Participant Info

Species

Hippuris vulgaris

Family

Plantaginaceae

CommonName

common mare’s-tail

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1942

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

aquatic, basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSanjuans, Culebras, UBasin

Counties

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

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Blanca Wetlands, La Jara

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: in pond off CR14 6 miles SW of Del Norte 17 June 2020

Comments

Of mare's tail, currently there are 20 recorded occurrences scattered around the Watershed, in or near standing water—sloughs, backwaters, and ponds (human or beaver). Hippuris vulgaris, native to the USA, grows in all states west of the Great Plains, as well as in northern states of the Great Plains, the Great Lakes, and New England. In New Mexico it has been recorded from Rio Arriba, Taos, and Colfax counties, but the only other records in the Rio Grande drainage are isolated, from the Sacramento Mountains of Otero Co. The species does not occur farther down stream.

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