Participant Info

Species

Oxyria digyna [Rumex digynus]

Family

Polygonaceae

CommonName

alpine sorrel

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1934

LatestDate

2015

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan

Passes

Elwood, Grayback, Hayden, Music, Spring Creek, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Grayback pass 20 July 2015

Comments

Alpine sorrel has been recorded equally from both sides of the Valley, most often from the tundra in rock crevices, but also along stream banks. This monospecific plant is found throughout the western USA, and the Watershed stands roughly at its eastern border. In New Mexico it follows the Rio Grande drainage down to the Mexican border and to the very tip of western Texas but no farther down stream.

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