2016

Other articles: Tucker Gulch Trail near Cressman Gulch near Cressman Gulch at Salix Field Notes Coll. No. 1073, 16 Mar 2015. Coll. No. 1103, 11 May 2015
Salix alba along Tucker Gulch.
Salix alba removed from the creek in 2016.  

Saturday, February 6th

Salix alba trunks along Tucker Gulch.

Literature Cited:
- Anonymous, 2016.

Other articles: California Highway 89 near US Hwy 395
Map of road over Monitor Pass  

Completion of 17 1/2 miles of new highway which connects by a more direct route the county seats of Bridgeport in Mono County and Markleeville in Alpine County will be celebrated by the boards of supervisors of the two counties with a dedication ceremony Sunday, when the new road will be opened formally to traffic.

The new highway, built over tortuous mountain terrain, extends from US 395 north of Coleville in Mono County to the Ebbetts Pass Highway south of Markleeville in Alpine. It has been designated a portion of State Route 89.

Hitherto, the only feasible route between Bridgeport and Markleeville was via Gardnerville, 27 miles longer than the new route.

The highway will provide more direct access from southern California to the recreational areas in the vicinity of Markleeville and Lake Tahoe, and to Carson City.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora CoG trl. hds. North Table Mountain Trail near social trail at social trail near chg dir near switchback near switchback at social trail near rocks to parking at Peery Spur Social Trail below rim at scramble at base of rim below rim at N Table Mtn Trl Social Trail at NTM Trail
Peery Drive trailhead of North Table Mountain Trail.
Social trail to Golden Cliffs Trailhead.  

Thursday, February 18th

Southern end of North Table Mountain Trail.	View of Golden to the south.	The trail up from the switchback.	Flat area on flank of North Table Mountain	Social trail to rim of mesa.
Bird	North Table Mountain Trail follows an old road.	Social trail below the rim.	Social trail at the base of the rim.	Two to three foot steps.
Easy part of rock scramble.	Old social trail.

Other articles: Easley Road at 44th at social trail North Table Loop near Golden Cliffs Trl near creek near creek below rim near social trail Social Trail along trail gr. fence old road w. end of bench e. end of bench near e. end of bench at Easley Field Notes Coll. No. 1276, 29 Jul 2015
Start of social trail at Easley Road.
Easley Road at CO Highway 58 on-ramp.  

Saturday, February 28th

Social trail on top of fourth highway bench.	Social trail up from Easley Road.	West end of fourth highway terrace.	The green fence, boundary of Jefferson County Open Space.	North Table Loop climbs toward to the top of the mesa.
North Table Loop climbs to the top of the mesa to the west.	North Table Loop, with social trail below.	North Table Loop, with downtown Denver in the distance.	Main channel of stream just above rim.	Small creek draining the mesa from the north.
Small creek, with tussocks of grass, drains the mesa from the north.	Location of Coll Nos. 1274-1276.	Southern rim of North Table Mountain.	Pediocactus simpsonii on North Table Mountain	Habitat of Pediocactus simpsonii on North Table Mountain
Coors 997 shoves a cut of loaded covered hoppers into the brewery.

Other articles: North Table Loop at spur at outcrop North Table Mountain North Table Mountain Trail Near water tank at spur Social Trail at n tbl lp at social trail at n tbl mtn trl Tilting Mesa Trail at pile of rocks near pond at pond near pond near eph pond at piles of dirt near pond at Lichen Pk Trl
Landslide below North Table Mountain Trail
North end of Social Trail.  

Thursday, March 3rd

Water-lain sediments between two basalt flows.	Northern part of Social Trail.	Junction of North Table Mountain Trail and social trail.	The North Table Loop heads south.	Lichen Peak Trail
Small artificial ephemeral pool along south edge of scrapped area.	Scrapped area, south side, looking west.	Spoils piles, scrapped area in foreground.	Artificial ephemeral pond; dam in right middleground.	Ephemeral pool from south; artificial dam highlighted.
Debris pile of prospect.	Pit and debris pile at prospect.	Ephemeral pond beside trail.	Pond below dam, evidence of leakage.	Prospect near Tilting Mesa Trail.
Ephemeral pond near Tilting Mesa Trail.	Northern part of scrapped area; spoils pile in left middleground.	Spoils piles in scrapped area.	Small ephemeral pond in disturbed area.	Pond beside Tilting Mesa Trail.

Monday, April 4th

Other articles: Colorado Highway 150 at Urraca Rd US Highway 160 in Cuchara Vy

Locations: Sierra Blanca. Spanish Peaks.
Spanish Peaks south from US Highway 160.  

Other articles: Colorado Highway 150 near boundry

Locations: Great Sand Dunes National Park.
Sand dunes to the north of CO Highway 150.  

Tuesday, April 5th

Other articles: Colorado Highway 15 Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge

Locations: Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge.
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge  

Other articles: County Line Road at Rio Grande

Locations: Rio Grande River. Rio Grande River. Rio Grande State Wildlife Area.
Rio Grande State Wildlife Area.  

Other articles: El Rancho Lane at hdqtrs

Locations: Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge. Rio Grande River.
Rio Grande River in the Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge  

Other articles: Hansen Bluff Road at Hansen Bluff at Hansen Bluff

Locations: Hansen Bluff. Sierra Blanca.
Blowing sand with Sierra Blanca in the background  

Other articles: US Highway 160 at Cole Park

Locations: Alamosa.
D&RGW 169 on display at Cole Park in Alamosa  

Other articles: US Highway 285 at Russell Lakes

Locations: Russell Lakes State Wildlife Area.
Instructions at Russell Lakes State Wildlife Area  

Other articles: US Highway 285 Villa Grove

Locations: Villa Grove.
US Highway 285 north out of Villa Grove.  

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.  

Saturday, April 9th

Other articles: Water Tank Road along the road
Early Spring habitat of Viola nuttallii and Alyssum simplex
Coll. No. 1301, Viola nuttallii  

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the access road to the City of Golden water tank, 210 m from Lookout Mountain Road, 2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7387°N, 105.2284°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1870 m. South-facing slope of ditch, early-blooming perennial, grass is still very short.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the access road to the City of Golden water tank, 210 m from Lookout Mountain Road, 2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7387°N, 39.7387°E. WGS 1984 Elev. 1865 m. Small plants, on south-facing bank, early spring, grass still very short, with Viola nuttallii.

Other articles: Survey Field Road at draw
Habitat of Leucocrinum montanum and Townsendia hookeri in the Survey Field.
Leucocrinum montanum on an old alluvial ridge in the Survey Field.  

Leucocrinum montanum on an old alluvial ridge in the Survey Field.	Coll. No. 1303, Leucocrinum montanum

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Center of Survey Field, 525 m south of Beverly Heights Park, 2.2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7365°N, 105.2261°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1873 m. South-facing slope of rocky older alluvium.

Townsendia hookeri Beaman. Hooker's Townsend Daisy.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Center of Survey Field, 525 m south of Beverly Heights Park, 2.2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7366°N, 105.2262°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1879 m. Scattered, uncommon at this location. South-facing slope of rocky older alluvium.

Coll. No. 1304, 9 April 2016, characters observed: Perennial, acaulescent, Leaves, narrowly oblanceolate, strigose; Head, sessile (or apparently so), 12 mm. × 10-12 mm. wide; Phyllaries, many series, 8 mm., outer hairy, tipped by a tuft of tangled cilia, inner, margins and tip ciliate, but not tangled; Rays, #25-30, corolla 10 mm., white, pappus bristles, 5 mm.; Disc flowers, corolla 4.5 mm., yellow, pappus, 6 mm., bristles.

Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg. Common Dandelion.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Center of Survey Field, 525 m south of Beverly Heights Park, 2.2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7366°N, 105.2262°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1870 m. One plant, selected because of very large, globose inflorescence.

Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg. Common Dandelion.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern portion of Survey Field, 2 km south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7379°N, 105.2277°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1862 m. Numerous plants beside an ephemeral stream.

Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower slopes of Lookout Mountain, 2.23 km southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7371°N, 105.2322°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1944 m. Numerous plants around edges of Rhus shrubs. Hillside above Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.  

Tuesday, April 12th

Other articles: Neighborhood Access Trail near trailhead
Habitat of Coll. No. 1308, Chorispora tenella
Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1308, Chorispora tenella  

Coll. No. 1308, Chorispora tenella

Chorispora tenella (Pall.) DC. Crossflower.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Just inside North Table Mountain Park, southeast side of North Table Mountain, about 150 m, northwest of the trailhead for the Neighborhood Access Trail at the corner of Ridge Road and Ulysses Avenue, 2.9 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7736°N, 105.1974°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1728 m. Possibly at a former home site.

Other articles: Neighborhood Access Trail near trailhead
Coll. No. 1309, Berberis repens
Coll. No. 1309, Berberis repens  

Berberis repens Lindl. Creeping Barberry.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Just inside North Table Mountain Park, southeast side of North Table Mountain, about 150 m, northwest of the trailhead for the Neighborhood Access Trail at the corner of Ridge Road and Ulysses Avenue, 2.9 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.774°N, 105.1977°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1751 m. Few plants on strath above creek; many more plants at higher and drier locations.

Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill. Common Grape Hyacinth.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Just inside North Table Mountain Park, southeast side of North Table Mountain, about 150 m, northwest of the trailhead for the Neighborhood Access Trail at the corner of Ridge Road and Ulysses Avenue, 2.9 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.774°N, 105.1977°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1748 m. Near a former home site, probably naturalized.

Literature Cited:
- Chen, Chia Jui, Meghan G. Mendenhall, and Billie L. Turner, 1994.

Other articles: Neighborhood Access Trail near trailhead near trailhead
Thermopsis rhombifolia, variety unknown, no fruit yet.  

Other articles: Neighborhood Access Trail near trailhead
Habitat of Coll. No. 1311, Leucocrinum montanum.  

Leucocrinum montanum Nutt. ex A. Gray. Star Lily.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Just inside North Table Mountain Park, southeast side of North Table Mountain, about 200 m, northwest of the trailhead for the Neighborhood Access Trail at the corner of Ridge Road and Ulysses Avenue, 2.9 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7745°N, 105.1972°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1766 m. Grassy slopes above the trail, but the grass is very short because it is still very early spring here; more common on slopes above.

Other articles: North Table Loop at Tramway Quarry

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.
The basalt quarry on the south side of North Table Mountain.  

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Corydalis aurea North Table Loop along trail
Corydalis aurea along the North Table Loop.
Habitat of Corydalis aurea at base of rocks to right of daypack.  

Other articles: North Table Loop east-facing slopes
Habitat of Coll. No. 1312, Claytonia rosea above the North Table Loop.  

Claytonia rosea Rydb. Rocky Mountain Springbeauty.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the North Table Loop, southeast side of North Table Mountain, approximately 1/2 km west of the Neighborhood Access Trail trailhead at Ridge Road and Ulysses Avenue, 2.6 km northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7738°N, 105.2019°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1876 m. Basal leaves present at flowering. East to northeast-facing grassy slope.

Other articles: Plainview Road at Coal Ck

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
View upstream of Coal Creek.  

Thursday, April 14th.

View downstream of Coal Creek.

Other articles: Plainview Road n. of Coal Ck.
Habitat of Coll. No. 1313, Viola nuttallii in Ranson Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

Viola nuttallii Pursh. Nuttall's Violet.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southern section of park, 115 m north of the Plainview Road bridge over Coal Creek, 14.5 km north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8796°N, 105.2701°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1994 m. One of the earliest flowers in bloom here.

Other articles: Plainview Road n. of Coal Ck.  

Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg. Common Dandelion.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southern section of park, 115 m north of the Plainview Road bridge over Coal Creek, 14.5 km north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8796°N, 105.2701°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1992 m. One of the earliest flowers in bloom, collected with Viola nuttallii.

Other articles: Plainview Road n. of Coal Ck.  

Townsendia hookeri Beaman. Hooker's Townsend Daisy.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southern section of park, 360 m northwest of the Plainview Road bridge over Coal Creek, 14.5 km north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8806°N, 105.2731°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2016 m. Rocky alluvial terrace.

Other articles: Plainview Road n. of Coal Ck.
Coll. No. 1316, Pinus ponderosa in Ranson Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

Pinus ponderosa Laws. Ponderosa Pine.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southern section of park, 400 m west northwest of the Plainview Road bridge over Coal Creek, 14.5 km north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8804°N, 105.2738°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2044 m. Upper slopes just below the railroad tracks.

Other articles: North Table Loop near quarry 20000 near Sea Cliffs North Table Mountain Trail at watercourse at spur Lichen Peak Trail Lichen Peak North Quarry Climbing Access Trail above the cliffs n. side Glory Hole s. edge
Erosion control on the North Table Mountain trail.
Social trail on west side of North Table Mountain.  

Friday, April 22nd

North Table Mountain trail	Top of North Table Mountain.	Trail Junction: Trail to North Quary Climbing Area and Sea Cliffs.	Brunel property from North Table Mountain.	Path of rock tramway on North Table Mountain.
Something in the Apiaceae on the edges of cliffs.	Lichen Peak from the North Quarry wall.	North Quarry climbing area.	Top of the quarry road.	Artificial and ephemeral ponds on top of North Table Mountain.
Artificial pond on top of North Table Mountain.	The territory between Lichen Peak and the radio tower.	North Quarry from Lichen Peak.

Other articles: North Table Mountain Trail on slope
Coll. No. 1317, Taraxacum officinale on North Table Mountain Trail.  

Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg. Common Dandelion.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. On the City of Golden North Table Mountain trail, just below the southwest rim of North Table Mountain, 1.9 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7727°N, 105.224°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1906 m. Flat area beside the trail.

Other articles: North Table Mountain Trail on slope
Habitat of Coll. No. 1318, Corydalis aurea
Coll. No. 1318, Corydalis aurea  

Corydalis aurea Willd. Scrambled Eggs.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. On the City of Golden North Table Mountain trail, just below the southwest rim of North Table Mountain, 1.9 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7727°N, 105.2239°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1926 m. Rocky open slopes above the trail. Small plants here, one larger plant in the basalt rim of the mesa.

Other articles: CO Hwy 12 s. side North Lake La Veta at CR 422 Cuchara Pass Apishapa Road at Cucharas Pass at Farley Overlook Bosque del Oso Road 12000 60000 US Interstate 25 at view point

Locations: Cucharas Pass. La Veta. North Lake. Pikes Peak. South Fork Purgatoire River.
Pikes Peak from US I-25.  

Tuesday, April 26th

La Veta Town Hall, formerly the railroad depot(?)	South White Peak in the Spanish Peaks area.	Cuchara Pass, elev. 9995 ft.	John B. Farley Memorial Wildflower Overlook	Cordova Pass Road interpretive panel
John B. Farley Memorial Wildflower Overlook	North Lake	Old adobe fam house along the South Fork Purgatoire River	Cows in field along the South Fork Purgatoire River.	Emergency Muster Point located to 5 decimal points.

Wednesday, April 27th

Other articles: US Highway 350 Thatcher
Amtrak Southwest Chief between La Junta and Trinidad.  

Other articles: County Road 25 on the prairie County Road N at high point
The Rocky Mountains, 100 miles away.
County Road 25 “Rourke Road”  

Other articles: Forest Road 500A at t. h.

Locations: Purgatoire Canyon.
Picketwire Canyon from Withers Canyon Trailhead.  

Other articles: Vogel Canyon Road at stage road at t. h.

Locations: Vogel Canyon.
Tracks of the Barlow and Sanderson Stage Line cross the Vogel Canyon access road.  

Other articles: Colorado Highway 194 Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Locations: Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site.
Bent's Old Fort in La Junta, Colorado.  

Thursday, April 28th

Other articles: County Road W San Creek Massacre National Historic Site

Locations: Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.
Sand Creek Massacre Site National Historic Site  

Other articles: US Highway 385 in Cheyenne Wells US Hwy 40 in Cheyenne Wells

Locations: Cheyenne Wells.
Cheyenne County Court House  

Other articles: US Hwy 40 near Firstview
UP 8977 and UP 7254 pulling a string of empty tri-levels eastbound between Kit Carson and Cheyenne Wells, Colorado.  

Wednesday, May 4th

Other articles: Golden Cliffs Trail along trail Field Notes 10 Feb 2017
Grossulariaceae Ribes aureum
Grossulariaceae Ribes aureum  

Ribes aureum Pursh. Golden Currant.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the lower portion of the Golden Cliffs Trail, about 150 m. from the parking lot and trailhead,1.4 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7668°N, 105.2136°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1787 m. In a protected little rock enclosure, southeast aspect, more along the trail above.

Coll. No. 1319, 4 May 2016: Perennial shrub, to 1 m.; Stem, unarmed; Leaves, fascicled, broadly ovate, 29 mm. × 22 mm. wide, lobes 3, obtuse; Hypanthium, 9 mm., bright yellow; Sepals, petaloid, 5 mm.; Petals, 2.5 mm.; Ovary, 2 mm.

Other articles: Golden Cliffs Trail along trail
Coll. No. 1320, Mertensia lanceolata along the Golden Cliffs Trail.  

Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. Prairie Bluebells.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the lower portion of the Golden Cliffs Trail, about 200 m. from the parking lot and trailhead,1.5 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.767°N, 105.2131°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1822 m. Growing in afternoon shade of a small point of rocks, southeast exposure, more along the trail above.

Musineon divaricatum (Pursh) Raf. Leafy Wildparsley.
Aletes acaulis (Torr.) J.M. Coult. & Rose. Stemless Indian Parsley

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest rim of North Table Mountain, 1.55 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7695°N, 105.2198°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1973 m. Edges of cliffs.

Lomatium orientale J.M. Coult. & Rose. Northern Idaho Biscuitroot.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of mesa, near southwest edge, 1.55 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7696°N, 105.2197°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1975 m. Widespread on mesa-top lava flow derived soils and colluvial soils of upper and lower slopes.

Lomatium orientale J.M. Coult. & Rose. Northern Idaho Biscuitroot.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of mesa, near southwest edge, 1.55 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7696°N, 105.2197°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1975 m. Widespread on mesa-top lava flow derived soils and colluvial soils of upper and lower slopes.

Other articles: Social Trail at spring
Brassicaceae Thlaspi arvense  

Thlaspi arvense L. Field Penny Cress.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along a social trail above Peery Parkway, adjacent to running water from spring above on upper slopes of North Table Mountain, 1.26 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7669°N, 105.22°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1829 m.

