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   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.

 

 

   

 

2022

 

 

   

 

January, 2022

Visiting family in Spain, from 1 January to 10 January.

 

Locations: Reserva Natural Concertada Dehesa de Abajo.  

 

Saturday, 8 January 2022

La Dehesa de Abajo

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Arisarum simorhinum Durieu “Friar's Cowl”
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View from a bluff in La Dehesa de Abajo in the direction of Coria del Rio.

 

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street:   near 5th;   near 5th;  

 

Saturday, 15 January 2022

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Plugged storm drain at 5th and Arapahoe
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Uncleared snow and ice at 5th and Arapahoe.
 

 

Other articles:
• 44th Avenue:   at rr trks;  

 

Thursday, 17 February 2022

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Burlington Northern local crosses 44th Avenue.
 

 

Other articles:
• 5th Street:   near Arapahoe;  

 

Sunday, 30 January

Walk around the neighborhood.

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First floor under construction.
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Construction progress, 14 Feb 2022.

 

Other articles:
• 5th Street:   near Arapahoe;  

 

Sunday, 6 February 2022

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Costruction progress, seen from the alley.
 

 

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street:   at alley;  

 

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

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Mud washing out of the alley.
 

 

Other articles:
• 5th Street:   near Arapahoe;  

 

Saturday, 26 February 2022

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Construction progress, 126 Feb 2022.
 

 

Other articles:
• Goldco Circle:  Overlooking n. Golden;  

 

Tuesday, 15 March

Walk on Goldco Circle.

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Our house and the under-construction duplexes.

 

Other articles:
• 5th Street:   near Arapahoe;  

 

Wednesday, 16 March 2022

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Construction progress on 16 March 2022
 

 

Other articles:
• 4th Street:  1004 4th Street;
• Cheyenne Street:   at 4th;  

 

Thursday, 31 March 2022

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1004 4th Street.
 

 

Other articles:
• 5th Street:   near Arapahoe;  

 

Saturday, 2 April 2022

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The second duplex rises from the foundation.
 

 

Locations: Stonebridge Homeowners Association.  

 

Sunday, April 3rd

Stonebridge Tour

 

Locations: Clear Creek Canyon Park.  

 

Monday, April 18th

Clear Creek Canyon

 

Locations: Wheat Ridge.  

 

Wednesday, April 20th

Wheat Ridge Siren Test

 

Other articles:
• Clear Creek Trail:   at Prospect Pk;

Locations: Prospect Park.  

 

Saturday, 23 April 2022

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Clear Creek eroded into bedrock.
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Clear Creek eroded into bedrock.
 

 

Other articles:
• Recreational Trail (Pine Ridge Estates):   at game trl;

Locations: North Hogback Open Space (City of Golden).  

 

Tuesday, April 26th

Dakota Ridge

One purpose of this trip was to search for Anemone patens var. multifida. None was found.

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Steps cut into the unmined remnant of the hogback.
  2757   

Leucocrinum montanum

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

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

Dakota Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower slopes of hogback in northernmost Golden, 4.1 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7811°N, 105.2377°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1867 m. Southwest facing slope: with Euphorbia esula, Grindelia squarrosa, Taraxacum officinale, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Artemisia ludoviciana, A. frigida, Andropogon gerardi, and Escobaria vivipara.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2757. 26-Apr-2022

Sent to EIU.

  2758   

Leucocrinum montanum

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

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

Dakota Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower western slope of hogback in northernmost Golden, 4.3 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7822°N, 105.2384°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1873 ,. Also here: Linum lewisii, Bromus inermis, Yucca glauca, and Liatris punctata. Seven plants here; one collected.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2758. 26-Apr-2022

  2759   

Nothocalais cuspidata

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

Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene.  Prairie False Dandelion.

Dakota Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower western slope of hogback in northernmost Golden, 4.2 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7817°N, 105.2383°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1873 m. About ¼ up the west limb, sparsely vegetated soil; with Rhus trilobata, Yucca glauca, Linum lewisii, Eriogonum alatum, Poa sp., and Euphorbia esula.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2759. 26-Apr-2022

Sent to CS.

  2760   

Prunus americana

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

Prunus americana Marshall.  American Plum.

Dakota Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. South end of hogback in northernmost Golden, 4.0 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7805°N, 105.2371°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1855 m. Starting to bloom, leaves not emerged yet. South end of clay mines, behind the fence, with Pinus ponderosa. (I reached through the fence to make the collection; did not climb over it.)

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2760. 26-Apr-2022

 

Locations: 407 Garden Street.  

 

Thursday, 28 April 2022

Working in Cathy's garden.

 

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.  

 

Friday, 29 April 2022

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field

One purpose of this trip was to search for Anemone patens var. multifida. None was found.

 

Locations: DeLong Park (City of Golden).  

 

Friday, 6 May 2022

Weeding at DeLong Park.

  2761   

Ranunculus testiculatus

  2762   

Chorispora tenella

  2763   

Polygonum aviculare

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

Polygonum aviculare L.  Prostrate Knotweed.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Adventive annual weed found in hydroseeded beds. Collected to prepare educational materials for City of Golden volunteer weeding program.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2763. 6-May-2022

  2764   

Erodium cicutarium

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

Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Her. ex Aiton.  Hemlock-leav'd Crane's-bill.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Annual or biennial. Colorado Noxious Weed List C.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2764. 6-May-2022

  2765   

Capsella bursa-pastoris.

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

Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.  Shepherd's Purse.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Annual.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2765. 6-May-2022

  2766   

Lepidium draba

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

Lepidium draba L.  White Top.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Adventive annual. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2766. 6-May-2022

  2767   

Euphorbia myrsinites.

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

Euphorbia myrsinites L.  Myrtle Spurge.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Known to be in this parcel before construction. Colorado Noxious Weed List A.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2767. 6-May-2022

  2768   

Conium maculatum.

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

Conium maculatum L.  Common Poison Hemlock.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Growing on side of small watercourse, probably pre-dates designation of park and construction. Colorado Noxious Weed List C.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2768. 6-May-2022

  2769   

Chenopodium album.

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

Chenopodium album L.  Lambsquarters.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Annual adventive weed.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2769. 6-May-2022

  2770   

Lamium amplexicaule.

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

Lamium amplexicaule L.  Henbit.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7486°N, 105.2082°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1761 m. Annual adventive weed.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2770. 6-May-2022

  2771   

Descurainia incisa

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Coll. No. 2772, Onopordum acanthium
 

2772   

Cirsium sp.

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

Onopordum acanthium L.  Scotch Cottonthistle.
     (Determination tentative.)

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Basal rosette, new growth densely tomentose.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2772. 6-May-2022

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Coll. No. 2773, Cirsium arvense
 

2773   

Cirsium arvense

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

Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.  Canada Thistle.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Basal leaves, shallowly dentate, spinulose; petiole narrowly winged, bases tapered. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2773. 6-May-2022

  2774   

Convolvulus arvensis.

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

Convolvulus arvensis L.  Field Bindweed.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Colorado Noxious Weed List C.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2774. 6-May-2022

  2775   

Kochia scoparia.

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

Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad.  Common Red Sage.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Seedlings. Sterile.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2775. 6-May-2022

  2775.1   

Eschscholzia californica

  2776   

Onopordum acanthium

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

Onopordum acanthium L.  Scotch Cottonthistle.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. The leaves have been lightly brushed to remove sand, but this has affected the tomentum. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2776. 6-May-2022

  2776.1   

Nepeta sp.

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

Nepeta racemosa Lam.  Persian Catmint.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Purple cast throughout plant, inflorescence immature, possibly N. racemosa Lam. rather than the more common N. cataria L.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2776.1 6-May-2022

  2777   

Rumex crispus.

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

Rumex crispus L.  Curley Dock.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. Sterile specimen, determination tentative.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2777. 6-May-2022

  2778   

Lactuca serriola.

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

Lactuca serriola L.  Prickly Lettuce.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. New city park (construction in 2021 and 2022) near the intersection of 23rd Street and Vernon Drive, 1.75 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Carol Cameron & David Chavez 2778. 6-May-2022

 

Other articles:
• 5th Street:   near Arapahoe;
• Arapahoe Street:   at parkway;  

 

Sunday, 8 May 2022

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Construction progress on 8 May 2022.
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Bastard Toadflax in my parkway.
 

 

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Ranunculus ranunculinus;

Locations: Apex Park - Northern Parcel.  

 

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Apex Park - North, with Cindy Trujillo.

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Dodecatheon pulchellum and Prunus americana in Apex Park.
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Ranunculus ranunculinus in a small seep.
  2779   

Dichanthelium oligosanthes ssp. scribnerianum.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Dichanthemium oligosanthes (J. A. Schultes) Gould ssp. scribnerianum (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong.  Few-Flowered Panicgrass.

Apex Park - Northern Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado. Unnamed gulch about 1/3 of the way up the initial Front Range scarp, 3.75 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7219°N, 105.2204°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1938 m. Growing in fractures in rocks.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cindy Trujillo 2779. 10-May-2022

  2779.1   

Annual grass with odd “awn.”

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Poa bulbosa L.  Bulbous Bluegrass.

Apex Park - Northern Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado. Unnamed gulch about 1/3 of the way up the initial Front Range scarp, 3.75 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7219°N, 105.2377°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1938 m. Immature. In soil near but not in the creek.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cindy Trujillo 2779.1 10-May-2022

 

Locations: Windy Saddle Park.  

 

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

Windy Saddle Park from the Buffalo Bill Museum to the Survey Field.

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Coll. No. 2780, Clematis columbiana
 

2780   

Clematis columbiana.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Ranunculaceae

Clematis columbiana (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray.  Rock Clematis.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast corner of Windy Saddle Park, about 100 m.northeast of, and downslope from, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and 3.6 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7338°N, 105.2377°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2202 m. Petals light-lavender. Near top of initial Front Range slope in Douglas Fir forest with Acer glabrum “Rocky Mountain Maple,” Berberis repens, and Mertensia lanceolata. Variety columbiana if infraspecific names are to be applied.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2021, issued: Apr 1, 2021, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cindy Trujillo 2780. 17-May-2022

  2781   

Berberis repens.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Berberidaceae

Berberis repens Lindl.  Creeping Barberry.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast corner of Windy Saddle Park, about 100 m.northeast of, and downslope from, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and 3.6 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7338°N, 105.2377°W. WGS 184 Elev. 2210 m. Open forest floor near top of initial Front Range slope in Douglas Fir forest with Acer glabrum “Rocky Mountain Maple,” Clematis columbiana, and Mertensia lanceolata.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cindy Trujillo 2781. 17-May-2022

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Coll. No. 2782, Noccaea fendleri
 

2782   

Lepidium ?

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Noccaea fendleri (A. Gray) Holub ssp. glauca (A. Nelson) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch.  Alpine Pennycress.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast corner of Windy Saddle Park, about 140 m. east of, and downslope from, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and 3.6 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7337°N, 105.2372°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2202 m. Glabrous, basal rosette, clasping stem leaves auriculate, fruit flattened 90° to replum, petals white, Open forest, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Berberis repens, Frasera speciosa, Taraxacum officinale, small patch ± 60 plants. Subspecies glauca is the only infraspecific taxon known from Colorado.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cindy Trujillo 2782. 17-May-2022

  2783   

Viola canadensis.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Violaceae

Viola canadensis L.  Canadian White Violet.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast corner of Windy Saddle Park, about 375 m. northeast of, and downslope from, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and 3.36 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7353°N, 105.2358°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2070 m. Edge of Douglas fir forest at bottom of canyon; seen nearby: Anemone patens, Ribes cereum, Amelanchier alnifolia, Acer glabrum, Galium boreale, and Anaphalis margaritacea.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cindy Trujillo 2783. 17-May-2022

  2784   

Anaphalis margaritacea.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham & Hooker.  Western Pearly Everlasting.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast corner of Windy Saddle Park, about 480 m. northeast of, and downslope from, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and 3.30 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7354°N, 105.2349°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2047 m. Sunny spot at edge of Douglas fir forest, also seen here: Anemone patens, Amelanchier alnifolia, and Viola canadensis.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cindy Trujillo 2784. 17-May-2022

Locations: Unnamed Spring.  

2785   

Maianthemum stellatum.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Ruscaceae

Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link.  Starry False Lily of the Valley.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Around an unnamed spring in the southeast corner of Windy Saddle Park, about 610 m. northeast of, and downslope from, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and 3.17 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.736°N, 105.234°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2018 m. Also here: Juniperus scopulorum, Noccaea fendleri, Prunus americana, Rubus idaeus var. strigosus, and Frasera speciosa.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2785. 17-May-2022

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Spring in Windy Saddle Park
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Coll. No. 2785, Maianthemum stellatum
  2786   

Carex sp.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Carex praegracilis W. Boott.  Clustered Field-Sedge.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Unnamed gulch above the Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, beside flowing water from a mine adit, 830 m. northeast of, and downslope from, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and 3.00 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7367°N, 105.2322°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1957 m. Also collected nearby from this or previous visits: Campanula rotundifolia, Pseudostellaria jamesiana, and Monarda fistulosa.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cindy Trujillo 2786. 17-May-2022

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Coll. No. 2787, Pseudostellaria jamesiana
 

2787   

Pseudostellaria jamesiana.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Caryophyllaceae

Pseudostellaria jamesiana (Torr.) W. A. Weber & R. L. Hartm.  Tuber Starwort.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Unnamed gulch above the Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, 875 m. northeast of, and downslope from, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and 2.97 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7368°N, 105.2318°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1950 m. Growing in rock outcrops on northwest side of a ridge, among Juniperus scopulorum and Cercocarpus montanus.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cindy Trujillo 2787. 17-May-2022

 

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street:   near 5th;  

 

Saturday, 21 May 2022

Spring snow storm.

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Late spring snow storm brings down branches.

   

 

Friday, 27 May 2022

Pre-walk of Colorado Native Plant Society field trip to the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon.

 

Other articles:
• Welch Ditch:   at road;
• Peaks to Plains Trail:   along trail;  

 

Sunday, 29 May 2022

Colorado Native Plant Society field trip to the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon.

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Field trip waits out a shower.
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Evolvulus nuttallianus seen along the Welch Ditch

   

 

Monday, 30 May 2022, Memorial Day

Memorial Day service at Rockland Church and beautiful view from the Buffalo Bill Museum.

Locations: Rockland Cemetery.  

 

Holstein plot at the Rockland Cemetary. Ralston plot in the background.

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Holstein plot at the Rockland Cemetary.

Locations: Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum.  

 

View from Buffalo Bill Museum.

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Golden from the Buffalo Bill Museum.
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Denver from the Buffalo Bill Museum.

 

Other articles:
• 8th Avenue:   at Edgar Mine;
• Colorado Boulevard:   at 9th;

Locations: Edgar Mine. Idaho Springs.  

 

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Visited the Edgar Mine in Idaho Springs as a possible collecting locality for Physaria vitulifera.

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Physaria vitulifera at the Edgar Mine.
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Physaria vitulifera at the Edgar Mine.
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Edgar Mine from the opposite ridge.
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West end of Idaho Springs
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Central Idaho Springs

   

 

Thursday, 2 June 2022

Weeding at DeLong Park.

 

Other articles:
• 23rd Street:   at DeLong Park;

Locations: DeLong Park (City of Golden).  

 

Tuesday, 7 June 2022

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Ribbon-cutting at DeLong Park.
 

 

Other articles:
• 5th Street:   near Arapahoe;
• Crawford Street:   at curve;

Locations: Apex Park - Northern Parcel. Tripp Ranch Meadow Open Space.  

 

Friday, 10 June 2022

Apex north and adjacent Golden parcel.

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City of Golden, Jefferson County, and Stonebridge parcels.
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Boundary between Apex Park and Stonebridge HOA
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Boundary between Apex Park and Stonebridge HOA
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Construction progress on 10 June 2022.

