United States of America, Colorado, Gunnison, Uncompahgre Wilderness, Big Blue R. drainage along rivulet leading to stream
38.17958 -107.38532 WGS84
3001 meters
9845 ft.
Fill derived from Tertiary San Juan tuff-conglomerate and breccia of quartz latite
Deschampsia caespitosa; Juncus ensifolius var. montanus; Carex aurea; Veronicastrum serpyllifolium ssp. humifusa; Salix drummondiana; S. planifolia
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Ca. 2 mi. upstream from Big Blue campground, on floodplain in mud; closest associates include Deschampsia caespitosa, Juncus ensifolius var. montanus, Carex aurea, Veronicastrum serpyllifolium ssp. humifusa, Salix drummondiana, S. planifolia; locally common.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)