Participant Info

Species

Saxifraga cernua

Family

Saxifragaceae

CommonName

nodding saxifrage

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1945

LatestDate

2015

Ecosystem

tundra

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Stony

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Of nodding saxifrage there are less than 10 Watershed collections, most from rocky slopes of the tundra on both sides of the Valley: e.g., California Peak in the north Cristos (1999), Upper Alamosita drainage in the Culebras (2015), Conejos Peak summit in the south San Juans (2013). These and a few collections from north central New Mexico (including Santa Fe Co) mark the southeastern limit of the USA distribution, which is largely the Rockies up to the Canadian border.

Annotation