![]() | North Table Loop, Jefferson County, Colorado |
Tom Schweich |
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Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora dev. trlhds. Wyoming Circle at trailhead North Table Loop at N Table Mtn Field Notes Friday, 3 October Locations:
North Table Mountain Park.
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North Table Loop TrailheadJunction: North Table Loop, which starts with a steep constant grade up the old quarry road to the south east.
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Other articles: North Table Mountain Trail at N Table Loop
Junction: North Table Mountain Trail, a City of Golden trail, and road to water tank.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
8 Nov 2015
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Small catchment basin, and game trail onto lower mesa to north.
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Other articles:
Social Trail
at n tbl lp
Field Notes
Thursday, March 3rd
Junction: Social Trail, south, above the water tank to the North Table Mountain Trail.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
8 Jun 2018
Physocarpus below the quarry road.
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Field Notes
Thursday, March 3rd
Outcrop of sandstone and conglomerate between basalt flows.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Friday, 3 October
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Other articles: North Quarry Climbing Access Trail at n. end
Junction: Climbing Access Trail
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Friday, April 22nd
View of climbing area from North Table Loop near the Tilting Mesa Trail.
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Other articles: Tilting Mesa Trail at N Table Lp Field Notes Thursday, March 3rd Locations:
North Table Mountain.
| North Table MountainJunction: Tilting Mesa Trail
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1407, 8 Jun 2016
At the north end of the spoils pile there is a taller pile with an Oenothera on the west-facing slope.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1404, 8 Jun 2016
Coll. No. 1405, 8 Jun 2016
Spoils pile to east of North Table Loop. Location of several collections, including Cryptantha virgata, Townsendia grandiflora, and Oenothera caespitosa.
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Other articles: Field Notes Coll. No. 1095, 30 Apr 2015
Location of Nothocalais cuspidata, Coll. No. 1095.
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Other articles:
North Quarry Climbing Access Trail
at s. end
Field Notes
Friday, April 22nd
Junction: (trail through Sea Cliffs)
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Friday, April 22nd
View south from trail junction.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1094, 40 Apr 2015
Collection No. 1094, Viola nuttallii
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Other articles: Spur Social Trail at N Table Mtn Loop
Junction: Social Trail, west, down the rim, and to North Table Mountain Trail (City of Golden).
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Other articles:
Golden Cliffs Trail
at N Tbl Loop
Climbing Access Trail
at N Table Mtn Lp
Junction: Golden Cliffs Trail
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1402, 8 Jun 2016
Astragalus agrestis in the small swale between North Table Loop and the Golden Cliffs Trail.
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Field Notes
Thursday, June 2nd
Tiny Mousetails (Myosurus minimus) and Foothills Arnica (Arnica fulgens). Also found here Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1274, 29 Jul 2015
Coll. No. 1275, 29 Jul 2015
Coll. No. 1276, 29 Jul 2015
Saturday, February 28th
Coll. No. 1553, 1 Sep 2016
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Saturday, February 28th
Creek crosses trail from north.
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Field Notes
Saturday, February 28th
Coll. No. 1343, 12 May 2016
Coll. No. 1344, 13 May 2016
Coll. No. 1448, 22 Jun 2016
Coll. No. 1450, 22 Jun 2016
Coll. No. 1602, 8 May 2017
Coll. No. 1602.1, 8 May 2017
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Literature Cited:
Locations:
Golden Ravine.
| Golden Ravine“Golden Ravine” is a name applied to this ravine by Kilburn & White (1992). Jefferson County Open Space does not apply a name to this location.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Saturday, February 28th
View to the east of North Table Loop.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Obs. No. 1553, 8 May 2017
Coryphantha vivipara beside the trail.
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Other articles: Field Notes Saturday, February 28th Coll. No. 1340, 12 May 2016 Coll. No. 1341, 12 May 2016 Locations:
Golden Ravine.
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Other articles: Social Trail at N Table Loop
Junction: Social trail to Easley Road.
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Literature Cited:
Other articles: Field Notes May 4, 1907 September 16, 1907 May 2, 1914 at quarry Locations: Tramway Quarry.
| Tramway QuarryThe Tramway Quarry mined basalt.The quarry was somewhat troublesome to properties below. On May 4, 1907 Cracks opened in the ground below, and the ground seemed to be moving. A huge mass ploughed down the ountain below the quarry. In September of the same year, A 12- by 12- by 12-foot boulder fell from the quarry and lodged in the Church Ditch just above a house.
Again, in 1914 a few thousand tons of
rock slumped several yards and covered up the access road at the
Tramway Quarry.
Mountain. Heavy snow and rain have softened the "clay and ash."
The ditch company and the railroad experienced much trouble in
previous years when great sections of hillside moved slowly down
toward Clear Creek.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
along trail
Corydalis aureus
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1312
Numerous Claytonia rosea along east to northeast-facing slopes.
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Other articles:
Golden Checklist Flora
Verbascum thapsus
Neighborhood Access Trail
at N Table Lp
Field Notes
8 Nov 2015
Junction: Neighborhood Access Trail, down to access points on Ulysses way.
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North Table Loop crosses the stream bed of Cottonwood Canyon.
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Social trail, probably an old road to the northwest up Cottonwood Canyon.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
8 Nov 2015
North Table Loop crosses the upper right of the photograph, while the Neighborhood Access Trail diverges down the canyon.
