Consortium of Intermountain Herbaria Checklist: Baca National Wildlife Refuge Floristic Inventory

Locality: Baca National Wildlife Refuge, San Luis Valley, near Crestone, Colorado. (37.954600, -105.821990)

Abstract: The Baca National Wildlife Refuge (BNWR) is one of the country’s newest refuges, authorized in 2000. It is located in the northern end of the San Luis Valley, a high, mountain valley in Southern Colorado. The BNWR is a former cattle ranch, 92,500 acres (37,433 ha), characterized by a mosaic of vegetated dunes, shrublands, grasslands, wet meadow wetlands, playa wetlands, and riparian areas. This checklist is based on collections in 2006 by Pam Regensberg's as part of her master’s thesis at the University of Colorado-Boulder and a subsequent inventory by Pam and Melissa Islam in 2012 and 2013. Species collected in 2012 and 2013 are linked to their vouchers.


	Home >> Baca National Wildlife Refuge Floristic Inventory Baca National Wildlife Refuge Floristic Inventory Name Game Flash Card Quiz Authors: Melissa Islam & Pam Regensberg (Denver Botanic Gardens) more detail Locality: Baca National Wildlife Refuge, San Luis Valley, near Crestone, Colorado. (37.954600, -105.821990) Abstract: The Baca National Wildlife Refuge (BNWR) is one of the country’s newest refuges, authorized in 2000. It is located in the northern end of the San Luis Valley, a high, mountain valley in Southern Colorado. The BNWR is a former cattle ranch, 92,500 acres (37,433 ha), characterized by a mosaic of vegetated dunes, shrublands, grasslands, wet meadow wetlands, playa wetlands, and riparian areas. This checklist is based on collections in 2006 by Pam Regensberg's as part of her master’s thesis at the University of Colorado-Boulder and a subsequent inventory by Pam and Melissa Islam in 2012 and 2013. Species collected in 2012 and 2013 are linked to their vouchers. less detail Options Search: Common Names Synonyms Taxonomic Filter: Display Synonyms Common Names Display as images Notes & Vouchers Taxon Authors Show Taxa Alphabetically Families: 65 Genera: 207 Species: 320 Total Taxa: 321 Page 2 of 4: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 Image source: all images linked voucher images only Nama dichotomum [BORAGINACEAE] Oreocarya pustulosa Phacelia alba Plagiobothrys scouleri Plagiobothrys scouleri var. hispidulus Symphytum officinale Brassica napus [BRASSICACEAE] Capsella bursa-pastoris Cardaria chalepensis Cardaria latifolia Descurainia ramosissima Descurainia sophia Erysimum asperum Erysimum inconspicuum Lepidium alyssoides Lepidium campestre Lepidium densiflorum Lepidium ramosissimum Rorippa sp. Rorippa curvipes Rorippa sinuata Rorippa teres Sisymbrium altissimum Sisymbrium linifolium Opuntia polyacantha [CACTACEAE] Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha Campanula parryi [CAMPANULACEAE] Humulus lupulus [CANNABACEAE] Lonicera involucrata [CAPRIFOLIACEAE] Lonicera tatarica Valeriana edulis Cerastium fontanum [CARYOPHYLLACEAE] Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare Silene drummondii Stellaria longifolia Cleome multicaulis [CLEOMACEAE] Cleome serrulata Convolvulus arvensis [CONVOLVULACEAE] Juniperus scopulorum [CUPRESSACEAE] Juniperus virginiana Amphiscirpus nevadensis [CYPERACEAE] Bolboschoenus maritimus Carex aquatilis Carex douglasii Carex nebrascensis Carex pellita Carex praegracilis Carex simulata Carex utriculata Cyperus aristatus Cyperus schweinitzii Eleocharis acicularis Eleocharis palustris Eleocharis parvula Eleocharis parvula var. anachaeta Schoenoplectus acutus Schoenoplectus pungens Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Scirpus microcarpus Scirpus pallidus Elaeagnus angustifolia [ELAEAGNACEAE] Equisetum arvense [EQUISETACEAE] Hippochaete laevigata Chamaesyce glyptosperma [EUPHORBIACEAE] Chamaesyce serpyllifolia Euphorbia brachycera Astragalus agrestis [FABACEAE] Astragalus bodinii Astragalus canadensis Astragalus ceramicus Astragalus hallii Caragana arborescens Glycyrrhiza lepidota Lupinus kingii Medicago lupulina Medicago sativa Oxytropis deflexa Oxytropis sericea Psoralidium lanceolatum Sphaerophysa salsula Thermopsis montana Thermopsis rhombifolia Trifolium hybridum Trifolium pratense Trifolium repens Trifolium wormskioldii Vicia sativa Vicia sativa var. nigra Gentiana affinis [GENTIANACEAE] Gentianella strictiflora Gentianopsis thermalis Erodium cicutarium [GERANIACEAE] Geranium caespitosum Ribes aureum [GROSSULARIACEAE] Ribes inerme Ribes leptanthum Iris missouriensis [IRIDACEAE] Sisyrinchium demissum Juncus arcticus [JUNCACEAE] Juncus arcticus var. balticus Juncus bufonius Juncus interior Juncus longistylis Juncus saximontanus Juncus torreyi Triglochin maritima [JUNCAGINACEAE] Triglochin palustris Mentha arvensis [LAMIACEAE] Display next 100 taxa...