Participant Info

Species

Chaetopappa ericoides

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

rose heath

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1931

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Hot Creek

Other Localities

La Botica

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, quarry trail E of Del Norte 24 June 2017; Conejos Co, Hicks Canyon N of Hwy 17 23 June 2021

Comments

Rose heath, quite common in the Watershed, is typically a plant of open foothills, although there are records of it in the North Cristos on Hayden Creek at about 8,000’. In good years it can cover hillsides. The USA distribution centers in the Southwest, but it extends up into much of Colorado. It is a common plant of the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico on down beyond the Big Bend country of Texas.

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