrace, above an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.42 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7337°N, 105.2209°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1824 m.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1889. 28-May-2018

Coll. No. 1889, 28 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 60 cm., rhizomatous; Roots, fibrous; Stem, herbaceous; Internodes, hollow, glabrous; Leaves, blade and sheath undifferentiated; Sheath, 86 mm., open; Ligule, membranous, 1.5 mm.; Blade, 26 mm., rolled, scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, panicle, 70 mm. × 33 wide, pyramidal, up to 4 branches per node; Rachis, not extended, glabrous; Pedicels, 1.5 mm., sparsely scabrous; Spikelets, many, similar, 1 per node, 2-many flowered, 4.8 mm.; Compression, lateral; Disarticulation, above the glumes; Glumes, lower, 2.3 mm. vein, #1 upper, 2.6 mm., veins, #3, awns, 0; Florets, #3 per spikelet, fertile; Axis, glabrous, extended beyond upper floret; Lemma, 3 mm., >glumes, ovate, membranous, keeled, tangled hairs proximal ½ veins, likely 5 as the 2 outer veins that are visible are quite near margins, chartaceous, tip, acute, awns, 0; Palea, 3 mm., ±lemma, membranous, chartaceous, veins, #2, green, scabrous; Anthers, 1.6 mm.; Stigmas, feathery; Crypsela, brown.

I think I have been using chartaceous when I should have been using scarious or membranous for the thin, translucent margins of glumes and lemmas.

Literature Cited:
- Barkworth, Mary, 1978.
Full Size ImageFlorets of Coll. No. 1890, Hesperostipa comata  

1890   

Field identification: Hesperostipa comata.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth.  Needle and Thread.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest Great Plains at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, small southeast-facing terrace, above an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.42 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7338°N, 105.2211°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1823 m. Probably subspecies or variety comata if any of the various infraspecific names are to be recognized.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1890. 28-May-2018

Coll. No. 1890, 28 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial, 50 cm., clumped, nonrhizomatous; Roots, fibrous; Stem, herbaceous; Leaves, blade and sheath differentiated; Sheath, 100-120 mm., open ≥½, glabrous; Ligule, membranous, length 3.7 mm., lacerate into 2 equal parts, auricles 0; Blade, 60 mm., involute, glabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, panicle, 200 mm. × 30 mm. wide; Rachis, not extended, somewhat scabrous throughout; Spikelets, many, similar, borne singly; Compression, unremarkable; Disarticulation, above the glumes; Glumes, lower, 23 mm., veins #3, upper, 23 mm., veins #5, awl-shaped, rounded, membranous, ±equal, tip, very narrow, not awned; Florets, 1 per spikelet; Callus, 5 mm., sharp, straight hairs to 1.5 mm., color tan; Lemma, 9.5 mm., rolled, indurate, straight hairy 0.5 mm., color tan, veins #3(?), awns, #1, 160 mm., bent, twisted, hairs, short straight proximally, scabrous distally; Palea, 9 mm., ±lemma, few white hairs on mid-vein; Stamens, #3; Anthers, 6.5 mm.

  1891   

Field identification: Erigeron divergens.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Erigeron tracyi Greene.  Running Fleabane.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest Great Plains at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, small southeast-facing terrace, above an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.42 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7339°N, 105.2212°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1825 m.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1891. 28-May-2018

  1892   

Field identification: Galium aparine.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Rubiaceae

Galium aparine L.  Sticky Willy, Cleavers.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest Great Plains at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, southeast-facing slope, above an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.40 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.734°N, 105.2219°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1829 m. Fruit, 2 hairy berries, in a thicket of Rhus trilobata.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1892. 28-May-2018

  1893   

Field identification: Koeleria macrantha.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult.  Prairie Junegrass.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest Great Plains at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, southeast-facing slope, above an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.36 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7343°N, 105.2227°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1838 m. On the edge of a small swale.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1893. 28-May-2018

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Crepis occidentalis;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1894, Crepis occidentalis
Full Size ImageFlower head of Coll. No. 1894, Crepis occidentalis  

1894   

Field identification: Chicorieae, later tentatively determined as Crepis occidentalis.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Crepis occidentalis Nutt.  Largeflower Hawksbeard.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest Great Plains at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, southeast-facing slope, above an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.36 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7343°N, 105.2228°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1837 m. Chicorieae, phyllaries grayish, glandular. Subspecies costata if infraspecific names are to be applied.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1894. 28-May-2018

Coll. No. 1894, 28 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial, herb, to 25 cm., taprooted; Stem, green, tomentose, glandular, no bristles; Leaves, basal and cauline, alternate, petiole 20 mm. + blade 56 mm. × 17 mm. wide, reduced distally, pinnately lobed nearly to mid-rib, segments deltoid, tomentose, glandular; Inflorescence, heads #3 per stem, showy, >leaves; Peduncles, 23 mm.; Involucre, 12 mm. × 12 mm. wide, cyindric, tomentose; Phyllaries, 2 graduated series, 3.5 mm. &tmes; 2 mm. wide, deltoid, 12.5 mm. × 3 mm. wide, lanceolate, ±flat, tomentose, gland-tipped black bristles evenly distributed; Receptacle, epaleate; Ray flowers (ligules), many, tube 6 mm. + blade 12.5 mm. × 2.4 mm. wide, yellow; Pappus, 9 mm. well-developed, bristles, ±equal, smooth; Fruit, 2 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, brown, glabrous.

  1895   

Field identification: Lomatium orientale.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Apiaceae

Lomatium orientale J.M. Coult. & Rose.  Northern Idaho Biscuitroot.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest Great Plains at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, southeast-facing slope, above an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.36 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7343°N, 105.2228°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1837 m. In fruit.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1895. 28-May-2018

  1896   

Field identification: Linaria dalmatica.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Linaria dalmatica (L.) Mill.  Dalmatian ToadFlax.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest Great Plains at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, southeast-facing slope, above an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.36 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7342°N, 105.2228°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1842 m. Full of aphids and bugs! Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1896. 28-May-2018


Full Size ImageHabitat of four collections in the Survey Field.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1897, Senecio integerrimus in Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.  
1897   

Field identification: Senecio integerrimus.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Senecio integerrimus Nutt.  Columbia Ragwort.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, northeast-facing slope, above an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.51 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.733°N, 105.2213°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1830 m. Growing in deep grasses and forbs at the base of tall shrubs.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1897. 28-May-2018

  1898   

Field identification: Hydrophyllum fendleri.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Hydrophyllum fendleri (A. Gray) A. Heller.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, northeast-facing slope, above an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.51 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.733°N, 105.2212°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1830 m. Growing in deep grasses and forbs at the base of tall shrubs.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1898. 28-May-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1899, Collinsia parviflora
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1899, Collinsia parviflora
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1899, Collinsia parviflora  
1899   

Field identification: Androsace occidentalis

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Collinsia parviflora Lindl.  Maiden Blue-eyed Mary.

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Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, northeast-facing slope, above an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.51 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.733°N, 105.2212°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1830 m. Growing in deep grasses and forbs at the base of tall shrubs.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1899. 28-May-2018

Coll. No. 1899, 28 May 2018, characters observed: Annual herb, to 23 cm., ±minutely pubescent throughout, eglandular; Stem, round; Leaves, opposite below, but occurring in 3s above, 14 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, oblanceolate, very short petiole if at all, generally glabrous except minute pubescence on entire margins; Inflorescence, indeterminant, axillary (or nearly entire plant inflorescence as seen in Veronica spp.); Pedicels, 4 mm. in flower, to 21 mm. in fruit, finely pubescent; Calyx, lobes, #5, tube 2 mm. + lobes 2.5-3.0 mm., keeled or mid-vein prominent, body purplish when young, fading tan, tips, green; Corolla, none found; Stamens, none found; (Possible that stamens are inserted on a corolla that is very early deciduous.) Ovary, 1.6 mm. × 1.4 mm. wide, globose, entire, very dark brown to black; Style, #1, 2.5-2.7 mm.; Stigma, simple; Fruit, capsule, 5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, entire, i.e., no notch, obovate; Seeds, #3, maybe 4, 2 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, flattened, dark brown.

Thank you to Richard Old and Dean Wm. Taylor who helped me identify this by way of the Plant Identification group on Facebook.

  1900   

Field identification: Veronica, maybe V. arvensis

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Veronica arvensis L.  Corn Speedwell.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, northeast-facing slope, above an unnamed stream in the south end of the Survey Field, 2.51 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.733°N, 105.2213°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1830 m. Blue flowers, margin of fruit glandular hairy. Growing in deep grasses and forbs at the base of tall shrubs.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, 2018, issued: Apr 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1900. 28-May-2018

 

 

Locations: Little Scraggy Peak.
Full Size ImageJamesia americana “Five-Petal Cliffbush” on the flanks of Little Scraggy Peak.  

 

Thursday, May 31st

North slopes of Little Scraggy Peak.

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1901, Erigeron compositus
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1901, Erigeron compositus  
1901   

Field identification: Erigeron sp.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Erigeron compositus Pursh.  Cutleaf Daisy.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 46.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3402°N, 105.2655°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2403 m. Moderate slope in Ponderosa pine forest.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1901. 31-May-2018

Coll. No. 1901, 31 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, from woody caudex, 10 cm.; Leaves, basal, petiole, 18-22 mm., 5 mm. × 6 mm. wide, ternately divided, glandular, straight multicellular hairy; Inflorescence, 1 head per stem; Peduncles, 40 mm., glandular, short straight spreading hairs; Involucre, 5 mm. × 10 mm. wide; Phyllaries, 2+ series, 6 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, outer phyllaries glandular hairy, green mid-rib and distally, chartaceous then scarious toward margin, tip, acute, purplish; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, of 2 kinds; Ray flowers, #25, tube 1.8 mm. + blade 5.3 mm. × 1 mm. wide, white, fertile; Disk flowers, many, tube 3.5 mm. + lobes 0.3 mm., expanding gradually, yellow, open; Pappus, well-developed, bristles, 3.5-3.8 mm., ±equal, capillary; Cypsela, 2.2 mm. × 0.6 mm. wide, angled, brown, hairy.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1902, Packera plattensis fendleri  
1902   

Field identification: Packera plattensis.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Packera plattensis (Nuttall) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve.  Prairie Groundsel.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 46.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3392°N, 105.2656°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2414 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1902. 31-May-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1903, Aliciella pinnatifida  
1903   

Field identification: Gilia sp.

Plants of Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Aliciella pinnatifida (Nutt. ex A.Gray) J.M.Porter.  Sticky Gilia.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 46.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3386°N, 105.2655°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2436 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1903. 31-May-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1904, Harbouria trachypleura
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1904, Harbouria trachypleura  
1904   

Field identification: Harbouria trachypleura.

Plants of Colorado
Apiaceae

Harbouria trachypleura (A. Gray) J.M. Coult. & Rose.  Whiskbroom Parsley.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 46.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3386°N, 105.2655°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2436 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1904. 31-May-2018

  1905   

Field identification: Grass, some sort of Poa sp.

Plants of Colorado
Poaceae

Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey.  Muttongrass.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 46.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3386°N, 105.2656°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2440 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1905. 31-May-2018

Coll. No. 1905, 31 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 45 cm., not rhizomatous, clumped; Roots, fibrous; Stem, herbaceous, compressed; Internodes, hollow, glabrous; Leaves, most leaves basal, blade and sheath differentiated; Sheath (cauline), 80 mm., open; Ligule, membranous, 1 mm., auricles, 0; Blade, 10 mm., involute, mid-rib and margins minutely scabrous, tip, prow-shaped; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, panicle, 65 mm. × 10 mm. wide, 2 branches per node, spikelets, many; Rachis, not extended, finely scabrous; Pedicels, 1-2.8 mm.; Spikelets, many, similar, borne singly, 6 mm. × 2.2 mm. wide; Compression, lateral; Disarticulation, above the glumes; Glumes, lower, 3 mm., veins, #1, upper, 4 mm., veins, #5, weakly keeled, membranous, quite thin, awns, #0, margins, entire; Florets, 4 per spikelet, pistillate; Axis, sparsely scabrous, extended above upper floret; Lemma, 4 mm., >glumes, membranous, keeled, proximal, color, green proximal to scarious distally, mid-vein and lateral veins are hairy proximally, margin, scarious, tip, entire, obtuse, awns, 0; Palea, 2.5 mm., <lemma, keel ciliate, margin glabrous, veins, green; Crypsela, green, 1.5 mm.

Literature Cited:
- Nazaire, Mare, and Larry Hufford, 2012.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1906, Mertensia lanceolata  

1906   

Field identification: Mertensia lanceolata.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC.  Prairie Bluebells.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 46.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3384°N, 105.2662°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2434 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1906. 31-May-2018

Coll. No. 1906, 31 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, with spreading-ascending branches to 20 cm.; Stem, glabrous; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole 55 mm. + blade 50 mm. × 12.5 mm. wide, lanceolate, distinct lateral veins, papillate adaxially, margin, entire, appressed ciliate; cauline, sessile, 40 mm. × 4 mm. wide, without distinct lateral veins, papillate adaxially, margin, entire, appressed ciliate; Inflorescence, panicle; Calyx, tube 1.5 mm. + lobes 2-3 mm.; Corolla, tube 4 mm. + throat 4.5 mm., limb 5 mm., deciduous, blue, small tufts of hairs at base of throat; Stamens, #5, inserted, attached at throat; Filaments, 2 mm.; Anthers, 2.3 mm., yellow; Ovary, 0.7 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, partially fused to calyx; Style, 7.0-7.5 mm., single, ±≥anthers; Stigma, simple; Fruit, #4 nutlets, 1.7 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide.


Full Size ImageDetails of the umbel of Coll. No. 1907, Androsace septentrionalis  
1907   

Field identification: Androsace occidentalis.

Plants of Colorado
Primulaceae

Androsace occidentalis Pursh.  Western Rockjasmine.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 1 km. southwest of the intersection of County Roads 126 and 550, 46.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3384°N, 105.2661°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2436 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1907. 31-May-2018

  1908   

Field identification: Poa sp.

Plants of Colorado
Poaceae

Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey.  Muttongrass.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 1.05 km. southwest of the intersection of County Roads 126 and 550, 46.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3384°N, 105.2661°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2435 m. Same as Coll. No. 1905.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1908. 31-May-2018


Full Size ImageDissection of Coll. No. 1909, Antennaria parvifolia
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1909, Antennaria parvifolia  
1909   

Field identification: Antennaria sp.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Antennaria parvifolia Nutt.  Small-Leaf Pussytoes.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 1.05 km. southwest of the intersection of County Roads 126 and 550, 46.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3384°N, 105.2662°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2428 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1909. 31-May-2018

Coll. No. 1909, 31 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 10 cm., stoloniferous; Stem, tomentose; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole, gradually expanding into blade, blade, 16 mm. × 6.7 mm. wide, oblanceolate, entire, glandular, tomentose, tips, pointed, cauline, 10 mm. × 2 mm. wide, linear; Inflorescence, heads enclosed by an involucre, #3 per stem, not showy; Involucre, 7 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, cylindric; Phyllaries, 5+ series, 4 mm. × 2 mm. wide to 8 mm. × 1 mm. wide, green proximally to white (pinkish) distally, tomentose, margins, flat, scarious, tips, rounded; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, of 1 kind; Disk flowers, many, 6.5 mm., white; Pappus, many, well-developed, bristles, 8 mm., ±equal; Cypsela, 0.8 mm. × 0.3 mm. wide, brown, glabrous.

  1910   

Field identification: Penstemon virens.

Plants of Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Penstemon virens Pennell ex Rydb.  Front Range Beardtongue.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 1.2 km. southwest of the intersection of County Roads 126 and 550, 46.7 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3366°N, 105.2665°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2454 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1910. 31-May-2018

Coll. No. 1910, 31 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 20 cm.; Stem, proximally glabrous to finely pubescent to glandular in the inflorescence; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole, 20 mm., blade, 30 mm. × 8.5 mm. wide, lanceolate, puberulent, entire, tip, acute, cauline, opposite, 20 mm. × 4 mm. wide, sessile, lanceolate, margin, finely irregularly serrate; Inflorescence, cymose (?), 35-100 mm. × 30 mm. wide, glandular; Calyx, tubes 2 mm. + lobes 2 mm., margins, green; Corolla, tube 10 mm. + lobes 3 mm., 2 lobes up, 3 lobes down; white to blue; Stamens, #4, 10 mm.; Staminode, distally hairy on top, yellow-orange; Anthers, 1.2 mm., purple, minutely pappilate; Ovary, 2 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, ovate, dark purplish-brown; Style, 9 mm.; Stigma, simple; Fruit, capsule.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1910.1, Carex geophila  
1910.1   

Field identification: Carex sp.

Plants of Colorado
Cyperaceae

Carex geophila Mackenzie.  Ground-Loving Sedge.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 1.2 km. southwest of the intersection of County Roads 126 and 550, 46.7 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3366°N, 105.2665°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2454 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1910.1 31-May-2018

Coll. No. 1910.1, 31 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial sedge, caespitose, to 17 cm.; Inflorescence, <leaves, differentiated spikes, basal spikes present; Spikes, terminal spike, staminate, 10 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide; lateral spikes, pistillate, #2, 3-4 flowered; Pistillate scales, ovate, ±=perigynia; Perigynia, suborbicular, 4 mm., pubescent, beak, 1.5 mm.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1911, Potentilla fissa  
1911   

Field identification: Potentilla sp.

Plants of Colorado
Rosaceae

Potentilla fissa Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray. (Syn: Drymocallis fissa (Nuttall) Rydberg) fide Ackerfield (2015).  Bigflower Cinquefoil.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 0.83 km. west southwest of the intersection of County Roads 126 and 550, 46.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3413°N, 105.2652°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2421 m. At base of rocks.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1911. 31-May-2018

Coll. No. 1911, 31 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, rhizomatous, to 20 mm.; Stem, erect, green, multicellular viscid hairs; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, 58 mm. × 16 mm. wide, compound, leaflets, #11, cauline, #3-4 per stem, alternate, compound, pinnate, stipules, 5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, lanceolate, entire to once shallowly toothed; petiole, 18 mm., multicellular viscid hairs, prior years remaining on plant (as sometimes described for P. rupincola), blade, 51 mm. × 22 mm. wide, leaflets, #13, petiolulate (not decurrent), 12 mm. × 9 mm. wide, viscid hairy, terminal leaflet (8)10 mm. side, margin, flat, serrate, teeth, 4-6 per side, on distal ¾, tip dark reddish; Inflorescence, clusters of 5+ flowers; Pedicels, 3 mm., hairy below; Calyx, lobes, #5, 7-7.5 mm. × 2.7-3.0 mm. wide, fused ±½, viscid hairy, epicalyx bractlets, 3-3.5 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, ±½ sepals; Flowers, limb, 15 mm.; Petals, #5, 7-8 mm. × 5-9 mm. wide, obovate, yellow; Receptacle, hairy; Stamens, >25; Anthers, 1.4 mm. × 1 mm. wide; Ovary, many, superior, glabrous; Styles, 1.3 mm., attached laterally below top of ovary, thickest at base, tapered from middle, not warty; Stigma, #1; Achenes, glabrous.

  1912   

Field identification: Scutellaria, I assume S. brittonii.

Plants of Colorado
Lamiaceae

Scutellaria brittonii Porter.  Britton's Skullcap.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 0.8 km. west southwest of the intersection of County Roads 126 and 550, 46.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3413°N, 105.2648°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2425 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1912. 31-May-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1913, Carexoccidentalis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1913, Carex occidentalis
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1913, Carex occidentalis.  
1913   

Field identification: Carex sp.

Plants of Colorado
Cyperaceae

Carex occidentalis L. H. Bailey.  Western Sedge.
   Det. by J. L. Wingate, 3/26/2019.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, 0.8 km. west southwest of the intersection of County Roads 126 and 550, 46.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3411°N, 105.2647°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2419 m. Growing in hollows in a pile of boulders.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1913. 31-May-2018

Coll. No. 1913, 31 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial sedge, Habit, densely loosely caespitose, short creeping rhizomes; Culms, to 60 cm., lightly scabrous below head; Leaves, 2.2 mm. wide, green, Sheaths, white-hyaline, ventrally smooth; Inflorescence, 22-26 mm. × 8-9 mm. wide, 8-9 spikes, closely clustered; Spikes, identical (appearing), brown (but not reddish), 7-9 mm. × 5-6 mm. wide, gynecandrous(?) androgynous (but I can see stigmas at the tops of the spikes. There are no anthers. However, there are filaments. In the upper spikes, the flowers are mixed staminate and pistillate with neither appearing to be particularly superior to the other.) Proximal bract, short (7.5 mm.) and setaceous (bristle-like); Pistillate scales, 3.5 mm., <perigynia, green center, brown laterally, hyaline margin; Perigynia, #10 per spike, 3 mm. × 1.4 mm. wide, some weakly winged, papillate, beak flattish, ± sloping to tip, serrulate, achene to beak tip, 1.3 mm.; Achene, 1.7 mm. × 1.4 mm. wide, biconvex; Stigma, #2.

