Participant Info

Species

Brassica napus

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

rapeseed, rutabaga

Presence

YES

Status

exotic

EarliestDate

1930

LatestDate

2013

Ecosystem

basin, ruderal, urban

Geobotanical

NCristos, UBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca NWR

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. From the Watershed there have been only three collections: Alamosa (Alamos Co, 1930), Rattlesnake Hill, 4 miles E of Saguache (Saguache Co, 1999), and Baca NWP (Saguache Co, 2006). No doubt these had all escaped from cultivation. Rapeseed or rutabaga is a minor crop in the Upper Basin, but still grown. Escapes have been observed in all states of the USA except for Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, and Texas. There is a single location in Sierra Co, New Mexico. This and the Watershed observations are the only ones from the Rio Grande drainage.

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