Botrychium lunaria (2005)
OPHIOGLOSSACEAE
Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw.
U.S.A., Colorado, Chaffe County: Sawatch Range: San Isabel National Forest: on the north side of Boss Lake Reservoir, ca 4 mi N of Monarch Pass and ca 18 mi W of Salida.
Shoreline of lake amongst spruce-fir forest. Phenology: spores.
with Peter Ebertowski, Sarah Bergeman
Accession: USFS 801304

Botrychium lunaria (2005)
OPHIOGLOSSACEAE
Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw.
U.S.A., Colorado, Chaffe County: Sawatch Range: San Isabel National Forest: top of North Fork earthen dam, at the end of County Road 240, ca 15 mi NW of Salida.
Disturbed ground. Phenology: spores.
Accession: USFS 801303

Botrychium lunaria (2004)
OPHIOGLOSSACEAE
Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw.
U.S.A., Colorado, Chaffee County: Sawatch Range: San Isabel National Forest: Monarch Ski Area, N of U.S. Hwy 50 between Salida and Monarch Pass.
In an open area under the power line traversing the ski area; amongst spruce-fir. Phenology: spores.
with Mike Wrigley and Chris Welker
Accession: RM 801283

U.S.A., Colorado, Chaffee County: Sawatch Range: San Isabel National Forest: Monarch Ski Area, N of U.S. Hwy 50 between Salida and Monarch Pass.
In ski run amongst spruce-fir forest. Phenology: spores.
with Mike Wrigley and Chris Welker
Accession: RM 801285

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: Absaroka Mountains: North Fork Shoshone River Drainage: north-south trending ridge S of the confluence of Middle Creek and the North Fork Shoshone River, ca 1/8-1/4 mi S of U.S. Hwy 14, 16, & 20.
Steep north-facing forested ridge dominated by Pseudotsuga menziesii, Carex geyeri, Calamagrostis rubescens and Arnica cordifolia. Phenology: spores.
Accession: RM 731999

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: North Fork Shoshone River Drainage: Absaroka Mountains: ca 1.5 mi S of Whirlwind Peak on north-south trending ridge between West Grinnell Creek and Grinnell Creek, ca 4 mi N of U.S. Hwy 14, 16, & 20.
At edge of escarpment overlooking Grinnell Creek and just below late lying snowbanks, moist-wet soil dominated by Juncus mertensianus, Antennaria media, and Sedum rhodanthum. Phenology: fruiting.

U.S.A., Montana, Stillwater County: Beartooth Mountains: Custer National Forest: below Benbow Mine: ca 1/2 mi NW of Chrome Lake, ca 6 mi S of Nye.
Elev. 8350 ft.
Wet/moist meadow along small stream with Antennaria corymbosa, Crepis runcinata, Sedum rhodanthum, and Salix plainifolia. Phenology: flowering & fruiting.

U.S.A., Colorado, Clear Creek County: Arapaho National Forest: Front Range: Bard Creek to Engelmann Peak, ca 5 air mi NW of Georgetown and 4.5 air mi WSW of Empire.
South-facing ridge/slope at subalpine. Phenology: fruiting.
Accession: USFS 801044, Barcode: USFS0069108

U.S.A., Colorado, Chaffee County: Central Colorado: Sawatch Range: on Continental Divide, Monarch Pass area, off U.S. Hwy 50 on east side of road near wooden fence, ca 15 air mi W of Poncha Springs.
Spruce forest, slight west slope. Phenology: spores.
Accession: (unaccessioned)

U.S.A., Colorado, Park County: Central Colorado: Mosquito Range, East Slope Continental Divide: Horseshoe cirque area, off Forest Road 603 on south side and north side of lakes, ca 10 air mi SE of Leadville.
Alpine meadow and scree on limestone bedrock. Phenology: spores.
with Benjamin Madsen
Accession: (unaccessioned)

U.S.A., Colorado, Chaffee County: Central Colorado: Sawatch Range, East Slope Continental Divide: N of Monarch Ski Area and Monarch Campground, immediately after Forest Service gate on County Road 231, ca 9 air mi WSW of Maysville; ca 1.5 air mi N of Monarch Pass.
Open grassy slope with willows at subalpine lakes. Phenology: spores.
Accession: (unaccessioned)

