Participant Info

Species

Salix brachycarpa

Family

Salicaceae

CommonName

shortfruit willow

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1939

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres, Elwood, Grayback, La Veta, Music, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Hope Creek and road to Shaw Lake from Big Meadow Reservoir 9 June 2020

Comments

In the Watershed, shortfruit willow is common in high montane and subalpine wet meadows, lake sides, and river banks, often growing in thickets alongside Salix glauca, which is only one of several Watershed species with which S. brachycarpus is known to hybridize. The USA distribution of S. brachycarpa is Central and Northern Rockies. Northern New Mexico marks the edge of its southernmost range.

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