Participant Info

Species

Quercus gambelii [Quercus gunnisonii] [Quercus leptophylla] etc.

Family

Fagaceae

CommonName

Gambel oak

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1931

LatestDate

2024

Ecosystem

foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Saguache, Archuleta

Passes

Cumbres, Hayden, La Veta

WildlifePreserves

Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES "samuel s": Saguache Co, near Pinyon Flats cpgd in the Great Sand Dunes NPP, 29 June 2024

Comments

Quercus gambelii is the only native oak in the Watershed. It is established in three areas: southwest and southeast of Poncha Pass, foothills of the north Cristos down to La Veta Pass, and Rio Chama and east toward Cumbres Pass. Much more common and wide spread in New Mexico, it is recorded from Rio Grande drainage counties from Taos to the Mexican border, and on east to the Big Bend country in Texas. It is primarily a Southwest USA oak, with a propensity to hybridize, a propensity that has generated a wealth of synonyms.

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