U.S.A., Colorado, Eagle County: Central Colorado: Sawatch Range, West Slope Continental Divide: off Half Moon Pass Trail 2009 from trailhead to east side of pass, ca 4 air mi WSW of Redcliff.
Lodgepole with spruce-fir forest and opening into spruce forest. Phenology: spores.
Accession: RM (unaccessioned)

U.S.A., Wyoming, Fremont County: Upper Wind River Watershed: Boday Creek, ca 22 air mi NW of Dubois; N of creek.
Elev. 9200 ft.
T44N R108W S5
Grassland, in large meadow below timberline. Plot 94032 NW, SE, SE Phenology: spores.
Annotations:
1. Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw.
Annotated by L. Kinter & S. Markow.
with John T. Nelson
Accession: 728738

U.S.A., Arizona, Coconino County: Coconino National Forest: Inner Basin, San Francisco Mountain.
T23N R7E S28
10 degree southeast slope; rocky gravel; locally common in spruce-fir forest; with Ribes Bromus and Fragaria; open forest, meadow. Phenology: spores.
Annotations:
Annotated by W. H. Wagner.
Accession: USFS 407916

U.S.A., Oregon, Wallowa County: Wallowa Range: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest: east side of Hurricane Creek, ca 2 air mi S of Hurricane Creek Trail parking area, ca 8 air mi SW of Joseph.
Elev. 5400 ft.
T3S R44E S22
Clearing in coniferous forest with Abies lasiocarpa, Pinus contorta, Fragaria virginiana, Calamagrostis rubescens. Phenology: spores.
Accession: RM (unaccessioned)

U.S.A., Arizona, Apache County: San Francisco River: Pigeon Creek trail.
Below cliffs in wet places. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Colorado, Hinsdale County: Southern Gunnison Basin: San Juan Mountains: on west side of County Road 34, ca 0.2 road mi N of intersection with County Road 30; ca 1.4 air mi NNW of Handies Peak; ca 13 air mi SW of Lake City.
Steep north- and east-facing alpine slopes with intermittent open spruce forest at the lower elevation. Phenology: spores.
Accession: RM (unaccessioned)

U.S.A., Colorado, Gunnison County: Southern Gunnison Basin: San Juan Mountains: Gunnison National Forest: ca 0.5-0.6 air mi S to SSE of Sheep Mountain, ca 0.2 air mi N of Hinsdale County; ca 0.1-0.5 air mi E of saddle S of Sheep Mountain.
Spruce/fir forest to Krummholtz. Phenology: spores.
with Kevin Taylor

U.S.A., Colorado, Hinsdale County: Southern Gunnison Basin: San Juan Mountains: Gunnison National Forest: along ridge tops from Hinsdale County S of Sheep Mountain to south saddle of unnamed peak 13,503'.
Alpine tundra/ridge tops. Phenology: spores.
with Kevin J. Taylor

U.S.A., Colorado, Hinsdale County: Southern Gunnison Basin: San Juan Mountains: along the Grizzly Gulch Trail from ca 1.1 to 0.8 air mi E of Whitecross Mountain, then SE up steep avalanche shoot toward saddle just S of unnamed peak 12,792'.
Spruce forest and avalanche shoots/meadows. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Albany County: Medicine Bow Mountains: Telephone Lakes.
41.3689° N, 106.271° W; WGS 84, uncertainty 0.25 mi., Digital Map
Subalpine meadow associated with Salix arctica. Rare. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: Absaroka Mountains: along head of Sulphur Creek; ca 1 mi E of Sunlight Park.
On tundra; along streamlets. Phenology: spores.
Annotations:
Annotated by W. H. Wagner.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: Absaroka Mountains: North Fork Shoshone River Drainage; east side of Buttress Mountain, ca 5 mi N of U.S. Hwy 14, 16, and 20.
On wet talus, cliffs, and seepage banks above lake. Phenology: spores.
Accession: RM 532250, Barcode: RM0032021

