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When I first read the field notes of Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg, I was fascinated by the descriptions they wrote about the places they went and the plants and animals they found there. By publishing my field notes on the Internet I hope to follow a little bit in their tradition.
2024
January 2024
Other articles:
• Alley:
about even with front door;
Muddy alley on 23 January 2024.
Muddy alley on 23 January 2024.
23 January 2024
Other articles:
• Alley:
just above sidewalk;
Mud on garage apron.
30 January 2024
February 2024
Other articles:
• Alley:
at sidewalk;
Muddy snow on the sidewalk.
6 February 2024
Muddy conditions on the alley.
Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street:
at alley;
Muddy water on its way to Clear Creek from the alley.
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Other articles:
• Magpie Gulch Trail:
social train down;
Upper end of the shortcut trail.
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Other articles:
• Trail to Parkview Court:
at drain;
• Magpie Gulch Trail:
social train down;
A walker on the social trail, calling to her dog that is off-leash in the yard at right center.
A couple walking their dog on the social trail.
Monday, 26 February 2024
March 2024
Other articles:
• Trail to Parkview Court:
at social trl jct;
Locations:
New Loveland Mine Park .
Social trail at minor junction.
Friday, 1 March 2024
Other articles:
• Illinois Street:
Illinois near 20th;
Sorbus aucuparia planted on Illinois Street.
Saturday, 2 March 2024
Went looking at a Sorbus on Illinois Street after the Coffee with a Councilor.
Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street:
at alley;
19" of Snow on the Deck.
Friday, 15 March 2024
Big snow day!
Other articles:
• 5th Street:
New Loveland Mine Park;
Locations:
New Loveland Mine Park .
South Table Mountain from New Loveland Mine Park.
Monday, 25 March 2024
Another Spring snow.
North Table Mountain from New Loveland Mine Park.
Other articles:
• Magpie Gulch Trail:
at lower end of social trail;
social trail Cyn Vw Dr;
Locations:
New Loveland Mine Park .
Junction of social trails with Magpie Gulch Trail.
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
South end of the shortcut social trail.
Other articles:
• Welch Ditch:
at marker;
along trail;
at junk car;
12990;
at stairs;
• Peaks to Plains Trail:
near Welch Ditch br.;
at s. bank;
at stairs;
at hd gate;
south bank;
48790;
at Grant Terry Bridge;
Locations:
Clear Creek Canyon .
Welch Ditch .
The east end of the Grant Terry Bridge.
Friday, 29 March 2024
Peaks to Plains Trail
Flat on the west side of the Grant Terry Bridge.
Head gate of the Church Ditch.
Jamesia americana on the cliff by the Tough Cuss Bridge.
Welch Ditch suspension bridge.
Commemorative Plaque for resonstruction of the Welch Ditch, 1932.
Hops vines and cones on a Douglas fir.
Junk car along the ditch.
Gate on the Welch Ditch.
Stairs between Peaks to Plains Trail and the Welch Ditch.
West end of Grant Terry Bridge.
Other articles:
• 6th Street:
at end;
• Parkview Court:
near cul-de-sac.;
at cul de sac;
• Trail to Parkview Court:
at 6th;
e. edge of cul de sac;
Siberian elm on Parkview Court.
Exit of social trail off of Parkview Court.
Sunday, 31 March 2024.
Walk in the neighborhood.
East end of social trail on 6th Street.
April 2024
Other articles:
• 5th Street:
at Illinois;
• Illinois Street:
at 5th;
• Maple Street:
at alley.;
• Trail to Parkview Court:
e. edge of cul de sac;
• Magpie Gulch Trail:
social trail to High Pt Dr;
social trail Cyn Vw Dr;
west of surge pong;
Lower end of social trail to High Point Drive.
Social trail to Canyon View Drive.
Monday, 1 April 2024
Surge pond at 2+ years.
West on the social trail from Parkview Court.
Alley between 5th and 6th Streets.
Corner of 5th and Illinois.
Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:
Linaria dalmatica;
Linaria dalmatica sprouting.
Comparison of root cortex color.
Thursday, 4 April 2024
Seeding and weeding at DeLong Park.
Other articles:
• Brumm Trail:
70000;
along road;
78000;
• Colorado Highway 72:
65490;
65510;
65560;
Locations:
Coal Creek .
Coal Creek Canyon .
Looking west from parking area.
Friday, 5 April 2024
Reconnaisance at Coal Creek Canyon Study Area.
Looking east from parking area.
Smashed picnic table beside Coal Creek.
View west (up canyon) from pullout.
View east (down canyon) in Coal Creek Canyon.
View of canyon to the southwest.
View out of the canyon to the east.
View up canyon from the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon.
Wide-angle view of Canyon 2 on left and Coal Creek Canyon on right.
Brumm Trail up on the ridge.
Looking west in the direction of Blue Mountain.
