Participant Info

Species

Poa alpina

Family

Poaceae

CommonName

alpine bluegrass, alpine meadow-grass

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1914

LatestDate

2023

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan

Passes

Grayback, Spring Creek, Stony

WildlifePreserves

Wheeler

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. In the Watershed, alpine bluegrass is common, forming communities at subalpine and alpine vegetative zones, sometimes descending to the montane (e.g. Humphrey's Ranch, south of Creede (Mineral Co, 2014). Poa alpina has not yet been recorded from the south Sawatch range, but occurs in all other ranges of the Valley. In the USA, the species follows the Rocky Mountains from the Canadian border down to the northernmost counties of New Mexico. It follows the Rio Grande drainage no farther down stream.

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