U.S.A., Wyoming, Sublette County: Wind River Mountains: E of upper Green River Lake, along drainage S of Slide Lake at top of forested area.
With Oxytropis deflexa and Antennaria sp. Phenology: flowering & fruiting.
with Dennis Horning
Accession: 710276

U.S.A., Arizona, Coconino County: Painted Desert: Reservoir Canyon.
Under rocks; rare. Phenology: vegetative only.
Willard N. Clute, s.n.. 7/25/1920.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Big Horn County: Doyle Creek.
44.0562° N, 107.0488° W; NAD 83, uncertainty 0.75 mi., Digital Map
In grass along stream, alpine. Phenology: spores.
Accession: RM 51800, Barcode: RM0127332

U.S.A., Wyoming, Albany County: Medicine Bow Mountains: Telephone Lakes.
Subalpine meadow associated with Salix arctica; rare. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: Absaroka Mountains: ca 3.5 air mi W of Table Mountain; ca 0.5 air mi SW of the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River.
Edge of wet Carex meadow growing out of moss under Picea glauca saplings with Fragaria virginiana, Habenaria hyperborea, Pyrola asarifolia, Carex aurea, and Calamagrostis spp.; soil moist, from residual granite influenced by limestone colluvium. Phenology: spores.
Stephanie Mills, 47. 7/21/1995.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Sheridan County: Big Horn Mountains: near Sheridan.
Moist meadow. See 147755 Phenology: spores.
2. Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw.
Annotated by W. H. Wagner.
Wilhelm G. Solheim, 462. 8/1/1931.
Accession: RM 139060, Barcode: RM0127333

U.S.A., Wyoming, Big Horn County: Big Horn Mountains: near Medicine Wheel.
Moist meadow. See 139060 Phenology: spores.
Wilhelm G. Solheim, 462. 8/1/1931.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Fremont County: Southern Absarokas: east side of Continental Divide ridge, ca 0.4 mi W of Upper Jade Lake; ca 1.3 air mi NW of Brooks Lake; ca 2 air mi NE of Togwotee Pass.
East facing steep scree and talus slopes of dry, tan, sandy-gravel volcanic deposits and siltstones beneath breccia cliffs. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Sheridan County: Big Horn Mountains: banks of waterfall below seep spring, ca 1/3 way up south side of Cub Creek Canyon on north slope of Crater Ridge; ca 2 mi SE of confluence of Cub and Pumpkin creeks.
Moss covered limestone boulders in spray zone of waterfall in shady Picea engelmannii/Abies lasiocarpa forest with dense cover of Mertensia ciliata, Saxifraga odontoloma, Senecio triangularis, and Parnassia fibriata. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Fremont County: Southeastern Absarokas: 2-3 air mi NE of East Fork Guard Station.
Eroded slopes, meadows, coniferous forests, and stream margins; stream side. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Arizona, Coconino County: Coconino National Forest: San Francisco Mountain; Inner Basin.
Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Colorado, Clear Creek County: Denver: above Graymont.
Elev. 3250 m.
Mossy, open hillsides. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Rio Arriba County: Carson National Forest.
T32N R6E S29
Scarce, 5% slope southwest exposure, grassland in loam (basalt) with Festuca thurberi, Carex, Poa fendleriana, Koeleria macrantha, Taraxacum officinale, Festuca idahoensis. Phenology: spores.
1.
Annotated by Charles Feddema.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Albany County: Medicine Bow Mountains: slope N of East Glacier Lake.
Southwest-facing slope, opening above Abies forest. Above Plot 21.
with Claudia Regan and Bob Musselman

U.S.A., Wyoming, Albany County: Medicine Bow Mountains: SE of Brooklyn Lake, near plot 227.
Wet forb meadow. Phenology: spores.
with Tom Fletchall

