Participant Info

Species

Eragrostis ciianensis [Eragrostis major] [eragrostis megastachya] [Poa cilianensis]

Family

Poaceae

CommonName

stinkgrass, stink-grass

Presence

yes

Status

exotic

EarliestDate

2006

LatestDate

2006

Ecosystem

basin, ruderal

Geobotanical

UBasin

Counties

Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. There is one indisputable voucher of stinkgrass from the Watershe: six miles WSW of Crestone in the Baca National Wildlife Refuge (2006). Shaw (2008) and BONAP also show Alamosa for Eragrostis cilianensis. This distinctive exotic from Europe is now naturalized in every state of the USA. Its preference for lower elevations may explain why it is so little recorded in the Watershed. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico and, with gaps, through Texas to the Gulf of Mexico.

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