Participant Info

Species

Epilobium saximontanum [Epilobium drummondii] [Epilobium ovatifolium]

Family

Onagraceae

CommonName

Rocky Mountain willowherb

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Carnero, Cumbres, Grayback, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Russell Lakes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, 0.5 miles S of Grayback Pass, wet meadow 5 Aug 2021

Comments

Rocky Mountain willowherb is fairly common in all mountain regions of the Watershed, ranging from montane to tundra, usually in riparian and mesic habitats: roadside ditches, stream sides, cliff seeps, wet alpine meadows, etc. Epilobium saximontanum ranges two-thirds of the way down the Rio Grande drainage in New Mexico, but no farther. Its USA distribution is scattered in parts of all states west of the Great Plains.

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