Participant Info

Species

Trifolium wormskioldii [Trifolium wormskjoldii]

Family

Fabaceae

CommonName

cow clover

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1898

LatestDate

2016

Ecosystem

shrubland, foothill, montane

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Great Sand Dunes, Russell Lakes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Saguache Co, Russell Lakes WP 24 July 2016

Comments

In the Watershed, cow clover is confined to very mesic habitats—wet meadows, stream sides, mud banks—barely reaching into the montane. It is represented in the Upper and Lower Basins from wet habitats such as meadows, stream sides, and lake sides. The USA distribution of Trifolium wormskioldii covers mainly the Pacific Coast states, the intermountain region, and the Southern Rockies. Records from the Rio Grande drainage continue down through New Mexico to the Big Bend country of Texas.

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