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Species
Anticlea elegans [Zigadenus elegans] [Zigadenus coloradoensis] [Zigadenus dilatatus]
Family
Melanthiaceae
CommonName
mountain death-camas, elegant camas
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1900
LatestDate
2019
Ecosystem
montane, subalpine, tundra
Geobotanical
Garitas, NCristos
Counties
Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta, San Juan
Passes
Carnero, Cochetopa, Elwood, Indian Creek, La Manga, Music, South, Spring Creek, Stony
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
In the Watershed mountain death-camas is fairly cosmopolitan, growing in shaded woods as well as in open meadows, by streams, on rock ledges. It can vary in size depending on habitat. It is not recorded from the Culebras, but is present in the Cristos farther south in New Mexico. Anticlea elegans is the most wide-spread Anticlea in the USA, found in all western mountain regions and across the top of the nation. It follows the Rio Grande to west Texas.