United States of America, Colorado, Chaffee, Browns Canyon National Monument, Arkansas R. drainage, Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, 0.23mi. S 159° of Little Cottonwood Creek at mouth of unnamed drainage
38.7397 -106.06557 WGS 84
2318 meters
7605 ft.
In partial shade of Populus angustifolius, Pinus ponderosa, Juniperus scopulorum, Pinus edulis on floodplain of riparian corridor along river; closest associates include Ribes leptanthemum, Geranium caespitosum, Salix sp., Oxytropis sericea, Clematis ligusticifolia; in fruit; large patch.
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)