Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Echinocystis lobata [Micrampelis lobata]
Family
Cucurbitaceae
CommonName
wild cucumber
Presence
Maybe
Status
native
EarliestDate
1932
LatestDate
1985
Ecosystem
basin, ruderal, urban
Geobotanical
UBasin
Counties
Alamosa
Passes
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Wild cucumber was collected four times from the town of Alamosa, 1932-1985, in yards and along the floodplain of the Rio Grande. A native species, Echinocystis lobata has been cultivated as an ornamental and escaped back into the wild, especially in the Colorado Front Range and on east in the northern half of the USA. In the Rio Grande drainage of New Mexico it is present only in Rio Arriba and Taos counties.