United States, Colorado, Gunnison, Gothic. Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. North Pole Basin, above Schofield Park. Site 2. Wet areas along road near upper ponds.
39.033089 -107.077157 +-100m. WGS 84
9/16/2014 15:27
3347 meters
10980ft
Roadside. Wet areas.
Large, spreading shrubs, 1-2m high. Male and female plants.Twigs reddish-yellow, glabrous to slightly pubescent on new growth. Catkins coetaneous, on v. short, leafy branches. Capsules glabrous. Floral bracts purple-black, short, rounded, hairy. Leaves glabrous, elliptic-oblanceolate, 4-5cm x 1.5-2cm, acute to obtuse, minutely denticulate.