 

   

 

June, 2018

 

 

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Sunday, June 3rd

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space

Other articles:
• Glossary:  lyrate;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1914, Packera plattensis
Full Size ImageSub-lyrate(?) leaf of Coll. No. 1914, Packera plattensis  

1914   

Field identification: Packera plattensis.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Packera plattensis (Nuttall) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve.  Prairie Groundsel.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Roaf from CO Highway 93, 1 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 60 m. east into field. 39.8872°N, 105.2607°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1882 m. Drier southeast-facing slope.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1914. 3-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1914, 3 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial, herb, to 40 cm., caudex, 12 mm., elongated rather than button-like; Stem, tomentose, thinning above but never glabrous; Leaves, basal and cauline, (largest) basal leaf, petiole 30 mm., blade 57 mm. × 19-20 mm. wide, some pinnatisect, with 2 pair of lobes, most basal leaves orbicular or oblong, margin crenate, sometimes doubly, petiole and mid-vein tomentose, highly variable, eglandular, cauline leaves reduced above into the inflorescence; Inflorescence, heads, ±30 per stem; Involucre, 5 mm. × 7.5 mm. wide, spheric; Phyllaries, in 1 series, 5.5 mm. × 1 mm. wide, green and chartaceous, thinly tomentose, margins, flat, scarious, tips, acuminate, green, with tufts of hair; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, 2 kinds; Ray flowers, #13, tube 3 mm. + blade 6.5 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, tips deeply cleft, to 1.5 mm., yellow, fertile; Disk flowers, many, tube 3.5 mm. + lobes 0.5 mm., yellow; Pappus, many, well-developed, bristles, 4-5 mm., ±equal; Fruit (cypsela), 2 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, beak-less, brown, ribbed, pubescent on ribs.

  1915   

Field identification: Veronica sp.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Veronica peregrina L. ssp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell.  Neckweed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Roaf from CO Highway 93, 1 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 350 m. east to a terrace overlooking Coal Creek. 39.8871°N, 105.2572°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1919 m. Annual, white flowers, in sheet flow water from a small stream that has been diverted.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1915. 3-Jun-2018

  1915.1   

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Veronica peregrina L. ssp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell.  Neckweed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Roaf from CO Highway 93, 1 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 350 m. east to a terrace overlooking Coal Creek. 39.8871°N, 105.2572°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1919 m. Annual, white flowers, in sheet flow water from a small stream that has been diverted.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1915.1 3-Jun-2018

  1916    Field identification: Carex

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   Coll. No. 1689.3, 28 Jun 2017;  

1917   

Field identification: Alopecurus carolinianus.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Alopecurus carolinianus Walter.  Carolina Foxtail.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Roaf from CO Highway 93, 1 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 404 m. a little north of east to a terrace overlooking Coal Creek. 39.8876°N, 105.2566°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1921 m. Annual, in sheet flow water from a small stream that has been diverted.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1917. 3-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1917, 3 June 2018, characters observed: Annual, clumped, to 25 cm.; Roots, fibrous; Stem, herbaceous; Internodes, hollow, glabrous; Sheath, 30 mm., open; Ligule, membranous, 3.8 mm., auricles, 0; Blade, 37 mm., × 2.5 mm. wide, flat, glabrous, margins, glabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, tightly contracted panicle, appearing to be a spike, 35 mm. × 6 mm. wide; Rachis, not extended, glabrous; Spikelets, many, similar, borne singly, 1-flowered, 2.6 mm.; Disarticulation, below the glumes; Glumes, lower, 2.8 mm., veins (3), upper, 2.8 mm., veins (3), lateral veins pillose, keeled, keels ciliate, awns 0; Florets, 1 per spikelet; Lemma, 2.6 mm., ±=glumes, ovate, glabrous, margins connate ½, tip obtuse, awns, #1, 4 mm., bent, attached middle; Palea, absent; Anthers, 0.5 mm.

  1917.1   

Field identification: Carex sp.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Carex.  Sedge.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Roaf from CO Highway 93, 1 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 400 m. a little north of east to a terrace overlooking Coal Creek. 39.8876°N, 105.2566°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1921 m. Perennial, in sheet flow water from a small stream that has been diverted.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1917.1 3-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1917.1, 3 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial, to 15 cm., weakly rhizomatous; Culm, ridges smooth below the inflorescence; Leaves, sheath, front smooth, widest blade, 1 mm.; Spikes, #4 + a terminal spike, 4 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, androgynous (within the upper spikes, the staminate flowers are above the pistillate flowers); Anthers, 1.6 mm.; Pistillate scales, 2.7 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide; Perigynia, 2.7 mm. × 1.0 mm. wide, wingless, smooth, very sparse pubescence on upper margin; Stigmas, #2. Could be Carex brevior, duriuscula, or jonesii.

  1918   

Field identification: Limosella aquatica.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Scrophulariaceae

Limosella aquatica L.  Water Mudwort.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Roaf from CO Highway 93, 1 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 410 m. a little north of east to a terrace overlooking Coal Creek. 39.8879°N, 105.2566°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1922 m. Petals #5, light pink or lavender. Annual, in sheet flow water from a small stream that has been diverted.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1918. 3-Jun-2018

  1918.1   

Some sort of Brassicaceae.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Lepidium campestre (L.) W. T. Aiton.  Field Pepperweed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Roaf from CO Highway 93, 1 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 410 m. a little north of east to a terrace overlooking Coal Creek. 39.8879°N, 105.2566°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1922 m. Annual, in sheet flow water from a small stream that has been diverted.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1918.1 3-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1918.1, 3 June 2018, characters observed: Annual, herb, in wet habitat, 15 cm. to 25 cm. tall, Hairs, simple, on stems and leaves; Roots, tap; Stem, erect, leafy; Leaves, basal, absent or withered, cauline, sessile, 12 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, linear, auricle, 2 mm., margin, dentate, anthocyanic; Inflorescence, raceme 35 mm. × 17 mm. wide, not bracted, not one-sided; Flowers, radial; Sepals, #4, rows, #1, 1.2 mm. × 0.6 mm. wide, ovate, color, cream with purple tip, margin, white; Petals, 1.5 mm., spoon-shaped, margin, entire, color, white; Fruit, spreading, pedicels, 4 mm., body, 4 mm. × 3 mm. wide, ovate, winged distally apically;

  1919   

Field identification: Sedum lanceolatum

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Crassulaceae

Sedum lanceolatum Torr.  Spearleaf Stonecrop.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Roaf from CO Highway 93, 1 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 290 m. a little south of east to a terrace overlooking Coal Creek. 39.8856°N, 105.2584°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1931 M. North-facing dry alluvial slope.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1919. 3-Jun-2018

  1920   

Field identification: Oenothera suffrutescens.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Onagraceae

Oenothera suffrutescens (Ser.) W. L. Wagner & Hoch.  Linda Tarde.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72, Coal Creek Canyon Road, from CO Highway 93, 0.8 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 250 m. a little south of east on a gasline access road to a terrace overlooking Coal Creek. 39.8841°N, 105.2594°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1936 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1920. 3-Jun-2018

  1921   

Field identification: Aegilops cylindrica.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Aegilops cylindrica Host.  Jointed Goat Grass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72, Coal Creek Canyon Road, from CO Highway 93, 0.8 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 250 m. a little south of east on a gasline access road to a terrace overlooking Coal Creek. 39.8841°N, 105.2595°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1936 m. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1921. 3-Jun-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1922, Silene csereii  
1922   

Field identification: Silene, maybe S. vulgaris.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Caryophyllaceae

Silene csereii Baumg.  Balkan Catchfly.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72, Coal Creek Canyon Road, from CO Highway 93, 0.8 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 250 m. a little south of east on a gasline access road to a terrace overlooking Coal Creek. 39.884°N, 105.2596°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1941 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1922. 3-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1922, 3 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, erect, to 50 cm.; Stem, simple, branched only in the inflorescence, without dark or sticky band; Inflorescence, glabrous; Calyx, tube 9 mm. × 8 mm. across + lobes 2 mm., indented at base around peduncle, glabrous, veins obscure, reticulations faint; Corolla, white to cream; Stamens, #10, exserted 10 mm.; Filaments, white to purple-tinged distally; Seeds, unknown.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1923, Veronica anagallis-aquatica  
1923   

Field identification: Veronica, probably V anagalis-aquatica.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.  Water Speedwell.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72, Coal Creek Canyon Road, from CO Highway 93, 0.9 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 125 m. generally east along a small ephemeral stream draining to Coal Creek. 39.8859°N, 105.2603°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 6252 ft. Growing in stream. Coordinates estimated with GoogleEarth.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1923. 3-Jun-2018

  1924   

Field identification: Carex, probably C. nebrascensis.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Carex nebrascensis Dewey.  Nebraska Sedge.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72, Coal Creek Canyon Road, from CO Highway 93, 0.9 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 125 m. generally east along a small ephemeral stream draining to Coal Creek. 39.8859°N, 105.2603°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 6352 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1924. 3-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1924, 3 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial sedge; Habit, rhizomatous; Culms, to 50 cm., lightly scabrous below the head; Leaves, 4.3 mm. wide, green, sheaths, white-hyaline, ventrally smooth; Inflorescence, 120 mm. × 15 mm. wide, #5 spikes per culm, separated; Proximal bract, leaf-like, 130 mm., nearly equaling the inflorescence; Spikes, differentiated, terminal spike staminate, lateral spikes androgynous to proximal spikes pistillate; Pistillate spike, 40 mm. × 7-7.5 mm. wide; Pistillate scales, 5 mm., including awn 1.2 mm., >perigynia, brown, mid-vein green; Perigynia, many per spike, 3 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, beak 0.3-0.4 mm., wingless, glabrous, faces veined; Achene, 1.4 mm. × 0.9 mm. wide, biconvex; Stigma, #2.

 

 

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.  

 

Friday, June 8th

North Table Mountain

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Physocarpus monogynus;
• North Table Loop:   above social trail;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Physocarpus monogynus on North Table Mountain.
Full Size ImagePackera plattensis fendleri in the quarry on top of North Table Mountain  

  Physocarpus below the quarry road.

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1925, Aletes acaulis  
1925   

Field identification: Musineon divaricatum.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Apiaceae

Musineon divaricatum (Pursh) Raf.  Leafy Wildparsley.
Aletes acaulis (Torr.) J.M. Coult. & Rose. Stemless Indian Parsley

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, in the main basalt quarry near the west edge of the mesa, 2.2 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7752°N, 105.2229°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1945 m. Base of northwest-facing wall of quarry, with Hydrophyllum fendleri, Penstemon virens, Prunus virginiana, Brickellia california, and Physaria vitulifera.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1925. 8-Jun-2018

  1926   

Field identification: Gilia pinnifitida.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Aliciella pinnatifida (Nutt. ex A.Gray) J.M.Porter.  Sticky Gilia.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, in the main basalt quarry near the west edge of the mesa, 2.1 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7745°N, 105.2229°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1973 m. Floor of basalt quarry, with Heterotheca villosa, and Paronychia jamesii.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1926. 8-Jun-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1927, Townsendia grandiflora  
1927   

Field identification: Townsendia grandiflora.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Townsendia grandiflora Nutt.  Largeflower Townsend Daisy.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, near the southwest edge of the mesa, 1.99 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7735°N, 105.2216°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1977 m. Gentle east-facing slope, east of quarry.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1927. 8-Jun-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1928, Carex praegracilis  
1928   

Field identification: Sedge.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Carex praegracilis W. Boott.  Clustered Field-Sedge.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, southwest quadrant, 2.02 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7737°N, 105.2196°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1960 m. In the bottom of a watercourse draining to an unnamed canyon on the south side of the mesa.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1928. 8-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1928, 8 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial sedge, to 60 cm., rhizomes blackish-brown; Culms, lightly scabrous; Leaves, 3 mm. wide, revolute, sheaths, inner band not elongated; Inflorescence, 25-30 mm. × 5-9 mm. wide, closely clustered; Spikes, 6-7 mm. × 2-4 mm., identical appearing, nearly all staminate with a few pistillate flowers in some spikes; Bracts, proximal, 6.5 mm., leaf-like; Pistillate scales, 5.5 mm., >perigynia; Perigynia, 1(2) in some spikes, 3.5 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, adaxial vein-less, abaxial veined, minutely papillate, beak, 1.5 mm., serrulate; achene to beak tip 1.3 mm.; Achene, 1.7 mm, × 1.1 mm. wide, (nearly) filling the body of the perigynia, biconvex; Stigma, #2; Anthers, 1.3 mm., apex bristly.

Literature Cited:
- Barkworth, Mary, 1978.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1929, Hesperostipa comata  

1929   

Field identification: Hesperostipa comata.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth.  Needle and Thread.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, southwest quadrant, 2.09 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7742°N, 105.2182°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1965 m. Southeast exposure, drier areas.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1929. 8-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1929, 8 June 2018, characters observed: Glumes, lower, 34 mm., upper, 29 mm.; Callus, sharp, 4.5 mm., hairs, 1 mm., tan; Lemma, 10 mm., hairs, white, awn, 125 mm., twisted and hairy proximal 45 mm., bent, becoming scabrous distally;

  1930    Field identification: Mimulus floribunda,
  1930.1   

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Hordeum pusillum Nutt.  Little Barley.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, southwest quadrant, 2.22 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7751°N, 105.2157°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1959 m. Along a watercourse that drains an ephemeral pond south to Clear Creek.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1930.1 8-Jun-2018

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Water Foxtail;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1930.2, Alopecurus geniculatus  

1930.2   

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Alopecurus geniculatus L.  Water Foxtail.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, southwest quadrant, 2.22 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7751°N, 105.2157°W. WGS 1984 Along a watercourse that drains an ephemeral pond south to Clear Creek.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1930.2 8-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1930.2, 8 Jun 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, clumped, 45-50 cm.; Roots, fibrous; Leaves, sheath and blade differentiated; Sheath, 40-55 mm., open, loose or inflated; Ligule, membranous, 2.5-7.0 mm., auricles, 0; Blade, 65-75 mm. × 2.2 mm. wide, flat, glabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, panicle tightly contracted, 50 mm. × 6 mm. wide, branched ≥ 2×, spikelets, many; Rachis, not extended, glabrous; Spikelets, many, similar, borne singly, 1-flowered, 3 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, look like little horseshoe crabs; Compression, lateral; Disarticulation, below the glumes; Glumes, lower, 2.8 mm., upper, 2.7 mm., keeled, membranous, awns, 0, hairy on keel and lateral vein; Florets, 1 per spikelet, bisexual; Lemma, 2.7 mm., membranous, glabrous, awns, #1, 5 mm., gently curved not sharply bent, attached proximal ⅓; Palea, absent; By dimensions of glumes, lemmas, and lemma awns, this would be A. geniculatus, but very few awns geniculate.

  1931   

Field identification: Grass.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Hordeum jubatum L.  Foxtail Barley.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, south-central area, in an ephemeral pond that has been enhanced by a small rock dam, 2.35 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7759°N, 105.2134°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1964 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1931. 8-Jun-2018


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1932, Hordeum sp., probably H. jubatum.  
1932   

Field identification: Grass, with dark gray florets.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Hordeum sp., probably Hordeum jubatum L. Wild Barley.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, south-central area, in an ephemeral pond that has been enhanced by a small rock dam, 2.35 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7759°N, 105.2134°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1965 m. Florets black and deformed by fungus.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1932. 8-Jun-2018

  1933   

Field identification: Gratiola neglecta.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Gratiola neglecta Torr.  Clammy Hedge Hyssop.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, south-central area, in a natural ephemeral pond that has been enhanced by a small rock dam, 2.35 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7775°N, 105.218°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1975 m. Drying mud.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1933. 8-Jun-2018

Literature Cited:
- Löve, Áskell, and Doris Löve, 1976.  

 
Packera Löve & Löve, gen. nov.

Plantae perennis, herbaceae. Caules non rite foliosi. Caudex sine rhizoma repens vel suberectus. Folia simplicia et integra ad lyrato-pinnatifida, folia radicalia petiolata, caulinaria amilia vel minora. Plantae glabratae alteruter ab initium vel plus minusve permanentes tomentosae; pubescentia nunquam e pilis longis articulatisque. Numerus basicus chromosomatum x = 23. Typus generis: Packera aurea (L.) Löve & Löve.

Herbaceous perennials. Stems not uniformly leafy to the inflorescences, arising from a horizontal to suberect caudex or rhizome. Leaves simple and entire to lyrate-pinnafitid, those at the base petiolate, gradually reduced upwards, or uniform throughout. Plants either quite glabrous from the beginning or more or less permanently tomentose; pubescence never of long jointed hairs. Basic chromosome number x = 23.

This mainly North and South American genus with a few representatives in Asia comprises the groups Aurei, Lobati and Tomentosi of the collective genus Senecio as described by Rydberg (1900) and Greenman (1916), which stand apart from the other divisions of the collective aggregate by having prolonged rhizomes, and if pubescence is present it is a tomentum of more or less arachnoid and never of long and jointed hairs, but persistent as flocculent tufts. Its morphological and geographical distinctions are enhanced by its basic chromosome number, which differs markedly from that of Senecio L. s. str. (x=10) and Tephroseris (Rchb.) Rchb. (x = 8) so that its distinction as a genus is biologically well substantiated. It is our pleasure to name the new genus in honour of John G. Packer, an oldtime friend who has contributed much to the clarification of the status of the arctic-alpine North American members of the taxon.

Literature Cited:
- Weber, W. A., and Áskell Löve, 1981.  

  The North American taxa were transferred to Packera from Senecio by Weber & Löve (1981).

 

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Thursday, June 14th

Ranson/Edwards, primarily as a prewalk for the field trip on Saturday, but I made 9 collections including Hesperostipa spartea and Crassula aquatica
  1934   

Field identification: Grass, office identification: Koeleria macrantha.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult.  Prairie Junegrass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 “Coal Creek Canyon Road” from CO Highway 93, 1.3 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 40 m. east to an old ranch road, 15.4 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8906°N, 105.2614°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1938 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1934. 14-Jun-2018

Literature Cited:
- Barkworth, Mary, 1978.  

1935   

Field identification: Hesperostipa spartea.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth.  Needle and Thread.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Road from CO Highway 93, 1.4 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 210 m. east northeast to an old ranch road, 15.55 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8923°N, 105.2597°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1938 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1935. 14-Jun-2018

Glumes, 31-33 mm., Callus, 5.5- 6 mm., hair tan - lt. brown; Lemma, 12-13 mm., hair white; Awn, twisted 60 mm., bent, straight 65 mm. = 125 mm.

Literature Cited:
- Barkworth, Mary, 1978.  