Coll. No. 1324, 4 May 2016, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 50 cm., generally glabrous throughout; Stem, single, or few-branched proximally; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, withered at flowering, cauline, sessile, auriculate, oblong, 30 mm. × 5 mm. wide, reduced distally, toothed; Sepals, 2 mm.; Petals, 3 mm., white; Fruit, petiole 10 mm., ascending, fruit obovate, 10 mm. × 8 mm., wide, margin winged, tip deeply notched.

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

Thursday, May 5th

Literature Cited:
- Nazaire, Mare, and Larry Hufford, 2012.  

Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. Prairie Bluebells.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Wet alluvial slope above Coal Creek, Stevens parcel immediately south of Ranson/Edwards parcel, 3.55 km west southwest of the GNIS location of Rocky Flats 39.8789°N, 105.2703°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1959 m.

Lomatium orientale J.M. Coult. & Rose. Northern Idaho Biscuitroot.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Stevens parcel just south of Ranson/Edwards parcel, about 180 m. northwest of the Plainview Road bridge over Coal Creek, 3.65 km west southwest of the GNIS location of Rocky Flats, 39.8792°N, 105.2717°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1990 m. Gentle east-facing grassy slopes.

Cerastium arvense L. ssp. strictum Gaudin. Field Chickweed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Stevens parcel immediately south of Ranson/Edwards parcel, 1.5 km south of the GNIS location of Plainvew, and 3.65 km south southwest of Rocky Flats. 39.8805°N, 105.2723°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2013 m. East-facing grassy slopes.

Common early-flowering perennial, to 20 cm.; Leaves, opposite, broadly linear, 15 mm. × 3 mm. wide, stipules absent, tufts of leaves in lower axils; Sepals free; Petals >>sepals, white, notched; Styles (4)5.

Noccaea fendleri (A. Gray) Holub ssp. glauca (A. Nelson) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Stevens parcel immediately south of Ranson/Edwards parcel, 1.5 km south of the GNIS location of Plainvew, 3.71 km west southwest of the GNIS location of Rocky Flats. 39.8806°N, 105.2731°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 2021 m. East-facing gentle slope. Few plants in the shade of ponderosa pine.

Noccaea fendleri (A. Gray) Holub ssp. glauca (A. Nelson) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Stevens parcel immediately south of Ranson/Edwards parcel, 1.64 km south southeast of the GNIS location of Plainview, 3.48 km west southwest of the GNIS location of Rocky Flats. 39.8797°N, 105.2699°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1991 m. Common in shade of ponderosa pines among rocks; flat, disturbed area above Coal Creek, with much broken glass.

Locations: Tucker Gulch (lower).  

Wednesday, May 11th

Other articles: Tucker Gulch Trail near 1st  

Chorispora tenella (Pall.) DC. Crossflower.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. Disturbed area between paths, 1.33 km north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7667°N, 105.227°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1753 m. Small colony of this common early spring weed.

Other articles: Tucker Gulch Trail near 1st  

Euphorbia esula L. Leafy Spurge.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. Disturbed area between paths, 1.33 km north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7666°N, 105.2272°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1776 m. Weed: CO DofA, List: B.

Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill. Common Grape Hyacinth.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. Beside Tucker Gulch Trail, about 100 m. north of the First Street bridge, 1.42 km north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7674°N, 105.2273°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1773 m. Naturalized.

Other articles: Tucker Gulch Trail above First
Coll. No. 1333, Ranunculus repens
Basal leaf of Coll. No. 1333, Ranunculus repens  

Ranunculus repens L. Creeping Buttercup.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. 135 m. north of First Street bridge, 1.46 km north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7677°N, 105.2275°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1767 m. In a small slump beside creek.

Coll. No. 1333, 11 May 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, terrestrial of wet habitat, not alpine, appressed to spreading hairy throughout; Leaves, basal, petiole to 26 cm., 8 cm. × 10 cm. wide, ternately compound, divided once again, then lobed, cauline, distributed along stem, alternate, compound; Flowers, radially symmetric, Sepals, spreading (not reflexed), 9 mm., long straight hairy; Petals, #5, 16 mm. × 12 mm. wide, yellow, not spurred, nectary scale free ≥½ length; Pistils many; Style absent; Achenes, (immature) 1.5 mm., beak straight to slightly curved.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Tucker Gulch Tucker Gulch Trail above First  

Alopecurus arundinaceus Poir. Creeping Meadow Foxtail.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. 135 m. north of First Street bridge, 1.46 km north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7677°N, 105.2274°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1766 m. Growing adjacent to running water in creek.

Coll. No. 1334, 11 May 2016, characters observed: Perennial, to 90 cm., rhizomatous; Leaves, Sheath, open, 10 cm.; Ligule, membraneous, 2 mm.; Auricles, 0; Blade, flat, 10 cm., glabrous, finely scabrous on margins; Inflorescence, spike-like, 80 mm. × 12 mm. wide, contracted panicle of up to 4 branches, spikelets many; Rachis, glabrous; Compression, lateral; Spikelets, similar, 1 per node, 1-flowered; Florets, 1 per spikelet; Glumes, #2, 4.5 mm., ±equal, keeled ciliate, veins 3, awns 0, apex acute, apices divergent; Lemma, 4 mm., < glumes, membraneous, keeled, glabrous, veins parallel, apex truncate to obtuse, awns #1, 1-2 mm., straight, attached middle; Palea, absent; Stamens, #3.

Not collected, no fruit.

Other articles: Tucker Gulch Trail at shelter
Coll. No. 1336, Capsella bursa-pastoris  

Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. Shepherd's Purse.

Tucker Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado. 230 m. north of the First Street bridge, 1.55 km north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7685°N, 105.228°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1779 m. Common “weed” beside Tucker Gulch Trail.

Coll. No. 1336, 11 May 2016, characters observed: Annual, scapose, to 27 cm., hairs, sessile, stellate, 3-4 points, throughout; Leaves, basal, oblanceolate, 55 mm. × 16 mm. wide, deeply lobed, but not all the way to mid-rib; cauline, 4-5 stem leaves, lanceolate, 25 mm. × 10 mm. wide, base sagittate; Flowers, small, petals white; Fruit, obcordate, 4 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide.

The single species in this genus; described by some as the second-most common weed on Earth.

Other articles: Social Trail along trail
Habitat of Coll. No. 1337, an Erigeron, maybe E. tracyi
Flowers of Coll. No. 1337, an Erigeron, maybe E. tracyi  

Coll. No. 1337, Erigeron tracyi

Erigeron tracyi Greene. Running Fleabane.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower south slopes of North Table Mountain, 100 m. east of the end of Peery Parkway, 1.2 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7659°N, 105.2179°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1808 m. Signed as Jefferson County Open Space, parcel owned by City of Golden.

Coll. No. 1337, 11 May 2016, characters observed: Perennial, caudex simple (not stout), Stem, some with prior year's branches assumed to have been stoloniferous; Leaves, petioles, to 26 mm., oblanceolate, 8-12 mm. × 2-5.5 mm. wide, margin entire, short hairy and glandular (especially visible at high magnification), stem leaves not well-developed; Peduncle, spreading to descending multicellular hairs with clear crosswalls, slightly pustular (maybe) or glandular at high magnification; Phyllaries, in 2+ series, 4.5 mm. × 0.7 mm wide, spreading hairy, inner, margin, chartaceous; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, of two kinds; Rays, numerous, 7 mm., ligule, 4 mm. × 0.3-0.6 mm. wide, white-pink fading purple; Disk flowers, yellow; Pappus, ray and disk alike, inner, few capillary bristles, 4 mm., outer, short crown of scales, double pappus not particularly disgnostic in Erigeron.

Populus deltoides Marshall ssp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenw. Plains Cottonwood.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. South slopes of North Table Mountain, along the road to the Golden Cliffs overflow parking, 1.20 km north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7659°N, 105.2167°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1802 m. Entrance to Jefferson County Open Space, parcel owned by City of Golden.

Thursday, May 12th

Tragopogon dubius Scop. Yellow Salsify.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. On a social trail from the intersection of Easley Road and CO Highway 58, west and upslope to North Table Loop, 1.9 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7692°N, 105.2077°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1800 m. Scattered widely along trail and grassy slopes above and below.

Other articles: North Table Loop near social trail Social Trail near N. Table Loop
Coll. No. 1340, Prunus virginiana
Flowers of Coll. No. 1340, Prunus virginiana  

Coll. No. 1340, Prunus virginiana

Prunus virginiana L. Chokecherry.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast-draining canyon on the south side of North Table Mountain, 1.85 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7701°N, 105.2106°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1841 m. Mixed shrubs and grass.

FNANM distinguishes two varieties, an eastern var. virginia and a Rocky Mountains and west var. demissa (syn: var. melanocarpa) with plants of the high plains showing intergradation between those of the Rockies and those of the East. Based on measured characters used by FNANM of raceme length, petal length, and leaf shape and dimensions, this specimen is closer to var. virginiana, i. e., the eastern variety than it is to the western variety, i. e., var. demissa (syn: var. melanocarpa).

Other articles: North Table Loop near social trail Social Trail near N. Table Loop
Coll. No. 1341, a plum, maybe Prunus domestica
Flowers of Coll. No. 1341, a plum, maybe Prunus domestica  

Coll. No. 1341, Prunus domestica

Prunus domestica L. European Plum.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast-draining canyon on the south side of North Table Mountain, near intersection of social trail and North Table Loop, 1.85 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7701°N, 105.2106°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1844 m. Mixed shrubs and grass in a ±flat area.

Coll. No. 1341, 12 May 2016, characters observed; Small tree, to 3 m.; Stem, unarmed; Leaves, alternate, petiole, 3 mm., hairy, 2 glands at base, blade, likely immature, 20 mm. × 8 mm. wide, rhomboid / oblong / lanceolate, simple, bases equal, pinnately veined, margin toothed, hairy, but less on top than bottom; Pedicels, 8-10 mm., hairy below, thining above; Flowers, solitary in axils, perfect; Petals, free, white; Hypanthium, hairy inside; Ovary, superior; Style, 1; Stigma, 2; Fruit, unknown (not an acorn).

Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Her. ex Aiton. Redstem Stork's Bill.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast-draining canyon on the south side of North Table Mountain, near intersection of social trail and North Table Loop, 1.85 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7702°N, 105.2104°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1849 m. Colorado Noxious Weed List C.

Other articles: North Table Loop near creek
Coll. No. 1343, Woodsia oregana subsp. cathcartiana  

Woodsia oregana D.C. Eaton. subsp. cathcartiana (B. L. Robinson) Windham

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeastern portion of North Table Mountain, near the North Table Loop, where it passes through the top basalt rim of the mountain, 1.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7713°N, 105.215°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1928 m. Under an east-facing rock overhang.

Of the three characters that distinguish subsp. cathcartiana from subsp. oregana, two, spore size and adaxial epidermal cell size, require measuring in units of µm, something outside the usual abilities of the field botanist. The third character, regarding the cells on pinnule margins being irregular in shape making the margins appear ragged, can be seen with a good microscope.

Other articles: North Table Loop near creek
Habitat of Coll. No. 1344, Veronica arvensis
Habit of Coll. No. 1344, Veronica arvensis  

Fruit of Coll. No. 1344, Veronica arvensis	Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1344, Veronica arvensis	Coll. No. 1344, Veronica arvensis

Veronica arvensis L. Corn Speedwell.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast edge of North Table Mountain where a small stream cuts through the uppermost basalt rim, beside North Table Loop, 1.85 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7715°N, 105.2149°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1922 m. Small wet area at base of rocks.

Coll. No, 1344, 12 May 2016, characters observed: Annual, to 6 cm., lightly glandular hairy throughout; Stem erect; Leaves, opposite, ±sessile, 6 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, oval; Pedicel, in flower, 0.8 mm., in fruit, 1.5 mm.; Bracts, 4 mm × 1.3 mm. wide, lanceolate; Flower, appear solitary in upper leaf axils, limb 4.5 mm.; Corolla, blue; Style, in flower, 0.6 mm., in fruit, 0.5 mm.; Fruit, 2 mm. × 2.5 mm., notched 0.4 mm., flattened.

Differentiated from Veronica persica, V. biloba, and V. polita by: short pedicels, short styles, and reduced depth of the notch in the capsule. Differentiated from V. peregrina var. xalapensis (which has also been collected on top of North Table Mountain) by the relatively short inflorescence, blue color of the flowers, and broadness of the leaves.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Physaria vitulifera Neighborhood Access Trail near trailhead
Coll. No. 1345, Physaria vitulifera  

Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Roundtip Twinpod.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast base of North Table Mountain, along the neighborhood access trail, 195 m. northwest of the trailhead at the corner of Ridge Road and Ulysses Way, 2.9 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7744°N, 105.1975°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1767 m. Open grassland on south-facing slope.

Coll. No. 1345, 12 May 2016, characters observed: Perennial, caespitose, stellate hairy throughout, flowering branches to 15 cm.; Leaves, basal, petiole 10 mm. + blade 23 mm. × 8 mm. wide, elliptic, weakly pinnately lobed, otherwise entire, cauline, alternate, 13 mm. × 4 mm. wide, oblancelate, entire; Pedicel, 5 mm., ascending, becoming s-shaped in fruit; Sepals, #4, 5 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, lanceolate; Flowers, Petals, #4, 10 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, color yellow; Stamens, #6; Style, #1, 4 mm., persistent; Fruit, didymous, 4.5 mm., round, hairy; Ovules, 4 per ovary.

Literature Cited:
- Ackerfield, Jennifer, 2015.
- Baldwin, Bruce G., Douglas H. Goldman, David J. Keil, Robert Patterson, and Thomas J. Rosatti, 2012.
- Higgins, Larry C., 1972.
- Rolfsmeier, Susan J., 2013.
- Weber, William A., and Ronald C. Wittmann, 2012.
- Welsh, Stanley L., N. Duane Atwood, Sherel Goodrich, and Larry C. Higgins, 1993.  

Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene var. cupulata (A. Gray) Higgins. (Syn: L. redowskii (Hornem.) Greene var. cupulata (A. Gray) M. E. Jones) Crowned Stickseed.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southeast base of North Table Mountain, along the neighborhood access trail, 195 m. northwest of the trailhead at the corner of Ridge Road and Ulysses Way, 2.9 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7744°N, 105.1975°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1758 m. Open grassland on south-facing slope.

I am familiar with naming this plant L. redowskii (Hornem.) Greene var. cupulata (A. Gray) M. E. Jones, having collected it just south of Coyote Summit in the Silver Peak Range, of Esmeralda County, Nevada (26 May 2004, UCR248660).

The Jepson Manual of California (Baldwin, et al., 2012) uses this name as well.

However, I was surprised to see L. occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene var. cupulata (A. Gray) Higgins applied to this plant in Ackerfield (2015). Weber & Wittmann (2012) do not list varieties of L. redowskii. This name was proposed by Larry Higgins in his (1972) “The Boraginaceae of Utah.” Higgins made no comment his separation of the taxon from L. redowskii, stating only that L. occidentalis is not the L. redowskii of European authors.

Welsh, et al., 1993 in their Flora of Utah explained their reasoning:

Whether the name L. redowskii (Hornem.) Greene [Myosotis redowskii Hornem.] applies to plants from north America is open to question. One is referred to a discussion by Hulten (1967. Arkiv For Botanik. Bd. 7 nr. 1:113) for one interpretation of the problem, outlining the course followed herein. Solution of the problem rests on whether the European material is conspecific with the American phases of an interrupted circumboreal representation. Most certainly the names used here apply to our material.

Rolfsmeier (2013) proposed Lappula occidentalis var. stricta (S. Watson) Rolfsmeier comb. nov. and placed var. cupulata (A. Gray) Higgins in synonomy with it.

Friday, May 20th

Literature Cited:
- Chen, Chia Jui, Meghan G. Mendenhall, and Billie L. Turner, 1994.

Other articles: Neighborhood Access Trail above meadow
Patch of Thermopsis rhombifolia, Coll. No. 1347  

Thermopsis rhombifolia (Nutt. ex Pursh) Nutt. ex Richardson var. divaricarpa (A. Nelson) Isely. Prairie Thermopsis.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower part of Cottonwood Canyon, 285 m. northwest of Neighborhood Access trailhead at Ridge Road and Ulysses Way, 2.89 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.775°N, 105.1987°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1773 m. Fruit ascending to spreading. Large patch in meadow, visited by large bumblebees.

Literature Cited:
- Chen, Chia Jui, Meghan G. Mendenhall, and Billie L. Turner, 1994.  

Thermopsis rhombifolia (Nutt. ex Pursh) Nutt. ex Richardson var. divaricarpa (A. Nelson) Isely. Prairie Thermopsis.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower part of Cottonwood Canyon, 285 m. northwest of Neighborhood Access trailhead at Ridge Road and Ulysses Way, 2.89 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7747°N, 105.199°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1764 m. Fruit ascending to spreading. Large patch in meadow, visited by large bumblebees. On the other side of the creek from my Coll. No. 1347 of the same taxon.

Cercocarpus montanus Raf. Alder-Leaf Mountain Mahogany.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower Cottonwood Canyon on southeast side of North Table Mountain, about 295 m. northwest of the Neighborhood Access trailhead at the corner of Ridge Road and Ulysses Way, 2.9 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.775°N, 105.1989°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1776 m.

Rubus deliciosus Torr. Delicious raspberry.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower Cottonwood Canyon on southeast side of North Table Mountain, about 310 m. northwest of the Neighborhood Access trailhead at the corner of Ridge Road and Ulysses Way, 2.9 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7751°N, 105.1988°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1773 m.

Populus deltoides Marshall ssp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenw. Plains Cottonwood.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower Cottonwood Canyon on southeast side of North Table Mountain, about 400 m. northwest of the Neighborhood Access trailhead at the corner of Ridge Road and Ulysses Way, 2.9 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7759°N, 105.1994°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1782 m. Group of 8-10 trees together on both sides of creek.

Other articles: Neighborhood Access Trail at rock outcrop
Coll. No. 1352, Scutellaria brittonii  

Scutellaria brittonii Porter. Britton's Skullcap.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower Cottonwood Canyon on southeast side of North Table Mountain, about 260 m. northwest of the Neighborhood Access trailhead at the corner of Ridge Road and Ulysses Way, 2.9 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7748°N, 105.1981°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1773 m. Moderate slope above rock outcrop.

Allium textile A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr. Textile Onion.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower Cottonwood Canyon on southeast side of North Table Mountain, about 250 m. northwest of the Neighborhood Access trailhead at the corner of Ridge Road and Ulysses Way, 2.9 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7747°N, 105.1979°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1775 m. Moderate slope above rock outcrop.

