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Literature Cited
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When I first read the field notes of Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg, I was fascinated by the descriptions they wrote about the places they went and the plants and animals they found there. By publishing my field notes on the Internet I hope to follow a little bit in their tradition.
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2024
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January 2024
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Other articles:
• Alley:
about even with front door;
Muddy alley on 23 January 2024.
Muddy alley on 23 January 2024.
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23 January 2024
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Other articles:
• Alley:
just above sidewalk;
Mud on garage apron.
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30 January 2024
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February 2024
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Other articles:
• Alley:
at sidewalk;
Muddy snow on the sidewalk.
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6 February 2024
Muddy conditions on the alley.
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Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street:
at alley;
Muddy water on its way to Clear Creek from the alley.
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Tuesday, 13 February 2024
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Other articles:
• Magpie Gulch Trail:
social train down;
Upper end of the shortcut trail.
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Wednesday, 14 February 2024
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Other articles:
• Trail to Parkview Court:
at drain;
• Magpie Gulch Trail:
social train down;
A walker on the social trail, calling to her dog that is off-leash in the yard at right center.
A couple walking their dog on the social trail.
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Monday, 26 February 2024
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March 2024
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Other articles:
• Trail to Parkview Court:
at social trl jct;
Locations:
New Loveland Mine Park.
Social trail at minor junction.
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Friday, 1 March 2024
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Other articles:
• Illinois Street:
Illinois near 20th;
Sorbus aucuparia planted on Illinois Street.
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Saturday, 2 March 2024
Went looking at a Sorbus on Illinois Street after the Coffee with a Councilor.
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Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street:
at alley;
19" of Snow on the Deck.
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Friday, 15 March 2024
Big snow day!
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Other articles:
• 5th Street:
New Loveland Mine Park;
Locations:
New Loveland Mine Park.
South Table Mountain from New Loveland Mine Park.
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Monday, 25 March 2024
Another Spring snow.
![Full Size Image](images/20240325_144722smtn.jpg) North Table Mountain from New Loveland Mine Park. |
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Other articles:
• Magpie Gulch Trail:
at lower end of social trail;
social trail Cyn Vw Dr;
Locations:
New Loveland Mine Park.
Junction of social trails with Magpie Gulch Trail.
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Wednesday, 27 March 2024
![Full Size Image](images/20240327_101545smtn.jpg) South end of the shortcut social trail. |
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Other articles:
• Welch Ditch:
at marker;
along trail;
at junk car;
12990;
at stairs;
• Peaks to Plains Trail:
near Welch Ditch br.;
at s. bank;
at stairs;
at hd gate;
south bank;
48790;
at Grant Terry Bridge;
Locations:
Clear Creek Canyon.
Welch Ditch.
The east end of the Grant Terry Bridge.
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Friday, 29 March 2024
Peaks to Plains Trail
![Full Size Image](images/20240329_095117smtn.jpg) Flat on the west side of the Grant Terry Bridge. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240329_095659smtn.jpg) Head gate of the Church Ditch. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240329_100823smtn.jpg) Jamesia americana on the cliff by the Tough Cuss Bridge. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240329_102214smtn.jpg) Welch Ditch suspension bridge. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240329_102755smtn.jpg) Commemorative Plaque for resonstruction of the Welch Ditch, 1932. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240329_102855smtn.jpg) Hops vines and cones on a Douglas fir. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240329_103207smtn.jpg) Junk car along the ditch. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240329_104125smtn.jpg) Gate on the Welch Ditch. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240329_104839smtn.jpg) Stairs between Peaks to Plains Trail and the Welch Ditch. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240329_110517smtn.jpg) West end of Grant Terry Bridge. |
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Other articles:
• 6th Street:
at end;
• Parkview Court:
near cul-de-sac.;
at cul de sac;
• Trail to Parkview Court:
at 6th;
e. edge of cul de sac;
Siberian elm on Parkview Court.
Exit of social trail off of Parkview Court.
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Sunday, 31 March 2024.
Walk in the neighborhood.
