Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Clear Creek Canyon. Golden.

See also: Clear Creek Canyon Park. Guy Gulch.

I use this entry for “Clear Creek” to refer to the portion of Clear Creek within or near the city limits of Golden, and within or near my definition of Golden s.l.

Elevation: 5680ft, 1729m.

Articles that refer to this location:

• Washington, Avenue, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: Clear Ck; 
• Youngfield Street, Jefferson County, Colorado: at Clear Ck; 
• Field Notes: July 24 and 25, 1896;  July 13, 1907;  July 10, 1909;  March 6, 1952;  11 Oct 2019;  24 July 2020; 

Literature Referring To This Location:

• Van Horn, Richard. 1972. Surficial and bedrock geologic map of the Golden Quadrangle, Jefferson County, Colorado. USGS IMAP: 761-A. 1972. {TAS-pdf} http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngm-bin/pdp/download.pl?q=7281_9511_5, accessed 27 August 2014

Area Plant Lists that contain this location:

• Area Plant List for Golden.

Species collected at or near this location.

This list summarizes plants collected or observed at this specific, named location. It does not include plants collected or observed at nearby named or unnamed locations. It may be more instructive to use the Area Lists that contain this location.

• TAS – The plant was collected by Tom Schweich.
• Oth – The plant was collected by someone, but not Tom.
• Obs – The plant was observed, but not collected.

Adoxaceae

Sambucus canadensis L. American Black Elderberry (Oth)

Apiaceae

Conium maculatum L. Common Poison Hemlock (Oth)

Asclepiadaceae

Asclepias incarnata L. Swamp Milkweed (Oth)

Betulaceae

Betula occidentalis Hook. Water Birch (Obs)

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia myrsinites L. Myrtle Spurge (Obs)

Linaceae

Linum lewisii Pursh. Prairie Blue Flax (Oth)

Onagraceae

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

Ranunculaceae

Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt. Western White Clematis (Oth)

Clematis orientalis L. Oriental Virginsbower (Obs)

Ranunculus testiculatus Crantz. Bur Buttercup (TAS)

Rosaceae

Crataegus succulenta Schrad. ex Link. Fleshy Hawthorn (Oth)

Rosa arkansana Porter. Prairie Rose (Oth)

Rosa woodsii Lindl. Mountain Rose (Oth)

Salicaceae

Populus angustifolia E. James. Narrowleaf Cottonwood (Obs)

Sapindaceae

Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple (Obs)

Acer negundo L. Box Elder Maple (TAS)

Saxifragaceae

Heuchera bracteata (Torr.) Ser. Bracted Alumroot (Obs)

Scrophulariaceae

Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh. Lanceleaf Figwort (Obs)

Iridaceae

Iris L. Horticultural Iris (Obs)

Poaceae

Eragrostideae

Muhlenbergia andina (Nutt.) Hitchc. Foxtail Muhly (TAS)

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Date and time this article was prepared:5:36:04 PM, 11/3/2024.