Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis (L.) Bolli

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Colorado

• County/Municipio

  Las Animas Co.

• Locality

  ca 18.5 mi S, 6.5 mi E of Timpas.(Timpas in Otero Co.) Comanche National Grassland: Purgatoire Canyon

• Coordinates

  37.5498, -103.655

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  16937

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Used GEOLocate Web Application (batch client) to georeference locality with high precision.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Location Notes

  [range of coordinates]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PLANTS OF COLORADO, USA
Sambucus nigra L. subsp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli
Colorado, Las Animas Co: ca 18.5 mi S, 6.5 mi E of Timpas.
(Timpas in Otero Co.) Comanche National Grassland: Purgatoire
Canyon. T28S R56W section 35 SE% of SWA and T29S R56W
section 02 NE% of NWVi. 37.55473°-37. 55475°N, 103.65543°-
103.65688°W (±16-20 ft; determined by GPS; datum = WGS 84).
Elevation 4420-4500 ft.
Steep, primarily E-facing slopes above Purgatoire River, with
boulders and gravel of Permian Day Creek Dolomite common on
lower to middle part of slope, cliffs and outcrops of red-brown
Triassic siltstones towards top of slope, and mostly non-calcareous
gravel on ridge above slope. Shortgrass prairie vegetation on
uplands, grading to Juniperus monosperma woodland with
Artemisia bigelovii, Atriplex canescens, and Yucca glauca on
slopes, and weedy, disturbed Populus deltoides woodland with
scattered Sambucus nigra at base of slope. Soil silty to gravelly.
Scattered in woodland. Large shrubs to 2 m high. Trunks to 8 in
dbh.
Caleb A. Morse 22451	17 May 2011
with Doug Ladd and Steve Olson
The Ronald L. McGregor Herbarium (KANU)
University of Kansas, Lawrence KS USA
02436236