Participant Info

Species

Poa arctica [Poa cenisia subsp. arctica]

Family

Poaceae

CommonName

Arctic bluegrass

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1911

LatestDate

2014

Ecosystem

subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Grayback, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITUE PHOTOS. Arctic bluegrass has been collected from above the timberline, and sometimes just below it, in every mountain range of the Watershed, although mostly from the west side. Poa arctica inhabits talus slopes, moist meadows, and rock ledges. Circumboreal, in the USA the species follows the Rocky Mountains from the Canadian border down through Colorado to the northernmost counties of New Mexico.

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