Participant Info

Species

Puccinellia nuttalliana [Atropis airoides] [Atropis nuttalliana] [Festuca nuttalliana] etc.

Family

Poaceae

CommonName

Nuttall's alkali grass

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1873

LatestDate

2015

Ecosystem

basin, foothill, montane, ruderal

Geobotanical

Garitas, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Russell Lakes, San Luis Lakes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Nuttall's alkali grass has been recorded rather often from the two Basins of the Watershed, usually by alkaline or saline playa edges, pond and stream sides, artesian wells, irrigation ditches, etc. A few vouchers come from higher elevations on stream sides and mesic slopes in the montane (e.g., Saguache Creek). Puccinellia nuttalliana is present in all USA Western states and the northern Great Plains. It follows the Rio Grande drainage halfway down New Mexico but no farther down stream.

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