Brumm Trail near the top of the ridge.
View south from Brumm Trail.
View east from Brumm Trail.
Locations:
New Loveland Mine Park .
View of Golden from New Loveland Mine Park at the height (depth?) of a 65% eclipse.
Monday, 8 April 2024
Locations:
Schweich Hill .
Opuntia macrorhiza on Schweich Hill.
Opuntia macrorhiza on Schweich Hill.
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Weeding at Schweich Hill.
Other articles:
• Blue Mountain Drive:
at fire stn;
• Colorado Highway 72:
65560;
Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon .
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel .
Drainage S2 in the Lacey parcel of Coal Creek Canyon Study Area.
Friday, 12 April 2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area
Mystery plant emerging at Coal Creek Canyon.
California Zephyr climbs the Moffat Route across the canyon.
View from drainage S2 towards Fire Station 3.
Drainage S2 from the low hill.
Townsendia hookeri (?) on top of small hill.
Pediocactus simpsonii on the dry flat below CO Highway 72.
Opuntia fragilis on flat below highway.
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, 12 April 2024.
3231
Claytonia rosea
3232
Pulsatilla patens
Plants of the Coal Creek Canyon Study Area Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Ranunculaceae
Pulsatilla nuttalliana (DC.) Bercht. & J. Presl.
Pasque Flower.
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
280 m. northwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.2 km. north northwest of Golden.
39.87518°N, 105.27963°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 2034 m.
Open rocky field, recognizable here at this early date: Lomatium orientale, Echinocereus viridiflorus, Yucca glauca , and Carex inops ssp. heliophila .
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich
3232.
12-Apr-2024
Monday, 15 April 2024
Staminate catkins on Coll. No. 3233, Populus deltoides .
Fragmenting collection of staminate catkins, Coll. No. 3233, Populus deltoides monilifera .
3233
Populus deltoides , staminate catkins. Poor collection, discarded.
3234
Populus deltoides , staminate catkins. Poor collection, discarded.
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Pistillate catkins on Coll. No. 3235, Populus deltoides .
3235
Populus deltoides , pistillate catkins. Poor collection, discarded.
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Weeding at Schweich Hill.
Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel .
View from the low hill in the northeast corner of the Lacey parcel.
Pulsatilla nuttalliana under Ponderosa pines.
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, with John Vickery.
Carduus nutans rosette.
Small gulch above Coal Creek (S2.2)
View across Coal Creek Canyon.
Upper part of small gulch S2.2.
View back across upper part of small gulch (S2.2).
Viola canadensis out in an open sunny spot.
3236
Noccaea fendleri .
Plants of the Coal Creek Canyon Study Area Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Brassicaceae
Noccaea fendleri (A. Gray) Holub ssp. glauca (A. Nelson) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch.
Alpine Pennycress.
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
Isolated hill in the Idaho Springs-Ralston shear zone, 540 m. northwest of the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.4 km. north northwest of Golden.
39.8765°N, 105.28229°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 2053 m.
North side of hill in Ponderosa pine woodland.
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich, with John Vickery
3236.
24-Apr-2024
Coll. No. 3237, Cirsium vulgare .
Coll. No. 3237, basal rosette of Cirsium vulgare .
3237
Cirsium vulgare “Bull Thistle”
Plants of the Coal Creek Canyon Study Area Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Asteraceae
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
Bull Thistle.
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
In cobbles and gravel of the bank of Coal Creek, 850 m. northwest of the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.6 km. north northwest of Golden.
39.87778°N, 105.28556°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 2024 m.
Basal rosette.
iNaturalist Observation 209169508.
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich, with John Vickery
3237.
24-Apr-2024
Locations:
Schweich Hill .
Field Chickweed (Cerastium arvense var. strictum ) on Schweich Hill.
Packera fendleri on Schweich Hill.
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Weeding at Schweich Hill.
Other articles:
• Interstate 80:
at Exit 41;
Locations:
Blacks Fork .
Lyman, Wyoming, across Blacks Fork.
Wednesday, 1 May 2024.
Golden, CO, to Ogden, UT.
Other articles:
• Interstate 80:
at Rest Area;
View east from Grassy Mountain Rest Stop.
View east from Grassy Mountain Rest Stop.
Thursday, 2 May 2024
Ogden, Utah, to Elko, Nevada.
View west from Grassy Mountain Rest Stop.
Other articles:
• Interstate 80:
at Rest Area;
Salt flats.
Stop at the Salt Flats.
Other articles:
• Interstate 80:
at Exit 333 - Deeth;
East Humboldt Range from the Deeth exit.
Ruby Mountains from the Deeth Exit.
Photography at the Deeth exit.
Locations:
Elko .
Dining room at the Star Hotel.
Baked lamb shoulder at the Star Hotel.
Basque dinner at the Star Hotel.
