Participant Info

Species

Artemisia scopulorum

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

alpine sagebrush

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1942

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan

Passes

Elwood, Grayback, Stony

WildlifePreserves

Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, south slope of Bennett Mt 22 July 2014

Comments

Alpine sagebrush is a common tundra Artemisia, recorded from all mountain ranges of the Watershed. Artemisia scopulorum is a Rocky Mountain species, its range extending through Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and the Cristos of northern New Mexico, where it follows the Rio Grande drainage only as far as Santa Fe Co.

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