Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Bouteloua simplex [Chondrosum simplex] [Chondrosum procumbens] [Chondrosum prostratum]
- Family
- Poaceae
- CommonName
- matted grama
- Presence
- yes
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1935
- LatestDate
- 2024
- Ecosystem
- basin, shrubland, foothill, ruderal, urban
- Geobotanical
- SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, UBasin, LBasin
- Counties
- Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- Alamosa (town), Del Norte
- PhotoRecords
- Comments
- NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. In the Watershed matted grama has spread along road and street sides from its native habitat in dry grassland, bushy foothills, and Ponderosa pine openings. Bouteloua simplex can be confused with B. gracilis, but B. simplex is annual and has only one spike per branch, which often takes on a purplish cast. The USA distribution is centered in northern and eastern Arizona, New Mexico, and the Front Range and the southwest counties of Colorado. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico into the far western tip of Texas.
- Annotation