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Tom Schweich  

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Literature Cited
   When I first read the field notes of Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg, I was fascinated by the descriptions they wrote about the places they went and the plants and animals they found there. By publishing my field notes on the Internet I hope to follow a little bit in their tradition.

 

 

   

 

2015

 

 

   

 

January

 

 

 

Other articles:
• Bay Farm Shoreline Path:   near Veterans Ct.;   at Pkt Landing Rd;
Full Size ImageView of the south shore of Alameda from Bay Farm Island
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1037, Quercus agrifolia  

 

Wednesday, January 14th

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Osprey on San Leanadro Bay.
 

 

 

Other articles:
• California Highway 41:   near Atascadero Lake;
• Shell Creek Road:   at Shell Creek tree;

Locations: Atascadero Lake.
Full Size ImageThe tree at Shell Creek, January 2015.  

 

Sunday, 18 January

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Atascadero Lake, without water.
 

 

 

Other articles:
• Kelbaker Road:   along road;   near US I-40;
• Kelso Cima Road:   at Cima;   at B-195;   in Kelso;
• Morning Star Mine Road:  25000;
• Interstate 15:   at Exit 286;

Locations: Cima. Kelso. Morning Star Mine. New York Mountains.
Full Size ImageEntrance to Mojave National Preserve on Kelbaker Road.  

 

Thursday, 22 January

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Yucca schidigera along Kelbaker Road.
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Road to Quail Basin.
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Opuntia ramosissima along Kelbaker Road.
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Nasty Lookin' Stuff
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Former Post Office in Kelso
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“B-195” underpass.
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“B-195” underpass.
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Cima Store
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Road Junction in Cima
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North side of New York Mountains from Morningstar Mine Road.
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Morningstar Mine
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The Ivanpah Bird Fryer in operation.
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Primm at Stateline.
 

 

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Hwy 89:  Junction;
• Interstate 70:   near Exit 99;   at Exit 99;   near Exit 99;   at Spotted Wolf Cyn;
• Cr-912:   at head of cyn;

Locations: Junction. Miller Canyon. Spotted Wolf Canyon.
Full Size ImageCourthouse at Junction  

 

Friday, January 23

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US I-70 east from Miller Canyon
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US I-70 west from Miller Canyon
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The mouth of Miller Canyon in the Coal Cliffs
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County Road 912 at the top of Miller Canyon
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US I-70 descends through Spotted Wolf Canyon
 

 

 

Other articles:
• Interstate 70:   at Vail;   at Vail Pass;   west portal;

Locations: Vail. Vail Pass.
Full Size ImageVail ski areas from I-70.  

 

Saturday, January 24

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Vail Pass, 10,603 ft.
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West Portal
 

Literature Cited:
- Tripp, Ralph, 2009.

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:   at kiln;   at Tripp Road;   near arch. site;

Locations: Cambria Lime Kiln. Hogback Valley. Tripp Ranch.  

 
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Tripp Ranch
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Cambria Lime Kiln
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Winter View north through “Hogback Valley”
Beautiful day for a winter walk in the Heritage Dells area, led by city councilor Saoirse Charis-Graves.

 

 

Other articles:
• 8th Avenue:  Welchester Tree Grant Park;

Locations: Welchester Tree Grant Park.
Full Size ImageWelchester Tree Grant on a snowy March afternoon.  

 

Saturday, March 7th

 

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1070, Escobaria vivipara  

1070    Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Britton & Rose. Beehive Cactus.

Determination tentative.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. 39.7382°N, 105.2275°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1844 m. Only one seen, among much prickly pear.

Not collected, solitary cactus.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Townsendia hookeri;

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1071, Townsendia hookeri  

  Erigeron vetensis Rydb. Early Bluetop Fleabane.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. 39.7365°N, 105.2268°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1877 m. Exposed ridge, just starting to bloom.

Coll. No. 1071, 12 Mar 2015, characters observed while keying: Perennial, herbaceous, cespitose; Leaves, not clearly opposite, linear, 50 mm. × 1 mm., entire, enlarged base; Heads, all alike, composed of two kinds of flowers, some of the flowers with strap-shaped corollas; Phyllaries, main ±equal, in 3 series, not sticky-gummy; Receptacle epaleate; Rays white with pinkish tint; Pappus of well-developed bristles, #>20, 5 mm., ±cylindric.

Collected only one flower for identification. Discarded.

 

 

Other articles:
• S. & W. Deer Creek Canyon Road:  Hildebrand Ranch Park;

Locations: Hildebrand Ranch Park.
Full Size ImageHildebrand Ranch Park from the Two Brands Trail  

 

Sunday, March 15th

High in Golden, today, was 79°. We went to Hildebrand Ranch Park, and hiked up the Two Brands Trail to the base of the hogback. Only thing in bloom was Erodium. Also saw Eriogonum, Escobaria, Atriplex canescens, a lupine, and smooth brome. Looked like a prairie dog town, but there were no prairie dogs out.

 

   

 

Monday, March 16th

 

Other articles:
• Tucker Gulch Trail:   at Salix;
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 1103, 11 May 2015;  Saturday, February 6th;

Locations: Tucker Gulch (lower).
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1073, Salix alba  

1073   
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Coll. No. 1073, Salix alba

Bud contains rolled-up leaves that are ciliate.

Other articles:
• Tucker Gulch Trail:   above 1st St;

Locations: Tucker Gulch (lower).
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1074, Salix sp.  

1074   
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Coll. No. 1074, Salix sp.

Unclear what the bud contains, definitely not the clearly rolled-up leaves like Coll. No. 1073.

 

 

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   at rr xing;   at pullout;   at Coal Ck;   at pkg;
• Colorado Highway 72:   near Plainview;   at Plainview;   near Plainview;

Locations: Coal Creek. Coal Creek Canyon. Plainview. Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park. Rocky Flats.
Full Size ImageCoal Creek Peak from Plainview Road in Ranson/Edwards Park.  

 

Monday, March 23rd

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The other side of the road seems to be signed to keep people out.
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Plainview Road crosses Coal Creek,
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Coal Creek upstream from Plainview Road.
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Coal Creek downstream from Plainview Road.
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Railroad tracks at Plainview.
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Railroad tracks at Plainview.
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Parking along Plainview Road
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Looking west on CO Hwy 72, Coal Creek Canyon Road.
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Rocky Flats below Coal Creek Canyon.
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Plainview Road at Colorado Highway 72, entrance to Ranson/Edwards Homestead Park.
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The plains from Plainview.
 

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   at coll loc;

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1075, Pulsatilla nuttalliana  

1075    Anemone patens L. var. multifida Pritzel. Eastern Pasqueflower.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Just north of Plainview Road, 2.1 miles by road north of the intersection of Plainview Road and Colorado State Highway 72, Coal Creek Canyon Road. 39.8981°N, 105.2725°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2002 m. Scattered among grassy areas in recently burned Ponderosa pine woodland. Flowers: Coll. No. 1075, 23 Mar 2015; Fruit: Coll. No. 1082, 25 Apr 2015; Leaves: Coll. No. 1125, 28 May 2015.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   at coll loc;

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1076, Claytonia rosea  

1076    Claytonia rosea Rydb. Rocky Mountain Springbeauty.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Just north of Plainview Road, 2.1 miles by road north of the intersection of Plainview Road and Colorado State Highway 72, Coal Creek Canyon Road. 39.8982°N, 105.272°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2009 m. Widely scattered among grassy areas in recently burned Ponderosa pine woodland. Common across a wide area but never in dense clusters.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1077, Lomatium orientale  

1077    Lomatium orientale J.M. Coult. & Rose. Northern Idaho Biscuitroot.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. On a somewhat rocky alluvial terrace, 1.2 miles north on Plainview Road from the intersection with Colorado State Highway 72, Coal Creek Canyon Road, and then 200 m east across the field. 39.89°N, 105.2593°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1943 m. Occasional on drier or more-exposed surfaces.

 

 

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Full Size ImageLocation of collections 1078-1080  

 

Thursday, April 23rd

Collected in Colorado School of Mines Survey Field with Jessica Smith.

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1078, Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum  

1078    Cerastium arvense L. var. strictum Gaudin

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1079, Carex inops ssp. heliophila
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1079, Carex inops ssp. heliophila  

1079    Carex occidentalis (Determination tentative.)

Carex inops L.H. Bailey ssp. heliophila (Mack.) Crins. Sun Sedge.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Grassy openings beside a small watercourse, about 350 m south of City of Golden Beverly Heights Park, 2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7381°N, 105.2274°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1868 m.

Coll. No. 1079, 23 April 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 16 cm., prior year leaves to 23 cm.; Rhizome, unknown (none found); Culm, 11.5 cm. × 0.6 mm., ±triangular, but obscured by white striations at least when dry; Leaves, 12 cm. × 1.5 mm., ±flat, some folded ≤30°.; Inflorescence, multiple spikes, all approximate (I think this means all pretty close together), 1-2 pistillate spike(s) below, 1 staminate spike above; Bracts, lowest, blade 8 mm., sheath 4.5 mm., papery; Pistillate spike, peduncled 1.0-1.3 mm., 9 mm., brown (not black); Staminate spike, terminal, 16 mm., ovoid (not cylindric), brown (not black); Scales, >perigynum body; Perigynum, pubescent on faces, margin ciliate; Achenes, unknown.

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1080, Androsace occidentalis  

1080    Androsace occidentalis Pursh. Western Rockjasmine.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Grassy openings beside a small watercourse, about 350 m south of City of Golden Beverly Heights Park, 2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.738°N, 105.2274°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1868 m. Tiny annual with small rosette of leaves, a single scape, and a small inflorescence. Collected with Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum and Carex inops ssp. heliophila.

Coll. No. 1080, 23 April 2015, characters observed: Annual, to 5 cm., inconspicuous, seen only while lying in grass to collect a sedge, non-glandular hairs branched, glands few; Leaves, basal, 8 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide, elliptic, slightly narrowed at base but not clearly petioled; Peduncle (scape?), 40 mm.; Bracts, 3.7 mm., elliptic; Pedicel, 6 mm.; Sepals, 4 mm., prominently 1-veined, but keel not apparent in dry specimen, papery where united (could be described as a calyx with lobes ±= tube); Corolla, <calyx, white.

    The name was first used by Pedanius Dioscorides in De Materia Medica (c. 40) as the Greek name for an uncertain marine plant (probably a species of Acetabularia), derived from andrós (genitive of an?r man) + -akes, derivative of ákos cure). The root was probably misconstrued by Linnaeus as a compound with Greek sákos shield, when applied to the land plant in the Primulaceae, meaning andros, male, and sakos, shield, alluding to anther shape.

Pronunciation: an-DRO-suh-kee
Alternative Pronunciation: an-DRO-suh-see

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1081, Physaria montana  

1081    Physaria montana (A. Gray) Greene. Mountain Bladderpod.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. On a nearly bare, rocky alluvial ridge, about 500 meters south of City of Golden Beverly Heights Park, 2.2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7365°N, 105.2267°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1885 m.

Coll. No. 1081, 23 Apr 2015, characters observed: Perennial, rosette to 5 cm. dia., flowering stems to 14 cm., not in alpine environment, eastern slope, hairs stellate throughout; Leaves, basal, rosette, 9 mm. × 6.5 mm., ovate, entire, petiole, 12 mm., cauline, 10 mm., appearing secund, narrowly oblanceolate; Inflorescence, exceeding leaves; Pedicels, in fruit, ascending; Fruit, 5 mm. × 2 mm., ovate-elliptic, hairs stellate, apex entire (not notched, although these immature).

    Also seen: Ipomopsis spicata, Scrophularia lanceolata sw of w. tank, Astragalus west and north of water tank, Eriogonum alatum (Syn: Pterogonium a.), ne of w. tank, a Mertensia, Viola nuttallii, Leucocrinum, and Thermopsis.

 

   

 

Saturday, April 25th

Collected at Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park with Matt Schweich.

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

1082    Anemone patens L. var. multifida Pritzel

Developing fruit, to be combined with Coll. No. 1075.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   at coll loc;

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1083, Antennaria rosea  

1083    Antennaria parvifolia Nutt. (Determination tentative).

Antennaria rosea Greene. Rosy Pussytoes.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 2.1 miles on Plainview Road north of Colorado State Highway 72, then 115 m west. 39.8978°N, 105.2732°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2014 m. Growing in patches among openings in a grassy, formerly burned open ponderosa pine woodland.

Coll. No. 1083, 25 April 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 9 cm., stoloniferous 4-5 cm., forming loose mats in wet muddy soil, all sixteen plants collected pistillate (gynoecious?); Leaves, simple, white tomentose both sides, basal, 35 mm. × 9 mm wide, oblanceolate, cauline, 11-13 mm., linear; Inflorescence, >> basal leaves; Involucre, 5.5-7.0 mm.; Bracts (phyllaries), 5.0-6-5 mm. × 1.1-0.7 mm. wide, green at base, purplish band in middle, tips, white, scarious.

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

1084    Frasera speciosa, with Mertensia, Sanicula (yellow flowers), Potentilla, Anemone patens var. multifida, etc.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   at coll loc;

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1085, Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca  

1085    Brassicaceae, perennial, fruit winged.

Noccaea fendleri (A. Gray) Holub ssp. glauca (A. Nelson) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Openings in grassy, recently burned, ponderosa pine woodland, about 520 meters northeast of Plainview, 2.1 miles north on Plainview Road from Colorado State Highway 72, then 165 m west. 39.8978°N, 105.2737°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2023 m. Perennial.

Coll. No. 1085, 25 April 2015, characters observed: Perennial herbs, with basal leaves and flowering stems to 8 cm., glabrous, prior year flowering stems persistent; Leaves, basal, 8 mm. × 4 mm. wide, ±obovate, margin entire, petiole 5 mm., cauline, 8 mm. × 5 mm. wide, base auriculate, margin entire; Flowers, white, fading purple; Petals 4.5 mm.; Fruit, a silicle, 5.5 mm. × 2.5 mm., obcordate, winged distally.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Pediocactus simpsonii;

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImagePediocactus simpsonii (Nutt.) Haw.  

1086   
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Habitat of Pediocactus simpsonii (Nutt.) Haw.
Pediocactus simpsonii, not collected because it is a cactus, photographed instead, also seen nearby here was a tiny Collinsia.

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1087, Townsendia hookeri
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1087, Townsendia hookeri  

1087    Erigeron, in shade of Ponderosa pine.

Townsendia hookeri Beaman. Hooker's Townsend Daisy.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In the shade of a mature ponderosa pine, gentle slope, rocky alluvial soil, 460 meters northeast of the GNIS location of Plainview, 2.2 miles generally north on Plainview Road from Colorado State Highway 72, then 70 m west. 39.8969°N, 105.2731°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2013 m.

Coll. No. 1087, 25 Apr 2015, characters observed: Low growing perennial, from a woody caudex, to 2.5 cm.; Leaves, linear, 30 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, appressed hairy, eglandular; Peduncle, 3 mm., spreading hairy, eglandular; Heads, solitary, disc 15-20 mm. wide; Phyllaries in 3+ overlapping series, 8 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, all same length but inner phyllaries attached higher on receptacle giving impression of inner > outer, green, margin scarious and ciliate, tips acute and ciliate but not obviously tangled; Receptacle epaleate, flat; Ray flowers, fertile (pistillate), cypsela 3.3 mm., tuft of glandular hairs at base, pappus of 1 series white bristles, 4 mm., corolla, 11 mm., lavender; Disc flowers, bisexual, cypsela, 3.7 mm., glandular hairy, pappus 1 series white bristles, 4 mm., corolla, 3.8 mm., yellow, lobes dark.

Coll. No. 1087, 25 Apr 2015, characters observed: Low growing perennial, from a woody caudex, to 2.5 cm.; Leaves, linear, 30 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, appressed hairy, eglandular; Peduncle, 3 mm., spreading hairy, eglandular; Heads, solitary, disc 15-20 mm. wide; Phyllaries in 3+ overlapping series, 8 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, all same length but inner phyllaries attached higher on receptacle giving impression of inner > outer, green, margin scarious and ciliate, tips acute and ciliate but not obviously tangled; Receptacle epaleate, flat; Ray flowers, fertile (pistillate), cypsela 3.3 mm., tuft of glandular hairs at base, pappus of 1 series white bristles, 4 mm., corolla, 11 mm., lavender; Disc flowers, bisexual, cypsela, 3.7 mm., glandular hairy, pappus 1 series white bristles, 4 mm., corolla, 3.8 mm., yellow, lobes dark.

Coll. No. 1087, 25 Apr 2015, characters observed: Low growing perennial, from a woody caudex, to 2.5 cm.; Leaves, linear, 30 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, appressed hairy, eglandular; Peduncle, 3 mm., spreading hairy, eglandular; Heads, solitary, disc 15-20 mm. wide; Phyllaries in 3+ overlapping series, 8 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, all same length but inner phyllaries attached higher on receptacle giving impression of inner > outer, green, margin scarious and ciliate, tips acute and ciliate but not obviously tangled; Receptacle epaleate, flat; Ray flowers, fertile (pistillate), cypsela 3.3 mm., tuft of glandular hairs at base, pappus of 1 series white bristles, 4 mm., corolla, 11 mm., lavender; Disc flowers, bisexual, cypsela, 3.7 mm., glandular hairy, pappus 1 series white bristles, 4 mm., corolla, 3.8 mm., yellow, lobes dark.

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1088, Carex sp.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1088, Carex sp.  

1088    Carex in small spring with frogs.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1089, Castilleja sessiliflora  

1089   
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Coll. No. 1089, Castilleja sessiliflora
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Coll. No. 1089, Castilleja sessiliflora
Castilleja sessiliflora Pursh. Downy Paintedcup.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. On the upper bank, south side of a small creek, 75 meters east of Plainview Road, and 1.2 miles north on Plainview Road from Colorado State Highway 72. 39.8894°N, 105.2609°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1944 m.

 

   

 

Thursday, April 30th

 

Other articles:
• North Table Mountain Trail:  n end of trail;
Full Size ImageFruit of Coll. No. 1090, Alyssum simplex
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1090, Alyssum simplex  

1090    Alyssum simplex Rudolphi. European Madwort.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower west slopes of North Table Mountain, on the City of Golden's North Table Mountain Trail, which is also the access road to a water tank, 75 m south of the North Table Loop. 39.78°N, 105.2283°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1861 m.

Coll. No. 1090, 30 Apr 2015, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 15 cm., stellate hairs throughout (typically doubly branched and 8-pointed); Leaves, cauline, 14 mm. × 3.5 mm., oblanceolate, margin entire, tip acute, sessile or vaguely short-petioled; Sepals, 4, 2 mm., deciduous in fruit; Petals, 2.9 mm, yellow fading white, tip slightly notched; Stamens, 2.6 mm.; Filaments, 2.3 mm., winged proximal 1.8 mm.; Fruit, round, 3.5 mm. dia., margin entire, compressed parallel to the replum; Ovules, 2(4), most keys and descriptions say "2" when they give a specific number, but the genus is described as having 1-2(4) ovules.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1091, Rubus deliciosus
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1091, Rubus deliciosus
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1091, Rubus deliciosus  
1091    Rubus deliciosus Torr. Delicious raspberry.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. West slopes of North Table Mountain, along the City of Golden's North Table Mountain Trail, about 0.7 km south from North Table Loop, and 2.3 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7758°N, 105.2264°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1904 m. Rocky outcrops on the toe of a landslide.

Coll. No. 1091, 30 Apr 2015, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 1.5 m.; Stem, bark, shreddy; Leaves, simple, 17 mm. × 23 mm. wide, palmate veined, lobed, serrate, few straight hairs, petiole, 11 mm.; Flowers, white, solitary, 17-19 mm.; Fruit, unknown.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1091, Rubus deliciosus
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1092, Ribes cereum  
1092    Ribes cereum Douglas var. cereum. Wax Currant.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. West slopes of North Table Mountain, along the City of Golden's North Table Mountain Trail, about 0.7 km south from North Table Loop, and 2.3 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7759°N, 105.2264°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1904 m. Rocky outcrops on the toe of a landslide.

Other articles:
• North Table Mountain Trail:   at Coll. No. 1093;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1093, Prunus americana
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1093, Prunus americana  

1093    Prunus americana Marshall. American Plum.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. West slopes of North Table Mountain, along the City of Golden's North Table Mountain Trail, about 1.0 km south from North Table Loop, and 2.0 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7735°N, 105.2257°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1913 m. in thickets.

Coll. No. 1093, 30 Apr 2015, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 2 m.; Branches, spines or thorns 0, glabrous when young; Leaves, simple, 19 mm. × 8 mm. wide, lanceolate, pinnately veined, glabrous, margin toothed, teeth eglandular, petiole 3 mm., adaxially hairy; Sepals, 2.5 mm., reflexed; Flowers, in 2s and 3s in axils, Pedicels, sparsely hairy; Petals, white, 5-7 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide; Ovary superior; Styles 1; Fruit unknown.

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   near spur trl;
Full Size Image Habitat of Coll. No. 1094, Viola nuttallii
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1094, Viola nuttallii  

1094    Viola nuttallii Pursh. Nuttall's Violet.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Near intersection of North Table Loop and Golden Cliffs Trail, 1.8 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7717°N, 105.2215°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1966 m. Open grasslands on top of the mesa.

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   at Coll. No. 1095;  

1095    Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene. Prairie False Dandelion.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Beside North Table Loop, just south of intersection with Tilting Mesa Trail. 39.7751°N, 105.2225°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1981 m. “Wavy-leaved dandelion,” open prairie on top of mesa, common.

Coll. No. 1095, 30 Apr 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 15 cm.; Leaves, basal, 120 mm. × 5 mm. wide, linear, arcuate, undulate, folded, margin ciliolate (?, W&W “crinkly white hairs”) Heads, solitary, ligulate; Phyllaries, in 2+ series, 20 mm. × 4 mm., green with purple coloration around midrib and scarious margins; Receptacle epaleate; Ray flowers, Pappus of bristles (with attenuate scales?); Corolla, yellow, 28 mm.; Achenes unknown (immature).

 

 

Other articles:
• Nightbird Gulch Trail:   at saddle;   beside flat;   on east face;   beside trail;   on lower trail;   on trail;   at switchback;

Locations: Mount Galbraith Park. Nightbird Gulch.
Full Size ImageLower portion of Nightbird Gulch Trail.  

 

Sunday, May 3rd

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Nightbird Gulch Trail skirts a small flat that is closed for revegetation.
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View west, up Nightbird Gulch to saddle.
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Orobanche fasciculatum in Nightbird Gulch
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Nothocalais cuspidata on the Nightbird Gulch Trail
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View northeast out of Mount Galbraith Park.
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View southeast down Nightbird Gulch.
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Hikers on the Mount Galbraith Loop (above) and Cedar Gulch Trail (below).
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Cryptantha virgata beside the Nightbird Gulch Trail.
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Cryptantha virgata beside the Nightbird Gulch Trail.
 

Other articles:
• Nightbird Gulch Trail:   at saddle;

Locations: Mount Galbraith Park.
Full Size Image Obs. No. 1096, Echinocereus viridiflorus  

1096    Echinocereus viridiflorus

Locations: Mount Galbraith Park.  

1097    Cerastium arvense L. ssp. strictum Gaudin. (Syn: Cerastium strictum L. ) Field Chickweed.

Mount Galbraith Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In the saddle near the top of Nightbird Gulch trail. 39.7656°N, 105.2499°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2068 m. Very common, early season, white flowers.

Locations: Mount Galbraith Park.  

1098    Alyssum simplex Rudolphi. European Madwort.

Mount Galbraith Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In the saddle near the top of Nightbird Gulch trail. 39.7655°N, 105.2498°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2071 m. Common, flowers yellow, early season.

    Castilleja, red, no open flowers.

Other articles:
• Nightbird Gulch Trail:  24990;

Locations: Mount Galbraith Park.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1099, Potentilla  

1099   
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Coll. No. 1099, Potentilla fissa
Potentilla fissa Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray. Bigflower Cinquefoil.

