Participant Info

Species

Echinocereus coccineus [Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. melanocanthus] [Triglochidiatus coccineus] [Cereus coccineus] [Echinocereus conoides] etc.

Family

Cactaceae

CommonName

claret-cup cactus

Presence

Yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1922

LatestDate

2017

Ecosystem

foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Base of volcanic dyke BLM rd 231, 16 June 2017

Comments

In the Watershed, for claret-cup cactus there are five or so locations from the foothllls of the western ranges, and a small cluster of vouchers from around the Great Sand Dunes. The cactus is more common than this records suggests. And the distribution is further problematized by disagreement among authorities about dividing up Echinocereus triglochidiatus into species, subspecies, and varieties. See Annotated Page.

Annotation

Yes