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.

2021

January 2021

2020 Collections Ready to Distribute

Wednesday January 6, 2020

Collections ready to distribute.

February 2021

Other articles:
• Alley: about half way;
• Iowa Street: at alley;
• Alley: at Iowa St;
“Front” yard before landscaping.
“Front” yard before landscaping.

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

“Front” yard before landscaping.

New fence along the alley.

Alley between Iowa St and 1st St

Removing the frozen lawn.

Construction underway.

Other articles:
• Alley: near Ford;

Letters: Monday, March 1, 2021.
Alley Encroachment.

Other articles:
• Alley: 621 1st;
Rear of duplex underconstruction at 629 1st Street.

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Neighborhood walk; the south-facing façade of this duplex under construction caught our attention.

Other articles:
• Clear Creek Trail: along the creek;
• Peaks to Plains Trail: at Grant Terry Bridge;
• U. S. Highway 6: at Gateway;

Locations: Welch Ditch.
Gateway of Clear Creek Canyon Park Trailhead under construction.

Walk on the Welch Ditch.

Pedestrian bridge over Clear Creek.

“Front” yard after landscaping.

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street: at alley; near 5th;
After the first cut with the snow blower.
Snowy Arapahoe Street, after 24-26" of measured snow.

Monday, March 15, 2021

Cleaning up from the big snow storm.

That's enough snow-blowing for one day.

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street: near 5th;
Clogged up storm drain at 5th and Arapahoe

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street: near 5th;
Parkway on the 1st Day of Spring 2021.

Saturday, March 20, 2021

I noticed the snow in Parkway C and D has completely melted off whereas Parkway A and B still have lots of snow.

Apil Fools Day, Thursday, 1 April 2021

Went into the herbarium today to straighten out some collections.

Coll. No. 1108 Packera plattensis should be Senecio integerrimus

Done - KHD56932
___- CAS
___- UC
___- OBI
___- UCR

Coll. No. 1232 Eriogonum flavum should be Eriogonum arcuatum

Done - KHD60695
___- JCOS
___- UC
___- UCR

Coll. No. 1637 Packera plattensis should be Senecio integerrimus

Done - KHD65493
___- CDA
___- CS
___- EIU

Coll. No. 1817 Packera plattensis should be P. fendleri

Done - KHD68678

Coll. No. 1902 Packera plattensis should be P. fendleri

Done - KHD68679
___- CAS
___- OBI

Coll. No. 1914 Packera plattensis, correct

Coll. No. 2044 Packera plattensis should be P. fendleri

I think I must have missed this one!

___- KHD
___- COLO
___- OBI
___- UCR

Coll. No. 2064 Packera plattensis, correct

___- KHD
___- CAS
___- CIBO
___- JCOS

Coll. No. 2085 Packera plattensis, correct.

Coll. No. 2105 Elymus lanceolatus annotated to Pascopyrum smithii by Janet L. Wingate.

___- KHD
___- JCOS

Coll. No. 2118 Poa secunda annotated to Schedonorus arundinaceus by Janet L. Wingate. Auricles present and ciliate.

___- KHD, by Janet L. Wingate
___- JCOS
___- CIBO
___- OBI

Coll. No. 2176 Bromus pumpelliantus annotated to Bromus porteri. Anthers too small for B. pumbellianthus. Question if rhizomatous.

___- KHD, by Janet L. Wingate
___- JCOS
___- OBI
___- UCR

Coll. No. 2188 Achnatherum robustum annotated to Achnatherum nelsonii by Janet L. Wingate. Culm collars not hairy.

___- KHD, by Janet L. Wingate.
___- COLO
___- UC

Coll. No. 2204 Eleocharis cf. obtusa annotated to Eleocharis engelmannii by Janet L. Wingate. Flat depressed tubercle.

___- KHD, by Janet L. Wingate
___- JCOS
___- OBI
___- UCR

List updated 6 Apr 2021.

Annotations received May 26, 2021

Coll. 2304, Poa fendleriana annotated to Poa secunda.

CDA
EIU
JCOS
KHD
REGIS

Coll. No. 2362, Bromus secalinus, annotated to Bromus japonicus

KHD
COLO
CS
OBI

Coll. No. 2362.1 , Bromus secalinus, annotated to Bromus japonicus

Other articles:
• Clear Creek Trail: at 1st ck access;
• Welch Ditch: near scramble; at waste gate;
Water Birch (Betula occidentalis) along Clear Creek.
Hornwort on cliff at Welch Ditch

Thursday, April 8 2021.

Welch Ditch Loop

Waste gate on Welch Ditch.

Other articles:
• Clear Creek Trail: near RV park;

2446

Field identification: Ranunculus testiculatus

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street: at alley;
Another spring snow!