Mount Galbraith Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. South-facing, steep, rocky slopes above the Nightbird Gulch trail. 39.7654°N, 105.2452°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2030 m.

Locations: Mount Galbraith Park.  

1100    Erysimum capitatum (Hook.) Greene. Sanddune Wallflower.

Mount Galbraith Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. South-facing, steep, rocky slopes above the Nightbird Gulch trail. 39.7654°N, 105.2452°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2034 m.

Other articles:
• Nightbird Gulch Trail:   near ridge;

Locations: Mount Galbraith Park.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1101, Agoseris parviflora  

1101   
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Coll. No. 1101, Agoseris parviflora
Agoseris, likely A. parviflora

Agoseris parviflora (Nutt.) D. Dietr. Steppe Agoseris. Mount Galbraith Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small saddle on ridge, 40 m north of Nightbird Gulch Trail. 2.3 km northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7664°N, 105.2441°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2018 m.

Coll. No. 1101, 3 May 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 20 cm.; Leaves, basal, to 180 mm. × 6 mm. wide, not prickly, margins, generally straight (not wavy), 0- to 6-toothed, sparsely ciliate or hairy; Inflorescence, single heads on scape to 15 cm.; Phyllaries, in 2+ graduated series, 10-13-16 mm., generally green, mid-vein dark purple, margin scarious, outer phyllaries, mid-vein and margin ciliate; Ray flowers, corolla, 20-22 mm., yellow (drying more purple than pink), lobes 5; Disc flowers 0; Pappus, simple capillary bristles; Achene, surface smooth, beak unknown (immature).

 

   

 

Monday, May 11th

Tucker Gulch

Other articles:
• Tucker Gulch Trail:   below Cressmans Gulch;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1102, 11 May 2015  

1102    Acer negundo L. Box Elder Maple.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. Along Tucker Gulch, near its junction with Cressmans Gulch, about 220 m below Ford Street, and 400 m above First Street. 39.7697°N, 105.229°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1754 m. Probably var. interius (Britton) Sarg.

Coll. No. 1102, 11 May 2015, characters observed: Tree, ±5 m.; Branches, young, soft short hairy; Leaves, opposite, ternately compound, leaflets 3; Pistil 1; Stigma, branches 2; Fruit, 2 winged 1-seeded samaras.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   Coll. No. 1073, 16 Mar 2015.;  Saturday, February 6th;  

1103    Salix, yellow, match with Coll. No. 1073.

Salix alba L. White Willow.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. On the lower banks adjacent to creek, lower Tucker Gulch, about 260 meters north northwest of the First Street bridge. 39.7687°N, 105.228°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1776 m. Stems bright yellow, glabrous. Eight to ten plants on both sides of creek with roots in water, plus 2 multi-trunk trees approximately 100 meters upstream. Contains materials matched from Coll. No. 1073, 16 Mar 2016.

Coll. No. 1103, 11 May 2015, characters observed: Perennial upright shrub to 4 m., growing into multiple-trunked tree to 10 m.; Twigs, yellow-brown, glabrous (not pruinose), current-year growth not available; Bud, scale margins connate; Leaves, alternate, 39 mm. × 9.5 mm. wide, = 4.1×long vs. wide, mid-vein slightly long hairy, margins hairy, otherwise leaves glabrous, youngest leaves with margins glandular-toothed, petiole, 3 mm., eglandular, deeply grooved adaxially; Plants, staminate, no pistillate material found. Catkins, 50 mm., not branched, arising from subterminal buds; Stamens 2, Filaments, 3 mm., not connate; Anthers, 0.7 mm.; Capsules, unknown.

  1104    Salix, red-brown, match with Coll. No. 1074.

 

 

Other articles:
• Rooney Road:   at sports cmplx;
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   on trail;   at Coll. 1109;

Locations: Rooney Road Sports Complex. Tin Cup Ridge.
Full Size ImagePanorama of Rooney Road Sports Complex and Tin Cup Ridge  

 

Thursday, May 15th

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Trail on spine of Tin Cup Ridge
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Rooney Road Sports Complex from Tin Cup Ridge
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US Highway 40 near Golden
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Star Lily (Leucocrinum montanum) as seen on Tin Cup Ridge.
 

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   at Coll. 1105 & 1106;  

1105    Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl. Pale Bastard Toadflax.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the top of the north end of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dakota Ridge into the city of Golden, 4.5 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden, east across US Highway 40 from the Peabody Museum dig at Magic Mountain. 39.7166°N, 105.2066°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1872 m.

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   at Coll. 1105 & 1106;  

1106    Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus. Meadow Death Camas

Zigadenus paniculatus (Nutt.) S. Watson var. gramineus (Rydb.) Ackerfield. Grassy Death Camas.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the top of the north end of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dakota Ridge into the city of Golden, 4.5 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden, east across US Highway 40 from the Peabody Museum dig at Magic Mountain. 39.7166°N, 105.2065°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1893 m.

Coll. No. 1106, 14 May 2015, characters observed (or not!): Perennial herb, geophyte, to 30 cm.; Leaves, mostly basal and some cauline, linear, cauline alternate; Inflorescence, terminal raceme (no paniculate branches at base of inflorescence); Pedicels, ascending; Flowers, symmetric, bisexual, 9 mm. dia.; Tepals, 6, all similar, to 4.5 mm. × 3 mm. wide, white to cream, some clawed ≥1 mm. (although, it is not clear to me that these are the outer tepals), unable to visualize glands at base of tepals in dry specimens; Stamens, 6, 5 mm., ≥tepals.

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   at Coll. 1107;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1107, Penstemon virens
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1107, Penstemon virens  

1107    Penstemon virens Pennell ex Rydb. Front Range Beardtongue.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Openings along the rocky top of Tin Cup Ridge, the northern extension of Dakota Ridge into Golden, 4.53 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7163°N, 105.2066°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1903 m. East across US Highway 40 from the Peabody Museum dig at Magic Mountain, which was collected by E. H. Brunquist (1959).

Coll. No. 1107, 14 May 2015, characters observed (or not!): Perennial terrestrial herb, to 30 cm.; Stem very short hairy proximally (supposedly in lines but not clearly so to me), becoming glandular-hairy in the inflorescence; Leaves, basal and cauline, glabrous, basal, petiole, 20 mm., blade, 35 mm. × 13 mm. wide, ovate, entire, cauline, petioled 8 mm. to sessile distally, 25 mm. × 7 mm. wide, margin entire to minutely toothed distally; Inflorescence, thryse, 8 to 12 flowers per node; Calyx, lobe 2 mm. + 5 lobes 2 mm. = 4 mm.; Flowers, zygomorphic, parts in 5s, not spurred; Corolla fused at base, purple, 15 mm., lobes 2 mm., limb 10 mm., outer surface glandular-pubescent; Stamens, 4, included, staminode 1, hairy at tip; Anther, purple, sacs papillate.

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   at Coll. 1108;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1108, Senecio integerrimus on Tin Cup Ridge.  

1108    Packera plattensis (Nuttall) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve. Prairie Groundsel.

Senecio integerrimus Nutt. Columbia Ragwort.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. In shrubby vegetation along the top of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dakota Ridge into Golden, 4.58 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.716°N, 105.2066°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1905 m. East across US Highway 40 from the Peabody Museum dig at Magic Mountain, which was collected by E. H. Brunquist (1959).

Coll. No. 1108, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 60 cm.; Leaves, basal and cauline, some densely tomentose along petiole and mid-vein, else thinly tomentose, basal, petiole 60 mm. + blade ovate 110 mm. × 35 mm. wide, margin entire to slightly scalloped (somewhat more like that described for P. crocata), cauline, sessile, lance-linear, 130 mm. × 15 mm. wide, reduced above, margins, some with small, dense, sharp teeth; Inflorescence, ±8 heads per stem; Phyllaries in 1 series, (partially enclosing alternate ray and disc flowers), 6 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide, tips mucronate; Receptacle epaleate; Pappus of bristles in ±1+ series, 6-7 mm.; Ray flowers, few (8-12), ♀-only, tube 4 mm. + blade 8 mm. = 12 mm. × 3 mm. wide; Disc flowers bisexual.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Notes on Balsamorhiza sagittata;
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   at Coll. 1109;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1109, Balsamorhiza sagittata
Full Size ImageInflorescence head of Coll. No. 1109, Balsamorhiza sagittata  

1109   
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Coll. No. 1109, Balsamorhiza sagittata
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Coll. No. 1109, Balsamorhiza sagittata
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Disc flowers of Coll. No. 1109, Balsamorhiza sagittata
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. Arrow-Leaf Balsamroot.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. In grasses and shrubs high on the east side of Tin Cup Ridge, a northward extension of Dakota Ridge into Golden, 4.9 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7133°N, 105.2051°W. WGS 1984, Elev. 1928 m. East across US Highway 40 from the Peabody Museum dig at Magic Mountain, which was extensively collected by E. H. Brunquist (1959).

Coll. No. 1109, 14 May 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb to 50 cm.; Inflorescence, solitary heads on 40 cm. scape; Phyllaries in 2 series, outer lance-linear, 18 mm. × 4 mm. wide, veins, 5, prominent, tomentose abaxially, adaxially distally, inner obovate, 11 mm. × 4 mm. wide, distal abaxial tomentose and ciliate; Receptacle paleate, Paleae, 11 mm × 3 mm. wide, ciliate, and distal abaxial tomentose, palea covers abaxial side of achene, and is barely folded around one edge, but does not fully enclose achene; Pappus 0; Ray flower, fertile, stamens present but degenerate (?) and not functional (?), corolla, tube 2 mm. + blade 27 mm. × 12 mm. wide, yellow; Disc flowers, bisexual, corolla, 6 mm., yellow; Achene, 9 mm., compressed radially.

 

 
Full Size ImageEscobaria missouriensis, Green Mountain, Jefferson County, Collorado  

 

Sunday, May 17th

Hike on Green Mountain.

 

 

Other articles:
• Poco Calle:   at trailhead;
• US Hwy 40:   at RocklandRd;

Locations: Apex Park.
Full Size ImageRockland Church, south of US Hwy 40.  

 

Monday, May 25th

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Enchanted Forest trailhead to Apex Park.
 

 

 

Other articles:
• Rubey Drive:   at turn;
Full Size ImageNorth Rubey Drive, near CO S. H. 93 and Iowa Drive.  

 

Tuesday, May 26th

Golden, Rubey Drive near Iowa Drive, and Tucker Gulch.

Other articles:
• Rubey Drive:   at turn;
• Glossary:  auricle;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1110, Secale cereale, auricles ±1 mm.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1110, Secale cereale  

1110    Grass, tall, long-awned.

Secale cereale L. Cereal Rye.

Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. On a bank of Nightbird Gulch, just east of CO State Highway 93, and south of Iowa Drive, 1.35 km northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7637°N, 105.233°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1776 m.

Coll. No. 1110, 26 May 2015, characters observed: Annual, erect to 1 m.; Leaf, sheath open, ligule membraneous, auricle 1 mm.; Inflorescence, terminal spike, 10 cm.; Internode 2 mm.; Spikelets, 2-ranked, 1 per node, sessile, bases not embedded in rachis; Glumes, 2, awl-like, 8-9 mm., ±equal, keeled, purplish distally, appearing to hide the rachis but not the lemmas; Florets 2, arranged side-to-side; Lemma, 12 mm., keeled, keel ciliate, margins, one ciliate, the other less so, awned; Awns, 16 mm., short proximally, lengthening distally, straight to wavy, some slightly twisted.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Dactylis glomerata;
• Rubey Drive:   at turn;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1111, Dactylis glomerata, one panicle branch.  

1111    Grass, one-sided infl., open sheath, membraneous ligule -- Orchard grass?

Dactylis glomerata L. Orchard Grass.

Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. On a bank of Nightbird Gulch, east of CO State Highway 93, and south of Iowa Drive, 1.35 km northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7636°N, 105.233°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1783 m.

Coll. No. 1111, 26 May 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 1.15 m., not rhizomatous, base not bulbous; Leaf, sheath open (roughly half of published descriptions describe sheath as closed), blade, 25 cm. × 0.7 cm. wide, ligule, membraneous, 5 mm., auricle, rounded, <1 mm.; Inflorescence, panicle, 13 cm., 1° branches open, erect; Spikelets, all on one side of rachis, crowded in dense clusters, on 2°-4° panicle branches with ±4 developed florets; Glumes, 2, lower, 3.5 mm, smaller and thinner than upper, 6 mm., keeled, ciliate on keel, else sparsely hairy, Florets, not forming bulblets; Lemmas, lowest largest, 5 mm., with 1 mm. awn tip, reduced above.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Bromus tectorum;
• Rubey Drive:   at turn;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1112, Bromus tectorum  

1112    Bromus tectorum L. Cheat Grass.

Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. On a bank of Nightbird Gulch, east of CO State Highway 93, and south of Iowa Drive, 1.35 km northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7638°N, 105.2329°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1784 m.

Coll. No. 1112, 26 May 2015, characters observed: Annual grass, to 30 cm.; Leaves, Sheath, 50 mm., closed proximal ⅔, open distally, Ligule, membraneous, 1 mm.; Blade, 60 mm.; Inflorescence, open panicle, rachis and pedicels short hairy, Spikelets, 1 per node, 15 mm., laterally compressed; Glumes, 2, sparsely hairy, margins scarious, lower, 2.3 mm., veins indistinct, upper, 4.5 mm. Callus, glabrous, very short, Florets, ±6, Lemma, 6.5 mm., 0.7  from mid-vein to margin, back rounded, sparsely hairy, tip, forked, teeth 1 mm., awned from near tip, awn, 5-7 mm.; Anthers, 3, 0.4 mm. Dimensions are small for B. tectorum, perhaps because of the early date of collection.

Other articles:
• Rubey Drive:   at turn;
• Glossary:  auricle;
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1113, Bromus inermis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1113, Bromus inermis, auricles absent, or very much reduced.  

1113   
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Bromus inermis Leyss. Smooth Brome.

Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. On a bank of Nightbird Gulch, east of CO State Highway 93, and south of Iowa Drive, 1.35 km northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7638°N, 105.2329°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1779 m.

Coll. No. 1113, 26 May 2014, characters observed: Perennial grass to 1 m., should have creeping rhizomes but these not collected; Leaves, sheath, 80 mm., closed, ligule, <1 mm., membraneous, blade, 170 mm × 5 mm., soft, with a distinguishing fold, usually described as an “M” or a “W”; Inflorescence, panicle, multiple 1° branches per node, mostly on one side of rachis; Spikelets, 1 per node on 1° and 2° panicle branches, 18-19 mm., laterally compressed, 4+ florets per spikelet; Glumes, 2, keeled, glabrous, lower, 8 mm., upper, 10 mm., <lowest floret; Rachilla, sparsely hairy on abaxial side, not extended beyond uppermost floret; Callus, small, glabrous; Lemma, 12 mm., veins, 3 obvious, tip bifid, some awned; Awn (when present), 1.6 mm., arising near tip of lemma.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Poa bulbosa;
• Tucker Gulch Trail:   above 1st St;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1114, Poa bulbosa, bulbus bases of culms.
Full Size ImageFlorets of Coll. No. 1114, Poa bulbosa.  

1114   
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Poa bulbosa L. Bulbous Bluegrass.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the Tucker Gulch trail, 70 m. north of the First Street bridge, 1.4 km north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7671°N, 105.2273°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1771 m.

 

 

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
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Thursday, May 28th

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Scutellaria, probably S. brittonii
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Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Tragopogon dubius;
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1115, Tragopogon dubius  

1115    Tragopogondubius? … … certainly looks dubious to me!

Tragopogon dubius Scop. Yellow Salsify.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 65 m. east of Plainview Road, 39.8893°N, 105.2609°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1933 m. Peduncle inflated distally, flowers yellow, phyllaries in 1 overlapping series, ligules 3-5 mm. shorter than phyllaries. Dry upper banks on south side of creek.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Notes on Erigeron flagellaris, Schweich 2018;
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1116, Erigeron flagellaris  

1116    Erigeron flagellaris A. Gray. Trailing Fleabane.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 65 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.8893°N, 105.2608°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1950 m. Not common in Jefferson County, but with several other nearby collections, e.g., from Rocky Flats and around the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon.

Coll. No. 1116, 28 May 2015, characters observed: Perennial, to 5-6 cm., with scapose inflorescence to 9 cm., spreading by leafy stoloniferous branches; Leaves, basal and cauline, entire, basal, linear-oblanceolate, 35 mm. × 2.5 mm., cauline, linear, 13 mm. × 1.5 mm.; Inflorescence, single heads on scape to 8 cm.; Receptacle epaleate; Phyllaries, 2+series, ±equal, 4 mm., hairy abaxially, ascending multicellular hairs with clear crosswalls, glandular between hairs; Flowers of 2 kinds; Pappus of bristles, 2 mm., + short scales, that of ray and disc flowers alike; Rays, #±80, corolla white, fading lilac, 8 mm. × 0.5 mm.; Disc flowers, corolla yellow, lobes triangular; Achene, short hairy.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1117, Koeleria macrantha  

1117    Perennial grass, small bunch, not rhizomatous.

Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey ssp. fendleriana. Muttongrass.

Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult. Prairie Junegrass.
Det. By Janet L. Wingate, 10/28/2015.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 85 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.8893°N, 105.2607°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1947 m. Perennial bunch grass, not rhizomatous.

Coll. No. 1117, 28 May 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 40 cm., not rhizomatous, lacking bulbous base; Leaves, sheath open, ligule membraneous, 1 mm., auricles 0, blade 38 mm. × 2.5 mm., tip, prow-shaped; Inflorescence, 70-80 mm., panicle, narrow, contracted; Spikelets, not enclosed in burs, not in pairs, pedicellate, 5 mm., green with purple tinge, moderately laterally compressed; Pedicel, ascending hairs; Glumes, ±similar, slightly keeled, ±hairy on keel, lower, 3 mm., <1st lemma, upper, 5 mm.; Florets, mostly 2 per spikelet; Rachilla, extends beyond upper floret, glabrous; Callus, few hairs, not cobwebby; Lemma, 4 mm., hairs at base, barely keeled, keel with few short hairs, veins, 3 conspicuous, tips scarious; Palea, <lemma, transparent, veins, 2, hairy.

Distinguished from P. secunda on the strength of: lateral compression (Harrington, 1954), keels on glumes and lemmas (Weber & Wittmann, 2012, and Ackerfield, 2015), lack of cobwebby hairs at base of lemma (Shaw, 2008), and lemma hairy on keel and flowers unisexual (Baldwin, 2012).

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1118, Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis  

1118    Poa-looking, perennial, rhizomatous, not in particularly outstanding bunches, sloping bank of creek.

Poa pratensis L. ssp. pratensis. Kentucky Bluegrass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 100 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.8895°N, 105.2605°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1940 m. Sloping bank of creek, perennial grass, rhizomatous.

Coll. No. 1118, 28 May 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 60 cm.; Rhizomes, to 12 cm., 0.8 mm. dia.; Culm, not bulbous at base, not strongly flattened; Leaf, sheath, 130 mm., open at least ½; ligule, 1.8 mm., membraneous; auricles 0, blade, lower involute, upper flat, 75 mm. × 3 mm. wide, tip prow-shaped; Inflorescence, panicle, shape at maturity unknown, branches scabrous; Spikelets, 5 mm., singly pedicelled on 3°-5° branches; Compression lateral; Disarticulation above the glumes; Glumes, keeled, small line of stiff hairs distally, lower, 2.3 mm., <lowest lemma, veins 3, upper, 2.5 mm.; Florets, appear staminate, may be immature; Callus with some cobwebby hairs, but cobwebby hairs also elsewhere; Lemma, 3 mm., veins, 5, prominent, ±evenly spaced (leads to Melica, which this is not), keel and margins cobwebby proximally, margins scarious, tip broadly acute, awns 0, Palea, 2.5 mm., green, esp. on veins.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1119, Arnica fulgens
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1119, Arnica fulgens  

1119    Composite, fibrous roots, very wet.

Arnica fulgens Pursh. Foothill Arnica.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 110 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.889°N, 105.2604°W. Elev. 1943 m. Very wet, running water among grasses and sedges.

Coll. No. 1119, 28 May 2015: characters observed: Perennial herb of wetlands, to 35 cm., glandular hairy throughout; Leaves, mostly basal and few cauline, basal, axils with 5 mm. brown wavy hair, petiole 70 mm. + blade 60 mm. × 12 mm. wide, 5 × longer than wide, cauline, opposite, sessile, ±2 pair, much reduced; Inflorescence, single heads on peduncle to 80 mm., flowers of two kinds; Phyllaries, 2 ±equal series, 12 mm., green with dark tips; Receptacle epaleate; Rays, fertile, tube 3 mm. + blade 16 mm. × 7 mm. wide = 19 mm., corolla yellow; Disc flowers, tube 7 mm. + lobes ≤1 mm. = 8 mm.; Pappus, bristles, 9 mm., white; Achene, 5 mm., short hairy.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1120, Penstemon secundiflorus
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1120, Penstemon secundiflorus  

1120    Penstemon secundiflorus Benth. Sidebells Penstemon.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 150 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.8892°N, 105.2598°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1941 m.

Coll. No. 1120, 28 May 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm., caulescent, eastern slope; Leaves, opposite, well-spaced, sessile, 66 mm. × 23 mm. wide, lanceolate, entire, glaucus; Inflorescence, axis glabrous, not glandular-hairy, flowers mostly on one side of the stem; Calyx, 5 mm., with purple-tinged sinus tissue; Flowers, 18 mm., magenta; Stamens, inserted; Staminode, 1.8 mm. wide at tip, hairy; Anther, sacs, glabrous on side opposite dehiscence.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1121, Penstemon virens  

1121    Penstemon virens Pennell ex Rydb. Front Range Beardtongue.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 150 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.8892°N, 105.2598°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1938 m. Penstemon, small, sparsely flowering, easily overlooked.

Coll. No. 1121, 28 May 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, of eastern slope, ascending 16 cm. from horizontal rooting stem; Stem, short hairy becoming gland-tipped hairs distally; Leaves, “basal” and cauline, “basal,” crowded around sprouts from horizontal stems, petiole 30 mm. + blade 30 mm. × 7 mm. wide, oblanceolate, entire, tip mucronate, cauline, opposite, sessile, 30 mm. × 8 mm. wide, lanceolate, slightly toothed; Inflorescence, thyrse, arising from axils, leaves reduced; Pedicels, 3 mm., with gland-tipped hairs; Calyx, 4 mm., lobe tips acute; Corolla, 13 mm., blue-violet (not pale); Stamens, inserted; Staminode, not enlarged at tip, hairy in terminal 2 mm.; Anther sacs, papillate, not hairy.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1122, Frasera speciosa  

1122   
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Coll. No. 1122, Frasera speciosa
Frasera speciosa Griseb. Elkweed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.3 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 190 m. east of Plainview Road, 100 m. north of creek. 39.8906°N, 105.2597°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1935 m. Collected only four flowers and two leaves because this was a single plant out on the lone prairie.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1123, Carex nebrascensis.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1123, Carex nebrascensis  

1123   
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Coll. No. 1123, Carex nebrascensis
Carex nebrascenis Dewey. Nebraska Sedge.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.3 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 60 m. east of Plainview Road, 35 m. north of creek. 39.8998°N, 105.261°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1939 m. Growing in spring-fed flowing water.

Coll. No. 1123, 28 May 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., growing in running water; Inflorescence, 3-5 spikelets, 18-31 mm., cylindrical, lowest pistillate, peduncle 6 mm., stout, erect, intermediate pistillate below and staminate above, upper staminate; Bracts, lowest without sheath; Scales, pistillate, 3.5 mm. × 1.4 mm. wide, generally black except prominent midrib and chartaceous margin; Perigynia, 3.0 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, some 3-5 veined, but not all, beak, 0.4 mm, bifid; Stigmas, 2.