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: Absaroka Mountains: ca 19 mi SSW of Cody, S of Meeteetse Creek, ca 1 mi S of Foster Reservoir.
Spruce forest; moist, well drained under the forest. Phenology: spores.
Robert S. Kirkpatrick, 2418. 8/20/1983.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: Absaroka Mountains: ca 21 air mi WSW of Meeteetse, in the vicinity of headwaters of Timber Creek, ca 3.5 air mi SW of the Timber Creek Ranger Station.
Picea engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa forest. Phenology: spores.
Robert S. Kirkpatrick, 5129. 7/28/1984.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: Absaroka Mountains: ca 29 air mi SW of Meeteetse; at Kirwin in the vicinity of the junction of the North Fork Wood River and Cascade Creek.
Riparian areas adjacent to Picea engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa forest; moist creek banks. Phenology: spores.
Robert S. Kirkpatrick, 5317b. 8/13/1984.
with Ruth E. B. Kirkpatrick

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: West ridge leading to summit of Heart Mountain.
Limestone cap rock and upper slopes with Pinus flexilis, Picea glauca, and Pseudotseuga menziesii. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: Northern Absarokas: Hayden Creek, 2-4 air mi SSE of Cooke City, Montana.
Grassy stream bottoms with margins of spruce woodlands; rocky outcrop. Phenology: spores.
with B. E. Nelson

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: Northern Absarokas: Little Bald Ridge and Little Sunlight Creek, 2-3 air mi W of Sunlight Ranger Station.
Limestone talus slopes, ridges, and caprock, stream bottoms with willow and cottonwood, and disturbed roadsides; moist north exposure at edge of douglas fir forest. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: Northern Absarokas: ridge NE of Windy Mountain, 1.5-2.5 mi from summit, 6-7 air mi N of Sunlight Ranger Station.
Limestone outcrops and adjacent slopes. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Park County: Southwestern Absarokas: ca 50 air mi SW of Cody, Younts Creek drainage.
Forested hillside and drainage. Phenology: spores.
with Mike Hartman

U.S.A., Wyoming, Sublette County: West Slope Wind River Range: Green River Lakes Area, White Rock Mountain.
Alpine slope on limestone with some sandstone. Phenology: vegetative only.
1. Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw.
Annotated by Walter Fertig.
with Walter Fertig and B. E. Nelson

U.S.A., Wyoming, Sublette County: West Slope Wind River Range: Faler Lake, ca 32 air mi N of Pinedale.
Alpine boulder field and granite cliff face NE of lake. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Arizona, Coconino County: Coconino National Forest: San Francisco Mountain; Inner Basin.
T23N R7E S28
Spruce-fir forest; on slope 10 deg southeast, rocky gravel soil. Phenology: spores.
Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw..
Accession: RMRS 30

U.S.A., New Mexico, Taos County: Vermejo Park Ranch: slope above east side of Costilla Creek 0.50 air mi SE of Lake No. 1.
Grove of mature Populus tremuloides on edge of open meadows; understory with Picea saplings and low herbaceous cover. Rare, in Antennaria mats on edge of grove. Photographed. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Taos County: Vermejo Park Ranch: Culebra Range: dry lake bed in Long Canyon above Seven Lakes; 2.1 air mi ESE of Big Costilla Peak.
Manmade lake, drained several decades ago; bottom with open gravelly soil sparsely vegetated with mats of Antennaria microphylla, A. rosea, A. rosulata, Taraxacum officinale, Thermopsis montana, sparse Carex and grasses, Juncus balticus; young Picea saplings scattered throughout; Botrychium patches located mostly 2-3 feet below old water line. Plants shiny yellow-green; pinnae slightly cupped towards sporophore or spreading flat; 8 plants found in small clusters in nearly bare gravel littered with decaying flotsam logs; mixed with B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, B. hesperium, B. echo, B. simplex var. simplex. Photographed. Specimen GPS: 36.915699, -105.289352. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Taos County: Vermejo Park Ranch: Culebra Range: dry lake bed in Long Canyon above Seven Lakes; 2.3 air mi ESE of Big Costilla Peak.
Manmade lake, drained several decades ago; sandy gravel bottom, with numerous scattered Picea saplings, mats of Antennaria, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Juniperus communis, scattered grasses and Fragaria virginiana. Exposed plants short and yellow-green, shaded plants slender and grass-green, pinnae spreading flat; sporophore stalk shorter than the trophophore; 4 plants found growing in bare sandy gravel and under very small spruces with B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum and B. echo. Photographed. Specimen GPS: 36.915939, -105.286346. Phenology: spores.

