Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Alisma triviale [Alisma brevipes] [Alisma plantago-aquatica var. americanum]
Family
Alismataceae
CommonName
water plantain
Presence
Yes
Status
native
EarliestDate
1986
LatestDate
2023
Ecosystem
aquatic, basin, shrubland, montane
Geobotanical
UBasin, LBasin
Counties
Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Saguache
Passes
WildlifePreserves
Great Sand Dunes
Other Localities
Comments
For Alisma triviale, there are only five loactions in the Watershed: two miles N of La Jara in Conejos Co (1978); the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant in Costilla Co (1986); near Hidden Lake in Conejos Co (1986); the Baca National Wildlife Refuge (6 records, 2006-2021); and east of the Alamosa NWP in Alamosa Co (2023, iNaturalist observation #173495167. In New Mexico, it is recorded from Rio Arriba, Taos, and Colfax counties, bordering on Colorado, and only a little ways farther south. In the USA, this is the most common of water plantains species, present in all states except for Texas and states south of Pennsylvania and Ohio.