Verified Carex obtusata Liljeblad by Janet L. Wingate, 1/2009..
Tim Hogan
2857
1995-08-10
Loraine Yeatts
United States of America, Colorado, Park, Mosquito Range, San Isabel National Forest, above & S. of USFS rd. 431, N. ridge of E. Buffalo Peak, 0.6 mi. N. of saddle 12300.
39.002251 -106.098278
13N 0404900E 4317600N
Certainty code: 1
3719 meters
12200 FT
moderate just above treeline on well-developed tundra and turf between rock ribbons streaming down slope from ridge, moderate slope, tertiary andesite substrate, occasional.
Rhizomatous. Perigynia 3.1 - 3.4 mm, bristle-like rahella present, green with scarious scale-like appendenge at tip, > perigynia. 2857T.
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