Participant Info

Species

Senecio atratus

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

tall blacktip ragwort

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1935

LatestDate

2013

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Carnero, Cochetopa, Cumbres, Grayback, La Manga, Music, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, alongside road, near Fuchs Reservoir 20 July 2013

Comments

Senecio atratus is a common forest and meadow plant of the montane and subalpine, often found alongside roads, in all Watershed mountain ranges. Its USA distribution—the mountains of Colorado, Utah, southwest Wyoming, and north New Mexico—overlaps with that of Senecio amplectens. But unlike S. amplectens, S. atratus normally does not reach up into the alpine. In New Mexico it follows the Rio Grande drainage only as far as Santa Fe Co.

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