United States of America, Colorado, Gunnison, Uncompahgre National Forest, Big Blue R. trail; 0.15 mi. downstream stream from Big Blue campground along county road 868
38.21905 -107.38687 WGS84
2930 meters
9613 ft.
Wetland with dominant species Carex utriculata, Aloepocurus aequalis bordering pond; associates include Limosella aquatica, Veronica peregrina, Galium trifidum, Torreyochloa pauciflora; scattered along edge of pond.
Fill derived from Tertiary San Juan tuff-conglomerate and breccia of quartz latite
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)