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Coll. No. 2788, Rhamnus cathartica
 

2788   

Rhamnus cathartica.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Rhamnaceae

Rhamnus cathartica L.  European Buckthorn.

Apex Park - Northern Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado. Just insude the northeast corner of Apex Park - North, about 61 m. from the northeast property corner, 4.43 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7251°N, 105.2171°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1842 m. Lf. margin crenate, teeth with dark gland, style 4-parted. Beside intermittent stream, edge of Prunus americana thicket, with Arctium minus and Cynoglossum officinale. At least three plants here. Introduced to Colorado; escaping from cultivation into canyons and along streams.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2788. 10-Jun-2022

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Flower of Coll. No. 2788, Rhamnus cathartica
  2789   

Helianthus pumilus.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Helianthus pumilus Nutt.  Little Sunflower.

Apex Park - Northern Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the northern border of the northwest corner, 250 m. from the northwest corner, and 4.37 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7254°N, 105.2191°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1867 m. Shortgrass prairie with Artemisia frigida, A. ludoviciana, Heterotheca villosa, Opuntia polyacantha, Eriogonum umbellatum, Tradescantia occidentalis, and Bromus tectorum.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2789. 10-Jun-2022

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Coll. No. 2790, Opuntia polyacantha, 10 Jun 2022
 

2790   

Opuntia polyacantha.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Cactaceae

Opuntia polyacantha Haw.  Plains Pricklypear.

Apex Park - Northern Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the northern border of the northeast corner, 260 m. from the northeast corner, and 4.37 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7254°N, 105.2192°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1862 m. Edge of Prunus americana and Rhus trilobata thicket, south-facing alluvial ridge with boulders to 50 cm.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2790. 10-Jun-2022

  2791   

Lithospermum occidentale.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Lithospermum occidentale (Mack.) Weakley, Witsell & D. Estes.  Western Marbleseed.

Apex Park - Northern Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado. Near bottom of unnamed gulch, along the border with Stonebridge HOA, 256 m. west of the northeast corner, 4.37 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7254°N, 105.2192°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1862 m. In a thicket of Prunus americana and Rhus trilobata

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2791. 10-Jun-2022

  2792   

Sphaeralcea coccinea.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Malvaceae

Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.  Cowboy's Delight.

Apex Park - Northern Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado. Near the north border with Stonebridge HOA, 220 m. west southwest from the corner, 4.47 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7248°N, 105.2186°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1867 M. Across the top of a small alluvial ridge, also here: Artemisia dracunculus, Helianthus pumilus, Xanthisma spinulosum, Alyssum simplex, Bromus tectorum, and Hesperostipa comata.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2792. 10-Jun-2022

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Habitat of Coll. No. 2793, Crepis occidentalis (golf balls for scale).
 

2793   

Crepis occidentalis.

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

Crepis occidentalis Nutt.  Largeflower Hawksbeard.

City of Golden Parcel 40-102-01-032, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small (1.7 ac) parcel deeded to the city as part of the Tripp Ranch development, sandwiched between Jefferson County Open Space, Stonebridge HOA open space, and private residences, accessed from Crawford St., 4.41 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7253°N, 105.2159°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1856 m. Subspecies costata (A. Gray) Babcock & Stebbins, if infraspecific names are to be applied.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2793. 10-Jun-2022

 

Locations: Edgar Mine.  

 

Monday, 13 June 2022

Edgar Mine, Idaho Springs, Colorado.

Six collections of Physaria vitulifera Rydb. made within a radius of 60 to 150 meters of the main portal of the Edgar Mine. Five other collections of associated species. Thirty-eight observations of other species; see the Location record for a list.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Physaria vitulifera;  

2794   

Physaria vitulifera.

Plants of Colorado
Brassicaceae

Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.  Roundtip Twinpod.

Edgar Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 153 m. east southeast of the mine portal, 1.36 km. west northwest of the GNIS location of Idaho Springs. 39.7473°N, 105.5241°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2392 m. Southeast facing slope, with Juniperus scoparia and Cercocarpus montanus. Leaves collected for DNA analysis. Approximate topotype.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, Edgar Mine 2022, issued: May 31, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2794. 13-Jun-2022

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Coll. No. 2794, Physaria vitulifera
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Fruit of Coll. No. 2794, Physaria vitulifera
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Leaves of Coll. No. 2794, Physaria vitulifera

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Physaria vitulifera;  

2795   

Physaria vitulifera.

Plants of Colorado
Brassicaceae

Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.  Roundtip Twinpod.

Edgar Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 140 m. east of the mine portal, 1.37 km. west northwest of the GNIS location of Idaho Springs. 39.7475°N, 105.5241°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2402 m. With Juniperus scoparia and Cercocarpus montanus. Basal leaves removed for DNA analysis. Approximate topotype.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, Edgar Mine 2022, issued: May 31, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2795. 13-Jun-2022

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Coll. No. 2795, Physaria vitulifera
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Fruit of Coll. No. 2795, Physaria vitulifera
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Leaves of Coll. No. 2795, Physaria vitulifera

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Coll. No. 2796, Physaria montana.
 

2796   

Physaria montana.

Plants of Colorado
Brassicaceae

Physaria montana (A. Gray) Greene.  Mountain Bladderpod.

Edgar Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 138 m. east of the mine portal, 1.37 km. west northwest of the GNIS location of Idaho Springs. 39.7475°N, 105.5241°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2416 m. East-facing, moderately steep slope, with Juniperus scoparia and Cercocarpus montanus. Seven basal leaves removed for DNA analysis. The plants are all small here, perhaps because of the very dry April.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, Edgar Mine 2022, issued: May 31, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2796. 13-Jun-2022

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Physaria vitulifera;  

2797   

Physaria vitulifera.

Plants of Colorado
Brassicaceae

Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.  Roundtip Twinpod.

Edgar Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 134 m. east of the mine portal, 1.38 km. west northwest of the GNIS location of Idaho Springs. 39.7475°N, 105.5242°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2416 m. East-facing, moderately steep slope, with Juniperus scoparia and Cercocarpus montanus. Eight basal leaves removed for DNA analysis.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, Edgar Mine 2022, issued: May 31, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2797. 13-Jun-2022

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Habitat of Coll. No. 2797, Physaria vitulifera
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Coll. No. 2797, Physaria vitulifera
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Fruit of Coll. No. 2797, Physaria vitulifera
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Basal leaf of Coll. No. 2797, Physaria vitulifera

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Coll. No. 2798, Packera fendleri
 

2798   

Packera fendleri.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Packera fendleri (A. Gray) W.A. Weber & Á. Löve.  Fendler’s Ragwort.

Edgar Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 116 m. east southeast of the mine portal, 1.39 km. west northwest of the GNIS location of Idaho Springs. 39.7474°N, 105.5244°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2422 m. South-facing, open rocky slope, with Juniperus scoparia and Cercocarpus montanus. Collected while collecting approximate topotypes of Physaria vitulifera (P. A. Rydberg, s.n., 26 Aug 1895, NY185631, NY185632, RM1987).

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, Edgar Mine 2022, issued: May 31, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2798. 13-Jun-2022

  2799   

Scutellaria brittonii.

Plants of Colorado
Lamiaceae

Scutellaria brittonii Porter.  Britton's Skullcap.

Edgar Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 174 m. south of the mine portal, 1.47 km. west northwest of the GNIS location of Idaho Springs. 39.7465°N, 105.5257°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2417 m. South-facing, open rocky slope, with Juniperus scoparia and Cercocarpus montanus. Collected while collecting approximate topotypes of Physaria vitulifera (P. A. Rydberg, s.n., 26 Aug 1895, NY185631, NY185632, RM1987).

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, Edgar Mine 2022, issued: May 31, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2799. 13-Jun-2022

  2800   

Penstemon virens.

Plants of Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Penstemon virens Pennell ex Rydb.  Front Range Beardtongue.

Edgar Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 200 m. south of the mine portal, 1.48 km. west northwest of the GNIS location of Idaho Springs. 39.7463°N, 105.5259°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2419 m. South-facing, open rocky slope, with Pinus ponderosa and Cercocarpus montanus. Collected while collecting approximate topotypes of Physaria vitulifera (P. A. Rydberg, s.n., 26 Aug 1895, NY185631, NY185632, RM1987).

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, Edgar Mine 2022, issued: May 31, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2800. 13-Jun-2022

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Physaria vitulifera;  

2801   

Physaria vitulifera.

Plants of Colorado
Brassicaceae

Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.  Roundtip Twinpod.

Edgar Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 155 m. southwest of the portal, 1.58 km. west northwest of the GNIS location of Idaho Springs 39.747°N, 105.5265°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2444 m. Single plant in a clump of Carex inops var. heliophila at the base of a Cercocarpus montanus. Approximate topotype of Physaria vitulifera (P. A. Rydberg, s.n., 26 Aug 1895, NY185631, NY185632, RM1987). Eight basal leaves were removed and delivered to KHD for DNA analysis.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, Edgar Mine 2022, issued: May 31, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2801. 13-Jun-2022

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Habitat of Coll. No. 2801, Physaria vitulifera
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Coll. No. 2801, Physaria vitulifera.
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Basal leaves of Coll. No. 2801, Physaria vitulifera.

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Habitat of Coll. No. 2802, Arabis pycnocarpa var. pycnocarpa.
 

2802   

Boechera sp.

Plants of Colorado
Brassicaceae

Arabis pycnocarpa M. Hopkins var. pycnocarpa.  Cream Flower Rockcress.

Edgar Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 187 m. west northwest of the portal, 1.69 km. west northwest of the GNIS location of Idaho Springs 39.748°N, 105.527°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2450 m. Basal leaves not withered, hairs simple, flowers light yellow. In the bank of a road below Ponderosa pines. Collected while collecting approximate topotypes of Physaria vitulifera (P. A. Rydberg, s.n., 26 Aug 1895, NY185631, NY185632, RM1987).

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, Edgar Mine 2022, issued: May 31, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2802. 13-Jun-2022

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Coll. No. 2802, Arabis pycnocarpa var. pycnocarpa.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Physaria vitulifera;  

2803   

Physaria vitulifera.

Plants of Colorado
Brassicaceae

Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.  Roundtip Twinpod.

Edgar Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 141 m. northwest of the primary portal, 1.65 km. west northwest of the GNIS location of Idaho Springs 39.748°N, 105.5266°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2444 m. Growing on a dirt mining road berm. Approximate topotype of Physaria vitulifera (P. A. Rydberg, s.n., 26 Aug 1895, NY185631, NY185632, RM1987). Eight basal leaves removed and distributed to KHD for DNA analysis.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, Edgar Mine 2022, issued: May 31, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2803. 13-Jun-2022

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Habitat of Coll. No. 2803, Physaria vitulifera
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Coll. No. 2803, Physaria vitulifera
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Coll. No. 2803, Physaria vitulifera.
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Basal leaves of Coll. No. 2803, Physaria vitulifera.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Physaria vitulifera;  

2804   

Physaria vitulifera.

Plants of Colorado
Brassicaceae

Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.  Roundtip Twinpod.

Edgar Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 61 m. north of the main portal of the Edgar Mine, 1.54 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Idaho Springs. 39.7481°N, 105.5254°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2430 m. Three caudices of (maybe) one plant. Growing in fractures of rocks in a road cut. No other taxa in this cut. Approximate topotype of Physaria vitulifera (P. A. Rydberg, s.n., 26 Aug 1895, NY185631, NY185632, RM1987). Eight basal leaves removed and distributed to KHD for DNA analysis.

Collected by permit: Colorado School of Mines, Edgar Mine 2022, issued: May 31, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2804. 13-Jun-2022

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Coll. No. 2804, Physaria vitulifera
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Coll. No. 2804, Physaria vitulifera.
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Basal leaves of Coll. No. 2804, Physaria vitulifera.

 

Locations: Coal Creek. Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Wednesday, 15 June 2022

Ranson/Edwards

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Echinocereus viridiflorus on a terrace of Coal Creek.
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Terrace of Coal Creek in Jefferson County.
  2805   

Physocarpus montanus.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Rosaceae

Physocarpus monogynus (Torr.) J.M. Coult.  Mountain Ninebark.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. On an abandoned terrace of Coal Creek, approximately 1.6 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93 to Plainview Road, 0.8 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 440 m. east on an high pressure gas line service road to Coal Creek. 39.8833°N, 105.2592°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1933 m. Terrace on southeast side of Coal Creek with Prunus virginiana and Salix exigua. Also collected nearby: Hesperis matronalis and Vitis riparia. Collected while searching the banks of Coal Creek for Humulus lupulus “Wild Hops.”

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2805. 15-Jun-2022

  2806   

River grape … sterile. Some parts combined with the next.

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Coll. No. 2807, Vitis riparia
 

2807   

River grape … in flower.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Vitaceae

Vitis riparia Michx.  Riverbank Grape.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. On a terrace of Coal Creek, approximately 1.6 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93 to Plainview Road, 0.8 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 440 m. east on an high pressure gas line service road to Coal Creek. 39.8833°N, 105.2597°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1930 m. In flower. Sprawling on the ground and growing on Rhus trilobata under Populus angustifolia.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2807. 15-Jun-2022

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Coll. No. 2807, Vitis riparia

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Coll. No. 2808, Hesperis matronalis
 

2808   

Hesperis matronalis.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Hesperis matronalis L.  Dame's Rocket.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Approximately 1.6 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93 to Plainview Road, 0.8 mi. generally north on Plainview Road to a high pressure gas line service road, then 356 m.southeast to a terrace on the right bank of Coal Creek. 39.8828°N, 105.2599°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1934 m. Growing in a thicket of Prunus virginiana and Crataegus succulenta. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2808. 15-Jun-2022

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Coll. No. 2809, Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior.
 

2809   

Astragalus, maybe A. bisulcatus.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Astragalus laxmannii Jacq. var. robustior (Hook.) Barneby & S. L. Welsh.  Prairie Milkvetch.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Approximately 1.6 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93 to Plainview Road, 0.8 mi. generally north on Plainview Road to a high pressure gas line service road, about 215 m. east on the pipeline road. 39.8842°N, 105.2605°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1939 m. Caulescent, 23-24 cm., hairs dolibriform, leaflets #17, 19 mm., terminal lflt jointed, calyx tube 5 mm., flowers 17 mm. Dry terrace above Coal Creek, with Koeleria macrantha.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2809. 15-Jun-2022

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Coll. No. 2809, Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior.

   

 

Monday, 20 June 2022

Weeding at DeLong Park

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Coll. No. 2810, Knautia macedonica
 

2810   

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

Knautia macedonica Griesb.  Macedonian scabious.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In the unreconstructed portion of the park, below the houses on Lookout View Court, 1.81 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7481°N, 105.2081°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1764 m. Flowers deep red. Probably a garden escapee, now naturalized.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2810. 20-Jun-2022

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Tuesday, 21 June 2022

Ranson/Edwards

  2811   

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. Abandoned channel of Coal Creek, approximately 1.6 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93 to Plainview Road, 0.8 mi. generally north on Plainview Road to a high pressure gas line service road, then about 520 m. east. 39.8846°N, 105.2583°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1922 m. Shrub, 2 m. tall. with Crataegus succulenta and Populus angustifolia.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2811. 21-Jun-2022

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Coll. No. 2812, Populus angustifolia.
 

2812   

Salix sp.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Salicaceae

Populus angustifolia E. James.  Narrowleaf Cottonwood.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Bar of abandoned channel of Coal Creek, approximately 1.6 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93 to Plainview Road, 0.8 mi. generally north on Plainview Road to a high pressure gas line service road, then about 520 m. east. 39.8845°N, 105.2583°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1922 m. With Amorpha fruticosa and Crataegus succulenta

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2812. 21-Jun-2022

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Bud scales of Coll. No. 2812, Populus angustifolia.

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Coll. No. 2813, Papaver orientale.
 