![Full Size Image](images/20240331_134552smtn.jpg) East end of social trail on 6th Street. |
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April 2024
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Other articles:
• 5th Street:
at Illinois;
• Illinois Street:
at 5th;
• Maple Street:
at alley.;
• Trail to Parkview Court:
e. edge of cul de sac;
• Magpie Gulch Trail:
social trail to High Pt Dr;
social trail Cyn Vw Dr;
west of surge pong;
Lower end of social trail to High Point Drive.
Social trail to Canyon View Drive.
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Monday, 1 April 2024
![Full Size Image](images/20240401_151119smtn.jpg) Surge pond at 2+ years. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240401_151737smtn.jpg) West on the social trail from Parkview Court. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240401_152003smtn.jpg) Alley between 5th and 6th Streets. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240401_152241smtn.jpg) Corner of 5th and Illinois. |
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Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:
Linaria dalmatica;
Linaria dalmatica sprouting.
Comparison of root cortex color.
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Thursday, 4 April 2024
Seeding and weeding at DeLong Park.
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Other articles:
• Brumm Trail:
70000;
along road;
78000;
• Colorado Highway 72:
65490;
65510;
65560;
Locations:
Coal Creek.
Coal Creek Canyon.
Looking west from parking area.
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Friday, 5 April 2024
Reconnaisance at Coal Creek Canyon Study Area.
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_100420smtn.jpg) Looking east from parking area. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_100818smtn.jpg) Smashed picnic table beside Coal Creek. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_100830smtn.jpg) View west (up canyon) from pullout. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_100838smtn.jpg) View east (down canyon) in Coal Creek Canyon. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_101646smtn.jpg) View of canyon to the southwest. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_101943smtn.jpg) View out of the canyon to the east. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_102015smtn.jpg) View up canyon from the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_102231smtn.jpg) Wide-angle view of Canyon 2 on left and Coal Creek Canyon on right. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_110336smtn.jpg) Brumm Trail up on the ridge. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_111457smtn.jpg) Looking west in the direction of Blue Mountain. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_112450smtn.jpg) Brumm Trail near the top of the ridge. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_113208smtn.jpg) View south from Brumm Trail. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240405_113828smtn.jpg) View east from Brumm Trail. |
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Locations:
New Loveland Mine Park.
View of Golden from New Loveland Mine Park at the height (depth?) of a 65% eclipse.
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Monday, 8 April 2024
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Locations:
Schweich Hill.
Opuntia macrorhiza on Schweich Hill.
Opuntia macrorhiza on Schweich Hill.
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Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Weeding at Schweich Hill.
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Other articles:
• Blue Mountain Drive:
at fire stn;
• Colorado Highway 72:
65560;
Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon.
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.
Drainage S2 in the Lacey parcel of Coal Creek Canyon Study Area.
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Friday, 12 April 2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area
![Full Size Image](images/20240412_094030smtn.jpg) Mystery plant emerging at Coal Creek Canyon. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240412_095250smtn.jpg) California Zephyr climbs the Moffat Route across the canyon. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240412_110028smtn.jpg) View from drainage S2 towards Fire Station 3. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240412_111853smtn.jpg) Drainage S2 from the low hill. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240412_112203smtn.jpg) Townsendia hookeri (?) on top of small hill. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240412_130652smtn.jpg) Pediocactus simpsonii on the dry flat below CO Highway 72. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240412_130808smtn.jpg) Opuntia fragilis on flat below highway. |
![Full Size Image](images/Coal_Ck_8400_20240414tn.jpg) Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, 12 April 2024. |
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3231
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Claytonia rosea
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3232
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Pulsatilla patens
Plants of the Coal Creek Canyon Study Area Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Ranunculaceae
Pulsatilla nuttalliana (DC.) Bercht. & J. Presl.
Pasque Flower.
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
280 m. northwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.2 km. north northwest of Golden.
39.87518°N, 105.27963°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 2034 m.
Open rocky field, recognizable here at this early date: Lomatium orientale, Echinocereus viridiflorus, Yucca glauca, and Carex inops ssp. heliophila.
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich
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Monday, 15 April 2024
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Staminate catkins on Coll. No. 3233, Populus deltoides.
Fragmenting collection of staminate catkins, Coll. No. 3233, Populus deltoides monilifera.
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Populus deltoides, staminate catkins. Poor collection, discarded.
