United States of America, Colorado, Jefferson, Western loop of the Burro Trail in the north eastern to north central section of the Park.
39.857224 -105.377987
13N 0467668E 4411979N
Certainty code: 3
2682 meters
8800 FT
Open, sun exposed hillside with scattered Wax Currant, Rocky Mountain Juniper, Douglas Fir and Low Juniper. Substrate: rocky, sandy and gravelly. In association with Senecio integerrimus
Up to 2 foot high, showy, silvery bunch grass with purple lemmas; abundant, fruiting
Site is actually in the Black Hawk versus Ralston Buttes quad
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)