1936   

Field identification: Hesperostipa spartea.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth.  Needle and Thread.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Road from CO Highway 93, 1.3 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 170 m. east northeast to an old ranch road, 15.50 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8918°N, 105.2601°W. WGS Elev. 1938 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1936. 14-Jun-2018

  1937   

Field identification: Crassula aquatica.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Crassulaceae

Crassula aquatica (L.) Schoenl.  Water Pygmy Weed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Road from CO Highway 93, 1.1 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 410 m. east northeast, 15.50 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.888°N, 105.2566°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1921 m. On a terrace overlooking Coal Creek, in still water that has been diverted to this terrace from a nearby ephemeral stream.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1937. 14-Jun-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1938, Rorippa palustris
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1938, Rorippa palustris  
1938   

Field identification: Brassicaceae.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser.  Bog Yellow-Cress.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Road from CO Highway 93, 1.1 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 305 m. east southeast, 14.90 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8867°N, 105.2581°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1925 m. Glabrous, small yellow flowers, growing in diverted water.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1938. 14-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1938, 14 June 2018, characters observed: Annual (or short-lived perennial), herb, wet habitats, 45 cm. to 50 cm.; Hairs, mostly glabrous, except few simple hairs on proximal stem, and margins of auricles; Roots, tap, and fibrous, rooting from proximal nodes; Stem, leafy; Leaves, cauline, petiole, unclear, blade, 50 mm. × 12 mm. wide, lyrate-pinnatifid, tips, acute, spinulose, auriculate, auricles, 1.5-2 mm., margin sparsely ciliate; Inflorescence, axillary racemes, 35 mm. × 7 mm. wide; Flowers, radial; Sepals, #4, 1 row, 0.7 mm., tip, acuminate, color, yellow, glabrous; Petals, 0.6 mm. × 0.3 mm. wide, spoon-shaped, margin, entire, color, yellow; Stamens, #6; Filaments, color, lavender; Fruit, mature, 3 mm. × 1.4 mm. wide, ovate-oblong, spreading, not inflated, glabrous. In Weber & Wittmann (2012), keys directly to R. sphaerocarpa in Brassicaceae Key A at couplet 17, then gets lost at couplet 5 in their key to Rorippa, over the question of whether the plant is erect or decumbent. In Ackerfield (2015), keys fairly easily to R. palustris, the only question being whether the stem is hirsute. In Harrington (2nd ed., 1964), keys easily to R. islandica, for which Harrington gives R. palustris as a synonym.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1939, Carex brevior  
1939   

Field identification: Carex of some sort.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack.  Shortbeak Sedge.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Road from CO Highway 93, 1.1 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 295 m. east southeast, 14.90 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8867°N, 105.2582°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1927 m. Growing in the flowing water of a small diverted ephemeral stream.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1939. 14-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1939, 14 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial sedge; Habit: rhizomatous; Culms: to 60 cm., base, brown; Leaves: 2.0-2.5 mm. wide, green, margins, slightly scarious, sheaths, ventrally, tan + brown-dotted, smooth; Inflorescence: 17 mm. × 13 mm. wide, #4 spikes, loosely clustered; Spikes: identical appearing, sessile, 8 mm. × 6 mm. wide, gynecandrous; Bracts: 6.5 mm., short, proximal, 8 mm., setaceous; Pistillate scales: 4 mm. × 2 mm. wide, <perigynia, green mid-vein, brown laterally; Perigynia: many per spike, 4.3 mm. × 3 mm. wide, winged, veined both sides, glabrous; Beak: 1.5 mm., ±sloping to tip, serrulate; Achene: 1.7 mm. × 1.4 mm. wide, biconvex, oblong; Stigma: #2.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1940, Amorpha fruticosa
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1940, Amorpha fruticosa  
1940   

Field identification: Amorpha fruticosa.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Amorpha fruticosa L.  False Indigo.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Road from CO Highway 93, 1.0 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 260 m. east, 14.90 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8865°N, 105.2584°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1929 m. Shrubs growing on bank of small ephemeral stream that was flowing at the time of this collection.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1940. 14-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1940, 14 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 1.5 m., erect; Stem, pubescent, hairs, simple, basifixed; Leaves, compound, stipules, free, 3 mm., petiole, 15 mm., leaflets, #15, 25-32 mm. × 9-15 mm. wide, mid-rib extended as a short mucro, pubescent, appressed short straight hairs; Inflorescence, raceme, 60 mm. × 18 mm. wide, many flowers, pedicels, 1.5 mm.; Calyx, tube 2.5 mm. + lobes 0.7 mm., increasingly pubescent distally; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 4.0-4.5 mm., not reflexed, back, glabrous, wings, absent, keel, absent; Fruit, unknown (immature).

Literature Cited:
- Barkworth, Mary, 1978.  

1941   

Field identification: Hesperostipa spartea.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth.  Porcupine Grass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Road from CO Highway 93, 1.1 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 25 m. east, 15.06 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8876°N, 105.2611°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1946 m. Somewhat ambiguous as to H. comata or H. spartea.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1941. 14-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1941, 14 June 2018, characters observed: Leaf, lower sheath margin ciliate, ligule, truncate to rounded lacerate; Callus, 6 mm., hairs, light brown, 2 mm.; Glumes, lower, 32-34 mm., upper, 35-36 mm.; Lemma, 13 mm., pubescent at base, thining, then only at margins at top; Awns, twisted, 56 mm. + bent + ±straight, 80 mm. = 136 mm. Exertion of inflorescence, length of glumes, ciliate sheath margins, pattern and color (i.e., darker than tan) of hair on floret lean toward H. spartea. Length of lemma, color of hair (i.e., not chesnut brown), and straight distal awn lean toward H. comata. Barkworth (1978), lemma pubescence pattern, lower sheath margin ciliate lean toward H. spartea, ligule and distal awn ambiguous. Harrington (2nd ed., 1964) suggests H. c. intermedia. Wingate (1994) lemma color suggests H. c., but glume length suggests H. s.. Shaw (2012) H. s. per size of glumes. W&W (2012) H. c. per size of lemma. Ackerfield (2015) lemma length suggests H. c., whereas color of lemma hair suggests H. s.

  1942   

Field identification: Heterotheca villosa.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners.  Hairy False Goldenaster.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 Coal Creek Canyon Road from CO Highway 93, 1.6 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 10 m. northeast, 15.75 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8932°N, 105.2659°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1963 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1942. 14-Jun-2018

 

 

Locations: Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageOrobanche fasciculata seen in North Washington Open Space.
Full Size ImageEscobaria vivipara in the North Washington Open Space.  

 

Friday, June 15th

North Washington Open Space, mostly as a pre-walk for my field trip on Sunday.

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1943, Astragalus crassicarpus
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1943, Astragalus crassicarpus  
1943   

Field identification: Astragalus crassicarpus.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt.  Groundplum Milkvetch.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7685°N, 105.2328°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1822 m. Southeast side of hill, immediately adjacent to social trail.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1943. 15-Jun-2018

Literature Cited:
- Barkworth, Mary, 1978.  

1944   

Field identification: Hesperostipa spartea.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth.  Needle and Thread.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7685°N, 105.2329°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1816 m. Lower sheath margin glabrous, callus hairs dark, lemma 10 mm. and hairs evenly distributed.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1944. 15-Jun-2018

Literature Cited:
- Barkworth, Mary, 1978.  

1945   

Field identification: Hesperostipa comata.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth.  Needle and Thread.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7686°N, 105.233°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1818 m. Lower sheath margin glabrous, callus hairs light and dark, lemma 8-9 mm. and hairs evenly distributed.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1945. 15-Jun-2018

  1946   

Field identification: Aegilops cylindrica.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Aegilops cylindrica Host.  Jointed Goat Grass.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7685°N, 105.2329°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1822 m. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1946. 15-Jun-2018

Literature Cited:
- Barkworth, Mary E., Laurel K. Anderton, Kathleen M. Capels, Sandy Long, and Michael B. Piep, 2007.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Festuca idahoensis;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1947, Festuca idahoensis  

1947   

Field identification: that damned revegetation grass, office identification: Festuca idahoense.

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Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1947, Festuca idahoensis
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Spikelets of Coll. No. 1947, Festuca idahoensis

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Festuca idahoensis Elmer.  Idaho Fescue.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7688°N, 105.2337°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1817 m. Lemma 4-4.5 mm., awn 1-2.5 mm., anther 2.2-2.5 mm. Grass found in areas that have been revegetated; compare to other collections fom the same revegetation project that have been determined F. saximontana.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1947. 15-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1947, 15 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, clumped, not rhizomatous; Leaves, Sheath, 130 mm., open, glabrous; Ligule, membranous, 0.5 mm., auricles, minimal; Blade, proximal, 200 mm., distal, 50-60 mm., revolute, scabrous inside; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, somewhat dispersed contracted panicle, 100 mm. × 9 mm. wide, spikelets, many; Rachis, not extended, scabrous; Spikelets, many, similar, 1 per node, pedicels, 1 mm., 2-many flowered, 8-9 mm. × 3 mm. wide; Compression, unremarkable; Disarticulation, above the glumes, florets falling as a unit; Glumes, lower, 3.2 mm., veins, #1, upper, 4.0 mm., <lowest floret, veins, #3, ±parallel, awns, #0; Florets, 5 per spikelet; Lemma, 4.0-4.5 mm., >glumes, ovate, membranous, rolled, glabrous, distally pubescent, tan veins, #5, tip, entire, awns, #1, 0.7-2.7 mm., straight, attached end; Palea, 4.5 mm., ≥lemma, membranous, margin and keels scabrous, tip, bifid; Anthers, few found, 2.2-2.5 mm.; Grain, 2.2 mm., green.

One of several fescues found in this parcel, none of which are native to Golden. These appear to be robust cultivars that were used in a revegetation project. Compare to other collections from the same revegetation project that have been determined F. saximontana, such as my Coll. Nos. 1667, 1850, and 1853.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1948, Opuntia macrorhiza  
1948   

Field identification: Cactus, office identification: Opuntia macrorhiza.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Cactaceae

Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.  Western Pricklypear.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7685°N, 105.2337°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1807 m. West-central portion of parcel, likely in the revegetated area, but unlikely to be a revegetated species.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1948. 15-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1948, 15 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial cactus, not distinctly mat-forming; Stem, segments, 90 mm. × 60 mm. wide, flattened, bluish-green, areoles, #5-6 per diagonal row, spaced 8-14 mm., proximal, glochids only, distal, glochids and spines, spines, #2, #1, 28 mm., erect, brown to tan at tip, #1, 12 mm., recumbent, nearly white; Flowers, petals, 36 mm. × 22 mm. wide, wedge-shaped, color yellow; Stamens, many, 18 mm., yellow; Style, 20-24 mm., stout; Stigma, lobes, #6-8, 3 mm.; Fruit, 38 mm. × 17 mm. wide, narrow at base, fleshy, green, areoles, mix of glochids and short spines.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1949, Astragalus flexuosus  
1949   

Field identification: Astragalus flexuosus.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Astragalus flexuosus G. Don.  Flexible Milkvetch.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.75 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. Fruit. Top of hill, center of parcel.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1949. 17-Jun-2018

 

   

 

Monday, June 18th

Golden to Walden, CO.

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 14:   at BNSF Xing;
• US Highway 287:   at BNSF Xing;
Full Size ImageBNSF 5264 and NS 9580 lead a string of hoppers through downtown Fort Collins.
Full Size ImageBNSF 7648 and BNSF 5540 bring up the rear on a string of hopper cars.  

 

Stopped in Fort Collins for a BNSF train of hopper cars.

Other articles:
• Cty Rd 68C:   at Shambala Mtn Ctr;

Locations: Great Stupa Cemetery.
Full Size ImageView of the Great Stupa from the visitor parking lot.  

 

Shambala Mountain Center

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The Great Stupa at the Shambala Mountain Center
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View from the Great Stupa.
 

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 14:   at Laramie-Poudre tunnel;
• Colorado Trans-Basin Water Transfer:  Laramie-Poudre Tunnel;
Full Size ImageWater from Laramie-Poudre Tunnel cascades down Tunnel Creek to the Cache La Poudre River.  

  Stop at Tunnel Creek to view the diverted water coming down from the Laramie-Poudre Tunnel.

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 14:  just south of Cameron Pass;  just south of Cameron Pass;  just south of Cameron Pass;   at Cameron Pass;
• Colorado Trans-Basin Water Transfer:   Cameron Pass Ditch overview;   Cameron Pass Ditch overview;  Michigan Ditch;

Locations: Cameron Pass.
Full Size ImageInterpretive panel at Cameron Pass.  

 

Stop at Cameron Pass for obligatory photo, and viewing of the Michigan and Cameron Ditches.

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Interpretive panel for Forest Conservation.
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Informational sign for Cache la Poudre - North Park Scenic and Historic Byway.
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View a little east of south to Lulu Mountain on the right and Thunder Mountain on the left.
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Michigan Ditch approaches Colorado Highway 14.
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The water from Michigan Ditch exits through a gaging station.
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Cameron Pass, Larimer and Jackson Counties, Elevation 10, 276 feet.
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South water-gathering ditch of Cameron Pass Ditch
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Water-gathering ditches join and cross under the highway in a culvert.
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Cameron Pass Ditch transport ditch

Auto Tourism

Highway 14

The first Highway over Cameron Pass, completed in 1882 but the Cache la Poudre and North Park Toll Road Company, ran more than one hundred miles from Fort Collins to the silver camp of Teller. Travelers paid three dollars per wagon, with additional fees for herd and pack animals, for the privilege of laboring up a demanding, boulder-strewn route. Some stretches were so hard to navigate (especially steep Pingree Hill) they left teamsters cursing in frustration. Opened to free public travel in 1902, the road received much-needed improvements in the 1910s, with a smoother surface and an easier grade carved out by convict laborers. When the road reopened in 1915, two hundred automobiles drive to a celebratory picnic at milepost 109 (about forty miles east of here), motoring with ease over the once formidable route — and heralding a new generation of auto tourism.
The Autobungaloofer, seen here in 1921, epitomized America's craze for auto tourism. Serene mountain towns cleared trees and shrubs to make room for homes on wheels. For those who didn't think to bring the house with them, motels were built, while Mom and Pop made room for convenience stores, gift shops, and bait shops.
As early as 1896 John C. Zimmerman, with help from his wife and four children, built their second hotel, the Keystone. Most of the construction on the three-story, forty-room building, including brickmaking, was done by hand.
Convicts from the state penitentiary in Cañon City completed much of the work in the Cache la Poudre and North Park Toll Road. In 1917 the Rocky Mountain News credited convicts working in the Poudre Canyon with having completed the most difficult work out of some 145 miles constructed within the state of Colorado.
By the 1870s, boom towns Lulu and Teller City, just west of bustling Fort Collins, were established and silver excitement was in the air. The Cache la Poudre and North Park Toll Road was built to provide smooth passage for trade.

Auto Tourism

By 1927 automobiles could drive the Cameron Pass roas all the way from Fort Collins to Walden — about a hundred miles. Toursim soon became a major industry in the Cache la Poudre corridor, with campgrounds and motor courts lining the valley. Ironically, this influx of people compromised the very attractions — solitude and beauty — that drew visitors in the first place. The paradox climaxed in the early 1970s, when developers proposed a ski area atop Cameron Pass to lure the Winter Olympics to Colorado. Local residents joined environmentalists from across the state to defeat the idea, but one element of the plan survived — an asphalt surface for unpaved Highway 14. That brought still more traffic, helping the economy but applying more pressure on the wilderness. The same trade-off confronts communities throughout Colorado, representing one of the biggest challenges of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Forest Conservation

Pingree Park

During the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the late 1860s, the timber fell almost continuously in Pingree Park. Named for the legendary tie-hack George Pingree (who supposedly could cut a hundred ties a day), the tree-covered valley about seventeen miles east of here supplied the Union Pacific with much of its building material. Overcutting decimated the forests, and the site lay abandoned from the 1870s until 1912, when the Agricultural College of Colorado (later Colorado State University) acquired the land. The college, ironically, transformed this overused resource into a model of wise environmental management. Pingree Park became an outdoor classroom, anchoring one of the nation's leading natural resource programs. Colorado State produced so many U.S. Forest Service and National Park employees that it was named “the Ranger Factory” — a training ground for latter-day George Pingrees who build forests up rather than chopping them down.
The legendary George Pingree in 1859 — two years before enlisting in the U. S. Army at Central City. After the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864, Pingree served a ten-day sentence at Fort Lyon for scalping thirteen Indians. He resented his sentence and never regretted his part in the massacre.
In October 1986, Congress passed the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to protect the few unpolluted, undeveloped rivers in the United States. Since then, over 10,000 river miles have been protected, including seventy-five miles of the Cache la Poudre — the only Colorado river pristine enough to allow designation.
Right: Grand Ditch construction camp, Hitchen's Gulch, 1942. Begun in the early 1900s, the Grand Ditch was among the first transmountain diversion structures built in the state. There are eight such structures carrying water from other river basins to the Poudre River to supplement it during warm summer months.
Tie-hacks were paid to cents per tie, and could usually cut thirty to forty a day. Legend has it that George Pingree, standing over six feet tall and weighing 225 pounds, could cut one hundred a day.

Irrigation

Farmers have been tapping the Cache la Poudre for irrigation since the early 1870s — and Colorado's government has been regulating the river almost as long. Because water is so scarce in Colorado, state legislators created a network of water districts in 1876 to ensure fair distribution among the various claimants. Since then, the system — based on the doctrine of prior appropriation, which gives top priority to the oldest claims — has governed water use throughout Colorado. By the mid-twentieth century, however, the nature of water regulation changed, with irrigation needs balanced against environmental, aesthetic, and recreational concerns. In October 1986, the federal government set aside seventy-five miles of the Cache la Poudre as a Wild and Scenic River, the only Colorado river so designated.

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 14:   at scenic view;
Full Size ImageView from Colorado Highway 14.  

  Scenic view from Colorado Highway 14.

 

   

 

Tuesday, June 19th

 

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 14:   in Walden;

Locations: Walden.
Full Size ImageDowntown Walden in the morning.  

  Early breakfast for moose-viewing.

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 14:   at overlook;

Locations: Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge. Illinois River.
Full Size ImageOverview of the Illinois River in the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge.  

  Overlook of the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge just south of Walden.

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 14:   at Owl Ck;

Locations: Owl Creek.
Full Size ImageMoose at Owl Creek.  

 

Moose at Owl Creek.

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Moose at Owl Creek.
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Where we saw the moose (in the field at left).

Other articles:
• Cty Rd 41:   on the road;
Full Size ImageColumbine along CR 41  

  State Forest State Park

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 14:   at Ranger Lks;   at scenic view;
• Colorado Trans-Basin Water Transfer:  Upper Michigan Ditch;

Locations: Ranger Lakes.
Full Size ImageOne of the Ranger Lakes with Nokhu Crags in the distance.  

 

Ranger Lakes, campground and nature trail. The artificial lakes were constructed as fish-rearing ponds, now used for fish-catching ponds.

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Michigan Ditch on the slopes of the Nokhu Crags.

Other articles:
• Laramie River Road:   at Skyline Ditch;   at Chambers Lake;
• Colorado Trans-Basin Water Transfer:  transport;  delivery;

Locations: Chambers Lake.
Full Size ImageChambers Lake from Laramie River Road.  

 

Chambers Lake and the Skyline Ditch.

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Gate at the Skyline Ditch road.
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Water approaches the end of the Skyline Ditch.
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Check valve at the entrance of Skyline Ditch into Chambers Lake.
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Immature pistillate cone on Rocky Mountain Subalpine Fir

Other articles:
• Laramie River Road:   along road;

Locations: Laramie River.
Full Size ImageLooking north down the Laramie River valley.  

 

View of Laramie River valley and an eagle nest.

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An eagle nest beside the road.

Other articles:
• Laramie River Road:   near Tunnel CG;

Locations: Laramie River.
Full Size ImageFrasera speciosa along Laramie River Road.  

 

Near Tunnel Campground, saw these striking specimens of Frasera speciosa. The flowers are borne at a higher level above the ground than the specimens usually seen in the Front Range, and the flowers are on long pedicels.

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Long peduncles and pedicels on Frasera speciosa/

Other articles:
• Laramie River Road:   at Laramie-Poudre Tunnel;
• Colorado Trans-Basin Water Transfer:  Laramie-Poudre Tunnel;  Laramie-Poudre Tunnel;

Locations: Laramie-Poudre Tunnel.
Full Size ImageWater leaves the headgate enroute to the tunnel portal.  

 

Laramie-Poudre Tunnel

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Ditch tender lowering the head gates.
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River return gates.
 

Other articles:
• Cty Rd 27:  45000;
Full Size ImageSouth end of North Park from Owl Ridge.
Full Size ImageAntelope in Owl Mountain SWA.  

 

South on County Road 27 to Rand.

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 125:   at Arapahe NWR;

Locations: Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge.
Full Size ImageNature trail on the Illinois River.  

 

Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, for a boardwalk.

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Illinois River in Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge.

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 14:   in Walden;
Full Size ImageUnion Pacific caboose in Walden.  

  Union Pacific caboose at the south end of Walden, approximately where the railroad used to run.

 

 

Other articles:
• Forest Road 106:   at FR 734;

Locations: Willow Creek.
Full Size ImageLocation of Coll. Nos. 1950-1956  

 

Wednesday, June 20th

Willow Creek on the north side of the Rabbit Ears Range.

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Location of Coll. Nos. 1950-1956
This area extensively collected by J. E. Tear, Jr. (1993-1995, 135 collections, deposited at CS) and B. E. Nelson (2000, 145 collections, deposited at RM).

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1950, Penstemon rydbergii  
1950   

Field identification: Penstemon sp.

Plants of Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Penstemon rydbergii A. Nelson fide Ackerfield (2015).  Rydberg's Penstemon.