Friday, 3 May 2024
Elko, NV, to Boise, ID.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
Adobe Summit;
Locations:
Adobe Summit .
Looking north from Adobe Summit.
Adobe Summit.
Adobe Summit, about where the downgrade warning sign is.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
near Pie Creek;
n. of summit;
Locations:
Independence Mountains .
Independence Mountains to the northwest.
View of the Indepencence Mountains to the northwest.
NV 225 crosses Pie Creek.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at Haystack Rnch;
Locations:
Haystack Ranch .
Haystack Ranch on Sheep Creek.
Haystack Ranch and Sheep Creek.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at Foreman Ck;
Locations:
Foreman Creek .
Unnamed ranch at Foreman Creek.
Cross Foreman Creek.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
along hwy;
View of highway to the north.
Slope overlooking North Fork.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at Holland Rch;
Locations:
Holland Ranch .
Holland Ranch across the North Fork Humboldt River.
Holland Ranch
Mailbox of the Holland Ranch.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at Laing Ranch;
Locations:
Laing Ranch .
Laing Ranch with Independence Mountains in the background.
Laing Ranch and North Fork
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at North Fork;
Locations:
North Fork .
NVDOT North Fork Maintenance Yard.
North Fork
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at N Fk Ch Rd;
Independence Mountains from just north of North Fork.
Drainage divide ahead at the red arrow.
At North Fork Charleston Road.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at divide;
Snake River - Columbia Basin ahead …
At drainage divide.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
near Wild Horse;
Wild Horse and Reservoir ahead.
Approaching Wild Horse.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
29900;
Wild Horse Reservoir with Independence Mountains.
Mertensia oblongifolia at Wild Horse Reservoir.
Took a break at Wild Horse Reservoir State Park.
Wild Horse Reservoir with Independence Mountains.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
29700;
Locations:
Wild Horse Dam .
Sign for Wild Horse Dam.
Wild Horse Dam.
Water spilling over Wild Horse Dam.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
in the canyon;
Locations:
Owyhee River .
Owyhee River in the canyon.
Owyhee River in the canyon.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at Patsville;
Locations:
Rio Tinto .
General view of the Rio Tinto area.
Rio Tinto, Nevada
Rio Tinto behind a locked gate.
General View of Mt. City Copper Co.'s New Camp of Rio Tinto, Showing Mill and Mine Buildings on Right and New Apartments on Left.
View southeast from Rio Tinto to the Wild Horse Range.
Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:
at Mtn City;
Locations:
Mountain City .
Entering Mountain City.
Mountain City.
Mountain City.
Other articles:
• Idaho State Highway 51:
at Roll Inn Spr;
Locations:
Roll Inn Spring .
USGS Monitoring Well at Roll Inn Spring.
Roll Inn Spring, where we stopped to pee.
Other articles:
• Idaho State Highway 51:
at Grasmere;
Locations:
Grasmere .
Grasmere.
Grasmere, Idaho.
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Coll. No. 3238, Xanthoceras sorbifolium .
3238
Xanthoceras sorbifolium .
Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Sapindaceae
Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge.
Yellowhorn.
Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado.
West end of alley parallel to 4th and 5th Streets, between Arapahoe and Cheyenne Streets, north side of alley, rooted between telephone pole and fence post, nearest street address 407 Cheyenne Street, 940 m. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden.
39.76091°N, 105.22961°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 1759 m.
Woody shrub, about 2 m. tall, rooted at the base of a telephone pole, between that pole and a fence post.
Formerly grown in a private garden at 409 Cheyenne Street. Garden was destroyed by residential construction in 2018. However, this plant appeared in 2022 at the edge of the former garden some distance from the original location the plant was grown.
Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2024, issued: Mar 29, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich
3238.
8-May-2024
Locations:
Hildebrand Ranch Park .
Where we found Physaria , either P. bellii or P. vitulifera .
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Hildebrand Ranch Park
Locations:
Hildebrand Ranch Park .
Physaria sp. On Pierre shale.
General habitat of Coll. No. 3209.
3239
Physaria vitulifera .
Plants of Jefferson County Open Space Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae
Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.
Roundtip Twinpod.
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
East-facing slope below a flat. Unclear whether we are in Niobrara Fm. or on the Pierre Shale. 815 m. west of Hildebrand Ranch Park parking lot, 2.10 km. south southwest of West Metro Fire Rescue Station 14
39.55156°N, 105.11959°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 1739 m.
Fine-grained calcareous sandstone with Musineon divaricatum, Helianthis pumilis, Delphinium sp., and Cercocarpus montanus .
These collections were made because of previous collections on nearby private land that are determined P. bellii (COLO201392, COLO201400).
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich, with John Vickery
3239.
14-May-2024
Coll. No. 3239, Physaria vitulifera .
The photograph was taken at roughly the same time as this collection was made, but I do not think this is actually one of the plants in the collection.
