Participant Info

Species

Epilobium brachycarpum [Epilobium paniculatum] [Epilobium adenocladon]

Family

Onagraceae

CommonName

tall willowherb

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1873

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

basin, montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Poncha, Stony

WildlifePreserves

Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Alamosa Co, Blanca Wetlands 15 July 2017

Comments

Tall willowherb prefers a lower elevation and a slightly drier habitat than E. anagallidifolium, sometimes growing in stabilized sand. In the Watershed, Epilobium brachycarpum has a more concentrated population on the west side than on the east. Farther west, in the San Juan drainage, there are many collections, but less than twenty from the Watershed, and none from the Culebras. There are, however, three collections from the Cristos in New Mexico, and according to BONAP the species follows the Rio Grande drainage down to the Mexican border. It is found in all states west of the Great Plains.

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