Participant Info

Species

Draba cana [Draba breweri var. cana] [Draba lanceolata]

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

cushion draba

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1978

LatestDate

2007

Ecosystem

subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, SSanjuans, Culebras

Counties

Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan

Passes

Grayback, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. For Draba cana there are 4 Watershed locations: Vermejo Park Ranch (Costilla Co, 2007); the summit of Lobo Overlook by Wolf Creek pass (2003); Grayback Mountain (Rio Grande Co, 1987); a saddle below Antero Peak (Sawatch Range, Saguache Co, 1998). Hogan and Elliot (2022) also report a voucher in the Great Sand Dunes Herbarium from a ridge between Medano and Little Medano canyons, a specimen they have not examined. D. cana has been recently given species status (elevated from D. breweri var. cana). Its habitat is rock ledges, talus slopes, and moist tundra meadows. The USA distribution largely is the Central Rockies, with isolated occurrences across the states bordering Canada.

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