Participant Info

Species

Saxifraga austromontana [Saxifraga bronchialis]

Family

Saxifragaceae

CommonName

matted saxifrage, spotted saxifrage

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1922

LatestDate

2016

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Elwood, Medano, Music, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, CO above Cathedral cpgd on Embargo Creek 26 July 2016

Comments

Spotted saxifrage has been recorded from all mountain regions of the Watershed, from the montane into the alpine. Judging from many New Mexico records (which follow the Rio Grande drainage nearly to the border with Mexico), it is present in the Culebras, just not yet collected there. The flower likes shady rock ledges, although it can also be found in wet tundra meadows. Its USA distribution is the Rockies and the Cascades.

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