University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth
DRYOPTERIDACEAE
Loraine Yeatts
1522
1987-07-27
27 July 1987
United States, Colorado, Grand, Rocky Mountain National Park, Paradise Creek drainage.
40.20883 -105.74266 +-1500m. WGS84
368512;
The UTM given seems to correspond to 436800, 4451200, but this is above the elevation given and it sits on a slope at ~225 degrees (SW). There is a spot ~0.8 miles mostly north of here that seems to match the habitat description better. I left the point a
2890 meters
9480 ft
Opening in dense Engelman spruce forest. At base of vertical cliff 25 deg. slope in narrow ravine.
Spore
Plants forming small to large clumps, with some fronds to 1.5' long; 100+ plants in gully, but only place seen in Paradise Park-East Inlet drainages. ID verified by W.A. Weber. 7.5' Isolation Peak.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)