Cirsium ownbeyi S.L.Welsh

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Wyoming

• County/Municipio

  Sweetwater Co.

• Locality

  Green River Basin: east end of E-W trending ridge forming the divide between Little and Middle Firehole Canyon on the W side of the Little Firehole Canyon Road, ca 2.5 miles east of the Green River and 3 miles west of WY Highway 373.

• Township, Range, Section

  T17N, 106W, 34 E2 of NW4 of SW4

• Elevation

  Alt. 2073 - 2127 m. (6801 - 6978 ft.)

• Coordinates

  41.4052, -109.359

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  969

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Used GEOLocate Web Application to convert TRS values (provided on specimen label) into decimal degrees, subsectional split not included.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York

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Sweetwater Co. T17N R106W S34 E2 of NW4 of SW4

Green River Basin: east end of E-W trending ridge forming
the divide between Little and Middle Firehole Canyons on
the W side of the Little Firehole Canyon Road, ca 2.5 miles
east of the Green River and 3 miles west of WY Highway
373.

Upper slopes and summit rim of orange sandstone-slate flakes
in community dominated by Atriplex confertifolia,
Glossopetalon spinescens, & Cirsium ownbeyi. Vegetative
cover sparse (ca 15%).

Also occurs in Holodiscus-Symphoricarpos oreophilus
community on NE slope.

3 July 1998
Walter Fertig

Elev. 6800-6977 ft.

18356

Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
and Rocky Mountain Herbarium

Cirsium ownbeyi Welsh

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