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3234
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Populus deltoides, staminate catkins. Poor collection, discarded.
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Tuesday, 16 April 2024
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Pistillate catkins on Coll. No. 3235, Populus deltoides.
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Populus deltoides, pistillate catkins. Poor collection, discarded.
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Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Weeding at Schweich Hill.
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Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.
View from the low hill in the northeast corner of the Lacey parcel.
Pulsatilla nuttalliana under Ponderosa pines.
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Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, with John Vickery.
![Full Size Image](images/20240424_104309smtn.jpg) Carduus nutans rosette. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240424_110321smtn.jpg) Small gulch above Coal Creek (S2.2) |
![Full Size Image](images/20240424_120016smtn.jpg) View across Coal Creek Canyon. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240424_121307smtn.jpg) Upper part of small gulch S2.2. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240424_121645smtn.jpg) View back across upper part of small gulch (S2.2). |
![Full Size Image](images/20240424_130426smtn.jpg) Viola canadensis out in an open sunny spot. |
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Noccaea fendleri.
Plants of the Coal Creek Canyon Study Area Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Brassicaceae
Noccaea fendleri (A. Gray) Holub ssp. glauca (A. Nelson) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch.
Alpine Pennycress.
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
Isolated hill in the Idaho Springs-Ralston shear zone, 540 m. northwest of the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.4 km. north northwest of Golden.
39.8765°N, 105.28229°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 2053 m.
North side of hill in Ponderosa pine woodland.
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich, with John Vickery
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24-Apr-2024 |
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Coll. No. 3237, Cirsium vulgare.
Coll. No. 3237, basal rosette of Cirsium vulgare.
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Cirsium vulgare “Bull Thistle”
Plants of the Coal Creek Canyon Study Area Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Asteraceae
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
Bull Thistle.
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
In cobbles and gravel of the bank of Coal Creek, 850 m. northwest of the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.6 km. north northwest of Golden.
39.87778°N, 105.28556°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 2024 m.
Basal rosette.
iNaturalist Observation 209169508.
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich, with John Vickery
3237. |
24-Apr-2024 |
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Locations:
Schweich Hill.
Field Chickweed (Cerastium arvense var. strictum) on Schweich Hill.
Packera fendleri on Schweich Hill.
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Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Weeding at Schweich Hill.
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Other articles:
• Interstate 80:
at Exit 41;
Locations:
Blacks Fork.
Lyman, Wyoming, across Blacks Fork.
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Wednesday, 1 May 2024.
Golden, CO, to Ogden, UT.
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Other articles:
• Interstate 80:
at Rest Area;
View east from Grassy Mountain Rest Stop.
View east from Grassy Mountain Rest Stop.
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Thursday, 2 May 2024
Ogden, Utah, to Elko, Nevada.
![Full Size Image](images/20240502_140219smtn.jpg) View west from Grassy Mountain Rest Stop. |
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Other articles:
• Interstate 80:
at Rest Area;
Salt flats.
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Stop at the Salt Flats.
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Other articles:
• Interstate 80:
at Exit 333 - Deeth;
East Humboldt Range from the Deeth exit.
Ruby Mountains from the Deeth Exit.
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Photography at the Deeth exit.
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Locations:
Elko.
Dining room at the Star Hotel.
Baked lamb shoulder at the Star Hotel.
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Basque dinner at the Star Hotel.
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Friday, 3 May 2024
Elko, NV, to Boise, ID.
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
Adobe Summit;
Locations:
Adobe Summit.
Looking north from Adobe Summit.
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Adobe Summit.
![Full Size Image](images/20240503_082916smtn.jpg) Adobe Summit, about where the downgrade warning sign is. |
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
near Pie Creek;
n. of summit;
Locations:
Independence Mountains.
Independence Mountains to the northwest.
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View of the Indepencence Mountains to the northwest.
![Full Size Image](images/20240503_085314smtn.jpg) NV 225 crosses Pie Creek. |
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at Haystack Rnch;
Locations:
Haystack Ranch.
Haystack Ranch on Sheep Creek.
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Haystack Ranch and Sheep Creek.
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at Foreman Ck;
Locations:
Foreman Creek.
Unnamed ranch at Foreman Creek.
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Cross Foreman Creek.