2813   

Very large, bright red poppy.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Papaveraceae

Papaver orientale L.  Oriental Poppy.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Bar of abandoned channel of Coal Creek, approximately 1.6 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93 to Plainview Road, 0.8 mi. generally north on Plainview Road to a high pressure gas line service road, then about 500 m. east northeast. 39.8851°N, 105.2579°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1923 m. Approx. 30 flowering stems, petals bright red with purple spot, stamens dark purple. Also collected in the lower channel: Apocynum ×floribundum, Amorpha fruticosa, Populus angustifolia, and Vitis riparia.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2813. 21-Jun-2022

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Coll. No. 2813, Papaver orientale.
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Capsules of Coll. No. 2813, Papaver orientale.

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Small vine of Humulus lupulus
 

 

Small vine of hops Humulus lupulus on a bar of Coal Creek.

   

 

Wednesday, 22 June 2022

 

Other articles:
• 8th Street:   at 8th St Aparts.;  

 

Saw some of this on the walk home from the Community Center.

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Tribulus terrestris growing in a crack between sidewalk and wall.

Other articles:
• 5th Street:   near Maple;  

 

Knautia macedonica (L.) J. M. Coult. in the front yard of 1202 5th Street.

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Cultivated Knautia macedonica beside driveway.

 

Locations: Tin Cup Ridge.  

 

Tuesday, 28 June 2022

Tin Cup Ridge

  2815   

Hymenopappus filifolia var. polycephalus.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Hymenopappus filifolius Hook. var. polycephalus (Osterh.) B.L. Turner.  Many-Headed Fine-Leaved Wooly-White.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slope of the hogback locally called Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 6.33 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7139°N, 105.2042°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1855 m. Mixed grasses and forbs with: Rhus trilobata, Artemisia ludoviciana, Heterotheca villosa, Amelanchier alnifolia, and Bromus japonicus.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2815. 28-Jun-2022

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Coll. No. 2816, Cercocarpus montanus.
 

2816   

Cercocarpus montanus.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Rosaceae

Cercocarpus montanus Raf.  Alder-Leaf Mountain Mahogany.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. On the east side, mid-slope, of the hogback locally called Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 6.52 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7125°N, 105.2041°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1904 m. Common shrub, to 2 m., on open, rocky slopes. Past-flowering, with developing fruit. Also here: Rhus trilobata, Artemisia ludoviciana, Ericameria nauseosa var. graveolens, and Heterotheca villosa.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2816. 28-Jun-2022

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Coll. No. 2817, Rumex crispus
 

2817   

Rumex crispus.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Polygonaceae

Rumex crispus L.  Curley Dock.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. On the east side, steep mid-slope, of the hogback locally called Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 6.55 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7123°N, 105.204°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1910 m. Most basal leaves withered. Growing with: Rhus trilobata, Ericameria nauseosa var. graveolens, and Cercocarpus montanus

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2817. 28-Jun-2022

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Fruit of Coll. No. 2818, Amelanchier alnifolia.
 

2818   

Amelanchier alnifolia.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Rosaceae

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

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of steep slope, east side of ridge, hogback locally called Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 6.99 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7094°N, 105.2029°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1948 m. Small shrubs to 1 m., forming fruit. With Cercocarpus montanus.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2818. 28-Jun-2022

  2819   

Aristida purpurea.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Poaceae

Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey.  Purple Threeawn.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of ridge of a hogback locally called Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 6.97 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7094°N, 105.2029°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1949 m. Long awns. In a small depression that may hold water at least part of the year, with Plantago patagonica. Collections of this grass in Golden s.l. are commonly var. longiseta.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2819. 28-Jun-2022

  2819.1   

Plantago sp.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Plantago patagonica Jacq.  Woolly Plantain.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of ridge of a hogback locally called Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 6.97 km. south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7094°N, 105.2029°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1949 m. In a small depression that may hold water at least part of the year, with Aristida purpurea var. longiseta. Also collected in the rocks nearby, Delphinium nuttallianum, Amelanchier alnifolia, and Rubus deliciosus.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2819.1 28-Jun-2022

 

Locations: Lippincott Ranch. Lippincott Ranch (North).  

 

Saturday, 2 July 2022

Lippincott Ranch with John Vickery.

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Habitat of Corallorhiza maculata
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Prosartes trachycarpa S. Watson
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Lactuca ludoviciana (?)
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John Vickery in a patch of Smilax lasioneuron
  2820   

Viola, maybe V. adunca.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Violaceae

Viola sp., cf. V. canadensis L.  Canadian White Violet.

Lippincott Ranch, Jefferson County, Colorado. About mid-way between Bull Gulch and the county boundary, 1.74 km. north northwest of the main gate, 23.4 km. north northwest of Golden 39.9108°N, 105.2783°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2035 m. Edge of a dry watercourse, in deep ponderosa pine forest duff. Also collected here: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius and Lactuca serriola.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2820. 2-Jul-2022

  2821   

Lactuca seriola.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Asteraceae

Lactuca serriola L.  Prickly Lettuce.

Lippincott Ranch, Jefferson County, Colorado. About mid-way between Bull Gulch and the county boundary, 1.74 km. north northwest of the main gate, 23.4 km. north northwest of Golden 39.9107°N, 105.2782°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2034 m. Stem prickly. Leaves, entire, margins and mid-rib prickly. Flowers, yellow. Edge of a dry watercourse, in deep ponderosa pine forest duff. Also collected here: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius and Viola sp., cf. V. canadensis.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2821. 2-Jul-2022

  2822   

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Caprifoliaceae

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius A. Gray.  Roundleaf Snowberry.

Lippincott Ranch, Jefferson County, Colorado. About mid-way between Bull Gulch and the county boundary, 1.74 km. north northwest of the main gate, 23.4 km. north northwest of Golden. 39.9108°N, 105.2783°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2036 m. Developing fruit, few in number, mostly terminal, though some in axils. Near a dry watercourse in open ponderosa pine forest.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2822. 2-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2823, Clematis, c.f. C. hirsutissima.
 

2823   

Clematis, with finely divided leaves.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Ranunculaceae

Clematis c.f. C. hirsutissima Pursh.  Hairy Clematis, Sugar Bowls.

Lippincott Ranch, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern part of the ranch in Boulder County, 2.3 km. north northwest of the main gate, 23.9 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.9141°N, 105.2803°W. WS 1984 Elev. 2061 m. Finely divided leaf, 2-3 times pinnately compound. Moderate northeast slope in ponderosa pine woodland, also seen nearby Corallorhiza maculata and Jamesia americana.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2823. 2-Jul-2022

  2824   

Jamesia americana

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Hydrangeaceae

Jamesia americana Torr. & A. Gray.  Fivepetal Cliffbush.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. In boulders on ridge above south fork of Spring Brook, 2.75 km. south of Eldorado Springs, 23.9 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden 39.9142°N, 105.2806°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2062 m. Also collected nearby: Heuchera bracteata, Clematis hirsutissima, and Urtica dioica.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2824. 2-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2825, Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus.
 

2825   

Elymus sp.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Poaceae

Elymus glaucus Buckley ssp. glaucus.  Blue Wild Rye.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. Northern portion of the ranch in Boulder County, base of boulders above south fork of Spring Creek, 2.33 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.67 km. south southwest of Eldorado Springs. 39.9144°N, 105.2809°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2060 m. Ponderosa pine forest, also collected here Jamesia americana, Urtica dioica, and Heuchera bracteata.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2825. 2-Jul-2022

Coll. No, 2825, 2 July 2022, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 85 cm., not rhizomatous; Cauline nodes visible; Sheath open; Ligule membraneous, 1 mm.; Auricles absent; Blade 250 mm. × 13 mm. wide, flat, lax; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, two-sided spike, straight or slightly curved but not drooping; Spikelets, 2 per node, sessile; Disarticulation between the florets; Glumes, lower, 10 mm. + awn 2-4 mm., veins 1, upper 12 mm. + awn 2-4 mm., ±= lowest floret, veins 5; Florets, 3 per spikelet; Lemma, 10 mm., awns 1, 16 mm., slightly curved; Palea, 9 mm., <lemma, tip bifid.

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Habitat of Coll. No. 2826, Heuchera bracteata.
 

2826   

Heuchera bracteata.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Dryopteridaceae

Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott.  Male Fern.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. Northern portion of the ranch in Boulder County, very close to the western parcel boundary, base of boulders above south fork of Spring Creek, 2.33 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.67 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9144°N, 105.2811°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2060 m. Ponderosa pine forest, also collected here: Jamesia americana, Heuchera bracteata, Urtica dioica, and Elymus glaucus.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2826.1 2-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2826, Heuchera bracteata.

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Coll. No. 2826.1, Dryopteris filix-mas.
 

2826.1   

“Male fern”

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Dryopteridaceae

Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott.  Male Fern.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. Northern portion of the ranch in Boulder County, very close to the western parcel boundary, base of boulders above south fork of Spring Creek, 2.33 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.67 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9144°N, 105.2811°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2060 m. Ponderosa pine forest, also collected here: Jamesia americana, Heuchera bracteata, Urtica dioica, and Elymus glaucus.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2826.1 2-Jul-2022

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Fruiting bodies of Coll. No. 2826.1, Dryopteris filix-mas.
  2827   

Utrica dioica.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Urticaceae

Urtica dioica L. ssp. gracilis (Aiton) Seland.  Stinging Nettle.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. Northern portion of the ranch in Boulder County, very close to the western parcel boundary, in streambed of south fork of Spring Creek, 2.32 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.68 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9143°N, 105.2809°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2066 m. Ponderosa pine forest, also collected nearby: dryopteris filix-mas, Jamesia americana, Heuchera bracteata, and Elymus glaucus.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2827. 2-Jul-2022

  2828   

Silene, dioecious.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Caryophyllaceae

Silene latifolia Poir.  Bladder Campion.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. Bank of south fork of Spring Brook, 2.35 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.63 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9146°N, 105.2807°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2065 m. Lippincott Ranch is jointly owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2828. 2-Jul-2022

  2829   

Glyceria sp.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Poaceae

Glyceria elata (Rydb.) M. E. Jones.  Fowl Manna Grass.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. In the streambed of the south fork of Spring Brook, 2.38 km. north northwest of the main gate, and 2.56 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.915°N, 105.2799°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2052 m. Streambed shaded by Ponderosa pines, previously collected nearby: Corylus cornuta, Circaea alpina, and Parietaria pensylvanica. Prosartes trachycarpa also observed nearby.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2829. 2-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2830, Ranunculus macounii.
 

2830   

Ranunculus macounii.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Ranunculaceae

Ranunculus macounii Britton.  Macoun's Buttercup.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. Rooted in water of the south fork of Spring Brook, 2.41 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.55 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9151°N, 105.2802°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2050 m. Shade streambed under ponderosa pines, previously collected nearby: Corylus cornuta, Circaea alpina, Parietaria pensylvanica, and Glyceria elata. Prosartes trachycarpa also observed nearby.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2830. 2-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2831, Papaver orientale.
 

2831   

Leaves, likely Papaver orientale.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Papaveraceae

Papaver orientale L.  Oriental Poppy.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. In deep shade beside north fork of Spring Brook, 2.49 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.49 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9156°N, 105.2805°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2042 m. Sterile.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2831. 2-Jul-2022

  2832   

Mentha spicata.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Lamiaceae

Mentha spicata L.  Spearmint.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. Middle of small swampy area on the north fork of Spring Brook, 2.52 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.45 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9159°N, 105.2803°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2045 m. Very short petioles. Sterile, identified by “spearmint” smell and taste at time of collection. Deep forest shade, also seen or collected nearby: Ligusticum porteri, Papaver orientale, and Populus tremuloides.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2832. 2-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2833, Ligusticum porteri
 

2833   

Ligusticum porteri.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Apiaceae

Ligusticum porteri J.M. Coult. & Rose.  Porter's Licorice-Root.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. Along the north fork of Spring Brook, 2.53 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.42 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.916°N, 105.28°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2037 m. Sunny spot, more plants in vegetative state in shade.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2833. 2-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2834, Antennaria neglecta.
 

2834   

Antennaria, maybe A. neglecta.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Asteraceae

Antennaria neglecta Greene.  Field Pussy-Toes.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. In shade along the north fork of Spring Brook, 2.56 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.36 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9164°N, 105.2793°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2023 m. Leaves adaxial glabrous, abaxial tomentose. Lippincott Ranch is jointly owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vikery 2834. 2-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2835, Erigeron divergens.
 

2835   

Erigeron divergens.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Asteraceae

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

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. Left bank of the north fork of Spring Brook, 2.59 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.31 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9167°N, 105.2791°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2019 m. Sunny spot among ponderosa pines above the creek, also collected or seen nearby: Humulus lupulus, Rumex acetosella, Castilleja rhexifolia, and Smilax lasioneuron. Lippincott Ranch is jointly owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2835. 2-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2836, Rosa eglanteria.
 

2836   

Rosa eglantera

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Rosaceae

Rosa eglanteria L.  Sweetbriar Rose.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. Right bank of the north fork of Spring Brook, 2.56 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.33 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9165°N, 105.2785°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2011 m. Leaves abaxial dense glandular-stipitate. Open ponderosa pine forest. Lippincott Ranch is jointly owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2836. 2-Jul-2022

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Diagnosis of Coll. No. 2837, Schedonorus arundinaceus.
 

2837   

Grass.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Poaceae

Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort.  Tall Fescue.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. South fork of Spring Brook, 2.36 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.51 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9152°N, 105.2779°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2009 m. Edge of ponderosa pine woodland, just above the creek. Lippincott Ranch is jointly owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2837. 2-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2837, Schedonorus arundinaceus.
  2838   

Galium boreale.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Rubiaceae

Galium boreale L.  Bedstraw.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. South side of south fork of Spring Brook, 2.33 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.57 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9149°N, 105.2786°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2025 m. Perennial. Amid grasses and forbs under ponderosa pine canopy. Lippincott Ranch is jointly owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2838. 2-Jul-2022

  2839   

Pseudogna

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Pseudognaphalium canescens (DC.) Anderberg.  Wright's Rabbit-Tobacco.

Lippincott Ranch, Jefferson County, Colorado. In the saddle between Spring Brook and Bull Gulch drainages, very close to the Boulder/Jefferson County boundary, 2.11 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.78 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9134°N, 105.2783°W. WS 1984 Elev. 2051 m. Dried out, but still trying to bloom. Open ponderosa pine woodland. Lippincott Ranch is jointly owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2839. 2-Jul-2022

Literature Cited:
- Scully, Richard W., 2007.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   1 Jan 2023;  Coll. No. 3278, 21 Jun 2024;
• Glossary:  subpalmate;

Species Lists: Potentilla hippiana × pulcherrima  

2840   

hybrid Potentilla.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Rosaceae

Potentilla hippiana × pulcherrima.  Hybrid Potentilla.

Lippincott Ranch, Jefferson County, Colorado. In the saddle between Spring Brook and Bull Gulch drainages, very close to the Boulder/Jefferson County boundary, 2.08 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.82 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9131°N, 105.2783°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2057 m. In grasses around scattered ponderosa pines. Lippincott Ranch is jointly owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2840. 2-Jul-2022

Coll. No. 2840, 2 July 2022, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 38 cm., terrestrial, not particularly glandular; Stems, ascending to erect; Stipules, entire; Leaves, compound, basal, subpalmate, leaflets (5)7, 22-48 mm. × 9-14 mm. wide, toothed entire length, 9 teeth/side, densely white below, green above, stem leaves few; Sepals, 5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, green, epicalyx bractlets, 4 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, green; Petals, 4 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide; Styles, 2 mm.

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Voucher of Coll. No. 2840, Potentilla hippiana × pulcherrima in progress.
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Coll. No. 2840, Potentilla hippiana × pulcherrima
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Subpalmate basal leaves of Coll. No. 2840, Potentilla hippiana × pulcherrima

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Coll. No. 2841, Bromus sterilis.
 

