Verified Carex hystericina Muhl. by Janet L. Wingate, 3/2009.
Loraine Yeatts
5178
2005-06-06
Dick Yeatts
United States of America, Colorado, Delta, Uncompahgre Plateau; W of BLM Potholes campground along Escalante rd., 0.3 mi N of Delta/Montrose county line; Chinle Form./Wingate sandstone contact.
38.669968 -108.330331
12N 0732260E 4283536N
Certainty code: 1
1715 meters
5625 FT
On island mound in spring fed rivulet of 1st minor drainage N of Cottonwood Spring drainage.with Pinus edulis/Sabina osteosperma community with Salix exigua, S. eriocephala var. watsonii, Eleocharis rostellata, Juncus ensifolius ssp. brunnescens, J. arcti
Forming patches with roots in water; locally common.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)