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
along hwy;
View of highway to the north.
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Slope overlooking North Fork.
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at Holland Rch;
Locations:
Holland Ranch.
Holland Ranch across the North Fork Humboldt River.
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Holland Ranch
![Full Size Image](images/20240503_091157smtn.jpg) Mailbox of the Holland Ranch. |
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at Laing Ranch;
Locations:
Laing Ranch.
Laing Ranch with Independence Mountains in the background.
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Laing Ranch and North Fork
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at North Fork;
Locations:
North Fork.
NVDOT North Fork Maintenance Yard.
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North Fork
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at N Fk Ch Rd;
Independence Mountains from just north of North Fork.
Drainage divide ahead at the red arrow.
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At North Fork Charleston Road.
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at divide;
Snake River - Columbia Basin ahead …
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At drainage divide.
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
near Wild Horse;
Wild Horse and Reservoir ahead.
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Approaching Wild Horse.
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
29900;
Wild Horse Reservoir with Independence Mountains.
Mertensia oblongifolia at Wild Horse Reservoir.
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Took a break at Wild Horse Reservoir State Park.
![Full Size Image](images/20240503_095139smtn.jpg) Wild Horse Reservoir with Independence Mountains. |
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
29700;
Locations:
Wild Horse Dam.
Sign for Wild Horse Dam.
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Wild Horse Dam.
![Full Size Image](images/20240503_100410smtn.jpg) Water spilling over Wild Horse Dam. |
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
in the canyon;
Locations:
Owyhee River.
Owyhee River in the canyon.
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![Full Size Image](images/20240503_101427smtn.jpg) Owyhee River in the canyon. |
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at Patsville;
Locations:
Rio Tinto.
General view of the Rio Tinto area.
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Rio Tinto, Nevada
![Full Size Image](images/20240503_103533smtn.jpg) Rio Tinto behind a locked gate. |
![Full Size Image](images/32600007_2tn.jpg) General View of Mt. City Copper Co.'s New Camp of Rio Tinto, Showing Mill and Mine Buildings on Right and New Apartments on Left. |
![Full Size Image](images/IMG_2733smtn.jpg) View southeast from Rio Tinto to the Wild Horse Range. |
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Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at Mtn City;
Locations:
Mountain City.
Entering Mountain City.
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Mountain City.
![Full Size Image](images/20240503_104826smtn.jpg) Mountain City. |
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Other articles:
• Idaho State Highway 51:
at Roll Inn Spr;
Locations:
Roll Inn Spring.
USGS Monitoring Well at Roll Inn Spring.
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Roll Inn Spring, where we stopped to pee.
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Other articles:
• Idaho State Highway 51:
at Grasmere;
Locations:
Grasmere.
Grasmere.
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Grasmere, Idaho.
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Wednesday, 8 May 2024
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Coll. No. 3238, Xanthoceras sorbifolium.
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Xanthoceras sorbifolium.
Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Sapindaceae
Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge.
Yellowhorn.
Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado.
West end of alley parallel to 4th and 5th Streets, between Arapahoe and Cheyenne Streets, north side of alley, rooted between telephone pole and fence post, nearest street address 407 Cheyenne Street, 940 m. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden.
39.76091°N, 105.22961°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 1759 m.
Woody shrub, about 2 m. tall, rooted at the base of a telephone pole, between that pole and a fence post.
Formerly grown in a private garden at 409 Cheyenne Street. Garden was destroyed by residential construction in 2018. However, this plant appeared in 2022 at the edge of the former garden some distance from the original location the plant was grown.
Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2024, issued: Mar 29, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich
3238. |
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Locations:
Hildebrand Ranch Park.
Where we found Physaria, either P. bellii or P. vitulifera.
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Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Hildebrand Ranch Park
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Locations:
Hildebrand Ranch Park.
Physaria sp. On Pierre shale.
General habitat of Coll. No. 3209.
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3239
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Physaria vitulifera.
Plants of Jefferson County Open Space Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae
Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.
Roundtip Twinpod.
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
East-facing slope below a flat. Unclear whether we are in Niobrara Fm. or on the Pierre Shale. 815 m. west of Hildebrand Ranch Park parking lot, 2.10 km. south southwest of West Metro Fire Rescue Station 14
39.55156°N, 105.11959°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 1739 m.