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Other articles: Cottonwood Canyon Trail at N Table Loop Locations: Cottonwood Canyon.
Junction: Cottonwood Canyon Trail, up to Mesa Top Trail.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Tuesday, June 9th
The Cottonwood Canyon Trail diverges from North Table Loop and climbs to the rim of the mesa. North Table Loop diverges down to the left here and in obscured by grasses.
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Field Notes
Tuesday, June 9th
North Table Loop continues east around the mesa.
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Other articles:
44th Avenue
Colorado Railroad Museum
Field Notes
Tuesday, June 9th
Coll. No. 1131, 9 Jun 2015
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Other articles:
Field Notes
7 May 2018
Double row of bolts just below the trail.
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Cross top of landslide.
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Small switchback.
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Switchback, trail goes south from both sides.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
7 May 2018
Switchback, trail goes north from both sides.
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Old road crosses trail, below trail to south, above trail to north.
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Other articles: Lithic Trail at N Table Loop
Junction: Lithic Trail
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Tuesday, June 9th
Junction with Lithic Trail.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1800, 7 May 2018
Location of Coll. No. 1800, Amelanchier alnifolia.
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Cross stream coming down from mesa top.
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Field Notes
Coll. No. 1518, 29 Jul 2016
Location of Coll. No. 1518, Stephanomeria pauciflora
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Field Notes
Coll. No. 1801, 7 May 2018
Location of Coll. No. 1801, Amelanchier alnifolia.
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Other articles:
Mesa Top Trail
at N Table Loop
Field Notes
Tuesday, June 9th
Junction: Mesa Top Trail
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Friday, July 29th
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1519, 29 Jul 2016
Coll. No. 1519, Solidago missouriensis, growing in rocks just above the trail.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1520, 29 Jul 2016
Coll. No. 1648, 1 Jun 2017
Coll. No. 1802, 7 May 2018
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Access Point: West 53rd Drive, no parking.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1652, 1 Jun 2017
Location of Coll. No. 1652, Nassella viridula
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1653, 1 Jun 2017
Location of Coll. No. 1653, Phlox multiflora.
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North Table Loop skirts the southwest corner of the Metz parcel.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1521, 29 Jul 2016
Coll. No. 1654, 1 Jun 2017
Between two houses, south of North Table Loop, location of Coll. No. 1521, Heterotheca villosa var. villosa.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1539, 18 Aug 2016
Coll. No. 1540, 18 Aug 2016
Location of Coll. No. 1539, Verbesina encelioides and Coll. No. 1540 Dyssodia papposa.
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North Table Loop skirts the southwest corner of the Williams parcel.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
22 Jul 2016
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1509, 22 Jul 2016
Coll. No. 1510, 22 Jul 2016
North Table Loop descends to the west to meet the Mesa Spur Trail. The north-facing slopes to the south were the site of my collections 1509 Psoralidium tenuiflorum and 1510 Asparagus officinalis.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1813, 10 May 2018
A little hollow to the south with rich friable soil supports a population of Delphinium nuttallianum, Coll. No. 1813.
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Field Notes
Coll. No. 1814, 10 May 2018
Coll. No. 1816, 10 May 2018
The ridge above the junction of North Table Loop with the Mesa Spur Trail seems to have a slightly higher diversity of plants.
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Other articles: Mesa Spur Trail at N Table Loop
Junction: Mesa Spur Trail , to access points off of W. 58th Avenue.
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Junction: Tablerock Trail , east.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Monday, July 13th
Tablerock subdivision below.
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Junction: Tablerock Trail , west.
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Other articles:
Social Trail
at N Table Loop
Field Notes
20 Jul 2015
Social trail north into Tablerock.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
20 Jul 2015
Mesa Top Trail to the left; North Table Loop to the right.
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Other articles: Mesa Top Trail at N Table Loop
Junction: Mesa Top Trail, up to the mesa top and then across the mesa to the east.
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Other articles: Field Notes Coll. No. 1503, 12 Jul 2016
Near, i.e., just west of, junction with the Mesa Top Trail, as North Table Loop rounds the nose of a small ridge, is location oc Coll. No. 1503, Thelesperma megapotamicum “Hopi Tea Greenthread.” Like Coll. No. 1504, Hymenopappus filifolius the leaves are very finely divided to thin filiform segments.
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“Road” crosses the trail. To the south it leads to a water tank operated by the North Table Mountain Water and Sanitation District.
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Bridge over ephemeral stream.
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Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Lepidium draba Field Notes Coll. No. 1365, 24 May 2016 Coll. No. 1366, 24 May 2016 Coll. No. 1367, 24 May 2016 Coll. No. 1382, 1 Jun 2016 Coll. No. 1383, 1 Jun 2016 Locations:
Ramstetter Reservoir.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
24 May 2018
A little more than a 1/4 mile of new trail because of problems with mud.
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Other articles:
Field Notes
Coll. No. 1504, 12 Jul 2016
Location of Coll. No. 1504, Hymenopappus filifolius Hook. var. polycephalus (Osterh.) B.L. Turner. “Many-Headed Fine-Leaved Wooly-White.”
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Trail skirts access road and parking lot.
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Other articles:
North Table Loop
at N Table Mtn Trlhd
CO Hwy 93
at N Table Mtn TH
| North Table Loop TrailheadJunction: North Table Loop, clockwise around North Table Mesa, heading north and turning east.
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Date and time this article was prepared: 11/21/2019 3:55:15 PM |