United States of America, Colorado, Douglas, Unincorporated Douglas County south of City of Littleton. Along the High Line Canal Trail at Mile Marker 8. 4325 meters SE of Chatfield Lake.
39.51715672 -105.0364491 WGS84
39.51716 -105.036
HLC08
1594 meters
1594m
Ecotone between Front Range Fans and Flat to Rolling Plains ecoregions; earthen canal and adjacent recreational trail ("Rolling Foothills" zone, High Line Canal trail), embedded within a rural to urbanizing landscape that was historically shortgrass steppe. Canal vegetation composition changes from ruderal grasses and forbs and planted/escaping garden plants (upland areas by trail) to water-loving trees/shrubs and associated understory (lowland areas near canal). Representative trees and shrubs: Populus deltoides, Populus angustifolia, Prunus Americana, Prunus virginiana, Salix exigua, Amorpha fruticosa, Ericameria nauseosa; Grasses: Bouteloua gracilis, Buchloe dactyloides, Pascopyrum smithii, Nasella viridula, Bromus inermis, Agropyron cristatum; Forbs: Heterotheca villosa, several species of Mirabilis and Oenothera, Helianthus annuus, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Cirsium arvense.
sand, silt
Habit: forb. Life cycle habit: perennial. Origin: native.
High Line Canal Ecological Survey. Additional data describing plant abundance and pollinator community is available. Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Indicator Value: UPL (Lichvar et al. 2012). Coefficient of conservatism value: 6 (Floristic Quality Assessment Indices for Colorado Plant Communities, doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2634.8248).
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)