Other articles: Neighborhood Access Trail near trailhead
Glandular teeth on leaf margin of Coll. No. 1354, Prunus pensylvanica
Coll. No. 1354, Prunus pensylvanica  

Prunus pensylvanica L. f. Pin Cherry.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower Cottonwood Canyon on southeast side of North Table Mountain, about 130 m. northwest of the Neighborhood Access trailhead at the corner of Ridge Road and Ulysses Way, 2.9 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7739°N, 105.1974°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1755 m. Trail-side, in an area with old concrete foundations, as though planted.

Coll. No. 1354, 20 May 2016, characters observed: Small tree, to 3 m., branches unarmed; Leaves, petiole, 12 mm., very short hairy, blade, elliptic, 25 mm. × 20 mm. wide, margin, toothed, gland-tipped, veins of young leaves hairy abaxially; Flowers, clusters of 7-8 on pedicels to 14 mm.; Sepals, glabrous, few (2) glands on margins; Hypanthium, glabrous inside; Petals, 5-7 mm., white; Stamens, #12-15; Ovary, superior, glabrous; Style, #1, 4 mm., emerges from top of ovary; Fruit, unknown.

Locations: Tin Cup Ridge.  

Saturday, May 21st

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Tin Cup Ridge (social trail) along trail
Coll. No. 1355, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Coll. No. 1355, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi  

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Sprengel. Bearberry.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the top of “Tin Cup Ridge,” the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 5.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.708°N, 105.2027°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1963 m. Sterile. Small patch growing in and around rocks.

Lomatium orientale J.M. Coult. & Rose. Northern Idaho Biscuitroot.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the top of “Tin Cup Ridge,” the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 5.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.708°N, 105.2027°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1963 m. Thin soils between layers of upturned strata.

Other articles: Tin Cup Ridge (social trail) along trail
Coll. No. 1357, Harbouria trachypleura  

Harbouria trachypleura (A. Gray) J.M. Coult. & Rose. Whiskbroom Parsley.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the top of “Tin Cup Ridge,” the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 5.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7079°N, 105.2028°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1964 m. Open, rocky ridge with Cercocarpus and ponderosa pine.

Literature Cited:
- Nazaire, Mare, and Larry Hufford, 2012.  

Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. Prairie Bluebells.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the top of “Tin Cup Ridge,” the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 5.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7079°N, 105.2027°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1968 m. Mostly around base of juniper and mountain mahogany at this location.

Cercocarpus montanus Raf. Alder-Leaf Mountain Mahogany.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the top of “Tin Cup Ridge,” the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 5.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7079°N, 105.2027°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1968 m.

Literature Cited:
- Chen, Chia Jui, Meghan G. Mendenhall, and Billie L. Turner, 1994.

Other articles: Tin Cup Ridge (social trail) along trail
Coll. No. 1360, Thermopsis rhombifolia var. divaricarpa on Tin Cup Ridge.  

Thermopsis rhombifolia (Nutt. ex Pursh) Nutt. ex Richardson var. divaricarpa (A. Nelson) Isely. Prairie Thermopsis.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the top of “Tin Cup Ridge,” the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 5.4 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7085°N, 105.2028°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1959 m. No fruit, large leaflets.

Juniperus communis L. var. depressa. Common Juniper.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the top of “Tin Cup Ridge,” the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 5.4 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7085°N, 105.2029°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1956 m.

Other articles: Tin Cup Ridge (social trail) along trail
Coll. No. 1363, Delphinium, maybe D. nutallianum
Coll. No. 1362, Delphinium nuttallianum  

Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz. Twolobe Larkspur.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the top of “Tin Cup Ridge,” the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 5.3 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7095°N, 105.2031°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1950 M. Scattered between and inside shrubs.

Rubus deliciosus Torr. Delicious raspberry.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the top of “Tin Cup Ridge,” the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 5.3 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7095°N, 105.2031°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1952 m.

Other articles: Tin Cup Ridge (social trail) s. of saddle
Coll. No. 1364, Potentilla fissa  

Potentilla fissa Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray. Bigflower Cinquefoil.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the top of “Tin Cup Ridge,” the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, 5.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.711°N, 105.2038°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1935 m. Just beginning to bloom. West-facing grassy slopes.

Coll. No. 1364, 21 May 2016, characters observed: Perennial, herb, caespitose, to 20 cm., terrestrial, not stoloniferous, glandular-hairy throughout; Leaves, basal, 12.5 cm. × 2.6 cm. wide, pinnately compound, leaflets, #11; cauline, reduced in size and number of leaflets, 4 cm. × 2 cm. wide, leaflets, #7; Inflorescence, congested cyme, with 5-7 flowers; Flowers, calyx, lobes, #5, 11 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, fused at base, bractlets, 5 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide; Receptacle, hairy, <1 mm., Petals, 9 mm. × 7.5 mm. wide, color yellow; Stamens, many; Ovaries, many; Styles, widest at middle, attached laterally below top of ovary.

Tuesday, May 24th

Other articles: North Table Loop half-way
Habitat of Coll. No. 1365, Thlaspi arvense
Coll. No. 1365, Thlaspi arvense  

Thlaspi arvense L. Field Penny Cress.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower west-facing slopes of North Table Mountain, off the North Table Loop, 500 m. north of the trailhead off CO Highway 93, 3.5 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.787°N, 105.2275°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1833 m. Gentle grassy slope.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Lepidium draba North Table Loop half-way
Habitat of Coll. No. 1366, Lepidium draba
Coll. No. 1366, Lepidium draba  

Lepidium draba L. White Top.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower west-facing slopes of North Table Mountain, off the North Table Loop, 500 m. north of the trailhead off CO Highway 93, 3.5 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7869°N, 105.2275°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1833 m. Multiple colonies spread around gentle grassy slopes. Weed: CO DofA, List: B.

Coll. No. 1366, 24 May 2016, characters observed: Perennial, herb, to 45 cm., spreading by rhizomes, hairs simple; Leaves, basal, not seen, cauline, sessile, base auriculate, 36 mm. × 12 mm. wide, oblanceolate, margin irregularly toothed, reduced above; Flowers, petals, white; Style, immature, 1 mm.; Fruit, silicle, immature, 1.3-1.5 mm. × 0.5-1.0 mm. wide, flattened, wings 0, glabrous, reticulate-veined.

Other articles: North Table Loop half-way
Coll. No. 1367, Alyssum simplex  

Alyssum simplex Rudolphi. European Madwort.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower west-facing slopes of North Table Mountain, off the North Table Loop, 500 m. north of the trailhead off CO Highway 93, 3.5 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.787°N, 105.2274°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1834 m. Larger plants here amidst grasses, mostly smooth brome.

Coll. No. 1367, 24 May 2016, characters observed: Annual, to 30 cm., stellate hairs throughout; Leaves, basal, withered at flowering, appear compound, cauline, alternate, oblanceolate, 17 mm. × 4 mm. wide, margin entire, tip acute; Pedicels, in fruit, 4.5 mm.; Sepals, 2 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, deciduous in fruit; Flowers, petals, yellow; Stamens, 2.5 mm.; Filaments, 2.0 mm., winged, 1.5 mm.; Fruit, silique, 5 mm. × 5.6 mm. wide, orbicular, flattened.

Androsace occidentalis Pursh. Western Rockjasmine.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower west-facing slopes of North Table Mountain, off the North Table Loop, 500 m. north of the trailhead off CO Highway 93, 3.5 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.787°N, 105.2274°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1836 m. Tiny annual, hidden in the grass.

Literature Cited:
- Ackerfield, Jennifer, 2015.
- Anderson, John L., 2006.
- Andres-Hernandez, Agustina Rosa, Teresa Terrazas, Gerardo Salazar, and Helga Ochoterena, 2014.
- Baldwin, Bruce G., Douglas H. Goldman, David J. Keil, Robert Patterson, and Thomas J. Rosatti, 2012.
- Miller, Allison J., David A. Young, and Jun Wen, 2001.
- Torrey, John, and Asa Gray, 1838-1843.
- Weber, William A., and Ronald C. Wittmann, 2012.
- Welsh, Stanley L., N. Duane Atwood, Sherel Goodrich, and Larry C. Higgins, 1993.
- Yi, Tingshuang, Allison J. Miller, and Jun Wen, 2004.
- Yi, Tingshuang, Allison J. Miller, and Jun Wen, 2007.  

Rhus trilobata Nutt. var. trilobata. Skunkbush Sumac.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower west-facing slopes of North Table Mountain, off the North Table Loop, 500 m. north of the trailhead off CO Highway 93, 3.5 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.787°N, 105.2272°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1838 m. Shrub on small ridge.

Nomenclature of Rhus

Welsh, et al. (1993) used Rhus aromatica Aiton var. trilobata (Nutt.) A. Gray (Syn: Rhus trilobata Nutt. ex T. & G.).

An early study of the Rhus complex phylogeny and biogeography by Miller, et al. (2001) showed that the Madro-Tertiary floristic element (subgenus Lobadium) had a single origin within the Arcto-Tertiary floristic element (subgenus Rhus).

Yi, et al. (2004) reported phylogenetic and biogeographis diversication of Rhus in the Northern Hemisphere ..

Anderson (2006) used Rhus aromatica Aiton var. trilobata (Nutt.) A. Gray (Syn: Rhus trilobata Nutt.). SEINet (accessed 22 Nov 2016) cites this article and the SEINet taxon tree follow this nomenclature.

Yi, et al. (2007 published a phylogeny of Rhus based on sequences of Nuclear nia-i3 intron and Chloroplast TrnC-trnD finding that Rhus is monophyletic and that incongruence among nuclear and chloroplast datasets, together with the phylogenetic positions, sympatric distributions, and morphological intermediacy of discordant taxa, suggest possible reticulate evolution among members of Rhus.

Baldwin, et al. (2012) propose Rhus aromatica Aiton (Syn: R. trilobata Nutt.), without infraspecific taxa.

Weber & Wittmann (2012) used Rhus aromatica Aiton subsp. trilobata (Nuttall) W. A. Weber (Syn: Rhus trilobata.)

Ackerfield (2015) uses Rhus trilobata Nutt. (Syn: Rhus aromatica Aiton) var. trilobata.

Andres-Hernandez, et al. (2014) combined structural and trnL-F and internal transcribed spacer sequences … this one is $38.

The Plant List (accessed 22 Nov 2016) states that Rhus aromatica Aiton is an accepted name with publication details Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 1: 367. 1789 [7 Aug-1 Oct 1789] (as "aromaticum")

The Plant List (accessed 22 Nov 2016) also states that Rhus trilobata Nuttall is an accepted name with publication details Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1(2): 219. 1838 [Oct 1838] . In that publication Torrey & Gray (1838) recognize Rhus aromatica Aiton as a separate taxon in the same section.

Other articles: Plainview Road at bend

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Plainview Road in Ranson Edwards Homestead OSP  

Sunday, May 29th

Northern portion of park.	A few cows to keep the weeds down.

Other articles: Plainview Road at bend
Coll. No. 1370, Iris missouriensis  

Iris missouriensis Nutt. Western Blue Flag.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, then 1.4 mi. north on Plainview Road. 39.894°N, 105.2628°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1934 m. Moist east-facing slope with deep grass.

Other articles: Plainview Road at bend
Coll. No. 1371, Arnica fulgens
Flower head of Coll. No. 1371, Arnica fulgens  

Arnica fulgens Pursh. Foothill Arnica.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, then 1.4 mi. north on Plainview Road. 15.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8941°N, 105.2629°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1941 m. Cauline leaves opposite. Moist east-facing slope with deep grass.

Perennial herb of wetlands or moist areas, to 35 cm., glandular hairy throughout; Leaves, mostly basal and few cauline, basal, axils with 5 mm. brown wavy hair, petiole 70 mm. + blade 60 mm. × 12 mm. wide, 5 × longer than wide, cauline, opposite, sessile, ±2 pair, much reduced; Inflorescence, single heads on peduncle to 80 mm., flowers of two kinds; Involucre, 13 mm. × 22 mm. wide; Phyllaries, 2 ±equal series, 11-12 mm.× 3 mm. wide, green with dark tips; Receptacle epaleate; Rays, #12, fertile, tube 3 mm. + blade 16 mm. × 7 mm. wide = 19 mm., corolla yellow; Disc flowers, tube 7 mm. + lobes ≤1 mm. = 8 mm.; Pappus, bristles, 9 mm., white; Anther, yellow; Achene, 5 mm., short hairy. Described from Coll. No. 1119, 28 May 2015, and Coll. No. 1371, 29 May 2016. Subtribe Arnicinae is a sister subtribe to Madiinae (tarweeds) and Hulseinae, which contains both Hulsea and Eatonella, both common in the Mono Lake basin. Described by Pursh in Fl. Am. Sept. 2: 527 “On the banks of the Missouri,” but this is not a Lewis & Clark collection. Perhaps it is a Nuttall collection from 1810.

Other articles: Plainview Road at bend
Coll. No. 1372, Orobanche uniflora
Coll. No. 1372, Orobanche uniflora  

Orobanche uniflora L. Naked Broomrape.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, then 1.4 mi. north on Plainview Road. 15.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8947°N, 105.2627°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1939 m. Calyx lobes ±= tube when fresh, lobes > tube when dry, corolla white with bluish-purple.

Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl. Pale Bastard Toadflax.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.7 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, then 1.4 mi. north on Plainview Road. 15.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8947°N, 105.2627°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1939 m.

Eremogone fendleri (A. Gray) Ikonnikov. Fendler's Sandwort.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden, 1.7 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.4 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 310 m. north of Plainview Road. 39.895°N, 105.2628°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1941 m.

Literature Cited:
- Chen, Chia Jui, Meghan G. Mendenhall, and Billie L. Turner, 1994.  

Thermopsis rhombifolia (Nutt. ex Pursh) Nutt. ex Richardson var. divaricarpa (A. Nelson) Isely. Prairie Thermopsis.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden, 1.7 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.4 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 335 m. north of Plainview Road. 39.8951°N, 105.263°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1940 m. Small ridge between two watercourses.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Ehinocereus viridiflorus
Obs. No. 1471, Echinocereus viridiflorus  

Draba reptans (Lam.) Fernald. Carolina Whitlow Grass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden, 1.7 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.4 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 340 m. north of Plainview Road. 39.8953°N, 105.2628°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1939 m. Growing among short grasses and forbs.

Coll. No. 1376, 29 May 2016, characters observed: Annual, from slender taproot, to 10 cm.; Leaves, basal, withered in fruit, entire, cauline, 0-1 pair per stem, 6 mm. × 2 mm. wide, entire, hairs branched; Pedicels, glabrous; Flowers, petals, color unknown; Fruit, distributed in upper ⅕-⅓ of rachis.

Physaria montana (A. Gray) Greene. Mountain Bladderpod.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden, 1.7 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.4 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 340 m. north of Plainview Road. 39.8953°N, 105.2627°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1941 m. Among short grasses and forbs on a drier, gravelly alluvial ridge.

Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene var. cupulata (A. Gray) Higgins. Crowned Stickseed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden, 1.7 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.4 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 340 m. north of Plainview Road. 39.8953°N, 105.2627°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1940 m. Short stature compared to those typically seen. Among short grasses and forbs on a drier, gravelly alluvial ridge.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora 9330510261Casint Plainview Road at bend
Coll. No. 1379, Castilleja integra
Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1379, Castilleja integra  

Castilleja integra A. Gray. Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden, 1.7 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.4 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 410 m. north of Plainview Road. 39.896°N, 105.2627°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1937 m.

Harbouria trachypleura (A. Gray) J.M. Coult. & Rose. Whiskbroom Parsley.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden, 1.7 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.4 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 620 m. north of Plainview Road. 39.898°N, 105.2612°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1927 m. On break in slope above reservoir.

Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz. Twolobe Larkspur.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 15.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden, 1.7 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.4 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 620 m. north of Plainview Road. 39.898°N, 105.2611°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1924 m. Upper northwest-facing slope above reservoir.

Other articles: Mesa Top Trail along trail
Douglas Fir above the Mesa Top Trail  

Wednesday, June 1st

Other articles: North Table Loop half-way
Detail of Coll. No. 1382, Lithospermum incisum
Coll. No. 1382, Lithospermum incisum  

Lithospermum incisum Lehm. Narrowleaf Stoneseed.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwest base of North Table Mountain, about 150 m. upslope of the North Table Loop, 3.5 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7871°N, 105.2261°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1811 m. Uncommon; widely distributed but not often seen. Northwest-facing slope, a little drier than surrounding area.

Other articles: North Table Loop half-way
Coll. No. 1383, Linum perenne  

Linum perenne L. Blue Flax.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwest base of North Table Mountain, about 110 m. upslope of the North Table Loop, 3.5 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.787°N, 105.2259°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1845 m. Flowers consistently heterostylous, styles > stamens. On the edge of a small hill.

Definitely Linum, maybe L. perenne because the styles are consistently longer than the stamens, which, in Weber & Wittmann (2012), would put us in L. perenne rather than L. lewisii. The key in Ackerfield (2015) does not discriminate between the two taxa based upon characters that can be observed with this collection.

Astragalus flexuosus G. Don. Flexible Milkvetch.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwest base of North Table Mountain, about 120 m. upslope of the North Table Loop, 3.5 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.787°N, 105.2259°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1850 m. Small purple flowers, on pedicels arising from axils. In grass and forbs on a small ridge.

Oxytropis lambertii Pursh. Purple Locoweed.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwest base of North Table Mountain, about 120 m. upslope of the North Table Loop, 3.5 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7869°N, 105.2261°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1849 m. Large magenta flowers, on peduncle arising from base.

Coll. No. 1385, 1 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, acaulescent, mostly dolabriform hairs (one arm much shorter than the other); Leaves, basal, pinnately compound, leaflets #17, terminal leaflet present; Inflorescence, raceme, peduncle 30 cm., pedicels very short; Bracts, 7 mm. × 1.6 mm. wide, green, lanceolate; Calyx, tube 7 mm. + lobes 4 mm. = 11 mm.; Flower, zygomorphic, various shades of magenta to purple, banner, 17 mm., wings, 16 mm., keel, 13 mm., blades united enclosing stamens, recurved beak; Stamens, #10, diadelphous.

Orobanche fasciculata Nutt. Clustered Broomrape.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small canyon draining the northwest side of North Table Mountain, about 160 m. upslope of the North Table Loop, 3.5 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.787°N, 105.2244°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1864 m. 19 flowers in 3 clusters, calyx lobes = tube, tan color. Rare, southwest facing slope.

In O. fasciculata the calyx has a slightly reddish tint to it, something not noticed in O. uniflora.

