United States of America, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO hwy 141 (West Creek) & Dolores River; The Palisade, Salt Wash member of Morrison Formation
38.708863 -108.974128
NAD 27 12 0676153E 4286210N
Certainty code: 1
2147 meters
7045 FT ca
In protection of boulders on slope just below mesa summit in rocky, gritty soil; common asssociates include Pinus edulis, Sabina osteosperma, Purshia stansburiana, Packera multilobata, Amelanchior utahensis, Stenotus ameroides, Oreocarya osterhoutii, Hesperostipa comata, Hetrotheca villosa var. pedunculata Rocky and Gritty
intricately branched low shrub in fruit; occasional
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)