Participant Info

Species

Phleum pratense [Phleum nodosum var. pratense]

Family

Poaceae

CommonName

Timothy, Timothy grass, meadow cat's-tail

Presence

yes

Status

exotic, commercial

EarliestDate

1914

LatestDate

2024

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

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

Passes

Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Big Meadows Reservoir, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Middle Frisco Creek trailhead 4 July 2014

Comments

In the past, Timothy has been seeded and grown as a pasture or hay crop in the Valley. But it does not recover very well after cutting, so it is not much used today. Phleum pratense—exotic, perennial, and cool-season—is still seeded for roadside reclamation and erosion control. Naturalized, It has been steadily recorded from the Watershed in meadows and forest openings from basin to upper montane. The species is present in all USA regions except for the South. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico to the Mexican border but not into Texas.

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