Participant Info

Species

Potentilla norvegica [Potentilla monspeliensis]

Family

Rosaceae

CommonName

Norwegian cinquefoil

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1896

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

basin, montane, ruderal, urban

Geobotanical

SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

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

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, north side of the Rio Grande at Del Norte, by irrigation canal 12 June 2021

Comments

Norwegian cinquefoil is a lower elevation plant in the Watershed, fond of wet habitats such as in and by pools, ponds, streams, lakes—but also wet meadows. It likes disturbed ground such as drainage ditches and road sides. It is native to the USA (as well as Eurasia), found in all states except most of Texas and the deep South. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico to Mexico. BONAP shows it occurring rarely in Val Verde Co of Texas, which then might mark the farthest location down stream.

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