Willow Creek, Jackson County, Colorado. North slope of Rabbit Ears Range, along Willow Creek and Forest Road 106, 7.4 km. north of Haystack Mountain, 6.7 km. south of Rand. 40.3945°N, 106.1882°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2750 m. Open lodge-pole pine forest with shrubs and forbs. Var. rydbergii if infraspecific names are to be applied.

This area extensively collected by J. E. Tear, Jr. (1993-1995, 135 collections, deposited at CS) and B. E. Nelson (2000, 145 collections, deposited at RM).

Tom Schweich 1950. 20-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1950, 20 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 30 cm., caulescent; Stem, unbranched, leafy, increasingly pubescent above, (in lines running downward from intervals between leaf-pairs, Harrington, 1964); Leaves, basal and cauline, green (not thick, fleshy, or glaucus); basal, some withered at anthesis, petiole, 20 mm. + blade 50 mm. × 9-10 mm. wide, margin, entire, glabrous, cauline, opposite, sessile, 75 mm. × 12 mm. wide, reduced above, oblanceolate, slightly falcate, margin, entire; Inflorescence, 2 dense symmetrical verticillasters, 48 mm. × 30 mm. wide, eglandular; Bracts, 9-11 mm., scarious margins, tip acuminate; Pedicels, 1-3.5 mm, obscured; Flowers, ascending to spreading; Calyx, tube 1 mm. + lobes 3.5 mm., green, margins scarious; Corolla, tube 7-8 mm. + lobes 1.5-2.0 mm., blue, palate, yellow bearded; Filaments, 10 mm., curved at end; Anthers, just reaching to end of corolla, spreading wide, 1.5 mm., glabrous on side opposite dehiscence; Staminode, not widened at tip, scant golden hairs; Ovary, 1.8 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide; Style, 10 mm.; Stigma, weakly lobed.


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1951, Linum lewisii  
1951   

Field identification: Linum lewisii.

Plants of Colorado
Linaceae

Linum lewisii Pursh.  Prairie Blue Flax.

Willow Creek, Jackson County, Colorado. North slope of Rabbit Ears Range, along Willow Creek and Forest Road 106, 7.4 km. north of Haystack Mountain, 6.7 km. south of Rand. 40.3944°N, 106.1882°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2750 m.

This area extensively collected by J. E. Tear, Jr. (1993-1995, 135 collections, deposited at CS) and B. E. Nelson (2000, 145 collections, deposited at RM).

Tom Schweich 1951. 20-Jun-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1952, Boechera stricta  
1952   

Field identification: Arabis sp. or Boechera sp.

Plants of Colorado
Brassicaceae

Boechera stricta (Graham) Al-Shebaz.  Drummond's Rockcress.

Willow Creek, Jackson County, Colorado. North slope of Rabbit Ears Range, along Willow Creek and Forest Road 106, 7.4 km. north of Haystack Mountain, 6.7 km. south of Rand. 40.3942°N, 106.188°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2750 m.

This area extensively collected by J. E. Tear, Jr. (1993-1995, 135 collections, deposited at CS) and B. E. Nelson (2000, 145 collections, deposited at RM).

Tom Schweich 1952. 20-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1952, 20 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, 40 cm. to 55 cm., glabrous except basal leaves; Stem, single, erect, leafy, glabrous; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, simple, petiole, 10 mm., transition unclear, blade, 23 mm. × 3 mm. wide, oblanceolate, hairs, dolabriform, cauline, sessile, basally lobed, 0.8-1.5 mm., 23 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, lanceolate, margin entire; Inflorescence, raceme, 25 mm. × 12.5 mm. wide, elongating in fruit; Flowers, radial; Sepals, #4, 1 row, 5 mm. × 1 mm. wide, elliptic, color green, glabrous; Petals, 9 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide, spoon-shaped, margin entire, color lavender (when dry); Fruit, mature, 60 mm. × 1 mm. wide, appressed to rachis, glabrous.

Arabis drummondii is the correct name for this species in that genus; the epithet stricta has priority in Boechera. This very distinctive species is easily recognized by having basal leaves with branched trichomes, all sessile and 2-rayed (malpighiaceous). It is also the most promiscuous, having formed apomictic hybrids with at least 15 other species of Boechera. (Al-Shebaz, FNANM)

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1953, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. attenuata  
1953   

Field identification: Ipomopsis aggregata.

Plants of Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V. E. Grant ssp. attenuata (A. Gray) V. E. Grant & A. D. Grant.  Shorttube Skyrocket.

Willow Creek, Jackson County, Colorado. North slope of Rabbit Ears Range, along Willow Creek and Forest Road 106, 7.4 km. north of Haystack Mountain, 6.7 km. south of Rand. 40.3942°N, 106.1879°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2750 m. Common, especially along roadsides.

This area extensively collected by J. E. Tear, Jr. (1993-1995, 135 collections, deposited at CS) and B. E. Nelson (2000, 145 collections, deposited at RM).

Tom Schweich 1953. 20-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1953, 20 June 2018, characters observed: Calyx, tube 2.5-3.0 mm. + lobes 3.5-4.0 mm.; Corolla, filiform, tube 20 mm. × 1 mm. wide flaring gradually to 3 mm. + lobes 7.5-8.0 mm.; Anthers, close to orfice.

Two subspecies of Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V.E. Grant have been collected within ½ km. radius of this collection. J. E. Tear, Jr. #258, 1993-06-16, CS81546, was determined I. a. subsp. weberi V.E. Grant & Wilkin by Ackerfield. Ackerfield (2015) now treats subsp. weberi as a synonym of I. a. subsp. attenuata (A. Gray) V.E. Grant & A.D. Grant. B. E. Nelson #49939, 2000-6-27, RM760254, was determined I. a. subsp. aggregata.

This specimen will key ambiguously to either subsp. attenuata or subsp. aggregata in Ackerfield (2015) depending upon how much weight one places on the shape of the corolla tube vs. the position of the anthers. However, this specimen keys unambiguously to subsp. attenuata in Grant & Wilkin (1986) based upon the shape and dimensions of the corolla tube and the position of the anthers.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1954, Lupinus argenteus rubricaulis  
1954   

Field identification: Lupinus sp.

Plants of Colorado
Fabaceae

Lupinus argenteus Pursh var. rubricaulis (Greene) S.L. Welsh.  Silvery Lupine.

Willow Creek, Jackson County, Colorado. North slope of Rabbit Ears Range, along Willow Creek and Forest Road 106, 7.4 km. north of Haystack Mountain, 6.7 km. south of Rand. 40.3942°N, 106.1879°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2750 m.

This area extensively collected by J. E. Tear, Jr. (1993-1995, 135 collections, deposited at CS) and B. E. Nelson (2000, 145 collections, deposited at RM).

Tom Schweich 1954. 20-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1954, 20 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 70 cm., caulescent, erect; Stem, not winged, hairs basifixed; Leaves, compound, palmate, stipules, free, 4 mm., petiole, 25-60 mm., blade, largest, 60 mm. × 100 mm. wide, leaflets, #7, largest, 57 mm. × 17 mm. wide, margin, entire, petiole and abaxial surface short straight appressed hairs, adaxial glabrous; Inflorescence, raceme, 30+ flowers, bract, 4 mm., pedicels, 0-4.5 mm. as flowers mature, Calyx, asymmetric, 4.5 mm., hairs simple; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 8 mm., reflexed distal ⅔ (±3 mm. from tip), giving shallowly gaping appearance, back has a few hairs, wings, claw, 2.5 mm., + blade 8 mm. = 10.5 mm., keel, 9.6 mm., glabrous throughout, white to dark blue, tip erect; Ovary, 4 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, glabrous.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1955, Valeriana occidentalis
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1955, Valeriana occidentalis  
1955   

Field identification: Valerian?, office guess: Valeriana occidentalis

Plants of Colorado
Caprifoliaceae

Valeriana occidentalis A. Heller.  Western Valerian.

Willow Creek, Jackson County, Colorado. North slope of Rabbit Ears Range, along Willow Creek and Forest Road 106, 7.4 km. north of Haystack Mountain, 6.7 km. south of Rand. 40.3945°N, 106.1882°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2750 m. In shrubs and forbs beside intermittent stream.

This area extensively collected by J. E. Tear, Jr. (1993-1995, 135 collections, deposited at CS) and B. E. Nelson (2000, 145 collections, deposited at RM).

Tom Schweich 1955. 20-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1955, 20 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm.; Stem, 1 or 2 from caudex with fibrous roots; Leaves, basal, withered, cauline, opposite, petiole, 25 mm., blade, 60 mm. × 20 mm. wide, pinnatifid, terminal leaflet, 32 mm. × 20 mm. wide, glabrous except at the axils; Inflorescence, corymb, 35 mm. wide; Calyx, segments, 5-7 mm.; Corolla, tube 1.4-2.4 mm. + lobes 1.0-1.3 mm. × 2.3-3.0 mm. wide, white drying yellow, glabrous; Stamens, well exserted.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1956, Potentilla pulcherrima  
1956   

Field identification: Potentilla sp., office guess: P. gracilis.

Plants of Colorado
Rosaceae

Potentilla pulcherrima Lehmann.  Beautiful Cinquefoil.

Willow Creek, Jackson County, Colorado. North slope of Rabbit Ears Range, along Willow Creek and Forest Road 106, 7.4 km. north of Haystack Mountain, 6.7 km. south of Rand. 40.3945°N, 106.1882°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2750 m. In shrubs and forbs beside intermittent stream.

This area extensively collected by J. E. Tear, Jr. (1993-1995, 135 collections, deposited at CS) and B. E. Nelson (2000, 145 collections, deposited at RM).

Tom Schweich 1956. 20-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1956, 20 June 2018,characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Stems, erect, not rooting at nodes; Leaves, basal, compound, palmate, leaflets, #5 or 7 (never ternate), toothed ±entire length, #7-11 teeth, adaxial green, few long hairs, abaxial gray, densely tomentose; cauline, few (2-3); Inflorescence, #14 flowers, inconspicuous tiny red-tipped glands on sepals and epicalyx bractlets; Sepals, fused 1.5 mm. + free 5 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide, green, hirsute, glandular; Epicalyx bractlets, 4.5 mm. × 1.1 mm. wide, green, with reddish-brown tips; Petals, 8 mm. × 8 mm. wide, deltate, yellow; Styles, 2 mm., filiform, terminal.

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 125:  Willow Creek Pass;

Locations: Willow Creek Pass.
Full Size ImageWillow Creek Pass, Elevation 9683 Feet  

  Willow Creek Pass. I guess the bicyclist didn't want his photo taken.

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 125:   at meadow;   at dike;
Full Size ImageMeadow in Pass Creek
Full Size ImageDike along the highway.  

 

Meadow and dike just south of Willow Creek Pass.

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The view in the opposite direction, probably of Parkview Mountain.

Other articles:
• Colorado Trans-Basin Water Transfer:  Berthoud Pass Ditch;
• US Hwy 40:   at Berthoud Pass;

Locations: BerthoudPassDitch.
Full Size ImageThe Berthoud Ditch must be underground at this place.  

 

Stopped at Berthoud Pass to look for the Berthoud Ditch. Decided it was probably underground at this location.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 144:  65000;

Locations: Henderson Mine.
Full Size ImageEntrance to the Henderson Mine.  

 

Henderson Mine

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Red Mountain, partially caved by mining at the Henderson Mine.
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Mine ventilation exhaust at Henderson Mine
 

 

 

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.  

 

Thursday, June 21st

North Table Mountain Park, to find Heliotropium curassivacum

Literature Cited:
- Barkworth, Mary, 1978.  

1957   

Field identification: Hesperostipa, maybe H. spartea.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth.  Needle and Thread.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, along the Tilting Mesa Trail, 2.54 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.778°N, 105.2149°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1970 m. Gentle eastern slope.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1957. 21-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1957, 21 June 2018, characters observed: Sheath, lower, margins glabrous; Inflorescence, not fully exserted; Glumes, lower, 26 mm., upper, 27 mm.; Callus, 3.7 mm., hairs, dark brown, Lemma, 9.5-10.2 mm., brown, hairs, lighter, hairy throughout, thinning distally only slightly; Awn, 114 mm., twisted, 25 mm., bent, bent again, then wavy.

Literature Cited:
- Simpson, Michael G., C. Matt Guilliams, Kristin E. Hasenstab-Lehman, Makenzie E. Mabry, & Lee Ripma, 2017.

Other articles:
• Tilting Mesa Trail:   near pond;  

1958   

Field identification: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. hispidulus.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Plagiobothrys scouleri (Hook. & Arn.) I.M. Johnst. var. hispidulus (Greene) Dorn.  Scouler's popcornflower.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, along the Tilting Mesa Trail, 2.64 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7787°N, 105.2141°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1965 m. Drying mud, bottom of a small reservoir.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1958. 21-Jun-2018

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Heliotropium curassavicum;
• Tilting Mesa Trail:   at pond;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1959, Heliotropium curassavicum
Full Size ImageLocation of Coll. No. 1959, Heliotropium curassavicum  

1959   

Field identificaton: Heliotropium curassavicum

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Location of Coll. No. 1959, Heliotropium curassavicum
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Coll. No. 1959, Heliotropium curassavicum

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Juncaceae

Juncus bufonius L.  Toad Rush.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, along the Tilting Mesa Trail, 3.36 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7851°N, 105.2125°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1968 m. Southeast corner of a natural pond, in an opening between cattails.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1959.1 21-Jun-2018

Other articles:
• Tilting Mesa Trail:   at pond;  

1959.1   

Field identification: Juncus bufonius.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Juncaceae

Juncus bufonius L.  Toad Rush.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, along the Tilting Mesa Trail, 3.36 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7851°N, 105.2125°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1968 m. Southeast corner of a natural pond, in an opening between cattails.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1959.1 21-Jun-2018

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Puccinellia distans;
• Tilting Mesa Trail:   at pond;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1959.2, Puccinellia distans  

1959.2   

Field identification: Grass.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Puccinellia distans (L.) Parl.  European Alkali Grass.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, along the Tilting Mesa Trail, 3.36 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7851°N, 105.2124°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1968 m. Southeast corner of a natural pond, in an opening between cattails.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1959.2 21-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1959.2, 21 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 45 cm., clumped; Leaves, Sheath, 62 mm., open; Ligule, membranous, 1.7 mm., auricles, absent; Blade, 41 mm., revolute, scabrous on mid-vein and margin, tip, prow-shaped; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, open panicle, 120 mm. × 90 mm. wide, pyramidal, some branches reflexed; Rachis, not extended, scabrous; Spikelets, many, 2.5 mm. × 0.9 mm. wide, similar, borne singly, pedicels, 1.0-3.5 mm., 3-4 flowered; Compression, unremarkable; Disarticulation, above the glumes, between the florets, florets falling separately; Glumes, lower, 0.9 mm., veins, #1, upper, 1.5 mm., <lowest floret, veins, 1 or more, obscure, awns, #0; Lemma, 1.9 mm., >glumes, ovate, membranous, rolled, glabrous, purple to tan, veins, ≥5, obscure, tip, rounded, lacerate or erose, Palea, 1.9 mm., ±=lemma, keels minutely scabrous, tip, entire, color purple to straw; Anthers, 0.7 mm.; Crypsela, 1.2 mm. × 0.6 mm. wide, brown.

Other articles:
• Tilting Mesa Trail:   at pond;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1959.3, Potentilla rivalis  

1959.3   

Field identification: Potentilla norvegica

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Rosaceae

Potentilla rivalis Nutt.  Brook Cinquefoil.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, along the Tilting Mesa Trail, 3.36 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7851°N, 105.2124°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1968 m. Southeast corner of a natural pond, in an opening between cattails.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1959.3 21-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1959.3, 21 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, short-lived(?), 25 cm. to 45 cm., erect, not stoloniferous, hairs, 1 mm., eglandular, soft, not pustule-based; Leaves, basal and stem, equally thinly hirsute above and below, Basal, stipules, 10 mm., simple, free, petiole, 20 mm., blade, compound, ternate, 11 mm. × 12.5 mm. wide, Cauline, many per stem, stipules, 8 mm. × 2 mm. wide, lanceolate, entire, petiole, 6 mm., blade, 14 mm. × 14 mm. wide, leaflets, #3, 10 mm. × 5 mm. wide, lobed ≤½-mid-rib, teeth, red-tipped; Inflorescence, eglandular; Calyx, 3 mm. wide, flattened at base, lobes, 3 mm. × 2 mm. wide, green, epicalyx bractlets, 3 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, Flowers, limb, 5 mm. wide, Petals, #5, 2 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, obovate, yellow; Stamens, #12; Anthers, 0.3 mm. × 0.3 mm. wide, Ovary, many, glabrous; Styles, 0.8 mm., attached laterally below top of ovary, thickest at base; Stigma, #1; Achenes, 0.7 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, tan, glabrous, smooth; without prominently septate gland-tipped trichomes (hairs), and with tiny smooth pale achenes, FNANM would put this in P. rivalis.

Other articles:
• Mesa Top Trail:   near pond;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1960, Ranunculus sceleratus  

1960   

Field identification: Ranunculus, maybe R. sceleratus

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Ranunculaceae

Ranunculus sceleratus L.  Cursed Buttercup.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, along the now-closed portion of the Mesa Top Trail, 3.39 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7856°N, 105.214°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1974 m. Northwest corner of a natural pond, amid grasses and forbs.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1960. 21-Jun-2018

Coll. No. 1960, 21 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial, terrestrial herb of wet places, to 20 mm.; Leaves, basal, petiole 45 mm. + blade 20 mm. × 32 mm. wide, deeply lobed into 3 segments, lobes rounded, mostly withered, cauline, alternate, petiole 20 mm. + blade 20 mm. × 24 mm. wide, twice ternately lobed, lobes rounded, few long thin hairs; Flowers, actinomorphic; Sepals, 2.2 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, thin, ovate, thin white hairs; Petals, 2 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, yellow, elliptic, not spurred; Achenes, 1.3 mm. × 1.0 mm. wide, green-tan, subglobose, small beak, glabrous.

  1960.1    Field identification: Probably Bromus tectorum, but very red.
  1960.2    Field identification: Definitely Veronica, maybe V. americana

 

   

 

Thursday, June 28th

Scheduled to be a hot day in the Front Range, we went to the high country.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6:   near Loveland Pass;   at Loveland Pass;   near Loveland Pass;

Locations: Loveland Pass. Pass Lake.
Full Size ImageEast portal of the Eisenhower-Johnson Tunnels.  

 
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Loveland Pass.
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View west from Loveland Pass looking into the Colorado River drainage.
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View east from Loveland Pass looking into the South Platte River drainage.
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Penstemon whippleanus on Loveland Pass.
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Pass Lake below the summit of Loveland Pass.
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Hymenoxys grandiflora at Pass Lake
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Minuartia obtusiloba ??
Loveland Pass and vicinity.

Literature Cited:
- Todd, Andrew S., Diane M. McKnight, and Sabre M. Duren, 2005.

Other articles:
• Peru Creek Road:  Vidler Tunnel;   at tailings pile;  34000;  Shoe Basin Mine;  36000;

Locations: Anderson Tunnel Mine. Horseshoe Basin. Peru Creek.  

 
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Looking down canyon.
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Cheryl sits on a rock in Horseshoe Basin.
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Looking up basin.
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Cascade from a tarn above.
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The unmistakeable Cirsium scopulorum along the old road.
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Peru Creek is crossed by the Argentine Trail.
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Argentine Trailhead and parking lot
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Anderson Tunnel Mine portal
Horseshoe Basin, walk up to Vidler Tunnel from Argentine Pass Trailhead.

Other articles:
• Peru Creek Road:  Vidler Tunnel;
• Colorado Trans-Basin Water Transfer:   the Inlet;

Locations: Vidler Tunnel.
Full Size ImagePortal of the Vidler Tunnel  

 
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Water collection system for the Vidler Tunnel.
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Portal of the Vidler Tunnel
Portal of the Vidler Tunnel.

 

Literature Cited:
- Langley, Alli, 2015.
- Laughlin, Breeana, 2013.

Other articles:
• Peru Creek Road:  38000;

Locations: Pennsylvania Mine.  

 

Pennsylvania Mine

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Information sign on the portal of the Pennsylvania Mine.
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Portal of the Pennsylvania Mine.

Pennsylvania Mine.

Portal Rehabilitation Project.