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Other articles:
• Alley: in alley; near street;
Conditions in the alley, 22 April 2021.
Guide stick and boulders? … Garbage truck don't care!

Thursday, 22 April 2021

Monday, 26 April 2021

Golden to Santa Fe.

Other articles:
• New Mexico State Road 161: at wagon ruts;
Wagon ruts of the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail
A New Community Sprouts Roots.

Santa Fe Trail wagon ruts.

Other articles:
• New Mexico State Road 161: Fort Union National Monument;

Locations: Fort Union.
The hospital at Fort Union.

Fort Union

Wagon yard at Fort Union.

Townsendia exscapa at Fort Union.

Other articles:
• New Mexico State Road 161: at Wolf Ck;

Locations: Wolf Creek.
Wolf Creek, near Fort Union.

Wolf Creek near Fort Union.

Wolf Creek, near Fort Union; Fort Union in the distance.

Other articles:
• New Mexico State Road 161: at Mora River;

Locations: Mora River.
Mora River at Watrous.

We look for the Mora River.

Other articles:
• Cathedral Place: at E. San Francisco St;

Locations: Santa Fe.
Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

The Cathedral in Santa Fe.

Tuesday, 27 April 2021

Other articles:
• Entrance Road: at Canyon Overlook; at visitor center;

Locations: Bandelier National Monument. Cañon de los Frijoles.
Cañon de los Frijoles from the Overlook

Bandelier National Monument

Tyuonyi Pueblo

Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi) warming up on a rock.

Cliff dwellings.

Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenefir) on the floor of the canyon.

Other articles:
• State Route 4: in Valles Caldera;

Locations: Valles Caldera.
Panorama of Valles Caldera.

Valles Caldera

Other articles:
• State Route 4: along Jemez R;

Locations: Jemez River.
Upstream of the Jemez River at a fishing access point.

Lunch along the Jemez River

Downstream of the Jemez River at a fishing access point.

Locations: Clear Creek Canyon Park. Welch Ditch.

Wednesday, 5 May 2021

Welch Ditch in Clear Creek Canyon Park

2447

Amelanchier alnifolia, many shrubs to 2 m., reddish-brown bark.

2448

Berberis repens

2449

Betula occidentalis

2450

Ribes cereum

2451

Acer negundo

2452

Acer glabrum

2453

Prunus americana

Locations: Lippincott Ranch. Lippincott Ranch (North).
Lippincott Ranch: view south from near the northeast corner.
Last year's fruit on Rhus glabra

Thursday, 6 May 2021

Lippincott with John Vickery.

One of two ruins near the northern border.

Meadow in northernmost Lippincott Ranch.

2454

Anemone patens

2455

Claytonia rosea

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail: Field Trip Stop 7;

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field. Kinney Run.
Salix amygdaloides (Coll. No. 1886) with Cottonwood in southern Survey Fields.

Saturday, 8 May 2021

Survey Field and Kinney Run with Bob Lagier.

Bedrock habitat above Kinney Run Trail.

2456

Euphorbia myrsinites

Coll. No. 2457, Acer negundo.

2457

Acer negundo

2458

Prunus americana

Physaria ×1?

Counted 55 plants of the putative Physaria ×1.

Other articles:
• Eagle Ridge Drive: at park;
Epilobium hirsutum in early spring.

Hairy Willow Herb.

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Area where the Crepis occidentalis (?) was found.

Rosette of immature Crepis occidentalis(?)

Possible Crepis occidentalis.

Two immature leaves of Crepis occidentalis(?)

Leaves of Artemisia campestris (?)

Uh-oh, what I have been passing off as Artemisia dracunculus may have been A. campestris.

Locations: North Washington Open Space.
Construction zone at east end of North Washington Open Space
Construction zone at east end of North Washington Open Space

Construction spilling over into North Washington Open Space.

Locations: Welch Ditch.

Wednesday, 19 May 2021

Welch Ditch.

2459

Dodecatheon pulchellum

2460

Rhus trilobata

2461

Rubus deliciousus

2462

Ribes cereum

2463

Prunus virginiana

2464

Descurainia sofia

Other articles:
• Forest Road 558: 12000;

Locations: Goose Creek. Hankins Gulch.

Letters: Sunday, May 23, 2021.

Sunday, 24 May 2021

Goose Creek

Cymopterus anisatus near Goose Creek.	The Mystery Plant	The view east; Goose Creek Trailhead in center.	The view to the south of Hankins Gulch.	A very muddy Goose Creek.
Rocks along Goose Creek	More rocks along Goose Creek	Viola adunca along Goose Creek.

2465

Erigeron, perhaps E. vetensis

2466

Antennaria rosea

Bob Legier photographs the Packera, perhaps P. werneriifolia.

