Participant Info

Species

Cardamine cordifolia

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

heartleaf bittercress

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1913

LatestDate

2018

Ecosystem

foothill, montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan

Passes

Cochetopa, Elwood, La Manga, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, trailhead of Crystal Lake on CR 380, 5 Aug 2016 (fruiting)

Comments

Heartleaf bittercress is one of the most common flowers in the Watershed, usually found by streams, from montane to tundra, in all mountain regions. In the USA, Cardamine cordifolia grows strictly west of the Great Plains. It is present in the Rio Grande drainage of New Mexico down to the Mexican border, but follows that drainage no farther.

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