The Pennsylvania Mine drains heavy metal laden water into Peru Creek, a tributary of the Snake River, and results in one of the most significant single loading sources contributing to water quality degradation. The mine is developed on six different “levels,” designated A through F, with A being the highest in elevation and F at the bottom.
The first goal of the project is to establish safe access to the underground workings on both Level F and Level C of the Pennsylvania Mine. Following conplretion of the project, underground investigations will be conducted to provide a more comprehensive understanding of mine hydrology and eventual remedy selection.
Project managed and developed by: Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety.

 

Other articles:
• Colorado Trans-Basin Water Transfer:  Roberts Tunnel intake;

Locations: Dillon Reservoir.
Full Size ImageIntake facility of Roberts Tunnel.  

 

Lake Dillon

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Dillon Reservoir, Roberts Tunnel intake on distant peninsula.
Dillon Reservoir, to see the Roberts Tunnel intake.

 

   

 

July, 2018

 

 

 

Locations: Kinney Run.  

 

Friday, July 7th

Illinois Avenue to Kinney Run

Other articles:
• Illinois Street:   at Deadman Gl;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1961, Solanum dulcamara
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1961, Solanum dulcamara  

1961   

Field identification: Solanum triflorum

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Solanaceae

Solanum dulcamara L.  Climbing Nightshade.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Streambed of Deadman Gulch at Illinois Avenue, between US Highway 6 and the Fossil Trace Golf Club, 2.03 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7379°N, 105.2151°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1770 m. Flowers bluish-purple with a pair of yellow spots at the base of the corolla lobes. Growing in culvert at Illinois Avenue

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1961. 6-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• Illinois Street:   at Deadman Gl;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1962, Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani  

1962   

Field identification: Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Palla.  Softstem Bulrush.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. In Deadman Gulch, also euphemistically called Kinney Run, along Illinois Street between US Highway 6 and the Fossil Trace Golf Club, 2.15 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7368°N, 105.2151°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1772 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1962. 6-Jul-2018

  1963   

Field identification: Nyctaginaceae, later in the office: Mirabilis nyctaginea

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Nyctaginaceae

Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacMill.  Heartleaf Four O'Clock.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Beside Deadman Gulch, also euphemistically called Kinney Run, along Illinois Street between US Highway 6 and the Fossil Trace Golf Club, 2.16 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7366°N, 105.2152°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1782 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1963. 7-Jul-2018

  1964   

Field identification: Scrophularia lanceolata

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Scrophulariaceae

Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh.  Lanceleaf Figwort.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. On the bank of Kinney Run, above its junction with Deadman Gulch, and near the Cambria Lime Kiln (historic site), 2.95 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7294°N, 105.2151°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1812 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1964. 6-Jul-2018

  1965   

Field identification: Scirpus pallidus

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Scirpus pallidus (Britt.) Fern.  Cloaked Bulrush.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. On a bank of Kinney Run, between the Cambria Lime Kiln and Tripp Ranch, 3.06 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7284°N, 105.2149°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1817 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1965. 6-Jul-2018

  1966   

Field identification: Ratibida columnifera

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl.  Upright Prairie Coneflower.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. West slope of the hogback on the east side of Kinney Run, between the Cambria Lime Kiln and Tripp Ranch, 3.19 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7274°N, 105.2135°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1833 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1966. 6-Jul-2018

  1967   

Field identification: Heterotheca villosa.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners.  Hairy False Goldenaster.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. West slope of the hogback on the east side of Kinney Run, between the Cambria Lime Kiln and Tripp Ranch, 3.20 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7273°N, 105.2136°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1833 m. Var. minor if infraspecific names are to be applied.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1967. 6-Jul-2018

  1968   

Field identification: Thistle, later in-office guess: Carduus nutans.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Carduus nutans L.  Nodding Plumeless Thistle.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. West slope of the hogback on the east side of Kinney Run, between the Cambria Lime Kiln and Tripp Ranch, 3.22 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7272°N, 105.2136°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1833 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1968. 6-Jul-2018

  1969   

Field identification: Solidago, maybe S. nana.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Solidago missouriensis Nutt.  Missouri Goldenrod.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. West slope of the hogback on the east side of Kinney Run, between the Cambria Lime Kiln and Tripp Ranch, 3.12 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.728°N, 105.2137°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1832 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1969. 6-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:   near Eagle Ridge Drive;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1970, Clematis ligustifolia  

1970   

Field identification: Lonicera, maybe L. morrowii … Yikes! What a brain-fart!

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Ranunculaceae

Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt.  Western White Clematis.

Kinney Run, Jefferson County, Colorado. Beside Deadman Gulch, locally euphemistically called Kinney Run, between Eagle Ridge Drive and US Highway 6, 2.62 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7323°N, 105.216°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1797 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1970. 6-Jul-2018

 

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Friday, July 13th

Ranson/Edwards
  1971   

Field identification: Nasella viridula.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth.  Green Needlegrass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.4 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 135 m. southwest onto a slightly dryer ridge above the road, 15.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8911°N, 105.2638°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1950 m. Also here: Aristida purpurea and Bouteloua curtipendula.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1971. 13-Jul-2018

  1972   

Field identification: Aristida purpurea.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Aristida purpurea Nutt.  Purple Threeawn.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.4 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 135 m. southwest onto a slightly dryer ridge above the road, 15.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8911°N, 105.2638°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1959 m. Also here: Nassella viridula and Bouteloua curtipendula. Variety longiseta if infraspecific names are to be applied.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1972. 13-Jul-2018

  1973   

Field identification: Helianthus pumilus

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Helianthus pumilus Nutt.  Little Sunflower.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.4 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 150 m. southwest onto a slightly dryer ridge above the road, 15.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8919°N, 105.265°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1973 m. Also collected here: Eriogonum alatum.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1973. 13-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1973, 13 Jul 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm., tough, erect tap-rooted crown; Stem, green, scabrous-hispid (stiff multicellular hairs), eglandular; Leaves, alternate proximally, opposite distally, petiole, 7 mm., blade 93 mm. × 40 mm. wide, reduced distally, lanceolate, hispid, glandular, margins, entire, flat, tip, acute; Inflorescence, head enclosed by involucre, heads ±4 per stem, showy, >leaves; Peduncles, 10-20 mm.; Involucre, 10 mm. × 22 mm. wide, hemi-spheric; Phyllaries, in 3± series, 5-7 mm. × 3-3.5 mm. wide, stiff, tan to green, glabrous to scabrous, ciliate, and gland-dotted; Receptacle, flat to slightly convex, paleate; Palea, 8 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide; Flowers, 2 kinds; Ray flowers, ±8, tube 2 mm. + blade 14 mm. × 5 mm. wide, yellow with dark stripes, fertile; Disk flowers, many, tube 5.5 mm. + lobes 1 mm., yellow, open; Pappus, #2, scales, ±equal; Fruit, 4 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, color black, glabrous;

  1974   

Field identification: Eriogonum alatum. Also Coll. No. 1975 nearby.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Polygonaceae

Eriogonum alatum Torr.  Winged Buckwheat.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.4 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 150 m. southwest onto a slightly dryer ridge above the road, 15.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8919°N, 105.2651°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1976 m. Same as Coll. No. 1975

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1974. 13-Jul-2018

  1975   

Field identification: Eriogonum alatum. Also Coll. No. 1974 nearby.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Polygonaceae

Eriogonum alatum Torr.  Winged Buckwheat.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.4 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 150 m. southwest onto a slightly dryer ridge above the road, 15.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.892°N, 105.2648°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1972 m. Same as Coll. No. 1974.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1975. 13-Jul-2018

  1976   

Field identification: Elymus elymoides

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey.  Squirreltail Grass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.5 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 40 m. north into grassy field, 15.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8931°N, 105.265°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1959 m. Subspecies brevifolius if infraspecific names are to be applied.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1976. 18-Jul-2018

  1977   

Field identification: Monarda fistulosa

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Lamiaceae

Monarda fistulosa L.  Wild Bergamot.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.5 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 260 m. north, 15.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8951°N, 105.2649°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1936 m. Bottom of a watercourse with tall willows; frequently occupied by resting elk.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1977. 13-Jul-2018

  1977.1   

Field identification: Potentilla recta

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Rosaceae

Potentilla recta L.  Sulphur Cinquefoil.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.5 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 260 m. north, 15.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8951°N, 105.2649°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1936 m. Bottom of a watercourse with tall willows; frequently occupied by resting elk. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1977.1 13-Jul-2018

  1977.2   

Field identification: Lysimachia sp.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Myrsinaceae

Lysimachia ciliata L.  Fringed Loosestrife.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.5 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 260 m. north, 15.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8951°N, 105.2649°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1936 m. In the bottom of a small ravine with a trickle of runnng water; frequently used by resting elk.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1977.2 13-Jul-2018

  1978   

Field identification: Schoenoplectus tabermontanae

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Palla.  Softstem Bulrush.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.5 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 260 m. north, 16 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8952°N, 105.2642°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1935 m. Site of a small reservoir now filled with sediment.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1978. 13-Jul-2018


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1979, Glyceria elata  
1979   

Field identification: Agrostis gigantea, almost went with Torreyochloa pallida, but noticed the sheath was actually closed …

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Glyceria elata (Rydb.) M. E. Jones.  Fowl Manna Grass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.5 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 260 m. north, 16 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8952°N, 105.2643°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1935 m. A few rhizomes observed. Site of a small reservoir now filled with sediment.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1979. 13-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1979, 13 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 1.35 m., rhizomatous; Stem, herbaceous; Leaves, sheath, 13 cm., closed at least ⅔, ligule, membranous, auricles, absent, blade, 30 cm. × 4.5 mm. wide, flat; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, open panicle, 30 cm. × 25 cm. wide,; Spikelets, many, 5.5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, similar, borne singly, stalked, pedicels, 2-9 mm.; Compression, unremarkable; Disarticulation, between florets; Glumes, lower, 1.6 mm., veins, #1, upper, 2 mm., <lowest floret, veins, #1, membranous, awns, absent, tip, erose; Florets, 4-5 per spikelet; Lemma, 2.5 mm., >glumes, ovate, membranous, rolled, glabrous, veins, #7, prominent, parallel; Palea, 2 mm., <lemma; Cypsela, 1.4 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, brown.

See also Tim Hogan, Coll No. 2210, 1993-07-09, Lippencot Property, Bull Gulch east of railroad tracks, RM734389 and COLO453586.

  1980   

Field identification: Agrostis stolonifera

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Agrostis gigantea Roth.  Redtop.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.5 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 260 m. north, 16 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8952°N, 105.2644°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1935 m. Site of a small reservoir now filled with sediment.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1980. 13-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1980, 13 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 95 cm., rhizomatous; Roots, fibrous; Stem, herbaceous; Leaves, blade and sheath differentiated, sheath, 80 mm., open, glabrous, ligule, membranous, 4 mm., auricles, absent, blade, 70 mm. × 2 mm. wide, flat, scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, panicle, 15 cm. × 4 cm. wide, 5-7 branches; Rachis, not extended, sparsely scabrous; Spikelets, many, 2.3 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, similar, borne singly, pedicels, 0.7-2.0 mm., 1-flowered; Compression, unremarkable; Disarticulation, above the glumes; Glumes, lower, 1.8 mm., veins, #1, sparsely scabrous, upper, 1.8 mm., >lowest floret, veins, #3, obscure, ±parallel; Lemma, 1.7 mm., <glumes, membranous, veins, ≤3; Palea, 1.0 mm., <lemma; Anthers, #3, 1.2 mm.

  1981   

Field identification: Muhlenbergia montana

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Muhlenbergia montana (Nutt.) Hitchc.  Mountain Muhly.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Highest plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, 1.5 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then about 120 m. north, 15.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8937°N, 105.2646°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1952 m. Open grassy field below what appears to be a small water diversion.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1981. 13-Jul-2018

 

   

 

Sunday, July 15th

 

Other articles:
• Alaska Street:   at 633 Alaska;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1982, Campanula glomerata
Full Size ImageLandscape that includes Campanula glomerata  

1982   

Field identification: Enigmatus purpurea, office: Campanula glomerata “Genti Blue”

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Coll. No. 1982, Campanula glomerata

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Campanulaceae

Campanula glomerata L.  Dane's Blood.

North Washington Open Space, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (4 acre) fallow city-owned parcel in northern Golden, near the intersection of Colorado Highway 93 and Washington Avenue, 1.73 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Along the north fence. 39.7689°N, 105.2328°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1808 m. Garden escapee from the front yard of 633 Alaska Street, where this plant is cultivated in the front yard.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2018, issued: Feb 23, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1982. 15-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1982, 15 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, 40-50 cm., spreading by underground stems; Leaves, basal, withered at anthesis, cauline, alternate, sessile, lanceolate-oblong, 110 mm. × 41 mm. wide, reduced above, setose, crenate; Inflorescence, appears head-like, but flowers in crowded axils subtended by a reduced leaf 35 mm. × 20 mm. wide; Bract, leaf-like, 6 mm. × 2 mm. wide, triangular, strigose, crenulate, ciliate; Calyx, tube 4 mm. + lobes 7 mm., narrowly acuminate, sparsely ciliate; Hypanthium, 3.5 mm.; Corolla, tube 11 mm. + lobes 5 mm., color purple; Stamens, #5, included; Filaments, scale-like, white, hairy; Anthers, 4 mm., yellow. Ovary, inferior; Style, 12 mm.; Stigma, 3-lobed;

 

 

Locations: Schweich Hill.  

 

Thursday, July 19th

North Washington Open Space as a pre-walk for my field trip on Saturday, July 21st.

 

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Friday, July 20th

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space as a pre-walk for my field trip on Sunday.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Saponaria officinalis;
Full Size ImageSaponaria officinalis  

1983   

Field identification: Saponaria officinalis

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Caryophyllaceae

Saponaria officinalis L.  Bouncingbet.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In the ditch beside Plainview Road, 1.7 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, then 1.3 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, 15.45 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8911°N, 105.2621°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1930 m. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2018, issued: Mar 1, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1983. 20-Jul-2018

 

   

 

Monday, July 23rd

Golden to Leadville

Other articles:
• CO Highway 91:   at Fremont Pass;

Locations: Climax. Fremont Pass.
Full Size ImageSmall interpretive exhibit about Climax at Fremont Pass.  

 

Climax

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Climax: Where Colorado History is Still Being Made
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Fremont Station Observatory
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Climax Interpretive Site

Other articles:
• Forest Road 134:   near bottom;

Locations: Chalk Creek.
Full Size ImageWonder what is buried here.  

 

Collecting at Chalk Creek

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Collecting Locality, Coll. Nos. 1984-90
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Collecting Locality, Coll. Nos. 1984-90

Literature Cited:
- Greene, Edward L., 1901.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 134:   near bottom;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1984, Lupinus argenteus var. rubricaulis  

1984   

Field identification: Lupinus sp.

Plants of Colorado
Fabaceae

Lupinus argenteus Pursh var. rubricaulis (Greene) S.L. Welsh.  Silvery Lupine.

Chalk Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along Chalk Creek, National Forest Road 134, off Colorado Highway 91, 13.3 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3548°N, 106.2168°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3197 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1984. 23-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1984, 23 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 65 cm., caulescent, erect; Stem, not winged, Leaves, compound, stipules, free, 7 mm., linear, petiole, 30-32 mm., sparsely appressed hairy, blade, 65 mm. × 67 mm. wide, reduced above, leaflets, #7, 40 mm. × 11 mm. wide, oblanceolate, leaflets generally flat, some younger leaflets folded, adaxial sparse appressed hairy, more dense on mid-rib, abaxial glabrous; Inflorescence, raceme, 133 mm. × 23 mm. wide, many flowers (#34 observed), pedicels, 1.5-2.5 mm.; Calyx, asymmetric, tube 1.5 mm. + lobes 2.0 & 4.5 mm., gibbous rather than spurred; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 7.5 mm., blue, without yellow spot, reflexed at 2/3, back, glabrous, wings, claw 2 mm. + blade 6.5 mm., white to blue, keel, 8 mm., glabrous, white to purple-black, tip, prominent erect; Ovary, 3 mm. × 0.6 mm. wide, glabrous; Style, persistent; Stigma, simple, glabrous; Fruit, 22 mm. × 6.5 mm. wide, flat, hairs, soft spreading. While this keys fairly easily to var. rubricaulis in Ackerfield (2015) and Welsh et al. (1993), neither mention red stems and petioles in Greene's (1901) original description. Rather they distinguish by the (lack of) folding of the leaflets and the habitat. Weber & Wittman (2012) do not treat varieties of L. argenteus.

LUPINUS RUBRICAULIS. Perennial, the tufted sterns slender, a foot high or more, simple, remotely leafy with rather small very slender-petioled leaves, both stem, petioles and, in part the leaves dark red-purple and sparingly and minutely silky-villous: leaflets about 7 or 8, cuneate-oblong or elliptical, unequal, the largest 1 1/2 inches long, the slender petioles much longer; stipules small, subulate: raceme sessile, 3 or 4 inches long, rather dense, the flowers scattered, middle-sized, pedicels and very gibbous calyx white-silky; corolla dark blue-purple, banner shortest of all the petals, the narrowly pointed falcate keel longest and naked: fruit not seen.

On moist slopes of Crested Butte, 6 July, n. 342; conspicuous by the dark purplish hue of the herbage, and in habit quite an elegant species.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 134:   near bottom;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1985, Leptosiphon nuttalli subsp. nuttalli  

1985   

Field Identification: Linanthus sp.

Plants of Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Leptosiphon nuttallii (Gray) J. M. Porter & L. A. Johnson ssp. nuttallii.  Nuttall's Linanthus.

Chalk Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along Chalk Creek, National Forest Road 134, off Colorado Highway 91, 13.3 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3548°N, 106.2168°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3197 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1985. 23-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1985, 23 Jul 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, from woody caudex, to 20 cm, erect; Leaves, opposite, connate at base, 26 mm. × 33 mm. wide, palmately cleft into 7-9 segments, segments, 3-20 mm. × 0.5-1.0 mm. wide, tips, spinulose; Inflorescence, dense head-like cluster, pedicels to 4 mm.; Calyx, 7.5 mm. × 2.2 mm. wide, narrow hyaline sinuses ±½; Corolla, tube 8 mm. + lobes 5 mm., white.

Literature Cited:
- Greene, Edward L., 1894.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 134:   near bottom;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1986, Heterotheca pumila  

1986   

Field identification: Heterotheca sp.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Heterotheca pumila (Greene) Semple.  Alpine False Goldenaster.

Chalk Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along Chalk Creek, National Forest Road 134, off Colorado Highway 91, 13.3 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3548°N, 106.2168°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3197 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1986. 23-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1986, 23 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, 12 cm.; Stem, purplish, short and long multicellular hairs, glandular; Leaves, cauline, alternate, well-distributed along stem, petiole, 10 mm., blade, 25 mm. × 4 mm. wide, reduced distally, oblanceolate, hairy and somewhat glandular, margin, entire, slightly revolute; Inflorescence, heads, 1 per stem, showy, >leaves; Involucre, 7 mm. × 10 mm. wide, bowl-shaped, glandulo-hispid; Phyllaries, 3+ series, 3.3-7 mm. × 0.6-1.2 mm. wide, prominent mid-vein, green center, scarious margins; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, 2 kinds; Ray flowers, #6-8, tube 4.5 mm. + blade 8.5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, yellow, fertile; Disk flowers, many, tube 4.5 mm. + lobes 0.5 mm., yellow, open; Pappus, many, 2 series, both ray and disk flowers, bristles, 0.9, 5.0 mm., barbelate; Cypsela, 2.5-3.0 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, brown, hairy.

16. C. pumila. Stems tufted, slender, 3 to 6 inches high, sparingly leafy below; the foliage mostly toward the summit and closely subtending the solitary sessile head: leaves 1 1/2 inches long, narrowly oblanceolate, tapering to a slender petiolar base, the apex mucronate: pubescence wholly hirsute, not dense: achenes hirsutulous: outer pappus conspicuous, unequal, varying upon the same achene from short and setulose to long and paleaceous. — High mountains toward the head[waters] of Bear Creek, in Middle Colorado, collected by the writer, in 1889.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 134:   near bottom;  

1987   

Field identification: Campanula rotundifolia, determination tentative.

Plants of Colorado
Campanulaceae

Campanula rotundifolia L.  Harebell.

Chalk Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along Chalk Creek, National Forest Road 134, off Colorado Highway 91, 13.3 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3548°N, 106.2168°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3197 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1987. 23-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• Forest Road 134:   near bottom;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1988, Erigeron subtrinervis
Full Size ImageFlower head of Coll. No. 1988, Erigeron subtrivervis  

1988   

Field identification: Erigeron sp. or Symphyotrichum sp.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Erigeron subtrinervis Rydb. ex Porter & Britton.  Threenerve Daisy.
   Dup. Det. by David J. Keil (OBI), February 2019.