Botrychium lunaria ? ()
Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. ?
Moist gravelly ditch along old road; partly shaded by mature Picea and Populus tremuloides; with Picea saplings, Fragaria virginiana, Antennaria parvifolia, and Erigeron. Plant yellow-green; pinnae spreading, lower pinnae nearly sessile; entire plant 4 cm tall, trophophore ca. 1.5 cm long; single plant found, vouchered with photo, growing with B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum. Photographed. Specimen GPS: 36.91782, -105.270966. Phenology: spores.
1. Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. ?
Annotated by Ben Legler in 2008.
, 9492. //.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Taos County: Vermejo Park Ranch: Culebra Range: along an old logging road 1/2 air mi NW of Beaver Lakes.
Gravelly road shoulder with young Picea saplings, Antennaria parvifolia, Fragaria virginiana, and Gentianella amarella. Plants light green, slightly glossy; pinnae spreading; 4 plants found on northeast shoulder of cusp in road, opposite side of road from B. echo, B. hesperium, B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, B. minganense. Photographed. Specimen GPS: 36.937496, -105.280693. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Taos County: Vermejo Park Ranch: Culebra Range: logging road 0.9 air mi NW of Beaver Lakes.
Shoulder of mostly abandoned logging road; moist gravelly soil, well vegetated with young Picea saplings, Juncus balticus, Fragaria virginiana, Antennaria parvifolia, Taraxacum officinale, and Potentilla gracilis. Plant yellow-green; single plant under small Picea, with B. minganense, B. hesperium. Specimen GPS: 36.94595, -105.281982. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Taos County: Vermejo Park Ranch: Culebra Range: along an old logging road ca 150 meters NE of its junction with an unanmed creek on southwest side of Casias Creek and 2 air mi NW of Beaver Lakes.
Abandoned logging road, moist gravelly substrate, with small Picea saplings, Fragaria virginiana, Taraxacum officinale, and Erigeron. Plants bright green; pinnae cupped slightly towards sporophore; 3 plants on shoulder with B. echo, B. hesperium. Specimen GPS: 36.958794, -105.291847. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Taos County: Vermejo Park Ranch: Culebra Range: along south side of an unnamed stream 0.9 air mi SSE of Lake No. 2.
Old clearcut, now regenerating with Picea saplings to ca. 7 meters tall; rocky soil, with Ribes montigenum, Deschampsia cespitosa, and Fragaria virginiana. Plants light green to yellow-green, shiny; 69 plants of mixed B. lunaria and B. minganense counted (small plants difficult to ID). Photographed. Specimen GPS: 36.965164, -105.292953. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Taos County: Vermejo Park Ranch: Culebra Range: old logging road on mountain side S of Suntisteven Creek, 1.2 air mi NW of Costilla Reservoir dam.
Old abandoned logging road on steep east-facing slope among Picea and Populus tremuloides; mesic gravelly substrate, with Antennaria parvifolia, Fragaria virginiana, Carex cf. rossii, Taraxacum officinale, and Achillea millefolium. Plants glossy grass green; pinnae spreading; 3 plants found in center of road bed. Specimen GPS: 36.883526, -105.299217. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Taos County: Vermejo Park Ranch: slope 0.3 air mi NW of summit of Vermejo Peak; on east side of Costilla Creek valley.
