Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Thalictrum alpinum [Thalictrum cheilanthoides]
Family
Thalicraceae
CommonName
alpine meadow-rue
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1978
LatestDate
2009
Ecosystem
subalpine, tundra
Geobotanical
Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos
Counties
Alamosa, Costilla, Hinsdale, Rio Grande, Saguache
Passes
Grayback, Music
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. In the Watershed alpine meadow-rue has not been often collected. It is a small spindly plant and may easily go unnoticed. Its most common habitat is wet, flat tundra niches, on both sides of the Valley. Although it extends down a short distance into the Rio Grande Cristos of New Mexico, that is about the southeastern extent of its USA distribution, which has scattered locations in the Rocky Mountains and the intermountain regions.