Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Senecio wootonii
Family
Asteraceae
CommonName
Wooton’s ragwort
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1912
LatestDate
2017
Ecosystem
montane, sanddunes
Geobotanical
SSawatch, Garitas, Culebras, NCristos
Counties
Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache
Passes
Cumbres
WildlifePreserves
Great Sand Dunes
Other Localities
Comments
For Wooton's ragwort there are only a few records from the east side of the Watershed (Piñon Flats in the Great Sand Dunes; Culebra Creek in Costlla Co), but it is collected frquently on the west side, usually found in forest openings but occasionally along roadsides. Its USA distribution is restricted to the mountain ranges of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico, where it follows the mountains on both sides of the Rio Grande down through the state to the border with Mexico, with rare occurrences just before the Big Bend country of Texas (Jeff Davis Co). Note that Hogan and Elliot (2022) in their survey of the wilderness of the North Cristos, found this species only on the east slopes.