Participant Info

Species

Triticum aestivum [Triticum aestivum] [Triticum macha] [Triticum sativum] etc.

Family

Poaceae

CommonName

wheat, common wheat, bread wheat

Presence

yes

Status

exotic, escaped, commercial

EarliestDate

1953

LatestDate

1966

Ecosystem

basin, montane

Geobotanical

SSanjuans, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Escaped common or commercial wheat has been vouchered only twice from the Watershed, once from a farm five miles south of the town of Alamosa (Alamosa Co, 1953) and once from the Conejos River, 22 miles west of Antonito (Conejos Co, 1986). Escapes of Triticum aestivum, however, can been seen by wheat fields readily. Shaw (2008) says that they are just "infrequently collected." Note, also, that T. aestivum is annual and will not persist. BONAP shows records from every state of the USA. The species follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico, with a few occurrences down through Texas to the Gulf of Mexico.

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