Participant Info

Species

Cirsium ochrocentrum [Carduus ochrocentrus] [Cnicus neomexicanus]

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

yellowspine thistle

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1981

LatestDate

2013

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin

Counties

Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Saguache Co, Natural Arch south of La Garita, 17 July 2013; Rio Grande Co, Church Creek near South Fork, 19 July 2020

Comments

For Cirsium ochrocentrum SEINet shows three vouchers: near Terrace Reservoir (Conejos Co, 1981), near Los Mogotes peak (Conejos Co, 1987), and in the Baca NWR (Saguache Co, 2012). Ackerfield (2015) shows Costilla Co, with no SEINet vouchers. The 2013 photorecord from south of La Garita would add a fifth location, from Saguache Co. And a 2020 photorecord from near South Fork would add a sixth, from Rio Grande Co. All these Watershed locations do not show up in BONAP (2022). Yellowspine thistle ranges from the USA Southwest up to the Nebraska plains. It is New Mexico's most common thistle and follows the Rio Grande drainage on down in Texas through the Big Bend country.

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