Participant Info

Species

Luzula subcapitata [Juncoides subcapitata]

Family

Juncaceae

CommonName

Colorado woodrush

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1962

LatestDate

2004

Ecosystem

tundra

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans

Counties

Conejos, Hinsdale, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Colorado woodrush has been vouchered in three Watershed locations: Skyline Trail, NNW of Creede (Saguache Co, 1962); Upper West Fork of Mineral Creek (Hinsdale Co, 1999); and Trail Lake (Conejos Co, 2003). The habitat is alpine meadow or alongside alpine lake. World-wide, the distribution of Luzula subcapitata is restricted to Colorado, where it it is foudn uncommonly down the central Rockies. The Watershed locations are the southernmost of this range and the only occurrences in the Rio Grande drainage. Note that BONAP (2025) does not accept the Conejos specimen, whereas Ackerfield (2022) does.

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