Participant Info

Species

Aconitum columbianum [Aconitum arizonicum] [Aconitum bakeri] [Aconitum lutescens], [etc.]

Family

Ranunculaceae

CommonName

monkshood

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres, Indian Creek, South, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, by old logging road below Big Meadows Reservoir 9 July 2020

Comments

Monkshood is spread around the Valley in all mountain ranges. It prefers moist habitats—by streams and seeps, usually as forest understory but also as part of wet meadows and forest openings. All parts of Aconitum columbianum are toxic to mammals. Its USA range is states west of the Great Plains, with uncommon occurrences around the Great Lakes. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico almost to the Mexican border.

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