Old clearcut on north-facing slope; fine textured soil not at all gravelly, with scattered Picea saplings, Ribes montigenum, Taraxacum officinale, Fragaria virginiana, Astragalus alpinus, Antennaria parvifolia, Gentianella amarella, and mosses. Plants shiny green; pinnae spreading; 41 plants counted, mixed with B. minganense. Specimen GPS: 36.896072, -105.216927. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Colfax County: Vermejo Park Ranch: on flat top of an unnamed volcanic ridge 2.1 air mi NNE of Underwood Lakes and 0.3 air mi S of Colorado.
Old logging road and clearcut; road with bare gravel, Festuca arizonica, Fragaria virginiana, and Taraxacum officinale; clearcut with gravelly soil, Picea saplings, Fragaria, Taraxacum, Deschampsia cespitosa, Festuca arizonica, and mosses. Plants grass-green to deep green, not glaucous; pinnae spreading; 27 plants found mostly in gravelly areas, with B. echo, B. hesperium, B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, B. minganense, B. aff. sp. nov. 'novomexicana', and B. 'redbank'. Photographed. Specimen GPS: 36.990028, -105.203613. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Colfax County: Vermejo Park Ranch: on north side of crest of an unnamed ridge 1.8 air mi due N of Underwood Lakes and 1/2 air mi S of Colorado.
Old clearcut on gentle north-facing slope; volcanic bedrock, soil scarcely gravelly; with scattered Picea Picea pungens and Abies arizonica saplings 2-6 meters tall, open areas dominated by Deschampsia cespitosa, Festuca thurberi, Fragaria virginiana, Taraxacum officinale, and Carex. Plants deep green; pinnae spreading; 5 plants found in areas of low vegetation characterized by Fragaria and Taraxacum, with B. minganense. Specimen GPS: 36.986797, -105.2117. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Colorado, Costilla County: Vermejo Park Ranch: Culebra Range: along a logging road on slope W of West Fork Costilla Creek 1.7 air mi ENE of State Line Peak and 1/2 air mi N of New Mexico.
Old logging road in clearcut on northeast facing slope; gravel substrate over volcanic bedrock; with Picea saplings, Senecio wootonii, Taraxacum officinale, and Fragaria virginiana. Plants grass-green, small; pinnae spreading; 4 plants found along road shoulder and scattered in clearcut, with B. echo, B. hesperium, B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, B. minganense. Specimen GPS: 37.00449, -105.266045. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Colorado, Costilla County: Vermejo Park Ranch: Culebra Range: southwest side of an unnamed ridge E of East Fork Costilla Creek 0.9 air mi N of New Mexico and 3.5 air mi ENE of State Line Peak.
Old clearcut on gentle southwest slope; soil gravelly, scarified, with young Picea pungens, Fragaria virginiana, Taraxacum officinale, Trifolium attenuatum, and Carex. Plants grass-green, not glaucous; pinnae spreading; about 5 plants found, with B. echo, B. hesperium, B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, B. minganense. Specimen GPS: 37.009502, -105.234474. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Colorado, Costilla County: Vermejo Park Ranch: Culebra Range: flat meadow on northeast side of State Line Peak; 0.6 air mi NE of the summit and 1/4 air mi NW of upper Glacier Lake.
Dry, undulating bench of glacial deposition with small dry depressions; with small scattered Picea pungens, Antennaria parviflora, Arenaria lanuginosa, Eremogoge obtusiloba, Sedum lanceolatum, Allium geyeri, Achillea millefolium, Poa, and Deschampsia cespitosa. Plants deep glossy green; pinnae spreading; 8 plants in small clump in bottom of depression at GPS point, with B. echo, B. hesperium, B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, B. minganense, B. aff. sp. nov. 'novomexicana', and B. 'redbank'. Specimen GPS: 37.000507, -105.286476. Phenology: spores.
with J. Mark Porter, Don Hyder