    Georeferenced collections of Carex made within 15 km. (10 mi.) of Ranson Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
  • Carex aquatilis
  • Carex aurea
  • Carex brevior
  • Carex canescens
  • Carex douglasii
  • Carex duriuscula
  • Carex emoryi
  • Carex geophila
  • Carex hystericina
  • Carex inops subsp. Heliophila
  • Carex interior
  • Carex microptera
  • Carex nebrascensis
  • Carex oreocharis
  • Carex pellita
  • Carex pensylvanica
  • Carex petasata
  • Carex praegracilis
  • Carex rossii
  • Carex saximontana
  • Carex scoparia
  • Carex siccata
  • Carex simulata
  • Carex sprengelii
  • Carex torreyi
  • Carex utriculata
  • Carex vulpinoidea

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1124, Lithospermum incisum  
1124    Lithospermum incisum

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   at coll loc;  

1125    Anemone patens L. var. multifida Pritzel. Eastern Pasqueflower.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Just north of Plainview Road, 2.1 miles by road north of the intersection of Plainview Road and Colorado State Highway 72, Coal Creek Canyon Road. 39.8981°N, 105.2725°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2002 m. Scattered among grassy areas in recently burned Ponderosa pine woodland. Flowers: Coll. No. 1075, 23 Mar 2015; Fruit: Coll. No. 1082, 25 Apr 2015; Leaves: Coll. No. 1125, 28 May 2015.

Material from this collection combined with Coll. No. 1075.

 

 

Other articles:
• Castle Trail:   on the trail;   at junction;   at Meadow W;   along trail;
• Meadow Trail:   at meadow;
• Tower Trail:   at Eagle Eye;

Locations: Mount Falcon Park.
Full Size ImageView of US Highway 285 from the Castle Trail in Mount Falcon Park  

 

Monday, June 1st

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View of Castle Trail from Eagle Eye Shelter.
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Western end of Meadow Trail.
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Northwest on the Castle Trail to the Mt Falcon Road trailhead.
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Beginning of the Meadow Trail.
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The Castle Trail turns east in the direction of the Great Plains.
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Habitat of Frasera speciosa in Mt Falcon Park.
Mt. Falcon Park.

Other articles:
• Tower Trail:  just below top;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1126, Poa fendleriana
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1126, Poa fendleriana ssp. fendleriana  

1126   
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Coll. No. 1126, Poa fendleriana ssp. fendleriana
Grass, near top of Mt. Falcon, growing in rocks and on wooded slopes, perennial bunch grass, no rhizomes.

Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey. ssp. fendleriana Muttongrass.

Mount Falcon Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Just south of the main observation tower on the top of Mount Falcon. 39.6296°N, 105.2306°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2391 m. Perennial bunchgrass, growing in rocks and on wooded slopes, spikelets light and dark colors, no rhizomes.

Coll. No. 1126, 1 June 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, of shady dry places, to 40 cm., not rhizomatous; Leaves, sheath, open ½, ligule, membraneous, ±1 mm., auricles 0, blade, soft, short and rolled distally; Inflorescence, panicle, 3°-4° branches, somewhat contracted, i.e., not broad, branches sparsely scabrous; Pedicels, 1.5-2.5 mm., short ascending hairs; Spikelets, 1 per node; Compression lateral; Glumes, 2, lower, 3 mm., <lowest lemma, upper, 4 mm., Florets, 5-6, lowest 1-3 pistillate, upper undetermined but no evidence of stamens; Callus glabrous; Rachilla, extends beyond upper floret; Lemma, 4 mm., keeled, veins 5, tip obtuse, awns 0, wavy hairs proximal half of keels and margins; Palea, 2.3 mm., transparent, keels green and hairy.

Didn't feel very confident about my determination on this one. Checked it out again. Keys easily to Poa fendleriana in Shaw (2012), but in Ackerfield (2015) it gets lost at 2a-2b over the shape of the panicle, i.e., is it “open or loosely contracted” vs. “narrow and tightly contracted.” I would say “loosely contracted,” which leads most easily to P. wheeleri. P. wheeleri has not been collected in Jefferson County.

Other articles:
• Tower Trail:   below summit;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1127, Collinsia parviflora
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1127, Collinsia parviflora  

1127    Tiny blue and white annual, growing among and below bedrock outcrops.

Other articles:
• Castle Trail:   along trail;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1128, Antennaria parvifolia  

1128    Antennaria rosea, determination tentative, in openings of sparse ponderosa pine.

Antennaria parvifolia Nutt. Small-Leaf Pussytoes.

Mount Falcon Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. East-facing, grassy slope of small unnamed hill, 530 m north northwest of Mt. Falcon, approximately 13.5 km south of Golden. 39.634°N, 105.2323°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2365 m. Dense mats in openings of sparse ponderosa pine. Involucres large.


Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1129, Mertensia lanceolata
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1129, Mertensia lanceolata  
1129    Mertensia lanceolata, determination tentative.

Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. Prairie Bluebells.

Mount Falcon Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. West-facing, grassy slope of small unnamed hill, 630 m north northwest of Mt. Falcon, approximately 13.5 km south of Golden. 39.6345°N, 105.234°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2372 m. Strigose hairs on adaxial surface of leaves pointed toward tip, ring of hairs near base of corolla tube, and hairy at insertion point of filaments.

Literature Cited:
- Nesom, Guy L., and Gary I. Baird, 1993.  

  Neson and Baird (1993) placed Chrysothamnus nauseosus and similar taxa within Ericameria based on their dissimilarity to Chrysothamnus and their similarity to Ericameria, as noted by commentaries in earlier literature and corroborated by their observations, and by comparative embryology, latex production, DNA variation, and various other chemical studies. Together, these suggest that similarities in phyllary arrangement have been unduly weighted in the definition of Chrysothamnus.

Neson and Baird (1993) defined Ericameria nauseosa (Pallas ex Pursh) Nesom & Baird subsp. nauseosa, including the following varieties (the gray forms): bemardina, bigelovii, glabrata, glareosa, hololeuca, iridis, latisquamea, nana, nauseosa, psilocarpa, salicifolia, speciosa, texensis, and washoensis.

For the common variety of Ericameria nauseosa in the Golden, Colorado, Nesom and Baird (1993) define Ericameria nauseosa (Pallas ex Pursh) Nesom & Baird var. glabrata(A. Gray) Nesom & Baird, comb. nov. BASIONYM: Bigelovia graveolens Nutt. var. glabrata A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8:645. 1873. Synonym: Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pallas ex Pursh) Britt. subsp. graveolens (Nutt.) Hall & Clements, Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 326:214. 1923.

We now use the name E. nauseosa var. graveolens (Nuttall) Reveal & Schuyler, published in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. 149: 20. 1999. I have been unable to obtain that publication, so I don't know the rationale for using the name var. graveolens.

 

 

Other articles:
• 44th Avenue:  Colorado Railroad Museum;
• Lithic Trail:   near N Table Loop;
• Mesa Top Trail:   on the downward slope;   below closure;   below closure;   near lower end;
• North Table Loop:   near Cottonwood Cyn Trl NW;   near Cottonwood Cyn Trl NW;   near landslide;   near Lithic;   at Mesa Top Trl;

Locations: North Table Mountain.
Full Size ImageJunction of Lithic Trail with North Table Loop.  

 

Tuesday, June 9th

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Junction of Lithic Trail with North Table Loop.
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The Cottonwood Canyon Trail diverges from North Table Loop.
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Looking across Cottonwood Canyon at more of North Table Loop.
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North Table Loop continues east around the mesa.
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Lower end of North Table Mountain
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Junction of Mesa Top Trail with North Table Loop.
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Obs. No. 1427, Opuntia polyacantha
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Three deer above a slide on the south face of North Table Mountain
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Colorado Railroad Museum from North Table Mountain
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Upper part of Mesa Top Trail.
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Mesa Top Trail just below the washout.
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Easley Road area seen from Mesa Top Trail.
North Table Mountain Park, east side, by way of Lithic Trail, North Table Mountain Loop, and Mesa Top Trail.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Physaria vitulifera;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1130, Physaria vitulifera  

1130    Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Roundtip Twinpod.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Flat area below the rim of North Table Mountain, and above W. 43rd Drive and Ulysses Way, 3.2 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7774°N, 105.197°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1861 m. Flowering stems arise from base of rosette. Growing in volcanic rock outcrop on toe of landslide.

Coll. No. 1130, 9 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 30 cm., stellate hairs throughout, caulescent, of eastern slope, non-alpine; Leaves, basal and cauline, petiole 28 mm. + blade 33 mm. × 12 mm. wide, margin entire to wavy to slightly toothed; Inflorescence, exceeding leaves; Pedicels, in fruit, ascending to sigmoid to rarely recurved; Fruit, notched at apex.

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   near landslide;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1131, Koeleria macrantha
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1131, Koeleria macrantha  

1131    Grass.

Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult. Prairie Junegrass.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Flat area below the rim of North Table Mountain, and above W. 43rd Drive and Ulysses Way, 3.2 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7775°N, 105.197°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1892 m. Perennial, clumped, non-rhizomatous, contracted shiny panicle.

Coll. No. 1131, 9 June 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 45 cm., non-rhizomatous; Leaves, sheath, open, ligule, 1.5 mm., membraneous, auricles, 0, blade, tip prow-shaped; Inflorescence, panicle, shiny in anthesis, short branches, branches hairy; Florets, 3, #1 and #2 pistillate, #3 staminate, open, i.e., palea separated from lemma; Disarticulation, between florets; Rachilla hairy, extends nearly 1 mm. above upper floret, extension undecorated; Lemma, 4.5 mm., veins 5, short hairy throughout, awn, 0.5 mm., short, soft; Palea, =lemma, transparent; Stamens, 3, 1.8 mm.

Other articles:
• Cottonwood Canyon Trail:   on Mesa;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1133, Erigeron tracyi
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1133, Erigeron tracyi  

1133    Erigeron divergens, determination tentative.

Erigeron divergens Torr. & A. Gray. Spreading Fleabane.

Erigeron tracyi Greene. Running Fleabane.
   Det. By Pam Regensberg, 10/28/2015.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Mesa top, southeast portion of North Table Mountain, 3.3 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7789°N, 105.1972°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1939 m. Stem hairs spreading. Very thin soil on volcanic caprock of mesa.

Coll. No. 1133, 9 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, 20 25 cm., non-rhizomatous, stems non-stoloniferous, eglandular hairy throughout, with hairs 0.2-0.4 mm. spreading in all directions; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole 23 mm. + blade oblanceolate 20 mm. × 4 mm. wide, margin entire, tip acute, some withered at flowering time, cauline, ±sessile, reduced above, but up to 32 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide; Phyllaries, in 2 ±equal series, but not distinctly imbricate, 3 mm., lanceolate, green center, light margins; Receptacle epaleate; Flowers, 2 kinds; Ray flowers, cypsela 0.5 mm. + tube 2 mm. + ligule 4 mm. = 6.5 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, fertile, tip rounded, white fading purple; Disk flowers, yellow, just beginning to open but lobes appear to be triangular; Pappus of short and long bristles.

Other articles:
• Cottonwood Canyon Trail:   on Mesa;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1134, Alliaceae Allium textile
Full Size ImageBulb coat of Coll. No. 1134, Allium textile  

1134   
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Coll. No. 1134, Allium textile
Allium textile A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr. Textile Onion.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Mesa top, southeast portion of North Table Mountain, 3.4 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7797°N, 105.1972°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1944 m. Flowers white. Very thin soil on the volcanic caprock of the mesa.

Other articles:
• Cottonwood Canyon Trail:   on Mesa;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1135, Veronica peregrina L. ssp. Xalapensis
Full Size ImageFlowers of Coll. No. 1135, Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis  

1135   
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Dissected flower of Coll. No. 1135, Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis
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Coll. No. 1135, Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis
Flower parts in 4s, flower axillary, fruit sessile in axil, obcordate, flattened.

Veronica peregrina L. ssp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell. Neckweed.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Mesa top, southeast portion of North Table Mountain, 3.4 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7803°N, 105.1978°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1951 m. Annual, tiny white flowers, growing in standing water in small pools on the volcanic caprock of North Table Mountain.

Coll. No. 1135, 9 June 2015, characters observed: Annual herb to 18 cm., of very wet places, stem, bracts, and sepals lightly stalked glandular; Leaves, cauline, opposite, what appears to be alternate leaves above are really bracts of inflorescence; Inflorescence, appears to be flowers borne singly in leaf axils, but “leaves” are actually bracts in a terminal raceme; Bracts, 12 mm. × 1.8 mm., lanceolate, entire, tip rounded; Sepals, 4, 2.5 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, united at base in pairs, entire, persistent; Corolla, 2.8 mm., white, fused at base, lobes, 4, 2 mm., tips rounded; Ovary, 1 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, superior; Style, short, (0.1 mm.?), persistent; Stigma, entire, ball-shaped; Fruit, 3 mm. × 4 mm. wide, obovoid, in 2 parts; Ovules, many.

Other articles:
• Cottonwood Canyon Trail:   on Mesa;
Full Size ImageObs. No. 1428, Pediocactus simpsonii
Full Size ImageHabitat of Obs. No. 1428, Pediocactus simpsonii  

  Observation No. 1428, Pediocactus simpsonii

Other articles:
• Mesa Top Trail:   on the downward slope;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1137, Lupinus argenteus
Full Size ImageFlower of Coll. No. 1137, Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus  

1137   
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Fruit of Coll. No. 1137, Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus
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Coll. No. 1137, Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus
Field identification: Lupinus argenteus . Perennial, leaves cauline, spur absent, corolla white with blue-lavender stripes. Upper slope, north-facing.

Lupinus argenteus Pursh var. argenteus. Loosely Flowered Silver Lupine.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. North-facing grassy slope, 50 m south of the Mesa Top Trail, 150 m west of the east rim of North Table Mountain, 3.6 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7835°N, 105.2007°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1914 m. Perennial, leaves cauline, spur absent, corolla white with blue-lavender stripes. Upper slope, north-facing.

Coll. No. 1137, 9 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., caulescent, generally appressed hairy, except as noted; Leaves, cauline, petiole 25 mm., appressed hairy, blade, palmately compound, leaflets, 7, 40 mm. × 6 mm. wide, lanceolate, glabrous adaxially, appressed hairy abaxially; Inflorescence, 15-20 cm., elongating as it matures; Pedicel, 3 mm., densely spreading hairs; Calyx, 5 mm., hairy, persistent; Flowers, spur, <1 mm., corolla, white with blue-lavender stripes, banner, 11 mm., recurved from a point 4 mm. below apex, back lightly hairy, wings, 12 mm., keel, shallow, glabrous except few small hairs below, pouched down mid-keel; Style, 9 mm., persistent; Fruit, 10 mm. × 3 mm. high, shaggy hairy.

Weber & Wittmann (2012) use “keel glabrous” as a key character. Harrington (1954) and Ackerfield (2015) neither use keel decoration as a key character nor do they describe the decoration of the keel. California floras, e.g., Munz (1965) and Baldwin (2012), use a ciliate keel, as a key character to identify L. argenteus. Welch, et al. (1993) note that the keel can be glabrous or variously ciliate.

Other articles:
• Mesa Top Trail:   below closure;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1138, Phacelia heterophylla  

1138    Phacelia heterophylla Pursh. Varileaf Phacelia.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Trailside, in colluvium at base of steep slope, along the Mesa Top Trail, just below the east rim of North Table Mountain, 3.8 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7847°N, 105.1977°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1913 m.


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1139, Aegilops cylindrica
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1139, Aegilops cylindrica  
1139    Aegilops cylindrica Host. Jointed Goat Grass.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Trailside, along the Mesa Top Trail, just below the east rim of North Table Mountain, 3.8 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7847°N, 105.1976°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1909 m.

Other articles:
• Mesa Top Trail:   at switchback;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1140, Aristida purpurea
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1140, Aristida purpurea var. longiseta  

1140    Short, fine-leaved grass, long awns. Aristida purpurea, determination tentative.

Aristida purpurea Nutt. Var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey. Purple Threeawn.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Scattered beside and across the Mesa Top Trail at a small switchback, 250 m east of and below the east rim of North Table Mountain, 3.9 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.785°N, 105.1966°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1897 m. Short, fine-leaved grass, long awns.

Coll. No. 1140, 9 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, 20 cm. when collected, possibly elongating in maturity; Inflorescence, panicle, branches not pulvinate, i.e., no swelling at bases of pedicels; Axis ±straight; Pedicels, stiff, ±straight; Spikelets with 1 floret; Glumes, 2, lower, 11 mm., veins 1, upper, 20 mm.; Lemma, 11 mm., smoothly transitioning to awns without twisted column, apex 0.4-0.6 mm. wide, awns, 3, 58 mm., straight.

Determined var. longiseta per length of upper glumes and dimensions of lemma.

Other articles:
• Mesa Top Trail:   on lower trail;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1141, Astragalus drummondii
Full Size ImageFlower of Coll. No. 1141, Astragalus drummondii  

1141   
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Fruit of Coll. No. 1141, Astragalus drummondii
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Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1141, Astragalus drummondii
Astragalus drummondii, determination tentative.

Astragalus drummondii Dougl. Ex Hook. Drummond's Milkvetch.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Trailside in grass and small brush, near the intersection of the Mesa Top Trail and North Table Loop, eastern slopes of North Table Mountain, 4.1 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7862°N, 105.1951°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1852 m.

Coll. No. 1141, 9 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 35 cm., caulescent; Stem, rachis, abaxial leaf surfaces, and calyx spreading hairy, hairs basifixed; Leaves, cauline, compound, odd-pinnate, stipules, 9 mm., free, entire, leaflets, 23-27, 19 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, wavy hairy abaxially and marginally, ±glabrous adaxially; Calyx, tube 6 mm. + lobes 3 mm. = 9 mm., green at base to cream color at tube and lobes, few dark wavy hairs, persistent; Corolla, 17 mm., color cream, banner, 17 mm., wings, claw 6 mm. + blade 9 mm., tip obtuse, keel, 14 mm., tip purple, Ovary, 9 mm.; Style, 4 mm., glabrous, persistent; Fruit, stalked 12 mm. + body 26 mm. × 4 mm. Wide, pendant, smooth, glabrous, not inflated.

 

 

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.  

 

Monday, June 15th

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field

Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1142, Tradescantia occidentalis  
1142    Tradescantia occidentalis

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Notes on Castilleja integra;

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1143, Castilleja integra  

1143   
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Coll. No. 1143, Castilleja
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Coll. No. 1143, Castilleja integra
Castilleja integra A. Gray. Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern section of Survey Field, just south of Lookout Mountain Road, 1.95 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.739°N, 105.2286°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1869 m. Collected with Tradescantia occidentalis, Ratibida columnifera, Dalea purpurea, and a Helianthus.

Coll. No. 1143, 15 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 30 cm.; Stem, tomentose throughout; Leaves, cauline, sessile, 90 mm. × 5 mm., narrowly lanceolate, entire; Bracts, 36 mm. × 11 mm., elliptic to oblanceolate, entire, green at base to red-orange; Calyx, tube 25 mm. + cleft below 10 mm. = 35 mm., cleft above 8 mm., light green to tips red-orange; Corolla, 36 mm.

  1144    Field determination: June grass?

Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult. Prairie Junegrass.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern section of Survey Field, base of Lookout Mountain, 70 m west of Windy Saddle Park boundary, 2.06 km southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7383°N, 105.2301°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1889 m. Bunch grass, not rhizomatous.

Coll. No. 1144, 15 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial bunchgrass, to 55 cm., non-rhizomatous; Leaves, most basal or lowest cauline, cauline, sheath, 90 mm., open, ligule, membraneous, <1 mm., auricles, 0, blade, 40 mm., tip constricted but not prow-shaped; Inflorescence, panicle, 60 mm. × 9 mm., contracted, has shiny appearance due to exposure of translucent palae, Spikelets, 5 mm., 1 per node on 1-3° or indistinct panicle branches; Pedicel, short hairy; Glumes, lower, 3 mm., veins 1, upper, 4 mm., veins 3; Rachis, short hairy; Florets, mixed bisexual and pistillate; Lemma, awns, 0; Palea, translucent or colorless, exposed, i.e., outside lemma.

  1145    Field identification: Carex?

Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. Shortbeak Sedge.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern section of Survey Field, base of Lookout Mountain, 70 m west of Windy Saddle Park boundary, 2.06 km southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7383°N, 105.23°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1891 m.

Coll. No. 1145, 15 June 2015, characters observed: Grass-like perennial, to 75 cm.; Leaves, basal and lower cauline; Inflorescence, terminal, multiple individually distinct spikelets; Bracts, 9 mm., <inflorescence and spikelets, lacking sheath, strong central vein, Spikelets, 4-6 per stem, 10 mm. × 5 mm. wide, gynecandrous (staminate below, pistillate above); Scales, thin, <perigynia; Perigynia, 4.5 mm. × 3 mm. wide, 1.5 × long as wide, glabrous, margin, ±winged, entire below, serrulate above, beak, 1.4 mm., flat, serrulate to tip; Stigmas, 2; Achene, 2 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, lenticular.


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1146, Nassella viridula
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1146, Nassella viridula  
1146    Field identification: Grass

Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth. Green Needlegrass.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern section of Survey Field, base of Lookout Mountain, 70 m west of Windy Saddle Park boundary, 2.06 km southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7383°N, 105.2301°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1893 m.

Coll. No. 1146, 15 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 1 m., non-rhizomatous; Leaves, cauline, sheath, 17 mm., ligule, 3 mm., membraneous, collar with few hairs at sides, blade, to 30 cm., convolute; Inflorescence, panicle, to 20 cm.; Glumes, 2, 9 mm., ±equal, colorless, exc. 3 green veins, tip, short (2 mm.) hair-like awn; Disarticulation, above the glumes, Florets, 1 per spikelet; Lemma, 6 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, green, hairy, indurate, enclosing grain, awns, 1, 20 mm., twisted, bent; Palea, 2 mm., glabrous.


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1147, Oenothera suffrutescens
Full Size ImageOverview of Coll. No. 1147, Oenothera suffrutescens  
1147    Oenothera suffrutescens, determination tentative.

Oenothera suffrutescens (Ser.) W. L. Wagner & Hoch. Linda Tarde.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwestern corner of Survey Field, 40 m east of Windy Saddle Park at base of Lookout Mountain, near City of Golden water tank and site of former Lookout Mountain tramway, 2.2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7371°N, 105.2303°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1910 m.

Coll. No. 1147, 15 June 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Stem, exfoliating brown layer proximally, very few eglandular hairs distally; Leaves, cauline, alternate, sessile, 21 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, elliptic, margin toothed; Bud, appressed hairy; Sepals, 9 mm., reflexed; Flowers, solitary in bracted spike or axils; Petals, 4, 7 mm. × 3 mm. wide, clawed 2 mm., color red, without spots or streaks; Capsule, 4 mm., mature size and shape unknown; Seeds, unknown.

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1148, Astragalus flexuosus
Full Size ImageFlowers of Coll. No. 1148, Astragalus flexuosus  

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Fruit of Coll. No. 1148, Astragalus flexuosus
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Coll. No. 1148, Astragalus flexuosus
Field identification: Astragalus sp.

Astragalus flexuosus G. Don. Flexible Milkvetch.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwestern corner of Survey Field, 50 m east of Windy Saddle Park boundary at base of Lookout Mountain, near City of Golden water tank and site of former Lookout Mountain tramway, 2.25 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7365°N, 105.2302°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1913 m.

Coll. No. 1148, 15 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., not vine-like, caulescent, hairs basifixed; Leaves, cauline, compound, odd pinnate, leaflets ±15, terminal leaflet not modified into tendril, stipules, entire, not lobed at base, not connate, leaflets, 12 mm. × 4 mm. wide, oblong, notched, terminal leaflet 7 mm. < uppermost pair 8 mm.; Inflorescence, raceme; Calyx, 4 mm., not inflated in fruit; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 9 mm., wings (2), 9 mm., keel, 5.5 mm., <wings, not beaked; Style, 3 mm., glabrous, persistent; Fruit, 9 mm. × 4.5 mm., substipitate 1 mm., not inflated, compression lateral sparse appressed hairs.

