University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Detailed Collection Record Information

University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)

Catalog #: 00717389

Occurrence ID: d5b3cb37-09dd-4e9d-a857-566987d11497

Secondary Catalog #: 500122

Taxon: Populus balsamifera L.

Family: SALICACEAE

Collector: Loraine Yeatts

Number: 4729

Date: 2001-08-08

Verbatim Date: 8 August 2001

Additional Collectors: Dick Yeatts

Locality: United States, Colorado, Summit, North Willow Creek above Salmon Lake. Slope leading to peak 13130.

39.6587797 -106.178155 +-100m. WGS84

Verbatim Coordinates: 13N 398980E 4390341N;

Georeference Remarks: I plotted the UTM above Salmon Lake at the collector provided UTM. RA

Elevation: 3597 meters Verbatim Elevation: 11800 ft

Habitat: Broad seepage area on S facing steep, well developed alpine tundra slope. Component of dense shrub krummholz including Populus tremuloides, Picea engelmannii, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Juniperus communis, Pentaphylloides floribunda...; locally common but not seen elsewhere in area.

Reproductive Condition: Veg

Notes: Stunted shrublike plts 5-6 ft tall, trunk bore to 2 in.; locally common but not seen elsewhere in area. Precambrian granite substrate. 7.5' Willow Lakes quad.

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Record ID: d5b3cb37-09dd-4e9d-a857-566987d11497

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)

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