Participant Info

Species

Thalictrum fendleri [Thalictrum wrightii]

Family

Thalicraceae

CommonName

Fendler’s meadow-rue

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

La Botica

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Church Creek just SW of South Fork 29 June 2021

Comments

Around the Watershed meadow-rue is very common at forest and cliff edges, often in aspen groves. Mainly montane, Thalictrum fendleri extends from the foothills up into the subalpine. There is only one east-side voucher (from Trinchera Ranch near Ft. Garland), but BONAP shows the species present in all Watershed counties and extending solidly down the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico and on down stream as far as the Big Bend country of Texas. Fendler's meadow-rue is present in all Western states.

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