Participant Info

Species

Senecio triangularis

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

arrowleaf ragwort

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1915

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres, Elwood, Music, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir, Terrace Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, mesic meadow, 0.5 miles S of Grayback Pass 5 Aug 2021

Comments

In the Waterwhed arrowleaf ragwort is common in wet montane and subalpine meadows on both sides of the Valley, sometimes growing in great patches and in association with Salix spp. It is present in all mountain ranges of the USA West. The farthest south in the Rio Grande drainage that the species has been recorded is from the Sacramento Mountains of south New Mexico.

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