Query: G.N.I.S.

A Navajo name reportedly meaning 'water underneath.

On the N side of Beclabito Wash 31 km (19 mi) NW of Shiprock.

Also known as: Biltabito, Bitlabito, Beclabata, Beklabito, Biclabito, and Bitl'aabito.

Swertia albomarginata has been collected near Beclabito on silty-clay soils of Dakota Sandstone.

Landis, et al. (1973) appears to be a major reference for the Dakota Sandstone.

Elevation: 5574ft, 1699m.

Articles that refer to this location:

• Two occurrences of Desert Elkweed Swertia albomarginata (S. Watson) Kuntze Gentianaceae in the Mid Hills, Eastern Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California: in New Mexico
• US Highway 64: at Beclabito

Literature Referring To This Location:

• Heil, Kenneth D., Steve L. O’Kane, Jr., and Arnold Clifford. 2002. Additions to the Flora of New Mexico from the San Juan Basin Flora Project. The New Mexico Botanist. No. .
• Landis, Edwin R., C. H. Dane, and William Aubrey Cobban. 1973. Stratigraphic terminology of the Dakota Sandstone and Mancos Shale, West-Central New Mexico. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1973.

Interesting Collections made at or near this location:

  Swertia albomarginata

    Arnold Clifford 9346

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M,
N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

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Date and time this article was prepared:10:52:09 AM, 6/30/2008