Fine-grained calcareous sandstone with Musineon divaricatum, Helianthis pumilis, Delphinium sp., and Cercocarpus montanus.
These collections were made because of previous collections on nearby private land that are determined P. bellii (COLO201392, COLO201400).
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich, with John Vickery
3239. |
14-May-2024 |
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![Full Size Image](images/IMGQ6142smtn.jpg) Coll. No. 3239, Physaria vitulifera. |
The photograph was taken at roughly the same time as this collection was made, but I do not think this is actually one of the plants in the collection.
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Coll. No. 3240, Physaria vitulifera.
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Physaria vitulifera.
Plants of Jefferson County Open Space Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae
Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.
Roundtip Twinpod.
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
Top of an east-facing slope below flat. Unclear whether we are in Niobrara Fm. or on the Pierre Shale. 835 m. west of Hildebrand Ranch Park parking lot, 2.10 km. south southwest of West Metro Fire Rescue Station 14.
39.55153°N, 105.11978°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 1746 m.
Fine-grained calcareous sandstone with Musineon divaricatum, Helianthis pumilis, Delphinium sp., and Cercocarpus montanus.
These collections were made because of previous collections on nearby private land that are determined P. bellii (COLO201392, COLO201400).
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich, with John Vickery
3240. |
14-May-2024 |
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Coll. No. 3241, Physaria vitulifera.
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Physaria vitulifera.
Plants of Jefferson County Open Space Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae
Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.
Roundtip Twinpod.
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
Just on the east slope of a small hogback mapped as Niobrara Fm., 965 m. west of Hildebrand Ranch Park parking lot, 2.15 km. south southwest of West Metro Fire Rescue Station 14.
39.55139°N, 105.12128°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 1762 m.
Three of six plants growing under Cercocarpus montanus, with Eriogonum umbellatum and Opunita polyacantha.
These collections were made because of previous collections on nearby private land that are determined P. bellii (COLO201392, COLO201400).
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich, with John Vickery
3241. |
14-May-2024 |
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3242
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Oxytropis sericea.
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3243
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Gilia spicata
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Euphorbia brachycera.
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3244
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Packera plattensis
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Locations:
North Table Mountain Park.
Schweich Hill.
Schweich Hill, 22 May 2024.
Eriogonum arcuatum on top of North Table Mountain.
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Wednesday, 22 May 2024
North Table Mountain
![Full Size Image](images/20240522_113338smtn.jpg) Eriogonum arcuatum on top of North Table Mountain. |
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Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:
Jamesia americana;
• Peaks to Plains Trail:
at s. bank;
Locations:
Clear Creek Canyon Park.
Jamesia americana on the Peaks to Plains Trail.
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Friday, 24 May 2024
Peaks to Plains Trail
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Friday, 31 May 2024
Kinney Run
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3245
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Populus deltoides var. monilifera with pistillate catkins.
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Other articles:
• Peaks to Plains Trail:
along the trail;
Wild New Mexican Hops (Humulus neomexicanus) beside the Peaks to Plains Trail.
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Monday, 3 June 2024
Peaks to Plains Trail
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Other articles:
• Crawford Street:
at curve;
Locations:
City of Golden Parcel 40-102-01-032.
Yard waste and Canada thistle in the city open space.
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Saturday, 8 June 2024
City of Golden Parcel 40-102-01-032
![Full Size Image](images/20240608_110621smtn.jpg) Yard Waste along the west fence. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240608_112303smtn.jpg) View across city parcel, to Apex Park, Stonebridge HOA, Lookout Mountain, &c. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240608_112540smtn.jpg) Entrance to city-owned parcel. |
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Coll. No. 3246, Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus.
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3246
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Lupinus argenteus
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Coll. No. 3247, Physocarpus monogynus.
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3247
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Physocarpus monogyna
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Locations:
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Shining Leopardbane (Arnica fulgens Pursh) at Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space.
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Sunday, 9 June 2024
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space.
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Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.
The forest as far as I got up the gulch.
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Monday, 10 June 2024
Lacey Parcel
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Coll. No. 3248, Ligusticum porteri.