2841   

Bromus, maybe B. sterilis.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Poaceae

Bromus sterilis L.  Poverty Brome.

Lippincott Ranch, Jefferson County, Colorado. About 150 m. north of Bull Gulch, 1.49 km. north northwest of the main gate, 3.38 km. south of the GNIS location of Eldorado Springs. 39.9092°N, 105.2774°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2010 m. Moderate south-facing slope in open ponderosa pine woodland. Other grasses collected nearby: Bromus briziformis, B. lanatipes, and Danthonia spicata. Lippincott Ranch is jointly owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2022, issued: Apr 5, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2841. 2-Jul-2022

Coll. No. 2841, 2 Jul 2022, characters observed: Annual grass, 22-33 cm.; Leaves, sheath, closed, scantily pilose, ligule, membranous, 1.5 mm., lacerate, auricles, absent, blade, 15 cm., × 1.8 mm. wide, flat; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, panicle, 14 cm. × 2.5 cm. wide; Rachis, not extended, scabrous; Spikelets, #5, 42 mm. × 5 mm. wide, similar, borne singly, pedicels, 25 mm., Compression, lateral; Glumes, lower, 9 mm., upper 13.5 mm., <lowest floret; Florets, 6 per spikelet; Axis, scabrous; Callus, minutely hairy; Lemma, 16.5 mm., >glumes, oddly rolled rather than keeled, mid-vein to margin 0.9-1.1 mm., awn, subterminal, 17.5 mm., straight.

 

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street:   near 5th;  

 

Monday, 4 July 2022

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Silver maple in July 2022.
 

 

Locations: 407 Garden Street.  

2842   

Monday, 4 July 2022

Elymus repens or E. lanceolatus.

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

Elymus repens (L.) Gould.  Quack Grass.

Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Private garden on Garden Street, in well of tree, and other slopes, 1.06 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7648°N, 105.2234°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1759 m. Colorado Noxious Weed List C.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cathy Hansen-Stamp 2842. 4-Jul-2022

Coll. No. 2842, 4 July 2022, characters observed: Perennial grass, 60-130 cm., rhizomatous; Stem, herbaceous; Internodes, hollow, glabrous; Leaves, sheath and blade differentiated Sheath, 120 mm., open, margin not ciliate; Ligule, membraneous, 0.4  mm.; Auricles, absent; Blade, 150 mm. × 8.5-9.0 mm. wide, not lax, involute, distal adaxial surface sparsely pilose over veins; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, >leaves, 2-sided spike, 130-150 mm. × 9 mm. wide, Rachis, not extended, glaucus, scabrous on sides; Spikelets, many, 18-22 mm. × 6 mm. wide, overlapping 10 mm., similar, 1 per node, sessile; Glumes, lower, 11 mm., veins, #5, bases, terete, upper, 12 mm., <lowest floret, veins, 6(!, probably 7), rounded, membraneous, awns, 0; Florets, 8 per spikelet, at least first 4 bisexual; Rachilla, hairy, not extended; Lemma, 10.5 mm., >glumes, lanceolate, rolled to barely keeled distally, glabrous to barely scabrous distally, green, veins, #7, awn-like tip, ±1 mm., straight; Palea, 9 mm., <lemma, membraneous, keel, ciliate, veins, green; Anthers, 5.3-5.7 mm.; Stigma, feathery; Achene, unknown;

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Coll. No. 2842, Elymus repens

 

Locations: Tucker Gulch (lower).  

 

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Tucker Gulch, from North Ford Street to US Highway 93.

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Coll. No. 2843, Bromus inermis
 

2843   

Bromus inermis.

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

Bromus inermis Leyss.  Smooth Brome.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. North bank of Tucker Gulch, the stream that drains Golden Gate Canyon, just west of North Ford Street, 2.55km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7712°N, 105.2317°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1796 m. Streamside with cottonwoods (Populus deltoides), box elders (Acer negundo) and chokecherries (Prunus virginiana). Valuable agricultural grass that is invasive of native grasslands.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2843. 6-Jul-2022

  2844   

Veronica, probably V. anagallis-aquatica.

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

Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.  Water Speedwell.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. Bed of Tucker Gulch, the stream that drains Golden Gate Canyon, 75 m. west of North Ford Street, 2.57 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7713°N, 105.2319°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1797 m. Flowing water of gulch lined by cottonwoods (Populus deltoides), box elders (Acer negundo) and chokecherries (Prunus virginiana). Native to temperate Eurasia to tropical mountains; widespread non-native in North America.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2844. 6-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2845, Prunus virginiana.
 

2845   

Prunus virginiana.

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

Prunus virginiana L.  Chokecherry.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. North bank of Tucker Gulch, the stream draining Golden Gate Canyon, above the stream, 130 m. along gulch generally west of North Ford Street, 2.61 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7714°N, 105.2324°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1801 m. Dark red leaves, fruit. Common native shrub or small tree thriving in urban habitat.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2845. 6-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2486, Lycium chinense
 

2846   

Undetermined.

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

Lycium chinense Mill.  Chinese Desert-Thorn.
    (Determination tentative.)

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. North boundary of City of Golden parcel, sprawling down slope with yard waste from adjacent privately-owned parcel, about 140 m. west northwest of North Ford Street. 2.64 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7716°N, 105.2324°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1804 m. One thorn seen on stem, leaves alternate, entire, petals 5 fused at base, floral tube < lobes, ovary position uncertain, stamens 5, stigma entire. Weedy slope with Bromus inermis, Euphorbia esula, Ulmus pumila, etm.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2846. 6-Jul-2022

Coll. No. 2846, 6 Jul 2022, characters observed: Perennial, herbaceous, sprawling; Stem, thorn, #1, 6 mm.; Leaves, alternate, petioles 5 mm., blade 44 mm. × 12 mm. wide, lanceolate to obovate, entire; Sepals, tube 4 mm. + lobes 1 mm., triangular; Corolla, united at base, tube 4 mm. + lobes #5, 5-6 mm. × 3.2 mm., radially symmetrical; Stamens, #5; Ovary, unknown; Stigma, entire.

Corolla tube < lobes and ±hidden by calyx = L. chinense Mill. per Jepson Manual of California.

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Flower of Coll. No. 2486, Lycium chinense
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  2847   

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani.

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

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Palla.  Softstem Bulrush.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. In the water of Tucker Gulch, the stream draining Golden Gate Canyon, between Joseph Circle and Colorado Highway 93, 2.92 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7725°N, 105.2352°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1810 m.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2847. 6-Jul-2022

  2847.1   

Nasturtium officinale

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

Nasturtium officinale W. T. Aiton.  Watercress.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. In the water of Tucker Gulch, the stream draining Golden Gate Canyon, between Joseph Circle and Colorado Highway 93, 2.92 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7725°N, 105.2352°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1810 m. Urban flora, this location likely disturbed many times by road and other construction. Also collected here: Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2847.1 6-Jul-2022

 

Locations: Kelsey Campground. Morrison Creek.  

 

Tuesday, 12 July 2022

Kelsey Campground to Morrison Creek.

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Coll. No. 2848, Erigeron eximius
 

2848   

Erigeron, buds nodding.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Erigeron eximius Greene.  Splendid Daisy, Sprucefir Fleabane.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, upper reaches of Morrison Creek, southwest of Little Scraggy Peak, 1.83 km. west northwest of the Kelsey Campground, and 5.79 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.3089°N, 105.2825°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2563 m. Streamside in shady forest, also collected nearby Aconitum columbianum, Hackelia floribunda, and Geranium caespitosum.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2848. 12-Jul-2022

Literature Cited:
- Greene, Edward L., 1898.

Other articles:
• Publication Details:  Rydberg, 1906, publication details;

Locations: Marshall Pass.  

 

Edward L. Greene (1898, p. 295) published Erigeron eximius in his Pittonia journal, citing a location of Marshall Pass, but no collector or collection. At the time of publication, Greene was at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

5. Some Western Species of Erigeron
E. eximius. Stems mostly several from a small branching crown or caudex, slender but rather rigid, 10 to 16 inches high, with few and scattered leaves ; herbage glabrous and glaucescent, except that the leaf-margins are sparsely hirsute-ciliate and the upper part of the stem and the peduncles rather densely granular-glandular, and with a few short spreading hairs: all the leaves perfectly entire, the tufted basal ones with spatulate-oblong obtuse blade and slender petiole ; the cauline from oblanceolate to spatulate and lanceolate, the middle and uppermost sessile : heads 4 to 9 (rarely 1 or 2), on slender rigid naked peduncles; bracts of the large involucre few and broad (only about 20), lanceolate, viscid-granular throughout, and only the very base hirsute : rays numerous and narrow, \ inch long or more, lilac-purple to rose-purple, rarely white.
Species abundant in pine woods below Marshall Pass, Colorado, and particularly on the lower slopes of Little Ouray Mountain in the same region, in rather dry ground; the allied, yet very different, E. Coulteri being as common in more moist and shady situations in the same district.

I have found no records in SEINet identifying a type for E. eximius.

There are several collections of Erigeron near Marshall Pass, but only one is likely E. eximius. It is Charles S. Crandall #2850 (NY2096920, CS110740). Initially determined E. superbus, CS110740 was annotated “ =E. eximius HDH 1949” The label states “Plants of Colorado, from Herb. State Agric. College, Colo.,” now Colorado State University, Fort Collins. The label also states “Distributed by The New York Botanical Garden.” HUH Botanist credits Crandall with 41 collections in 1896, some of which are lichens. SEINet (2022) lists 832 collections, concentrated mostly around Fort Collins, but including eight collections at or near Marshall Pass on 23 August 2022.

Whether or how E. L. Greene saw Crandall's collection is unknown.

Literature Cited:
- Rydberg, Per Axel, 1901a.  

 

Rydberg (1901, p. 24) published E. viscidus. The image of the type (NY168579) shows a plant that looks quite different from E. eximius.

Erigeron viscidus sp. nov.
A low cespitose perennial. Stems ascending, a little over 1 dm. high, more or less hirsute and glandular-puberulent, especially above ; leaves 3-5 cm. long, oblanceolate, dark green, sparingly hirsute and ciliate on the entire margins : heads few : disk about 1 cm. high and 1 5 mm. broad : bracts very numerous, subequal in one series, narrowly linear, fuscous, acuminate, glandular-puberulent, but not hirsute : rays very numerous, pale blue, about 8 mm. long and .5 mm. wide.
This species is intermediate between E. glandulosus and E. macranthus. It has the habit of the former, although larger, and the large heads and numerous narrow rays of the latter. It grows in wet ground, at an altitude of about 2700 m.
Colorado: Near the Gray-Back Mining Camps, 1900, Rydberg & Vreeland, 5416.

Literature Cited:
- Rydberg, Per Axel, 1906.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Rydberg, 1906;

Locations: Marshall Pass.  

 

Rydberg (1906) published E. superbus crediting Greene for the name. No collections were cited, though a larger distribution than E. eximius was noted.

28. Erigeron superbus Greene. In the mountains of Colo. Alt. 7500-12,000 ft. Mountains near Empire; near Pagosa Peak; Minnehaha; Breckenridge ; Villa Grove; Idaho Springs; Artist's Glen and Halfway House, Pike's Peak; Box Canon, west of Ouray ; Baxter's ranch ; chaparral-covered hills southeast of Ouray ; mountains between Sunshine and Ward ; Stove Prairie Hill ; Marshall Pass.

Material designated a type of E. superbus would be C. F. Baker, #679, 15 August 1899, near Pagosa Peak, Mineral County, Colorado (GH6778, MO2616792, NY168557, RM22981, & RM160730). The database record of NY168557 showing a locality of “near Pagosa Springs” is a transcription error. The labels note that the collection was determined by Dr. Edw. L. Greene. Pagosa Peak is now in Mineral County, whereas Pagosa Springs is now in Archuleta County.

Rydberg (1906) does not mention either E. eximius or E. formosissimus, but does accept E. viscidus Rydb. (=E. formosissimus var. viscidus (Rydb.) Cronquist).

Literature Cited:
- Coulter, John M., and Aven Nelson, 1909.  

 

Coulter & Nelson (1909, p. 525) ...

9. Erigeron formosissimus Greene, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 25: 121. 1898. Perennial, somewhat tufted, 3-5 dm. high, the stems erect or at base slightly decumbent: basal leaves oblanceolate, obtuse, entire, 1 -nerved, 6-12 cm. long, including the long, winged petiole, green and glabrous or cinereous-pubescent, ciliolate-margined; those of the stem 2-4 cm. long or more, oblong-lanceolate, acute, sessile: stem somewhat hirsute-pubescent, ending in few to several large heads: involucre low-hemispherical, 16-20 mm. broad; the biserial equal bracts with spreading green tips and with little pubescence: rays 100 or more, narrow, almost 18 mm. long, light rose-color to deep purple. (E. glabellus mollis. E. eximius Greene; E. incanescens and E. viscidus Rydb. l. c. 28: 23 & 24. 1901.) — Throughout our range.

Literature Cited:
- Harrington, H. D., 1964, 2nd ed..  

 

Harrington (1954, p. 570, & 2nd ed., 1964, p. 568, 570) accepts E. superbus and places E. eximius in synonomy with E. formosissimus var. viscidus. This seems odd given that Harrington annotated Crandall #2850 to E. eximius in 1949.

Literature Cited:
- Weber, William A., and Ronald C. Wittmann, 2012.  

 

Weber & Wittmann (2012) accept E. eximius implying that E. superbus is a synonym.

Literature Cited:
- Ackerfield, Jennifer, 2015.  

 

Ackerfield (2015) accepts E. eximius without mention of E. superbus.

Literature Cited:
- POWO, 2021 - 2026.  

 

Plants of the World (Kew, 2022) lists two heterotypic synonyms for E. eximius

  • Erigeron eldensis Greene in Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 196 (1912)
  • Erigeron superbus Greene in Fl. Colorado: 361, 364 (1906)

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Coll. No. 2849, Hackelia floribunda.
 

2849   

Tall Boraginaceae, with hooked prickles on the nutlets. Photographed 17 November 2022.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Hackelia floribunda (Lehm.) I. M. Johnst.  Many-Flowered Stickseed.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. In Morrison Creek where crossed by the horse trail (possibly an old road), 1.93 km. west northwest of Kelsey Campground, 5.73 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.3099°N, 105.2829°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2547 m. Largest specimens about 1 m. tall, bluish-white flowers, nutlets with prickles connate at the base. Edges of forest along creek; also collected here: Erigeron eximius, Aconitum columbianum, and Geranium caespitosum.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2849. 12-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2849, Hackelia floribunda.

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Coll. No. 2850, Geranium richardsonii.
 

2850   

Geranium, with white petals.

Plants of Colorado
Geraniaceae

Geranium richardsonii Fisch. & Trautv.  Richardson's Geranium.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, in a glade beside Morrison Creek where crossed by the horse trail (possibly an old road), 1.93 km. west northwest of Kelsey Campground, 5.73 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.3098°N, 105.2829°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2545 m. Edges of forest along creek; also collected here: Erigeron eximius, Aconitum columbianum, and Hackelia floribunda.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2850. 12-Jul-2022

  2850.1   

Erigeron, same as Coll. No. 2848

  2851   

“Monkshood”

Plants of Colorado
Ranunculaceae

Aconitum columbianum Nutt.  Columbian Monkshood.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, rooted in the creek bed of Morrison Creek near where crossed by the horse trail (possibly an old road), 1.93 km. west northwest of Kelsey Campground, 5.73 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.3099°N, 105.2829°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2542 m. Numerous plants here, just starting to bloom. Edges of forest along creek; also collected here: Erigeron eximius, Geranium richardsonii, and Hackelia floribunda.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2851. 12-Jul-2022

  2852   

Death Camas.

