University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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458151
Taraxacum scopulorum (A. Gray) Rydberg
ASTERACEAE
Loraine Yeatts
3736
1995-08-17
17 August 1995
United States, Colorado, Chaffee, Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks, Mt.Yale, W. ridge.
38.8481541 -106.3142165 +-100m. WGS84
85500E 00600N;
Used gnis UTM for Mount Yale. No section information is given in this region. LJ Verified against the San Isabel Forest Service map to complete the T,R,S information. LJ I added a 3 to the begining of the easting and a 43 to the begining of the north
4191 meters
13750 ft, 4191 m
In late snowmelt area on N. side of fellfield ridge (80% rock); with Oxyria digyna, Claytonia megarhiza, Androsace septentrionalis, Hirculus platysepala, Festuca brachyphylla, Cerastium beeringianum..
Flr & Frt
Rays bright yellow; relatively common locally and occasional on ridge. 7.5' Mt. Yale quad. Precambrian shist and gneiss.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)