Participant Info

Species

Cirsium parryi [Carduus pallidum] [Carduus gilensis] [Carduus parryi] etc.

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

Parry’s thistle

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1936

LatestDate

2017

Ecosystem

basin, montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, UBasin

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres, Elwood, La Manga, La Veta, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Big Meadows Reservoir, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Deep Creek trail, SW of Creede 11 Aug 2020

Comments

Distinctive but variable, Parry's thistle is common around the Watershed at montane and subalpine elevations, usually found in forest openings. In the USA it is only found in the mountains of Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, where it follows the Rio Grande drainage almost to the border with Mexico.

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