Coll. No. 3240, Physaria vitulifera .
3240
Physaria vitulifera .
Plants of Jefferson County Open Space Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae
Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.
Roundtip Twinpod.
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
Top of an east-facing slope below flat. Unclear whether we are in Niobrara Fm. or on the Pierre Shale. 835 m. west of Hildebrand Ranch Park parking lot, 2.10 km. south southwest of West Metro Fire Rescue Station 14.
39.55153°N, 105.11978°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 1746 m.
Fine-grained calcareous sandstone with Musineon divaricatum, Helianthis pumilis, Delphinium sp., and Cercocarpus montanus .
These collections were made because of previous collections on nearby private land that are determined P. bellii (COLO201392, COLO201400).
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich, with John Vickery
3240.
14-May-2024
Coll. No. 3241, Physaria vitulifera .
3241
Physaria vitulifera .
Plants of Jefferson County Open Space Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae
Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.
Roundtip Twinpod.
Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
Just on the east slope of a small hogback mapped as Niobrara Fm., 965 m. west of Hildebrand Ranch Park parking lot, 2.15 km. south southwest of West Metro Fire Rescue Station 14.
39.55139°N, 105.12128°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 1762 m.
Three of six plants growing under Cercocarpus montanus , with Eriogonum umbellatum and Opunita polyacantha .
These collections were made because of previous collections on nearby private land that are determined P. bellii (COLO201392, COLO201400).
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich, with John Vickery
3241.
14-May-2024
3242
Oxytropis sericea .
3243
Gilia spicata
3243.1
Euphorbia brachycera .
3244
Packera plattensis
Locations:
North Table Mountain Park .
Schweich Hill .
Schweich Hill, 22 May 2024.
Eriogonum arcuatum on top of North Table Mountain.
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
North Table Mountain
Eriogonum arcuatum on top of North Table Mountain.
Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:
Jamesia americana ;
• Peaks to Plains Trail:
at s. bank;
Locations:
Clear Creek Canyon Park .
Jamesia americana on the Peaks to Plains Trail.
Friday, 24 May 2024
Peaks to Plains Trail
Friday, 31 May 2024
Kinney Run
3245
Populus deltoides var. monilifera with pistillate catkins.
Other articles:
• Peaks to Plains Trail:
along the trail;
Wild New Mexican Hops (Humulus neomexicanus ) beside the Peaks to Plains Trail.
Monday, 3 June 2024
Peaks to Plains Trail
Other articles:
• Crawford Street:
at curve;
Locations:
City of Golden Parcel 40-102-01-032 .
Yard waste and Canada thistle in the city open space.
Saturday, 8 June 2024
City of Golden Parcel 40-102-01-032
Yard Waste along the west fence.
View across city parcel, to Apex Park, Stonebridge HOA, Lookout Mountain, &c.
Entrance to city-owned parcel.
Coll. No. 3246, Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus .
3246
Lupinus argenteus
Coll. No. 3247, Physocarpus monogynus .
3247
Physocarpus monogyna
Locations:
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park .
Shining Leopardbane (Arnica fulgens Pursh) at Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space.
Sunday, 9 June 2024
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space.
Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel .
The forest as far as I got up the gulch.
Monday, 10 June 2024
Lacey Parcel
Coll. No. 3248, Ligusticum porteri .
Coll. No. 3248, Ligusticum porteri .
3248
Ligusticum porteri .
3249
Physocarpus montanus
Coll. No. 3250, Carex rossii .
Inflorescence of Coll. No. 3250, Carex rossii .
3250
Carex sp.
Plants of Jefferson County Open Space Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae
Carex rossii Boott.
Ross Sedge.
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado.
On a terrace, right bank of the second creek on the south side of Coal Creek Canyon, the first being that of Blue Mountain Estates, 565 m. west southwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3.
39.87211°N, 105.28411°W.
WGS 1984
Elev. 2108 m.
Open Douglas fir forest with little understory, and that of Physocarpus monogynus , with a large patch of a Veronica , c.f. V. biloba .
Smut-infected(?).
Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.
Tom Schweich
3250.
10-Jun-2024
Coll. No. 3250, 10 June 2024, characters observed:
Perennial sedge, cespitose, to 30 cm.;
Leaves ,
0.7 mm. wide,
green,
sheaths margins white-hyaline;
Inflorescence ,
30 mm. × 5 mm. wide,
3-5 spikes;
Spikes ,
basal present,
terminal staminate,
lateral, pistillate, 2-4;
Bracts ,
proximal 20 mm.,
±= inflorescence,
leaf-like;
Pistillate scales ,
3 mm.,
>perigynia,
green mid-vein, brown laterally, hyaline margin,
awn 0;
Perigynia ,
2-4 per pistillate spike,
2.7 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide,
wingless,
pubescent,
beak 0.7-1.3 mm.,
bi-dentate;
Achene ,
spherical,
1.5 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide,
black,
smut-infested?;
Stigma ,
#3;
Anthers ,
not seen.
