Participant Info

Species

Solidago velutina [Solidago canadensis] [Solidago californica] [Solidago sparsiflora] [Aster sparsiflorus] etc.

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

three-nerve goldenrod

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1938

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

La Veta

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich and Jan Haswell: Mineral Co, Farmers trailhead S of Creede 2 Aug 2021

Comments

Of three-nerve goldenrod there are relatively few collections from the Watershed, most from the mountains on the west of the Valley. The species is common in most counties of Colorado (less the far-east Plains ones), but the USA distribution lies mainly to the southwest of the Watershed, occupying the southern two thirds of the West. Solidago velutina runs solidly down through the New Mexico Rio Grande drainage, and continues on down stream through the Big Bend country of Texas. Note that features of S. velutina are quite variable and have generated a large number of proposed varieties, subspecies, and genera.

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