University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Saxifraga cernua L.
SAXIFRAGACEAE
Tim Hogan
4688
2007-07-08
8 July 2007
Luke Tembrock
United States, Colorado, San Juan, San Juan Mts., Rio Grande National Forest, basin SE of Stony Pass, ca. 8 air miles ESE of Silverton, headwaters of Rio Grande. Flat summit plateau of Sheep Mt.
37.7837 -107.52169 +-100m. WGS84
13S 0277936E 4184812; T41N R6W
I placed the point at the collector provided UTM on Sheep Mountain. RA; Georeferenced 12 May 2015
4048 meters
13280 ft
Large expanse of barren, cobbly volcanic rock. Other spp. in vicinity include Claytonia megarhiza, Silene acaulis, Smelowskia calycina, Ligularia soldanella, Papaver kluanense. Shifting talus proximate to recent snowmelt.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)