Vicia americana Willd. var. americana. American Vetch.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small canyon draining the northwest side of North Table Mountain, about 160 m. upslope of the North Table Loop, 3.5 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.787°N, 105.2244°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1863 m. Vetch, leaves with forked terminal tendril.

Coll. No. 1387, 1 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 30 cm.; Stem, not winged; Leaves, stipules, 3 mm. × 10 mm. wide, lobed, not connate, nectary 0; cauline, compound, odd-pinnate, leaflets #8, + forked tendril; Inflorescence, raceme, 4-5 flowered, pedicel 17 mm.; Flowers, zygomorphic, 20 mm.; Style, round, ring of hairs below stigma; Legume, stipe 5 mm. + body 20 mm. × 3 mm. wide + persistent style 2 mm.

Key characters:

• Terminal leaflet modified to tendril.
• Large leaf-like stipules.
• Ring of hairs around round style.

Euphorbia spathulata Lam. Warty Spurge, Spoonleaf Spurge. North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwest side of North Table Mountain, southwest-facing slope above canyon, about 75 m. west of the underground water tank and 160 m. west of the Mesa Top Trail, 3.5 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.787°N, 105.223°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1893 m. Not listed as a noxious weed.

Coll. No. 1388, 1 June 2016, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 25 cm., glabrous throughout; Leaves, cauline alternate, 26 mm. × 9 mm. wide, spatulate, toothed; Inflorescence, umbellate, flower a cyathium; Capsules, 2.5 mm. × 2.8 mm. wide, warty-tuberculate.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Dactylis glomerata  

Dactylis glomerata L. Orchard Grass.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwest side of North Table Mountain, southwest-facing slope above canyon, on the edge of the disturbed construction area for the underground water tank and 120 m. west of the Mesa Top Trail, 3.5 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7869°N, 105.2225°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1890 m.

Vicia americana Willd. var. americana. American Vetch.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwest side of North Table Mountain, southwest-facing slope above canyon, on the edge of the disturbed construction area for the underground water tank and 80 m. west of the Mesa Top Trail, 3.5 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7868°N, 105.222°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1882 m. Same as Coll. No. 1387.

Ellisia nyctelea (L.) L. Aunt Lucy.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwest side of North Table Mountain, in the road to the underground water tank 30 m. northeast of the tank and 60 m. west of the Mesa Top Trail, 3.5 km north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7869°N, 105.2218°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1875 m. Hidden in short mown grasses.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Myosurus minimus Oxytropis lambertii North Table Loop near Golden Cliffs Spur Social Trail top of mesa

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.
Purple Locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii) on top of North Table Mountain.  

Thursday, June 2nd

Tiny Mousetails (Myosurus minimus) on top of North Table Mountain.

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.  

Sunday, June 5th

Locations: North Table Mountain. North Table Mountain Park.  

Wednesday, June 9th

Other articles: North Table Mountain Trail Near water tank
Habitat of Coll. No. 1392, Penstemon secundiflorus  

Penstemon secundiflorus Benth. Sidebells Penstemon.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest side of North Table Mountain, along City of Golden North Table Mountain Trail, 2.6 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7785°N, 105.2271°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1866 m. West-facing slope with mixed grasses and forbs.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Linaria dalmatica North Table Mountain Trail Near water tank
Coll. No. 1393, Linaria dalmatica  

Linaria dalmatica (L.) Mill. Dalmatian ToadFlax.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest side of North Table Mountain, along City of Golden North Table Mountain Trail, 2.6 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7785°N, 105.2271°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1870 m. West-facing slope with mixed grasses and forbs. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Other articles: North Table Mountain Trail at watercourse
Coll. No. 1394, Vicia americana
Coll. No. 1394, Vicia americana  

Vicia americana Willd. var. minor Hook. American Vetch.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest side of North Table Mountain, along City of Golden North Table Mountain Trail, 2.5 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7776°N, 105.2262°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1883 m. In grass and small shrubs below the trail.

Coll. No. 1394, 1 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 30 cm.; Stem, not winged; Leaves, stipules, 4 mm. × 15 mm. wide, reduced above, lobed, not connate, nectary 0; cauline, compound, odd-pinnate, leaflets #6-8, + simple tendril; Inflorescence, raceme, 4-5 flowered, pedicel 17 mm.; Flowers, zygomorphic, 14 mm., smaller than var. americana; petals, ±white, banner pink at point of inflection; Style, round, abaxially hairy below stigma; Legume, stipe ? mm. (indistinct) + body 32 mm. × 4 mm. wide + persistent style 2 mm.

Galium aparine L. Sticky Willy, Cleavers.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest side of North Table Mountain, along City of Golden North Table Mountain Trail, 2.5 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7774°N, 105.2259°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1890 m. Shade of large shrubs in ravine.

Coll. No. 1395, 8 June 2016, characters observed: Annual/perennial unknown, weak-stemmed and scrambling through shrubs and grass; Stem, retrorsely scabrous on angles (but not densely so); Leaves, whorls of 6-8 (more leaves above, fewer below), 46 mm. × 4 mm. wide, oblanceolate, margins retrorsely scabrous, tips with a short spine; Flowers, corolla, greenish-white, lobes 1 mm.; Fruit, 1.3 mm., covered with hooked hairs.

Other articles: North Table Mountain Trail at watercourse s.
Coll. No. 1396, Hydrophyllum fendleri  

Physocarpus monogynus (Torr.) J.M. Coult. Mountain Ninebark.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest side of North Table Mountain, along City of Golden North Table Mountain Trail, 2.5 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7773°N, 105.226°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1889 m. Moist shady west-facing ravine.

Other articles: North Table Mountain Trail at watercourse s.
Coll. No. 1397, Physocarpus monogynus  

Physocarpus monogynus (Torr.) J.M. Coult. Mountain Ninebark.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest side of North Table Mountain, along City of Golden North Table Mountain Trail, 2.5 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7773°N, 105.226°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1889 m. Moist shady west-facing ravine.

Coll. No. 1397, 8 June 2016, characters observed: Shrub, height unknown (growing in ravine); Leaves, alternate, simple, hairs stellate, petiole, 10 mm., blade, 30 mm. × 33 mm. wide, ovate, palmate-veined, doubly crenate; Inflorescence, umbellate corymb, ±20-flowered; Pedicels, 8-12 mm.; Flowers, limb, 12 mm., petals, 4.5 mm., color cream; Styles, 2.

Other articles: North Table Mountain Trail on landslide
Coll. No. 1398, Astragalus agrestis  

Astragalus agrestis Douglas ex G. Don. Purple Milkvetch.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest side of North Table Mountain, along City of Golden North Table Mountain Trail, 2.3 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7758°N, 105.2261°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1906 m. Trailside, in grasses, in flat area likely created by a landslide.

Coll. No. 1398, 8 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 15 cm., caulescent, basifixed straight appressed hairy throughout; Leaves, cauline, alternate, stipules, 5 mm., connate opposite petiole, compound, odd-pinnate, leaflets, #13, 8 mm. × 2 mm. wide, straight hairy, tip round; Inflorescence, upright ovoid cluster; Calyx, tube 4.5 mm. + lobes 3.5 mm. = 8 mm., mix of white and black hairs; Flowers, zygomorphic, 11 mm., blue-purple; Style, 7 mm., persistent; Legume, immature, 5 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide, stipe very short (0.4 mm.?), dense long straight soft hairy.

Scorzonera laciniata L. Cutleaf Vipergrass.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest side of North Table Mountain, along City of Golden North Table Mountain Trail, 2.2 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7749°N, 105.2262°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1902 m. Disturbed trailside with grasses and Tragopogon dubius.

Coll. No. 1399, 8 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm., Leaves, basal and cauline, 7-20 cm., pinnately dissected into near-linear lobes, reduced but still well-developed above; Inflorescence, few heads on long stems; Phyllaries, in ±3 series, graduated, 4-13 mm. × 1.5-9 mm. wide, margins chartaceous, tips dark; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, ligulate (1 kind, 5-lobed), corolla yellow; Pappus of plumose bristles.

Other articles: North Table Mountain Trail near ridge
Coll. No. 1400, Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior  

Astragalus laxmannii Jacq. var. robustior (Hook.) Barneby & S. L. Welsh. Prairie Milkvetch.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest side of North Table Mountain, along City of Golden North Table Mountain Trail, 1.9 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7727°N, 105.225°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1912 m. In grasses and forbs trailside.

Coll. No. 1400, 8 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm., caulescent, hairs dolabriform; Leaves, cauline, compound, leaflets, #17, 17 mm. × 5 mm. wide, elliptic, tip cuspidate, terminal leaflet jointed to rachis; Calyx, tube 6 mm. + lobes 5 mm. = 11 mm.; Flowers, 14 mm., whitish; Legume, more erect than flower.

Other articles: Field Notes Coll. No. 1445, 22 Jun 2016  

This is a mixed collection of E. umbellatum and E. flavum. See also Coll. No. 1445.

Eriogonum arcuatum Greene.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, southwest edge, within a few meters of the rim of the mesa, 1.7 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7706°N, 105.2213°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1962 m. Growing in thin soils and cracks on top of the uppermost basalt flow. Compare this collection to Coll. No. 1401.2, 1445.1, and 1445.2.

Coll. No. 1401.1, 8 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial, caespitose, to 10 cm.; Leaves, basal, elliptic, petiole 10 mm. + blade 30 mm. × 12 mm. wide, adaxial greenish floccose, abaxial tomentose; Flowering stems, without a whorl of bracts mid-stem; Inflorescence, umbellate (simple, not compound); Involucre, sessile (not peduncled), 4.5 mm., hairy, teeth, very short; Flowers, (obscurely) attenuate at base; Perianth, 4.5-6.0 mm., bright yellow, hairy.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, southwest edge, within a few meters of the rim of the mesa, 1.7 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7706°N, 105.2213°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1962 m. Growing in thin soils and cracks on top of the uppermost basalt flow. Compare this collection to Coll. No. 1401.1, 1445.1, and 1445.2.

Other articles: North Table Loop near Golden Cliffs
Coll. No. 1402, Astragalus agrestis  

Astragalus agrestis Douglas ex G. Don. Purple Milkvetch.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, southwest sector, 1.75 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7713°N, 105.2211°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1962 m. Growing in short grasses, near head of drainage where a little more soil has developed. Between North Table Loop and Golden Cliffs Trail, near their intersection.

Cryptantha virgata (Porter) Payson. Miner"s Candle.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest portion of the top of North Table Mountain, across the North Table Loop from a large basalt quarry, 2.2 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7751°N, 105.222°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1978 m. On top of the flat surface of a spoils pile from the basalt quarry to the west.

Other articles: North Table Loop spoils pile
Partially dissected head of Coll. No. 1404, Townsendia grandiflora  

Townsendia grandiflora Nutt. Largeflower Townsend Daisy.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest portion of the top of North Table Mountain, across the North Table Loop from a large basalt quarry, 2.2 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7752°N, 105.2223°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1979 m. On top of the flat surface of a spoils pile from the basalt quarry to the west.

Other articles: North Table Loop spoils pile
Coll. No. 1405, fragments of an Astragalus, maybe A. shortianus  

Astragalus shortianus Torr. & A.Gray. Short's Milkvetch.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest portion of the top of North Table Mountain, across the North Table Loop from a large basalt quarry, 2.2 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7752°N, 105.2223°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1976 m. Only plant seen, no flowers, collected two leaves and two pods. On top of the flat surface of a spoils pile from the basalt quarry to the west. Plant fragments which are consistent with A. shortianus.

Lithospermum incisum Lehm. Narrowleaf Stoneseed.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest portion of the top of North Table Mountain, across the North Table Loop from a large basalt quarry, 2.2 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7753°N, 105.2222°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1978 m. On top of the flat surface of a spoils pile from the basalt quarry to the west. Uncommon, very widespread, but seldom seen, and never in large numbers.

Other articles: North Table Loop n. spoils pile
Coll. No. 1407, Oenothera caespitosa var. macroglottis  

Oenothera caespitosa Nutt. ssp. macroglottis (Rydb.) W.L. Wagner. Tufted Evening Primrose.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest portion of the top of North Table Mountain, across the North Table Loop from a large basalt quarry, 2.2 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7755°N, 105.2223°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1981 m. On the bank of a spoils pile from the basalt quarry, west-facing slopes. Most petals dried pink, a few remained yellowish.

Coll. No. 1407, 8 Jun 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 20 cm., glabrous, except as noted; Stem, short, to 4 cm., but definitely there; Leaves, petiole, 90 mm., blade, 90 mm. × 28 mm. wide, oblanceolate, margin toothed, straight hairy; Buds, sparsely hairy on veins; Flowers, solitary in axils, floral tube 100 mm., petals, 37 mm., yellowish, most drying purplish; Stigma, 4-lobed; Capsule, 27 mm. × 5 mm. wide, valve ridges not tuberculate.

The leaves are toothed and not deeply lobed or deeply toothed, and there are no tubercules on the valve ridges of the capsules. Therefore, I am using var. macroglottis rather than var. marginata.

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

Friday, June 10th

Harbouria trachypleura (A. Gray) J.M. Coult. & Rose. Whiskbroom Parsley.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, then 2.4 mi. northerly on Plainview Road, then 40 m. or so south of the road. 16 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8943°N, 105.2737°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2009 m. Among grasses and ponderosa pines, near top of south-facing slope.

Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. umbellatum. Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, then 2.4 mi. northerly on Plainview Road, then 40 m. or so south of the road. 16 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8943°N, 105.2737°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2036 m. Among grasses and ponderosa pines, near top of south-facing slope.

Galium aparine L. Sticky Willy, Cleavers.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, then 2.4 mi. northerly on Plainview Road, then 100 m. south of the road to the other side of the drainage. 16 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8937°N, 105.2734°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2032 m. North-facing grassy slope with ponderosa pines.

Eremogone fendleri (A. Gray) Ikonnikov. Fendler's Sandwort.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.6 mi. northerly on Plainview Road, then 470 m. southwest of the road upslope. 16 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8897°N, 105.2693°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2020 m. Mixed short grasses and forbs.

Erysimum capitatum (Hook.) Greene. Sanddune Wallflower.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.6 mi. west on CO 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.6 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 470 m. southwest upslope.15.3 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8896°N, 105.2692°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2016 m. Uncommon. Open gentle slope with grasses and forbs, lightly grazed in 2016.

Coll. No. 1412, 10 Jun 2016, characters observed: Biennial or short-lived perennial, to 33 cm., proximal hairs 2-rayed; Sepals, 9 mm.; Petals, 16-19 mm., orange; Anthers, 3.5-4.0 mm., Fruit, 34 mm. × 0.7 mm., ascending; Seed, unknown.

Weak evidence that this might be var. purshii were infraspecific taxa to be recognized in Colorado (Ackerman, 2015).

Lepidium campestre (L.) W. T. Aiton. Field Pepperweed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.6 mi. west on CO 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.6 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 470 m. southwest upslope.15.3 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8897°N, 105.2694°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2021 m. Open gentle slope with grasses and forbs, lightly grazed in 2016.

Coll. No. 1413, 10 Jun 2016, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 35 cm., hairs simple throughout; Leaves, basal, petiole 10 mm. + blade 40 mm. × 12 mm. wide, oblanceolate, margin wavy, tip rounded, cauline, 21 mm. × 7 mm. wide, lanceolate, base auriculate, margin dentate (scalloped, though the term is rarely used); Inflorescence, terminal raceme, 72 mm. × 21 mm. plus several axillary racemes; Sepals, 1.2 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, green, purple distally, margin chartaceous; Petals, 1.3 mm., white; Style, 1, 0.5 mm., persistent; Fruit, pedicel, horizontal, 5 mm., silicle, 4.5 mm. × 3 mm. wide, margin, winged, 0.2 mm. at middle, 1 mm. at apex.

Astragalus eucosmus B. L. Rob. Elegant Milkvetch.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.6 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 455 m. southwest upslope.15.3 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8903°N, 105.2699°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2023 m. Open gentle slope with grasses and forbs, lightly grazed in 2016.

Coll. No. 1415, 10 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial, caulescent, to 40 cm., hairs basifixed throughout; Stem, not flexuous or zigzag distally, light brown above, purplish at base; Stipules, 6 mm., connate opposite petiole proximally; Leaves, cauline, alternate, compound, leaflets, #15, 15 mm. × 3.3 mm. wide, glabrous adaxially, hairy abaxially; Inflorescence, axillary racemes, flowers, #21; Calyx, tubes 3 mm. + lobes 1 mm. = 4 mm.; Flowers, spreading, 10 mm., ochroleucous proximally, blue distally, banner, 9.5 mm., wings, 8 mm., keel, 6 mm.; Fruit, unknown, immature, developing short stipitate and hairy.

I'm not so sure about my determination on this one. If it holds, it will be the first collection of this taxon from Jefferson County. I have distributed to JCOS, KHD, CS, and COLO, with a note requesting advice if the determination is changed.

Oxytropis lambertii Pursh. Purple Locoweed.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.6 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 450 m. southwest upslope.15.3 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8904°N, 105.2698°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2023 m. Open gentle slope with grasses and forbs, lightly grazed in 2016.

Allium geyeri S. Watson. Geyer's Onion.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.7 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 375 m. southwest upslope.15.7 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8918°N, 105.2709°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2019 m. Open gentle slope with grasses, Arnica fulgens, and a few small ponderosa pines.

Coll. No. 1417, 10 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, geophyte, to 40 cm.; Bulb, 20 mm. × 20 mm. wide, ovoid, outer coat with coarse fibers; Leaves, #2-3, 24 cm. × 1.5 mm. wide, somewhat withered at anthesis; Inflorescence, umbel; Bracts, #3, 14 mm., prominently 1-veined; Flowers, #29, tepals, 7 mm., pink; Seed, unknown.

Dactylis glomerata L. Orchard Grass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.8 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 350 m. southwest upslope.15.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8922°N, 105.2711°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2026 m. In and around a small group of ponderosa pines.

Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult. Prairie Junegrass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.8 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 350 m. southwest upslope.15.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8922°N, 105.2711°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2025 m. In and around a small group of ponderosa pines.

Poa pratensis L. Kentucky Bluegrass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.8 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 350 m. southwest upslope.15.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8922°N, 105.2711°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2029 m. In and around a small group of ponderosa pines. Collected with Dactylis glomerata and Koeleria macrantha.