Chalk Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along Chalk Creek, National Forest Road 134, off Colorado Highway 91, 13.3 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3548°N, 106.2168°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3197 m. Variety spathulatum if infraspecific names are to be applied.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1988. 23-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1988, 23 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, 35-40 cm., rhizomatous; Stem, spreading hairy, thinning on older stem, without decurrent lines from leaf bases; Leaves, basal withered, cauline, alternate, petiole, proximal 28 mm., to absent mid- to distal-cauline, blade, 40 mm. × 7 mm. wide, 5.7× long as wide, reduced distally, lanceolate, entire, tips white spinulose only in the most distal leaves; Inflorescence, heads #4-8 per stem, showy, (nearly) flat-topped, >leaves; Peduncles, 25-50 mm.; Involucre, 7 mm. × 14 mm. wide, hemispheric; Phyllaries, 3+ series, ±equal, 7 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, green, with a purplish tip, margins, flat, scarious, tips, sinuous, acute; Flowers, of 2 kinds; Ray flowers, ±#100 (more than usually described), tube 3 mm. + blade 11 mm. × 1.4 mm. wide, blue, fertile (assumed, at least small stigmas seen); Disk flowers, many, tube 4 mm. + lobes 0.5 mm., yellow; Pappus, 2 series, on both ray and disk flowers, 0.5 mm. and 3.0 mm., bristles, barbellate; Cypsela, 2 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, compressed front to back, brown.

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• Forest Road 134:   near bottom;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1989, Potentilla pulcherrima
Full Size ImageRed-tipped glands in the inflorescence of Coll. No. 1989, Potentilla pulcherrima  

1989   

Field identification: Potentilla sp.

Plants of Colorado
Rosaceae

Potentilla pulcherrima Lehmann.  Beautiful Cinquefoil.

Chalk Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along Chalk Creek, National Forest Road 134, off Colorado Highway 91, 13.3 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3548°N, 106.2168°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3197 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1989. 23-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1989, 23 July 2018, characters observed: Basal Leaves, petiole, 170 mm., blade, 55 mm. × 75 mm. wide, compound, palmate, leaflets, #7, 53 mm. × 16.5 mm. wide, cleft ½ for entire length, adaxial green sparse long unicellular hairs, abaxial silvery gray tomentose, Cauline Leaves, 4 per stem, alternate, reduced in size, stipules, large, 20 mm. × 7 mm. wide, ovate, entire; petiole, 18 mm., blade, 30 mm. ×. 34 mm. wide, leaflets, #5 or 7, 23 mm. × 9 mm. wide, lobed ⅓ to mid-rib entire length of leaflet, teeth, tiny dark tip; Inflorescence, 10-40 flowers, cymose, red-tipped glands on distal stems, petioles, and calyx. (These are said to be conspicuous but I never see them until I get to that couplet in the key.) Flowers, limb, 17 mm.; Petals, #5, 7.5 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, obovate, yellow; Anthers, 0.8 mm.; Ovary, many, glabrous; Style, 2.0 mm., emerging from near top of ovary, filiform to slightly tapered throughout; Achenes, 0.7 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, tan, glabrous.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 134:   near bottom;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1990, Helianthella quinquenervis  

1990   

Field identification: Hymenoxys sp.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Helianthella quinquenervis (Hook.) A. Gray.  Five-Nerve Little Sunflower.

Chalk Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along Chalk Creek, National Forest Road 134, off Colorado Highway 91, 13.3 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3548°N, 106.2168°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3197 m.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1990. 23-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1990, 23 Jul 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 80 cm., rhizomatous; Stem, proximal glabrous to distal tangled multicellular hairy; Leaves, all cauline (some very proximally cauline), opposite, petiole, 35 mm., blade 110 mm. × 27 mm. wide, mid-cauline the largest, elliptic, entire, sparsely short hairy throughout, eglandular; Inflorescence, heads, 1 terminal, sometimes a smaller pair in upper axils, showy, >leaves, ±nodding; Peduncles (axillary), 70 mm.; Involucre, 15 mm. × 33 mm. wide, spheric; Phyllaries, 3± series, 28 mm. × 6 mm. wide, green flat, margin, ciliate; Receptacle, paleate; Palea, 11 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, scarious, soft; Flowers, 2 kinds; Ray flowers, #20-24, tube 5 mm. + blade 23 mm. × 6 mm. wide, yellow, sterile; Disk flowers, many, tube 1.5 mm. + throat 3 mm. + lobes 0.5 mm., throat expanding abruptly, yellow; Pappus, disk flowers only, two types, 1.0 mm. scales in an outer ring, 2.5 mm. #2 awn-like scales; Cypsela, 7.4 mm. × 3 mm. wide, obovate, compressed side-to-side, black, hairy.

Other articles:
• Colorado Highway 300:   at hatchery;

Locations: Leadville National Fish Hatchery.
Full Size ImageLeadville National Fish Hatchery  

 

Leadville National Fish Hatchery

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Leadville National Fish Hatchery
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View of Leadville across the valley from the Leadville National Fish Hatchery.

Locations: Leadville.
Full Size ImageEvening thunder shower in Leadville  

 

In Leadville. Dinner at Tennessee Pass Café.

 

   

 

Tuesday, July 24th

Leadville to Aspen and return.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Twin Lks;

Locations: Twin Lakes.
Full Size ImageTwin Lakes Reservoir  

 

Twin Lakes

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Graham Gl;
• Colorado Trans-Basin Water Transfer:  outlet;

Locations: Graham Gulch.
Full Size ImageOutlet of Twin Lakes Tunnel.  

 

Graham Gulch

Literature Cited:
- Elliott, D. R., and D. L. Elliott, 1999.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;

Locations: Brumley.  

 

Brumley

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View up-canyon from Brumley.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1991, Astragalus alpinus
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1991, Astragalus alpinus  

1991   

Field identification: Lupinus sp.

Plants of Colorado
Fabaceae

Astragalus alpinus L.  Alpine Milkvetch.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On a terrace beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, between Twin Lakes and Independence Pass, about 11 mi. generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes. 39.0895°N, 106.5418°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3214 m. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1991. 24-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1991, 24 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, 15 cm., caulescent, sprawling; Leaves, compound, stipules, free, 4.5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, petiole, 35 mm., blade, 70 mm. × 10 mm. wide, leaflets, #23, 9.2 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, sparse white basifixed hairs; Inflorescence, raceme, #10 flowers, pedicels, 1 mm.; Calyx, tube 2.5 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm., hairs basifixed black appressed; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 8 mm., white to blue, with prominent white and blue stripes in middle, reflexed at middle, back glabrous, wings, 7 mm., <keel, keel, 8 mm., tip blunt, glabrous throughout; Style, persistent, Stigma, round, glabrous; Fruit, 11 mm. × 2.3 mm. wide, stipitate, 2 mm., pendulous, hairs, basifixed black appressed.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1992, Solidago multiradiata
Full Size ImageDistinctly ciliate petiole of Coll. No. 1992, Solidago multiradiata  

1992   

Field identification: Packera sp.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Solidago multiradiata Aiton.  Rocky Mountain Goldenrod.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On a terrace beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, between Twin Lakes and Independence Pass, about 11 mi. generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes. 39.0895°N, 106.5418°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3214 m. Proximal petioles winged and distinctly ciliate. Variety scopulorum A. Gray in Ackerfield (2015), but infraspecific names not recognized by FNANM. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1992. 24-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1992, 24 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, 18 cm., rhizomatous; Stem, proximal glabrous to distal glandular-hairy; Leaves, cauline, alternate, proximal petiole winged distinctly ciliate, distal apparently sessile (subclasping?), petiole, 40 mm., blade, 40 mm. × 10 mm. wide, narrowly oblanceolate, entire, margins, finely ciliate; Inflorescence, heads 15-20 per stem, not showy, triangular, >leaves; Involucre, 4 mm. × 7.5 mm. wide, ovoid; Phyllaries, #3± series, lower, slightly less than rest of involucre, few hairs similar to those on peduncles, mid-vein tan, body green, margin scarious, margins, flat, tip, acute; Flowers, 2 kinds; Ray flowers, #24-30, tube 2.5 mm. + blade 2.5 mm. × 1 mm. wide, yellow, fertile; Disk flowers, many, tube 3 mm. + lobes 0.7 mm., throat expanding, yellow; Pappus, many, well-developed capillary bristles, 3 mm., ±equal; Cypsela, 1 mm., brown, sparsely hairy.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1993, Bromus ciliatus  

1993   

Field identification: Bromus sp.

Plants of Colorado
Poaceae

Bromus ciliatus L.  Fringed Brome.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On a terrace beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, between Twin Lakes and Independence Pass, about 11 mi. generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes. 39.0895°N, 106.5419°W. Elev. 3214 m. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1993. 24-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1993, 24 Jul 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, 30 cm., clumped; Stem, nodes and internodes hidden by leaf sheaths; Leaves, blade and sheath differentiated; Sheath, >50 mm., closed, retrorse sparse long soft hairy, older sheaths persistent at base; Ligule, membranous, 0.5 mm., auricles, absent; Blade, 82 mm. × 3.6 mm. wide, margin, scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, panicle, 60-70 mm., 1-3 branches per node; Spikelets, #10-25, similar, borne singly, 12-20 mm. × 3-5 mm. wide; Compression, lateral; Disarticulation, above the glumes, between florets; Glumes, lower, 5.8 mm., veins, #1, upper, 8.5 mm., veins, #3, ±parallel (definitely not strongly convergent); Florets, 6 per spikelet, at least lower bisexual, uppermost florets appear sterile with last floret wrapped inside lemma of penultimate floret; Axis, short hairy abaxially; Lemma, 9.5 mm. >glumes, lanceolate, membranous, short ascending soft hairy, thinning distally, awns, #1, 2.3-3.0 mm., attached near tip; Palea, 7.2 mm., <lemma, membranous, tan-brown, veins, green, ciliate; Stamens, #3. Anthers, 2.8 mm.; Achene, 4.5 mm., green, flattened.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1994, Trisetum spicatum
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1994, Trisetum spicatum  

1994   

Field identification: Muhlenbergia sp.

Plants of Colorado
Poaceae

Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.  Spike Trisetum.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On a terrace beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, between Twin Lakes and Independence Pass, about 11 mi. generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes. 39.0895°N, 106.5418°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3214 m. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1994. 24-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1994, 24 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial, 20-40 cm., clumped, non-rhizomatous; Leaves, sheath, 55 mm., open, ligule, membranous, 1.5 mm., erose, auricles, absent, few wavy hairs around collar, blade, 70 mm., revolute, scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, contracted panicle, 90 mm. × 10 mm. wide, spikelets, many; Rachis, short soft hairy; Spikelets, many, 5 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide, similar, borne singly; Compression, lateral; Disarticulation, between the florets; Glumes, lower, 4 mm. × 1 mm. wide, veins, #1, upper, 5.3 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, veins, #3, convergent, keeled, keels, scabrous, membranous, tip short-pointed (nearly awned), margins glabrous; Florets, 3 per spikelet, fertile florets, ≥#2; Rachilla, hairy abaxial, not extended; Callus, straight hairs; Lemma, 4.5 mm., ±=glumes, keeled, keel, scabrous, color, tan, veins, #5, obscure, margins, glabrous, tip, 2-forked, awns, #1, 4 mm., bent, attached just above the middle; Palea, 3.7 mm., <lemma, hyaline, keel, scabrous, veins, colorless, margin, glabrous, tip, bifid; Anthers, 1.2 mm.; Achene, 2.5 mm, tan.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1995, Erythranthe tilingii  

1995   

Field identification: Mimulus sp. s. l.

Plants of Colorado
Phrymaceae

Erythranthe tilingii (Regel) G.L. Nesom.  Tiling's Monkeyflower.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On a terrace beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, between Twin Lakes and Independence Pass, about 11 mi. generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes. 39.0895°N, 106.5418°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3214 m. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1995. 24-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1996, Pedicularis groenlandica  

1996   

Field identification: Pedicularis sp.

Plants of Colorado
Orobanchaceae

Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.  Elephanthead Lousewort.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On a terrace beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, between Twin Lakes and Independence Pass, about 11 mi. generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes. 39.0895°N, 106.5419°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3214 m. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1996. 24-Jul-2018

Literature Cited:
- Gray, Asa, 1863.
- Rydberg, Per Axel, 1897.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;  

1997   

Field identification: Packera sp., maybe P. crocata

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Coll. No. 1997, Packera crocata
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Coll. No. 1997, Packera crocata
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Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1997, Packera crocata

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Packera crocata (Rydb.) W. A. Weber & A. Love.  Saffron Ragwort.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On a terrace beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, between Twin Lakes and Independence Pass, about 11 mi. generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes. 39.0895°N, 106.5418°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3214 m. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1997. 24-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1997, 24 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, 30 mm., caudex, relatively long and stout; Stem, glabrous; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole, 60 mm., blade, 37 mm. × 16 mm. wide, oblong, entire, glabrous, tip, round, cauline, 20 mm. × 13 mm. wide, sessile, lanceolate, pinnately lobed, occasional bits of tomentum but definitely not tomentose; Inflorescence, heads #6 per stem, showy, >leaves, Involucre, 5 mm. × 11 mm. wide, spheric; Phyllaries, 1 equal series, 4 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, green to purplish red, glabrous, margins, flat, tip, acute, short hairy; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, 2 kinds; Ray flowers, #12-14, tube 3 mm. + blade 7.4 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, orange-red, fertile; Disk flowers, many, tube 4.5 mm. + lobes 0.5 mm., throat expanding gradually, orange; Pappus, many, well-developed, capillary bristles, 4 mm., ±equal; Cypsela, 1.4 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, compressed front to back, green, glabrous.

332. S. aureus, L. ? var. croceus. Middle Park &c. Both Dr. Parry (who has is as No. 405) and Mr. Hall note this as a form of the common S. aureus with copper-colored or saffron-colored flowers, and I cannot gainsay it, after reviewing a suite of specimens.
(Gray, Asa, 1863. Enumeration of the Species of Plants collected by Dr. C. C. Parry, and Messrs. Elihu Hall and J. P. Harbour, during the Summer and Autumn of 1862, on and near the Rocky Mountains, in Colorado Territory, lat. 39° - 41°. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 15. 1863. pp. 55-80. p. 68)

Senecio crocatus.

S. aureus var. croceus Gray, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1863: 68. 1863.

Not S. croceus DC.

This is well distinct from both the preceding and from S. aurus, differing in its smaller oval or obovate, coarsely and bluntly dentate, somewhat fleshy basal leaves, It represents S. obovatus of the East. It was collected in Montana by Mr. Flodman in the Little Belt Mountains, near the pass, no. 911.

(Rydberg, Per Axel, 1897 Rarieties from Montana.-III Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 24(6) pp. 292 - 299. p. 299.)

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• CO-82:   at Brumley;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1998, Achnatherum Eriocoma lettermanii
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1998, Achnatherum Eriocoma lettermanii  

1998   

Field identification: grass.

Plants of Colorado
Poaceae

Achnatherum lettermanii (Vasey) Barkworth.  Lettermans Needlegrass.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On a terrace beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, between Twin Lakes and Independence Pass, about 11 mi. generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes. 39.0895°N, 106.5418°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3214 m. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1998. 24-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1998, 24 July 2018, characters observed: 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.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1999, Elymus trachycaulis
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1999, Elymus trachycaulis  

1999   

Field identification: grass

Plants of Colorado
Poaceae

Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Shinners.  Slender Wheatgrass.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On a terrace beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, between Twin Lakes and Independence Pass, about 11 mi. generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes. 39.0895°N, 106.5418°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3214 m. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 1999. 24-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 1999, 24 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, 60 mm., clumped; Leaves, sheath, 85-115 mm., open, glabrous, margin of sheath glabrous, ligule, membranous, 0.5 mm., auricles, 0.5-1.0 mm., blade, 52-115 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, flat to revolute, scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, 120 mm. × 8 mm. wide, panicle, single spikelets on alternating sides of rachis; Rachis, not extended, scabrous on margins, internodes, 3.2-3.5 mm.; Spikelets, many, 12 mm. × 2 mm. wide, similar, 1 per node, sessile, overlapping 5 mm.; Compression, unremarkable; Disarticulation, between florets; Glumes, lower, 8 mm., veins, #5, upper, 9 mm., <lowest floret, veins, #7-9; Florets, 3 per spikelet; Lemma, 10 mm., >glumes, lanceolate, rolled, scabrous, green, veins, #5, margins, scarious, tip, sharp-pointed, if an awn then 1 mm.; Palea, 7.5 mm., <lemma, membranous, keels, green and ciliate; Anthers, 1.0-1.3 mm.; Achene, 4.3 mm., green, hairy on blunt tip.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2000, Castilleja sulphurea  

2000   

Field identification: Castilleja sulphurea

Plants of Colorado
Orobanchaceae

Castilleja sulphurea Rydb.  Sulphur Indian Paintbrush.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On a terrace beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, between Twin Lakes and Independence Pass, about 11 mi. generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes. 39.0895°N, 106.5418°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3214 m. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2000. 24-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2000.1, Swertia perennis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2000.1, Swertia perennis  

2000.1   

Field identification: Swertia perennis

Plants of Colorado
Gentianaceae

Swertia perennis L.  Felwort.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On a terrace beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, between Twin Lakes and Independence Pass, about 11 mi. generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes. 39.0895°N, 106.5419°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3214 m. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2000.1 24-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Cty Line;

Locations: Independence Pass. North Fork Lake Creek.
Full Size ImageSawatch Range from Independence Pass  

 

Independence Pass

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Valley of North Fork Lake Creek from Independence Pass
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On Independence Pass before our descent into Aspen.
   

Lost Man Ditch

   

An abortive picnic lunch in proletariat-hostile Aspen.

It had to do with an employee of the Aspen Welcome Center yelling at me that I was going to get a ticket if I parked there more than 15 minutes from the moment that I drove into the lot. Some spots were signed for 15 minutes; others including one I chose were not. Helpfully the employee called the meter maid to explain to me that the 15 minute rule applied to all spots in the lot regardless of signage or lack thereof. When we left at about the 20-25 minute mark, the other eight cars in the lot had not moved nor were they ticketed.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Independence;

Locations: Independence.
Full Size ImageThe Ghost Town of Independence  

 

Independence

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Independence, Colorado.
   

North Fork Lake Creek

Other articles:
• US Highway 24:   at narrows;
Full Size ImageRoadside Interpretive Panel.  

 

Interpretive Panel — Granite, Lake County.

Other articles:
• US Highway 24:   at 6th St.;   at 4th St.;

Locations: Leadville.
Full Size ImageHow Leadville solves the neighborhood parking problem.  

 

In Leadville

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Downtown Leadville
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Downtown Leadville
We walked downtown for dinner at Treeline Kitchen. I had the bruschetta and the duck confit. The tomato on the bruschetta was a roast tomato, pretty good. The duck was good, but I didn't think the beans were fully cooked. Cheryl assured me that they were cooked to her liking.

 

   

 

Wednesday, July 25th

Today we north of Leadville on US Highway 24. I wanted to see Burton Ditch at Tennessee Pass, and Wurtz Ditch nearby, and find an interesting place to collect up that way. I was envisioning an open meadow.

Other articles:
• US Highway 24:   at Tennessee Park;

Locations: Tennessee Park.
Full Size ImageView southwest in Tennessee Park  

 

Tennessee Park

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View northwest of Tennessee Park.
As near as I can tell, nothing particularly significant occurred in the moderately-sized Tennessee Park.

Other articles:
• US Highway 24:   at Tennessee Pass;

Locations: Tennessee Pass.
Full Size ImageTennessee Pass  

 

Tennessee Pass

At Tennessee Pass is the 10th Mountain Division Memorial. There was also a memorial to the 99th Batallion that was comprised of Norwegian citizens and Americans of Norwegian descent.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 101:   near Cooper Hill;   at Burton Ditch;
• Colorado Trans-Basin Water Transfer:   Ewing Ditch;

Locations: Burton Ditch.
Full Size ImageWater from the Burton Ditch flows into the Arkansas River basin.  

 

Burton Ditch and Cooper Ski Hill.

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Sawatch Range west of Tennessee Pass.
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Cooper Hill Ski Area
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Burton Ditch gaging station at the continental divide.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 705:  80000;
• Colorado Trans-Basin Water Transfer:  22050;  22060;

Locations: Wurts Ditch.
Full Size ImageWater in the Wurtz Ditch crosses the contenental Divide.  

