Participant Info

Species

Rorippa sinuata [Radicula sinuata] [Nasturtium sinuatum] [Nasturtium brachycarpum]

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

spreading yellowcress

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1873

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, SSanjuans, UBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Home Lake, San Luis Lakes, Terrace Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, gravel pit 1.76 air miles NE of Del Norte 20 June 2021

Comments

Normally spreading yellowcress is a lower-elevation plant found growing in mesic ground of the Basin and foothills of the Watershed, but it occasionally it reaches into the montane, for instance around the Wagon Wheel Gap area SE of Creede. Often Rorippa sinuata is found in ruderal habitats such as road and irrigation ditches. BONAP shows a USA distribution that largely excludes states east of the Mississippi. The species follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico but not into Texas.

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