Plants of Colorado
Melanthiaceae

Anticlea elegans (Pursh) Rydb.  Mountain Death Camas.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. On forest floor above Morrison Creek. 2.02 km. northwest of Kelsey Campground, 5.48 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.3118°N, 105.2828°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2534 m. 2 plants, mostly in bud.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2852. 12-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2853, Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa.
 

2853   

Unknown, maybe Polemoniaceae(?) — Ha!

Plants of Colorado
Caryophyllaceae

Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb. var. saxosa (A. Gray) Zarucchi, R. L. Hartman & Rabeler.  Spreading Sandwort.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. Beside horse trail (former road?), on forest floor above Morrison Creek. 2.10 km. northwest of Kelsey Campground, 5.38 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.3126°N, 105.2829°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2524 m. Perennial, stems and pedicels with small downward-pointing hairs, petals, 5, white, Forest-shaded open, east-facing slope; also seen or collected here: Sedum lanceolatum and Anticlea elegans.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2853. 12-Jul-2022

Coll. No. 2853, 12 July 2022, characters observed: Perennial, to 20 cm., herbaceous, rhizomatous; Stems, small downward-pointing hairs; Leaves, opposite, stipules (papery or not) absent, connate, 14 mm. × 3 mm. wide, narrowly elliptic; Inflorescence, open cyme; Pedicels, small downward-pointing hairs; Sepals, distinct; Petals, 3 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, not clawed, entire, white; Stamens, ≥#8; Style, #3; Seeds, unknown.

  2854   

Death Camas.

Plants of Colorado
Melanthiaceae

Anticlea elegans (Pursh) Rydb.  Mountain Death Camas.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. On forest floor above Morrison Creek. 2.10 km. northwest of Kelsey Campground, 5.38 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.3127°N, 105.2829°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2524 m. Just starting to bloom.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2854. 12-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2855, Aquilegia coerulea
 

2855   

Aquilegia coerulea.

Plants of Colorado
Ranunculaceae

Aquilegia coerulea E. James.  Colorado Blue Columbine.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. In shaded forest beside Morrison Creek, 2.21 km. northwest of the Kelsey Campground, 5.22 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.314°N, 105.2829°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2500 m.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2855. 12-Jul-2022

  2856   

Castilleja, probably C. integra, but deeper red than most.

Plants of Colorado
Orobanchaceae

Castilleja integra A. Gray.  Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. In a meadow on the right bank of Morrison Creek, 2.13 km. northwest of Kelsey Campground, and 5.26 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.3135°N, 105.2825°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2504 m. “Flowers” are a deeper red than usually seen. West-facing slope with a few aspens.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2856. 12-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2857, Gentianella amarella ssp. acuta.
 

2857   

Small annual Gentian.

Plants of Colorado
Gentianaceae

Gentianella amarella (L.) Börner ssp. acuta (Michx.) J. M. Gillett.  Autumn Dwarf Gentian.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. Just north of a saddle, barely in the Morrison Creek watershed, at an old metal gate on the horse trail (possibly an old road), 1.75 km. west northwest of the Kelsey Campground, 5.91 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.308°N, 105.2821°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2865 m. Flowers magenta, fading to blue. Shaded open forest, i.e., little to no middlestory; also collected nearby: Erigeron eximius.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2857. 12-Jul-2022

  2858   

Packera, probably P. fendleri.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Packera fendleri (A. Gray) W.A. Weber & Á. Löve.  Fendler’s Ragwort.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. In a meadow at the saddle between Morrison Creek and Gunbarrel Creek, 1.52 km. west northwest of Kelsey Campground, and 1.24 km. southwest of Little Scraggy Peak. 39.3071°N, 105.2802°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2574 m. Open meadow with a few ponderosa pines, also seen or collected here: Frasera speciosa, Lithospermum multiflorum, and Ceanothus fendleri.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2858. 12-Jul-2022

 

Other articles:
• Forest Road 435:   along the road;

Locations: Salt Creek.  

 

Monday, 18 July 2022

Salt Creek, Park County

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Valley of Salt Creek, looking toward Antero Reservoir.
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Artificial beaver ponds constructed on Salt Creek.

Other articles:
CLOSED Forest Road 435A:   at Coll. No. 2859.;  

2859   

A new (to me) Penstemon.

Plants of Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Penstemon teucrioides Greene.  Germander Beardtongue.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Along the recently closed Forest Road 435A about 435 m. east of its junction with Forest Road 435 “Salt Creek Road,” 6.76 km, northwest of Antero Junction, 22.0 km. northeast of Buena Vista. 38.9591°N, 106.0047°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2823 m. Flowers lavender, fading brown to blue. In an old road, 4 plants, more up the road. Also here: Astragalus crassicarpus. Also Coll. No. 2862, 377 m. northwest.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2859. 18-Jul-2022

Stem retrorsely hairy; Inflorescence retrorsely hairy and somewhat glandular; Bracts somewhat reduced in size; Calyx margin scarious proximal ⅓; Corolla 18-19 mm., lavender, fading to brown tube and blue lobes; Staminode, 14 mm., glabrous proximal 9 mm., then increasingly hairy to densely hairy tip.

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Coll. No. 2859, Penstemon teucrioides.
Weber & Wittmann (2012) will guide you to P. linarioides ssp. coloradoensis which they note is expected but not collected in Colorado. They do not accept P. teucrioides.

Ackerfield (2015) will also guide you to P. linarioides ssp. coloradoensis though based upon the hairiness of the staminode. However, per Southwest Colorado Wildflowers (https://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com) that plant is much larger, more upright, and with more broad leaves. That leaves us with the choice between P. caespitosus and P. teucrioides. I went with the latter mostly because of leaf shape, much more narrow in the latter than in the former. However, it would not surprise me if we decide the two species intergrade.

The greatest clarity comes from Harrington (1964, 2nd ed., p. 493) who specifically focuses on leaf width, i.e., “ … usually not over 1.5 mm. width … ” points to P. teucrioides. Harrington's description adds clarity by noting the leaves of P. teucrioides are involute, a character observed in our plant. Also with regard to the staminode, Harrington notes:

  • P. linarioides ssp. coloradoensis: barely widened distally, bearded with a rather dense tuft of hairs near the apex, very sparsely bearded proximally.
  • P. teucrioides: slender throughout, bearded most of its length.
  • P. caespitosus: slender, strongly bearded virtually its entire length.

Regardless, just a cursory review of voucher images suggests that a careful examination of vouchers of the two taxa might be called for.

Literature Cited:
- Gray, Asa, 1862.  

 

Gray (1862) published P. caespitosus from a variety of sources, including Nuttall's 1834 trip to Oregon Territory, but also Parry, Hall & Harbour, especially Hall & Harbour, no. 393.

→→→ Axilliflori, nempe ramis (e caulibus caespitoso-humifusis) usque ad apicem subaequaliter foliosis.
34. P. caespitosus, Nutt. in herb. Acad. Philad. (P. pumilus, Benth. quoad pl. Fremont., non Nutt.) Depressus, cinereo-puberulus ; ramis confertis e basi humifusa vel repente adscendentibus foliosissimis poll, longis) ; foliis lanceolato- seu lineari-spathulatis mucronato-apiculatis aveniis (5-9 lin. longis) ; pedunculis axillaribus brevibus secundis mox decurvo-patentibus apice folioso-bibracteatis flores 1-3 assurgentes brevi-pedicellatos gerentibus ; sepalis e basi latiore marginibus scariosa lineari-lanceolatis foliaceis ; corolla (6-9 lin. longa) cajruleo-purpurea tubulosa, tubo superne sensim subampliato intus plicis 2 intrusis percurso, limbo breviter bilabiate, lobis subsequalibus ; filamento sterili longe barbato.
— Rocky Mountains, Nuttall (a diminutive specimen in herb. Acad. Philad.), Fremont (a poor specimen in herb. Torr.), Parry, Hall and Harbour, coll. 1862 (no. 393), at the Middle Park, also on “"rocky ledges of the upper Platte, growing in spreading decumbent patches : flowers blue, with purplish tips, and streaked with pink lines, first found by Mr. J. Harbour.” Parry in litt. Very fine and full specimens (received as this article is going to press) are given in the recent collection above mentioned, both of the form gathered by Nuttall, with the leaves only about half an inch long and scarcely a line wide, and of a luxuriant form, with larger leaves, and flowers three fourths of an inch long on longer pedicels. The leaves on decumbent branches are all turned to the upper side, and often falcate, while the peduncles are rigidly turned to the lower side of the branch. The species is a well-marked one, and the most dwarf of the genus.

Literature Cited:
- Greene, Edward L., 1901.

Locations: Sapinero.  

 

Greene (1901, v. 3, p. 23) published P. teucrioides from specimens that were not well in flower.

Pentstemon teucrioides. Suffrutescent, low, the slender tufted stems erect, 2 to 5 inches high, leafy throughout and floriferous from below the middle, the whole herbage cinereous-pubescent: leaves spatulate-linear, entire, almost pungently acute, less than 1 inch long, usually exceeding the internodes : flowers 5 or more in each subcapitate and short-pedicelled glomerule, all forming as it were a secund raceme along the upper one-half and more of the stem : segments of the calyx subulate-lanceolate, acute, entire, wholly herbaceous : narrow and strongly bilabiate deep-purple corolla about | inch long, glabrous ; sterile filament bearded almost from the base with orange-yellow hairs ; anthers glabrous.
Collected at Sapinero, 19 June; said to be common there, on dry ground, n. 186. The specimens are not well in flower ; and the aspect of the plant, particularly as to its inflorescence, is singularly like that of a Teucrium.

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Coll. No. 2860, Bromus porteri.
 

2860   

Soft hairy brome.

Plants of Colorado
Poaceae

Bromus porteri (J.M. Coult.) Nash.  Nodding Brome.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Small valley just north of Salt Creek, near recently closed Forest Road 435A, 6.87 km. northwest of Antero Junction, 22.2 km. northeast of Buena Vista. 38.9603°N, 106.0041°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2824 m. Inflorescence nodding, very soft hairy. Growing in and next to a small wash. Also here: Artemisia frigida.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2860. 18-Jul-2022

Coll. No. 2860, 18 July 2022, characters observed: Perennial grass, 45 cm., caespitose; Leaves, sheath, 130 mm., open about ½-way; collar minutely hairy, ligule, 2 mm., blade, 130 mm. × 4 mm. wide, flat, scabrous; Inflorescence, nodding, 1 per culm, panicle; Rachis, ascending hairy, not quite appressed; Spikelets, many, 23 mm. × 2.8 mm. wide, similar, pedicels, 44 mm.; Compression, unremarkable; Glumes, soft spreading hairy, lower, 7.5 mm., veins, 3, upper 8.5 mm., < lowest floret, veins, 3, converging, awns, 0, but mid-vein goes strongly right to the tip; Florets, 8 per spikelet; Callus, few short hairs; Lemma, 10.5 mm., > glumes, rolled, hairy. veins, 5, convergent, awns, 1, 1 mm., subterminal, straight; Palea, 9.5 mm., < lemma, membranous, ciliate, tip rounded; Stamens, 3; Anthers, 2.2 mm.

Literature Cited:
- Coulter, John Merle, 1885.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Twin Lakes;

Locations: Buffalo Peaks. Twin Lakes.  

 

1. B. Kalmii, Gray, var. Porteri. Stem 12 to 18 inches high, smooth: sheaths and leaves minutely scabrous : panicle 6 inches long, compound, branches minutely downy ; spikelets an inch long, canescent with short oppressed silky hairs, 7 to 9-flowered : outer glumes each 3-nerved, obtuse : flowering glume 7-nerved; its awn 1½ lines long. — Colorado, at Twin Lakes (Porter), Buffalo Peaks, and Sierra Madre Range (Coulter).

Charles C. Parry made a collection in 1861 on upper Clear Creek. Thomas C. Porter collected the type of B. porteri at Twin Lakes, Lake County on July 25, 1872 (PH8608, MO2699792). John M. Coulter made an additional collection at Buffalo Peaks, July 23, 1873 (MO248035). This collection has been designated an isosyntype. There are several other collections in the 1872-1885 time frame, but none referencing “Sierra Madre” as a location.

The “Sierra Madre Range” may refer to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Costilla County, Colorado, rather than the current Sierra Madre Range in Routt County, Colorado and Carbon County, Wyoming.

Literature Cited:
- Nash, George V., 1895.  

 

Bromus Porteri (Coulter).
Bromus Kalmii var. Porteri Coulter, Man. Rocky Mt. Region, 425. 1885.
Culms 1½°-3° tall, erect, simple, pubescent below the nodes. Sheaths shorter than the internodes, glabrous or sometimes softly pubescent; ligule ½'' long, truncate; leaves 1"-3"' wide, rough, those of the culm 4'-9' long, the basal narrow and about one-half of the length of the culm ; panicle 3'-6' in length, its branches drooping and flexuous, at least when old, the nodes of the axis pubescent; spikelets 5-10-flovvered, 9''-15'' long, on slender flexuous pedicels; empty scales pubescent, the first narrower than the second, both 3-nerved; flowering scales 5"-6" long, obtuse, 5-7 nerved, densely pubescent with long silky hairs; awn 1"-2"' long.
In dry soil, South Dakota to Montana, south to western Nebraska, New Mexico and Arizona.
This plant is readily distinguished from B. Kalmii by its 3-nerved second scale and longer flowering scales. In B. Kalmii the second scale is 5-7-nerved and the flowering scale about 4" long.

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Coll. No. 2861, Packera fendleri.
 

2861   

Packera fendleri.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Packera fendleri (A. Gray) W.A. Weber & Á. Löve.  Fendler’s Ragwort.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Small valley north of Salt Creek, formerly accessed by recently closed Forest Road 435A, 6.85 km. northwest of Antero Junction, 22.3 km. northeast of Buena Vista. 38.9607°N, 106.0031°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2829 m. Sparse vegetation on a sheetflow slope below a small hill with junipers and pines. Also collected here: Penstemon teucrioides and Bromus porteri.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2861. 18-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2862, Penstemon teucrioides.
 

2862   

The same Penstemon, very common.

Plants of Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Penstemon teucrioides Greene.  Germander Beardtongue.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Small valley north of Salt Creek, 6.86 km. northwest of Antero Junction, 22.4 km. northeast of Buena Vista. 38.961°N, 106.0024°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2829 m. Flowers lavender, fading brown to blue. On a sparsely vegetated outwash slope. Also Coll. No. 2859, 377 m. southwest.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2862. 18-Jul-2022

Literature Cited:
- Nuttall, Thomas, 1818.
- Smith, Scott, 2007.

Other articles:
CLOSED Forest Road 435A:  74999;  

2863   

Platanthera sp.

Plants of Colorado
Orchidaceae

Platanthera huronensis (Nutt.) Lindl.  Huron Green Orchid.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Small valley north of Salt Creek, formerly accessed by recently closed Forest Road 435A, 6.86 km. northwest of Antero Junction, 22.3 km. northeast of Buena Vista. 38.9606°N, 106.0014°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2820 m. Bank of small spring-fed creek, at least 8 plants here, widely spaced along creek.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2863. 18-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2863, Platanthera huronensis (Nutt.)Lindl.

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Coll. No. 2864, Potentilla pensylvanica.
 

2864   

Potentilla, maybe P. pennsylvanica

Plants of Colorado
Rosaceae

Potentilla pensylvanica L.  Prairie Cinquefoil.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Small valley north of Salt Creek, formerly accessed by recently closed Forest Road 435A, 6.70 km. northwest of Antero Junction, 22.3 km. northeast of Buena Vista. 38.9601°N, 106.0017°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2824 m. On open ground with Artemisia tridentata, A. frigida, Koeleria macrantha, and Nassella viridula.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2864. 18-Jul-2022

  2865   

Oenothera suffrutescens.

