Participant Info

Species

Orthilia secunda [Pyrola secunda] [Ramischia secunda] [Orthilia obtusada]

Family

Ericaceae

CommonName

one-sided wintergreen

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1937

LatestDate

2017

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres, Hayden, South

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Shaw Lake 31 July 2017

Comments

One-sided wintergreen is common in mesic understory of the montane and subalpine on both sides of the Valley. It is not yet collected from the Culebras but no doubt present there since there are many collections from the continuation of the Cristos on south into New Mexico. This monotypic flower grows in all USA states west of the Great Plains and across the northern states into New England. It is circumboreal. It follows the Rio Grande drainage no farther than Bernalillo Co, Newq Mexico

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