Coll. No. 2467, Packera werneriifolia

2467

Packera, perhaps P. werneriifolia

Plants of Colorado Asteraceae

Packera werneriifolia (A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve. Hoary Groundsel.

Hankins Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. Slopes above Hankins Gulch near its mouth on Goose Creek, area burned by Hayman fire of 2002, 86 km. south-southwest of Golden. 39.1731°N, 105.3812°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2523 m. Downed ponderosa pines, with Erigeron vetensis, E. compositus, Clematis columbiana, Cymopterus anisatus, and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2021, issued: Mar 29, 2021, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Bob Legier and Matt Schweich 2467.

23-May-2021

Coll. No. 2467, 23 May 2021, characters observed: Perennial herb, 9-10 cm., tap-rooted; Stem, green, lanate-tomentose throughout; Leaves, cauline, appearing basal, blade, narrowly oblanceolate, 70 mm. × 4 mm. wide, abruptly reduced, giving plant scapose appearance, abaxial, glabrate, adaxial, thinly tomentose, margins, entire, revolute; Inflorescence, flat-topped, heads, #7-10 per stem, not overtopped by leaves; Peduncles, 3-22 mm., tomentose; Involucre, 8 mm. × 8 mm. wide, ovoid, tomentose; Phyllaries, in 2 series, non-imbricate and appearing to be a single series, 6.5 mm. × 1 mm. wide, flat, not clasping ray ovaries, tip, acute, margins of inner phyllaries scarious, calyculi present, green; Flowers, 2 kinds; Ray flowers, #9, tube 3 mm. + blade 4.5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, yellow, fertile; Disk flowers, #40-50, tube 4 mm. + lobes 0.5 mm., yellow, throat expanding gradually; Pappus, many well-developed bristles, 5 mm., ±unequal; Cypsela, immature, 1.5 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, green, glabrous, beakless.

2468

Erigeron, likely E. compositus

2469

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Other articles:
• Forest Road 211: along road;
Coll. No. 2470, Oxytropis multiceps
Sheeprock from Forest Road 211 near where we found the Oxytropis multiceps

2470

Oxytropis multiceps

Locations: Cressmans Gulch (lower). Dakota Ridge.
Rocket parts on Dakota Ridge
Open stope protected by steel grate.

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

2471

Collinsia parviflora

2472

Annual Veronica, either V. arvense or V. biloba.

2472.1

Cryptantha sp.

2473

Lithospermum arvense

2473.1

Euphorbia esula

Coll. No. 2474, Erysimum capitatum

2474

Erysimum capitatum

2475

Thermopsis divaricarpa

2476

Potentilla fissa

Pediomelum tenuiflorum

2477

Undetermined. Pretty clearly Pediomelum tenuiflorum when examined under a microscope.

Locations: Tucker Gulch (lower). Vanover Park.

Thursday, 27 May 2021

Tucker Gulch and Vanover Park.

2478

Lithospermum arvense

2479

Lunaria annua

2480

Fumaria vaillanti

2481

Alliaria petiolata

2482

Veronica biloba

2483

Undetermined.

Upon further review: Asperugo procumbens.

Other articles:
• Clear Creek Trail: near bridge;

Locations: Vanover Park.
Earthsmoke (Fumaria vaillantii beside Clear Creek Trail.

2484

Fumaria vaillantii

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.

Wednesday, 2 June 2021

North Table Mountain with Cindy Trujillo

2485

Euphorbia brachycera

2486

Scutellaria brittonii

2486.1

Ellisia nyctelea

Other articles:
• North Table Loop: near Metz parcel; just west of Phlox;
Location of Coll. No. 2487, Phlox multiflora
Location of Coll. No. 2487, Phlox multiflora

2487

Phlox multiflora

Location of Coll. No. 2487, Phlox multiflora

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street: at alley;
Old Power Pole
New Power Pole

Our old power pole got replaced.

Other articles:
• Lippincott Road: near gate;

Locations: Lippincott Ranch.
Ceanothus herbaceus at Lippincott Ranch.

Friday, 4 June 2021

Lippincott, with John Vickery

Rosettes of Hieracium albiflorum.

View to the northeast of Lippincott Ranch.

2489

Carex Nebrascensis

2490

Salix irrorata

2491

Astragalus agrestis

2492

Unknown

2493

Myosotis micrantha

2494

Poa sp.

2495

Maianthemum racemosum

Coll. No. 2496, very large Acer glabrum.

2496

Acer glabrum

2497

Betula sp., maybe B. pendula

2498

Cystopteris sp.

2499

Hydrophyllum fendleri

2500

Clematis hirsutissima

2501

Lonicera tatarica

2502

Barbarea sp., maybe B. vulgaris

2502.1

Actaea sp.

2503

Lathyrus sp.

2503.1

Lepidium campestre

2504

Ribes inerme, in fruit.

