Participant Info

Species

Noccaea fendleri var.glauca [Noccaea montana] [Thlaspi montanum]

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

pennycress, wild candytuft

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres, Elwood, Grayback, La Veta, Music, North, Spring Creek, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Elwood pass 2 Sept 2019

Comments

Pennycress has been collected in all mountain regions of the Watershed—a plant adapted to both rocky and grassy habitats in the subalpine and alpine zones. Noccaea fendleri is present everywhere west of the Great Plains, with the exception of southern California. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico and on to the Big Bend country of Texas.

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