Plants of Colorado
Onagraceae

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

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Small valley north of Salt Creek, formerly accessed by recently closed Forest Road 435A, 6.64 km. northwest of Antero Junction, 22.2 km. northeast of Buena Vista. 38.9595°N, 106.002°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2821 m. Junction of two small washes, with various sagebrushes, Thermopsis rhombifolia, Allium cernuum, and Mentzelia sp.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2865. 18-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2866, Mentzelia speciosa.
 

2866   

Mentzelia sp.

Plants of Colorado
Loasaceae

Mentzelia speciosa Osterh.  Plains Blazing Star.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Small valley north of Salt Creek, formerly accessed by recently closed Forest Road 435A, 6.64 km. northwest of Antero Junction, 22.2 km. northeast of Buena Vista. 38.9594°N, 106.002°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2821 m. Petals yellow. Junction of two small washes, with various sagebrushes, Thermopsis rhombifolia, Allium cernuum, and Oenothera suffrutescens sp.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2866. 19-Jul-2022

Other articles:
CLOSED Forest Road 435A:   at Coll. No. 2867.;  

2867   

Campanula parryi.

Plants of Colorado
Campanulaceae

Campanula parryi A. Gray.  Parry's Bellflower.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Along the recently closed Forest Road 435A, about 180 m. east of it's junction with Forest Road 435 “Salt Creek Road,” 6.72 km. northwest of Antero Junction, 21.8 km. northeast of Buena Vista. 38.9583°N, 106.0055°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2826 m. On the floor of an aspen glade just north of Salt Creek.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2867. 19-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2867, Campanula parryi.

Other articles:
CLOSED Forest Road 435A:  at col loc;  

2868   

Oenothera sp.

Plants of Colorado
Onagraceae

Oenothera cespitosa Nutt. ssp. macroglottis (Rydb.) W.L. Wagner.  Tufted Evening Primrose.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Along the recently closed Forest Road 435A, about 150 m. east of it's junction with Forest Road 435 “Salt Creek Road,” 6.80 km. northwest of Antero Junction, 21.7 km. northeast of Buena Vista. 38.958°N, 106.0067°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2828 m. Flowers closed.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2868. 18-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2868, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. macroglottis.

Other articles:
CLOSED Forest Road 435A:  at col loc;  

2869   

Physaria sp.

Plants of Colorado
Brassicaceae

Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.  Roundtip Twinpod.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Along the recently closed Forest Road 435A, about 150 m. east of it's junction with Forest Road 435 “Salt Creek Road,” 6.80 km. northwest of Antero Junction, 21.7 km. northeast of Buena Vista. 38.958°N, 106.0067°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2828 m. Fruit only, no flowers.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2869. 18-Jul-2022

  2870   

Androsace, probably A. septentrionalis.

Plants of Colorado
Primulaceae

Androsace septentrionalis L.  Pygmyflower Rockjasmine.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. In a small valley, north of Salt Creek and Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 435 "Salt Creek Road," 3.2 mi. by road west of US Highway 285, 145 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden 38.9583°N, 106.0115°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2851 m. Growing at the base of grasses and forbs.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2870. 18-Jul-2022

 

Locations: West Tennessee Creek.  

 

Tuesday, 19 July 2022

West Tennessee Creek

  2871   

Astragalus sp.

Plants of Colorado
Fabaceae

Astragalus alpinus L.  Alpine Milkvetch.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 0.94 km. southeast of Lily Lake, 15.9 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3475°N, 106.3614°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3167 m. Fruit dark-green, black hairy, pendant. Common on forest floor.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2871. 19-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2872, Lupinus caespitosus var. utahensis
 

2872   

Lupinus sp.

Plants of Colorado
Fabaceae

Lupinus caespitosus Nutt. var. utahensis (S. Watson) B. J. Cox.  Utah Lupine.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 0.94 km. southeast of Lily Lake, 15.9 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3475°N, 106.3613°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3170 m. Common on forest floor.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2872. 19-Jul-2022

This entity, notwithstanding whatever name we might apply to it, would appear to be the only caespitose Lupine in Colorado.

Literature Cited:
- Watson, Sereno, 1873b.  

 

Watson (1873b) published utahensis as a variety of Lupinus aridus Douglas.

Literature Cited:
- Cox, Billy Joe, 1972a.  

 

B. J. Cox (1972) Ph.D. dissertation on the Lupinus lepidus - Lupinus caespitosus complex.

Literature Cited:
- Cox, Billy Joe, 1972b.  

 

Apparently Cox also published some parts of his dissertation in Transactions of the Academy of Science - Saint Louis. I have been unable to acess a copy of that publication. So this is a placeholder for publication of Lupinus caespitosus var. utahensis (S. Watson) B. J. Cox.

Literature Cited:
- Cox, Billy Joe, 1973.  

 

Cox (1973) looked at chemosystematics of the complex. I don't see anything particularly helpful in determining the correct name for this taxon. I do note, however, that Literature Cited cites Cox's dissertation but no publication in Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science, St. Louis.

Literature Cited:
- Weber, William A., and Ronald C. Wittmann, 2012.  

 

Weber & Wittmann (2012) treat our plant as L. lepidus Douglas ssp. caespitosus (Nuttall) Detling.

Literature Cited:
- Ackerfield, Jennifer, 2015.  

 

Ackerfield (2015) treats this taxon as L. lepidus Douglas ex Lindl. var. utahensis (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchc.

  2873   

Zigadenus elegans.

Plants of Colorado
Melanthiaceae

Anticlea elegans (Pursh) Rydb.  Mountain Death Camas.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 810 m. southeast of Lily Lake, and 15.9 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3477°N, 106.3626°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3168 m. Open forest.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2873. 19-Jul-2022

  2873.1   

Potentilla sp., somewhat confused.

Plants of Colorado
Rosaceae

Potentilla gracilis Hook. var. fastigiata (Nutt.) S. Watson.  Slender Cinquefoil.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 810 m. southeast of Lily Lake, and 15.9 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3477°N, 106.3626°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3168 m. Lvs green on top, silver below. Lflts toothed fully to distal ¾. Non-glandular. Open forest.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2873.1 19-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2873.2, Danthonia intermedia.
 

2873.2   

A brome-like grass that reminds me of Schizachne purpurescens.

Plants of Colorado
Poaceae

Danthonia intermedia Vasey.  Timber Oatgrass.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 810 m. southeast of Lily Lake, and 15.9 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3477°N, 106.3626°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3168 m. Lemmas glabrous on back, pilose on margins. Open forest, also collected here: Potentilla gracilis and Anticlea elegans.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2873.2 19-Jul-2022

Literature Cited:
- Bell, Charles D., and Robert W. Patterson, 2000.
- Gray, Asa, 1870.
- Hankamp, Paul, Charles D. Bell, and Robert Patterson, 2016.  

2874   

White Phlox, maybe P. hoodii.

Plants of Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Leptosiphon nuttallii (Gray) J. M. Porter & L. A. Johnson ssp. nuttallii.  Nuttall's Linanthus.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 780 m. southwest of Lily Lake, and 16.0 km. north northwest of Leadville 39.3476°N, 106.363°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3183 m. Edges of open forest, on slope above flood plain. Distances measured from GNIS point features.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2874. 19-Jul-2022

Proposed by A. Gray (1870) in his revision of the Polemoniaceae.

15. G. Nuttallii, n. sp. Spithamaea ad pedalem ; caulibus e basi suffrutescente plurimis simpliciusculis ; foliis 3 - 7-partitis internodio saepius brevioribus, segmentis angusto-linearibus mucronatis (lin. 6-9 longis) ; floribus in glomerulum foliosum confertis; ovulis in loculis binis. — Siphonella montana & S. parviflora, Nutt. herb. — Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Utah to the Sierra Nevada in California, Nuttall, Fremont, Anderson, Brewer, Watson. — Tube of corolla four or five, the lobes two or three lines long.

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Coll. No. 2874, Agoseris aurantiaca var. purpurea.
 

2875   

Agoseris aurantica, much smaller than I though they would be.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Agoseris aurantiaca (Hooker) Greene var. purpurea (A. Gray) Cronquist.   Orange-Flower Goat-Chicory.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 770 m. southeast of Lily Lake, 16.0 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3478°N, 106.363°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3177 m. Phyllaries imbricate, 3 mm. wide, ciliate distally, purple-blotched; cypselae gradually tapered to beak. Open ground, nine plants seen, not showy, easy to overlook. Distances measured from GNIS point features.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2875. 19-Jul-2022

  2876   

Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus.

Plants of Colorado
Polygonaceae

Eriogonum umbellatum Torrey, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York. 2: 241. 1827. var. majus Hook.  Subalpine Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 770 m. southeast of Lily Lake, 16.0 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3477°N, 106.363°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3176 m. Light yellow flowers, just a little darker than cream-colored. Open ground on edges of forest. Distances measured from GNIS point features.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2876. 19-Jul-2022

  2877   

Eremogone, maybe E. congesta.

Plants of Colorado
Caryophyllaceae

Eremogone congesta (Nutt.) Ikonn. var. congesta.  Ball-Head Matted Sandwort.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 740 m. southeast of Lily Lake, 16.0 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3473°N, 106.3638°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3176 m. More delicate than some. Nearly bare soil on bench above creek. Distances measured from GNIS point features.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2877. 19-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2877.1, Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa.
 

2877.1   

Stellaria sp. ???

Plants of Colorado
Caryophyllaceae

Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb. var. saxosa (A. Gray) Zarucchi, R. L. Hartman & Rabeler.  Spreading Sandwort.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 740 m. southeast of Lily Lake, 16.0 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3473°N, 106.3638°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3176 m. Very few in shade. Bare soil with a few trees on bench above the flood plain of the creek. Distances measured from GNIS point features.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2877.1 19-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2878, Shepherdia canadensis.
 

2878   

Unknown; I would have thought something in the Rhamnaceae.

Plants of Colorado
Elaeagnaceae

Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt.  Russet Buffalo-Berry.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Along an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 740 m. southeast of Lily Lake, 15.9 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3465°N, 106.3651°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3179 m. In bud, flowers not open yet. Low shrub under trees of open forest. Distances measured from GNIS point features.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2878. 19-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2878, Shepherdia canadensis.
  2879   

Pedicularis groenlandica

Plants of Colorado
Orobanchaceae

Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.  Elephanthead Lousewort.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. At the end of an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 720 m. south of Lily Lake, 16.1 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3458°N, 106.3685°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3198 m. Marshy area under forest trees. Distances measured from GNIS point features.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2879. 19-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2878.1, Bistorta vivipara.
 

2879.1   

Sorta looks like Bistorta, so maybe B. vivipara

Plants of Colorado
Polygonaceae

Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delarbre.  Alpine Bistort.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. At the end of an old, closed forest road on the north side of West Tennessee Creek, 720 m. south of Lily Lake, 16.1 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3458°N, 106.3685°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3198 m. Marshy place under forest trees., with Pedicularis groenlandica. Distances measured from GNIS point features.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2879.1 19-Jul-2022

Locations: West Tennessee Creek.  

 

At the the of the road is a camping area that had a picnic table at one time.

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Picnic table parts at the end of the road.
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West Tennessee Creek near the end of the road.
  2880   

Geum triflorum.

Plants of Colorado
Rosaceae

Geum triflorum Pursh.  Old Man's Whiskers.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. On a former oxbow of West Tennessee Creek, 830 m. southeast of Lily Lake, 15.9 km. north northwest of Loeadville. 39.3464°N, 106.3639°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3171 m. Open area, also collected here; Penstemon procerus, Caltha leptosepala, and Rhodiola rhodantha. Distances measured from GNIS point features.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2880. 19-Jul-2022

  2880.1   

Penstemon rydbergii

Plants of Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Penstemon procerus Douglas ex Graham var. procerus.  Pincushion Beardtongue.

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. On a former oxbow of West Tennessee Creek, 830 m. southeast of Lily Lake, 15.9 km. north northwest of Loeadville. 39.3464°N, 106.3639°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3171 m. Open area, also collected here; Geum triflorum, Caltha leptosepala, and Rhodiola rhodantha. Distances measured from GNIS point features.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2880.1 19-Jul-2022

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Westward view on West Tennessee Creek.
 

2881   

Something I don't recognize …

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Artemisia borealis Pall. Ssp. borealis.  Boreal Wormwood.

(Syn: A. campestris L. var. purshii (Besser ex Hook.) Cronquist, Oligosporus groenlandicus (Hornemann) Á. Löve & D. Löve)

West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Edge of forest on west-facing slope above West Tennessee Creek, 870 m. southeast of Lily Lake, 15.9 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3471°N, 106.3625°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3166 m. Dry gravelly slope under a pine. Distances measured from GNIS point features.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2881. 19-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2881, Artemisia borealis var. borealis.

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Coll. No. 2882, Pyrola chlorantha.
 

2882   

Wintergreen

Plants of Colorado
Ericaceae

Pyrola chlorantha Sw.  Green-Flowered Wintergreen.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. Between West Tennessee Creek and its North Fork, near the intersection of a closed forest road and the Colorado Trail, 1.12 km. southeast of Lily Lake, 15.7 km. north northwest of Leadville. 39.3465°N, 106.3603°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3206 m. Shaded forest with little to no understory. Distances measured from GNIS point features.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2882. 19-Jul-2022

 

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;

Locations: Brumley. Leadville.  

 

Wednesday, 20 July 2022

Brumley, and around.

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Leadville in the morning.
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Brumley … still a beautiful place.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;  

2883   

Penstemon whippleanus.

Plants of Colorado
Plantaginaceae

Penstemon whippleanus A. Gray.  Whipples Penstemon.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. Subalpine forest on a bank between the access road to the Sno-Tel station and the highway, about 11 road miles generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes, 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.089°N, 106.5419°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3232 m. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2883. 20-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2883, Penstemon whippleanus at Brumley.
  2884   

Mertensia lanceolata.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Mertensia ciliata (Torr.) G. Don.  Tall Fringed Bluebells.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On the bank of Lake Creek, beside the access road to the Sno-Tel station, about 11 road miles generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes, 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0892°N, 106.5421°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3234 m. On the bank of the creek, also collected here: Gentiana parryi, Chamerion angustifolium, and Aconitum columbianum,

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2884. 20-Jul-2022

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;  

2885   

Aconitum columbianum.

Plants of Colorado
Ranunculaceae

Aconitum columbianum Nutt.  Columbian Monkshood.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On the bank of Lake Creek, beside the access road to the Sno-Tel station, about 11 road miles generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes, 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0892°N, 106.5421°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3234 m. On the bank of the creek, also collected here: Gentiana parryi, Chamerion angustifolium, and Mertensia ciliata.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2885. 20-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2885, Aconitum columbianum.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at pullout;  

 

Relocate to next stop, about 1/2 mile north on CO 82, and on the east side of the road.

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Collecting locality just a half mile north of Brumley.
  2886   

Erigonum umbellatum var. majus.

Plants of Colorado
Polygonaceae

Eriogonum umbellatum Torrey, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York. 2: 241. 1827. var. majus Hook.  Subalpine Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. About ½ mile north of Brumley on the east side of the road, about 12 road miles on Colorado Highway 82 generally west from Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0949°N, 106.542°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3248 m. All infested with aphids tended by biting (!) black ants. Treeless slope (avalanche chute?) above the highway.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2886. 20-Jul-2022

  2887   

Aquilegia coerulea. p>

Plants of Colorado
Ranunculaceae

Aquilegia coerulea E. James.  Colorado Blue Columbine.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. About ½ mile north of Brumley on the east side of the road, about 12 road miles on Colorado Highway 82 generally west from Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0953°N, 106.5419°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3262 m. About 60 m. above the highway on hummocky treeless slope that may be an avalanche chute.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2887. 20-Jul-2022

  2888   

Linum lewisii.

