Participant Info

Species

Micranthes oregana [Saxifraga oregona]

Family

Saxifragaceae

CommonName

bog saxifrage

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1987

LatestDate

2014

Ecosystem

montane

Geobotanical

SSanjuans

Counties

Conejos, Rio Grande, San Juan

Passes

Stony

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, southwest slope of Bennett Mt 22 July 2014

Comments

For Micranthes oregana there are only three recorded locations in the Watershed: in the southeast San Juans of Conejos Co, near Red Lake (1987); on the south slope of Bennett Peak SW of Del Norte (2014); and at Stony Pass (2010—see Bregar, et al.. The second, a photorecord, would add Rio Grande to Watershed counties indicated in Ackerfield (2022) and BONAP (2022). Ackerfield (2015) shows Saguache Co, with no vouchers in SEINet. The Colorado records, mainly from the central mountains, are a population disjunct from the main USA distribution, which covers the Sierras, Cascades, Central Basin, and Northern Rockies. So the Watershed locations lie at the extreme southeast corner of the USA range.

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