University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Hesperostipa neomexicana (Thurber) Barkworth
POACEAE
Lynn Marie Moore
4622
1995-05-31
31 May 1995
United States, Colorado, Montezuma, Upper Dolores River Drainage and Adjacent Areas: ca 13 air mi W of Cortez, County Road N, north end of Sand Canyon.
37.3709199 -108.7907413 +-5000m. WGS84
T35N R18W SEC13, 14, 23
UTM used is at 7700ft in T35N, R18W, S23 along Indian Route 259 according to mapquest.com. It is 12.53 miles WSW of the gnis UTM for Cortez. LJ Sand Canyon is in T36N, so I am assuming the T35 is in error. I plotted the UTM where the three sections co
1737 meters
5700 ft
Pinyon-juniper, Amelanchier, Purshia, and Cercocarpus on cryptogamic soil and rimrock pavement; Anasazi ruins present; east facing slopes. Elev. 5600-5800 ft.
Flr & Frt
Hesperostipa neomexicana, det. by W.A. Weber, 1998. Original ID as Stipa neomexicana (Thurb. ex Coult.) Scribn.
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