University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Bryophyte Collection (COLO:B)
COLO-B-0038957
c32181f5-31ba-4ff1-b601-d7cd16767465
B-118788
Philonotis fontana var. fontana (Hedw.) Brid.
Bartramiaceae
Jones
4762
2010-08-14
United States, Colorado, Saguache, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Upper Sand Creek Lake Sloping Fen, N of Upper Sand Creek Lake; 11800 ft alt., 37° 56' 32" N 105° 32' 33" W
37.942222 -105.5425 WGS84
37° 56' 32" N 105° 32' 33" W
3597 meters
11800 ft
Large wetland complex north of Upper Sand Creek Lake. Collection made in slope fen with thick peat soils. Dominated by Carex scopulorum, Carex saxatilis, Psychrophila leptosepala, and Salix planifolia, and mosses. Soils inundated throughout. Groundwater pH of 5.72.