Participant Info

Species

Conioselinum scopulorum [Ligusticum scopulorum]

Family

Apiaceae

CommonName

hemlock parsley

Presence

Yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1899

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

basin, montane, subalpine, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, UBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta

Passes

Cumbres

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Big Meadows Reservoir, Brown Lakes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, below Big Meadows Reservoir 9 July 2020

Comments

Conioselinum scopulorum has been recorded from all mountain ranges of the Watershed, in wet areas of spruce-fir-aspen forests, sometimes also in roadside ditches. Hemlock parsley grows in the Southern Rockies, with scattered occurrences in Idaho, Montana, and the Wallowa Mountains of northeast Oregon. In New Mexico, it follows the Rio Grande drainage to the Mexican border. Despite its common name ("hemlock parsley"), the literature does not mention any toxicity to humans.

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