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1149, Geranium caespitosum
Full Size ImageFlower of Coll. No. 1149, Geranium caespitosum  

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Coll. No. 1149, Geranium caespitosum
Geranium, pink, sticky.

Geranium caespitosum James. Pineywoods Geranium.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwestern corner of Survey Field, 50 m east of Windy Saddle Park boundary at base of Lookout Mountain, near City of Golden water tank and site of former Lookout Mountain tramway, 2.25 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7365°N, 105.2301°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1914 m.

It's not crystal clear that this is G. caespitosum vs. G. viscosissimum, especially since this collection includes neither fruit nor basal leaves.

Aedo (2001) distinguishes between then two taxa on the ratio of fruit length / stigmatic remains length, and the width of the basal leaves. Weber and Wittmann (2012) use the shape of the plant, i.e., erect with 1 or few stems, vs. many stems, often sprawling. Ackerfield (2015) distinguishes between the two taxa on the width of the basal leaves, and the shapes of the lobes thereon. Harrington (1954) distinguishes between G. caespitosum and G. nervosum Rydb. (=G. viscosissimum) on the basis of single stems from a branched caudex vs. multiple stems from a simple caudex. So, it would appear important to collect fruit or pay special attention to the basal leaves, the caudex and how stems arise from the caudex.

The California treatment of Geranium was authored by Carlos Aedo where G. caespitosum is not recognized.

 

 

Other articles:
• Interstate 70:   at exit 119;

Locations: Green River. No Name.
Full Size ImageColorado River at No Name  

 

Saturday, June 20th

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Green River north of Green River
Golden, CO to Green River, UT

 

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6:   at McCullouch;   in Tonopah;

Locations: Tonopah.
Full Size ImagePanorama of Tonopah from the Mine Park.  

 

Sunday, June 21st

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Tonopah Historic Mining Park and Mt. Oddie
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View across downtown Tonopah
Green River, UT to Tonopah, NV

 

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6:   at Columbus Salt Marsh;

Locations: Columbus Salt Marsh.
Full Size ImageOld workings at Columbus Salt Marsh  

 

Monday, June 22nd

Tonopah, NV to Mammoth Lakes, CA

Other articles:
• The Gap Road:   north end of The Gap;

Locations: The Gap.
Full Size ImageSpring mound in the gap.  

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Watercourse crossing in the Gap.
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Zebra-tailed lizard in The Gap.
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Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1150, Psorothamnus polydenius var. polydenius
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Coll. No. 1150, Psorothamnus polydenius var. polydenius
Field identification: Fabaceae

Psorothamnus polydenius (S. Watson) Rydb. var. polydenius. Nevada Dalea.

Gap Spring, Esmeralda County, Nevada. On the side of a spring mound about 1.25 mi north of the GNIS location of Gap Spring, sometimes also called “The Gap,” 0.75 mi east of Nevada State Route 773, 3 mi south of US Highway 6. 37.9919°N, 117.9881°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1402 m.

Coll. No. 1150, 22 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 40 cm., unarmed; Stem, short soft hairy with dense hemispherical glands, 0.4 mm., the hairs and glands becoming hardened with age; Leaves, compound, 10 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, odd-pinnate, leaflets 7-11, 2 mm. × 1 mm. wide, ovate, terminal leaflet ±=lateral, hairy, few reddish-brown glands; Inflorescence, crowded at tops of stems, 12 mm. × 8 mm. dia.; Pedicel, 0.5 mm., bractlets 0; Calyx, tube, 1.8 mm., green, glabrous with rows of red-brown glands, lobes, 2 mm., spreading hairy with red-brown gland at tip; Flower, bilateral, 4.5 mm., corolla purple; Fruit, unknown.

Other articles:
• NV Hwy 773:   at pole line road;

Locations: The Sump.
Full Size ImageThe Sump as seen from above.  

 
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Lake bed outcrops on one side of the sump.
The Sump as viewed from above.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6:   near Grefco Mine;
Full Size ImageGrefco diatomaceous earth mine  

   

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6:   near Nev SR 360;
Full Size ImageWild horses near Basalt  

  Wild horses in the field.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 01N155:   on 01N155;
• Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge:   on slope;
Full Size ImageView on former roadbed.
Full Size ImageView on former roadbed.  

  Southern Pacific narrow gauge roadbed.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6:   about 3.9 mi. n. of Benton;

Locations: Benton Valley.
Full Size ImageSurface expression of Queen Valley Thrust Fault.  

  Queen Valley Thrust Fault

Other articles:
• California Highway 120:   at McGee Cyn;
Full Size ImageCowtrack Mountain with the top burned off by the Indian Fire of 2013.  

  Cowtrack Mountain, bald.

Other articles:
• California Highway 120:   at Big Sand Flat;

Locations: Big Sand Flat.
Full Size ImageMono Lake Lupine (Lupinus duranii) in Big Sand Flat  

  Big Sand Flat.
  1151    Field identification: Anisocoma acaulis, not common, milky sap.

Anisocoma acaulis Torr. & A. Gray. Scale Bud.

Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. Northwest side of CA Hwy 120, near center of Big Sand Flat and intersection of CA Hwy 120 and Forest Road 01S04 “Pilot Springs Road.” 37.8769°N, 118.8927°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2401 m. Milky sap. Also found at this location, Astragalus monoensis.

    Observation of Astragalus monoensis.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 1S06:   at water tank;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Astragalus monoensis
Full Size ImageAstragalus monoensis  

  At the small unnamed sand flat, with a sheep watering trough, northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 1S06 “120 Cutoff” and 1S13 “Old Rail Road,” observation of Astragalus monoensis.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 1S06:   at water tank;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1154, Elymus elymoides var. elymoides
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1154, Elymus elymoides var. elymoides  

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Two spikelets of Coll. No. 1154, Elymus elymoides var. elymoides
Field identification: Grass.

Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey var. elymoides. Squirreltail Grass.

Mono Mills, Mono County, California. In a small unnamed sand flat, with a sheep watering trough, northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 1S06 “120 Cutoff” and 1S13 “Old Rail Road.” 37.8508°N, 118.9379°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2402 m. Perennial, tufted, non-rhizomatous, in pumice sand. Also found at this location, Astragalus monoensis.

Coll. No. 1154, 22 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial tufted grass to 30 cm.; Leaves, hairy throughout, sheath, 8-9 cm., hairy abaxial, ligule, membraneous, <1 mm., auricle,0, blade, 11 cm., rolled, hairy both sides; Inflorescence, 10-11 cm., internodes 5 mm., disarticulating at axis; Spikelets, 2-ranked, sessile, 2 per node, not embedded in pits; Glumes, 50-55 mm., spreading, some with 2-3 awn-like divisions; Lemma, awns ±=glume awns.

 

   

 

Tuesday, June 23rd

 

Other articles:
• McPherson Grade:   near Indian Spr;
• Indian Spring Spur:   near McPherson;
Full Size ImageMcPherson Grade after the Indian Fire
Full Size ImageDrifting sand near Indian Spring  

  Tried to get into Indian Spring, but the sand was too deep for my comfort.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 1S19B (1S181):   at coll. locality;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1155, Penstemon cinicola
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1155, Penstemon cinicola  

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Coll. No. 1155, Penstemon cinicola
Penstemon cinicola D. D. Keck. Ash Penstemon.

Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. Along Forest Road 01S19B, northwest side of Big Sand Flat, reached from California Highway 120, northwest 0.25 mi on Forest Road 01S19 “M&R Tank Rd, ” then northeast 0.25 mi on Forest Road 01S19B. 37.8779°N, 118.8995°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2400 m. Also collected or observed nearby, Abronia turbinata, Astragalus monoensis, Carex douglasii, and Diplacus mephiticus.

    Observation of Astragalus monoensis

Other articles:
• Forest Road 1S19B (1S181):   at coll. locality;
Full Size ImageOne of the larger Astragalus monoensis  

  Observation of Astragalus monoensis
  1158    Abronia turbinata S. Watson. Transmontane Sand Verbena.

Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. Sandy soil in open pine forests, slope above and northwest of Big Sand Flat, along Forest Road 01S19D, reached by way of Forest Road 01S19 “M&R Tank Rd” from California Highway 120. 37.8768°N, 118.9031°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2429 m.

Other articles:
• Inyo Forest Road 1N23:   near gravel pit;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Eatonella nivea protected by a small fence.  

  There were a very few Eatonella nivea, mostly in seed, but it was nice to see the Forest Service has constructed this protective fence.

 

   

 

Wednesday, June 24th

 

Other articles:
• East Shore Road:  between dunes;
Full Size ImageLooking northwest on Forest Road 1N54
Full Size ImageLooking southeast on Forest Road 1N54  

  Tried to drive to Warm Springs by way of Forest Road 01N54 “East Shore Road.” The road is deeply rutted. Learned it would be better to continue on CA Hwy 167, to Forest Road 03N103, the Bodie & Benton right of way.

Other articles:
• East Shore Road:   at RR grade;
• Forest Road 03N103:   at 1N54;
Full Size ImageSouth end of Forest Road 03N103
Full Size ImageNot recommended portion of 1N54.  

 
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South on 1N54 to Warm Springs
 

Other articles:
• East Shore Road:   along RR grade;
Full Size ImageBodie and Benton roadbed looking north.
Full Size ImageBodie and Benton roadbed looking south.  

   

Other articles:
• East Shore Road:  Warm Springs;
• Mono Lake Basin Flora:   Warm Springs;

Locations: Warm Springs.
Full Size ImageGeneral view of Warm Springs  

 
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Paoha Island and the Sierra Nevada escarpment from Warm Springs
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View generally north from Warm Springs
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View generally south from Warm Springs
 

Other articles:
• East Shore Road:  Warm Springs;

Locations: Warm Springs.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1159-1162  

  Habitat of Collection Nos. 1159-1162.
  1159    Triglochin maritima L. Seaside Arrowgrass.

Warm Springs, Mono County, California. About 450 m south of the GNIS location of Warm Springs, accessed by way of Forest Road 01N54 “East Shore Road”, 20.4 km by air east northeast of Lee Vining, California. 38.0296°N, 118.9042°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1956 m. Beside a small stream of warm water, on an otherwise bare former shoreline of Mono Lake.

Other articles:
• East Shore Road:  Warm Springs;
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1160, Amphiscirpus nevadensis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1160, Amphiscirpus nevadensis  

1160    Field identification: Carex

Amphiscirpus nevadensis (S. Watson) Oteng-Yeb. Nevada Bulrush.

Warm Springs, Mono County, California. About 450 m south of the GNIS location of Warm Springs, accessed by way of Forest Road 01N54 “East Shore Road”, 20.4 km by air east northeast of Lee Vining, California. 38.0296°N, 118.9042°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1956 m. Beside a small stream of warm water, on an otherwise bare former shoreline of Mono Lake.

Perianth, bristles present (rudimentary perianth segments).

  1161    Cleomella parviflora A. Gray. Slender Cleomella.

Warm Springs, Mono County, California. About 450 m south of the GNIS location of Warm Springs, accessed by way of Forest Road 01N54 “East Shore Road”, 20.4 km by air east northeast of Lee Vining, California. 38.0296°N, 118.9042°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1947 m. Beside a small stream of warm water, on an otherwise bare former shoreline of Mono Lake.

Other articles:
• East Shore Road:  Warm Springs;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1162, Mentzelia torreyi  

1162    Mentzelia torreyi A. Gray. Torrey's Blazing Star.

Warm Springs, Mono County, California. About 450 m south of the GNIS location of Warm Springs, accessed by way of Forest Road 01N54 “East Shore Road”, 20.4 km by air east northeast of Lee Vining, California. 38.0294°N, 118.9042°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. On a bare, indurated former shoreline of Mono Lake, away from a small stream of warm water.


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1163, Schoenoplectus pungens  
1163    Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla. Threesquare.

Warm Springs, Mono County, California. About 650 m south of the GNIS location of Warm Springs, accessed by way of Forest Road 01N54 “East Shore Road”, 20.4 km by air east northeast of Lee Vining, California. 38.0277°N, 118.9055°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1953 m. Growing in the waters of a small warm spring, one of many such springs in this location.

  1164    Cleomella parviflora A. Gray. Slender Cleomella.

Warm Springs, Mono County, California. About 650 m south of the GNIS location of Warm Springs, accessed by way of Forest Road 01N54 “East Shore Road”, 20.4 km by air east northeast of Lee Vining, California. 38.0278°N, 118.9054°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1946 m. Growing among tufa-covered rocks around a small warm spring.


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1165, Juncus balticus ssp. ater  
1165    Juncus balticus Willd. ssp. ater (Rydb.) Snogerup.

Warm Springs, Mono County, California. About 650 m south of the GNIS location of Warm Springs, accessed by way of Forest Road 01N54 “East Shore Road”, 20.4 km by air east northeast of Lee Vining, California. 38.0278°N, 118.9054°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. Growing among tufa-covered rocks around a small warm spring.

Coll. No. 1165, 24 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass-like herb, to 60 cm.; Rhizomes unknown; Stem, smooth, cylindric; Leaves, sheath, 5 cm., blades, 0; Inflorescence, appearing lateral, open, bract, cylindric, resembling continuation of stem; Perianth, 4.5 mm.; Stamens, 6; Stigmas, 3; Fruit, 2.5 mm., beak prominent.

Other articles:
• East Shore Road:  Warm Springs;

Locations: Warm Springs.
Full Size ImageGeneral view, looking upshore, at Warm Springs  

   

Other articles:
• East Shore Road:   in dune field;
Full Size ImageThe road skirts around the lee side of a dune  

   

Other articles:
• Forest Road 03N103:   Coll. No. 1166, 24 Jun 2015;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1166, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1166, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata  

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Coll. No. 1166, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata
Oenothera cespitosa Nutt. ssp. marginata (Hook. & Arn.) Munz. Tufted Evening Primrose.

Mono Valley, Mono County, California. About 1 km south of California Highway 167 on Forest Road 03N103, which parallels the former Bodie & Benton Railway roadbed. 38.1075°N, 118.9337°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1991 m. In a slowly filling sand depression of the former railway roadbed.

Coll. No. 1166, 24 Jun 2015, characters observed: Caespitose annual or short-lived perennial herb, to 10 cm.; Leaves, mostly basal, petiole 44 mm. + blade 33 mm. × 14 mm. wide, ovate, margins entire and toothed; Buds erect; Corolla, 32 mm., limb 56 mm., white, fading lavender; Anthers versatile, attached in middle; Pollen, with viscin threads; Stigma, lobes, 4; Fruit, unknown, fortunately not necessary to key in Taylor (2010), though required in most other floras.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 02N47:   at coll. loc.;
Full Size ImageGeneral habitat of Coll. No. 1167, Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1167, Sarcobatus vermiculatus  

1167    Field identification: Sarcobatus vermiculatus, staminate plant.

Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood.

Mono Valley, Mono County, California. Along Forest Road 02N47 “Waford Springs Cutoff,” near the intersection of California Highway 267 and Cottonwood Canyon Road, 8.4 km northeast of Lee Vining. 38.0758°N, 119.0446°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1966 m. Staminate. Also collected nearby, Tetradymia glabrata.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 02N47:   at coll. loc.;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 2268, Tetradymia glabrata
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2268, Tetradymia glabrata  

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Coll. No. 1168, Tetradymia glabrata
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Stem of Coll. No. 1168, Tetradymia glabrata
Tetradymia glabrata Torrey & A. Gray. Littleleaf Horsebrush.

Mono Valley, Mono County, California. Along Forest Road 02N47 “Waford Springs Cutoff,” near the intersection of California Highway 267 and Cottonwood Canyon Road, 8.4 km northeast of Lee Vining. 38.0758°N, 119.0445°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1966 m. Also collected nearby, Sarcobatus vermiculatus.

Coll. NO. 1168, 24 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial woody shrub, to 1 m., drying quite brittle; Stems, pubescence of stems interrupted by glabrescent streaks; Leaves, eglandular, primary leaf an appressed thorn, 4.5 mm., early deciduous, secondary leaves clustered in axils, 5.0 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, linear to oblanceolate; Inflorescence, 7-8 heads on ends of short branches, none of flowers with strap-shaped corollas, flowers of one kind (disk flowers); Peduncle, 5.5-6.0 mm., tomentose; Involucre, cylindric; Phyllaries, #4, in 1 series, 6 mm., ±keeled, tomentose abaxially; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, #4; Corolla, yellow; Pappus of many well-developed bristles; Fruit, long soft hairy;

Other articles:
• Forest Road 03N09:   at end;

Locations: Mono Lake, north shore (as a collection locality).
Full Size ImageNorth shore of Mono Lake  

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Clump of Elymus cinerarius on the north shore of Mono Lake
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Coll. No. 1169, Elymus cinereus
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Pubescent node of Coll. No. 1169, Elymus cinereus
Elymus cinereus Scribn. & Merr. Great Basin Wild Rye.

Mono Valley, Mono County, California. At the current end of Forest Road 03N09 “No. Mono Gravel Pit,” 1 km south of the intersection of California Highway 167 and Cottonwood Canyon Road, and 15 km northwest of Lee Vining. 38.0732°N, 119.039°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1962 m. Volcanic cinder sand, some windblown, on a former shoreline terrace of Mono Lake.

Coll. No. 1169, 24 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial bunch grass, to 1 m., of high-altitude desert, caespitose (non-rhizomatous); Nodes, (densely?) pubescent; Leaf, short hairy throughout, sheath, 22 cm., open, ligule, 3 mm., auricles, ? (I don't see any), blade, 32 cm., flat; Inflorescence, 15 cm. × 15 mm., 2-ranked, not branched; Rachis (axis), short hairy, assumed to remain intact with age (not disarticulating at flowering or after drying), internodes, 6 mm.; Spikelets, many, all similar, 2 per node, sessile, 20 mm., bisexual; Compression, lateral; Glumes, #2, awn-like, ±equal, 12-13 mm.; Lemma, 10 mm., awn 1 mm.; Palea, 10 mm.; Anthers, 6.7&mnsp;mm.

 

 

Other articles:
• Test Station Road:   near South Tufa;

Locations: South Tufa Area.
Full Size ImageMandated Lake Level, June 25  

 

Thursday, June 25th

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“The Pirate Ship” at South Tufa
South Tufa, Rush Creek delta, and Lee Vining Creek delta.

Other articles:
• Test Station Road:   near South Tufa;

Locations: South Tufa Area.
Full Size ImageTufa towers in late afternoon sun.  

 
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South tufa in June 2015.
Comparison of approximately the same location in 2008 and 2015.

Other articles:
• Rush Creek Delta Trail, East:   at end;

Locations: Rush Creek delta.
Full Size ImageRush Creek delta on a June morning  

   

Other articles:
• Rush Creek Delta Trail, East:   in delta;

Locations: Rush Creek delta.
Full Size ImageRush Creek delta in June 2015.  

 
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Rush Creek delta in June 2015 with a crew of kayakers
 

Other articles:
• Rush Creek Delta Trail, East:   in the creek;

Locations: Rush Creek delta.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Colls. 1170-1173.  

   
  1170    Myosotis laxa Lehm. Bay Forget-Me-Not.

Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. Beside the newly incised main channel of Rush Creek, 1 km north northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 01N51 “South Tufa Road” and 01N50 “Rush Creek Road”, 5.8 km east of Lee Vining. 37.9554°N, 119.0526°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1949 m. Growing in waterlogged gravels creekside. Substantially outside the natural range of this taxon in California, but well-established in the Mono Lake basin; perhaps a garden escapee.

  1171    Field identification: Veronica

Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. Water Speedwell.

Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. Beside the newly incised main channel of Rush Creek, 1 km north northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 01N51 “South Tufa Road” and 01N50 “Rush Creek Road”, 5.8 km east of Lee Vining. 37.9554°N, 119.0527°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1949 m. Growing in waterlogged gravels creekside.

Coll. No. 1171, 25 Jun 2015, characters observed: Emergent aquatic herb, to 25 cm., may be perennial but annual here due to recent habitat changes, generally glabrous throughout; Leaves, opposite, sessile, 32 mm. × 13 mm wide (2.46 × longer than wide), elliptic; Inflorescence, opposite axillary racemes and terminating main stem; Flower; Corolla, lavender with darker streaks; Petals, 2.5 mm. × 2 mm. wide; Capsule, 3 mm. × 2.2 mm. wide.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1172, Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis  
1172    Undetermined. Opposite leaves, small axillary flowers.

Veronica peregrina L. ssp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell. Neckweed.

Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. Beside the newly incised main channel of Rush Creek, 1 km north northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 01N51 “South Tufa Road” and 01N50 “Rush Creek Road”, 5.8 km east of Lee Vining. 37.9554°N, 119.0526°W. WGS 1984, Elev. 1948 m. Opposite leaves, small axillary flowers. Growing in waterlogged gravels creekside.

There are two collections of this taxon from the Bodie Hills nearby, but this would appear to be the first collection from the Mono Lake basin.

Coll. No. 1172, 25 Jun 2015, characters observed: Emergent aquatic herb, to 20 cm., probably annual, glandular hairy throughout; Leaves, opposite, sessile, 24 mm. × 6 mm. wide, oval, margin entire; Inflorescence, an elongated terminal raceme; Bracts to 12 mm, reduced above; Pedicel (in fruit) 0.6-1.0 mm.; Sepals, 4.5-5.0 mm., outer pair slightly larger; Flowers, small, corolla white; Capsule, 4.5 mm. × 5 mm. wide, notched 0.3 mm.; Style, very short, ±0.1 mm.


Full Size ImageIris-like leaves of Coll. No. 1173, Juncus macrandrus  
1173    Juncus macrandrus Coville. Long-Anther Rush.

Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. Beside the newly incised main channel of Rush Creek, 1 km north northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 01N51 “South Tufa Road” and 01N50 “Rush Creek Road”, 5.8 km east of Lee Vining. 37.9555°N, 119.0526°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1949 m. Growing in waterlogged gravels creekside.

Coll. No. 1173, 25 Jun 2015, characters observed: Grass-like perennial herb, to 30 cm.; Rhizomes present; Leaf, blade, flat, iris-like, oriented with edge toward stem; Inflorescence, appearing terminal, bract, not resembling continuation of stem; Anthers, 2 mm., >> filaments; Pistil, style 2 mm. + stigma 2.2 mm. = 4.2 mm; Fruit, abruptly tapered to beak.

Other articles:
• Rush Creek Delta Trail, East:   in delta;

Locations: Rush Creek delta.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Colls. 1174-1177.  

1174   
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Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1174, Puccinellia nuttalliana
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Spikelets of Coll. No. 1174, Puccinellia nuttalliana
Field identification: Alkali sacaton? Perennial, non-rhizomatous, open inflorescence.

Puccinellia nuttalliana (Schult.) Hitchc. Nuttall's Alkali Grass.

Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. Rush Creek delta near the Mono Lake shoreline, 1 km north northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 01N51 “South Tufa Road” and 01N50 “Rush Creek Road”, 5.8 km east of Lee Vining. 37.9555°N, 119.0518°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. Perennial, non-rhizomatous, open inflorescence. In a former distributary channel of Rush Creek, now drying because of incision of the main channel, due to lowering lake level.

Coll. No. 1174, 25 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 60 cm., not rhizomatous; Leaves, sheath, open, ligule, membraneous, blade, involute, 2 mm. wide when flat; Inflorescence, well-developed panicle, 21 cm., many similar spikelets; Spikelets, 1 per node, attached to 1°-3° branches, 6 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, Glumes, 2, lower < lowest floret, awns 0; Pedicel, uniformly scabrous; Florets, #3, androgynous; Lemmas, lowest, 2.7 mm., veins 5, tip obtuse, awns 0; Anther, 0.9 mm.


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1175, Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1175, Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
Full Size ImageSpikelets of Coll. No. 1175, Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia  
1175    Field identification: Grass, other.

Poa secunda J. Presl ssp. juncifolia (Scribn.) Soreng. Sandberg Bluegrass..

Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. Rush Creek delta near the Mono Lake shoreline, 1 km north northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 01N51 “South Tufa Road” and 01N50 “Rush Creek Road”, 5.8 km east of Lee Vining. 37.9555°N, 119.0518°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. Beside a former distributary channel of Rush Creek, now drying because of incision of the main channel, due to lowering lake level.

Coll. No. 1175, 25 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 75 cm., basal or subterranean nodes not enlarged, rhizomes 0; Leaves, sheath, open, ligule, membraneous, 3 mm., blade, tips, prow-shaped; Inflorescence, well-developed panicle, 1°-4° branching evident, exceeding upper leaves; Spikelets, many, all similar, 1 per node, not subtended by bristles or long-silky hairs, ovate in outline, bisexual; Compression, obvious, moderate lateral; Glumes, #2, awns 0, < lowest floret, lower, 2.4 mm., veins 1, upper, 2.8 mm., veins 3; Disarticulation, above the glumes, Florets, #3+, fertile, 2+; Callus, generally glabrous, but there is a small (0.3 mm.) tangle of hairs atop the callus or at the base of the lemma that stays with the callus or caryopsis when lemma is removed; Lemma, 3.5 mm., slightly keeled distally, veins indistinct, awn 0; Palea, 3.2 mm., veins hairy or scabrous; Anthers, 1.8 mm.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1176, Erythranthe guttata  
1176    Erythranthe guttata (Fisch. ex DC.) G.L. Nesom. Seep Monkeyflower.

Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. Rush Creek delta near the Mono Lake shoreline, 1 km north northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 01N51 “South Tufa Road” and 01N50 “Rush Creek Road”, 5.8 km east of Lee Vining. 37.9555°N, 119.0519°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. Throat pouched up. In a former distributary channel of Rush Creek, now drying because of incision of the main channel, due to lowering lake level.

Coll. No. 1176, 25 Jun 2015, characters observed, Annual herb, erect, largest 20 cm.; Leaves, toothed, not lobed or dissected; Pedicel, 10-25 mm.; Flowers, (2)5-6(13) per stem; Calyx, (in flower) 7-8 mm.; Corolla, yellow, throat pouched up, closed.


Full Size ImageLigule of Coll. No. 1177, Polypogon monspeliensis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1177, Polypogon monspeliensis  
1177    Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf. Rabbit's-Foot Grass.

Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. Rush Creek delta near the Mono Lake shoreline, 1 km north northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 01N51 “South Tufa Road” and 01N50 “Rush Creek Road”, 5.8 km east of Lee Vining. 37.9555°N, 119.0518°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. In a former distributary channel of Rush Creek, now drying because of incision of the main channel, due to lowering lake level.

Other articles:
• Rush Creek Delta Trail, East:   in delta;

Locations: Rush Creek delta.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1178, Eremothera boothii ssp. intermedia  

1178   
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Coll. No. 1178, Eremothera boothii ssp. intermedia
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Coll. No. 1178, Eremothera boothii ssp. intermedia
Field identification: Evening primrose.

Eremothera boothii (Douglas) W.L. Wagner & Hoch ssp. intermedia (Munz) W.L. Wagner & Hoch. Booth's Hairy Evening Primrose.

Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. Rush Creek delta near the Mono Lake shoreline, 1 km north northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 01N51 “South Tufa Road” and 01N50 “Rush Creek Road”, 5.8 km east of Lee Vining. 37.9561°N, 119.0509°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. On a former gravel beach bar of Mono Lake, now incised by Rush Creek because of dropping lake levels.

Coll. No. 1178, 25 Jun 2015, characters observed: Annual herb, to 12 cm.; Stem, substantial, i.e., not thread-like; Leaves, no basal rosette leaves found, cauline, petiole 5-10 mm. + blade 18-35 mm. × 4-8 mm. wide, all shapes, but mostly elliptical to oblanceolate, hairy both sides, oil cells 0, margin, entire or wavy (not serrate), red in color; Inflorescence, flowers from distal nodes, fully open at 9:30AM, Sepals, 4 mm., reflexed, deciduous in fruit; Petals, #4, 4.5 mm., white, yellow at base; Stigma, entire, hemispherical; Fruit, sessile, S-shaped, 12 mm., wider at base than tip; Seeds, 1 row per chamber, 1.8 mm., not hair-tufted, papillate;

Other articles:
• Rush Creek Delta Trail, East:   near end;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1179, Cryptantha confertifolia in the Rush Creek delta.  

1179    Cryptantha confertifolia (Greene) Payson. Basin Yellow Cryptantha.

Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. About 200 m south of the delta, on old deltaic deposits, and near a lone cottonwood tree, 0.9 km north northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 01N51 “South Tufa Road” and 01N50 “Rush Creek Road”, 6 km east of Lee Vining. 37.9535°N, 119.0506°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1955 m. One plant, many tall stems.

Other articles:
• Rush Creek Delta Trail, East:   on trail;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1180, Orobanche corymbosa
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1180, Orobanche corymbosa  

1180   
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Coll. No. 1180, Orobanche corymbosa
Orobanche corymbosa (Rydb.) Ferris. Flat-Top Broomrape.

Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. Along a former road to the shore of Mono Lake, now closed and used as a trail, 0.5 km northeast of the intersection of Forest Roads 01N51 “South Tufa Road” and 01N50 “Rush Creek Road”, 5.8 km east of Lee Vining. 37.9509°N, 119.053°W. WGS 1983. Elev. 1959 m. Open area in loose volcanic cinder soil amid Artemisia tridentata, with some Chrysothamnus and Carex douglasii.

Coll. No. 1180, 25 Jun 2015, characters observed: Parasitic perennial plant, 15 cm., dark-red or purple; Inflorescence branched; Pedicels with bractlets; Calyx lobes 18 mm.; Flowers 15-22; Corolla 24 mm., lower lip 6 mm.; Anthers hairy all over.

Other articles:
• Lee Vining Creek Delta Road:   at lake side;

Locations: Lee Vining Creek.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1081, Lupinus  

1181    Field identification: Lupinus sp.

Lupinus lepidus Douglas ex Lindl. var. confertus (Kellogg) C. P. Sm. Crowded Lupine.

Lee Vining Creek, Mono County, California. On a former beach strand of Mono Lake, now exposed by falling lake levels, in the delta of Lee Vining Creek, 2.75 km northeast of the GNIS location of Lee Vining. 37.9775°N, 119.1032°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. Banner back glabrous.

Coll. No. 1181, 25 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm.; Leaves, cauline, petiole, 8 cm., compound, palmate, leaflets, 7, 28 mm. × 4 mm. wide, oblanceolate, hairs, appressed to slightly spreading; Inflorescence, 12 cm., >leaves, crowded, 12+ whorls; Bract, 6 mm., lanceolate, tip acuminate, hairy, persistent; Calyx, 5 mm., asymmetric, spur 0 to barely bulged; Banner, 8 mm., purple with yellow spot, recurved 4.5 mm. from tip, back glabrous; Wings, 10 mm., blue; Keel, upper margin middle to tip, otherwise glabrous.


Full Size ImageFlower parts of Coll. No. 1182, Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata  
1182    Field identification: Castilleja sp.

Castilleja miniata Hook. ssp. miniata. Giant Red Indian Paintbrush.

Lee Vining Creek, Mono County, California. On a former beach strand of Mono Lake, now exposed by falling lake levels, in the delta of Lee Vining Creek, 2.75 km northeast of the GNIS location of Lee Vining. 37.9778°N, 119.1032°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. Perennial.

Coll. No. 1182, 25 June 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 45 cm., very sparsely glandular hairy proximally; Leaves, opposite below, alternate above, 70 mm. × 3 mm. wide, lance-linear, reduced above; Inflorescence, glandular-hairy; Bract, not like leaves, 27 mm., lobes 3; Calyx, 26 mm., cleft ±equally top and bottom; Corolla, 40 mm.

  1183    Melilotus albus Medik.

Lee Vining Creek, Mono County, California. On a former beach strand of Mono Lake, now exposed by falling lake levels, in the delta of Lee Vining Creek, 2.75 km northeast of the GNIS location of Lee Vining. 37.9778°N, 119.1032°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m.

Locations: Lee Vining Creek.
Full Size ImageView of Lee Vining Creek delta  

   
  1184    Field identification: Erythranthe

Erythranthe guttata (Fisch. Ex DC.) G.L. Nesom. Seep Monkeyflower.

Lee Vining Creek, Mono County, California. On a former beach strand of Mono Lake, now exposed by falling lake levels, in the delta of Lee Vining Creek, 2.75 km northeast of the GNIS location of Lee Vining. 37.978°N, 119.1034°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. Throat pouched.

  1185    Myosotis laxa Lehm. Bay Forget-Me-Not.

Lee Vining Creek, Mono County, California. On a former beach strand of Mono Lake, now exposed by falling lake levels, in the delta of Lee Vining Creek, 2.75 km northeast of the GNIS location of Lee Vining. 37.978°N, 119.1034°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. A recent introduction, outside of its natural range, found in all three major creeks entering Mono Lake, i.e., Mill Creek, Lee Vining Creek, and Rush Creek, and in other nearby wetland areas.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1186, Epilobium sp., probably E. ciliatum  
1186    Field identification: Epilobium ciliatum, very red, collected from algal/bacterial mats.

Epilobium sp., probably E. ciliatum Raf. Fringed Willowherb.

Lee Vining Creek, Mono County, California. On a former beach strand of Mono Lake, now exposed by falling lake levels, in the delta of Lee Vining Creek, 2.75 km northeast of the GNIS location of Lee Vining. 37.978°N, 119.1034°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. Rooted in algal/bacterial mats, very red, parts in 4s.

 

 

Locations: Grant Lake.  

 

Friday, June 26th

Southeast side of Grant Lake.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 01S30:   at end;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1187, Melica stricta
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1187, Melica stricta  

1187   
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Coll. No. 1187, Melica stricta
Melica stricta Bol. Rock Melicgrass.

Grant Lake, Mono County, California. South end of Grant Lake, east side of the lake, at the end of Forest Road 01S30 “Grant Lake Road.” 37.8227°N, 119.1114°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2180 m. Sandy slopes below cliffs.

Coll. No. 1187, 26 June 2015, characters observed: Perennial caespitose grass, to 35 cm., basal or subterranean nodes not swollen; Leaf, sheath and blade differentiated, tips flat; Inflorescence, panicle, 1° and 2° branches, appressed, pedicels sharply bent below spikelets, Spikelets, many, 1 per node, all similar, laterally compressed, Glumes, very short hairy, awns 0, lower, 10 mm., veins 3, <lowest floret, broadly transparent, upper, 11 mm., veins 5; Axis, scabrous or shory hairy, segments not thickened; Callus, glabrous; Florets, (3)4(5) per spikelet, lowest sterile, next 2 bisexual, uppermost vestigal; Lemma, 11 mm., very short hairy, veins 5 faint, awns 0; Palea, 6 mm., keels ciliate, margins.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 01S30:   at end;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1188, Heuchera rubescens  

1188    Field identification: Heuchera rubescens. Growing in cracks of cliff face.

Heuchera rubescens Torr. Pink Alumroot.

Grant Lake, Mono County, California. South end of Grant Lake, east side of the lake, at the end of Forest Road 01S30 “Grant Lake Road.” 37.822°N, 119.1121°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2186 m. Growing in cracks of cliff face.

Coll. No. 1188, 26 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial, mat forming; Leaves, basal, 12 mm. × 12 mm. wide, ovate, 7-12 lobes; Inflorescence, panicle; Flower, conspicuous, radial; Petals, 5 mm.; Stamens, 5, exserted.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1189, Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus
Full Size ImageLeaf cluster of Coll. No. 1189, Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus  
1189    Field identification: Holodiscus, Ocean Spray.

Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. ssp. microphyllus (Rydb.) Jeps. Ocean Spray.

Grant Lake, Mono County, California. South end of Grant Lake, east side of the lake, at the end of Forest Road 01S30 “Grant Lake Road.” 37.822°N, 119.1121°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2185 m. In sandy soil at base of cliffs.

Coll. No. 1189, 26 June 2015, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 2 m.; Leaves, alternate and alternate clusters, 12 mm. × 11 mm. wide, base wedge-shaped, widest at or below middle, toothed distally, teeth entire, veins pinnate, glands 0; Inflorescence, raceme; Pedicels, 4.5 mm., bractlets, #2; Petals, white; Ovary, superior; Pistils, #5, hairs dense bristle-like.

  1190    Phacelia growing up through shrubs.

Phacelia ramosissima Douglas ex Lehm. Branching Phacelia.

Grant Lake, Mono County, California. South end of Grant Lake, east side of the lake, at the end of Forest Road 01S30 “Grant Lake Road.” 37.822°N, 119.1121°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2185 m.

  1191    Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. nevadense Gand. Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat.

Grant Lake, Mono County, California. South end of Grant Lake, east side of the lake, at the end of Forest Road 01S30 “Grant Lake Road.” 37.8221°N, 119.1121°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2186 m. Sandy soil at base of cliffs, north-facing slope.

Literature Cited:
- Howell, John Thomas, 1943.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 01S30:   at end;
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 793;
• Notes:  Phacelia humilis dudleyi;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1192, Phacelia humilis  

1192   
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Coll. No. 1192, Phacelia humilis
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Coll. No. 1192, Phacelia humilis var. dudleyi
Field identification: Phacelia, low growing, in open sandy soil.

Phacelia humilis Torr. & A. Gray var. dudleyi J. T. Howell. Dudley's Phacelia.

Grant Lake, Mono County, California. South end of Grant Lake, east side of the lake, at the end of Forest Road 01S30 “Grant Lake Road.” 37.8223°N, 119.1108°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2186 m. Exposed sandy, north-facing slope, well above the highest level of Grant Lake.

Coll. No. 1192, 26 June 2015, characters observed: Annual, to 8 cm., hairy throughout, straight white eglandular hairs; Leaves, simple, petiole 3.5 mm., blade, 22 mm. × 6.5 mm. wide, elliptical, margin entire; Corolla, 6 mm., deciduous; Stamens, #5, exserted 2 mm.; Filaments, sparsely long hairy, which conflicts with “short hairy” in TJM2, but is consistent with “filamentis sparse et longe pilosis” per Howell (1943).

Collection #793 is very similar. After originally determining the collection as var. dudleyi, I changed my mind to var. humilis. Now, I'm not so sure that was correct. Collection data in Mono County shows many of the collections are not determined to infraspecific taxa, and many that are determined to infraspecific taxa are sympatric with the other variety.

  1193    Field identification: Mentzelia, calyxbracts white, lobes green.

Mentzelia congesta Torr. & A. Gray. United Blazing Star.

Grant Lake, Mono County, California. South end of Grant Lake, east side of the lake, at the end of Forest Road 01S30 “Grant Lake Road.” 37.8223°N, 119.1107°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2186 m. Exposed sandy, north-facing slope, well above the highest level of Grant Lake.

Coll. No. 1193, 26 June 2015, characters observed: Annual, 13 to 35 cm., tap-rooted; Leaves, alternate, mid-cauline, sessile, 29 mm. × 5 mm. wide, lanceolate, margin entire to lobed; Inflorescence, congested; Bracts, conspicuous, concealing fruit, fused to ovary below, mostly white, upper margin green, lobes 3; Sepals, 3.5 mm.; Fruit, 8-9 mm. × 2.8-3.2 mm. wide, obconic; Seeds, in more than 2 rows above the middle.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 01S30:   at end;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1194, Madia gracilis  

1194    Madia glomerata, determination tentative.

Madia gracilis (Sm.) D. D. Keck & J. C. Clausen ex Applegate. Grassy Tarweed.

Grant Lake, Mono County, California. Sandy, dry northwest slope above Grant Lake, at the south end of Forest Road 01S30 “Grant Lake”, 125 m southeast of the nominal shore, and 25 m above nominal lake level. 37.8223°N, 119.1103°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2206 m.

Coll. No. 1194, 26 Jun 2015, characters observed: Annual, to 6 cm.; Stems, red-brown, more hairy proximally, stalked black glandular distally; Leaves, cauline, opposite, 5 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, hairy, light-colored glandular, margin entire, tip rounded; Inflorescence, not showy, open, heads borne singularly; Peduncles, to 4 mm.; Phyllaries, completely enclosing flowers, persistent, glands stalked, black; Ray flowers, 0-3, fruit, 2 mm. × 0.8 mm., not compressed side-to-side, maybe 3-angled, black; Disc flowers ≤5, bisexual, corolla 1.7 mm., yellow; Anthers light brown.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 01S30:   at end;
Full Size ImageColl. no. 1195, Taraxia tanacetifolia  

1195    Taraxia tanacetifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) Piper. Tansy-Leaved Suncup.

Grant Lake, Mono County, California. Near the south end of Grant Lake on the east side, near the south end of Forest Road 01S30 “Grant Lake Road.” 37.8245°N, 119.1095°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2178 m. Growing on former lake bed recently exposed by falling lake levels due to drought.

  1196    Field identification: Unknown. Compound leaf, parts in 5s, corolla rotate, stamens 5, stigmas 3, adjacent to stream.

Polemonium occidentale Greene.

June Mountain Ski Lodge, Mono County, California. Northeast side of the June Mountain Ski Area parking lot, about 1.1 mi by road southwest of the GNIS location of the town of June Lake. 37.7691°N, 119.0896°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2309 m. Boggy area beside Reversed Creek.

 

 

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.  

 

Sunday, July 12th

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.

Other articles:
• Water Tank Road:   above the curve;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1197, Dalea purpurea
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1197, Dalea purpurea  

1197    Dalea purpurea Vent. Purple Prairie Clover.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Open field in the northern portion of the survey field, 25 m north of the unnamed road to the water tank 1.96 km southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.739°N, 105.2281°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1858 m. Perennial, leaves cauline.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Notes on Ratibida columnifera;
• Water Tank Road:   above the curve;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1198, Ratibida columnifera  

1198    Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. Upright Prairie Coneflower.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of the Survey Field, near the road to city water tank from Lookout Mountain Road, 1.95 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7389°N, 105.2282°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1864 m. Perennial, leaves cauline. Highest plains at the base of Lookout Mountain.

Coll. No. 1198, 12 July 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., tap-rooted; Leaves, cauline, to 11 cm. × 3 cm. wide, 1-pinnate, pinnae to 39 mm. × 4 mm. wide, some toothed; Inflorescence, single heads per stem, >> leaves; Involucre, 14 mm. diameter; Phyllaries, 1 series, lanceolate, hairy abaxially; Receptacle, cylindric, paleate; Rays, #5, 17 mm., × 13 mm. wide, elliptic-ovate, sterile, corolla yellow; Disk, cylindric, 20-45 mm. × 9-12 mm. wide; Palea, folded around but not enclosing disk flowers; Disk flowers, many, corolla greenish-yellow; Pappus, short crown of scales; Fruit, compressed, but maybe not strongly, ciliate adaxially(!).

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 1260, 26 Jul 2015;  

1199    Field determination: Helianthus ?
Helianthus pauciflorus Nutt. ssp. subrhomboideus (Rydb.) O. Spring & E. Schilling. Stiff Sunflower.

Helianthus pumilus Nutt. Little Sunflower.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of the Survey Field, near the road to city water tank from Lookout Mountain Road, 1.95 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.739°N, 105.2282°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1866 m. Perennial, opposite leaves, open grassy fields. Highest plains at the base of Lookout Mountain.

Coll. No. 1199, 12 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Leaves, cauline, opposite, 65 mm. × 14 mm. wide, reduced distally, narrowly elliptic; Inflorescence, 1-3 heads borne singly; Peduncles, to 60 mm.; Heads, all alike, limb 50 mm.; Phyllaries, 2+ graduated series, coriaceous to stiff, 6-7 mm. × 2.5-3.8 mm. wide, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, abaxially increasingly hairy distally, tips, appressed, acute to slightly acuminate, margin ciliate, eglandular; Flowers, 2 kinds; Receptacle convex, paleate; Paleae, 8-9 mm., folded around disk ovary; Rays, #12, 24 mm. × 6.5 mm. wide, sterile (style 0), deciduous; Disk flowers, corolla, 5 mm., lobes reddish at tips; Pappus, scales, #2, 3 mm., short-aristate, + 0-3 other accessory scales; Fruit, weakly compressed, margin not thin.

See also: Coll. No. 1260.

Other articles:
• Survey Field Road:  11000;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1200, Cirsium arvense  

1200    Field determination: Acroptilon repens, determination tentative. Eeeek!

Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. Canada Thistle.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of the Survey Field, 2.1 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.738°N, 105.2294°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1881 m. Purple “thistle,” not particularly stickery, small flower heads, around spring.

Coll. No. 1200, 12 Jul 2015, characters observed: Annual or perennial unknown, to 1 m., caulescent, described as dioecious, flowers examined appeared to have stamens without pollen and functional styles; Leaves, cauline, 140 mm. × 28 mm. wide, margins spiny, adaxial thinly tomentose (visible at 10× magnification), upper and middle leaves sessile and not decurrent; Heads, indented around top of peduncle; Involucre, 9-11 mm.; Phyllaries, 4-5 series, appressed, dark dorsal ridge, spine-tip, 1 mm., spreading; Receptacle, densely bristly; Flowers, 1 kind; Disk flowers; Corolla, 15 mm., lobes, 4-5 mm., lavender; Pappus, bristles, feathery.

Other articles:
• Survey Field Road:   near watercourse;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1201, Monarda fistulosa  

1201    Monarda fistulosa L. Wild Bergamot.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of the Survey Field, 2.1 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7379°N, 105.2293°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1884 m. Only one seen, faint lemon-spice odor, beside a small spring.

Other articles:
• Survey Field Road:  11000;  

1202    Field identification: Veronica sp.

Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. Water Speedwell.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of the Survey Field, 2.1 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7379°N, 105.2291°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1881 m. Growing in running water, just below an old road.

Coll. No. 1202, 12 July 2015, characters observed: Leaves, sessile and clasping, 35 mm. × 11 mm. wide, length 3.2× width, elliptic; Inflorescence, flowers in axillary racemes; Corolla, 3 mm, limb 5 mm., blue; Capsule, notched 0.2 mm.

The three Colorado floras, Harrington (1954), Weber and Wittmann (2012), and Ackerfield (2015), and one checklist (Snow, 2009) are inconsistent regarding recognition of V. anagallis-aquatica and V. catenata in Colorado, with V. salina mixed in. I have followed Ackerfield (2015). For Utah flora (Welsh, et al., 1993), this collection is firmly in V. catenata, whereas the Jepson Manual (Baldwin, 2012) clearly places this collection in V. anagallis-aquatica. We eagerly await the FNANM treatment.

Other articles:
• Survey Field Road:  11000;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1203, Juncus bufonius  

1203    Field identification: Sedge.

Juncus bufonius L. Toad Rush.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of the Survey Field, 2.1 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7379°N, 105.2291°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1881 m. Annual rush, growing in running water.

Coll. No. 1203, 12 Jul 2015, characters observed: Annual, to 15 cm., of wet places; Leaves, basal and cauline, sheath 19-20 mm., not bristle-tipped, auricles 0, blade, 45 mm., rolled, not equitant (leaves of two ranks each folded in half); Inflorescence, >½ total height of plant, appears terminal, bract erect, ±=inflorescence, but does not appear be a continuation of stem, 12-15 heads per inflorescence; Perianth, 3-5-4.0 mm.; Capsule, 3 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, oblong; Seeds, 0.3 mm., brown, not tailed.

  1204    Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. In a ditch adjacent to an old dirt road, near the center of the Survey Field, 2.2 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7367°N, 105.2276°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1882 m. Pink lavender flowers.

  1205    Gailardia aristida Pursh. Blanketflower.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. On the top of a drier alluvial ridge, near the center of the Survey Field, 2.2 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7365°N, 105.2267°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1882 m. Ball-shaped receptacle.