Plants of Colorado
Linaceae

Linum lewisii Pursh.  Prairie Blue Flax.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. About ½ mile north of Brumley on the east side of the road, about 12 road miles on Colorado Highway 82 generally west from Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0953°N, 106.5419°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3267 m. Styles > stamens for all flowers examined and collected. About 60 m. above the highway on hummocky treeless slope that may be an avalanche chute.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2888. 20-Jul-2022

  2888.1   

Erysimum capitatum.

Plants of Colorado
Brassicaceae

Erysimum capitatum (Hook.) Greene.  Sanddune Wallflower.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. About ½ mile north of Brumley on the east side of the road, about 12 road miles on Colorado Highway 82 generally west from Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0953°N, 106.5419°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3267 m. About 60 m. above the highway on hummocky treeless slope that may be an avalanche chute.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2888.1 20-Jul-2022

  2889   

Campanula rotundifolia.

Plants of Colorado
Campanulaceae

Campanula rotundifolia L.  Harebell.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. About ½ mile north of Brumley on the east side of the highway, about 12 road miles on Colorado Highway 82 generally west from Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0953°N, 106.5411°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3279 m. About 140 m. above the highway on hummocky slope (avalanche chute?) with a few small willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2889. 20-Jul-2022

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at pullout;

Locations: Brumley.  

2890   

Fern.

Plants of Colorado
Dryopteridaceae

Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh.  Brittle Bladderfern.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. About ½ mile north of Brumley on the east side of the highway, about 12 road miles on Colorado Highway 82 generally west from Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0954°N, 106.541°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3279 m. About 140 m. above the highway in a rock pile of hummocky terrain (avalanche chute?) with a few small willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2890. 20-Jul-2022

Coll. No. 2890, 20 July 2022, characters observed: Plants, terrestrial, to 35 cm.; Fronds, petiole scales very sparse, widest at middle, bipinnately compound + lobed, abaxial surface glabrous, margins flat; Sori, between midrib and leaflet margin, round, indusium hood-like at base then divided into filiform segments.

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Coll. No. 2890, Cystopteris fragilis
   

Back at Brumley …

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;  

2891   

Pedicularis groenlandica.

Plants of Colorado
Orobanchaceae

Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.  Elephanthead Lousewort.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. Edge of slough beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, near the access road to the Sno-Tel station, about 11 road miles generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes, 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0895°N, 106.5421°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3236 m. Common on edge of slough (former channel of the creek). Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2891. 20-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2891, Pedicularis groenlandica

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at Brumley;
• Glossary:  pollinium;  

2892   

Platanthera sp.

Plants of Colorado
Orchidaceae

Platanthera aquilonis Sheviak.  Northern Green Orchid.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. Edge of slough beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, near the access road to the Sno-Tel station, about 11 road miles generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes, 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0895°N, 106.5421°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3235 m. Common on edge of slough (former channel of the creek). Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2892. 20-Jul-2022

I went with P. aquilonis because the lip petal is not rounded-dilated at the base and the polonia are loose and free of the anther sacs.

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Coll. No. 2892, Platanthera aquilonis.
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Flower of Coll. No. 2892, Platanthera aquilonis.

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Coll. No. 2893, Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum
 

2893   

Geum macrophyllum.

Plants of Colorado
Rosaceae

Geum macrophyllum Willd. var. perincisum (Rydb.) Raup.  Large-leaf Avens.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. Edge of slough beside the North Fork of Lake Creek, near the access road to the Sno-Tel station, about 11 road miles generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes, 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0895°N, 106.5422°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3236 m. Common on edge of slough (former channel of the creek). Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2893. 20-Jul-2022

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 3106, 18 Jul 2023;  

2894   

“Marsh Marigold” growing above the creek.

Plants of Colorado
Ranunculaceae

Caltha chionophila Greene.  Marsh Marigold.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. On bank of North Fork of Lake Creek, near the access road to the Sno-Tel station, about 11 road miles generally west on Colorado Highway 82 from the town of Twin Lakes, 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0895°N, 106.5422°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3236 m. Uncommon. Brumley was a stage stop on the route across Independence Pass.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2894. 20-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2894, Caltha chionophila.

Literature Cited:
- Greene, Edward L., 1899d.  

 

Greene (1899) says this about C. leptosepala and then describes C. chionophila citing Baker's collection.

C. leptosepala, DC. Syst. i. 310 ? Hook. Fl. T. x, fig. 1, doubtless. Basal leaves erect on long and rather slender petioles, round-oval, obtuse, with subcordate or subsagittate base and short rather open sinus, the margin coarsely and somewhat irregularly crenate or crenate-dentate ; the cauline one smaller, more nearly truncate at base, petiolate, inserted about midway of the stem, its stipules lanceolate-subulate, not clasping, the node indistinct, the lateral peduncle shorter and more slender than the terminal one: sepals 6 to 10, oblong-linear, obtuse: filaments linear-filiform, thrice the length of the anthers, the whole stamen surpassing the rather few pistils; mature carpels substipitate.
The plant here described answers well to the original account given of C. leptosepala, and to Hooker's figure. But still its habitat, as far as I can read it in the herbaria, is different from that assigned by De Caudolle. No such specimens are in my herbarium, nor in that of the National Museum, but there are three sheets of it in that of the Canadian Survey at Ottawa, namely, n. 1,251, from mountains south of the Zularaeen River, B. C, 27 July, 1888, collected by Dawson ; n. 1,252, Tsi-Tsutl Mountains, B. C, in swamps and marshy meadows, 14 July, 1896, by the same ; and n. 19,246, from Maclennan River, Fraser River, B. C, 31 July, 1898. They are all British Columbian specimens, and may therefore not improbably represent the real C. leptosepala.

Regretfully, Greene does not give us the etymology of “chionophila.” Stearn (2004, p. 384) states “chion- in Gk. Comp., snow-” So our plant could be known as the “Snow-loving Marsh-marigold,” and be pronounced ‘ki-on-o-PHIL-a.’

C. chionophila Acaulescent, with stoutish peduncles and scapes, and leaves thick and firm in texture, their outline from oval-subsagittate to obovate-subreniform, or even somewhat panduriform by an evident constriction below the middle, the whole margin usually coarsely and sharply dentate: earliest scapes either not equalling the leaves op little exceeding them : sepals 10 or fewer, oblong to obovate, large, the flower often 1½ inches in diameter: stamens very short, the filaments not longer than the anthers and widely dilated, of oblong outline, and even the connective subulate-dilated: mature carpels not known.
Obtained in the mountains of southern Colorado, near Pagosa Peak, at an altitude of 11,000 feet., by Mr. C. F. Baker, 28 Aug., 1899 ; and some earlier specimens in the U. S. Herbarium from southern Utah appear to be referable here, namely, those from Fish Lake at 9,000 feet, Marcus Jones, 8 Aug., 1894; also others from Marysvale, by the same collector in the same year.

Literature Cited:
- Wefferling, Keir M., and Sara B. Hoot, 2017.  

 

Wefferling & Hoot (2017) published a key to distinguish C. chionophila and C. leptosepala.

Key to Caltha leptosepala polyploid complex
1. Leaves as broad as leaf length or broader; filaments filiform (i.e., narrower than anthers) and generally longer than carpels; in Coastal Ranges (British Columbia and Alaska), Cascades (Washington, Oregon, California), Klamath - Siskiyous (Oregon, Cali- fornia), or Sierra Nevada (California, western Nevada)
C. biflora
- Leaves longer than broad
2
2. Filaments broader and generally shorter than carpels; in U.S.A. Rockies or Basin and Range (Steens, Ruby Mtns.)
C. chionophila
- Filaments no broader than anthers (broadly filiform to about as wide as anthers) and generally longer than carpels; in all regions except southern Rockies
C. leptosepala

Literature Cited:
- Wefferling, Keir M., and Sara B. Hoot, 2018.  

 

Wefferling & Hoot (2018) investigated the phylogeography of western North American subalpine marsh marigolds.

Hexaploids Caltha biflora and C. chionophila diverged in the Upper Miocene to Lower Pleistocene (chloroplast and nuclear dataset estimates overlapping at the Miocene–Pliocene boundary), and upon secondary contact formed allododecaploid C. leptosepala bidirectionally and at least three times.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at view of reservoir;

Locations: Twin Lakes Reservoir.  

 

Overview and information booth for Twin Lakes Reservoir.

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Twin Lakes Reservoir and the canyon of Lake Creek.

 

Other articles:
• Forest Road 189:   on the road;

Locations: Tennessee Park. Unnamed Gulch on Forest Road 189.  

 

Thursday, 21 July 2022

Small meadow along Forest Road 189.

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View across Tennessee Park to Mount Massive.
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View across Tennessee Park to Mount Massive, a little later in the day.
  2895   

Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus.

Plants of Colorado
Polygonaceae

Eriogonum umbellatum Torrey, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York. 2: 241. 1827. var. majus Hook.  Subalpine Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat.

Unnamed Gulch 1, Lake County, Colorado. Along Forest Road 189, about 1 km. west of County Road 18 “East Tennessee Road,” 7.37 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2988°N, 106.3163°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3109 m. A few of these plants have flowers at the base of the umbels. Openings in aspen forest, surrounded by big sagebrush and willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2895. 21-Jul-2022

  2896   

Erigeron sp., maybe E. glacialis.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Erigeron subtrinervis Rydb. ex Porter & Britton.  Threenerve Daisy.

Unnamed Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Along Forest Road 189, about 1 km. west of County Road 18 “East Tennessee Road,” 7.37 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2988°N, 106.3164°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3108 m. Openings in aspen forest, surrounded by big sagebrush and willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2896. 21-Jul-2022

  2897   

Koeleria macrantha ?

Plants of Colorado
Poaceae

Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult.  Prairie Junegrass.

Unnamed Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Along Forest Road 189, about 1 km. west of County Road 18 “East Tennessee Road,” 7.37 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2988°N, 106.3163°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3108 m. Im bloom. Openings in aspen forest, surrounded by big sagebrush and willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2897. 21-Jul-2022

Other articles:
• Forest Road 189:   on the road;  

2898   

Dasiophora fruticosa.

Plants of Colorado
Rosaceae

Dasiophora fruticosa (L.) Rydb.  Shrubby Cinquefoil, Golden Hardtack.

Unnamed Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Along Forest Road 189, about 1 km. west of County Road 18 “East Tennessee Road,” 7.37 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2987°N, 106.3162°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3108 m. Openings in aspen forest, surrounded by patches of big sagebrush and willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2898. 21-Jul-2022

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Blue Copper on Coll. No. 2898, Dasiophora fruticosa.
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Coll. No. 2898, Dasiophora fruticosa.
  2899   

Populus tremuloides.

Plants of Colorado
Salicaceae

Populus tremuloides Michx.  Quaking Aspen.

Unnamed Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Along Forest Road 189, about 1 km. west of County Road 18 “East Tennessee Road,” 7.37 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2989°N, 106.3163°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3106 m. Sterile. Openings in aspen forest, mixed with patches of big sagebrush and willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2899. 21-Jul-2022

  2900   

Phlox, maybe P. hoodii.

Plants of Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Leptosiphon nuttallii (Gray) J. M. Porter & L. A. Johnson ssp. nuttallii.  Nuttall's Linanthus.

Unnamed Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Along Forest Road 189, about 1 km. west of County Road 18 “East Tennessee Road,” 7.37 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2988°N, 106.3163°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3107 m. Openings in aspen forest, mixed with patches of big sagebrush and willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2900. 21-Jul-2022

Other articles:
• Forest Road 189:   on the road;
• Taxa Notes:  Notes on Calochortus gunnisonii, Watson, 1871;  

2901   

Calochortus gunnisonii.

Plants of Colorado
Liliaceae

Calochortus gunnisonii S. Watson.  Gunnison's Mariposa Lily.

Unnamed Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Along Forest Road 189, about 1 km. west of County Road 18 “East Tennessee Road,” 7.37 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2987°N, 106.3161°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3107 m. Petals white to light lavender to lavender, fading blue-purplish. Openings in aspen forest, mixed with patches of big sagebrush and willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2901. 21-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2901, Calochortus gunnisonii
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Petal of Coll. No. 2901, Calochortus gunnisonii.
  2902   

Potentilla, probably P. hippiana.

Plants of Colorado
Rosaceae

Potentilla hippiana Lehm. var. hippiana.  Wooly Cinquefoil.

Unnamed Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Along Forest Road 189, about 1 km. west of County Road 18 “East Tennessee Road,” 7.37 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2989°N, 106.3162°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3105 m. Leaflets more distinctly bicolored than those collected in Jefferson County. Openings in aspen forest, mixed with patches of big sagebrush and willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2902. 21-Jul-2022

Coll. No. 2902, 21 July 2022, characters observed: Perennial, to 30 cm.; Leaves, basal, compound, leaflets, #9, bases not decurrent, toothed most of length, sericeous adaxially, greenish, tomentose + sericeous abaxially, white; cauline, stipules entire; Calyx, bractlets, same colors as sepals.

  2903   

Some kind of sunflower with nodding flowers, maybe Helianthella quinquenervis.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Helianthella quinquenervis (Hook.) A. Gray.  Five-Nerve Little Sunflower.

Unnamed Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Along Forest Road 189, about 1 km. west of County Road 18 “East Tennessee Road,” 7.37 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2986°N, 106.3165°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3107 m. With nodding flowers, growing inside a small aspen grove. Openings in aspen forest, mixed with patches of big sagebrush and willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2903. 21-Jul-2022

Other articles:
• Forest Road 189:   on the road;  

2904   

Orthocarpus luteus.

Plants of Colorado
Orobanchaceae

Orthocarpus luteus Nutt.  Yellow Owls Clover.

Unnamed Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Along Forest Road 189, about 1 km. west of County Road 18 “East Tennessee Road,” 7.37 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2987°N, 106.3169°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3102 m. Openings in aspen forest, mixed with patches of big sagebrush and willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2904. 21-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2904, Orthocarpus luteus.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 189:   on the road;  

2905   

Pedicularis parryi.

Plants of Colorado
Orobanchaceae

Pedicularis parryi A. Gray.  Parry's Lousewort.

Unnamed Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Along Forest Road 189, about 1 km. west of County Road 18 “East Tennessee Road,” 7.37 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2988°N, 106.317°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3101 m. Corolla pale yellow. Openings in aspen forest, mixed with patches of big sagebrush and willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2905. 21-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2905, Pedicularis parryi.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 189:   on the road;  

2906   

Penstemon procerus.

Plants of Colorado
Orobanchaceae

Pedicularis parryi A. Gray.  Parry's Lousewort.

Unnamed Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Along Forest Road 189, about 1 km. west of County Road 18 “East Tennessee Road,” 7.37 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2988°N, 106.317°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3101 m. Corolla pale yellow. Openings in aspen forest, mixed with patches of big sagebrush and willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2905. 21-Jul-2022

Flowers mostly held horizontal, corollas 12 mm.

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Coll. No. 2906, Penstemon rydbergii.

 

Locations: DeLong Park (City of Golden).  

 

Thursday, 18 Aug 2022

Weeding at DeLong Park.

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Coll. No. 2907, Cenchrus longispinus.
 

2907   

Cenchrus sp. ?

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

Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fern.  Longspine Sandbur.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In planted native grass beds, along 23rd Street, opposite Vernon Drive, 1.72 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7489°N, 105.2083°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1761 m. Not previously collected in or near Golden; unclear whether this grass was previously here, brought in with the soil amendment, or was a contaminant in the seed mix. DeLong Park was a private residence that was left fallow for a number of years, then converted to a city park in 2021-2022.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2907. 18-Aug-2022

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Burs of Coll. No. 2907, Cenchrus longispinus.

Other articles:
• Glossary:   waif;  

2908   

Ambrosia sp.

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

Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.  Flat-Spine Burr-Ragweed.

Delong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In planted native grass beds, along 23rd Street, opposite Vernon Drive, 1.72 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7489°N, 105.2083°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1761 m. Not previously collected in or near Golden; unclear whether this Ambrosia was previously here, brought in with the soil amendment, or was a contaminant in the seed mix. DeLong Park was a private residence that was left fallow for a number of years, then converted to a city park in 2021-2022.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2908. 18-Aug-2022

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Coll. No. 2908, Ambrosia acanthicarpa.
Possibly a waif.

