United States of America, Colorado, Chaffee, Browns Canyon National Monument, upstream 0.61 mi. 71° ENE of true N. from mouth of unnamed side drainage entering Arkansas R. from E., just below Hecla Junction gauging station
38.65159 -106.03906 WGS84
38.65159 W106.03906
Decimal latitude and longitude calculated by collector. Used software BaseCamp (Garmin) to convert NAD27 to decimal latitude and longitude. Collector corrected or updated georeference in 2019.
2311 meters
7583 ft.
Open canyon with steep bounding slopes forested by Pinus edulis, P. ponderosa, Juniperus scopulorum; scrambling vine-like in dead P-J forest; with Pericome caudata, Bromus ciliata, Penstemon barbatus, Mirabilis oxybaphoides; plant erect, branched above; seeds black, shiny smooth, 1mm diameter; occasional.
Quaternary terrace deposits derived from surrounding Precambrian granite hills and Tertiary intrusive volcanic rock
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)