Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Carum carvi
Family
Apiaceae
CommonName
caraway
Presence
Yes
Status
exotic, noxious
EarliestDate
1917
LatestDate
2015
Ecosystem
basin, shrubland, foothill, ruderal, urban
Geobotanical
SSanjuans, LBasin
Counties
Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache
Passes
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
There are 7 Watershed vouchers for caraway, spread over the decades, in the Lower Basin and south San Juan foothils, usually associated with farmland spaces (meadows, irrigation ditches, road sides) and urban spaces (yards, street sides). Caraway needs a cool climate to persist, and is not normally found in the deep South or Southwest. It is on Colorado's B list of "noxious weeds."