Participant Info

Species

Gayophytum ramosissimum

Family

Onagraceae

CommonName

pinyon groundsmoke

Presence

Yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1899

LatestDate

2015

Ecosystem

montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Pinyon groundsmoke has been typically found in forest openings and on grassy foothill slopes, though not often in the Watershed. The one record from the east side of the Valley was along Hwy 160 five miles E of Ft. Garland. There are a few records from Rio Arriba and Taos counties of New Mexico. The rest of the USA ranges lies to the northwest, where the species is widespread in all states west of the USA.

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