Participant Info

Species

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius [Symphoricarpos oreophilus] [Symphoricarpos palmeri] [Symphoricarpos utahensis]

Family

Caprifoliaceae

CommonName

roundleaf snowberry

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1891

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Dry Creek, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Shaw Meadow SE of South Fork 1 mile S of Hwy 160, 25 June 2019

Comments

For Symphoricarpos rotundifolius BONAP shows all Watershed counties except for Costilla Co. The distribution in the Watershed is problematic because of the difficulty in separating S. rotundifolius from S. oreophilus. The two species share the same habitat, although S. rotundifolius seems to occur more often in the foothills. The USA distribution is mainly southern California, eastern Nevada, western Utah, Arizona, southwestern Colorado, and New Mexico. The species follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico to the tip of west Texas, no farther down stream.

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