Coll. No. 1420, 10 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial grass, rhizomatous (although of material collected for three vouchers, only one has rhizomes), not strongly flattened, to 75 cm.; Sheath, open about ½; Ligule, membraneous, 0.7 mm.; Auricles, 0; Inflorescence, much-branched open panicle, branches scabrous; Spikelets, one per node, 4 mm., awns 0; Florets, 3 per spikelet, reduced florets above fertile floret, #1 ♀, #2-3 ♂, Rachilla, extends 1 mm. above upper floret, not hairy; Glumes, #2, keeled, scabrous, lower, 2.0-2.3 mm., veins 1, upper, 2.5-3.0 mm., veins 3, prominent; Lemma, 3 mm., veins 5, keeled, tuft of hairs at base, >⅓ lemma; Palea, 2.3 mm., veins 2, green, otherwise translucent.

Erigeron vetensis Rydb. Early Bluetop Fleabane.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.8 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 300 m. southwest upslope.15.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8934°N, 105.2715°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2033 m. Small ridge between two drainages, grasses and a few ponderosa pines.

Coll. No. 1421, 10 Jun 2016, characters observed: Perennial, to 12 cm., sparse multicellular hairs with clear crosswalls to 0.8 mm., plus very small (<0.1 mm.) peg-like glands, throughout; Leaves, basal, petiole 45 mm. + blade 65 mm. × 5 mm. wide, narrowly oblanceolate, cauline, reduced in size, #4-5, sessile, 15 mm. × 2.1 mm. wide, oblanceolate; Inflorescence, scapose, 21 cm.; Heads, mostly borne singly; Involucre, 5 mm. × 11 mm. wide; Phyllaries, subequal, in 2 rows, 5 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, margins not ciliate, tip acuminate; Flowers of 2 kinds, Ray flowers, fertile, corolla, 11 mm. × 1.6 mm. wide, ±white, fading blue; Disk flowers, corolla, 4.0 mm., yellow, lobes triangular, style branch appendages triangular; Pappus, short (0.3 mm.) and long (2.2 mm.) capillary bristles; Cypsela, 1.5-1.6 mm.

Astragalus agrestis Douglas ex G. Don. Purple Milkvetch.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 2.4 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 130 m. southeast across a small drainage, 15.95 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8938°N, 105.2718°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2016 m. North-facing slope with grasses and ponderosa pines.

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field. Deadman Gulch.  

Wednesday, June 15th

Astragalus drummondii Dougl. ex Hook. Drummond's Milkvetch.

Deadman Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains between US Hwy 6 and Lookout Mountain, about 140 m. west of the Deadman Gulch undercrossing of US Hwy 6, 2.3 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.735°N, 105.2165°W. WGS 1983 Elev. 1774 m. Open east-facing grassy slopes. Deadman Gulch is locally euphemistically known as “Kinney Run.”

Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow.

Deadman Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains between US Hwy 6 and Lookout Mountain, about 140 m. west of the Deadman Gulch undercrossing of US Hwy 6, 2.3 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.735°N, 105.2164°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1494 m. Open east-facing grassy slopes. Uncommon, only one seen here, two more 165 m. northwest (Coll. No. 1433).

Gaillardia aristata Pursh. Blanketflower.

Deadman Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains between US Hwy 6 and Lookout Mountain, about 150 m. northwest of the Deadman Gulch undercrossing of US Hwy 6, 2.3 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7352°N, 105.2165°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1799 m. East-facing grassy slope. Deadman Gulch is often referred to by the locally euphemistic name of “Kinney Run.”

Helianthus pumilus Nutt. Little Sunflower.

Deadman Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains between US Hwy 6 and Lookout Mountain, about 145 m. northwest of the Deadman Gulch undercrossing of US Hwy 6, 2.3 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7354°N, 105.2163°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1797 m. Northeast-facing grassy slope.

Coll. No. 1426, 15 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Leaves, cauline, alternate, simple, petiole 7 mm. + blade 86 mm. × 30 mm. wide, adaxial, pustular hairy, hairs multicellular, crosswalls clear, abaxial, glandular and hairy; Inflorescence, few heads borne singly on peduncles to 8 cm., hairy, glandular; Phyllaries, 2+ series, similar, 10-8 mm. × 2-3 mm. wide; Receptacle, slightly convex, paleate, Palea, 9 mm., tip, glandular, hairy; Flowers, 2 kinds; Disk, 17 mm. wide; Ray flowers, sterile, 25 mm. × 9 mm. wide, yellow; Disk flowers, 6 mm., not laterally compressed, anther appendages reddish-brown; Pappus, 2 aristate scales.

Hymenopappus filifolius Hook. var. polycephalus (Osterh.) B.L. Turner. Many-Headed Fine-Leaved Wooly-White.

Deadman Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains between US Hwy 6 and Lookout Mountain, about 145 m. northwest of the Deadman Gulch undercrossing of US Hwy 6, 2.3 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7355°N, 105.2164°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1796 m. East-facing grassy slope. Deadman Gulch is often referred to by the locally euphemistic name of “Kinney Run.”

Coll. No. 1427, 15 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 60 cm.; Leaves, basal, to 140 mm. × 50 mm., oblanceolate in shape, base conspicuously tomentose, bipinnately dissected to filiform segments, ultimate leaf divisions 12-19 mm., cauline, reduced above, #7-8; Heads, 10-16 per stem; Phyllaries, in 1 series, 6 mm. × 2.8-4.0 mm. wide, green, tomentose, margins chartaceous; Flowers, 1 kind; Disk flowers, corollas, 3.5 mm., yellow; Pappus, crown of scales, 0.8-1.2 mm.; Cypsela, 3 mm., hairy all over to just on margins.

Opuntia polyacantha Haw. Plains Pricklypear.

Deadman Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains between US Hwy 6 and Lookout Mountain, about 220 m. northwest of the Deadman Gulch undercrossing of US Hwy 6, 2.3 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7358°N, 105.2171°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1809 m. East-facing grassy slope. Deadman Gulch is often referred to by the locally euphemistic name of “Kinney Run.”

Oxytropis lambertii Pursh. Purple Locoweed.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower, eastern edge of the Survey field, 250 m. northwest of the Deadman Gulch undercrossing of US Hwy 6, 2.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7358°N, 105.2174°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1808 m. Grassy, northwest-facing slope.

Oenothera howardii (A. Nels.) W. L. Wagner. Howard's Evening Primrose.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower, eastern edge of the Survey field, 250 m. northwest of the Deadman Gulch undercrossing of US Hwy 6, 2.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7358°N, 105.2174°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1812 m. Leaves basal, large yellow flowers, winged capsule. Grassy, northwest-facing slope.

Astragalus agrestis Douglas ex G. Don. Purple Milkvetch.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower, eastern edge of the Survey field, 250 m. northwest of the Deadman Gulch undercrossing of US Hwy 6, 2.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7358°N, 105.2176°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1809 m. Gentle northwest-facing grassy slope.

Oenothera suffrutescens (Ser.) W. L. Wagner & Hoch. Linda Tarde.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower, eastern edge of the Survey field, 250 m. northwest of the Deadman Gulch undercrossing of US Hwy 6, 2.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7358°N, 105.2175°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1811 m. Northwest-facing grassy slope. Generally described as common, but not often seen in this area; hence the small size of the collection.

Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains between US Hwy 6 and Lookout Mountain, about 290 m. west of the Deadman Gulch undercrossing of US Hwy 6, 2.3 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7358°N, 105.218°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1806 m. North-facing grassy slope. Uncommon, rarely seen, and solitary.

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Glochidiate prickles on the nutlets of Coll. No. 1434, Cynoglossum officinale  

Cynoglossum officinale L. Gypsyflower.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Eastern, lower section of the Survey Field, 2.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7359°N, 105.2188°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1801 m. High plains at the base of the Front Range, growing in dense vegetation along banks of a small creek. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun. Smooth Horsetail.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Eastern, lower section of the Survey Field, 2.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.736°N, 105.2188°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1799 m. High plains at the base of the Front Range, growing in dense vegetation along banks of a small creek.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Conium maculatum
Coll. No. 1436, Conium maculatum  

Conium maculatum L. Common Poison Hemlock.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Eastern, lower section of the Survey Field, between US Highway 6 and Lookout Mountain, 2.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7359°N, 105.2189°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1801 m. High plains at the base of the Front Range, growing in dense vegetation along banks of a small creek.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Elaeagnus angustifolia
Coll. No. 1437, Elaeagnus angustifolia  

Elaeagnus angustifolia L. Russian Olive.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Eastern, lower section of the Survey Field, between US Highway 6 and Lookout Mountain, 2.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7358°N, 105.2191°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1801 m. Several trees beside ephemeral creek in a distal part of the Survey Field. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Literature Cited:
- Weakley, Alan S., Richard J. LeBlond, Bruce A. Sorrie, C. Theo Witsell, L. Dwayne Estes, Janchi Gandhi, Katherine Gould Mathews, and Atsushi Ebihara, 2011.
- Weigend, M., M. Gottschlinf, F. Selvi, and H. H. Hilger, 2009.  

Onosmodium bejariense DC. ex A. DC. var. occidentale (Mack.) B. L. Turner. Western Marbleseed.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Eastern, lower section of the Survey Field, between US Highway 6 and Lookout Mountain, 2.2 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7359°N, 105.2194°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1803 m. On a small terrace beside an ephemeral creek.

Probably should be determined Lithospermum occidentale (Mack.) Weakley, Witsell & D. Estes, per Weakley, et al., 2011.

Harbouria trachypleura (A. Gray) J.M. Coult. & Rose. Whiskbroom Parsley.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Eastern, lower section of the Survey Field, between US Highway 6 and Lookout Mountain, 2.35 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7344°N, 105.2192°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1819 m. Uncommon. Steep northwest facing slope above ephemeral creek from Lookout Mountain.

Delphinium virescens Nutt. Carolina Larkspur. = Delphinium carolinianum Walter ssp. virescens (Nutt.) R.E. Brooks

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Extreme southeastern corner of the Survey Field, between US Highway 6 and Lookout Mountain, 2.35 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7331°N, 105.2175°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1815 m. Very red fine-grained soil, south-facing slope. Uncommon, only plant seen.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Hesperis matronalis Kinney Run Trail at Coll. No. 1441
Coll. No. 1441, Hesperis matronalis  

Hesperis matronalis L. Dame's Rocket.

Deadman Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. Adjacent to a small artificial pond in Deadman Gulch, about 150 m. upstream of the gulch undercrossing of US Highway 6, 2.5 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7336°N, 105.2158°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1794 m. Purple wall flower. The pond was reconstructed by the City of Golden late in 2016. Deadman Gulch is locally euphemistically referred to as “Kinney Run.” Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Coll. No. 1441, 15 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., hairs, forked on stem, leaf, and sepal, but not fruit; Leaves, basal, withered at flowering, cauline, petiole 3-5 mm. + blade 100 mm. × 35 mm. wide, lanceolate, margin, small-toothed; Inflorescence, raceme; Sepals, #4, 5-6 mm., green, margins purple; Petals, #4, 13 mm. × 4 mm. wide, clawed, purple; Fruit, silique, 40 mm. × 0.6 mm. wide; Seed, 1.7 mm., brown, glabrous.

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Locations: Taos.  

Saturday, June 18th

Other articles: Paseo del Pueblo Norte Taos Pueblo

Locations: Taos Pueblo.
San Geronimo Chapel  

Other articles: US Highway 64 at bridge

Locations: Rio Grande Gorge Bridge.
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge  

Other articles: State Road 68 at St Francis de Asis

Locations: San Francisco de Asissi Church.
San Francisco de Asis Church  

Sunday, June 19th

Other articles: US Highway 84 at Ghost Ranch

Locations: Ghost Ranch.
Cabin rented by Georgia O'Keefe at Ghost Ranch.  

Other articles: County Road 98 El Santuario de Chimayo Historic Site

Locations: El Santuario de Chimayo Historic Site.
Santo Nino Church in Chimayo  

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.  

Wednesday, June 22nd

Other articles: North Table Mountain Trail near pk bdy
Coll. No. 1442, Apocynum x-floribundum  

Apocynum ×floribundum Greene. Dogbane.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Western side of North Table Mountain, in roadside ditch along road to City of Golden water tank, 2.8 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7798°N, 105.228°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1853 m.

Coll. No. 1442, 22 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 35 cm.; Leaves, cauline, opposite, spreading horizontal, petiole 2 mm. + blade 50 mm. × 24 mm. wide, ovate, margin revolute; Sepals, 2.5 mm.; Flowers, bell-shaped, 6 mm. × 5 mm. wide, >2× calyx; Petals, fused at base, tube  mm. + lobes 2 mm., pink, drying purple, lobes erect to spreading, none reflexed; Stamens, 5. Filaments, distinct; More like A. androsaemifolium than A. cannabinum, but it seems to best fit the description of the hybrid A. ×floribundum.

Astragalus laxmannii Jacq. var. robustior (Hook.) Barneby & S. L. Welsh. Prairie Milkvetch.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest slopes of North Table Mountain, 2 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7731°N, 105.2254°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1905 m. Grassy slopes with Prinus americana and Rhus trilobata.

Calochortus gunnisonii S. Watson. Gunnison's Mariposa Lily.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest slope of North Table Mountain, just below the basalt rim, where a social trail climbs through the rim from the City of Golden North Table Mountain trail, 1.7 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7708°N, 105.2225°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1922 m. Mixed grasses and forbs.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Eriogonum umbellatum Field Notes Coll. No. 1401, 8 Jun 2016
Habitat of Coll. No. 1445, Eriogonum umbellatum  

This is a mixed collection of E. umbellatum and E. flavum. See also Coll. No. 1401.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, southwest edge, within a few meters of the rim of the mesa, 1.7 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7706°N, 105.2213°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1967 m. Growing in thin soils and cracks on top of the uppermost basalt flow, with E. umbellatum var. umbellatum.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora Eriogonum umbellatum
Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1445, Eriogonum umbellatum var. umbellatum
Coll. No. 1445, Eriogonum umbellatum var. umbellatum  

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, southwest edge, within a few meters of the rim of the mesa, 1.7 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7706°N, 105.2213°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1967 m. Growing in thin soils and cracks on top of the uppermost basalt flow, with E. arcuatum.

Glyceria striata (Lam.) Hitchc. Striate Manna Grass.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southern part of the mesa where several watercourses join to enter an unnamed canyon draining southeast to Clear Creek, 1.8 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7717°N, 105.2163°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1936 m. Very small perennial wetland, grass forming tussocks in an area several meters across.

Coll. No. 1446, 22 Jun 2016, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 1 m.; Leaf, sheath closed, ligule membraneous, blade, 3 mm. wide; Inflorescence, loose panicle; Spikelets, one per node on short pedicels, laterally compressed, 2+ fertile florets, all similar; Glumes, #2, lower < upper, lower 1-nerved; Disarticulation, above the glumes; Lemma, 7-nerved, well-developed, evenly spaced, apices prow-shaped, awns, 0.

Woodsia oregana D.C. Eaton ssp. cathcartiana (B.L. Rob.) Windham. Rocky Mountain Woodsia.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Rim of mesa, head of unnamed canyon draining southeast to Clear Creek, 1.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7712°N, 105.2148°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1926 m. East-facing rock crevices.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Rim of mesa, head of unnamed canyon draining southeast to Clear Creek, 1.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7712°N, 105.2148°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1926 m. East-facing rock crevices.

Other articles: North Table Loop near creek
Coll. No. 1448, Mimulus floribundus  

Mimulus floribundus Lindl. Many Flowered Monkey Flower.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southern rim of North Table Mountain, adjacent to North Table Loop, head of unnamed canyon draining southeast to Clear Creek, 1.84 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7714°N, 105.215°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1924 m. Growing in running water at the junction of two small ephemeral streams.

Coll. No. 1448, 22 June 2016, characters observed: Annual, of wet places, 10-30 cm.; Leaves, opposite, cauline, lower, petiole 8 mm. + blade 9 mm. × 8 mm. wide, orbicular-ovate; upper, nearly sessile; Calyx, upper lobe 4.7-8.0 mm., lower lobe 3.7-6.4 mm.; Corolla, 10 mm., yellow; Fruit, pedicel, 8 mm.

Prunella vulgaris L. Common Selfheal.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southern rim of North Table Mountain, adjacent to North Table Loop, head of unnamed canyon draining southeast to Clear Creek, 1.84 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7715°N, 105.215°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1924 m. Growing in running water at the junction of two small ephemeral streams.

Other articles: North Table Loop near creek
Coll. No. 1450, Carex brevior  

Carex breweri Boott. Brewer's Sedge.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southern rim of North Table Mountain, adjacent to North Table Loop, head of unnamed canyon draining southeast to Clear Creek, 1.84 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7715°N, 105.215°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1924 m. Growing in running water at the junction of two small ephemeral streams.

Rorippa tenerrima Greene. Modoc Yellowcress.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. 2.4 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.776°N, 105.2133°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1965 m. Ephemeral pond indicated on Golden 7.5' quadrangle may have been natural, but has also been enhanced with a low dam on the southwest side.

Coll. No. 1451, 22 Jun 2016, characters observed: Annual, to 15 cm., generally glabrous throughout; Leaves, basal unknown, cauline, largest, petiole 26 mm + blade 60 mm. × 24 mm. wide, oblanceolate in shape, deeply pinnately lobed, reduced above; Inflorescence, raceme, ebractwate; Sepal, 0.7 mm.; Petals, 0.8 mm., color unknown, drying purple; Stamens, #6; Fruit, 7 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, terete, ascending, not constricted, papillate; Ovules, #21

Literature Cited:
- Simpson, Michael G., C. Matt Guilliams, Kristin E. Hasenstab-Lehman, Makenzie E. Mabry, & Lee Ripma, 2017.
Coll. No. 1452, Plagiobothrys scouleri var. hispidulus  

Plagiobothrys scouleri (Hook. & Arn.) I.M. Johnst. var. hispidulus (Greene) Dorn. Scouler's popcornflower.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, at the northeast edge of a small ephemeral pond, 2.4 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.776°N, 105.2132°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1961 m. Ephemeral pond indicated on Golden 7.5' quadrangle may have been natural, but has also been enhanced with a low dam on the southwest side.

Coll. No. 1452, 22 June 2016, characters observed: Annual, to 10 cm., ±appressed hairy throughout; Stem, decumbent to ascending, not winged; Leaves, basal, unknown, cauline, alternate, 35 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, linear; Calyx, lobes #4, in fruit, 3 mm.; Corolla, very small, white; Style, 0.4 mm., entire; Nutlets, #4, 1.8 mm., attachment baso-lateral, tuberculed abaxially (not hooked or barbed). Treated as ssp. penicillata in Weber&Wittmann (2012), at rank of species in California (Baldwin, et al., 2012).

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, at the northeast edge of a small ephemeral pond, 2.4 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.776°N, 105.2132°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1961 m. Accidental collection. Ephemeral pond indicated on Golden 7.5' quadrangle may have been natural, but has also been enhanced with a low dam on the southwest side.

