United States of America, Colorado, Hinsdale, San Juan Mountains in Gunnison National Forest; Uncompahgre Wilderness Area. Elk Creek drainage, in the Gunnison River basin. Ca. 6.5 air miles WNW of Lake City.
38.07914 -107.40589 WGS84
3795 meters
12,450 feet
Sedge-dominant wet meadow in alpine tundra.
Carex scopulorum; C. nigricans; C. vernacula; Deschampsia brevifolia; Phleum alpinum; Bistorta bistortoides; Geum rossii; Stellaria longipes; Trisetum spicatum.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)