3251
The Smilacena with lots of flowers.
3252
Arnica cordifolia .
3253
Aletes acaulis
3254
Erysimum capitatum
Other articles:
• Travois Trail:
at Sed lan;
near Elk Ck;
near Eve Sun Trl;
along trail;
at switchback;
Locations:
Centennial Cone Park .
Patch of Sedum lanceolatum beside the Travois Trail.
Friday, 14 June 2024
Centennial Cone Open Space, Ralph Schell Trailhead.
Patch of Sedum lanceolatum on both sides of the trail.
The Travois Trail crosses Elk Creek.
View to southwest of Centennial Cone.
Guy Gulch from the Travois Trail.
Small population of Sedum lanceolatum beside the Travois Trail.
3255
Koeleria macrantha .
3256
Penstemon secundiflorus
3257
Oxytropis lambertii
3258
Castilleja integra
3259
Sedum lanceolatum
3260
Eriogonum umbellatum
3261
Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior .
Oribanche fasciculata in Artemisia frigida .
3262
Orobanche fasciculata .
3263
Packera fendleri .
Locations:
Centennial Cone Park .
Habitat of Coll. No. 3264, Eremogone fendleri
3264
Eremogone fendleri .
3265
Crepis occidentalis ?
Locations:
Schweich Hill .
Opuntia macrorhiza on Schweich Hill.
Thursday, 20 June 2024
Weeding at Schweich Hill.
Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel .
Incised drainage in Gulch S3.
Observation No. 3687, Orchidaceae Corallorhiza maculata .
Friday, 21 June 2024
Lower part of Gulch S3a.
View across to the north side of Coal Creek Canyon.
Observation No. 3697, Opuntia polyacantha .
Habitat of Observation No. 3706, Sedum lanceolatum .
Habitat of Coll. No. 3266, Galium boreale in Coal Creek Canyon.
3266
Galium boreale
3267
Berberis repens
3268
Apocynum sp., initially determined A. androsaemifolium
3269
Ligusticum porteri
Lithospermum multiflorum in Coal Creek Canyon Study Area.
3270
Lithospermum multiflorum .
3271
Juncus sp.
3272
Piptotheriopsis , c.f., P. micrantha
3273
Lithospermum occidentalis .
3274
Heuchera parvifolia
3275
Erythranthe sp.
3276
Lupinus , tall, basal leaves lacking, flowers white, blue-tinged wings.
3277
Hackelia floribunda .
Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel .
Meadow where I collected No. 3278, Potentilla pulcherrima .
3278
Potentilla , maybe P. pulcherrima .
3279
Lupinus argenteus .
Locations:
Magpie Gulch .
Bag of pea gravel in a area of unauthorized trail maintenance.
Small cascade in Magpie Gulch.
Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Magpie Gulch
Coll. No. 3280, 26 June 2024.
3280
Erythranthe , c.g., E. geyeri
3281
Eleocharis sp.
3282
Potentilla norvegica .
Obs. No. 3721, Asclepias viridiflora in Magpie Gulch.
Obs. No. 3721, Asclepias viridiflora in Magpie Gulch.
Asclepias viridiflora .
Locations:
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park .
Crayfish shells at a small reservoir.
Crayfish burrows on floor of drying pond.
Friday, 28 June 2024
Ranson/Edwards
Coll. No. 3283, Potentilla sp.
3283
Potentilla sp.
3284
"Willow Dock"
3285
“Water Hemlock”
Obs. No. 3279, Opuntia fragilis .
Habitat of Obs. No. 3279, Opuntia fragilis .
Observation of Opuntia fragilis .
Observation of Sisyrinchium montanum .
Locations:
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park .
Habitat of Obs. No. 3736, Asclepias stenophylla .
Habitat of Obs. No. 3737, Asclepias stenophylla .
Observation of Asclepias stenophylla .
Umbel of Obs. No. 3737, Asclepias stenophylla .
Obs. No. 3729, ???
Obs. No. 3729, ???
Something?
Other articles:
• Tucker Gulch Trail:
near 1st;
at crossing;
at crossing;
Locations:
Tucker Gulch (lower) .
View upstream from bridge.
Tucker Gulch
View upstream from 2nd bridge (30 June 2024).
View downstream from second bridge (30 June 2024).
Tucker Gulch, south from First Street bridge (2024)
Other articles:
• Colorado Highway 72:
near Mud Lake.;
Locations:
Mud Lake .
Ian and Cheryl at Mud Lake.
Monday, 1 July 2024
Nederland
Mud Lake
Young duck at Mud Lake.
Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel .
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
A rogues' gallery of weeds.
3286
Chamomile, or Pineapple weed.
3286.1
Hypericum perforatum .
