Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Mono Co.

• Locality

  Glass Mountain region: Kelty Meadows; appx. 300m upstream from 4WD road crossing of Kelty Canyon. (Glass mtn. quad.)

• Elevation

  Alt. 2744 m. (9003 ft.)

• Coordinates

  37.7525, -118.64

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Herbarium of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Plants of MONO Co., California, USA
Asteraceae

Aster occidentalis T. & G. var. occidentalis

GLASS MOUNTAIN REGION: Kelty Meadows; appx. 300m
upstream from 4WD road crossing of Kelty Canyon. (Glass mtn.
quad: 37° 45.148'N, 118° 38.38'W; T2S R30E S23, SE/4 of
SW/4). Alt.: 2744m/9000ft.

Subalpine dry meadow on granitic and basaltic alluvium, draining

E.	Evidently grazed, with lots of headcutting around dry stream.
Populus tremuloides woodland around meadow edges, Artemisia
tridentata scrub above. With Purshia tridentata, Ribes cereum,
Achillea millefolium, Elymus trachycaulis, Aquilegia formosa,
Muhlenbergia richardsonis, Potentilla, Veratrum, Salix, Juncus,
Carex.

Common in meadow.

Michael Honer 1397	1 Aug 2001
w/ Derham Guiliani

Entered into RSA Database (227 IRS A)