United States of America, Colorado, Chaffee, Mosquito Range, San Isabel National Forest, Four Mile Creek drainage SW of Buffalo Peaks along USFS road 375 W. of peak 9345, 0.7 mi. N. of rd. 375D; at base of rock ridge divide between Four Mi. Cr. & Arkansas R.
38.907212 -106.142251
13N 0400960E 4307100N
Certainty code: 1
2713 meters
8900 FT
Precambrian granodiorite to quartz monzonite substrate; open Pinus edulis-Serphidium vaseyanum-Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus cover on gentle slope at base of rock ridge divide; grassy meadow opening between boulder ridges with Bromopsis porteri, Picradenia richardsonii, Gayophytum ramosissimum
rounded shrub, 2 ft. tall, stems woody to base of current growth;
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)