Hordeum pusillum Nutt. Little Barley.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, in the lower, southeast corner of an area disturbed by removal of soil that straddles the Tilting Mesa Trail, 2.4 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.777°N, 105.2151°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1975 m.

Coll. No. 1453, 22 June 2016, characters observed: Annual, to 15 cm.; Leaves, sheath, open, 31 mm., ligule, membraneous, 0.7 mm., auricles, ±0; blade, 51 mm.; Inflorescence, dense 2-sided spike, 46 mm. × 5 mm. wide, base inserted in upper leaf sheath; Spikelets, 3 per node, central spikelet, sessile, fertile, 1 floret, lateral spikelets, pedicelled, sterile; Glumes, #2, body 5 mm. + awn 7 mm. = 12 mm., straight. Native. Type collected by Nuttall in 1810 “on the arid and saline plains of the Missouri” (Nuttall, 1818, p. 87-88).

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

Monday, June 27th

Other articles: Plainview Road near coll loc
Flowerhead of Coll. No. 1454, Gaillardia aristata  

Gaillardia aristata Pursh. Blanketflower.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.2 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 200 m. east along the south side of an ephemeral stream; 15.2 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8896°N, 105.2594°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1899 m. Mostly grasses and forbs; collected with Rosa arkansana and Crataegus succulenta.

Other articles: Plainview Road near coll loc Field Notes Coll. No. 1462, 27 Jun 2016
General appearance of Coll. No. 1455, Crataegus succulenta  

Crataegus succulenta Schrad. ex Link. Fleshy Hawthorn.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.2 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 200 m. east along the south side of an ephemeral stream; 15.2 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8896°N, 105.2594°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1928 m. Discarded, sterile. See Coll. No. 1462 for material with fruit.

Other articles: Plainview Road near coll loc
Coll. No. 1456, Rosa arkansana  

Rosa arkansana Porter. Prairie Rose.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.2 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 200 m. east along the south side of an ephemeral stream; 15.2 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8895°N, 105.2593°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1933 m. Petal attachment tenuous making good flower collections difficult.

Coll. No. 1456, 27 June 2016, characters observed: Low-growing perennial, to 20 cm.; Stem, straight slender unequal prickles, present on new growth; Leaves, alternate, compound, leaflets (7-8) 9, 20 mm. × 9 mm. wide, serrate, teeth dark-tipped, unclear whether there is glandular exudate, sparsely villous on both sides; Flowers, in clusters of 2-5; Sepals, 16 mm. × 3 mm. wide, abaxial, stalked glandular, adaxial, glandular hairy; Petals, 28 mm. × 21 mm. wide, color pink.

Prunella vulgaris L. Common Selfheal.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.2 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 200 m. east along the north side of an ephemeral stream; 15.2 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8899°N, 105.2594°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1932 m. On the edge of a spring-fed swale close to an ephemeral stream.

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Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1458, Trifolium pratense  

Trifolium pratense L. Red Clover.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.2 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 200 m. east along the north side of an ephemeral stream; 15.2 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8899°N, 105.2593°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1928 m. On the edge of a spring-fed swale close to an ephemeral stream.

Coll. No. 1458, 27 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, erect, to 50 cm., hairs not hooked at tips; Stem, spreading hairy; Stipules, 21 mm. × 5 mm. wide, connate, scarious with several green nerves; Leaves, ternately compound, leaflets, 38 mm. × 20 mm. wide, margins slightly wavy tip short mucronate (easier to see on young leaves), both sides long wavy hairy; Heads, sessile, subtended by stipules and a pair of leaves, many flowers; Fruit, unknown. Introduced.

Literature Cited:
- Ackerfield, Jennifer, 2015.  

Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb. Slimflower Scurfpea.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.2 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 215 m. east along the north side of an ephemeral stream; 15.2 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8901°N, 105.2592°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1938 m. Dry alluvial terrace above watercourse.

Coll. No. 1459, 27 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, erect, to 50 cm., orange punctate glands throughout; Stipules, 4 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide; Leaves, ternately compound, leaflet, 35 mm. × 7 mm. wide, margins, entire, reduced above; Calyx, 3 mm., in fruit, 4 mm.; Flowers, 5 mm., blue; Fruit, legume, immature, 4 mm. × 1 mm. wide. Determined Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb. per Ackerfield (2015).

Other articles: Plainview Road near coll loc
Coll. No. 1460, Cirsium undulatum  

Cirsium undulatum (Nutt.) Spreng. Wavy Leaved Thistle.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.3 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 195 m. east along the north side of an ephemeral stream; 15.2 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8901°N, 105.2595°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1937 m. Mixed grasses and forbs on a dry alluvial terrace.

Coll. No. 1460, 27 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial thistle, to 30 cm., stout tap root; Stem, leafy, 20 cm.; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole 25 mm. + blade 180 mm. × 55 mm. wide, oblanceolate, pinnately lobed more than half-way to mid-rib, cauline, reduced above, decurrent 5 mm., 45 mm. × 14 mm. wide, lanceolate, surface, adaxial, thinly tomentose, abaxial, tomentose, margins, spiny; Head, 35 mm. × 40 mm. wide, indented around top of peduncle; Phyllaries, many (7?) series, 13 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, + robust spine 5-6 mm., body dark dorsal ridge, outer and middle reflexed; Flowers, 1 kind; Disk flowers, 25-36 mm., corolla pink-purple; Pappus, plumose bristles; Cypsela, 5 mm., apical collar unremarkable.

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Coll. No. 1461, Bromus japonicus  

Bromus japonicus Thunb. Japanese Cheat Grass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.3 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 170 m. east along the north side of an ephemeral stream; 15.2 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.89°N, 105.2597°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1937 m. Mixed grasses and forbs on a dry alluvial terrace.

Other articles: Field Notes Coll. No. 1455, 27 Jun 2016
Fruit of Coll. No. 1462, Crataegus succulenta  

Crataegus succulenta Schrad. ex Link. Fleshy Hawthorn.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 1.2 mi. north on Plainview Road; 15.2 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8893°N, 105.2616°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1944 m. Same as Coll. No. 1455; this collection has fruit. Scattered along ephemeral steam.

Other articles: Plainview Road at old ranch rd
Habitat of Coll. No. 1463, Silene vulgaris
Coll. No. 1463, Silene vulgaris  

Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke. Maidens Tears.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains above Rocky Flats, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 0.9 mi. north on Plainview Road, then 250 m. east on old ranch road; 15.2 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.884°N, 105.2595°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1936 m. Mixed grasses and forbs beside the old road, on the accessible side of a gate that prevents cows from going down to Coal Creek.

Coll. No. 1463, 27 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, erect, to 55 cm., generally glabrous throughout; Stem, lacking dark sticky band, most, i.e., 7/8 stems, simple unbranched; Stipules, 0; Leaves, basal, unknown, cauline, opposite, 44 mm. × 6-7 mm. wide, sessile, bases connate; Calyx, tube 8 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide + lobes 2 mm. somewhat inflated, many green veins, not particularly prominent; indented around peduncle (when pressed and dry); Corolla, 13 mm., limb 6 mm., white; Stamens, #10, exserted; Filaments, white (definitely not purple); Seeds, 1 mm., brown, papillate.

Other articles: Plainview Road at old ranch rd
Habit of Coll. No. 1464, Amorpha fruticosa
Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1464, Amorpha fruticosa  

Habitat of Coll. No. 1464, Amorpha fruticosa

Amorpha fruticosa L. False Indigo.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Flood plain of Coal Creek, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 0.9 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 390 m. generally east on an old road leading to Coal Creek; 14.7 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8845°N, 105.2584°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1922 m. In dense vegetation of mostly willows on the edge of an abandoned channel of Coal Creek.

Coll. No. 1464, 27 June 2016, characters observed: Woody shrub, to 2 m.; Leaves, alternate, compound, leaflets, #13, 26 mm. × 16 mm. wide, elliptic-ovate, mid-rib extended as a short slender mucro, eglandular, short soft hairy, sparse adaxially, less sparse abaxially; Inflorescence, racemes, Calyx, 3 mm., minutely hairy, few gland-dotted distally; Flowers, purple; Banner, 6 mm.

Other articles: Plainview Road at old ranch rd
Coll. No. 1465, Silene sp.  

Silene . Catchfly.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Flood plain of Coal Creek, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 0.9 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 345 m. generally east on an old road leading to Coal Creek; 14.7 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8841°N, 105.2585°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1923 m. In dense vegetation at edge of old road.

Apocynum ×floribundum Greene. Dogbane.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Flood plain of Coal Creek, 1.6 mi. west on CO Hwy 72 from CO Hwy 93, 0.9 mi. generally north on Plainview Road, then 340 m. generally east on an old road leading to Coal Creek; 14.7 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.884°N, 105.2586°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1929 m. Leaves spreading, not drooping; corolla lobes erect to spreading, not reflexed. In dense vegetation at edge of old road.

Other articles: CO Highway 91 at Fremont Pass

Locations: Fremont Pass.
Climax Mine at Fremont Pass.  

Tuesday, June 28th

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E County Route 3C at Monarch Mine

Locations: Diamond Mine. Evans Gulch. Monarch Mine. Turquoise Lake.
View west down Evans Gulch to the Sawatch Range  

Wednesday, June 29th

Evans Gulch and Mosquito Pass	Diamond Mine in Evans Gulch	View across Evans Gulch to the Monarch Mine	View northeast across Evans Gulch from the Monarch Mine	Tipple at Monarch Mine
Turquoise Lake on the west side of Leadville.	Mill and reclaimed tailings pond in Iowa Gulch.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E
Inflorescence parts of Coll. No. 1467, Castilleja miniata
Coll. No. 1467, Castilleja miniata  

Castilleja miniata Hook. Giant Red Indian Paintbrush.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Mosquito Range, middle section of Evans Gulch, near Conley Lakes and the Diamond Mine, 4.6 mi. by road east of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2603°N, 106.2198°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3415 m. Southeast-facing open slope with mostly forbs.

Coll. No. 1467, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 30 cm., glandular hairy, sometimes tangled, more dense distally; Leaves, cauline, alternate, sessile, 35 mm. × 4.7 mm. wide, some entire, some with pair of lateral lobes; Bract, subtending flower, 26 mm. × 11 mm. wide, ovate, entire, or 1 pair lateral lobes, green becoming reddish-orange distally; Calyx, 22 mm. × 6.5 mm. wide, tube 12 mm. + lobes 10 mm., upper and lower lobes ±equal, color unremarkable, except reddish at tip; Corolla, 30 mm. upper lip(s) 9 mm., lower lip, 3 short teeth, 3 mm.

Does not fit easily into any Castilleja recognized in Colorado. Most like C. miniata or perhaps C. miniata × rhexifolia.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E
Coll. No. 1468, Androsace septentrionalis  

Androsace septentrionalis L. Pygmyflower Rockjasmine.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Mosquito Range, middle section of Evans Gulch, near Conley Lakes and the Diamond Mine, 4.6 mi. by road east of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2604°N, 106.2199°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3436 m. Southeast-facing open slope with mostly forbs.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E
Coll. No. 1469, Cymopterus lemmonii
Umbel of Coll. No. 1469, Cymopterus lemmonii  

Cymopterus lemmonii (J. M. Coult. & Rose) Dorn. Alpine False Springparsley.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Mosquito Range, middle section of Evans Gulch, near Conley Lakes and the Diamond Mine, 4.6 mi. by road east of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2603°N, 106.2199°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3445 m. Southeast-facing open slope with mostly forbs.

Coll. No. 1469, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 15 cm., glabrous throughout, except very slightly scabrous at top of peduncle and on ribs of some rays; Pseudoscape, absent; Leaves, basal and cauline, 40 mm. × 25 mm. wide, obovate, compound, leaflets, #7, ultimate divisions narrowly lanceolate; Inflorescence, compound umbel; Involucre, bracts, 1.7 mm., linear (but not pinnafitid); Rays, ascending-spreading, ±equal; Involucel, bractlets green, inconspicuous, 1 mm.; Corolla, petals, #5, 1 mm. × 0.6 mm. wide, yellow; Stamens, #5; Filaments, recurved; Ovary, glabrous; Stylopodium, absent (?); Fruit, unknown.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E
Coll. No. 1470, Geum triflorum  

Geum triflorum Pursh. Old Man's Whiskers.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Mosquito Range, middle section of Evans Gulch, near Conley Lakes and the Diamond Mine, 4.6 mi. by road east of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2604°N, 106.2198°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3447 m. Southeast-facing open slope with mostly forbs. Unclear as to variety if infraspecific taxa are to be recognized. Clump contains accidental collections of Astragalus alpinus and Leptosiphon nuttallii.

Coll. No 1470, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 20 cm., pilose; Leaves, basal, petiole 20 mm. + blade 70 mm. × 25 mm. wide, pinnately compound, leaflets, 15 mm. × 9 mm. wide, deeply lobed, terminal leaflet 3-lobed at tip; flowering stem, opposite; Sepals, #5, 7 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide; Flowers, nodding; Petals, 6 mm. × 3.7 mm. wide, white; Stamens, many; Styles, many, (in fruit) unknown; Fruit, unknown.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E
Coll. No. 1470.1, Leptosiphon nuttallii var. nuttallii  

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Mosquito Range, middle section of Evans Gulch, near Conley Lakes and the Diamond Mine, 4.6 mi. by road east of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2604°N, 106.2198°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3447 m. Southeast-facing open slope with mostly forbs.

Coll. No. 1470.1, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 15 cm., woody at base; Leaves, well-developed, cauline, opposite, 3-lobed, lobes 12 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, soft, tip acute, some appearing spinulose; Inflorescence, head-like, not tomentose; Calyx, lobes, 8 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide; Corolla, white, tube 7 mm. + lobes 5 mm. × 3 mm. wide, limb 11 mm. wide.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E
Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1471, Astragalus alpinus
Coll. No. 1471, Astragalus alpinus  

Astragalus alpinus L. Alpine Milkvetch.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Mosquito Range, middle section of Evans Gulch, near Conley Lakes and the Diamond Mine, 4.6 mi. by road east of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2603°N, 106.2198°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3446 m. Southeast-facing open slope with mostly forbs.

Coll. No 1471, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 12 cm., caulescent, hairs basifixed; Leaves, cauline, stipules, 5 mm., connate opposite petiole, alternate, to 80 mm., compound, leaflets, #21, 5 mm. × 3 mm. wide, ovate; Calyx, tube 2 mm. + lobes 1 mm. mostly black hairy, few white hairs; Flowers, spreading to deflexed; Banner, 5 mm + 4 mm. reflexed, blue; Wings, 8 mm. yellowish-white, apex obtuse; Keel, 8.5 mm., > wings, blue distally; Fruit, unknown.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E
Coll. No. 1472, Polemonium viscosum  

Polemonium viscosum Nuttall. Sky Pilot.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Mosquito Range, middle section of Evans Gulch, near Conley Lakes and the Diamond Mine, 4.6 mi. by road east of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2604°N, 106.2198°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3444 m. Southeast-facing open slope with mostly forbs.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E
Coll. No. 1473, Fragaria virginiana  

Fragaria virginiana Mill. Virginia Strawberry.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Mosquito Range, middle section of Evans Gulch, near Conley Lakes and the Diamond Mine, 4.6 mi. by road east of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2603°N, 106.2197°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3442 m. Southeast-facing open slope with mostly forbs.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E
Accidental Coll. No. 1473.1, Potentilla sp.  

Potentilla L. Cinquefoil.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Mosquito Range, middle section of Evans Gulch, near Conley Lakes and the Diamond Mine, 4.6 mi. by road east of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2603°N, 106.2197°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3442 m. Southeast-facing open slope with mostly forbs. Accidental collection.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E
Coll. No. 1474, Valeriana edulis var. edulis  

Valeriana edulis Nuttall. [var. edulis, if infraspecific taxa are recognized] Tobacco Root.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Mosquito Range, mid-section of Evans Gulch, near Conley Lakes and the Diamond Mine, 4.6 mi. by road east of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2602°N, 106.22°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3440 m. Southeast-facing open slope with mostly forbs. Variety edulis if infraspecific taxa are recognized.

Coll. No. 1474, 29 Jun 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 60 cm.; Stem, glabrous; Leaves, basal, petiole 11 cm. + blade 15 cm. × 2.6 cm. wide, narrowly obovate, cauline, in 2 pairs, pinnafitid, segments narrow; Inflorescence, panicle (definitely not a corymb); Flowers, perfect; Corolla, tube 2 mm. + lobes 1.2 mm., white, somewhat hairy proximal outside; Stamens, ±exserted; Fruit, unknown.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E
Coll. No. 1475, Anemone multifida var. multifida  

Anemone multifida Poir. Pacific Anemone.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Mid-section of Evans Gulch, near Conley Lakes and the Diamond Mine, 4.6 mi. by road east of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2604°N, 106.2199°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3441 m. Southeast-facing open slope with mostly forbs. Var. multifida if infraspecific taxa are to be recognized.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3E
Coll. No. 1476, Senecio integerrimus  

Senecio integerrimus Nutt. [var. exaltatus (Nutt.) Cronquist if infraspecific taxa are to be recognized]. Columbia Ragwort.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Mid-section of Evans Gulch, near Conley Lakes and the Diamond Mine, 4.6 mi. by road east of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2604°N, 106.22°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3443 m. Southeast-facing open slope with mostly forbs. Var. exaltatus (Nutt.) Cronquist if infraspecific taxa are to be recognized.

Coll. No. 1476, 29 Jun 2016, characters observed: Short-lived perennial, 25-35 cm., roots, unbranched, fibrous, pubescence floccose or arachnose, appearing to thin with age; Leaves, basal, petiole 15 mm., + blade 50 mm. × 25 mm. wide, margin entire or slightly wavy, with reddish spots every 2-5 mm. (is this the callous denticle?), cauline, reduced above to sessile, narrowly lanceolate, 40 mm. × 5 mm. wide; Inflorescence, terminal corymb; Peduncles, to 18 mm., black exudate; Heads, #7-8, radiate; Involucre, 9 mm. × 10 mm. wide; Phyllaries, in 1 series, 9 mm. × 1.2-2.2 wide, tip black; Flowers, 2 kinds Rays, #9, fertile; Corolla, yellow, tube 3.5 mm. + blade 5 mm. = 8.5 mm.; Disk, corolla yellow, lobes dark; Anther, base, rounded (not tailed); Pappus, capillary bristles, 4 mm.