3287
Ranunculus sp.
3288
Epilobium sp.
3289
Leucanthemum vulgare .
3290
Leucanthemum vulgare .
3291
Corylus cornuta .
3292
Thalictrum fendleri , pistillate plants.
3293
Rush? Bulrush? Maybe Scirpus pallidus
3294
Grass, maybe Glyceria striata .
3295
Lysimachia ciliata .
3296
Erigeron speciosus .
Locations:
Kelsey Campground .
Little Scraggy Peak .
Morrison Creek .
Friday, 12 July 2024
Little Scraggy, Kelsey Campground, Morrison Creek
Locations:
Morrison Creek .
Coll. No. 3297, Orthilia secunda .
3297
Orthilia secunda
Obs. No. 3756, Heuchera hallii .
Heuchera hallii .
Obs. No. 3757, Asplenium septentrionale .
Asplenium septentrionale
Obs. No. 3758, Laennecia schiedeana .
Laennecia schiedeana .
Obs. No. 3759, Collomia linearis .
Collomia linearis .
Locations:
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel .
Where I am headed today … the grassy slope in the middle ground.
Obs. No. 3770, habitat of Pericome caudata in Coal Creek Canyon.
Friday, 19 July 2024
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel
Upper grassy slope.
View back across Coal Creek Canyon.
Flood debris (from 2013?) buttressed by two Douglas fir.
3298
Nepeta cataria .
3299
Monarda fistulosa
3300
Cicorium inrybus .
Coll. No. 3301, Oenothera , probably O. elata .
3301
Oenothera elata
3302
Arctium minus .
3303
Actaea rubra , red berries.
3304
Erigeron , maybe E. speciosus or E. subtrinervis .
3305
Castilleja sp., a little pink-ish, but still probably C. integra .
3306
Achillea millefolium .
Coll. No. 3307, Castilleja integra .
3307
Castilleja sp., a little pink-ish, but still probably C. integra .
3308
Symphoricarpos sp., probably S. occidentalis .
3309
Grass
Other articles:
• 5th Street:
near alley;
Obs. No. 3819, Arctium minus .
Obs. No. 3819, Arctium minus , along sidewalk on south side of 5th Street.
Other articles:
• Forest Road 435:
along road.;
Locations:
Salt Creek .
Artificial beaver dam on salt creek.
Monday, 22 July 2024
Salt Creek
3310
Rosa , proabably R. woodsii .
3311
Dasiphora fruticosa .
Coll. No. 3312, Ribes inerme .
3312
Ribes inerme .
3313
Pseudocymopterus montanus
3314
Carex , probably C. nebrascancis.
3315
Campanula parryi .
3316
Oxytropis , probably O. deflexa .
3317
Allium cernuum
3318
“Shooting Stars”
Other articles:
• Forest Road 435:
along the road;
Coll. No. 3319, Asclepias , maybe A. hallii .
3319
Asclepias sp., maybe A. speciosa .
Obs. No. 3811, Cirsium scariosum .
Observation of Cirsium scariosum .
Obs. No. 3812, Picea pungens .
Obs. No. 3812 of Picea , probably P. pungens .
Other articles:
• CO-82:
at pullout;
Locations:
Brumley .
North Fork Lake Creek .
Collecting locality along North Fork of Lake Creek.
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Brumley and vicinity.
3320
Geum triflorum
3321
Achillea millefolium .
3322
Symphyotrichum sp.
3323
Phleum alpinum .
Other articles:
• CO-82:
at pullout;
Coll. No. 3324, Taraxacum ceratophorum
Coll. No. 3324, Taraxacum ceratophorum
3324
Taraxacum sp.? Maybe T. ceratophorum .
3325
Cirsium sp.
3326
Potentilla
3327
Bistorta bistortoides .
3328
Antennaria sp.
3329
Apiaceae
3330
Caltha chionophila
3331
Cardamine cordifolia .
3332
Senecio sp.
Locations:
Unnamed Gulch on Forest Road 189 .
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
Unnamed Gulch on Forest Road 189
3333
Epilobium sp.
3334
Polygonum sp. (?)
3335
Polygonum , reminescent of P. douglasii .
3336
Androsace septentrionalis .
3337
Collomia linearis
3338
Anticlea elegans .
3339
Vicia americana .
3340
Achillea millefolium .
3341
Agoseris aurantica
3342
Taraxacum ceratophorum .
Coll. No. 3343, Festuca ?
3343
Festuca sp. ?
3344
Artemisia tridentata .
3345
Agrostis sp.
3346
Agoseris aurantica .
3347
Brassicaceae
3348
Cardamine cordifolia .
3348.1
Apiaceae
3348.2
Bistorta vivipara .
3349
Boechera sp., maybe B. stricta , white flowers.
3350
Boechera sp., maybe B. stricta , white flowers.
