Potentilla biennis Greene

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Mono Co.

• Locality

  Glass Mountain Region: Bald Mountain Spring; on FS Rd. 2S52, appx. 1.3 air miles ENE from Bald Mountain Lookout.

• Township, Range, Section

  T2S, R28E, S10 NW/4 of NW/4

• Elevation

  Alt. 2500 m. (8202 ft.)

• Coordinates

  37.7925, -118.881

• Location Notes

  "Crestview quad"; The elevation also appears on the label as 8200 ft.

• Distribution

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Herbarium of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Plants of MONO Co., California, USA
Rosaceae
Potentilla biennis Greene
GLASS MOUNTAIN REGION: Bald Mountain Spring; on FS
Rd. 2S52, appx. 1.3 air miles ENE from Bald Mtn. Lookout.
(Crestview quad: 37° 47.555'N, 118° 52.888'W; T2S R28E S10,
NW/4 of NW/4). Alt.: 2500m/8200ft.
Heavily grazed and modified roadside spring with water tank and
trough. 5° SW-facing meadow-like drainage on pumice soil over
basalt bedrock. Wet areas dominated by Carex nebrascensis,
closely surrounded by Populus tremuloides woodland. Uplands of
Pinus jeffryi forest with Artemisia tridentata / Purshia tridentata
understory.
Common in disturbed arreas around water trough. Flws small, yellow.
Michael Honer 1165
20 Jul 2001
Entered into RSA Database (2037RSA)
00831699