Other articles: County Road 1A at Coll. No, 1477
Coll. No. 1477, Potentilla glaucophylla var. glaucophylla
Coll. No. 1477, Potentilla glaucophylla var. glaucophylla  

Potentilla glaucophylla Lehm. var. glaucophylla. Blue Leaf Cinquefoil.

Breece Hill, Lake County, Colorado. Near the top of Breece Hill, just west of the intersection of Lake County Roads 1A and 1B, 4.2 mi. by road from the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2413°N, 106.2365°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3576 m. Relatively less-disturbed full-sun meadow.

Coll. No. 1477, 29 Jun 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 25 cm.; Flowering stems, ascending, reddish; Leaves, basal, petiole, 50 mm., sparsely hairy, blade, palmate, 25 mm. × 35 mm. wide, 5-7 leaflets, leaflets, incised, distal ½, about half-way to mid-vein, adaxial, very sparse hairy, abaxial, hairy mostly on veins, margins hairy, cauline, much reduced to sessile, ternately lobed, 17 mm.; Sepals, 5 mm. × 3 mm. wide, green, purplish on veins or at tips; Petals, 7 mm. × 8 mm. wide, bright yellow; Stamens, #20; Anthers, 0.7 mm.; Style, 2 mm., slender throughout, attached mid-achene.

Other articles: County Road 1A at Coll. No. 1478

Locations: Breece Hill.
Coll. No. 1478, Anemone narcissaflora var. zephyra  

Coll. No. 1478, Anemone narcissiflora var. zephyra	Coll. No. 1478, Anemone narcissiflora var. zephyra

Anemone narcissiflora L. var. zephyra (A. Nelson) B. E. Dutton & Keener. Narcissis Anemone.

Breece Hill, Lake County, Colorado. Roadside of Lake County Road 1A, near the top of Breece Hill, about 4.1 mi. by road from the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2417°N, 106.2345°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3565 m. Rocky forest floor.

Coll. No. 1478, 29 Jun 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 35 cm.; Stem, thick, 4 mm.; Leaves, basal, petiole, 150 mm. × 3 mm. wide + blade 60 mm. × 75 mm. wide, (ternately?) divided, margins incised, involucre, single series of stem leaves whorled around inflorescence, sessile; Flowers, actinomorphic, 1-4 per stem; Sepals, petaloid, 12-17 mm., not spurred, white, drying light yellow; Fruit, unknown.

Other articles: County Road 2A at coll loc
Coll. No. 1479, Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum  

Cerastium arvense L. ssp. strictum Gaudin. Field Chickweed.

Adelaide, Lake County, Colorado. Roadside in Stray Horse Gulch, along County Road 2A, just south of County Road 1, 3 km. east southeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2465°N, 106.2583°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3328 m.

Other articles: County Road 2A at coll loc
Coll. No. 1480, Bistorta bistortoides  

Bistorta bistortoides (Pursh) Small.

Adelaide, Lake County, Colorado. Roadside in Stray Horse Gulch, along County Road 2A, just south of County Road 1, 3 km. east southeast of the GNIS location of Leadville. 39.2465°N, 106.2582°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3327 m.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3B W
Coll. No. 1481, Phacelia sericea
Coll. No. 1481, Phacelia sericea  

Coll. No. 1481, Phacelia sericea

Phacelia sericea (Graham ex Hook.) A. Gray. Silky Phacelia.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Junction of County Road 3 and 3B, 2.8 mi. east of Leadville on County Road 3. 39.256°N, 106.2448°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3307 m. In gravel of valley bottom land. Also collected here: Penstemon hallii A. Gray. Probably var. sericea if infraspecific taxa are recognized.

Coll. No. 1481, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 25 cm., from tap root, ±spreading hairy and lightly glandular throughout; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole 25 mm. + blade 30 mm. × 10 mm. wide, lanceolate, deeply pinnafitid, margins toothed, cauline, alternate, similar but reduced above; Inflorescence, panicle or thryse, not coiled; Calyx, 4 mm., lobes #5, 3.5 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, Flowers, actinomorphic; Corolla, tube 3 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, spreading, tip round, purple; Stamens, #5, alternate, exserted 5 mm.; Ovary, superior, 1.8 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, hairy distally; Styles, #1, 8.5 mm., forked, hairy proximally; Stigma, thread-like; Seed, unknown.

Other articles: County Route 3 at CR 3B W
Coll. No. 1482, Penstemon hallii  

Penstemon hallii A. Gray. Hall's Beardtongue.

Evans Gulch, Lake County, Colorado. Junction of County Road 3 and 3B, 2.8 mi. east of Leadville on County Road 3. 39.2559°N, 106.2447°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3302 m. In gravel of valley bottom land.

Coll. No. 1482, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, caulescent, 8 to 15 cm., glabrous below, becoming glandular in inflorescence, but not hairy; Leaves, opposite, 20 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide, narrowly oblanceolate, reduced above; Inflorescence, 6-8 flowers per stem, somewhat one-sided; Pedicel, leafy, 4-9 mm.; Calyx, tube 1.0-1.5 mm. + lobes 4.0-5.5 mm., green to dark green with tinges of purple, chartaceous scalloped margins; Flowers, tube, 12 mm. + lobes 5-6 mm. × 8-9 mm., blue throughout, or yellow tube with blue lobes; Staminode, hairy at tip; Stamens, just reaching orifice of corolla, Anther, sacs, 1.6 mm. glabrous.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora survey field

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
South end of Survey Field, south Golden, and South Table Mountain.  

Wednesday, July 6th

Location of patch of Euphorbia myrsinites on lower slopes of Lookout Mountain.

Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze. Hopi Tea Greenthread.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern part of the Survey Field, above the access road, about 90 m. south of Lookout Mountain Road, 1.9 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7392°N, 105.2278°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1844 m. Yellow comp., perennial, woody at base, finely divided leaves, outer phyllaries short, inner phyllaries appearing fused. Mixed prairie near the base of Lookout Mountain.

Coll. No. 1483, 6 Jul 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 55 cm., woody at base, glabrous, eglandular; Leaves, opposite, pinnately lobed, lobes filiform, 30-35 mm.; Inflorescence, 1-3 heads per stem on 10 cm. peduncles; Phyllaries, 2 dimorphic series, without bristles or spines, outer, 2 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, spreading, inner, 8 mm. × 3 mm. wide, connate 4.7 mm, tips erect; Receptacle, paleate, flat; Paleae, 7 mm. × 2 mm. wide, mid-vein greenish-brown, otherwise chartaceous; Flowers of 1 kind; Disc flowers, corolla, tube 3 mm. + throat 1 mm. + lobes 2 mm., color yellow with red-brown veins; Pappus, 2 retrorsely barbed awns; Cypsela, 3.8 mm.

Calochortus gunnisonii with semi-circular segments cut from petals.

Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) G.B. Ownbey. Crested Prickly Poppy.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, 2.2 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7366°N, 105.2292°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1896 m. Stems dripping orange sap when cut.

Achillea millefolium L. Common Yarrow.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. High plains at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, 2.4 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7347°N, 105.2296°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1921 m. Mixed shrubs and grasses on lower slopes of Lookout Mountain.

Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. umbellatum. Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Rocky lower slopes of Lookout Mountain, southwest corner of the Survey Field, 2.5 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7335°N, 105.2287°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1972 m. Steep slope, large plants.

Leymus triticoides (Buckley) Pilg. Beardless Wildrye.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Steep rocky lower slopes of Lookout Mountain, southwest corner of the Survey Field, 2.5 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7334°N, 105.2287°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1974 m.

Coll. No. 1487, 6 Jul 2016, characters observed: Perennial, to 90 cm., long scaly rhizomes not found, culms, 1.5 mm. dia., generally glabrous, except lemma minutely scabrous; Leaves, sheath, open, glabrous, ligule, membraneous, 0.8 mm., auricles, very small, blade, involute; Inflorescence, spike-like, 2-sided, 115 mm. × 8 mm. wide; Spikelets, in pairs, sessile; Glumes, #2, awl-like, lower, 8 mm., upper, 10 mm.; Disarticulation, above the glumes, between florets unclear; Florets, #5, + 1 rudimentary at top of rachilla; Lemma (largest), body 14 mm. + awn 2 mm., reduced above, veins 5, minutely scabrous; Palea, 11 mm., enclosing embryo, tip bifid.

Other articles: Survey Field Road 11000
Coll. No. 1488, Scirpus pallidus  

Scirpus pallidus (Britt.) Fern. Cloaked Bulrush.

Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern part of the Survey Field at the base of Lookout Mountain, beside access road to central part of the field, 2.1 km. south southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.738°N, 105.2292°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1886 m. In a watercourse below a small spring, possibly natural, or possibly overflow from a city water tank.

Wednesday, July 13th

Erigeron divergens Torr. & A. Gray. Spreading Fleabane.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, along an old road and former powerline headed in the general direction of the radio station, 2.6 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7792°N, 105.2173°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1945 m. In thin soils or cracks of basalt caprock, near the edge of prairie dog town.

Coll. No. 1489. 13 July 2016, characters observed: Annual or short-lived perennial, to 15 cm., tap-rooted, ±spreading hairy throughout, becoming minutely glandular above, hairs multicellular with clear crosswalls; Leaves, basal, absent or withered; cauline, alternate, petiole ±10 mm. + blade ±12 mm. × 2.4 mm. wide, uniformly hairy, somewhat reduced above; Inflorescence, heads borne singly on leafy stems, peduncles spreading or decurved, but cannot be described as “heads nodding;” Involucre, 3 mm. × limb 12 mm.; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, 2 kinds; Rays, corolla, 3.5 mm., white fading blue; Disk flowers, corolla, 1.7 mm., yellow; Pappus, short scales and longer capillary bristles, similar on ray and disk flowers; Cypsela, 0.8 mm.

Plantago patagonica Jacq. Woolly Plantain.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, along an old road and former powerline headed about 600 m. north to a radio tower, 2.6 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7792°N, 105.2172°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1972 m. In thin soils or cracks of basalt caprock, near the edge of prairie dog town.

Other articles: Tilting Mesa Trail along trail
Ponderosa pine on top of North Table Mountain.  

Paronychia jamesii Torr. & A. Gray. Jame's Nailwort.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, along an old road and former powerline headed about 290 m. north to a radio tower, 2.6 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden 39.7821°N, 105.2168°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1981 m. Thin soils on top of the mesa.

Eriogonum alatum Torr. Winged Buckwheat.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, about mid-way between the radio tower and the large pond to the east, about 3.25 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7843°N, 105.2145°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1986 m. Uncommon, perennial, to 1.5 m., leaves mostly basal, inflorescence a panicle. Thin, dry soil, on top of basalt flow capping North Table Mountain.

Other articles: “Tilting Mesa Cut-Off” near pond
Coll. No. 1493, Achnatherum robustum  

Achnatherum robustum (Vasey) Barkworth. Sleepygrass.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, base of north-facing rocky slope (fault scarp?) above pond, 3.3 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7849°N, 105.2135°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1979 m. Tall bunch grass, perennial, non-rhizomatous.

Coll. No. 1493, 13 Jul 2016, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 1.3 m., non-rhizomatous bunch grass; Leaves, sheath open, ligule membraneous, tuft of hairs abaxially, blade flat, upper 15 cm.; Inflorescence, panicle, 30 cm. × 2.5 cm.; Spikelets, 1 per node; Florets, 1 per spikelet, bisexual; Glumes, #2, lower, 8 mm. + awn 2.5 mm., veins, #3, thin, upper, ±similar; Disarticulation, above the glumes; Callus, sharp, 0.2 mm.; Lemma, enclosing grain, 6 mm. + awn 26 mm., twisted, short (0.1 mm.) hairy, color tan, tuft of hairs at base, middle sparse hairy, tuft of hairs at tip, lengths ±similar; Palea, 4 mm., hairy; Anthers, #3.

Achillea millefolium L. Common Yarrow.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, base of north-facing rocky slope (fault scarp?) above pond, 3.3 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7849°N, 105.2135°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1978 m.

Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh. Lanceleaf Figwort.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, base of north-facing rocky slope (fault scarp?) above pond, 3.3 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7849°N, 105.2136°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1978 m. Fruit only, past flowering. Numerous plants here, many trampled by deer (?) or weed sprayers (?)

Other articles: “Tilting Mesa Cut-Off” near pond
Coll. No. 1496, Ratibida columnifera  

Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. Upright Prairie Coneflower.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, base of north-facing rocky slope (fault scarp?) above pond, 3.3 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7849°N, 105.2134°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1976 m.

Other articles: “Tilting Mesa Cut-Off” near pond
Coll. No. 1497, Ranunculus aquitilis var. diffusus  

Ranunculus aquatilis L. var. diffusus With. Threadleaf Crowfoot.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, south edge of pond at base of north-facing rocky slope (fault scarp?), 3.3 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.785°N, 105.2136°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1975 m.

Other articles: “Tilting Mesa Cut-Off” near pond
Coll. No. 1498, Ranunculus cymbalaria  

Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh. Alkali Buttercup.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, on the west side of an ephemeral pond in the northern part of the mesa, near the radio tower, 3.4 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7853°N, 105.2142°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1976 m. In very wet soil at the edge of the pond.

Other articles: “Tilting Mesa Cut-Off” near pond
Coll. No. 1499, Elymus trachycaulus
Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1499, Elymus trachycaulus  

Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Shinners. Slender Wheatgrass.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, on the west side of an ephemeral pond in the northern part of the mesa, near the radio tower, 3.4 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7853°N, 105.2142°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1973 m. In very wet soil at the edge of the pond.

Coll. No 1499, 13 Jul 2016, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 80 cm., tufted, not strongly rhizomatous; Leaves, sheath, open, ligule, membraneous, 0.5 mm., auricles, 1 mm., thin, blade, 12-15 cm., flat to involute; Inflorescence, 2-sided spike Rachis, internodes, 6 mm., scabrous on margins; Spikelets, 1 per node, 17 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, laterally compressed, appear to be positioned edge-wise to rachis, but this may be a feature of pressing/drying; Florets, 7+ per spikelet; Glumes, #2, ±equal, 8 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, rounded, veins, #5; Lemma, 9 mm., rounded, veins, #7, glabrous; Palea, ±=lemma; Anthers, 4 mm.

Ackerfield (2015) and Baldwin (2012) lead equivocally to E. trachycaulus, whereas Shaw (2008) and Weber & Wittmann (2012) are more suggestive of E. lanceolatus.

Other articles: Mesa Top Trail near pond
Coll. No. 1500, Potentilla norvegica  

Potentilla norvegica L. Norwegian Cinquefoil.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, on the west side of an ephemeral pond in the northern part of the mesa, beside Mesa Top Trail, near the radio tower, 3.4 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7855°N, 105.2142°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1968 m.

Coll. No. 1500, 13 July 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 25 cm., erect, ±spreading stiff hairy throughout, 1.5 mm., glands, sparse, obscure; Leaves, cauline, stipules, large, 8 mm. × 4 mm. wide, lanceolate, petiole 19 mm. + blade 22 mm. × 24 mm. wide, ternately compound, leaflets, 3(4); Calyx, sepals, 3.5-4.0 mm. × 2 mm. wide, fused >½; Corolla, petals, free, yellow; 1.5 mm. × 1 mm. wide; Stamens, most seen, #8; Style, 0.7 mm., thickest at base; Achenes, 0.6 mm., tan, minutely papillate.

Other articles: Mesa Top Trail near pond
Coll. No. 1500.1, Hordeum pusillum  

Hordeum pusillum Nutt. Little Barley.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, on the west side of an ephemeral pond in the northern part of the mesa, beside Mesa Top Trail, near the radio tower, 3.4 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7855°N, 105.2142°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1968 m.

Other articles: Mesa Top Trail near pond
Coll. No. 1500.2, Verbena bracteata  

Verbena bracteata Lag. & Rodr. Large Bract Vervain.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of North Table Mountain, on the west side of an ephemeral pond in the northern part of the mesa, beside Mesa Top Trail, near the radio tower, 3.4 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7855°N, 105.2142°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1968 m. Erect, perennial, damp soil near pond.

Coll. No. 1500.2, 13 July 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 15 cm., erect; Leaves, cauline, opposite, petiole 5 mm. + blade 20 mm. × 10 mm. wide, pinnafitid, toothed; Bract, 11 mm. × 2.2 mm. wide, entire; Calyx, 4 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide; Corolla, lobes, #5 tube 4 mm. + throat 1 mm. + lobes 2 mm., limb, 2.5 mm., color blue; Introduced.

Usually seen as a prostrate trailside herb. However, this one was growing in grasses and herbs, and forced to adopt an erect habit.

Dalea purpurea Vent. Purple Prairie Clover.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along the Mesa Top Trail (radio tower access road), 135 m. northwest of the tower, 3.3 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7851°N, 105.2175°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1949 m. Edge of brush across roadside gulley. Accidental collections with this one: Aegilops cylindrica and Alyssum simplex.

Other articles: Mesa Top Trail along trail
Coll. No. 1502, Pseudotsuga menziesii “Douglas Fir”
Coll. No. 1502, Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca  

Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco. Douglas Fir.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. North slope of North Table Mountain, 30 m. east of and above the Mesa Top Trail (radio tower access road), 3.4 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7864°N, 105.2208°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1916 m. In brush on moderate northwest slope, only such tree seen.

Other articles: North Table Loop near Mesa Top Trl  

Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze. Hopi Tea Greenthread.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northwest slope of North Table Mountain, near the intersection of the North Table Loop and the Mesa Top Trail, 3.7 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7887°N, 105.2216°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1854 m. Mixed grasses and forbs on the nose of a small ridge.

Other articles: North Table Loop near access road
Coll. No. 1504, Hymenopappus filifolius var. polycephalus  

Hymenopappus filifolius Hook. var. polycephalus (Osterh.) B.L. Turner. Many-Headed Fine-Leaved Wooly-White.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower slopes on the west side of North Table Mountain, along side of North Table Loop, just a few meters north of the access road to the trailhead, 3.2 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7833°N, 105.2298°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1835 m.

Coll. No. 1504, 13 July 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 60 cm., ±tomentose throughout; Leaves, basal, petiole 35 mm. + blade 75 mm. × 30 mm. wide, very deeply pinnafitid, segments filiform, ultimate divisions 8-18 mm., cauline, #4-5, similar, reduced above, bases conspicuously tomentose; Inflorescence, heads borne singly on peduncles, 22-45 mm., #(5) 7 (15); Involucre, 8 mm. × 15 mm. wide; Receptacle, epaleate, flat; Phyllaries, 2 series, 7 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide; inner > outer, margins chartaceous, tips broad scarious; Flowers, 1 kind; Disk flowers, corolla, yellow; Pappus, scales, 1.2 mm.; Achenes, 5 mm., hairy all over, more so on the angles.