Locations:
Lily Lake .
North Fork West Tennessee Creek .
North Fork of West Tennessee Creek
Thursday, 25 July 2024
North Fork of West Tennessee Creek and Lily Lake
Coll. No. 3351, Shepherdia canadensis .
3351
Unknown Shepherdia canadensis , 4 sepals, small green berry.
Habitat of Coll. No. 3352, Caryophyllaceae?
3352
Caryophyllaceae
Coll. No. 3353, Vaccinium scoparium .
Habitat of Coll. No. 3353, Vaccinium scoparium .
3353
Vaccinium scoparium .
3354
Orthilia secunda .
3354.1
Pyrola chlorantha .
Other articles:
• Nuphar polysepala Engelm.:
Introduction;
Coll. No. 3355, Nuphar polysepala .
3355
Nuphar polysepala .
Locations:
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park .
Friday, 26 July 2024
Ranson/Edwards
3356
Lamiaceae, similar to catnip.
3357
Asteraceae.
Obs. No. 3816, something in the Gnaphalieae(?).
Obs. No. 3816, something in the Gnaphalieae(?).
Tribe Gnaphalieae
Locations:
DeLong Park (City of Golden) .
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Weeding at DeLong Park.
Solanum elaeagnifolium .
3358
Cenchrus longispinus
Locations:
DeLong Park (City of Golden) .
Obs. No. 3817, Solanum elaeagnifolium at DeLong Park.
Literature Cited:
- Gray, Asa, 1853.
Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:
Gray, 1853, Plantæ Wrightianæ, Part II;
• Peaks to Plains Trail:
at talus;
Pericome caudata A. Gray “Mountain Tail-Leaf” along the Peaks to Plains Trail.
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
Walked the Peaks to Plains Trail looking for plants in bloom.
Locations:
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park .
Saturday, 10 August 2024
Ranson/Edwards with Sofia and Nico.
3359
Stiff Sunflower
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Weeding at DeLong.
3360
Andropogon sp., but is it A. gerardii .
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Peaks to Plains Trail for Pericome caudata .
3361
Pericome caudata .
Locations:
Custer .
Thursday, 15 August 2024
Golden to Custer, SD
Other articles:
• US Highway 18:
at WY/SD;
Buffalo Gap National Grassland at the Wyoming border.
Entering South Dakota.
Buffalo Gap National Grassland just inside South Dakota.
Locations:
Custer .
Friday, 16 August 2024
Custer, Mt. Rushmore, Deadwood
Other articles:
• SD Hwy 244:
at Mt Rushmore;
Locations:
Mount Rushmore .
Standard view of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
A visit to Mount Rushmore.
Family photo at Mount Rushmore.
Other articles:
• US Hwy 16A:
at Norbeck O'look;
Locations:
Norbeck Memorial Overlook .
Mount Rushmore from Norbeck Overlook.
View from the Norbeck Overlook
Mount Rushmore in the distance from Norbeck Overlook.
Other articles:
• US Hwy 85:
in Deadwood;
Locations:
Deadwood .
Bullock Hotel on Main Street.
Visit to Deadwood.
Waiting for the shoot-out in Deadwood.
The curs assemble …
Shoot-out
The Marshall fires …
Shooting back …
Inside the bar at the location of the former bar where Wild Bill Hickok was shot.
The Trial of Jimmy Hall.
Locations:
Custer .
Saturday, 17 August 2024
Wall Drugs, Badlands, return
Other articles:
• US I-90:
at Cheyenne R.;
Locations:
Cheyenne River .
Valley of Cheyenne River.
Cross Cheyenne River.
Upstream on the Cheyenne River.
Other articles:
• SD Hwy 240:
at Pinnacles Entrance;
Locations:
Badlands National Park .
Designated Bison at the northwest entrance.
American bison along the road near the entrance station.
Other articles:
• SD Hwy 240:
at Visitor Center;
at Panorama Point;
at Yellow Mounds Overlook;
at Pennington Cty 509;
at Pinnacles Overlook;
Locations:
Badlands National Park .
The view from Pinnacles Overlook.
Pinnacles Overlook
A broader view from the Pinnacles Overlook.
Conata Road junction near Yellow Mounds.
View from Yellow Mounds Overlook.
Ambrosia psilostachya at Panorama Point.
Panorama at Panorama Point.
Badlands across the road from the Visitor Center.
Other articles:
• SD Hwy 240:
at homestead;
Nico at the Prairie Homestead.
The Prairie Homestead.
Prairie Homestead
Other articles:
• SD Hwy 44:
along the road.;
Bison coming down from the plateau.
Home by way of South Dakota Highway 44.
Locations:
Custer .
Sunday, 18 August 2024
Crazy Horse, Sylvan Lake, Wildlife Loop
Other articles:
• US Highway 385:
at Crazy Horse;
Locations:
Crazy Horse Memorial .