Coll. No. 1205, 12 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Leaves, alternate, entire to toothed; Inflorescence, single heads on peduncles 13-18 cm., flowers of 2 kinds; Phyllaries, 2+ series, 17 mm. × 2.7 mm. wide, lance-linear; Receptacle, epaleate, setae, to 10 mm.; Rays, sterile, corolla, 21 mm. × 10 mm. wide, yellow, deeply 3-lobed; Disk flowers, corolla, 7 mm., purple; Pappus of 6+ aristate scales, 4 mm., awn 2×> body.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Verbascum blattaria;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1206, Verbascum blattaria
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1206, Verbascum blattaria  

1206    Erect herb, parts in 5s, leaves alternate, stems not square.

Verbascum blattaria L. Moth Mullein.

Coll. No. 1206, 12 Jul 2015, characters observed: Annual or biennial herb, to 1.5 m.; Stem, round; Leaves, basal and cauline, cauline leaves alternate, sessile; Inflorescence, raceme; Flowers, 1 per axil; Calyx radial, lobes 5, stalked glandular, glands clear; Corolla, ±rotate, early deciduous, falling with stamens as a unit; Petals, 5, united at base, yellow-orange, all slightly folded, none wide open; Stamens 5; Filaments, all hairy glandular; Ovary, superior; Style 1, persistent Stigma, entire; Fruit, spheric, to 1 cm.

 

 

Other articles:
• Dunraven Circle:   at social trail;
• North Table Loop:   above Tablerock;

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.
Full Size ImageSocial trail into North Table Mountain Park  

 

Monday, July 13th

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Interface between North Table Mountain Park and Table Rock subdivision.
North Table Mountain Park

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1207, Bromus japonicus
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1207, Bromus japonicus
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1207, Bromus japonicus  
1207    Grass, large pendent spikelets, field id: Bromus japonicus.

Bromus japonicus Thunb. Japanese Cheat Grass.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower north slopes of North Table Mountain, between the Tablerock Trail and North Table Loop, 4.0 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7914°N, 105.2144°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1827 m. Large pendent spikelets.

Coll. No. 1207, 13 Jul 2015, characters observed: Annual grass, to 40 cm.; Leaves, sheath, 60 mm. closed + 12 mm. open, pilose (but not densely so), ligule, membraneous, + some hairs, blade, hairy; Inflorescence, panicle, >leaves; Pedicel, 20 mm.; Spikelets, 1-3 per panicle branch, 22 mm. × 6 mm. wide, elliptical, drooping; Glumes, #2, <lowest floret, lower, 4.5 mm., veins 3, upper, 5.5 mm., veins 5; Rachilla, short hairy; Callus, glabrous; Florets, #12, 2-ranked, closely held hiding rachilla; Disarticulation between florets; Lemma, 8 mm. × 4 mm. wide, margin, hyaline, 0.5 mm., tip bifid, awn, #1, 5-12 mm. long, mid-spikelet awns longest, flattened at base, not twisted, attached near bifid tip.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1208, Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus  
1208    Lupine, perennial, leaves cauline, banner back glabrous hairy.

Lupinus argenteus Pursh. Loosely Flowered Silver Lupine.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower north slopes of North Table Mountain, between the Tablerock Trail and North Table Loop, 4.0 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7911°N, 105.2146°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1845 m. Perennial, leaves cauline, banner back hairy.

Coll. No. 1208, 13 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Leaves, cauline, leaflets, adaxial glabrous; Calyx, spur <1 mm.; Banner, recurved from >mid-point (3.0-3.5 mm.), back hairy at middle; Keel, ciliate distally above. Unclear as to variety of L. argenteus or possible hybrid with L. caudatus.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1209, Heterotheca villosa
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1209, Heterotheca villosa  
1209    Field identification: Heterotheca villosa ?

Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners var. nana (A. Gray) Semple. Hairy False Golden Aster.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower north slopes of North Table Mountain, between the Tablerock Trail and North Table Loop, 4.0 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7909°N, 105.2145°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1848 m.

Coll. No. 1209, 13 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Stem, curved multicellular hairs, glands; Leaves, cauline, alternate, 13 mm. × 4 mm. wide, oblong to oblanceolate, margin entire (some contorted after drying), tip small pointed, curved hairs, yellow glandular; Inflorescence, 1-7 heads per stem, single heads on short pedicels, flowers of 2 kinds; Bracts, unremarkable; Phyllaries, in 2+ graduated series, 2-7 mm. × <1 mm. wide, lance-linear, tips erect, hairy, glandular; Receptacle epaleate, hemispheric; Rays, sterile, corolla, 10 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, yellow; Disk flowers, corolla, 5.0 mm., yellow; Pappus, outer of short scales and inner of long bristles (easier seen in mature fruit, in flower will appear as one series of long and short bristles), longest 5.5-6.0 mm., ≥disk flowers, short plumose; cypsela, 2.6 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, hairy.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1210, Helianthus pumilis  
1210    Field identification: Helianthus ?

Helianthus pumilus Nutt. Little Sunflower.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Middle north slopes of North Table Mountain, above the North Table Loop trail, 3.9 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7905°N, 105.2142°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1864 m.

Coll. No. 1210, 13 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Inflorescence, heads borne singly on leafy stems, flowers of 2 kinds; Phyllaries in 2+ series, 6 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, erect, ovate, hairy abaxially and on margins, tip acuminate, not as “stiff” or “tough” as those of Coll. No. 1199; Rays, sterile, #10-12, corolla, 17 mm. × 6 mm. wide, yellow; Disk flowers, corolla, 5 mm., yellow, lobes, #5, 1 mm., yellow; Pappus of few long (2.5 mm.) scales.

  1211    Field identification: Astragalus

Astragalus flexuosus G. Don. Flexible Milkvetch.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Middle north slopes of North Table Mountain, above (south of) the North Table Loop trail, 3.9 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7903°N, 105.2142°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1865 m.

  1212    Dalea candida Willd. White Prairie Clover.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Middle north slopes of North Table Mountain, above (south of) the North Table Loop trail, 3.9 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7903°N, 105.2143°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1871 m. Dense cylindric spikes of white flowers.

 

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Thursday, July 17th

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.

East of Plainview Road.

  1213    Carex, immature material previously collected.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1214, Hordeum brachyantherum in open water of spring.  

1214    Grass, growing only in the open water of a small spring.

Hordeum brachyantherum Nevski. Meadow Barley.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 90 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.889°N, 105.2605°W. WGCS 1984. Elev. 1937 m. Grass, growing only in open water of spring.

Coll. No. 1214, 16 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 60 cm.; Leaves, sheath, 8 cm., glabrous, ligule, membraneous, 0.5 mm., auricles, unremarkable, blade, 11 cm., flat; Inflorescence, single spikes per culm, 9 cm., × 3 cm. wide, 2-ranked, fully exserted at maturity; Spikelets, 3 per node; Disarticulation, at nodes of rachis; Lateral spikelets, pedicelled, reduced, sterile, glumes, 18-20 mm., awn-like, scabrous at base; Central spikelet, glumes, 21 mm., similar in shape to lateral glumes, lemmas, 5 mm., awn, #1, 21 mm.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1215, Eleocharis sp., probably E. palustris  
1215    Sedge Spikerush, growing in water.

Eleocharis sp. Spikerush.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 90 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.889°N, 105.2605°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1941 m. Growing in water.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1216, Phleum pratense  

1216    Perennial grass, bulbous at base, inflorescence spike,away from spring, probably Timothy grass.

Phleum pratense L. Timothy.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 90 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.8889°N, 105.2606°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1938 m. Perennial, bulbous base, inflorescence spike, wet area away from spring.

  1217    Field identification: Plantago sp.

Plantago lanceolata L. Narrowleaf Plantain.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 95 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.8889°N, 105.2605°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1940 m.

Coll. No. 1217, 16 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 55 cm., scapose; Leaves, basal, 22 cm. × 1.5 mm. wide, lance-elliptic, glabrous; Inflorescence, spike, 42 mm. × 6-7 mm. wide, slightly wider at base; Sepals, outer two connate, 3 mm., mid-rib strong green, villous-ciliate distally; Corolla, scarious, lobes, #4, 2 mm.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 1261, 29 Jul 2015;  

1218    Field identification: Potentilla sp.

Potentilla hippiana Lehm. var. effusa (Douglas ex Lehm.) Dorn. Wooly Cinquefoil.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 85 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.8889°N, 105.2607°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1941 m. Potentilla, just starting to bloom, dense population, southwest of spring.

Same as Coll. No. 1261, which was made 29 Jul 2015.

Coll. No. 1261, 29 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm., long straight hairy to wooly throughout, eglandular; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, compound, stipules, 18 mm., entire, petiole, 50 mm., blade, 50 mm. × 33 mm. wide, obovate, leaflets, #9, 23 mm. × 9 mm. wide, bases decurrent, margin, flat, toothed most of length; Inflorescence, cymose; Bractlets, 3 mm., slightly darker than calyx lobes; Calyx, lobes #5, 5 mm.; Petals, #5, 5 mm. × 4 mm. wide, yellow; Ovary, glabrous; Style, 2 mm., widest at base; Fruit, achene, #10, 1.5 mm. × 1 mm. wide, brown, smooth, glabrous.

    West of Plainview Road.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc west;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1219, Bromus inermis  

1219    Bromus inermis Leyss. Smooth Brome.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 40 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8895°N, 105.2623°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1950 m.

Coll. No. 1219, 16 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 1 m., rhizomatous; Leaves, sheath, 10-11 cm., closed, ligules, membraneous, short, auricles 0, blade, 12-13 cm., flat, distinctive M-shaped crimp mid-blade when fresh; Inflorescence, panicle, 15 cm. × 4 cm. wide; Spikelets, 1 per node, 15-24 mm. × 5 mm. wide; Glumes, #2, lower, 7 mm., veins 1, upper, 8 mm., veins 3; Disarticulation, above the glumes; Florets, 2-6 per spikelet; Rachilla, sparsely hairy, extends beyond upper floret; Callus, glabrous; Lemma, 11 mm., veins, 5,7, short hairy proximally, awns, #1, 1-2 mm.; Palea, 9 mm., veins ciliate.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Convolvulus arvensis;
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc west;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1220, Convolvulus arvensis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1220, Convolvulus arvensis  

1220    Convolvulus arvensis L. Field Bindweed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 60 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8893°N, 105.2626°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. Flowers sparse. Thinly vegetated rocky alluvial terrace. Colorado Noxious Weed List C.

  1221    Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners var. nana (A. Gray) Semple. Hairy False Golden Aster.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 60 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8893°N, 105.2627°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1952 m. Thinly vegetated rocky alluvial terrace.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc west;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1222, Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1222, Glycyrrhiza lepidota  

1222    Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh. American Licorice.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 67 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8894°N, 105.2626°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1953 m. Thick vegetation along intermittent stream.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Cichorium intybus;
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc west;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1223, Cichorium intybus  

1223    Cichorium intybus L., Common Chicory.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 70 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8894°N, 105.2627°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1952 m. Beside intermittent stream, sap not milky.

  1224    Field identification: Mentha arvensis, determination tentative.

Mentha arvensis L. Wild Mint.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 75 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8894°N, 105.2627°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1952 m. In dense vegetation beside intermittent stream.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Agrostis gigantea;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1225, Agrostis stolonifera  

1225    Field identification: Grass.

Agrostis stolonifera L. Creeping Bentgrass.

Agrostis gigantea Roth. Janet L. Wingate, 12/2016, Kathryn Klambach (KHD) (Other vouchers at JCOS and UC.)

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 70 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8894°N, 105.2627°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1952 m.

Coll. No. 1225, 16 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 1 m., no sign of either rhizomes or stolons; Stem, nodes green; Leaves, sheath, open, glabrous at summit, ligule, membraneous, 4 mm., angled, auricles, 0 (double fold of proximal blade margin), blade, 85 mm. × 3.8 mm. wide, scabrous abaxially; Inflorescence, open panicle, 18 cm. × 14 cm. wide, deltate; Spikelets, 1 per node, on 1°-3° panicle branches, axis not extended beside or above floret; Glumes, #2, 2.2 mm., ±equal, keeled, scabrous on keel, veins 1, awns 0, purplish; Disarticulation above the glumes; Florets, 1 per spikelet, bisexual; Lemma, 1.8 mm., transparent, except 3 green veins, awns 0; Palea, 1.5 mm.; Anthers, #3, 1.4 mm., tan with purple abaxially.

Keys to A. gigantea in TJM2 because key will permit rhizomes to be absent, but will not permit stolons to be absent in A. stolonifera.

  1226    Field identification: Geranium sp.

Geranium caespitosum James. Pineywoods Geranium.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 65 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8893°N, 105.2626°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1949 m.

 

 

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:   acc. pts.;
• Mesa Top Trail:   along trail;   near top;   at jct;  36000;
• North Table Loop:   at social trl;   near Mesa Top Trl;
• “Tilting Mesa Cut-Off”:   near pond;   at saddle;

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.
Full Size ImageSocial trail from Tablerock subdivision into North Table Mountain Park.  

 

Monday, July 20th

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Mesa Top Trail to the left, North Table Loop to the right.
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Much of North Table Mountain is closed due to sensitive resources.
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Trail closed due to high water in pond.
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Mesa Top Trail on North Table Mountain.
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Small peaks in top of North Table Mountain
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Pond near Mesa Top Trail.
North Table Mountain

Other articles:
• “Tilting Mesa Cut-Off”:   at saddle;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1227, Bouteloua gracilis  

1227    Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths. Blue Grama.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. North of the radio tower at the northern top of mesa, just outside the radio tower exclosure, 3.3 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7848°N, 105.2159°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1988 m.

Other articles:
• “Tilting Mesa Cut-Off”:   at saddle;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1228, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. candida
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1228, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. candida  

1228    Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V.E. Grant ssp. candida (Rydb.) V.E. Grant & A.D. Grant. Scarlet Gilia.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern part of top of North Table Mountain, just east of the radio tower, 3.3 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7846°N, 105.2144°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1982 m.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Hypericum perforatum;
• “Tilting Mesa Cut-Off”:   at saddle;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1228, Hypericum perforatum
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1229, Hypericum perforatum  

1229    Hypericum perforatum L. Common St. John's Wort.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern part of top of North Table Mountain, just east of the radio tower, 3.3 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7846°N, 105.2143°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1982 m. Colorado Noxious Weed List C species.

  1230    Field identification: Castilleja integra, determination tentative.

Castilleja integra A. Gray. Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of North Table Mountain, 200 m east of radio tower, 3.3 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7846°N, 105.2137°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1982 m. Rocky ground.

Other articles:
• “Tilting Mesa Cut-Off”:   n. of saddle;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1231, Poa compressa  

1231    Field identification: Poa ?, weakly rhizomatous.

Poa compressa L. Canada Bluegrass.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of North Table Mountain, low area beside road to radio tower, 200 m east of radio tower, 3.3 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7846°N, 105.214°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1984 m.

Coll. No. 1231, 20 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 50 cm.; Rhizomes, to 12 cm., ±1 mm. wide; Culms flattened; Nodes laterally compressed, marked by dark line; Leaves, cauline, sheath, 40-60 mm., open, glabrous, ligule, membraneous, 1 mm., auricle 0, blade, 55-85 mm., folded, tip prow-shaped, (veins coalescing); Inflorescence, panicle, 50 mm. × 7 mm. wide, moderately contracted; Spikelets, many, 1 per node, 5 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide; Glumes, #2, lower, 2 mm., veins 3, upper, 2.2 mm., veins 5 (outer pair visible at base of glume); Florets, #5+, bisexual (?, stamens early deciduous?, a few distal florets had small stamens just barely exserted), Rachilla, glabrous; Callus, glabrous; Lemma, 2 mm., veins 5, awns 0; Palea, 2 mm., ciliate on veins; Achene, 1.2 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, brown.

Other articles:
• “Tilting Mesa Cut-Off”:   near saddle;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1232, Eriogonum flavum var. flavum arcuatum
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1232, Eriogonum flavum var. flavum arcuatum.  

1232   
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Coll. No. 1232, Eriogonum flavum var. flavum arcuatum
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Coll. No. 1232, Eriogonum flavum var. flavum arcuatum
Field identification: Eriogonum umbellatum, determination tentative.

Eriogonum flavum Nutt. var. flavum. Alpine Wild Golden Buckwheat.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of North Table Mountain, 210 m east of radio tower, 3.3 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7846°N, 105.2135°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1984 m. Rooted in thin soils and fractures of exposed caprock of mesa.

Coll. No. 1232, 20 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 15 cm., caespitose but not mat-forming, scapose; Leaves, basal, petiole 8-10 mm. + blade 40-45 mm. × 12-18 mm. wide, elliptic-oblanceolate, adaxial tomentose but still ±green, abaxial densely white tomentose; Inflorescence, scape, 100 mm., bracts, #8, 2° branching, but not umbellate, 1° branch 35-40 mm., 2° branch (peduncle), ±15 mm.; Involucre, #8-10 per scape, tube 3.5 mm. + lobes 1 mm., rounded, reflexed; Flowers, stipe-like base, 0.8 mm.; Perianth, bright yellow, fading red, 6 mm. (measured from base of stipe), long straight hairy.

Cannot be keyed in FNANM because of an HTML coding error at couplet 22 of the key for Eriogonum subgp. Oligogonum (16 Dec 2015).

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Centaurea diffusa;
• “Tilting Mesa Cut-Off”:   near saddle;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1233, Centaurea diffusa
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1233, Centaurea diffusa  

1233    Field identification: Centaurea diffusa Lam., determination tentative.

Centaurea diffusa Lam. White Knapweed.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of North Table Mountain, 205 m east of radio tower, 3.3 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7846°N, 105.2136°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1984 m. Colorado Noxious Weed List B species.

Coll. No. 1233, 20 Jul 2015, characters observed: Biennial/Perennial herb, to 50 cm.; Leaves, cauline, alternate, 30 mm. × 12 mm. wide, pinnately lobed, much reduced and entire above, spine-tipped, margins not spiny; Inflorescence, heads borne singly, flowers of one kind; Involucre, 10 mm.; Phyllaries, 4+ series, graduated, 3.5-10.0 mm., all spine tipped, outer and middle with marginal fringe spines; Receptacle, flat, epaleate, bristly; Disk flowers, inner bisexual, Corolla, tube 7.5 mm. + lobes 3 mm., white; Pappus, 0, or very thin ring of scales.

  1234    Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Symth. Prairie Spiderwort. Flowers pressed in parchment in hope of a good specimen.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of North Table Mountain, 175 m east of radio tower, 3.3 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7845°N, 105.2139°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1982 m.

  1235    Allium cernuum Roth. Nodding Onion.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of North Table Mountain, 215 m east of radio tower, 3.3 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7848°N, 105.2135°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1984 m. Growing among rocks at top of north-facing slope.

Other articles:
• Mesa Top Trail:   near top;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1236, Monarda pectinata
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1236, Monarda pectinata  

1236    Monarda pectinata Nutt. Plains Beebalm.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of North Table Mountain, 160 m northeast of radio tower, 3.4 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7857°N, 105.2147°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1978 m. Several inconspicuous plants in grasslands.

Coll. No. 1236, 20 Jul 2015, characters observed: Annual, to 25 cm., erect; Stem, hairs retrorse; Leaves, cauline, opposite, petiole 7 mm. + blade 35 mm. × 8 mm. wide, ovate-lanceolate, pinnate veined, margin serrate, gland-dotted; Inflorescence, axillary clusters; Corolla, 14 mm., upper lip prominent, color cream.

Other articles:
• Mesa Top Trail:   in sm cyn;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1237, Elymus canadensis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1237, Elymus canadensis  

1237    Grass, long awns, heavy nodding inflorescence.

Elymus canadensis L. Canadian Wildrye.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of North Table Mountain, beside the Mesa Top Trail in a small valley below the rim of the mesa, 195 m west of radio tower, 3.25 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7848°N, 105.2182°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1946 m. Grass, long awns, heavy nodding inflorescence.

Coll. No. 1237, 20 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 1.2 m.; Inflorescence, terminal spike, 20 cm. × 5 mm. wide, drooping; Spikelets, sessile, 2 per node, 15 mm. × 5 mm. wide (excluding awns), ascending; Glumes, #2, body 10 mm. × 1 mm. wide + awn 15 mm. = 25 mm., veins 5?, entire, scabrous; Florets, #5, bisexual; Rachilla, short hairy; Callus, glabrous; Lemma, 13 mm., veins 5, rounded, hairy, awns, #1, 22 mm.; Palea, 9.5 mm.; Stamens, #3, 4 mm.

Locations: Alkali Lake. Teels Marsh.  

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The growth in the rechargeable battery market is being driven by the fact that lithium-ion batteries are crucial in portable and mobile applications. In fact, the growing use of smartphones and tablets is one of the key drivers of the market and will remain so going forward.

Orocobre Limited, citing a Citigroup forecast from 2012, noted in a report that the lithium-ion battery market is expected to rise from $13.9 billion in 2011 to $34.3 billion in 2020. This is significant growth and not surprisingly, the market has been bullish on lithium miners over the past few years.

This morning one such miner, Dajin Resources Corp. (TSX-Venture: DJI) reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary Dajin Resources (US) Corp. has completed a 550 station gravity survey at Alkali Lake. Vancouver-based Dajin is an energy metals company with strategically located brine-based lithium exploration projects in both South and North America.

The Alkali Lake project comprises of 138 placer claims, spread over an area of 1,138 hectares or 2,811 acres. Surface sampling conducted in March and April confirmed the presence of near surface lithium. DJI said that the results of the gravity survey are now undergoing processing.

The basin is situated close to Rockwood Lithium’s Clayton Valley/Silver Peak lithium operation, which is the only producing brine-based lithium mine in operation in North America.

Apart from Alkali Lake, Dajin also has a 100% interest in claims known to contain lithium and boron values in the Teels Marsh region of Mineral County, Nevada. The claims are spread over an area of 2,187 hectares and are close to the Mono Lake Crater, a lithium rich mega volcano. This volcano is possibly the source for lithium rich volcanic ashes blown eastward to depositions in local basins such as Teels Marsh. In addition, Dajin also has a 100% interest in concessions or concession applications in Jujuy Province in Argentina.

Investors seem to like the progress and prospects for Dajin as shares are up over 100% in the last 12 months alone, currently trading at $0.08 a share with a couple hours of trading left in the day.

 

 

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field. Windy Saddle Park.
Full Size ImageElk on lower slopes of Lookout Mountain.  

 

Friday, July 24th

Windy Saddle Park by way of Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.

Other articles:
• Water Tank Road:   near water tank;
Full Size ImageInvolucre, flowers and achenes of Coll. No. 1238, Eriogonum alatum
Full Size ImageInflorescence and leaves of Coll. No. 1238, Eriogonum alatum  

1238    Eriogonum alatum Torr. Winged Buckwheat.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of the Survey Field, 2.06 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7383°N, 105.23°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1858 m. 1.2 m tall, lvs basal, single unbranched stalk, only 1 in bloom now, many prior year's scapes nearby. High plains becoming lowest rocky slopes of Lookout Mountain.

  1239    Allium cernuum Roth. Nodding Onion.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of the Survey Field, 2.12 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.738°N, 105.2307°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1904 m. East-facing lower slope of Lookout Mountain above high plains, becoming rocky.

Locations: Windy Saddle Park.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1240, Allium cernuum
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1240, Allium cernuum  

1240    Allium cernuum Roth. Nodding Onion.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeastern Windy Saddle Park, just west of and above the Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, 2.12 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7377°N, 105.2312°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1929 m. East-facing rocky lower slopes of Lookout Mountain above high plains.


Full Size ImageAccidental Coll. No. 1240.1, Undetermined  
1240.1    Undet.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeastern Windy Saddle Park, just west of and above the Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, 2.12 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7377°N, 105.2312°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1929 m. Leaves only, no flowers. East-facing rocky lower slopes of Lookout Mountain above high plains. Determination tentative.

Locations: Windy Saddle Park.
Full Size ImageHabitat of three common grasses in Windy Saddle Park
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1241, Bouteloua curtipendula  

1241   
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Coll. No. 1241, Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. Sideoats Grama.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeastern Windy Saddle Park, west of and above the Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, 2.2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7375°N, 105.2314°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1934 m. Low bunch grass growing among clumps of bryophytes and lichens on rocky ridge. Lower east slopes of Lookout Mountain.


