Participant Info

Species

Salix irrorata

Family

Salicaceae

CommonName

blue-stem willow

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1899

LatestDate

1971

Ecosystem

basin, montane

Geobotanical

Garitas, UBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. The Watershed has Salix irrorata ecords from three widely dispersed locations: Alamosa Co, Alamosa National Wildlife refuge; Saguache Co, Trickle mountain; Conejos Co, two 1899 records from “Los Pinos,” presumably Rio de los Pinos. These are all reasonable identifications, since this willow, in the USA a Rocky Mountain plant, extends down the Rio Grande drainage into New Mexico to the border with Texas. Kittel (2023) names Saguache and Mineral as counties with presence verified by the author. She describes the habitat as "rocky stream banks and washes" (p. 162).

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