Coll. No. 3248, Ligusticum porteri.
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3248
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Ligusticum porteri.
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3249
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Physocarpus montanus
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Coll. No. 3250, Carex rossii.
Inflorescence of Coll. No. 3250, Carex rossii.
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3250
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Carex sp.
Plants of Jefferson County Open Space Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae
Carex rossii Boott.
Ross Sedge.
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
On a terrace, right bank of the second creek on the south side of Coal Creek Canyon, the first being that of Blue Mountain Estates, 565 m. west southwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3.
39.87211°N, 105.28411°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 2108 m.
Open Douglas fir forest with little understory, and that of Physocarpus monogynus, with a large patch of a Veronica, c.f. V. biloba.
Smut-infected(?).
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich
3250. |
10-Jun-2024 |
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Coll. No. 3250, 10 June 2024, characters observed:
Perennial sedge, cespitose, to 30 cm.;
Leaves,
0.7 mm. wide,
green,
sheaths margins white-hyaline;
Inflorescence,
30 mm. × 5 mm. wide,
3-5 spikes;
Spikes,
basal present,
terminal staminate,
lateral, pistillate, 2-4;
Bracts,
proximal 20 mm.,
±= inflorescence,
leaf-like;
Pistillate scales,
3 mm.,
>perigynia,
green mid-vein, brown laterally, hyaline margin,
awn 0;
Perigynia,
2-4 per pistillate spike,
2.7 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide,
wingless,
pubescent,
beak 0.7-1.3 mm.,
bi-dentate;
Achene,
spherical,
1.5 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide,
black,
smut-infested?;
Stigma,
#3;
Anthers,
not seen.
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3251
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The Smilacena with lots of flowers.
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3252
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Arnica cordifolia.
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3253
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Aletes acaulis
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3254
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Erysimum capitatum
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Other articles:
• Travois Trail:
at Sed lan;
near Elk Ck;
near Eve Sun Trl;
along trail;
at switchback;
Locations:
Centennial Cone Park.
Patch of Sedum lanceolatum beside the Travois Trail.
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Friday, 14 June 2024
Centennial Cone Open Space, Ralph Schell Trailhead.
![Full Size Image](images/20240614_091207smtn.jpg) Patch of Sedum lanceolatum on both sides of the trail. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240614_092422smtn.jpg) The Travois Trail crosses Elk Creek. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240614_093140smtn.jpg) View to southwest of Centennial Cone. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240614_100339smtn.jpg) Guy Gulch from the Travois Trail. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240614_100628smtn.jpg) Small population of Sedum lanceolatum beside the Travois Trail. |
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3255
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Koeleria macrantha.
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3256
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Penstemon secundiflorus
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3257
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Oxytropis lambertii
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3258
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Castilleja integra
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3259
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Sedum lanceolatum
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3260
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Eriogonum umbellatum
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3261
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Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior.
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Oribanche fasciculata in Artemisia frigida.
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3262
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Orobanche fasciculata.
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3263
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Packera fendleri.
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Locations:
Centennial Cone Park.
Habitat of Coll. No. 3264, Eremogone fendleri
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3264
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Eremogone fendleri.
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3265
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Crepis occidentalis ?
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Locations:
Schweich Hill.
Opuntia macrorhiza on Schweich Hill.
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Thursday, 20 June 2024
Weeding at Schweich Hill.
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Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.
Incised drainage in Gulch S3.
Observation No. 3687, Orchidaceae Corallorhiza maculata.
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Friday, 21 June 2024
![Full Size Image](images/20240621_103850smtn.jpg) Lower part of Gulch S3a. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240621_110158smtn.jpg) View across to the north side of Coal Creek Canyon. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240621_111315smtn.jpg) Observation No. 3697, Opuntia polyacantha. |
![Full Size Image](images/20240621_113152smtn.jpg) Habitat of Observation No. 3706, Sedum lanceolatum. |
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Habitat of Coll. No. 3266, Galium boreale in Coal Creek Canyon.
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3266
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Galium boreale
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3267
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Berberis repens
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3268
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Apocynum sp., initially determined A. androsaemifolium
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3269
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Ligusticum porteri
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Lithospermum multiflorum in Coal Creek Canyon Study Area.
