Participant Info

Species

Smelowskia americana [Smelowskia calycina var. americana]

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

alpine Smelowskia

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1945

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSanjuans

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan

Passes

Bonito, Elwood, Grayback, Gunsight, Stony

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Grayback Mt 14 July 2016

Comments

In the Watershed, alpine Smelowskia is found on tundra or open subalpine slopes. Smelowskia americana has been collected only from the south San Juan mountains of the Watershed, and only as far north as Stony Pass. The Watershed lies at the southeast corner of the USA distribution, which covers in a scattered fashion all Western states except for California, Arizona, and New Mexico. It has not been recorded from New Mexico or Texas, so the Colorado observations are unique to the Rio Grande drainage..

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