Query: G.N.I.S.

A Navajo name reportedly meaning 'water underneath.

On the N side of Beclabito Wash 31 km (19 mi) NW of Shiprock.

Also known as: Biltabito, Bitlabito, Beclabata, Beklabito, Biclabito, and Bitl'aabito.

Swertia albomarginata has been collected near Beclabito on silty-clay soils of Dakota Sandstone.

Landis, et al. (1973) appears to be a major reference for the Dakota Sandstone.

Elevation: 5574ft, 1699m.

Articles that refer to this location:

• Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: in New Mexico; 
• US Highway 64: at Beclabito; 

Literature Referring To This Location:

• Heil, Kenneth D., Steve L. O’Kane, Jr., and Arnold Clifford. 2002. Additions to the Flora of New Mexico from the San Juan Basin Flora Project. The New Mexico Botanist. No. . {TAS-pdf}
• Landis, Edwin R., C. H. Dane, and William Aubrey Cobban. 1973. Stratigraphic terminology of the Dakota Sandstone and Mancos Shale, West-Central New Mexico. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1973.

Species collected at or near this location.

This list summarizes plants collected or observed at this specific, named location. It does not include plants collected or observed at nearby named or unnamed locations. It may be more instructive to use the Area Lists that contain this location.

• TAS – The plant was collected by Tom Schweich.
• Oth – The plant was collected by someone, but not Tom.
• Obs – The plant was observed, but not collected.

Gentianaceae

Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. (Oth)

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M,
N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

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Date and time this article was prepared:5:35:57 PM, 11/3/2024.