 

Wurtz Ditch

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Water enters the Arkansas River basin from the Wurtz Ditch.
The Wurtz Ditch Road is pretty good. It has one short, steep section with a little erosion.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 131:  at coll. loc;

Locations: North Fork West Tennessee Creek.
Full Size ImageAbandoned beaver pond on North Fork West Tennessee Creek.  

 

North Fork West Tennessee Creek

Forest Road 131 to Lily Lake and beyond was pretty rough. I got as far as the crossing of North Fork West Tennessee Creek, then parked. I collected right around there, and we did not get as far as Lily Lake.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 131:  at coll. loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2001, Zigadenus elegans  

2001   

Field identification: unknown Liliaceae

Plants of Colorado
Melanthiaceae

Zigadenus elegans Pursh.  Mountain Death Camas.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Tennesee Creek Basin, 8.2 mi. north of Leadville, then 2.4 mi. generally west on County Road 9 and Forest Road 131, not quite to Lily Lake, 12.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3501°N, 106.3614°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3200 m. Mixed pine forest and abandoned beaver dams.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2001. 25-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• Forest Road 131:  at coll. loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2002, Rorippa alipna  

2002   

Field identification: Brassicaceae

Plants of Colorado
Brassicaceae

Rorippa alpina (S. Watson) Rydb.  Alpine Yellow Cress.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Tennesee Creek Basin, 8.2 mi. north of Leadville, then 2.4 mi. generally west on County Road 9 and Forest Road 131, not quite to Lily Lake, 12.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.35°N, 106.3614°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3200 m. Mixed pine forest and abandoned beaver dams.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2002. 25-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 2002, 25 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial terrestrial herb, erect, 5 cm. to 20 cm. tall, with caudex, glabrous throughout; Leaves, basal, withered, cauline, petiole, 20 mm., blade 35 mm. × 20 mm. wide, lyrate, with 2 or 4 lobes, toothed ¾ to mid-rib, tip, rounded; Inflorescence, raceme, elongating; Sepals, #4, 1.7 mm. × 0.6 mm. wide, ovate, green; Petals, 1.6 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, spoonshaped, margin, entire, yellow; Fruit, 3 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, >3× longer than wide, ascending, uninflated, glabrous; Ovules (seeds), at least #7.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 131:  at coll. loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2003, Senecio triangularis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2003, Senecio triangularis  

2003   

Field identification: Senecio sp.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Senecio triangularis Hook.  Arrowleaf Ragwort.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Tennesee Creek Basin, 8.2 mi. north of Leadville, then 2.4 mi. generally west on County Road 9 and Forest Road 131, not quite to Lily Lake, 12.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3505°N, 106.3614°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3200 m. Mixed pine forest and abandoned beaver dams.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2003. 25-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• Forest Road 131:  at coll. loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2004, Rhodiola rhodantha
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 2004, Rhodiola rhodantha  

2004   

Field identification: Rhodiola sp., maybe R. rhodantha

Plants of Colorado
Crassulaceae

Rhodiola rhodantha (A. Gray) Jacobsen.  Queen's Crown.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Tennesee Creek Basin, 8.2 mi. north of Leadville, then 2.4 mi. generally west on County Road 9 and Forest Road 131, not quite to Lily Lake, 12.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3505°N, 106.3613°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3200 m. Mixed pine forest and abandoned beaver dams.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2004. 25-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• Forest Road 131:  at coll. loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2005, Erigeron glacialis  

2005   

Field identification: Erigeron sp.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Erigeron glacialis (Nutt.) A. Nelson.  Glacial Daisy.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Tennesee Creek Basin, 8.2 mi. north of Leadville, then 2.4 mi. generally west on County Road 9 and Forest Road 131, not quite to Lily Lake, 12.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3504°N, 106.3615°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3200 m. Mixed pine forest and abandoned beaver dams. Variety glacialis if infraspecific names are to be applied.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2005. 25-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 2005, 25 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, 50 cm., caudex, taprooted; Stem, proximal stem glabrous to distal stem pilose; Leaves, alternate, largest, petiole 60 mm. to sessile distally, blade 120 mm. × 30 mm. wide, reduced distally, oblanceolate, to ovate distally, entire, glabrous to sparsely pilose distally, especially on veins, margins, ciliate; Inflorescence, #1-3 per stem, showy, flat-topped, >leaves; Peduncles, 40-70 mm.; Involucre, 11 mm. × 20 mm. wide, hemispheric; Phyllaries, 3± series, 8 mm. × 1 mm. wide, green with purple tips, glandular, margins, flat; Flowers, 2 kinds; Ray flowers, #30-40, tube 3 mm. + blade 11 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, coiling, blue, fertile; Disk flowers, many, tube 3.5 mm. + lobes, 0.5 mm., expanding slightly, yellow, bisexual; Pappus, single series, many, well-developed, capillary bristles, 2.4-3.6 mm.; Anther, 1.5 mm., base rounded; Cypsela, 1.8 mm. × 0.3 mm. wide, compressed front to back, brown, hirsute, no beak.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 131:  at coll. loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2006, Arnica mollis  

2006   

Field identification: Arnica sp.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Arnica mollis Hook.  Hairy Arnica.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Tennesee Creek Basin, 8.2 mi. north of Leadville, then 2.4 mi. generally west on County Road 9 and Forest Road 131, not quite to Lily Lake, 12.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3503°N, 106.3616°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3200 m. Mixed pine forest and abandoned beaver dams.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2006. 25-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• Forest Road 131:  at coll. loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2007, Rumex densiflorus  

2007   

Field identification: Rumex crispus

Plants of Colorado
Polygonaceae

Rumex densiflorus Osterhout.  Dense-Flower Dock.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Tennesee Creek Basin, 8.2 mi. north of Leadville, then 2.4 mi. generally west on County Road 9 and Forest Road 131, not quite to Lily Lake, 12.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3506°N, 106.3612°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3200 m. Mixed pine forest and abandoned beaver dams.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2007. 25-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• Forest Road 131:  at coll. loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2008, Epilobium ciliatum  

2008   

Field identification: Epilobium sp.

Plants of Colorado
Onagraceae

Epilobium ciliatum Raf.  Fringed Willowherb.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Tennesee Creek Basin, 8.2 mi. north of Leadville, then 2.4 mi. generally west on County Road 9 and Forest Road 131, not quite to Lily Lake, 12.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3506°N, 106.3612°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3200 m. Mixed pine forest and abandoned beaver dams.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2008. 25-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• Forest Road 131:  at coll. loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2009, Solidago multiradiata  

2009   

Field identification: Solidago sp

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Solidago multiradiata Aiton.  Rocky Mountain Goldenrod.
   Dup. Det. by David J. Keil, February 2019.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Tennesee Creek Basin, 8.2 mi. north of Leadville, then 2.4 mi. generally west on County Road 9 and Forest Road 131, not quite to Lily Lake, 12.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3497°N, 106.3616°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3200 m. Mixed pine forest and abandoned beaver dams.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2009. 25-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• Forest Road 131:  at coll. loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2010, Arnica parryi  

2010   

Field identification: discoid Asteraceae

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Arnica parryi A. Gray.  Nodding Leopardbane.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Tennesee Creek Basin, 8.2 mi. north of Leadville, then 2.4 mi. generally west on County Road 9 and Forest Road 131, not quite to Lily Lake, 12.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3498°N, 106.3616°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3200 m. discoid Asteraceae Mixed pine forest and abandoned beaver dams.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2010. 25-Jul-2018

Other articles:
• Forest Road 131:  at coll. loc;
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 2700, 17 Aug 2021;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2011, Calamagrostis stricta  

2011   

Field identification: grass

Plants of Colorado
Poaceae

Calamagrostis stricta (Timm) Koeler.  Northern Reedgrass.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Tennesee Creek Basin, 8.2 mi. north of Leadville, then 2.4 mi. generally west on County Road 9 and Forest Road 131, not quite to Lily Lake, 12.5 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.3501°N, 106.3615°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3200 m. Mixed pine forest and abandoned beaver dams. Probably subspecies stricta if infraspecific names are to be applied.

Collected by permit: Pike-San Isabel National Forest, 2018, issued: May 2, 2018, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2011. 25-Jul-2018

Coll. No. 2011, 25 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial grass, 90-100 cm., rhizomatous; Leaves, sheath, 120 mm., open, minutely scabrous; ligule, membranous, 4 mm., auricles, absent, collar, minutely hairy; blade, 160 mm. × 3.2 mm. wide, scabrous; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, contracted panicle, 150 mm. × 15 mm. wide; Spikelets, many, 3.8 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, similar, 1 per node; Compression, ±lateral; Disarticulation, above the glumes; Glumes, lower, 3.8 mm., veins, #1, upper, 3.2 mm., >lowest floret, veins, #3, keeled proximally, keels scabrous, awns, #0; Florets, 1 per spikelet; Callus, straight white hairs, 2.5 mm., ≤lemma; Lemma, 3 mm., <glumes, tip, 2-forked; awns, #1, 2.5 mm., straight, attached below middle; Palea, 1.9 mm., <lemma, membranous.

Other articles:
• County Road 21:   at D&RGW shanty;
• US Highway 24:   at CR 21;
Full Size ImageEriogonum jamesii beside the D&RGW track.
Full Size ImageShanty and signal mast, all vnadalized.  

 

Tennessee Pass on the D&RGW

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East portal of the Tennessee Pass Tunnel
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East portal of the Tennessee Pass Tunnel
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East portal of the Tennessee Pass Tunnel
We drove down County Road 21 a short distance to the D&RGW tracks at Tennessee Pass. Along the way we passed some foundations. Older maps show there were buildings here, which I assume were for railroad workers. At trackside was a couple of vandalized shanties and signal equipment. A lot of the copper cabling has been cut away. The tunnel portal is extensively tagged. We had a quiet lunch here with a view of the Sawatch Mountains in the distance.
   

In Leadville

After a short rest we walked into downtown Leadville for dinner a second night at Treeline Kitchen. I had the bruschetta again and the roast steak. It was pretty good.

 

 

Literature Cited:
- Wilson, Anna Burack, and P. K. Sims, 2003.

Locations: Leadville.
Full Size Image#641 on display in Leadville.  

 

Thursday, July 26th

Leadville to Golden

C&S Engine 641, the line's last operating standard-gauge steam locomotive, used on the Climax-Leadville run until 1962.

Other articles:
• US Highway 24:   at Crane Park;

Locations: Crane Park.
Full Size ImageCrane Park where we saw a moose cow and two calves.  

 

Moose in Crane Park

Other articles:
• US Highway 24:   at Camp Hale;

Locations: Camp Hale.
Full Size ImageCamp Hale.  

 

Camp Hale

Camp Hale, between Red Cliff and Leadville in the Eagle River valley in Colorado, was a U.S. Army training facility constructed in 1942 for what became the 10th Mountain Division. It was named for General Irving Hale and was at an elevation of 9,200 feet (2,800 m) above sea level. Onslow S. Rolfe, who had developed mountain warfare techniques as commander of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, was selected to command Camp Hale. Alpine and Nordic skiing, cold-weather survival as well as various weapons and ordnance. When it was in full operation, approximately 15,000 soldiers were housed there.

Other articles:
• US Highway 24:   near Red Cliff;

Locations: Red Cliff.
Full Size ImageEagle Street in Red Cliff  

 

Red Cliff

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Water Street in Red Cliff
Red Cliff is off of US Highway 24 to the east. The town is a former mining camp situated in the canyon of the upper Eagle River just off U.S. Highway 24 north of Tennessee Pass. It was founded in 1879 during the Colorado Silver Boom by miners from Leadville who came over Tennessee Pass scouting for better prospects. The name derives from the red quartzite cliffs surrounding the town. As the first community in the Eagle Valley, it served temporarily as the first county seat of Eagle County.

Literature Cited:
- Wilson, Anna Burack, and P. K. Sims, 2003.

Other articles:
• US Highway 24:   near Gilman;

Locations: Gilman.  

 

Gilman

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Gilman and the Eagle Mine.
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Gilman and the Eagle Mine.
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Gilman
Gilman is an abandoned mining town in southeastern Eagle County, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1886 during the Colorado Silver Boom, the town later became a center of lead and zinc mining in Colorado, centered on the now-flooded Eagle Mine. The station on the D&RGW along the Eagle River below was named Belden.

Other articles:
• US Highway 24:   at Minturn;

Locations: Minturn.
Full Size ImageThe Turntable Restaurant in Minturn  

 

Minturn

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D&RGW yard in Minturn.
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Downtown Minturn
Minturn was developed primarily as a railroad town in the late 1800s. The Rio Grande railroad line extended across the state of Colorado and Minturn was an important railroad division point. Railroad workers from around the country settled in Minturn, where they installed extra engines in railroad cars for more power over steep mountain passes.
   

to Golden

 

   

 

August, 2018

 

Other articles:
• Alley:   bet. Arapahoe & Cheyenne;
Full Size ImageConditions in the alley, 3 August 2018.  

 

August 3, 2018.

Other articles:
• Alley:   bet. Arapahoe & Cheyenne;

Letters: Sunday, August 5, 2018.
Full Size ImageConditions in the alley, 4 Aug 2018  

 

August 4, 2018.

 

 

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  near Heritage Dells Park;
• Kinney Run Trail:   near intersection;

Locations: Heritage Dells.
Full Size ImageThe southern part of proposed mountain bike trail, Segment 4.  

 

Sunday, August 8th

I went to Kinney Run to look at proposed Segment 4 of the propsed Singletrack Sidewalks. This slope has already been reclaimed because of a trail going directly down slope.

Other articles:
• Alley:   bet. Arapahoe & Cheyenne;
Full Size ImageConditions in the alley, 7 Aug 2018.
Full Size ImageConditions in the alley, 7 Aug 2018.  

 

August 7, 2018

Other articles:
• 6th Street:   at 1114;
Full Size ImageTriplex at 1114 6th Street.  

 

August 9, 2018

 

 

Literature Cited:
- Hellmund Associates, 1998.

Other articles:
• Chimney Gulch Trail:   above trail junction;   below trail junction;  just below Welch Ditch;   below Welch Ditch;
Full Size ImageTypical narrow cross-section of the Chimney Gulch Trail.  

 

Saturday, August 11th

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Trail widened to 9 feet.
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Intersection with the old trail.
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The old closed trail used by mountain bikers and hikers.
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Typical trail widening on the upper part of a curve.
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Rattlesnake on the Chimney Gulch Trail.
I went to the lower portion of the Chimney Gulch Trail to look at trail widths. The narrowest spots were 3 feet wide. Five and 6 foot widths were common, and the widest place was 9 feet on the straight and level. Turns, though were a different matter. Curves were typically 11 feet wide on the upper side of the curve, with an additional 3 feet of cut bank above that. At the former trail junction, the crossbucks have been moved and the old trail is on common use by both foot traffic and bicycles.

 

 

Other articles:
• US Interstate 25:   at Exit 54;

Locations: Chugwater.
Full Size ImageEntrance to Chugwater, Wyoming.  

 

Monday, August 13th

Golden to Sheridan, WY

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:   w. of Guernsey;
Full Size ImageInterpretive panel for Rifle Pit Hill along US Highway 26.  

 

Rifle Pit Hill

 

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:   in Guernsey;

Locations: Guernsey. Oregon Trail.
Full Size ImageOregon Trail Ruts interpretive site.  

 

Guernsey Ruts

Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site is a preserved site of wagon ruts of the Oregon Trail on the North Platte River, about 0.5 miles south of Guernsey, Wyoming. The Oregon Trail here was winding up towards South Pass. Wagon wheels, draft animals, and people wore down the trail about two to six feet into a sandstone ridge here, during its heavy usage from 1841–1869. The half-mile stretch is "unsurpassed" and is the best-preserved set of Oregon Trail ruts anywhere along its former length.

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Oregon Trail Ruts through a sandstone ridge.
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Oregon Trail Ruts interpretive panel.
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View of Gurnsey from the nearby Oregon Trail Ruts.
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Oregon Trail Ruts through a sandstone ridge.
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Encampments in the Guernsey Area.

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:   in Guernsey;

Locations: Register Cliff.
Full Size ImageRegister Cliff State Historic Site.  

 

Register Cliff Monument

Register Cliff is a sandstone cliff and featured key navigational landmark prominently listed in the 19th century guidebooks about the Oregon Trail, and a place where many emigrants chiseled the names of their families on the soft stones of the cliff — it was one of the key checkpoint landmarks for parties heading west along the Platte River valley west of Fort John, Wyoming which allowed travelers to verify they were on the correct path up to South Pass and not moving into impassable mountain terrains.

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Interpretive panel at Register Cliff
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Local ranchers dug this tunnel into Register Cliff to store their crops.
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Encampments in the Guernsey Area.
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Registrations at Register Cliff; mostly modern.

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:   w. of Guernsey;
Full Size ImageOne of many signs along the highway showing where a historic trail crosses.  

 

One of many signs that show places that a historic trail crosses a modern road.

Other articles:
• US Interstate 25:   s. of Orin Jct.;
Full Size ImageA loaded and an empty BNSF coal train meet between Glendo and Orin, Wyoming.  

  Two BNSF coal trains meet between Orin Junction and Glendo.

 

Other articles:
• US I-90:   in Sheridan;

Locations: Sheridan.
Full Size ImageAll the busses with their backsides turned to the tourists in the hotel.  

 

Sheridan

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CB&Q 5631 a 4-8-4 “Northern” on display in Sheridan, WY
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The Original 1892 Wood Sheridan Railroad Depot
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The 1912 Brick Sheridan Railroad Depot
Stayed the night in Sheridan. Ate dinner at Wyoming Creek and Cattle Co.

 

   

 

Tuesday, August 14th

Sheridan, WY to Butte, MT

 

Other articles:
• US I-90:   at Exit 510;

Locations: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.
Full Size ImageIn the shelter of the Native American monument.  

 

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

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Monument to the U. S. Cavalry soldiers.
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Native American monument at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.
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“Custer had it coming”
 

 

Other articles:
• US I-90:   at Exit 408;

Locations: Columbus. Yellowstone River.
Full Size ImageThe Yellowstone River in Columbus, Montana  

 

Columbus

Lunch and a view of the Yellowstone River.

 

   

 

Wednesday, August 15th

Butte, MT to Spokane, WA

Other articles:
• US I-90:   in Butte;

Locations: Butte. Our Lady of the Rockies.
Full Size ImageWorld Museum of Mining on the Montana Tech campus.  

 

Butte, Montana

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Our Lady of the Rockies above Butte, MT

Other articles:
• US I-90:   in Couer D'Alene;

Locations: Couer D'Alene.
Full Size ImageLake Couer D'Alene.  

 

CouerD'Alene

Smoky, smoky, smoky, …

 

   

 

Thursday, August 16th

Spokane, WA to Seattle, WA

Locations: Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park. Vantage.
Full Size ImageGinkgo Petrified Forest State Park.
Full Size ImageGinkgo leaf fossil.  

   

 

Other articles:
• US I-90:   at Olmstead Place;

Locations: Olmstead Place State Park.
Full Size ImageSchool house at the Olmstead Place.  

 

Olmstead Place State Park

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The original Olmstead cabin.
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Barn
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Olmstead Place State Park.
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Family house.
 

Other articles:
• US I-90:  96120;

Locations: Cle Elum.
Full Size ImageMap of Rail Yard Trail  

 
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Milwaukee Road caboose and section house.
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Milwaukee Road depot in Cle Elum.
Former Milwaukee Road rail yard.

Other articles:
• US I-90:   at Exit 25;

Locations: Snoqualmie Falls.
Full Size ImageSnoqualmie Falls on a smoky day.  

  Brief stop at Snoqualmie Falls.

 

   

 

Friday, August 17th

Seattle, WA

Locations: Seattle.
Full Size ImageThe Panama Hotel in Seattle's International District.
Full Size ImageSeattle on a smoky day.  

 
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The troll under the bridge.
Leslie gave us the complete cultural tour of Seattle.

The Panama Hotel is known for the rich Japanese American history before and during World War II. The hotel is known for housing the belongings of the Japanese families in Seattle once Executive Order 9066 was enacted and the evacuation of Japanese to internment camps. After the Japanese American internment, most of the Seattle-based families were not able to return due to death, financial constraints, and relocation; their belongings still reside in the basement of the hotel. It is also known as being the namesake of the novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (WikiPedia).

 

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Interstate 5:  12300;

Locations: Fairhaven.
Full Size ImageWe had dinner at the Colphon Caf e under the bookstore at right.  