Full Size ImageHabitat of three common grasses in Windy Saddle Park
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1242, Bouteloua gracilis  
1242    Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths. Blue Grama.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeastern Windy Saddle Park, west of and above the Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, 2.2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7374°N, 105.2314°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1939 m. Less common here than B. curtipendula. Quite small, crowded plants.


Full Size ImageHabitat of three common grasses in Windy Saddle Park  
1243    Field identification: Aristida purpurea

Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey. Purple Threeawn.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeastern Windy Saddle Park, west of and above the Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, 2.2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7374°N, 105.2314°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1944 m. Collected at this location with Bouteloua curtipendula and B. gracilis.

  1244    Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. Rocky Mountain Juniper.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeastern Windy Saddle Park, west of and above the Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, 2.19 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7375°N, 105.2314°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1938 m. Several trees on the edge of a rocky ridge.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1245, Monarda fistulosa growing in a patch of poison ivy.  
1245    Monarda fistulosa L. Wild Bergamot.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeastern Windy Saddle Park, west of and above the Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, 2.31 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7366°N, 105.2324°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1962 m. Growing in poison ivy.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1246, Campanula rotundifolia  
1246    Campanula rotundiflora L. Harebell.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast Windy Saddle Park, lower portion of unnamed canyon on east side of Lookout Mountain, 2.28 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7368°N, 105.2319°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. Partially shaded north-facing rocky slopes.

Coll. No. 1246, 24 July 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Leaves, basal, ?, cauline, alternate, ±lance-linear, 52 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide; Inflorescence, solitary and loose racemes; Pedicel, 9 mm.; Calyx, tube 2.5 mm. + 5 lobes 2.5 mm. = 5.0 mm.; Corolla, 13 mm, blue-purple; Capsule, nodding, 5.5 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, opening by pores near the base.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Townsendia grandiflora;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1247, Townsendia grandiflora
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1247, Townsendia grandiflora, between two Mountain Mahogany.  

1247   
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Coll. No. 1247, Townsendia grandiflora
Field identification: Townsendia sp.

Townsendia grandiflora Nutt. Largeflower Townsend Daisy.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast Windy Saddle Park, rocky ridge on the lower slopes of Lookout Mountain, 2.21 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7373°N, 105.2314°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1940 m. Several plants between two Cercocarpus montana.

Coll. No. 1247, 24 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 15 cm.; Stem, hairs appressed; Leaves, opposite below, alternate above, 32 mm. × 3 mm. wide, long ciliate at base; Inflorescence, heads borne singly; Phyllaries, 5+ imbricate series, 13 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, ovate, margin ciliate, tip acuminate, green around prominent mid-vein, chartaceous margins; Receptacle, flat, epaleate, very short bristles; Flowers of two kinds; Rays, sterile, pappus, scales, 0.6 mm., corolla, 14 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, white; Disk, 14 mm. wide, pappus, bristles, 4.0 mm., corolla, 4.5 mm., yellow; cypsela, 4 mm. × 1.3 mm., flattened.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1248, Undetermined  
1248    Unknown, red-stemmed stuff, behind water tank.

Undet.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern part of the Survey Field, on the edge of the Lookout Mountain funicular track, 2.16 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7374°N, 105.2304°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1901 m. Red-stemmed stuff behind water tank.

Coll. No. 1248, 24 Jul 2015, characters observed: Annual/Perennial unknown, to 50 cm.; Leaves, cauline, 10 mm. & times; 4 mm. wide, elliptical, toothed; Inflorescence, raceme, flower parts in 5s; Calyx, tube 1 mm. + 5 lobes 1 mm. = 2 mm.; Ovary, superior; Style, persistent; Fruit, capsule, 2.5 mm. × 1.8 mm., ovoid; Seeds, #1, 1.2 mm. × 0.8 mm., ovoid, light brown, smooth.

 

 

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc west;

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageBurlington Northern train above Ranson/Edwards Homestead OSP  

 

Sunday, July 26th

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Looking east to the plains.
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Highest of the high plains in Ranson/Edwards Homestead OSP.
 

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc west;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1249, Sorghastrum nutans
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1249, Sorghastrum nutans  

1249   
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Dissected spikelets of Coll. No. 1249, Sorghastrum nutans
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One branch of panicle, Coll. No. 1249, Sorghastrum nutans
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Inflorescence spike of Coll. No. 1249, Sorghastrum nutans
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Spikelets of Coll. No. 1249, Sorghastrum nutans
Grass, inflorescence with unique yellow-ish cast, stamens yellow, stigmas pink.

Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash. Yellow Indian Grass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 100 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8894°N, 105.2631°W. WHS 1984. Elev. 1951 m. Grass, inflorescence with unique yellow-ish cast, stamens yellow, stigmas pink.

Coll. No. 1249, 26 Jul 2015: Perennial warm season grass, to 1.2 m.; Inflorescence, panicle, 12 cm., color distinct yellowish; Spikelets, paired (theoretically), sessile spikelet present, pedicellate spikelet absent leaving a hairy pedicel; Compression, ±dorsal (upper glume flattened); Glumes, 6 mm., ±equal, veins 7 prominent green, upper glabrous, lower hairy; Florets, 2 per spikelet, lower floret reduced and sterile, upper floret perfect; Lemma, 4.5 mm., membraneous, apex bifid and awned, awn, 12 mm., twisted, bent once; Palea, reduced or missing; Stamens, 3, 4 mm., yellow; Stigmas, 2, feathery, pink (turning brown?).

  1250    Field identification: Hypericum perforatum

Hypericum perforatum L. Common St. John's Wort.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 102 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8893°N, 105.263°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1943 m. Adjacent to intermittent stream. Colorado Noxious Weed List C species.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc west;
Full Size ImageCreekside habitat of Coll. No. 1251, Achillea millefolia  

1251    Field identification: Achillea millifolia

Achillea millefolium L. Common Yarrow.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 175 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.889°N, 105.2638°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1955 m. Banks of intermittent stream.

  1252    Field indentification: Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. Western Snowberry.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 175 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.889°N, 105.2638°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1953 m. Banks of an intermittent stream.

Woody perennial to 50 cm., forming dense colonies in moist open swales, [spreading by long sparsely-branched rhizomes,] Twigs without lenticels, minutely hairy when young; Leaves opposite, ovate, to 7 cm. × 5 cm. wide, reduced above, thick, approaching leathery, pinnately veined, upper surface glabrous, lower few short white hairs, margin slightly wavy, slightly rolled under, sparsely curved hairy; Petioles to 7 mm.; Inflorescence axillary (and terminal?); Floral bracts triangular, 3 mm.; Flowers in dense axillary clusters, bisexual, ±radial, possibly slightly bilateral, 2 or more whorls; Corolla fused at base, tube 2-3 mm., throat with recurved hairs, lobes 5, 2.0-3.5 mm, slightly longer than tube, hairy within at level of stamen insertion, white with magenta mottling; Stamens 5, alternate, exserted or barely exserted; Filaments, 3.3-3.6 mm., tapered; Anthers versatile; Ovary inferior Pistil 1; Style exserted or barely exserted; Stigma entire; Fruit a berry, green when young, mature color and size unknown. (Described from specimen seen on Green Mountain, 2 August 2014 and Coll. No. 1252, 26-Jul-2015).

  1253    Field identification: Allium cernuum

Allium cernuum Roth. Nodding Onion.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 204 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8888°N, 105.2642°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1957 m. North-facing bank of small watercourse.

  1254    Field identification: Campanula rotundiflora, tentative.

Campanula rotundiflora L. Harebell.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 204 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8888°N, 105.2642°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1958 m. North slope along imtermittent stream.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1255, Solidago missouriensis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1255, Solidago missouriensis  
1255    Field identification: Solidago sp.

Solidago missouriensis Nutt. Missouri Goldenrod.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 212 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8888°N, 105.2643°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1957 m.

Coll. No. 1255, 26 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm., generally glabrous throughout; Leaves, cauline, petiole 45 cm. + blade 100 mm. × 21 mm. wide, oblanceolate, short toothed distally, glabrous, veins 5; Inflorescence, crowded panicle; Pedicels, 1 mm.; Bracts, #2, 1.8 mm.; Involucre, 4.5 mm. × 5 mm. wide, obconic; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, 2 kinds; Phyllaries, 2+ series, graduated, 2.2-3.5 mm., veins 1; Rays, fertile, tube 2 mm. + blade 2.2 mm., yellow; Disk flower, tube 2.8 mm. + lobes 0.7 mm. = 3.5 mm., yellow; Pappus, bristles, 3.0 mm.; cypsela, 0.4-0.6 mm., glabrous.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc west;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1256, Solidago missouriensis at Ranson/Edwards.  

1256    Field identification: Solidago sp.

Solidago missouriensis Nutt. Missouri Goldenrod.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 240 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8889°N, 105.2646°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1963 m. Small colony of ±25 plants. South-facing slope. Same as Coll. No. 1255, but of shorter stature, perhaps because of distance from intermittent stream.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc west;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1257, Pseudognaphalium macounii
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1257, Pseudognaphalium macounii  

1257    Field identification: Antennaria sp.

Pseudognaphalium macounii (Greene) Kartesz. Macoun’s Rabbit-Tobacco.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 260 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8889°N, 105.2648°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1963 m. Gentle south-facing slope away from intermittent stream.

Coll. No. 1257, 26 Jul 2015, characters observed: Annual (?) to 45 cm.; Leaves, cauline, alternate, 40 mm. × 4 mm. wide, decurrent, lance-linear, entire, stalked glandular, tomentose abaxially; Inflorescence, branched axial and terminal; Heads in tight clusters, disciform; Involucre, 4 mm.; Receptacle, epaleate; Phyllaries in 4+ series, hyaline; Pappus, bristles.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1258, Heterotheca foliosa  
1258    Field identification: DYC.

Heterotheca foliosa (Nutt.) Shinners. Hairy False Goldenaster.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 295 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8886°N, 105.2652°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1963 m. Comp., many flowering stems, leaves alternate from base. North-facing slope, south of the intermittent stream.

Coll. No. 1258, 26 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial, to 40 cm.; Stem, spreading hairy, glandular; Leaves, cauline, alternate, 33 mm. × 9 mm. wide, oblong, margin entire, tip acute, appressed hairy; Peduncle, 15 mm.; Bracts, leafy, 10-16 mm. × 2.5 mm., lanceolate, some exceeding heads by 4-7 mm.; Involucre, 9 mm. × 14 mm. wide; Phyllaries, in 4+ graduated series, 4-9 mm. × 1 mm. wide, lanceolate, slightly keeled proximally, mostly green, abaxial surface glandular and hairy, margin hairy; Receptacle, epaleate, short (0.5 mm.) scales; Flowers, 2 kinds; Rays, sterile, corolla, 11 mm., yellow; Disk flowers, corolla, 7 mm., yellow; Pappus, short (0.6 mm.) and long (6 mm.) bristles, ≥disk corolla; cypsela, 1.3 mm., hairy.

Treated as H. foliosa (Nutt.) Shinners by Ackerfield (2015), H. villosa (Pursh) Shinners var. foliosa (Nuttall) V. L. Harms by FNANM. H. fulcrata (Greene) Shinners misapplied.

  1259    Field identification: (Platy) Opuntia.

Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. Western Pricklypear.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 295 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8895°N, 105.267°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1988 m. South-facing slope above intermittent stream.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc west;
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 1199, 12 Jul 2015;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1260, Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1260, Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus  

1260   
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Head of Coll. No. 1260, Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus
Comp., yellow, solitary heads full of bugs, opposite leaves.

Helianthus pauciflorus Nutt. Ssp. subrhomboideus (Rydb.) O. Spring & E. Schilling. Stiff Sunflower.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 436 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8895°N, 105.267°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1988 m. Comp., yellow, tall, solitary heads full of bugs, opposite leaves.

Coll. No. 1260, 26 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial from rhizomes (not a tap-rooted annual), to 1 mm.; Leaves, cauline, opposite, 135 mm. × 32 mm. wide, rhomboid, margin, straight, short-toothed, green, not glaucus, adaxial scabrous-hispid, abaxial scabrous; Inflorescence, solitary heads on long peduncles; Peduncle, 25 cm.; Phyllaries in 3+ imbricate series, all similar, 8-9 mm. × 4 mm. wide, ovo-lanceolate, margin, ciliate, tips, erect; Receptacle, hemispheric, paleate; Paleae, 8 mm., ciliate distally; Rays, sterile, pappus, 2 scales 2.5 mm., corolla, 24 mm. × 6 mm. wide, yellow; Disk flowers, fertile, pappus, crown of scales with 2 elongated to 4 mm., corolla, 5 mm., yellow to dark red distally; cypsela, 3.3 mm., compressed quadrangular.

See also: Coll. No. 1199.

 

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Wednesday, July 29th

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   near coll loc;
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 1218, 16 Jul 2015;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1261, Potentilla hippiana var. effusa
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1261, Potentilla hippiana var. effusa  

1261   
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Coll. No. 1261, Potentilla hippiana var. effusa
Field identification: Potentilla sp.

Potentilla hippiana Lehm. var. effusa (Douglas ex Lehm.) Dorn. Wooly Cinquefoil.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 85 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.8888°N, 105.2606°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1865 m. Same as Coll. No. 1218, which was made 16 Jul 2015.

Coll. No. 1261, 29 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm., long straight hairy to wooly throughout, eglandular; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, compound, stipules, 18 mm., entire, petiole, 50 mm., blade, 50 mm. × 33 mm. wide, obovate, leaflets, #9, 23 mm. × 9 mm. wide, bases decurrent, margin, flat, toothed most of length; Inflorescence, cymose; Bractlets, 3 mm., slightly darker than calyx lobes; Calyx, lobes #5, 5 mm.; Petals, #5, 5 mm. × 4 mm. wide, yellow; Ovary, glabrous; Style, 2 mm., widest at base; Fruit, achene, #10, 1.5 mm. × 1 mm. wide, brown, smooth, glabrous.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1262, Schizachyrium scoparium
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1262, Schizachyrium scoparium  
1262    Field identification: Grass

Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash. Little Bluestem.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km north northeast of Golden, 1.4 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 125 m. northeast of Plainview Road. 39.8925°N, 105.2609°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1945 m. Clumped, not rhizomatous, in bloom, anthers yellow-purple, stigmas purple.


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1263, Paronychia jamesii
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1263, Paronychia jamesii  
1263    Field identification: Paronychia jamesii.

Paronychia jamesii Torr. & A. Gray. Jame's Nailwort.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km north northeast of Golden, 1.4 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 130 m. northeast of Plainview Road. 39.8925°N, 105.2609°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1948 m. Opposite sharp-pointed leaves.

Coll. No. 1263, 29 July 2015, characters observed: Perennial erect subshrub, to 15 cm.; Leaves, cauline, opposite, 10 mm., linear, pointed, stipules, 4-5 mm., papery; Inflorescence, many-flowered cyme; Sepals, #5, 2.3 mm., greenish, awn-tipped; Petals, absent.


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1264, Liatris punctata
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1264, Liatris punctata  
1264    Field identification: Liatris sp.

Liatris punctata Hook. Dotted Blazing Star.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km north northeast of Golden, 1.4 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 150 m. northeast of Plainview Road. 39.8924°N, 105.2606°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1947 m.

Coll. No. 1264, 29 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 32 cm.; Leaves, cauline, alternate, 78 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, gradually reduced above, linear, glandular punctate, margins, entire, revolute, sparsely hairy; Inflorescence, single heads in axils on short pedicels; Involucre, 16 mm. × 7 mm. wide, ±cylindrical; Phyllaries, in 2+ series, inbricate, 14 mm. × 3.8 mm. wide, glandular-punctate abaxially distally, margin, ciliate, scarious, tip acute; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, one kind; Disk flowers; Corolla, tube white 8 mm. + lobes purple 2.5 mm.; Pappus, bristles, one series, 10 mm., plumose; Cypsela, 7 mm., hairy.


Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1265, Andropogon gerardii
Full Size ImageSpikelets of Coll. No. 1265, Andropogon gerardii  
1265    Field identification: Andropogon gerardii.

Andropogon gerardii Vitman. Big Bluestem.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km north northeast of Golden, 1.4 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 150 m. northeast of Plainview Road. 39.8924°N, 105.2606°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1947 m.

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   at bend;
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 1279, 20 Aug 2015;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1266, Symphyotrichum porteri
Full Size ImageHead of Coll. No. 1266, Symphyotrichum porteri  

1266   
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Coll. No. 1266, Symphyotrichum porteri
Field identification: Erigeron, more shrubby and branched than most.

Symphyotrichum porteri (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom. Smooth White Aster.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km north northeast of Golden, 1.4 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 163 m. northeast of Plainview Road. 39.8923°N, 105.2603°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1944 m. More shrubby and branched than other white “asters” found nearby.

Coll. No. 1266, 29 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 35 cm., eglandular, generally not hairy; Stem ascending; Leaves, cauline, alternate, sessile, 53 mm. × 3 mm. wide, lance-linear, many rolled, tip pointed, maybe spinulose, generally glabrous except some distal margins; Inflorescence, crowded, ±flat-topped; Heads borne simgly on short pedicels; Involucre, 5 mm. × 8 mm. wide; Phyllaries, 2+series, 3.5 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, ±equal, inner ≥ outer, mid-vein green, margins white proximally, green distally, tip acute; Receptacle, epaleate, convex (if not conic); Flowers of two kinds; Rays, fertile, corolla, 6.5 mm., white; Disk flowers, corolla, 3.0 mm., yellow; Pappus, bristles, barbed, single, 2.5 mm.; Cypsela, 0.7 mm., sparsely hairy.

See also: Coll. No. 1279.

  1267    Tall sunflower with opposite leaves, same as Coll. No. 1260.

Helianthus pauciflorus Nutt. ssp. subrhomboideus (Rydb.) O. Spring & E. Schilling. Stiff Sunflower.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km north northeast of Golden, 1.4 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 194 m. northeast of Plainview Road. 39.8923°N, 105.26°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1942 m. Tall sunflowers with opposite leaves, same as Coll. No. 1260.

  1268    Tall spicate grass, purple anthers.

Phleum pratense L. Timothy.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km north northeast of Golden, 1.4 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 300 m. east northeast of Plainview Road. 39.892°N, 105.2586°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1931 m. Tall spicate grass, purple anthers.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1269, Juncus arcticus var. balticus  
1269    Field identification: Juncus sp.

Juncus arcticus (Willd.)Trautv. var. balticus (Willdenow) Trautvetter. Arctic Rush.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km north northeast of Golden, 1.4 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 330 m. east of Plainview Road. 39.8919°N, 105.2582°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1922 m. In swale.

Coll. No. 1269, 29 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial, to 1 m.; Leaves, basal sheaths only; Inflorescence, appears lateral; Bract, appearing to be extension of stem, 14-18 cm., >stem; Flowers, many per stem, (obs. 20); Stamens, 5.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1270, Eremogene fendleri  
1270    Field identification: some sort of Caryophyllaceae, i.e, Paronychia, Arenaria, or Eremogene.

Eremogone fendleri (A. Gray) Ikonnikov. Fendler's Sandwort.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km north northeast of Golden, 1.4 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 212 m. northeast of Plainview Road. 39.8931°N, 105.2602°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1942 m. Near end of season.

Coll. No. 1270, 29 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, tufted, to 30 cm.; Stem, proximal glabrous, distal short glandular hairy “peg-like hairs”; Leaves, cauline, 50 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, linear to needle-like, erect to appressed, tip small spinulose, stipules absent; Inflorescence, open cyme; Pedicels, 3-8 mm.; Sepals, distinct, 4.5 mm., glandular hairy; Petals, entire; Anthers, purple.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1271, Oenothera villosa  
1271    Field identification: Oenothera, or related.

Oenothera villosa Thunb. Hairy Evening Primrose.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km north northeast of Golden, 1.4 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 104 m. northeast of Plainview Road. 39.893°N, 105.2619°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1951 m.

Coll. No. 1271, 29 July 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 25 cm., ±straight hairy throughout; Stem, eglandular, villous, hairs with red pustular bases; Leaves, cauline, alternate, sessile, 55 mm. × 12 mm. wide, elliptical, reduced above, entire, very shallowly toothed; Inflorescence, leafy bracteate spike; Sepals, #4, 13 mm., reflexed; Floral tube, 24 mm.; Petals, #4, 9 mm. × 5 mm. wide, yellow fading pink, obovate, entire; Stigma, lobes #4; Capsules, 25-33 mm.; Seeds, 0.8 mm., squarish, glabrous throughout.

 

 

Locations: North Table Mountain. North Table Mountain Park.  

 

Thursday, July 30th

North Table Mountain and North Table Mountain Park.

Other articles:
• North Table Mountain Trail:   at rocks;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1272, Thinopyrum intermedium  

1272    Field identification: Thinopyrum intermedium

Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey. Intermediate Wheatgrass.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest slopes of North Table Mountain, 1.34 km north of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7676°N, 105.2224°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1808 m. Rhizomatous perennial. Flat area with rock outcrops, probably the headscarp of a small landslide.

Coll. No. 1272, 20 July 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to >1 m., rhizomatous; Leaves, sheath, open, 19 cm., outer margin ciliate proximally, ligules, membraneous, 1 mm., auricles, 0, blade, 24 cm., involute; Inflorescence, 2-sided spike; Spikelets, 1 per node, sessile, ascending; Glumes, ±equal, 7.5-8.0 mm., stiff, veins 5, tip offset mucronate, awn 0, sparsely hairy on veins and margins; Florets per spikelet, 6; Lemma, 9 mm., stiff, veins 5, tip rudimentary awn; Palea, 8.5 mm., robust, fused to grain.

Other articles:
• North Table Mountain Trail:   on switchback;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1273, Mirabilis linearis  

1273    Five-lobed papery bracts around 3 flowers.

Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl. Narrowleaf Four O'Clock.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwestern slope of North Table Mountain along the North Table Mountain trail (a City of Golden trail), 1.63 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7701°N, 105.2236°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1873 m. Emerging from brush below the trail.

Coll. No. 1273, 30 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 1 m.; Stem, ascending through brush, glabrous below; Leaves, cauline, alternate, sessile, 90 mm. × 5 mm. wide, linear; Involucre, 15 mm., hairs with pale crosswalls; Flowers, 3 per involucre; Fruit, 4 mm. × 2.2 mm., obovate, ribs 4, hairy.

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   near Golden Cliffs Trl;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1274, Juncus  

1274    Field identification: Juncus sp., end of season, may be too mature to voucher.

Juncus sp., cf. articus Willd.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In the head of a gulch draining North Table Mountain to the east, 1.8 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7716°N, 105.2183°W. WCGS 1984. Elev. 1946 m. End of season, may not be good collection.

Coll. No. 1274, 30 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial, to 70 cm.; Leaves, present, sheaths terminating in a blade rather than a bristle tip; Inflorescence, appearing lateral, bract appearing to be a continuation of stem, 13-20 cm.; Flowers, per stem, ±50, subtended by a single bracteole (not a pair); Stamens, unknown; Capsule, 2 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide.

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   near Golden Cliffs Trl;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1275, Eleocharis sp., probably E. palustris  

1275    Field identification: Carex or Eleocharis sp., end of season, may be too mature to voucher.

Eleocharis sp. Spikerush.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In the head of a gulch draining North Table Mountain to the east, 1.8 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7716°N, 105.2183°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1951 m. Perhaps too mature to voucher.

Other articles:
• North Table Loop:   near Golden Cliffs Trl;
• Field Notes:  Saturday, February 28th;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1276, Muhlenbergia wrightii
Full Size ImageLocation of Coll Nos. 1274-1276.  

1276   
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Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1276, Muhlenbergia wrightii
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Ligule of Coll. No. 1276, Muhlenbergia wrightii
Grass, very small spikelets, in tight panicle.