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3270
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Lithospermum multiflorum.
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3271
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Juncus sp.
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3272
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Piptotheriopsis, c.f., P. micrantha
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3273
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Lithospermum occidentalis.
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3274
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Heuchera parvifolia
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3275
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Erythranthe sp.
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3276
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Lupinus, tall, basal leaves lacking, flowers white, blue-tinged wings.
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3277
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Hackelia floribunda.
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Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.
Meadow where I collected No. 3278, Potentilla pulcherrima.
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3278
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Potentilla, maybe P. pulcherrima.
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3279
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Lupinus argenteus.
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Locations:
Magpie Gulch.
Bag of pea gravel in a area of unauthorized trail maintenance.
Small cascade in Magpie Gulch.
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Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Magpie Gulch
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Coll. No. 3280, 26 June 2024.
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3280
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Erythranthe, c.g., E. geyeri
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3281
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Eleocharis sp.
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3282
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Potentilla norvegica.
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Obs. No. 3721, Asclepias viridiflora in Magpie Gulch.
Obs. No. 3721, Asclepias viridiflora in Magpie Gulch.
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Asclepias viridiflora.
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Locations:
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Crayfish shells at a small reservoir.
Crayfish burrows on floor of drying pond.
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Friday, 28 June 2024
Ranson/Edwards
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Coll. No. 3283, Potentilla sp.
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3283
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Potentilla sp.
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3284
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"Willow Dock"
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3285
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“Water Hemlock”
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Obs. No. 3279, Opuntia fragilis.
Habitat of Obs. No. 3279, Opuntia fragilis.
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Observation of Opuntia fragilis.
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Observation of Sisyrinchium montanum.
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Locations:
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Habitat of Obs. No. 3736, Asclepias stenophylla.
Habitat of Obs. No. 3737, Asclepias stenophylla.
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Observation of Asclepias stenophylla.
![Full Size Image](images/20240628_122459smtn.jpg) Umbel of Obs. No. 3737, Asclepias stenophylla. |
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Obs. No. 3729, ???
Obs. No. 3729, ???
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Something?
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Other articles:
• Tucker Gulch Trail:
near 1st;
at crossing;
at crossing;
Locations:
Tucker Gulch (lower).
View upstream from bridge.
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Tucker Gulch
![Full Size Image](images/20240630_144025smtn.jpg) View upstream from 2nd bridge (30 June 2024). |
![Full Size Image](images/20240630_144036smtn.jpg) View downstream from second bridge (30 June 2024). |
![Full Size Image](images/20240630_144624smtn.jpg) Tucker Gulch, south from First Street bridge (2024) |
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Other articles:
• Colorado Highway 72:
near Mud Lake.;
Locations:
Mud Lake.
Ian and Cheryl at Mud Lake.
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Monday, 1 July 2024
Nederland
![Full Size Image](images/20240701_132015smtn.jpg) Mud Lake |
![Full Size Image](images/20240701_134414smtn.jpg) Young duck at Mud Lake. |
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Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.
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Wednesday, 3 July 2024
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A rogues' gallery of weeds.
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3286
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Chamomile, or Pineapple weed.
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3286.1
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Hypericum perforatum.
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3287
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Ranunculus sp.
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3288
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Epilobium sp.
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3289
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Leucanthemum vulgare.
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3290
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Leucanthemum vulgare.
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3291
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Corylus cornuta.
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3292
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Thalictrum fendleri, pistillate plants.
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3293
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Rush? Bulrush? Maybe Scirpus pallidus
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3294
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Grass, maybe Glyceria striata.
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3295
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Lysimachia ciliata.
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3296
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Erigeron speciosus.
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Friday, 12 July 2024
Little Scraggy, Kelsey Campground, Morrison Creek
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Coll. No. 3297, Orthilia secunda.
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3297
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Orthilia secunda
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Obs. No. 3756, Heuchera hallii.
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Heuchera hallii.
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Obs. No. 3757, Asplenium septentrionale.
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Asplenium septentrionale
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Obs. No. 3758, Laennecia schiedeana.
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Laennecia schiedeana.
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Obs. No. 3759, Collomia linearis.
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Collomia linearis.
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