Participant Info

Species

Draba helleriana [Draba neomexicana] [Draba pallida] [Draba patens] etc.

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

Heller’s draba

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1945

LatestDate

2017

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSanjuans

Counties

Conejos, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande

Passes

Gunsight, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, saddle between Poison and Bennett Peaks 19 June 2017

Comments

In the Watershed, Heller's draba has been collected only from the south San Juans, from Wagon Wheel Gap southwards. Habitats include alpine meadows down to montane mixed-conifer openings and stream sides. Sharples (2017) found it "common in open areas" at elevations of 8,400', 11,500', and 12,000' in the South San Juan Wilderness of Conejos and Archuleta counties. The Watershed is at the northeast corner of the USA distribution, which is otherwise New Mexico and Arizona. In New Mexico it follows the Rio Grande drainage to the Mexican border, but not into Texas.

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