U.S.A., New Mexico, Taos County: Vermejo Park Ranch: Culebra Range: logging road on west side of an unnamed ridge 1.25 air mi ENE of Lake No. 1 and 1/2 air mi S of Colorado.
Old clearcut on west-facing slope with Picea saplings to 7 meters tall; moist soil, with Fragaria virginiana, Taraxacum officinale, Festuca thurberi, and Deschampsia cespitosa. Plants grass-green, scattered through openings in clearcut. Specimen GPS: 36.988044, -105.231273. Phenology: spores.
with Don Farrar, Steve Popovich

U.S.A., Colorado, Costilla County: Vermejo Park Ranch: Culebra Range: meadow on south side of an unnamed pass at head of West Fork Costilla Creek; 2.35 air mi due NE of State Line Peak.
Open gravelly meadow with dry to mesic soil, scattered Picea saplings, Ribes montigenum, Festuca thurberi, Festuca idahoensis, Taraxacum officinale, Erigeron formosissimus, Fragaria virginiana, Potentilla gracilis and Astragalus alpinus; adjacent talus slope dominated by Senecio atratus and Cystopteris fragilis. Plants yellow-green; scattered across talus slope. Specimen GPS: 37.019161, -105.264519. Phenology: spores.
with Don Farrar, Steve Popovich

U.S.A., Montana, Lewis and Clark County: Bob Marshall Wilderness: near Rock Creeek, not far from inlet of Baldy Bear Creek.
On hummocks in moist meadow near creek bank; with Fragaria and Thalictrum. Phenology: spores.
Klaus H. Lackschewitz, 8395. 7/24/1978.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Taos County: Rio Costilla Park: Latir Lakes, camping area on northeast shore of second lake up from bottom, in meadowy openings ca. 100 meters from lake shore.
Gently sloping meadowy openings in subalpine spruce-fir forest; moist soil with significant lichen and bryophyte cover with scattered Oreochrysum parryi, Potentilla gracilis var. pulcherrima, Antennaria parviflora, and Fragaria virginiana; area disturbed by camping activity. Plants light green, somewhat shiny; 18 plants counted; growing with B. echo, B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, B. minganense. Specimen GPS: 36.803154° N, 105.451431° W. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Colfax County: Colin Neblett State Wildlife Area: along main access road leading to communication towers at summit of Green Mountain, at junction of main road with abandoned side road 0.45 air miles southwest of the summit; 3.4 air miles ENE of Eagle Nest.
Old logging road; bed gravelly, with small Picea engelmannii saplings, Senecio wootonii, Fragaria virginiana, Achillea millefolium, and Poa pratensis. Plants grass-green to pale green; pinnae spreading; 11 plants hidden among Senecio wootonii in road bed immediately below second switchback on spur road, with B. hesperium, B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, B. 'redbank'. Specimen GPS: 36.556805° N, 105.202065° W. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Santa Fe County: Santa Fe National Forest: Santa Fe Ski Area: at junction of Desafio and Spruce Bowl runs on west side of ski area about 0.35 air miles south of the ski lodge and 0.9 air miles southeast of Aspen Peak; in middle of run.
North facing ski slope in Picea engelmannii forest; mesic, gravelly soil, with lush growth of Thermopsis montana, Bromus, Calamagrostis, Castilleja miniata, Achillea millefolium, and Fragaria virginiana. Plants light grass-green; pinnae spreading; about 30 plants found under forbs, with B. hesperium, B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, B. minganense. Specimen GPS: 35.790562° N, 105.800163° W. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Santa Fe County: Santa Fe National Forest: Santa Fe Ski Area: on Thunderbird run immediately below a service road cutting across run, about 0.65 air miles southeast of the ski lodge and 0.1 miles north of point 11182; 1.25 air miles southeast of Aspen Peak.
Mesic, north-facing ski run, with Fragaria virginiana, Carex cf. siccata, Achillea millefolium, Phleum pratense, and Bromus. Plants grass-green, pinnae spreading, 5 robust plants found here with additional plants scattered on adjacent slopes, with B. echo, B. hesperium, B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, B. lanceolatum ssp. 'viride', B. minganense, B. pinnatum. Specimen GPS: 35.787235° N, 105.796112° W. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Santa Fe County: Santa Fe National Forest: Santa Fe Ski Area: on lower end of Parachute run just above service road, about 0.75 air miles southeast of the ski lodge and 0.4 miles northeast of point 11182; 1.3 air miles southeast of Aspen Peak.