2505

Asperugo procumbens

2506

Rubus idaeus

2507

Salix monticola, tentative.

2507.1

“Male Fern”

2507.2

Cerastium fontanum var. vulgare

2507.3

Salix sp.

2508

Carex sp.

Other articles:
• North and South Platte River Road: at Willow Bend;

Locations: South Platte River. Willow Bend Picnic Area.
Tubing on the South Platte River near Willow Bend Picnic Area.

Sunday, 6 June 2021

South Platte River

South Platte River and Pine Valley Ranch.

Tubing on the South Platte River near Willow Bend Picnic Area.

Locations: Pine Valley Ranch Park.
Potentilla anserina on the dam at Pine Valley Ranch Park.
Pine Lake in Pine Valley Ranch Park.

Pine Valley Ranch Park

View up canyon.

Locations: Dinosaur Ridge.
Physaria sp., probably P. vitulifera growing on an outcrop of Morrison Formation.

Monday, 7 June 2021

Hunting the wild Physaria hybrid on Dinosaur Ridge.

Coll. No. 2509, definitely a Physaria, maybe P. vitulifera or P. X1.

2509

Physaria sp.

Locations: Welch Ditch.

Moved to Welch Ditch to check the Smilacena/Maianthemum under the Chimney Gulch trail bridge.

A tree in the Rosaceae.

2510

Maianthemum racemosum ?

Locations: Clear Creek Canyon. Lookout Mountain. Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.

Tuesday, 8 June 2021

Lookout Mountain, Clear Creek Canyon, and Ranson/Edwards

Locations: North Table Mountain.
Rattlesnake on North Table Mountain.

Friday, 18 June 2021

North Table Mountain, with Cindy Trujillo.

2512

Sporobolis cryptandrus

2513

Juncus sp.

2514

Carex sp.

2514.1

Carex sp.

2515

Mentzelia sp.

2516

Humulus lupulus

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora: Hybanthus verticillatus;
Coll. No. 2517, Hybanthus verticillatus.

2517

Hybanthus verticillatus

Other articles:
• Forest Road 550: at Morrison Ck;

Locations: Morrison Creek.

Wednesday, 23 June 2021

Morrison Creek in the Buffalo Creek Recreation Area

2518

Packera fendleri

2519

Jamesia americana

Coll. No. 2520, Pedicularis canadensis

2520

Pedicularis canadensis

2521

Dodecatheon pulchellum

2522

Oryzopsis asperifolia

Coll. No. 2523, Bromus sp.

2523

Bromus sp., maybe B. porteri

2524

Stellaria sp.

2525

Some sort of twin berry.

2526

Aquilegia coerula

2527

Small white(-ish) lupine.

2528

Thalictrum fendleri

Coll. No. 2529, Antennaria, maybe A. rosea

2529

Antennaria rosea

Coll. No. 2530, Arnica cordifolia

2530

Arnica cordifolia

Locations: Lippincott Ranch.

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Lippincott, with John Vickery

2531

“Meadow Fescue?”

2532

Juncus sp., maybe J. compressus; culms flattened, scales bifid, margins scarious.

2532.1

Juncus interior

2533

Eremogone fendleri

2534

Apocynum ×floribundum

2535

Juncus longistylis

2536

Unknown --- Gentiana affinis?

2537

Potentilla hippiana

2537.1

Erigeron flagellaris

2538

Juncus sp.

2539

Schoenoplectus taebermontani

2540

Juncus sp.

2541

Buchloe dactyloides

2542

Glyceria sp., probably G. striata

Coll. No. 2543, Opuntia fragilis

Habitat of Coll. No. 2543, Opuntia fragilis

2543

Opuntia fragilis, growing from the soil beside the boulder onto the boulder.

2544

Dalea candida

2545

Rosa sp.

2546

Something in the Apiaceae

Locations: Apex Park - Northern Parcel.
Unnamed gulch in the north part of Apex Park,
Amelanchier alnifolia in fruit.

Wednesday, 7 July 2021

Looking down an unnamed gulch in the north part of Apex Park,

2547

Glyceria striata

2548

Helianthus pumilus

2549

Heterotheca villosa

2550

Linaria dalmatica

2551

Carduus nutans

2552

Thinopyrum intermedium

2553

Achillea millefolium

2554

Monarda fistulosa

2555

Fern, maybe Woodsia oregana.

2556

Rhus glabra

2557

Veronica sp,

2558

Grass

2559

Collomia linearis

Location of Coll. No. 2560, Erythranthe floribunda

2560

Erythranthe floribunda

2561.1

Epilobium ciliatum

2561.2

Erythranthe sp., E. suksdorfii ??

2561.3

Juncus bufonius

Other articles:
• Forest Road 309: along road;

Locations: Chubb Park. Salt Creek.
View of Chubb Park.