 

Saturday, August 18th

Seattle, WA to Ladner, BC

 

   

 

Sunday, August 19th

Ladner, BC to Sointula, BC

Other articles:
• BC Hwy 17:   at Tsawwassan Ferry Term.;

Locations: Tsawwassen.
Full Size ImageFerry departs the Tsawwasswn Ferry Terminal.  

 
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Departing Tsawwassen, our ferry was fully loaded.
 

Other articles:
• BC Hwy4A:   at Old Country Mkt;

Locations: Coombs.
Full Size ImageGoats on a Roof.  

 
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Cheryl at Goats on a Roof.
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Goat on the roof.
Goats on a Roof for lunch.

Other articles:
• BC Hwy 19:   near Roberts Lake;

Locations: Roberts Lake.
Full Size ImagePink potties for the ladies in Canda.  

 
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Roberts Lake through the forest fire smoke.
Roberts Lake through the smoke.

 

   

 

Monday, August 20th

 

Other articles:
• 1 St:  48700;   at cabin;

Locations: Sointula.
Full Size ImageA very smokey first morning in Sointula.  

 
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The deer are small black-tailed deer.
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Zorba tries out Cheryl's lap.
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Gift shop at Sointula Harbor
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Sointula Harbor.
Our first morning in Sointula it was very smokey. We stayed around town and had dinner at the Burger Barn.

 

 

Other articles:
• Telegraph Cove Road:  Telegraph Cove;

Locations: Broughton Strait. Telegraph Cove.
Full Size ImageThe harbour at Telegraph Cove.  

 

Tuesday, August 21st

Telegraph Cove and return. Dinner at Sportsman's Steak and Pizza House, and then back to Sointula on the 7:40 PM ferry. This entailed a ride to Alert Bay and then to Sointula.

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Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans boat enters Telegraph Cove; Orca fin in middleground.
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Some Orcas we saw off Telegraph Cove.
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The black behemoth, our trusty steed, rides backward on the leg to Alert Bay.

 

 

Literature Cited:
- Hora, Zdenek D., and Kirk D. Hancock, 2008.

Other articles:
• Fir Street:   near ferry;   at Maple;
• Beach Drive:   at ferry;
• 1 St:   at cabin;   bet 18 & 19 Ave;

Locations: Alert Bay. Broughton Strait. Haddington Island. Sointula.  

 

Wednesday, August 22nd

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A sail boat motors by our cabin in the morning.
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Some interesting shingle work on a garage in Sointula.
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Coming into Port McNeil.
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The black behemoth re-enters the ferry on a “Turnaround” move.
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Haddington Island from ferry to Alert Bay.
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Waterfront at Alert Bay.
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Boardwalk along Fir Street.
 

 

Literature Cited:
- Anonymous, n.d..

Other articles:
• Fir Street:  63000;
Full Size ImageTotem pole.  

 

'Namgis Burial Ground

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Totem pole.
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Totem pole.
 

 

Other articles:
• Front Street:  U'mista Cultural Centre;

Locations: Alert Bay.
Full Size ImageU'mista Cultural Center  

 

U'mista Cultural Center

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Boat docks at the north harbour.
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The Council of Elders.
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Totem pole at U'mista Cultural Center.
No photography inside.

 

 

Other articles:
• 1 St:   at cabin;

Locations: Broughton Strait. Sointula.
Full Size ImageSmoke cleared out in the morning.  

 

Thursday, August 23rd

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Kitchen of cabin.
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Ferry arriving in Sointula.
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Our group at Big Lake.
 

 

 

Locations: Bere Point. Mitchell Bay.
Full Size ImageViewing platform at Bere Point.
Full Size ImageThe rubbing beach at Bere Point.  

 

Friday, August 24th

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The Red Barn on Mitchell Bay
 

 

 

Other articles:
• Beach Drive:   at ferry;
• 1 St:   at 13 Ave;   at 17 Ave;

Locations: Cormorant Island. Malcolm Island. Port McNeil. Sointula.
Full Size ImageTwo meeting halls, one behind th eother, with the library and museum at left.  

 

Saturday, August 25th

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Restroom sign in Sointula.
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Heather and Jesse James the goat waiting for the ferry to Alert Bay.
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Moonrise over Cormorant Island.
 

 

 

Other articles:
• 17 Ave:   at ferry;   at 1st St;
• 1 St:   at cabin;

Locations: Sointula.
Full Size ImageSaying goodbye to our cottage.  

 

Sunday, August 26th

Sointula, BC to Port Alberni, BC

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Saying goodbye to our cottage.
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Cheryl and Sandy in the gate of our cabin.
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Goodbye, Sointula

 

   

 

Monday, August 27th

Port Alberni, BC to Tofino, BC

Other articles:
• Kingsway Avenue:  Alberni Pacific Railway;

Locations: Port Alberni.
Full Size ImageRear 3/4 view.  

 
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Front 3/4 view.
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Alberni Pacific No. 2
We stopped to see the Alberni Pacific Railway.

Other articles:
• Tofino Ucluelet Highway and Peninsula Road:   at CG Rd;

Locations: Amphitrite Point. George Fraser Islands.
Full Size ImageAmphitrite Light House  

 
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George Fraser Islands south of the Amphitrite Light House.
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Interpretive panel for a whistle buoy.
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Interpretive panel for the Amphitrite Point Lighthouse.
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No clean-up fairy on duty.
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We should have golden trucks in Golden.
 

Other articles:
• 1st St:   on wharf;

Locations: Tofino.
Full Size ImageInto town from the wharf.  

 
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Float plane tours of the Tofino area.
In Tofino.

 

   

 

Tuesday, August 28th

Port Alberni, BC to Victoria, BC

 
Full Size ImageThe sunken garden.
Full Size ImageThe sunken garden.
Full Size ImageSandy and Val in the Japanese Garden  

 

Butchart Gardens

 

 

   

 

Wednesday, August 29th

Victoria, BC to Port Angeles, WA

Locations: Songhees Point. Victoria.
Full Size ImageVictoria from Songhees Point.
Full Size ImageFisherman's Wharf.  

 

Around Victoria, BC

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Houseboats at Fisherman's Wharf.
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Empress Hotel along the waterfront.

Locations: Victoria.
Full Size ImageCars (and trucks) lined up on the ferry.
Full Size ImageSailing out of Victoria harbour.  

 

Ferry to Port Angeles, WA

Locations: Juan de Fuca Strait. Port Angeles. Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Full Size ImageSunset in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.  

 

Strait of Juan de Fuca

 

   

 

Thursday, August 30th

Port Angeles, WA to Seattle, WA

Other articles:
• 2nd St:   at Laurel;

Locations: Port Angeles.
Full Size ImageMorning in Port Angeles.  

   

Other articles:
• Hurricane Ridge Road:   at viewpoint;  90000;

Locations: Olympic National Park.
Full Size ImageCloud hanging on the ridge.  

 
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The towns of Sequim and Dungeness under the cloud deck.
 

Other articles:
• WA SR 20:  Port Townsend;

Locations: Port Townsend.
Full Size ImageLunchtime view of Port Townsend Bay.  

 

Lunch at Siren's Seafood Bar in Port Townsend.

Locations: Bainbridge Island. Seattle.
Full Size ImageBainbridge Island from the ferry.
Full Size ImageSeattle from Bainbridge Island Ferry  

 

Ferry crossing to Seattle from Bainbridge Island

 

   

 

Friday, August 31st

Issaquah, WA

Lunch at Coho Café-Issaquah.

 

   

 

September, 2018

 

 

 
Full Size ImageGoodbye to Val, Sandy, and Leslie.  

 

Saturday, September 1st

Seattle, WA to Kelso, WA

 

   

 

Sunday, September 2nd

Kelso, WA to John Day, OR

Other articles:
• WA SR 504:   at Hoffstadt Ck;
Full Size ImageThe Forest Returns
Full Size ImageYou are on the edge of the blast zone.  

 

Hoffstadt Creek Bridge

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Hoffstadt Creek Bridge
 

Other articles:
• WA SR 504:   along road.;  35000;
Full Size ImageToutle River Valley
Full Size ImageHummocky lahar deposits on floor of outle River valley.  

 

Mt. St. Helens Forest Learning Center

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The texture of hundreds of spruce trees all the same age.
 

Other articles:
• WA SR 504:   at Johnson Ridge Obs.;
Full Size ImageMount Saint Helens from the Johnson Ridge Observatory.  

 

Johnson Ridge Observatory

 

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:   near Gov't Camp;
Full Size ImageFirst good view of Mount Hood along US Highway 26.  

   

 

   

 

Monday, September 3rd

John Day, OR to Idaho Falls, ID

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:   at Dayton;
Full Size ImageJohn Day in the morning.  

  Leaving John Day after breakfast at the Squeeze-In Restaurant.

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:   above John Day R.;
Full Size ImageValley of John Day River  

   

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 20:   at Craters of the Moon;

Locations: Craters of the Moon National Monument.
Full Size ImageOverlook of Craters of the Moon.  

 

Craters of the Moon National Monument

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Inferno Cone.
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Landscape of basalt volcanic field.
 

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 20:   in Arco;

Locations: Arco.
Full Size ImageEntry into Arco.  

 

Drive through Arco.

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Number Hill in Arco.

Locations: Idaho Falls.
Full Size ImageAngel Moroni watches over the Snake River.
Full Size ImageThe falls at Idaho Falls  

 
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US at the falls.
Stayed at a Best Western on the Snake River.

 

   

 

Tuesday, September 4th

Idaho Falls, ID to Lander WY

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:  46600;

Locations: Snake River.
Full Size ImageSnake River at Clark Hill Rest Area.  

   

 

 

Locations: Grand Teton National Park.
Full Size ImageGrand Teton National Park.  

 

Grand Teton National Park

 

 

Other articles:
• Teton Park Road:   at visitor center;

Locations: Grand Teton.
Full Size ImageGrand Teton (peak)  

 

Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center

 

Other articles:
• Teton Park Road:   at Glacier Gl T;

Locations: Middle Teton.
Full Size ImageMiddle Teton, with basaltic dike.  

 

Glacier Gulch Turnout.

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Middle Teton, with basaltic dike.
 

Other articles:
• Teton Park Road:   at Mt Moran ST;

Locations: Mount Moran.
Full Size ImageInterpretive panel for Mount Moran.  

 

Mount Moran Scenic Turnout

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Mount Moran
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Mount Moran

Mount Moran

Mount Moran reflects all the geologic forces shaping the Teton Range. Formed of a massive block of metamorphic gneiss; cut by dikes of igneous granite and diabase; capped by sedimentary sandstone; and flanked by glaciers, this formidible peak dominates the park's northern skyline.
The gneiss and granite are among the oldest rocks in North America, 2.7 and 2.5 billion years old respectively. These resistant rocks form the core of the Teton Range. The vertical “Black Dike” of 775 million year old diabse is about 150 feet wide and jut from the mountain's face because the surrounding gneiss has eroded away.
Five glaciers — Falling Ice, Skillet and Triple — flank Mount MOran. These glaciers formed during a cool period called the Little Ica Age that ended around 1850 AD. Over the past 40 years, the park's glaciers have shrunk by more than 20 percent due to our changing climate.
Tan sandstone caps the summit of this massive peak the remnant of a 510 million year-old beach that stretched for hundreds of miles north and south of here. Sandstone overlies the Black Dike and other ancient igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Other articles:
• Signal Mountain Road:   at top of mtn;   at view point;

Locations: Signal Mountain.
Full Size ImageUs on Signal Mountain.  

 

Signal Mountain

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View east from Signal Mountain
 

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:   at Oxbow Bend;

Locations: Oxbow Bend.
Full Size ImageMount Moran behind The Oxbow  

 

The Oxbow

 

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:  55000;

Locations: Togwotee Pass.
Full Size ImageA Chestwig of Corvettes on Togwotee Pass.  

 
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Breccia Peak and Cliffs from Togwotee Pass.
 

Other articles:
• WY 28:   above Red Cyn Rim;
Full Size ImageRed Canyon Rim south of Lander.  

   

Other articles:
• WY 28:   at Lander Cut-Off;
Full Size ImageLander Cut-Off on the Oregon Trail  

 

Lander Cut-Off in the Oregon Trail

Lander Cut-Off on the Oregon Trail

In 1858, this ancient path, which had been used by Indians, explorers and mountain men as a shortcut to the Snake River country was developed by Frederick Lander into an alternate route on the Oregon Trail. What is commonly called the Lander Trail or Lander Cut-off starts 9 miles to the southeast at Burnt Ranch (directly behind this sign), crosses the Sweetwater River 6 miles to the northwest, and continues along Lander Creek for 13 miles to the Continental Divide at Little Sandy Creek, the headwaters of the Pacific Ocean. From there it travels west across the Green River Valley, the Wyoming Range, and the Salt River Range before entering present-day Idaho. The Cut-Off rejoins the original Oregon Trail near Fort Hall.
This wagon road was favored by travelers for many reasons. The cut-off saved as much as 7 days travel compared to the old route through Fort Bridger, avoided the expensive ferries across the Green River to the south, and bypassed the 50-mile waterless desert of the Sublette Cut-Off. Its longest waterless section was only 10 miles, and it had access to abundant grass and firewood. The Lander Cut-Off was used by an estimated 13,000 emigrants its first year, with 9,000 of them signing a statement of support for the road at Fort Hall. While use dwindled after the completion of the trans-continental railroad in 1869, the trail was still used by emigrants into the 20th century and played a role in the settlement of the Upper Green River Valley.
Sublete County Museum Board

Other articles:
• WY 28:   at South Pass;

Locations: South Pass.
Full Size ImageSouth Pass.  

 

South Pass

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View south toward Oregon Buttes.

Literature Cited:
- Tyrrell, Pat, n. d..

Other articles:
• Emigrant Trail:   at South Pass;
• Wyoming Transbasin Water Transfer:  20110;  20130;

Locations: Summit of the Original South Pass.  

 

(Original) South Pass

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Marker at South Pass.
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Marker for Old Oregon Trail.
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The view west.
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The view east
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A ditch carries Sweetwater River water across the continental divide.
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South Pass
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Interpretive panel for South Pass.
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How water gets diverted from the Sweetwater River.
Photographed 4 September 2018.

South Pass

South Pass was discovered in 1812 by a small party of Astorians led by Robert Stuart as they traveled east with dispatches for John Jacob Astor. It was “rediscovered” in 1824 by a party led by Jedediah Smith as they searched for a winter crossing through the Wind River Mountain Range. William Sublette led a small caravan of wagons to South Pass in 1828. While the party did not take the wagons over the pass, they proved that wagon travel was possible.
Captain Benjamin Bonneville took the first wagons over South Pass into the Green River Basin in 1832. But it wa Lt. John Charles Fremont who would be credited with widely publicizing the route over South Pass as a result of his expedition in 1842. Scattered references to the easy passage over the Rocky Mountains has appeared in newspapers for a decade, but Fremont ignited enthusiasm for South Pass by explaining that a traveler could go th[r]ough the pass without any “toilsome ascents.”
With the discovery of South Pass, the great western migration began. Thousands of Mormons, future Oregonians and Californians would use the trail in the following twenty years.
Donated by the Trans Sierra Alliance, E. Clampus Vitus

Other articles:
• Emigrant Trail:   at Oregon Buttes Rd;

Locations: Oregon Buttes.
Full Size ImageInterpretive panel for Oregon Buttes  

 

Interpretive panel for Oregon Buttes

Oregon Buttes

To the south stand the Oregon Buttes, a major trail landmark. The name is significant because the Buttes were roughly the beginning of the Oregon Territory and also helped keep emigrants encouraged, even though there were still hundreds of miles of rough going ahead. Today, the Oregon Buttes are an Area of Critical Environmental Concern because of their cultural significance and important wildlife values.
About twelve miles to the soutwest of Oregon Buttes is the Tri-Territory site. This site is the location where the Oregon Territory, Mexican Territory, and Louisiana Purchase has a common boundary. The large landmark, just to the south of w[h]ere you are standing, is Pacific Butte. The great height and mass of the butte, combined with a ridge to the north paralleling the emigrant trails, helps to create a visual channel through which travelers migrated on their way through South Pass.

 

 

Other articles:
• US Highway 287:   at 1st;

Locations: Lander.
Full Size ImageThe former feed mill in Lander, now a bicycle shop.  

 

Wednesday, September 5th

Lander, WY to Golden, CO

Other articles:
• Alley:   at Cheyenne;   near Cheyenne;
• Cheyenne Street:   in the alley;
Full Size ImageMuddy mess in alley at construction site.
Full Size ImageMud in Cheyenne Street (and ultimately in Clear Creek).  

 

October 10, 2018.

Other articles:
• Alley:   near Cheyenne;
Full Size ImageConstruction at 409 Cheyenne.  

 

October 16, 2018.

Other articles:
• Rose Street:   at 6th;

Locations: Georgetown.
Full Size Image6th Street, the main street of Georgetown.  

 

Golden to Georgetown while our floors get refinished.

Other articles:
• Guanella Pass Road:   above Georgetown;  Guanella Pass;

Locations: Georgetown.
Full Size ImageGeorgetown in the morning.  

 

Georgetown to Golden.

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Rose Street Bed and Breakfast in Georgetown.
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Four mountains at Guanella Pass: Gray Wolf Mountain, Mount Spalding, The Sawtooth, and Mount Bierstadt.

Other articles:
• Washington Avenue:   near N Rubey;
Full Size ImageWashington Avenue near N. Rubey Drive.
Full Size ImageWashington Avenue near N. Rubey Drive.  

 

November 29, 2018

Other articles:
• Alley:   bet. Arapahoe & Cheyenne;
Full Size ImageConditions in the alley, 30 Nov 2018.  

 

November 30, 2018.

 

 

Other articles:
• Cheyenne Street:   at 708 Cheyenne;
Full Size Image708 Cheyenne, the original house.  

 

December, 2018

Google drives Cheyenne Street and captures 708 Cheyenne.

Other articles:
• Washington Avenue:   at arch;
Full Size ImageGolden welcolme arch at the Christmas 2018 parade.  

 

December 1, 2018. Golden Christmas Parade

Other articles:
• Alley:  50170;   near Ford;
• 2nd Street:   at Washington;
• Iowa Street:   near Ford St;
• Washington Avenue:   near Iowa;   near Iowa;   near 1st;   near 1st;   near 2nd;   bet. 2nd & 5th;
Full Size ImageWork underway north of 2nd Street.
Full Size ImageConstruction spills into 2nd Street from Washington Avenue.  

 

December 9, 2018. Neighborhood walk to check out the construction.

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Washington Avenue south from 1st Street.
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Washington Avenue north from 1st Street.
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Washington Avenue south from Iowa Street
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Washington Avenue north of Iowa Street
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Construction on Iowa Street
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Construction on alley near Ford Street.
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Garages under construction on the alley.
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Washington Avenue closed below 2nd Street

Other articles:
• Social Trail (Arapahoe to N. Rubey):   at N. Rubey Dr;
• Social Trail (N. Wash. OS):   near top;
• Rubey Drive:   at path;
• Tucker Gulch Trail:   at more Salix;
Full Size ImageSalix sp., probably S. fragilis in Tucker Gulch.
Full Size ImageSocial trail and trampled area.  

 

December 13, 2018. Neighborhood walk.

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Beginning of building at 148 Washington Avenue.

Other articles:
• Hover Street:   at Hover Home;
• CO Highway 119:   at Niwot Rd;

Locations: Longmont. Niwot.
Full Size ImageCheryl in front of the Hover Home after the quilt show.  

 

15 December 2018. Quilt show at the Hover Home.

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Longs Peak as seen from Niwot.
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Mountain wave cloud over Niwot.

Other articles:
• Alley:  50170;
• Iowa Street:   near Ford St;
• Washington Avenue:   near Iowa;   near 2nd;   at 2nd;
Full Size ImageWashington Avenue almost finished above 2nd Street.
Full Size ImageConstruction continues in the alley.  

 

December 22, 2018. Walk around the neighborhood, progress on Washington Avenue Complete Street project.

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Thirty-five feet high.
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Thirty-five feet high., towers over the little house at right.
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Upper Washing Avenue almost complete.

Other articles:
• Rubey Drive:   at path;
• Washington Avenue:   near N Rubey;
Full Size ImageConstruction at 148 Washington
Full Size ImageWashington Avenue above Rubey Drive  

 

December 23, 2018.

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street:   near 4th;
Full Size ImageAnother aboandoned car on Arapahoe Street.  

 

December 29, 2018, another abandoned car.

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