Participant Info

Species

Oreochrysum parryi [Haplopappus parryi] [Solidago parryi]

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

Parry’s goldenrod

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1896

LatestDate

2014

Ecosystem

foothill, montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cochetopa, La Veta, Music, Stony

WildlifePreserves

Dry Creek

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Continental Divide trail N of Wolf Creek pass 6 Aug 2014

Comments

In the Watershed, Parry's goldenrod has been often collected in all mountain regions, from upper foothills through the montane and occasionally into the subalpine. It prefers meadows and forest openings. In the USA, parryi is the only species of Oreochrysum, and found mainly in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. It follows the Rio Grande drainage to the border of Mexico (Otero Co, New Mexico), but no farther down stream. Note that taxonimists found it hard to place this distictive species.

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