United States of America, Colorado, Arapahoe, Along the High Line Canal Trail at Mile Marker 18. 1500 meters ENE of McLellen reservoir.
39.57352268 -105.0108705 WGS84
39.57353 -105.01086
HLC18
1665 meters
1665m
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.
clay, silt
Vine. Flowers: purple. Habit: forb. Life cycle habit: perennial. Origin: introduced. Estimated frequency within viewshed: rare (1-5).
High Line Canal Ecological Survey. Additional data describing plant abundance and pollinator community is available. Tissue sample collected from same individual. Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Indicator Value: not available (Lichvar et al. 2012). Coefficient of conservatism value: 0 (Floristic Quality Assessment Indices for Colorado Plant Communities, doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2634.8248).; managed; Cultivated or Captive
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)