Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Nasturtium officinale [Sisymbrium nasturtium-acquaticum] [Rorippa nasturtium]
Family
Brassicaceae
CommonName
watercress
Presence
YES
Status
exotic
EarliestDate
1935
LatestDate
2020
Ecosystem
basin, shrubland, foothill, ruderal
Geobotanical
SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, UBasin, LBasin
Counties
Conejos, Costilla, Saguache
Passes
WildlifePreserves
Russell Lakes
Other Localities
Comments
For water cress, there are only a few Watershed locations: an irrigation ditch near San Luis (Costilla Co), Valley View Hot Springs (Saguache Co), along Saguache Creek (Saguache Co), Old Woman's Creek NW of Del Norte (Saguache Co), Weisburt Farms (Conejos Co), Russell Lakes SWA (Saguache CO), near Garcia Springs NW of Saguache (Saguache Co). The habitat is typical for water cress—roadside seeps, hot springs, artesian springs, drainage and irrigation ditches, along creeks. This exotic is present in nearly every state of the USA and follows the Rio Grande drainage a little past the Big Bend country of Texas.