Participant Info

Species

Blepharoneuron tricholepis [Vilpa tricholepsis]

Family

Poacee

CommonName

hairy dropseed, pine dropseed

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1914

LatestDate

2023

Ecosystem

foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

Hairy dropseed has been vouchered often from the Watershed, although mostly from the west-side ranges. One the east side, it has been observed near Crestone, just east of the Great Sand Dunes NPP, and Vermejo Park in the Culebras. Blepharoneuron tricholepis is an important forage plant in the montane, growing in wooded openings, in open rmeadows, and on rocky slopes. There is only one species of Blepharoneuron in the USA, centered in Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. B. tricholepis follows the Rio Grande drainage down to the Big Bend region of Texas.

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