Participant Info

Species

Botrychium minganense [Botrychium lunaria subsp. minganense

Family

Ophioglossaceae

CommonName

Mingan moonwort

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1995

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSanjuans, Culebras

Counties

Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande

Passes

Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Richard Haswell: base of Grayback Mt, Rio Grande Co, 23 Aug 2019

Comments

So far Mingan moonwort has been vouchered from only three Watershed locations: on Lobo Overlook at Wolf Creek pass (Mineral Co, 1995); just east of Alberta Peak (Mineral Co, 2009); around Vermejo Park Ranch (Costilla Co, 2008-2009). To that scant record can be added a photorecord: at the base of Grayback Mountain (Rio Grande Co, 2019). The habitat ranges from old roads and clear cuts to subalpine meadows. In the USA Botrychium minganense is found, uncommonly, in scattered locations in all Western states and around the Great Lakes. It follows the Rio Grande drainage down through New Mexico into Lincoln Co but no farther down stream. The specific epithets derives from the Mingan Islands of Quebec. This is a circumboreal species.

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