University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
00325266
4a060032-7794-4843-ab11-8e667a968cc6
473296
Carex chalciolepis Holm
CYPERACEAE
Rea Orthner
800
1998-08-16
16 August 1998
United States, Colorado, Lake, Mosquito Range. San Isabel National Forest. Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Area. About 900 m S of Pk 12453, ~2½ km NW of South Peak.
39.1425691 -106.2213413 +-100m. WGS84
4333100N 394500E;
Used the given UTM which corresponds with T10S, R79W, S28. It is 2.26 km NW from the gnis UTM for South Peak. LJ
3657 meters
12000 ft, 3657 m
On gravelly-sandy floodplain of late snowmelt in alpine tundra. With Castilleja occidentalis, Achillea lanulosa, Cerastium beeringianum, Heterotheca pumila.
Flr & Frt
Flora of the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Area and Vicinity. Caespitose. Southern Rocky Mountains distribution. USGS 7.5' Mount Sherman Quad.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)