Crazy Horse Memorial.
Crazy Horse Memorial
Model for the Crazy Horse memorial with current progress.
Details of Crazy Horse Memorial.
Other articles:
• SD Hwy 87:
at Sylvan Lk;
Locations:
Sylvan Lake .
Sylvan Lake.
Sylvan Lake
At Sylvan Lake.
Nico in a fracture below lake level.
Swimming in Sylvan Lake.
Other articles:
• SD Hwy 87:
at Needles Scenic View;
Distant view of The Needles.
View of The Needles.
Needles Scenic View
Other articles:
• Custer State Park 1:
along the road;
higher parts of the road;
pass between drainages;
18 Aug 2024;
Pronghorn along the road in Custer State Park.
Prairie on the Wildlife Loop.
VIDEO
VIDEO
More prairie on the Wildlife Loop.
Other articles:
• US Hwy 85:
in Lingle;
Locations:
Custer .
Lingle .
Nico drains out some boredom from sitting in the car.
Monday, 19 August 2024
Custer to Golden.
Locations:
DeLong Park (City of Golden) .
Solanum elaeagnifolium found at DeLong Park.
Solanum elaeagnifolium found at DeLong Park.
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Weeding at DeLong Park. Observation of Solanum elaeagnifolium .
Locations:
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park .
Asclepias stenophylla fruiting.
Asclepias stenophylla fruiting.
Friday, 23 August 2024
Ranson/Edwards
3363
Solidago mollis .
Other articles:
• Peaks to Plains Trail:
at talus;
at Grant Terry Bridge;
Locations:
Clear Creek Canyon Park .
View of Goltra Fire from Grant Terry Bridge.
Saturday, 24 August 2024
Hiking on the Peaks to Plains Trail.
View of Goltra Fire from Peaks to Plains Trail.
Locations:
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park .
Friday, 30 Aug 2024
Ranson/Edwards with Cynthia Hastings and Cathy Hansen-Stamp.
3364
Seed heads of Stiff Sunflower for propagation
3365
the unknown comp
3366
Madia glomerata
3367
Gentiana affinis
Locations:
Kinney Run .
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Kinney Run
Other articles:
• Illinois Street:
near end;
Locations:
Illinois Street Open Space .
Sign for South Illinois Open Space
South Illinois Open Space
View of South Illinois Open Space.
View from South Illinois Open Space into Fossil Trace Golf Course.
Other articles:
• Illinois Street:
at Deadman Gl;
Locations:
Deadman Gulch .
Flowers of Epilobium hirsutum and fruit of Solanum dulcamara .
Crossing Deadman Gulch (Kinney Run) on Illinois Street.
Infestation of Epilobium hirsutum in Deadman Gulch.
Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:
along trail;
Locations:
Deadman Gulch .
Wild Hops — Humulus neomexicanus ? in Kinney Run
Humulus neomexicanus (A. Nelson & Cockerell) Rydb.
Wild Hops — Humulus neomexicanus ? in Kinney Run
3368
Lycium chinense .
Other articles:
• Gregory Drive:
30320;
Fallopia baldschuanica on Gregory Drive.
Fallopia baldschuanica on Gregory Drive.
Fallopia baldschuanica on Gregory Drive.
Fallopia baldusanica on Gregory Drive.
Locations:
17000 block of Rimrock Drive .
South Table Mountain Park .
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
South Table Mountain, from Rimrock Drive.
Other articles:
• Rimrock Drive:
at W 17th Pl;
3369
Atriplex canescens .
3370
Ericameria nauseosa var. nauseosa .
Literature Cited:
- Hawley, Charles C., and R. A. Wobus, 1977.
Other articles:
• Tarryall Road:
at viewpoint;
• Forest Road 211:
along road;
along road;
n of cty line;
view of Pilot Pk;
Locations:
Pilot Peak .
Sheeprock .
Tarryall Mountains .
Tarryall Mountains, East Slope .
Thursday, 12 September 2024
Aspens beginning to turn above 10,000 feet.
Aspens beginning to turn above 10,000 feet.
North end of Sheeprock from FR 211.
Sheeprock from the south.
View north along the east slope of the Tarryall Mountains.
Pilot Peak from the road.
Valley of Tarryall Creek.
Location Map
3371
Senecio spartioides
3372
Dieteria bigelovii
3373
Muhlenbergia montana
3374
Hymenothrix dissecta , cauline leaves ternately lobed
3375
Solidago , probably S. missouriensis .
3376
Heterotheca villosa ,
3377
Bouteloua gracilis
3378
Castilleja integra
3379
Achnatherum , maybe A. nelsonii .
3380
Vulpia octoflora .
3381
Pretty sure it is an Erigeron , not sure about E. flagellaris .
3382
Definitely a Townsendia , but not sure about the grandiflora part.
3383
Erigeron sp.
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