Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Genista lydia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- CommonName
- Lydian broom, dwarf broom, common woadwaxen
- Presence
- yes
- Status
- exotic, escaped
- EarliestDate
- 2023
- LatestDate
- 2023
- Ecosystem
- montane, ruderal
- Geobotanical
- SSawatch
- Counties
- Saguache
- Passes
- Poncha
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- Comments
- Genista lydia is native to the east Mediterranean countries, and cultivated and sold in garden stores in the USA. The only recorded occurrence in the Watershed (indeed, in all of Colorado) is a plant 20 meters or so from Hwy 285 at the top of Poncha pass (Saguache Co, 8 June 2023). This may be an escape or a highway restoration plant. Note that the determination of G. lydia is not verified, and that the plant may be one of several other species of exotic Genista. BONAP shows a number of species escaped mainly in the West coast states, none in the Intermountain or Rockies states. Whether this plant will persist remains to be seen.
- Annotation