Participant Info

Species

Packera pseudaurea

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

falsegold groundsel

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1898

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co Shaw Lake 7/8/2020; Rio Grande Co, 0.2 miles S of Grayback pass 8/5/2021

Comments

Packera pseudoaurea has been collected fairly often in the Watershed. It is present in mesic meadows of the Basin and at lower elevations of all mountain regions except for the Culebras. But there are four locations in the Cristos of New Mexico, and the species follows the Rio Grande drainage down to the Mexican border (not farther into Texas). In the US, the it is found throughout the upper mid-West, the Rocky Mountains, and the Pacific ranges.

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