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Coll. No. 2909, Eragrostis cilianensis.
 

2909   

“Stink Grass”

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

Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.  Stinkgrass.

DeLong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In planted native grass beds, along 23rd Street, opposite Vernon Drive, 1.72 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7489°N, 105.2083°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1761 m. Crateriform glands on mid-ribs of leaf blades, pedicels, and keels of glumes and lemmas. Unclear whether this grass was previously here, brought in with the soil amendment, or was a contaminant in the seed mix. DeLong Park was a private residence that was left fallow for a number of years, then converted to a city park in 2021-2022.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2909. 18-Aug-2022

   

Stinkgrass.

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

Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.  Stinkgrass.

Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. In the alley between 4th and 5th Streets, running from Arapahoe to Cheyenne Street, 1.20 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7612°N, 105.229°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1755 m. Small plants, growing in dry gravels of alley. Crateriform glands on mid-ribs of leaf blades, pedicels, and keels of glumes and lemmas. With Lactuca serriola, Sonchus asper, Kochia scoparia, Chamaesyce sp., Polygonum aviculare,and Parthenocissus quinquefolia. Common weed.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2910. 21-Aug-2022

  2911   

We found more bur grass.

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

Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fern.  Longspine Sandbur.

DeLong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In planted native grass beds, along 23rd Street, opposite Vernon Drive, 1.72 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7489°N, 105.2082°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1761 m. Not previously collected in or near Golden; unclear whether this grass was previously here, brought in with the soil amendment, or was a contaminant in the seed mix. DeLong Park was a private residence that was left fallow for a number of years, then converted to a city park in 2021-2022. Native to Colorado, but usually found in sandy habitats.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2911. 25-Aug-2022

 

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street:   near 5th;  

 

Thursday 8 September 2022

Weeding at DeLong Park.

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A branch fell out of our huge Silver Maple.

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Coll. No. 2912, Panicum miliaceum.
 

2912   

Panicum milliaceum.

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

Panicum miliaceum L.  Proso Millet.

DeLong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Bottom of watercourse, along 23rd Street, opposite Vernon Drive, 1.72 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7488°N, 105.2084°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1760 m. This plant was probably weed-whacked at least once, which may account for its poor condition. Not previously collected in Golden; unclear whether this grass was previously here, brought in with the soil amendment, or was a contaminant in the seed mix. DeLong Park was a private residence that was left fallow for a number of years, then converted to a city park in 2021-2022. Colorado Noxious Weed List C.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2912. 8-Sep-2022

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Coll. No. 2913, Echinochloa crus-galli.
 

2913   

Echinochloa sp.

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

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv.  Barnyardgrass.

DeLong Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Scattered mainly around the front entrance on 23rd Street, 1.72 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7489°N, 105.2083°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1761 m. These are medium size; there are others double in height, and others that have been mowed and are quite short. Not previously collected in Golden; unclear whether this grass was previously here, brought in with the soil amendment, or was a contaminant in the seed mix. DeLong Park was a private residence that was left fallow for a number of years, then converted to a city park in 2021-2022.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2913. 8-Sep-2022

   

 

Thursday, 15 September 2022

Weeding at DeLong Park

Other articles:
• Glossary:   waif;  

2914   

Cycloloma atriplicifolium, in red.

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

Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) J. M. Coult.  Winged-Pigweed.

DeLong Park (City of Golden), Jefferson County, Colorado. Hydroseeded “native” area, north corner of park on 23rd Street opposite Table Drive, 1.74 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7489°N, 105.2081°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1762 m. Mature, i.e., stems and inflorescence red and fruit wings well-developed, whereas Coll. No. 2915 is immature. Not previously collected in Golden; unclear whether this plant was previously here, brought in with the soil amendment, or was a contaminant in the seed mix. DeLong Park was a private residence that was left fallow for a number of years, then converted to a city park in 2021-2022.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Laurel Starr 2914. 15-Sep-2022

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Coll. No. 2914, Cycloloma atriplicifolium.
Possibly a waif.

Other articles:
• Glossary:   waif;  

2915   

Cycloloma atriplicifolium, in green.

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

Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) J. M. Coult.  Winged-Pigweed.

DeLong Park (City of Golden), Jefferson County, Colorado. Hydroseeded “native” area, north corner of park on 23rd Street opposite Table Drive, 1.74 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7489°N, 105.2081°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1762 m. Immature, stems and fruit still green, and wings just beginning to develop. For a mature specimen see, Coll. No. 2914. Not previously collected in Golden; unclear whether this plant was previously here, brought in with the soil amendment, or was a contaminant in the seed mix. DeLong Park was a private residence that was left fallow for a number of years, then converted to a city park in 2021-2022.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Laurel Starr 2915. 15-Sep-2022

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Coll. No. 2915, Cycloloma atriplicifolium.
Possibly a waif.
  2916   

Ambrosia artemisifolia.

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

Ambrosia psilostachya DC.  Western Ragweed.

DeLong Park (City of Golden), Jefferson County, Colorado. Hydroseeded “native” area, north corner of park on 23rd Street opposite Table Drive, 1.74 km. southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7489°N, 105.208°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1762 m. Common in all open spaces of Golden including nearby slopes of South Table Mountain; unclear whether this plant was previously here, brought in with the soil amendment, or was a contaminant in the seed mix. DeLong Park was a private residence that was left fallow for a number of years, then converted to a city park in 2021-2022.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2916. 15-Sep-2022

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Sunday, 18 September 2022

Field trip with Colorado Native Plant Society.

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Colorado Native Plant Society field trip to Jewell parcel.
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Ranson/Edwards as seen from the east.

 

Other articles:
• Tucker Gulch Trail:   near crossing;   at 2nd;

Locations: Schweich Hill.  

 

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

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Upper end of social trail.
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Lower end of social trail.
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Recent yard waste yeated into the city open space.
 

 

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Coll. No. 2917, Artemisia absinthum.
 

2917   

Wednesday, 21 September 2022

Have been watching this plant in a neighbor's garden. It is clearly an Artemisia but one that I am not familiar with. Went today to collect some and key it out.

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

Artemisia absinthium L.  Common Wormwood.

407 Garden Street, Jefferson County, Colorado. On the shoulder of the road at 407 Garden Street, 1.39 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.765°N, 105.2234°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1756 m. Leaves 2-3 times pinnatifid, receptacles hairy. Also here: Artemisia ludoviciana, Cirsium arvensis. Ratibida columnifera, Convolvulus arvensis, Linum lewisii, and Elymus repens. Naturalized at edge of residential street, more in nearby yard, but not planted by this homeowner. All removed by homeowner following identification. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2022, issued: Mar 17, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cathy Hansen-Stamp 2917. 21-Sep-2022

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Coll. No. 2917, Artemisia absinthium.

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6:   in Woodside;   at Price;

Locations: Beckwith Plateau. Price.  

 

Friday, 23 September 2022

Golden, CO to Price, UT.

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Beckwith Plateau from the side of US Highway 6.

 

Other articles:
• Interstate 15:  17700;

Locations: Layton. Price.  

 

Saturday, 24 September 2022

Price, UT to Layton, UT

Other articles:
• UT Highway 96:   in Scofield;

Locations: Scofield.  

 
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Interpretive site in Scofield, Utah.
 

Other articles:
• UT Highway 96:   at Mtn Vw CG;

Locations: Scofield Reservoir.  

 

Potty break at Scofield State Park, Mountain View Campground.

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Scofield Reservoir from Mountain View Campground

Locations: Helper.  

 

Helper, the Western Mining and Railroad Museum.

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The Western Mining and Railroad Museum in Helper, Utah.
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Main Street, Helper, Carbon County, Utah
The 2-story annex building has been added since I visited in 2008.

 

Locations: Layton.  

 

Sunday, 25 September 2022

Layton, UT

Other articles:
• W. Antelope Drive:  41000;

Locations: Antelope Island. Great Salt Lake.  

 
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View northeast to the mainland from the Visitor Center at Antelope Island.
 

Other articles:
• Buffalo Point Road:  30000;

Locations: Buffalo Point. Great Salt Lake.  

 

Visit to Buffalo Point.

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View south from Buffalo Point, across white Rock Bay to Elephant Head.
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Verbascum blattaria, common at Buffalo Point.
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Gutierrezia sarothrae, common at Buffalo Point.

Other articles:
• W. Antelope Drive:   mid-island;  

 

Herds of bison on both sides of the road.

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Bison on Antelope Island.
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Bison on Antelope Island.

Other articles:
• W. Antelope Drive:  90000;  

 

Fielding Garr Ranch

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Fielding Garr Ranch on Antelope Island.
 

 

Other articles:
• US I-84:  Boise;

Locations: Boise. Layton.  

 

Monday, 26 September 2022

Layton, UT to Boise, ID

Other articles:
• US Hwy 30:   at Fossil Beds N M;

Locations: Hagerman Fossil Beds N. M..  

 

Stop at Haggerman Fossil Beds National Monument Visitor's Center

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View of Hagerman Fossil Beds from window of Visitor's Center.
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Visitor's Center for Thousand Springs State Park & Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument.

Other articles:
• Bell Rapids Road:   at Snake R Olook;

Locations: Snake River.  

 

Snake River Overlook

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Snake River with Hagerman Fossil Beds beyond.
 

Other articles:
• Bell Rapids Road:   at Oregon Trl Olook;  

 

Oregon Trail Overlook

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Emigrant Trail from Overlook.
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The Snake River, downstream (northwest).
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The Snake River, upstream to the east.
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Red-flowered variant of tumbleweed (Salsola tragus L.)
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Flowers of red-flowered variant of tumbleweed (Salsola tragus L.)
 

Other articles:
• US Hwy 30:   along the highway;

Locations: Snake River.  

 

Overlook along US Highway 30.

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Valley of the Snake River, downstream.
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Valley of the Snake River, upstream.
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Valley of the Snake River, just below the highway.

Locations: Boise.  

 

Dinner and a walk around downtown Boise with Simone.

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Cheryl and Simone by the Tree of Gernika, Boise.

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 20:  Bend;
• US Highway 97:  Bend;

Locations: Bend. Boise.  

 

Tuesday, 27 September 2022

Boise, ID to Bend, OR

Other articles:
• Sodhouse Lane:   at Malheur NWR;

Locations: Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.  

 

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

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National Wildlife Refuge grounds.
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A small portion of the displays in the museum.
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Malheur Lake, mostly dry in September.
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Welcome to Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
 

 

Locations: Bend. Yachats.  

 

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Bend, OR to Yachats, OR

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 20:  029990;   at Sisters;

Locations: Sisters.  

 

View of Broken Top and North Sister from the highway.

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Broken Top and North Sister, from Sisters.

Other articles:
• Oregon Highway 242 “McKenzie Highway”:   28Sep 2022;  

 

View of Mount Washington

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Mount Washington from the McKenzie Pass Highway.

 

Other articles:
• Oregon Highway 242 “McKenzie Highway”:   at McKenzie Pass;

Locations: McKenzie Pass.  

 

McKenzie Pass

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McKenzie Pass, elev. 5325 ft.
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Dee Wright Observatory at McKenzie Pass.
 

Other articles:
• Oregon Highway 242 “McKenzie Highway”:   near Scott Lake;

Locations: Scott Lake.  

 

Scott Lake

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Scott Lake with North and Middle Sister in the distance.

Other articles:
• Oregon Highway 126:   at wayside;  

 

Brief stop at Jennie B. Harris State Wayside.

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McKenzie River at Jennie B. Harris State Wayside.

Other articles:
• Oregon Highway 126:   near Belnap Bridge;  

 

Belnap Bridge

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Belnap Bridge on McKenzie River Drive (off the main highway).

Other articles:
• Sunshine Acres Drive:   at 137½ Sunshine Acres Dr.;  

 

The converted garage we lived in from 1969 to 1971, 137 1/2 Sunshine Acres Drive.

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The converted garage we lived in, 1969-1971.

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 101:   at Yachats;

Locations: Yachats.  

 

Thursday, 29 September 2022

Yachats, OR

Locations: Yachats.  

 

Walk along the bluffs in Yachats.

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The Pacific coast at Yachats.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 101:   at Cape Perpetua;   at Capt Cook Trlhd.;

Locations: Cape Perpetua.  

 

On top of and around Cape Perpetua.

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Waves and rocks through the fog.
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Lichens and mosses on Sitka Spruce trunks.
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Waiting for the perfect shot at the Captain Cook Trailhead.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 101:   at Yachats;

Locations: Yachats.  

 

Lunch at the Luna Sea Fish House.

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Late lunch/early dinner at the Luna Sea Fish House (2022).

 

Locations: Albany. Yachats.  

 

Friday, 30 September 2022

Yachats, OR to Albany, OR

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 101:   at interp. ctr.;

Locations: Waldport.  

 

View of the Alsea Bay Bridge and a short visit to the Alsea Bay Historic Interpretive Center (recommended).

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Alsea Bay Bridge in Waldport.

Literature Cited:
- Centala, Maxine, 2013.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 101:   at Seal Rocks;

Locations: Seal Rock.  

 

Visit to Seal Rocks, generally thought to be formed by the Ginkgo Flow of the Columbia River Flood Basalts.

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Seal Rocks, view to the north.
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Seal Rocks, view to the south.
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Seal Rock, a basalt flow resting on Pliocene beach deposits.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 101:   in Newport;   in Yaquina Bay;

Locations: Newport.  

 

Newport

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Yaquina Bay Lighthouse.
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Yaquina Bay Bridge

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 101:   in Yaquina Bay;

Locations: Yaquina Bay.  

 

Walking along the docks in Yaquina Bay.

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Sea Lions in Yaquina Bay.
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Yaquina Bay, with a few sea lions on the rocks.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 101:   at Yaquina Head;

Locations: Yaquina Head.  

 

Lighthouse at Yaquina Head.

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Yaquina Head Lighthouse.

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 20:   in Albany;
• Interstate 15:   at state line;

Locations: Albany.  

 

Saturday, 1 October 2022

Albany, OR

Locations: Albany.  

 

Family visit and lunch at Martha & Richard's.

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The Barn at Hickory Station -- where we got our afternoon meal.
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Family photo, left to right, Cheryl, Melissa, Richard, Eric, Tom, and Martha.

 

Locations: Albany. John Day.  

 

Sunday, 2 October 2022

Albany, OR to John Day, OR

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 20:   at Hse Rk CG;  

 

Pulled off the highway to sniff the forest.

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Saplings growing from an old trunk.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 20:   at Hackleman Grove;  

 

Hackleman Old Growth Grove.

Closed to use.

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Trail closed because of hazard trees.

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:   at Burnt Rch Rd;

Locations: Painted Hills.  

 

Painted Hills, part of John Day Fossil Beds N. M.

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Painted Hills.
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Painted Hills.
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Purple beds of rhyolite at Painted Cove.
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Painted Cove, rhyolite at left, overlain by lake beds.

Other articles:
• Oregon Highway 19:   at V. C.;

Locations: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.  

 

Stop at the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center.

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Sheep Rock, across from the Condon Paleontology Center

Locations: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.  

   

 

Other articles:
• Interstate 15:   at Exit 69;

Locations: John Day. Pocatello.  

 

Monday, 3 October 2022

John Day, OR to Pocatello, ID

Other articles:
• US I-84:  25000;  

 

Into Idaho from Oregon.

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Welcome to Idaho.

Other articles:
• Interstate 15:   at Exit 69;

Locations: Pocatello.  

 

Monday night in Pocatello.

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Brick 243 Gastropub and Thrive Artisanal Bowls and Wraps.

 

Locations: Pocatello.  

 

Tuesday, 4 October 2022

Pocatello, ID to Golden, CO

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