Participant Info

Species

Fragaria virginiana [Fragaria firma] [Fragaria glauca]

Family

Rosaceae

CommonName

Virginia strawberry

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1911

LatestDate

2015

Ecosystem

basin, foothill, montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

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

Passes

Carnero, Cochetopa, Elwood, Grayback, Spring Creek, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Big Meadows Reservoir 17 July 2015

Comments

In the Watershed, on both sides of the Valley Fragaria virginia is more often collected than F. vesca, and from a broader reach of vegetatives zones. The two basin records represent two locations, both by streams (the Rio Grande and Conejos River). In the USA the plant is wide spread, found everywhere except for the Great Plains, Texas, and the Great Basin. In New Mexico, the species follows the Rio Grande drainage to the Mexican border but no farther.

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