Muhlenbergia wrightii Vasey ex J.M. Coult. Spike muhly.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. In the head of a gulch draining North Table Mountain to the east, 1.8 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7716°N, 105.2183°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1947 m. Very small spikelets in a tight panicle.

Coll. No. 1276, 30 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 60 cm., caespitose; Culms, erect, not rooting at nodes, short hairy; Leaves, sheath, open, 12 cm., ligule, membraneous, 1 mm., auricles 0, blade, 12 cm. × 1.5 mm., folded; Inflorescence, narrow (4 mm.) spike-like panicle; Spikelets, neither enclosed in burs nor in pairs; Florets, 1 per spikelet, reduced florets absent; Glumes, ±equal, 1.5 mm. + awn 0.5 mm.; Disarticulation, above the glumes; Lemma, 2 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide + awn 0.5 mm. (usually described as “mucronate” rather than awned); Palea, ?.

  1277    Field identification: Tragia ramosa, hairy fruits in threes.

Tragia ramosa Torr. Branched Noseburn.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Just below the southwest rim of North Table Mountain, 1.75 Km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7712°N, 105.2224°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1942 m. Three hairy fruits, stinging hairs. Growing among loose rocks at base of rim.

 

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageHazy day at Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Thursday, August 20th

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park

Full Size ImageRose Family?
Full Size ImageRose Family?
Full Size ImageRose Family?  
 
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Rose Family?
Woody shrub to 1 m., thornless, alternate leaves, creeksize.
  1278    Field determination: Symphyotricum sp.

Symphyotrichum laeve (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve. Smooth Blue Aster.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 16.7 km north northeast of Golden, 2.4 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 250 m. northwest of Plainview Road on a social trail. 39.8966°N, 105.276°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1920 m.

Coll. No. 1278, 20 August 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 70 cm., rhizomatous or rooting at nodes; Leaves, alternate, cauline, linear, 120 mm. × 8 mm. wide, reduced and more lanceolate above, glabrous, margin very shallowly toothed and lightly ciliate, entire above; Inflorescence, panicle with 1° and 2° branches; Heads borne singly on 10-15 mm. pedicels, 8 mm. × 10 mm. wide; Phyllaries in 3+ graduated series, 3-10 mm. margins white to tips diamond-shaped green, all tips acute, few hairs; Receptacle epaleate; Flowers of 2 kinds; Ray flowers, fertile, tube green 3.5 mm. + blade blue 9.5 mm. × 1.5 mm, spatulate-oblanceolate; Disk flowers, outer reddish-purple, inner yellow, corolla, 6.5 mm.; Pappus, bristles, 5 mm.; Cypsela, 3 mm × 1.2 mm. wide, glabrous, veins, 4, prominent.

Only var. geyeri is recognized in Colorado per Weber & Wittmann (2012) and Ackerfield (2015). However, the green apical zones of these phyllaries are more diamond-shaped than lanceolate suggesting var. laeve, especially if the phyllaries are described as strongly unequal. The possibility that these plants should be assigned to var. laeve or that var. geyeri should be considered a synonym of var. laeve is discussed in FNANM.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 1266, 29 Jul 2015;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1279, Symphyotrichum porteri  

1279    Field determination: Erigeron sp.

Symphyotrichum porteri (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom. Smooth White Aster.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 16.7 km north northeast of Golden, 2.4 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 250 m. northwest of Plainview Road on a social trail. 39.8966°N, 105.276°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1920 m. Sparse ponderosa pine forest.

Coll. No. 1279, 20 Aug 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 25 cm., ascending, spreading by rhizomes and rooting stems, generally glabrous, except as noted; Leaves, alternate, cauline, lower leaves shriveled at flowering, largest mid-cauline, 28 mm. × 2 mm., reduced above, lanceolate, revolute, margin entire, tip acute; Inflorescence, cymose, single heads on short pedicels; Involucre, 6 mm. × 8 mm. wide; Phyllaries, 3+series, ±equal, 3 mm. × 0.4 mm. wide, imbricate, bases chartaceous, tips, green, acute, margins very lightly ciliate; Receptacle, convex, epaleate; Flowers of two kinds; Rays, fertile, corolla, 12 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, white; Disk flowers, corolla, 3.3 mm., light yellow; Pappus, bristles, 3 mm.; Cypsela, 1 mm., sparsely hairy.

See also: Coll. No. 1266.


Full Size ImageObs. No. 1453, Dianthus armeria
Full Size ImageHabitat of Obs. No. 1453, Dianthus armeria  
  Observation of Dianthus armeria L. Deptford Pink.

 

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Friday, August 28th

Ranson/Edwards Open Space Park

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1280, Solidago rigida var. humilis
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1280, Solidago rigida var. humilis
Full Size ImagePhyllaries of Coll. No. 1280, Solidago rigida var. humilis  
1280    Field identification: Asteraceae

Solidago rigida L. var. humilis Porter. Stiff Goldenrod.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, 435 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8892°N, 105.267°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1982 m. Small terrace near an intermittent stream.

Coll. No. 1280, 28 August 2015, characters observed: Herbaceous perennial, to 70 cm., apparently reproducing in part by offsets (“caudices branching”), short spreading hairy throughout; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, #3-8, petiole, 15 cm., blade, 12.5 cm. × 6 cm. wide, ovate, entire, withered at flowering, cauline, alternate, sessile, 60 mm. × 27 mm. wide, ovate, entire, reduced above; Inflorescence, cymose, heads borne singly on short pedicels; Phyllaries, 2+ series, graduated, largest, 4.5 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, tip obtuse, veins 3, ciliate distally; Receptacle, convex, epaleate; Flowers of 2 kinds; Rays, fertile, corolla, 5.5 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, yellow; Disk flowers, corolla, 5 mm., yellow; Pappus, bristles, 1 series; Cypsela, 1 mm., glabrous.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1281, Artemisia ludoviciana
Full Size ImageEntire leaves of Coll. No. 1281, Artemisia ludoviciana  
1281    Field identification: Artemisia cf. ludoviciana.

Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. Silver Wormwood.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 535 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.89°N, 105.2682°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2001 m. Leaf margins entire. In a grassy low spot away from established drainage.

In Weber & Wittmann (2012) and Ackerfield (2015) will key to Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. var. ludoviciana, because of the entire leaves. However, in FNANM, revolute margins lead one away from subsp. ludoviciana, perhaps in the direction of subsp. mexicana (Willdenow ex Sprengel) D. D. Keck. Most of the collections of A. ludoviciana Nutt. in Jefferson County, Colorado, are undetermined as to infraspecific taxa, and considerable variation in leaf margins and lobes can be seen in the specimens.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1282, Muhlenbergia montana
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1282, Muhlenbergia montana  
1282    Grass

Muhlenbergia montana (Nutt.) Hitchc. Mountain Muhly.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 700 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8898°N, 105.27°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2015 m.

Coll. No. 1282, 28 Aug 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 50 cm., caespitose; Leaves, sheath, open, ligule, membraneous, 4.5 mm., auricles, 0, blade, 110 mm. × 1 mm. wide; Inflorescence, rather sparse contracted panicle, 120 mm.; Florets per spikelet, #1; Glumes, #2, papery, toothed, lower, 1.5 mm., upper, 2 mm., teeth 3; Lemma, 3 mm. + awn 13 mm., flexuous, tuft of hairs at base; Palea, 2.8 mm.

  1283    Field identification: Gentiana affinis
  1284    Field identification: Gentiana affinis

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1285, Symphoricarpos occidentalis
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1285, Symphoricarpos occidentalis  
1285    Field identification: Symphoricarpos occidentalis.

Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. Western Snowberry.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 870 m. west of Plainview Road, nearing the railroad tracks at the top of the park. 39.8883°N, 105.2718°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2029 m. Relatively moist area, but not quite a wetland.

Coll. No. 1285, 28 Aug 2015, characters observed: Woody perennial, to 1 m.; Leaves, cauline, opposite, 45 mm. × 28 mm. wide, ovate, margin, entire, revolute, becoming toothed with age; Flowers, ±8 in dense axillary clusters; Corolla, tube 3 mm. + lobes 3 mm. = 6 mm., hairy at level of insertion of filaments; Stamens, exserted; Style, exserted; Fruit, 5 mm.

  1286    Field identification: Epilobium cf. ciliatum

Epilobium ciliatum Raf. Fringed Willowherb.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 860 m. west of Plainview Road, nearing the railroad tracks at the top of the park. 39.8882°N, 105.2717°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2026 m. Relatively moist area, but not quite a wetland.

Coll. No. 1286, 28 August 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 45 cm.; Stem, glandular hairy; Leaves, cauline, opposite below, alternate above, 52 mm. × 20 mm. wide, ovate, reduced above; Sepals, #4, 3.5 mm., erect at anthesis; Flowers, limb, 5.5 mm.; Corolla, 5 mm., pink; Capsule, 40 mm.; Seeds, 1 mm., tuft of long white hairs at distal end;


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1286.1, Epilobium brachycarpum  
1286.1    Field identification: Epilobium cf. brachycarpum.

Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl. Autumn Willow Herb.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 860 m. west of Plainview Road, nearing the railroad tracks at the top of the park. 39.8882°N, 105.2717°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2026 m. Relatively moist area, but not quite a wetland.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1287, Lycopus americanus  
1287    Field identification: Lamiaceae.

Lycopus americanus W. P. C. Barton. American Bugleweed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.2 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 860 m. west of Plainview Road, nearing the railroad tracks at the top of the park. 39.8882°N, 105.2717°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2027 m. Growing in banks of ephemeral creek, below a small reservoir.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1288, Spartina pectinata  
1288    Field identification: Grass, infl. of digitate racemes, large scaly rhizomes -- Spartina pectinata ?

Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link. Prairie Cordgrass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.4 km north northeast of Golden, 1.3 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 840 m. west of Plainview Road, nearing the railroad tracks at the top of the park. 39.8883°N, 105.2715°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2027 m. Relatively moist area, but not quite a wetland.

 

 

Other articles:
• Plainview Road:   at ne bend;

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageView along Plainview Road.  

 

Wednesday, September 9th

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.

Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1289, Gutierrezia sarothrae
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1289, Gutierrezia sarothrae
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1289, Gutierrezia sarothrae  
1289    Field identification: Gutierrezia sarothrae.

Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby. Broom Snakeweed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 16.25 km north northwest of Golden, 1.8 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 105 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8948°N, 105.2696°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1976 m. Steep south-facing slope, with a prairie rose, blue grama, and artemisia.

Coll. No. 1289, 8 Sep 2015, characters observed: Shrub, to 30 cm.; Leaves, cauline, alternate, 27 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, linear; Inflorescence, many subsessile heads in flat-topped clusters; Involucre, 4 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, obconic; Phyllaries, 2+ series (very waxy and difficult to dissect cleanly); Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers of 2 kinds; Rays, #6-7, fertile, corolla, 3.5 mm., yellow; Disk flowers, #2-3, corolla, 2.5 mm., yellow; Pappus, scales; Cypsela, 0.8 mm.


Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1290, Symphyotrichum porteri
Full Size ImageCiliate leaf margins on basal leaf clusters of Coll. No. 1290, Symphyotrichum porteri  
1290    Field identification: Erigeron sp.

Symphyotrichum porteri (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom. Smooth White Aster.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 16.25 km north northwest of Golden, 1.8 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 125 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.895°N, 105.2698°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1990 m. Shade of ponderosa pine.


Full Size ImageMat-forming rosettes, probably Antennaria rosea
Full Size ImageRosette of Antennaria rosea.  
  Mat-forming rosettes, probably Antennaria rosea.

Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1291, Symphyotrichum laeve
Full Size ImageFlower head of Coll. No. 1291, Symphyotrichum laeve  
1291    Field identification: Symphyotrichum sp.

Symphyotrichum laeve (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve. Smooth Blue Aster.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 16.25 km north northwest of Golden, 1.8 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 175 m. west of Plainview Road. 39.8943°N, 105.2703°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1987 m. Northeast slope, with Gentiana, Monardella, and a mat-forming Asteraceae. Ambiguous as to variety name, as also noted on Coll. No. 1278.


Full Size ImageGentiana affinis in white.  
  Also found here was a Gentiana affinis with white flowers.

Full Size ImageColl. No. 1292, Solidago nana  
1292    Field identification: Senecio sp.

Solidago nana Nutt. Baby Goldenrod.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 16.25 km north northwest of Golden, 1.8 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 175 m. west southwest of Plainview Road. 39.8942°N, 105.2703°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1985 m. Few plants, or maybe one plant, few flowering stems, northwest side of ponderosa pine.

Coll. No. 1292, 9 Sep 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm., short white hairy throughout; Leaves, basal, withered (late in season), cauline, alternate, 95 mm. × 9-10 mm. wide (includes 15 mm. winged petiole? below) veins, 1 (others discontinuous), margin hairs similar to surface hairs, i.e., not ciliate, gradually reduced and sessile above; Inflorescence, heads numerous and small, involucre, 5.5 mm.; Phyllaries, 3-4 series, imbricate, graduated, 3-4 mm., veins 1; Receptacle, epaleate, (scales? to 0.5 mm.); Flowers of 2 kinds; Rays, few (3-4), fertile? (stigma visible but cypsela not as developed as those of disk flowers), corolla, 6 mm., yellow; Disk flowers, few (6-8), corolla, 4 mm., yellow; Pappus, capillary bristles; Cypsela, 1.5 mm., short hairy.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1293, Asteraceae
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1293, Heterotheca villosa  
1293    Field identification: D. Y. C.

Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners var. villosa. Hairy False Goldenaster.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 16.25 km north northwest of Golden, 1.8 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 185 m. west southwest of Plainview Road. 39.8941°N, 105.2704°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1986 m. Perennial, pappus of short and long capillary bristles, leaves and phyllaries eglandular.

Coll. No. 1293, 9 Sep 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 80 cm.; Stem, short and spreading long hairs, glandular; Leaves, cauline, alternate, 30 mm. × 9 mm. wide, mid-cauline oblong, reduced and ovate-lanceolate above, sessile, strigose, eglandular margin entire, not contorted after drying; Involucre, 8-10 mm. × 9-12 mm. wide; Phyllaries in 3+ imbricate graduated series, 4.5-8 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, tip obtuse, dark spot, abaxially spreading hairy, margin ciliate, eglandular; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers of 2 kinds; Rays, fertile, corolla, 9 mm., yellow; Disk flowers, corolla, 6 mm., yellow; Pappus, 2 series of capillary bristles, outer 1 mm., and inner 5.5 mm.


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Full Size Image“Axillary” Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1294, Prunella vulgaris
Full Size ImageTerminal Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1294, Prunella vulgaris  
1294    Field identification: Prunella vulgaris.

Prunella vulgaris L. Common Selfheal.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 16.25 km north northwest of Golden, 1.8 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 315 m. southwest of Plainview Road. 39.8924°N, 105.2707°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2008 m. Flowers purple, flat, wide.

  1295    Field identification: Timothy.

Phleum pratense L. Timothy.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 16.25 km north northwest of Golden, 1.8 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road, then 315 m. southwest of Plainview Road. 39.8923°N, 105.2707°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2008 m. Second bloom, smaller.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Echinochloa muricata microstachya;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 1296, Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya  

1296    Field identification: coarse grass, sorghum?

Echinochloa muricata (P. Beauv.) Fernald var. microstachya Wiegand. Rough Barnyardgrass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 16.25 km north northwest of Golden, 1.8 miles north of CO State Highway 72 on Plainview Road. 39.8948°N, 105.2685°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1970 m. Coarse non-rhizomatous grass in drying stream bed at culvert under road.

Sterile lemma bristles have small pustulate bases, tip of fertile lemma does not have line of hairs.

 

 

Other articles:
• Climbing Access Trail:   below rim;   near s. end;
Full Size ImageBrickellia californica as seen below the cliffs on North Table Mountain.
Full Size ImageBrickellia califorica as seen below the cliffs of North Table Mountain.  

 

Monday, October 12th

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Heuchera on cliffs.
 

 

 

Locations: Rooney Road Sports Complex.  

 

Wednesday, September 23rd

Tin Cup Ridge, between Rooney Road Sports Complex, and US Highway 40.

Other articles:
• Rooney Road Sports Complex Road:   bet. Fld 1 & 1;

Locations: Rooney Road Sports Complex.
Full Size ImageView of Rooney Road Sports Complex  

  View of Rooney Road Sports Complex and the north end of Tin Cup Ridge.

Other articles:
• Rooney Road Sports Complex Road:   at end;
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   at start of trail;
Full Size ImageTrailhead for Tin Cup Ridge
Full Size ImageBuild a fence and people start going around it.  

  Trailhead, apparently not officially sanctioned.

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   at edge;
Full Size ImageTin Cup Ridge Trail
Full Size ImageNorth of the trail to US Highway 40.  

   

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   on trail;
Full Size ImageHeritage Road at US Highway 40.  

   

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   along spine;
Full Size ImageArctostaphylos uva-ursi along the spine of Tin Cup Ridge
Full Size ImagePonderosa pine and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi on Tin Cup Ridge  

   

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   near saddle;
Full Size ImageCoal seams mined out on Tin Cup Ridge  

   

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   along trail;
Full Size ImagePanorama of valley west of Tin Cup Ridge.  

   

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   at boundary;
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Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   near s. end;   near pkg lot;

Locations: Tin Cup Ridge.
Full Size ImageView south off of Tin Cup Ridge to US Interstate 70.  

 
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Possibly Harbouria trachypleura
 

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   at grave;
Full Size ImageGrave of Carlie the Critter Dog  

  Grave of Carlie the Critter Dog, b. 5/17/2009, d. 8/7/2013.

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   near saddle;

Locations: Tin Cup Ridge.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1297, Symphyotrichum porteri on Tin Cup Ridge.  

1297    Field identification: Erigeron, white.

Symphyotrichum porteri (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom. Smooth White Aster.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Openings along the rocky top of Tin Cup Ridge, the northern extension of Dakota Ridge into Golden, 5.1 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7111°N, 105.204°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1907 m. West-facing grassy slope.

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   Coll. No. 1298, 23 Sep 2015;

Locations: Tin Cup Ridge.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1298, Senecio spartioides  

1298   
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Coll. No. 1298, Senecio spartioides
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Flower Heads of Coll. No. 1298, Senecio spartioides
Field identification: Packera, yellow.

Senecio spartioides Torr. & A. Gray. Broomlike Ragwort.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Among rocks along the top of Tin Cup Ridge, the northern extension of Dakota Ridge into Golden, 4.7 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7147°N, 105.2062°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1928 m.

Coll. No. 1298, 23 Sep 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm.; Leaves, basal, unknown, cauline, alternate, 90 mm. × 3 mm. wide, narrowly oblanceolate, reduced above to 30 mm. × 1 mm. wide, variously hairy in axils and ±lower surface; Involucre, 12.5 mm. × 6 mm., narrowly campanulate, bractlets not prominent; Phyllaries, 2 series? Or 1 series with 2 forms? Outer, 7.5 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, all green, inner, 7.5 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, centrally green with margins chartaceous, all tips dark; Receptacle, epaleate; Rays, fertile, corolla, tube 5 mm. + blade 9 mm. × 2 mm. wide, yellow, lobes 3; Disk flowers, corolla, 6 mm., yellow; Pappus, 1 series of fine capillary bristles, 5 mm.; Cypsela, 4 mm., 5-angled, dark gray, “hirtellous” throughout (not just the angles).

Other articles:
• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail):   Coll. No. 1299, 23 Sep 2015;

Locations: Tin Cup Ridge.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 1299, Dieteria bigelovii  

1299   
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Coll. No. 1299, Dieteria bigelovii
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Flower head of Coll. No. 1299, Dieteria bigelovii
Stickery Aster, lavender -- Dieteria bigelovii?

Dieteria bigelovii (A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman. Bigelow's Tansy Aster.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Among rocks along the top of Tin Cup Ridge, the northern extension of Dakota Ridge into Golden, 4.7 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7148°N, 105.2063°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1929 m.

Coll. No. 1299, 23 Sep 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 60 cm.; Stem erect, stipitate-glandular, more dense above; Leaves, basal, unknown, cauline, alternate, sessile, 50 mm. × 4-5 mm. wide, reduced above, lance-linear, spinulose toothed; Inflorescence, panicle, heads borne singly on pedicels 10-20 mm.; Involucre, 8 mm. × 12 mm. wide; Phyllaries, 5+ series, imbricate, chartaceous below, green and stipitate-glandular above, tips, acuminate, reflexed; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers of 2 kinds; Rays, fertile, corolla, tube 4.5 mm. + laminae 10 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, spatulate, blue; Disk flowers, corolla, 6 mm., yellow; Pappus, capillary bristles, 6 mm.; Cypsela, 3 mm., hairy.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 1300, Symphyotrichum falcatum
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 1300, Symphyotrichum falcatum  
1300    Erigeron, white -- Symphyotrichum falcatum

Symphyotrichum falcatum (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom. White Prairie Aster.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower northeast slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northern extension of Dakota Ridge into Golden, 4.5 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7169°N, 105.2062°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1879 m.

Coll. No. 1300, 23 Sep 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm., scabrous throughout; Leaves, basal, unknown, cauline, alternate, sessile, 32 mm. × 2.7 mm. wide, linear-oblanceolate, entire, tip spinulose, gradually reduced above; Inflorescence, extended panicle; Involucre, 5 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide; Phyllaries, in 4 graduated series, 3-5 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, chartaceous below, green above, elliptical, tip spinulose except innermost; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers of 2 kinds, Rays, pistillate, corolla, tube 2.5 mm. + laminae 5 mm. × 1.3 mm, white spatulate; Disk flowers, corolla, 4 mm., some rose to purple, some yellow; Pappus, capillary bristles, 4.5 mm.; Cypsela, 1 mm., hairy.

 

 
Full Size ImageYellow Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) at Red Rocks
Full Size ImageYellow Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) at Red Rocks
Full Size ImageYellow Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) at Red Rocks  

 

Wednesday, October 7th

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Eriogonum effusum along trail at Red Rocks
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Eriogonum effusum along trail at Red Rocks
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Liatris punctata in fruit at Red Rocks
Red Rocks, to see Yellow Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans).

 

 

Other articles:
• Illinois Street:   near end;
• Kinney Run Trail:  w. of 6th;

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field. Golden.
Full Size ImageSouth end of Illinois Street.  

 

Friday, October 9th

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Fossil Trace Golf Course
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Survey Field from southeast.
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Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Blue Stem) in the Mines Survey Field.
 

 

 

Other articles:
• Cottonwood Canyon Trail:   near Mesa Top Trl;   at overlook;   near head of canyon;   along trail;
• Golden Checklist Flora:   oth. trlhds.;
• Neighborhood Access Trail:   at N Table Lp;   along trail;   along trail;
• Mesa Top Trail:   at Cottonwood Cyn;   near Cottonwood Cyn TCrl;
• North Table Loop:  near water tank;   at Neighborhood Access Trl;   near Neighborhood Access Trl;
• Tilting Mesa Trail:   at pond;   near turn;   near pond;   at piles of dirt;

Locations: Denver. North Table Mountain Park.
Full Size ImageView northwest up Cottonwood Canyon  

 

Sunday, November 8th

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View along Neighborhood Access Trail
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Dense colonies of Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) in Cottonwood Canyon
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Upper end of the Neighborhood Access Trail.
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North Table Loop and Neighborhood Access Trails
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Ground Cherry (Physalis sp.) along the North Table Loop.
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Cottonwood Canyon Trail
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Cottonwood Canyon Trail
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Head of Cottonwood Canyon
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Cottonwood Canyon
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Top of North Table Mountain at Cottonwood Canyon
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Junction of Cottonwood Canyon Trail with Mesa Top Trail
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Pond on top of North Table Mountain
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Tilting Mesa Trail diverges to the northeast and Mesa Top Trail
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Tilting Mesa Trail crosses dam of artificial pond
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Denver from Tilting Mesa Trail
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Junipers where Cottonwood Canyon Trail reaches top of the mesa.
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Old Quarry Road, now part of North Table Loop.
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Trail access on Ridge Road.
Hike across North Table Mountain.
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