Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Zea mays
Family
Poaceae
CommonName
maize, corn
Presence
yes
Status
escaped, commercial
EarliestDate
?
LatestDate
?
Ecosystem
basin, foothill
Geobotanical
LBasin
Counties
Alamosa, Conejos
Passes
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Escapes of cultivated corn occasionally can be found alongside fields and roadsides. There are no SEINet vouchers from the Wateshed (who would take the time to collect one?). But Shaw (2008) indicates Alamosa Co and BONAP indicates also Conejos Co. BONAP shows escapes from every state of the USA, with a few observations following the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico but no farther down stream. Escapes of Zea mays do not persist, of course, since domesticated corn cannot reproduce itself.