Wolf Creek BioBlitz

This is a guide for the Wolf Creek BioBlitz on August 22nd. Wolf Creek Pass straddles the Continental Divide between two of the largest intact wilderness areas in the Southern Rockies – the Weminuche and South San Juan wildernesses. Wolf Creek Pass is an important wildlife linkage that is ...more ↓

upswept moonwort 1
Botrychium ascendens
Echo moonwort 2
Botrychium echo
western moonwort 3
Botrychium hesperium
lance-leaved moonwort 4
Botrychium lanceolatum
slender moonwort
Botrychium lineare
Mingan moonwort 4
Botrychium minganense
paradox moonwort 5
Botrychium paradoxum
northwestern moonwort 6
Botrychium pinnatum
Yosemite moonwort
Botrychium simplex compositum
Lodgepole Pine 8
Pinus contorta
Subalpine Fir 9
Abies lasiocarpa
Engelmann spruce 10
Picea engelmannii
park milkvetch 11
Astragalus leptaleus
Rocky Mountain Trifolium 12
Trifolium attenuatum
mountain gooseberry 13
Ribes montigenum
mountain strawberry 14
Fragaria virginiana
white-leaved cinquefoil 15
Potentilla pulcherrima
Woods' rose 16
Rosa woodsii
large-leaved avens 17
Geum macrophyllum
creeping sibbaldia 18
Sibbaldia procumbens
brook saxifrage 19
Micranthes odontoloma
fivestamen miterwort 20
Pectiantia pentandra
dwarf bilberry 21
Vaccinium cespitosum
Vaccinium myrtillus ssp. oreophilum
Vaccinium myrtillus oreophilum
Greenland Primrose 22
Primula egaliksensis
Parry's primrose 23
Primula parryi
Pretty Jacob's-ladder 24
Polemonium pulcherrimum
Pagosa skyrocket 25
Ipomopsis polyantha
Canadian bunchberry 26
Cornus canadensis
Rocky Mountain fringed gentian 15
Gentianopsis thermalis
Knowlton cactus 27
Pediocactus knowltonii
American Bistort 28
Bistorta bistortoides
Great Sundew 29
Drosera anglica
Round-leaved Sundew 30
Drosera rotundifolia
Kotzebue's Grass-of-Parnassus 22
Parnassia kotzebuei
orange agoseris 15
Agoseris aurantiaca
Pale agoseris 31
Agoseris glauca
common dandelion 32
Taraxacum officinale
northern goldenrod 31
Solidago multiradiata
cut-leaf fleabane 33
Erigeron compositus
coulter's fleabane 13
Erigeron coulteri
Glacial Daisy 34
Erigeron glacialis
Flat-top Pussytoes 28
Antennaria corymbosa
small-leaf pussytoes 28
Antennaria parvifolia
pearly everlasting 35
Anaphalis margaritacea
heartleaf arnica 28
Arnica cordifolia
hairy arnica 36
Arnica mollis
Black-tipped Ragwort 28
Senecio atratus
arrowleaf ragwort 37
Senecio triangularis
Tasselflower Brickellia 15
Brickellia grandiflora
Saffron Ragwort 11
Packera crocata
Colorado Tansy Aster 11
Machaeranthera coloradoensis
Harebell 38
Campanula rotundifolia
Richardson's geranium 39
Geranium richardsonii
mountain bluebells 40
Mertensia ciliata
Rose Paintbrush 41
Castilleja rhexifolia
Sulphur Indian-paintbrush 28
Castilleja sulphurea
Elephant's Head 15
Pedicularis groenlandica
sickletop lousewort 42
Pedicularis racemosa alba
Whipple's Penstemon 43
Penstemon whippleanus
lesser bladderwort 44
Utricularia minor
Seep Monkeyflower 45
Mimulus guttatus
Fitweed 46
Corydalis caseana
Case's Corydalis
Corydalis caseana brandegeei
Plantainleaf Buttercup 47
Ranunculus alismifolius
White Marsh Marigold 48
Caltha leptosepala
Columbian Monkshood 49
Aconitum columbianum
Mountain Parsley 50
Pseudocymopterus montanus
blunt-fruited sweet-cicely 51
Osmorhiza depauperata
Osha 52
Ligusticum porteri
Hemlock Parsley 53
Conioselinum scopulorum
Fendler's cowbane 53
Oxypolis fendleri
Eastwood's Woodroot
Podistera eastwoodiae
Arizona willow
Salix arizonica
Short-fruit Willow 54
Salix brachycarpa
hoary willow 22
Salix candida
Mountain Willow 55
Salix monticola
tea-leafed willow 22
Salix planifolia
Autumn Willow 56
Salix serissima
Wolf's willow 55
Salix wolfii
Great-spurred Violet 22
Viola selkirkii
heartleaf bittercress 57
Cardamine cordifolia
Smith's whitlowgrass 25
Draba smithii
water sedge 58
Carex aquatilis
hoary sedge 59
Carex canescens
lesser tussock sedge 60
Carex diandra
ebony sedge 61
Carex ebenea
sheep sedge 61
Carex illota
mud sedge 58
Carex limosa
livid sedge 62
Carex livida
southern beaked sedge 63
Carex utriculata
pale spikerush 64
Eleocharis macrostachya
Russet Cotton-grass 56
Eriophorum chamissonis
slender cottongrass 65
Eriophorum gracile
whitebristle cottongrass
Eriophorum altaicum neogaeum
Simple Kobresia 62
Kobresia simpliciuscula
Northern Sweet Grass 62
Hierochloe hirta
Porter's false needlegrass 66
Ptilagrostis porteri
bluejoint 31
Calamagrostis canadensis

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