University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
00155762
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Cirsium eatonii (A. Gray) B. L. Robinson
ASTERACEAE
Tim Hogan; Loraine Yeatts
2887
1995-08-11
11 August 1995
United States, Colorado, Park, Mosquito Range, San Isabel National Forest, headwaters of Lynch Creek below saddle W. of W. Buffalo Peak.
39.0139092 -106.1117081 +-100m. WGS84
03800E 18700N;
I plotted the UTM at the expanded collector provided UTM below the Ridge to the west of West Buffalo Peak. RA
3383 meters
11100 ft, 3383 m
Gently sloping to flat dry meadow, possible burn site, fine limey soil, not densely vegetated, w/ scatt. patches of Picea engelmannii, Pinus contorta, Shepherdia canadensis, Juniperus communis...
Flr
Cirsium eatonii (A. Gray) B.L. Robinson, det. W.A. Weber, Mar. 1997. Original ID: C. centaurae. 7.5' Jones Hill Quad. Stems to 3 ft. tall; flrs pale lavender; relatively common in subalpine. Lower Miss. & Ordovic. calcareous rocks incl. limestone, sandstone, & dolomite.
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