Ackerfield (2015) leads to Hymenopappus when the involucre bracts (phyllaries) have broad, scarious tips, whereas involucre bracts in Chaenactis are green and narrow, without scarious tips. Weber & Wittmann (2012) use the same characters. FNANM also uses the shape of the cypselae. Baldwin (2012) also uses the shape and margin of the phyllaries and, in addition, the corollas of Hymenopappus are yellow, whereas those of Chaenactis are white.

Other articles: County Road 284 at Crestone Golden Checklist Flora oth. trlhds. Mesa Spur Trail at W. 58th along trail North Table Loop at sm saddle

Locations: North Table Mountain. North Table Mountain Park.
North Table Mountain from W. 58th Street  

Friday, July 22nd

Trailhead of Mesa Spur Trail.	Mesa Spur Trail	View from small hill near North Table Loop.	View from small hill, south east to Denver.	The private pasture at left is a source of weeds bleeding into the adjacent open space.
Eriogonum alatum

Other articles: Mesa Spur Trail 23000
Coll. No. 1505, Oenothera curtiflora
Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1505, Oenothera curtiflora  

Oenothera curtiflora W.L. Wagner & Hoch. Velvet Butterfly-Weed.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lowest north slopes of North Tab;e Mountain, along the Mesa Spur Trail, 0.6 km. south of 58th Avenue, 4.7 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7971°N, 105.2113°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1798 m. Very tall, single stem branched at the inflorescence, small-flowered, soft-hairy.

Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. Western Snowberry.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lowest north slopes of North Table Mountain, along the Mesa Spur Trail, 0.6 km. south of 58th Avenue, 4.6 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7967°N, 105.2112°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1807 m.

Helianthus pauciflorus Nutt. ssp. subrhomboideus (Rydb.) O. Spring & E. Schilling. Stiff Sunflower.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Near the top of several small hills (toe of landslide?) on the lower north slope of North Table Mountain, 0.7 km. southeast of the Mesa Spur Trailhead on 58th Avenue, 4.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7972°N, 105.2071°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1851 m. Also at this location: Thelesperma megapotamicum, Eriogonum alatum, and E. effusum.

Included with Coll. No. 1541 and sent to KHD to demonstrate characters of leaves.

Asclepias pumila (A. Gray) Vail. Plains Milkweed.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower north slopes of North Table Mountain, 0.79 km southeast of the Mesa Spur Trailhead in 58th Avenue, 4.65 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.796°N, 105.207°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1845 m. Growing in low grasses and forbs.

Other articles: North Table Loop w. of saddle
Coll. No. 1509, Psoralidium tenuiflorum
Fruit of Coll. No. 1509, Psoralidium tenuiflorum  

Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb. Slimflower Scurfpea.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower north slopes of North Table Mountain, 0.76 km southeast of the Mesa Spur Trailhead in 58th Avenue, 4.58 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7956°N, 105.2086°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1840 m.

Other articles: North Table Loop w. of saddle
Coll. No. 1510, Asparagus officinalis  

Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower north slopes of North Table Mountain, 0.76 km southeast of the Mesa Spur Trailhead in 58th Avenue, 4.58 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7955°N, 105.2086°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1843 m. Sterile.

Other articles: Mesa Spur Trail Coll. No. 1511, 22 Jul 2016
Coll. No. 1511, Physalis hederifolia var. comata  

Physalis hederifolia A. Gray var. comata (Rydb.) Waterfall. Ivy-Leaved Ground Cherry.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower north slopes of North Table Mountain,500 m. south southeast of the Mesa Spur Trailhead on 58th Avenue, 4.74 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7976°N, 105.2115°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1797 m. Trailside, in grasses.

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Seed of Frasera speciosa
View south from north boundary of open space.  

Sunday, July 24th

Fence on north boundary of open space.	Fence on north boundary of open space.	The pond in the northern part is ephemeral.	Coyote at Ranson/Edwards.

Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. Canada Thistle.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern part of open space, 1.6 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, north 1.9 mi. on Plainview Road, then 80 m. northwest; 16.3 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8977°N, 105.2687°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1935 m. Mixed grasses and forbs, just below the ponderosa pine zone. Lightly grazed in 2016.

Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Coll. No. 1512, 24 July 2016, characters observed: Annual, to 70 cm., tap-rooted; Leaves, cauline, alternate, sessile but not obviously decurrent, 85 mm. × 20 mm. wide, margin sinuate, spiny, adaxial thinly tomentose, abaxial tomentose; Inflorescence, panicle(?); Heads, many, 30±, 15 mm. × 8 mm. dia., disk flowers only, dioecious, staminate heads, pappus < corolla, pistillate heads, pappus > corolla; Phyllaries, many (6-7) series, outer 3 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, inner 15 mm. × 1 mm. wide, dark dorsal ridge, tips, spinulose, reflexed; Receptacle, soft bristles, 10 mm.; Pappus, plumose bristles.

Agrostis stolonifera L. Creeping Bentgrass.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern part of open space, 1.6 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, north 1.9 mi. on Plainview Road, then 300 m. northeast, almost to the boundary fence; 16.3 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8991°N, 105.2668°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1937 m. Weakly stoloniferous, growing in and beside ephemeral stream. Introduced.

Coll. No. 1515, 24 July 2016, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 85 cm., decumbent at base, weakly rhizomatous, 1 of 3 collections has a 2.5 cm. scaly rhizome; Leaves, sheath, open, ligule 4 mm., chartaceous tissue extending down sheath 20 mm., auricles, 1 mm., blade, 80 mm. × 3.2 mm. wide, flat, scabrous adaxially; Inflorescence, panicle, branches not bearing spikelets to base; Spikelets, 1 floret; Glumes, ±equal, 2.3 mm., purplish, keeled scabrous; Lemma, 1.8 mm. + awn 0.3 mm., thin, translucent, veins, 3(5?); Palea, 1.3 mm. Introduced.

Oenothera villosa Thunb. Hairy Evening Primrose.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern part of open space, 1.6 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, north 1.9 mi. on Plainview Road, then 700 m. downhill to northeast to a small reservoir; 16.3 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8989°N, 105.2609°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1905 m. High plains above Rocky Flats, single plant growing in delatic gravels of small ephemeral stream entering pond.

Carduus nutans L. Nodding Plumeless Thistle.

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern part of open space, 1.6 mi. west on CO Highway 72 from CO Highway 93, north 1.9 mi. on Plainview Road, then 560 m. downhill to northeast; 16.3 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8974°N, 105.262°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1916 m. Northwest-facing slope above ephemeral stream. Introduced. Colorado Noxious Weed List B.

Coll. No. 1517, 24 July 2016, characters observed: Annual, to 55 cm., tap-rooted, branched at base; Leaves, basal, withered at flowering, cauline, alternate, decurrent 40 mm. + blade 75 mm. × 25 mm. wide, pinnately lobed, margins spiny; Inflorescence, single heads on spiny tomentose peduncles 2.5-15 cm.; Phyllaries, many graduated series, 9-20 mm. × 1-3 mm. wide, thick at base, mostly green, purplish at margins, mid-vein prominent, tip spiny; Receptacle, alveolate (honeycombed), flat, bristly; Disk flowers, 25 mm., color purple; Pappus, capillary bristles, 18 mm.

Other articles: North Table Loop near Mesa Top Trl

Locations: North Table Mountain Park.
Gynobase of Lithospermum occidentale  

Friday, July 29th

Asclepias definitely, maybe A. viridiflora	Fruit of Asclepias definitely, maybe A. viridiflora	Leaf of Asclepias definitely, maybe A. viridiflora

Other articles: North Table Loop near str xing Glossary runcinate
Coll. No. 1515, Stephanomeria pauciflora
Runcinate leaves of Coll. No. 1515, Stephanomeria pauciflora  

Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A. Nelson. Brownplume Wirelettuce.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of North Table Mountain, between North Table Loop and Mesa Top Trail, 0.7 km. northwest of the Easley Road trailhead; 3.9 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7841°N, 105.1952°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1798 m. Grassy southeast-facing slope.

Coll. No. 1518, 29 July 2016, characters observed: Perennial, shrub-like, to 30 cm.; Leaves, alternate, sessile, 80 mm. × 15 mm. wide, lanceolate, deeply toothed (runcinate); Heads, many; Phyllaries, 3 graduated series, 4-9 mm. × 1.3-1.5 mm. wide; Flowers, 1 kind; Rays, #5, 12 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, white, fading tan; Pappus, bristles, connate into 5 groups corresponding to ribs of cypsela, 7 mm., plumose upper 3/4; Cypsela, 4 mm., beak, 0, rugose-tuberculate, 5 broad ribs.

Other articles: North Table Loop along trail
Coll. No. 1519, Solidago missouriensis
Three prominent veins in leaves of Coll. No. 1519, Solidago missouriensis  

Solidago missouriensis Nutt. Missouri Goldenrod.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of North Table Mountain, along the North Table Loop north of the Mesa Top Trail, 1.2 km. northwest of the Easley Road trailhead; 4.32 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.789°N, 105.1953°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1829 m. Trailside in small outcrop of rocks.

Coll. No. 1519, 29 Jul 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 35 cm.; Leaves, basal, unknown, cauline, alternate, petiole 10 mm. + blade 100 mm. × 22 mm. wide, oblanceolate, glabrous, margin, sparsely scabrous proximally, serrate distally, prominently 3(5)-nerved, reduced above; Heads, 3-4 mm. × 3-4 mm. wide; Phyllaries, 3+ series, 3.5 mm. × 1 mm. wide, green, margin chartaceous, veins, 1; Receptacle, epaleate, conic, Flowers, 2 kinds; Ray flowers, #12, yellow; Disk flowers, #12, yellow; Pappus, capillary bristles.

Other articles: North Table Loop along trail
Coll. No. 1520, Corylus cornuta  

Corylus cornuta Marshall. Beaked Hazelnut.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower east slopes of North Table Mountain, along the North Table Loop north of the Mesa Top Trail, 1.57 km. northwest of the Easley Road trailhead; 4.56 km. northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7923°N, 105.1973°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1830 m. Sterile collection, no reproductive parts found. Determination tentative.

Coll. No. 1520, 29 July 2016, characters observed: Tree, Twigs, brown, sparsely (hairy to arachnose); Leaves, alternate, petiole, 6 mm., blade, 130 mm. × 75 mm. wide, base, oblique, tip, acuminate, margin, doubly-serrate, prominently pinnately veined, glabrous.

Other articles: North Table Loop s. of williams parcel
Coll. No. 1521, Heterotheca villosa  

Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners var. villosa. Hairy False Goldenaster.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower north slopes of North Table Mountain, 1.02 km. southwest of the Mesa Spur trailhead on 58th Avenue, 4.66 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7953°N, 105.2039°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1848 m. Mixed grasses and forbs upslope of North Table Loop.

Coll. No. 1521, 29 July 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 35 cm., eglandular and hispid throughout; Leaves, cauline, alternate, sessile, 35 mm. × 18 mm. wide, ovate, entire, not contorted after drying; Heads, borne singly on leafy peduncles to 50 mm., subtended by a pair of bracts, sometimes equalling but not exceeding the head, with cilia to 1.2 mm. proximally; Phyllaries, 3+graduated series, 3-8 mm. × 1 mm. wide, more toward strigose than hispid, tips, dark brown; Receptacle, epaleate, hemispheric; Flowers, 2 kinds; Rays, corolla, 9 mm., yellow; Disk flowers, corolla, 6.5 mm., yellow; Pappus, short (1 mm.) and long (5-6 mm.) capillary bristles; Cypsela, 3 mm., hairy.

Perhaps an intermediate between Heterotheca villosa and H. foliosa. See discussion in Ackerfield (2015) Flora of Colorado.

Friday, August 8th

Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) G.B. Ownbey. Crested Prickly Poppy.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. South side of North Table Mountain, along the Climbing Access Trail just below the uppermost basalt flow; 224 m. southeast of the USBR monument designated “North Table,” 1.44 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7681°N, 105.2169°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1905 m.

Helianthus pumilus Nutt. Little Sunflower.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. South side of North Table Mountain, along the Climbing Access Trail just below the uppermost basalt flow; 224 m. southeast of the USBR monument designated “North Table,” 1.44 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7681°N, 105.2169°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1918 m.

Andropogon gerardii Vitman. Big Bluestem.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. South side of North Table Mountain, below Climbing Access Trail near the top of the slope; 260 m. southeast of the USBR monument designated “North Table,” 1.38 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7675°N, 105.217°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1891 m. Collected with Mirabilis linearis.

Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl. Narrowleaf Four O'Clock.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. South side of North Table Mountain, below Climbing Access Trail near the top of the slope; 260 m. southeast of the USBR monument designated “North Table,” 1.38 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7675°N, 105.217°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1890 m. Widely scattered; collected with Andropogon gerardii.

Securigera varia (L.) Lassen. Purple Crownvetch.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower slopes on the south side of North Table Mountain, 330 m. south southeast of the USBR monument designated “North Table,” 1.22 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7663°N, 105.2181°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1819 m. Barely identifiable fragments from a very heavily browsed patch approximately 3 m. × 5 m. in size. Aerial photography shows multiple game trails oriented toward this patch. Introduced.

Coll. No. 1526, 5 August 2016, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 1 m. × 3 m. dia.; Leaves, cauline, alternate, stipules, 3 mm. × 0.6 mm., strap-shaped, sessile or nearly so, compound, leaflets, #21, 9 mm. × 2.7 mm. wide, oblong, tip mucronate; Inflorescence, axillary umbellate clusters, peduncles, 25 mm., Pedicels, 2.5 mm., Calyx, conical, tube 2.5 mm. + lobes 0.5 mm.; Flowers, white to pink, banner 4 mm. + 2 mm., wings, 6 mm., keel, 9 mm.; Fruit, erect, 19 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, ridged.

Other articles: Social Trail at spring
Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1527, Juncus interior  

Juncus interior Wiegand. Inland Rush.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower south slopes of North Table Mountain, above Peery Parkway, 250 m. south of the USBR monument “North Table,”1.25 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.767°N, 105.2201°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1831 m. Small wetland where the North Table Mountain Trail crosses a watercourse below a near-perennial spring that is higher on the south slope of the mesa.

Coll. No. 1527, 5 August 2014, characters observed: Perennial graminoid, to 45 cm., Culm, 40 cm, round, 1 mm. dia.; Leaves, basal, outer, 7 mm., sheath-like, inner, sheath, 80 mm., open, ligule, 0.5 mm., membraneous, blade, 225 mm., rolled; Bracts, #2, 85 mm., 46 mm.; Pedicel, 3 mm., bract, 2 mm.; Flowers, #17, closely subtended by a pair of scarious bracteoles; Tepals, 3.2 mm. lanceolate, tip acuminate, green center, then light brown strips, then scarious margin; Capsule, 3.5 mm., rounded at summit, placenta extends nearly to tip; Seeds, 0.5 mm., oblong, not tailed, annular grooves;

Other articles: Social Trail at spring
Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1528, Elymus trachycaulis  

Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Shinners. Slender Wheatgrass.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower south slopes of North Table Mountain, above Peery Parkway, 250 m. south of the USBR monument “North Table,”1.25 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7669°N, 105.22°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1835 m. Small wetland where the North Table Mountain Trail crosses a watercourse below a near-perennial spring that is higher on the south slope of the mesa.

Coll. No. 1528, 5 August 2016, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 1 m., generally glabrous except as noted; Leaves, sheath, open, ligule, membraneous, auricles, small, 1 mm., blade, 25 mm. Inflorescence, bi-lateral spike; Spikelets, mostly 1 per node, about 1/3 have 2 per node, 21 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, compression, lateral; Disarticulation, between the florets; Glumes, #2, ±equal, 11 mm. + awns 2 mm., not quite straight, thick, tough, not keeled, veins, 5, prominent, margins, widest at middle, Florets, #8, Lemma, 9 mm. + awn 3 mm, longitudinally symetric; Palea, 9 mm., tip, bifid, veins, ciliate; Anthers, 3 mm.

Other articles: Social Trail at spring
Coll. No. 1529, Poa palustris
Spikelets of Coll. No. 1529, Poa palustris  

Poa palustris L. Fowl Bluegrass.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower south slopes of North Table Mountain, above Peery Parkway, 250 m. south of the USBR monument “North Table,”1.25 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.767°N, 105.22°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1833 m. Small wetland where the North Table Mountain Trail crosses a watercourse below a near-perennial spring that is higher on the south slope of the mesa.

Coll. No. 1529, 5 August 2016, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 1 m., growing in running water; rhizomes, unknown (none seen); Leaves, sheath open, ligule, membraneous, 4 mm., blade, flat, scabrous, tip, narrow, not broadly prow-shaped; Inflorescence, open panicle, 28 cm. × 20 cm. wide, lower branches 4-5 per node; Pedicels, 0.3-3.0 mm.; Spikelets, 1 per node, 4 mm. × 1 mm., compression lateral, glumes, lemma, and paleae very fragile; Glumes, #2, lower, 2.6 mm., veins 3, upper, 2.8 mm., veins 3 (5?); Disarticulation, above the glumes; Florets, 3 fertile, + uppermost rudimentary; Lemma, 2.6 mm., veins, at least 3, maybe 5, basal hairs sparse, but length 1/2 the lemma, keeled, hairy proximally, margin, hairy proximally, glabrous between the veins; Palea, 2.3 mm.

Poa palustris L. Fowl Bluegrass.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower south slopes of North Table Mountain, above Peery Parkway, 250 m. south of the USBR monument “North Table,”1.25 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7669°N, 105.22°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1830 m. Small wetland where the North Table Mountain Trail crosses a watercourse below a near-perennial spring that is higher on the south slope of the mesa. Same as Coll. No. 1529, but this one shows the decumbent culms that are purplish at the base.

Rumex crispus L. Curley Dock.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower south slopes of North Table Mountain, above Peery Parkway, 250 m. south of the USBR monument “North Table,”1.25 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.767°N, 105.22°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1822 m. Basal leaves absent. Small wetland where the North Table Mountain Trail crosses a watercourse below a near-perennial spring that is higher on the south slope of the mesa. Introduced.

Epilobium ciliatum Raf. Fringed Willowherb.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower south slopes of North Table Mountain, above Peery Parkway, 250 m. south of the USBR monument “North Table,”1.25 km. north of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.767°N, 105.2201°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1826 m. Small wetland where the North Table Mountain Trail crosses a watercourse below a near-perennial spring that is higher on the south slope of the mesa.