Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Woodsia neomexicana [Physematium neomexicanum] [Woodsiopsis neomexicana]
- Family
- Woodsiaceae
- CommonName
- New Mexico cliff fern
- Presence
- yes
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1999
- LatestDate
- 2022
- Ecosystem
- foothill, montane
- Geobotanical
- SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans
- Counties
- Conejos, Rio Grande, Saguache
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- PhotoRecords
- Comments
- NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. New Mexico cliff fern has been vouchered from the foothills and montane of the ranges in the west of the Valley—not from the east side. This may have to do, in in part, with Woodsia neomexiicana's tendency to grow in volcanic substrate. The typical habitat is is rock crevices on bare slopes, although some occurrence grow higher in elevation on wooded slopes. The USA distribution of the species is Arizona and New Mexico, with occurrences in Colorado considered, by BONAP, to be uncommon. W. neomexicana follows the Rio Grande drainage solidly through New Mexico and on down Texas into the Big Bend country.
- Annotation