Participant Info

Species

Medicago lupulina

Family

Fabaceae

CommonName

black medick, hop-trefoil, hop-medick

Presence

YES

Status

exotic

EarliestDate

1950

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

foothill, montane, ruderal, urban

Geobotanical

SSawatch, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca

Other Localities

Alamosa (town), Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Conejos Co, bank of the Rio Grande by Hwy 142 28 July 2021

Comments

Exotic, the bane of house lawns, black medic has also become naturalized in the Watershed (e.g., Baca NWR, Rio Grande floodplain in Rio Grande and Alamosa counties, montane hillside NW of Saguache, trailheads and roadsides in the North Cristos, etc.). Probably Medicago lupulina is present in most urban areas in the Valley, just not collected—just as it is present in every state of the USA. It follows the Rio Grande drainage from the Watershed to the Big Bend country of Texas.

Annotation