Brigham Young University, S. L. Welsh Herbarium (BRY:V)
BRYV0018391
BRY:V:0018391
Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.
Cupressaceae
Caleb A. Morse
22597
2011-05-19
2011-5-19
Douglas Ladd; S. Olson
U.S.A., Colorado, Las Animas, Ca 2 mi south, 3 mi east of Kim. Comanche National Grassland: above Tecolote Creek.
37.21794 -103.30006 WGS84
37.21794¡ N 103.30006¡ W Ð 37.22114 N 103.30016 W ± 14 ft [WGS84] /// T32S R52W S31 W1/2 of NW1/4.
1652-1676 meters
5420-5500 ft.
On gentle, south-facing slope above Tecolote Creek, with occasional surfacing bedrock, low outcrops and boulders of non-calcareous sandstones of Lower Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone and Purgatoire Formation. Soil very sandy. Complex of shortgrass prairie and open Juniperus monosperma-Juniperus scopulorum-Pinus ponderosa woodland with Artemisia filfolia, Cercocarpus montanus, Cylindropuntia imbricata, Rhus trilobata, and Yucca glauca.