Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Taraxacum scopulorum [Taraxacum lyratum]
- Family
- Asteraceae
- CommonName
- alpine dandelion
- Presence
- YES
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1964
- LatestDate
- 2020
- Ecosystem
- subalpine, tundra
- Geobotanical
- SSanjuans, NCristos
- Counties
- Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Saguache, San Juan
- Passes
- Spring Creek, Stony
- WildlifePreserves
- Big Meadows Reservoir
- Other Localities
- Comments
- Alpine dandelion has only six records from the Watershed, from the subalpine and alpine in the San Juans and north Cristos. The presence of Taraxacum scopulorum in the Culebras is based on the distribution shown in BONAP, which indicates Costilla Co and Mora Co, New Mexico (with no SEINet vouchers).The species is not recorded from farther down the Rio Grande drainage. Its USA distribution is the Rockies of Colorado, Wyoming, western Montana, and parts of Idaho. Note that in older SEINet records, sometimes Taraxacum alpinum appears. These are small specimens of T. scopulorum. POWO relegates T. alpinum to to the Old World (2026). FNA synonymize T. alpinum under T. scopulorum.
- Annotation