Participant Info

Species

Heuchera parvifolia [Heuchera flavascens]

Family

Saxifragaceae

CommonName

littleleaf alumroot

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1914

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

foothill, montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Elwood, Grayback, La Manga, Music, Spring Creek, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir, Rio Grande

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Lookout Mt near Del Norte 9 June 2014; Church Creek SW of South Fork, 20 June 2021

Comments

The Watershed’s only alumroot is very common, on both sides of the Valley, growing in rock crevices and sometimes open meadows, from foothills up into the tundra. It is not present in the Basin. In New Mexico, Heuchera parvifolia follows the Rio Grande drainage to the border with Mexico, but no farther. It is solidly present in all Western states of the USA except for Washington, Oregon, and most of California. Note that this is a variable species, and the lower elevation and higher elevation may look quite different.

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