Participant Info

Species

Solidago missouriensis [Soliago concinna] [Solidago duriuscula] [Solidago glaberrima] [etc.]

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

Missouri goldenrod

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1928

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

basin, montane, ruderal, urban

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

Alamosa (town)

PhotoRecords

YES Mary E. McDonald: Conejos Co, near the Conejos River, one mile downstream from Aspen Glade campground 31 July 2017

Comments

In the Watershed Missouri goldenrod is a fairly common foothill and montane plant that on both sides of the Valley prefers drier habitat than S. lepida. It has not been recorded from the south Sawatch range, Rio Grande Co, and the Culebras of the Watershed. The only Basin collection came from the Rio Grande floodplain in Alamosa (1992). Solidago missouriensis—extremely variable in its characters—is widespread in the USA except for California, the eastern seaboard and Appalachians, and the Deep South. Observations follow the Rio Grande drainage two-thirds of the way down New Mexico, but not farther down stream.

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