North-facing ski run; rocky soil, with Bromus, Fragaria virginiana, and Chamerion angustifolium. Plants grass-green; pinnae spreading; common, probably 30-40 plants here, with B. echo, B. hesperium, B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, B. minganense, B. pinnatum. Specimen GPS: 35.789249° N, 105.791359° W. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Lincoln County: Lincoln National Forest: Ski Apache: on Rover Run just above where ski lift cuts across run; 0.25 air miles northeast of Lookout Mountain.
North-facing ski run, moist soil with scattered cobbles; low herbaceous vegetation of Carex cf. siccata, Poa pratensis, Festuca arizonica, Agrostis, Penstemon, Senecio, Fragaria virginiana, Achillea millefolium, and mosses; a few decaying stump bases present. Plants fading to yellow-green; pinnae spreading; common but scattered across slope and on adjacent runs, with B. minganense. Specimen GPS: 33.393867° N, 105.80941° W. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Cibola County: Cibola National Forest: old clearcut and thinned area 0.6 air miles southeast of Mount Taylor and 1.1 air miles south of La Mosce Lookout.
Subalpine spruce-fir forest with grassy openings of Festuca thurberi, Ribes, and Picea saplings; ground cover of Taraxacum officinale, Fragaria virginiana, Achillea millefolium, Antennaria parviflora, Carex cf. siccata, mosses; some portions disturbed by logging activity. Larger plant growing under shrub, dark green, with pinnae spreading; only a few plants found, with B. minganense. Specimen GPS: 35.235569° N, 107.598648° W. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Taos County: Carson National Forest: Taos Ski Area: at bottom of High Five ski run where it meets Whitefeather run 0.8 air miles SSW of Taos Ski Valley (town) and 0.4 air miles northeast of Point 11701
Mostly bare gravelly area on gentle northeast-facing slope; with scattered small Picea, Antennaria parviflora, Achillea millefolium, Fragaria virginiana, Taraxacum officinale, and mosses. Plants faded to yellow-green, slightly glossy; pinnae spreading; 14 robust plants scattered in gravel with B. echo, B. hesperium. Specimen GPS: 36.583229° N, 105.455078° W. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Rio Arriba County: Carson National Forest: Cruces Basin Wilderness: around west, south, and east margins of a small unnamed pond 0.2 air miles northeast of Brazos Ridge Overlook along Forest Service Road 87; 13 air miles ENE of Chama.
Dry, rocky, hummocked slopes and depressions on leeward side of ridgeline; with scattered small Picea, Juniperus communis, Festuca arizonica, Danthonia intermedia, and Eremogone fendleri. Plants yellow-green; pinnae spreading; 5 plants found among clumps of Festuca arizonica on dry flat on east side of pond with B. echo, B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, and B. minganense; also in area are B. hesperium, B. 'redbank', and B. simplex var. simplex. Specimen GPS: 36.927967° N, 106.352036° W. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., New Mexico, Rio Arriba County: Carson National Forest: Cruces Basin Wilderness: on east side of crest of Brazos Ridge 1.0 air mile SSE of Brazos Ridge Overlook along Forest Service Road 87; 12.5 air miles east of Chama.
Hummocked terrain on leeward side of ridgeline; rocky and gravelly meadows among stands of small scattered Picea; with Festuca arizonica, Eremogone fendleri, Achillea millefolium, Taraxacum officinale, and Juniperus communis. Plants light green; 39 plants found among Festuca clumps, with B. echo, B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum, B. minganense, B. 'novamexicana'. Specimen GPS: 36.910934° N, 106.353775° W. Phenology: spores.

U.S.A., Wyoming, Johnson County: Bighorn National Forest: along Pole Creek Road where it crosses a low divide at the head of Little Sourdough Creek, ca 1 road mi SW of its junction with U.S. Hwy 16, 15 air mi SW of Buffalo.
Gravelly flat along west side of road, apparently created during logging activity; with Antennaria, Festuca, Elymus, Penstemon, and Taraxacum officinale. Plant grass-green; pinnae spreading; uncommon, with B. minganense. Specimen GPS: 44.219883° N, 106.940788° W. Phenology: spores.
Annotated by Dr. Donald Farrar in 2010. Iowa State College. Based on morphology.

U.S.A., Montana, Carbon County: Beartooth Mountains: Custer National Forest: ca 6.5 air mi ENE of Beartooth Pass, on north-facing slope of unnamed plateau, ca 13 air mi SSW of Red Lodge.
Riparian meadow. Phenology: spores.
Accession: USFS 872644, Barcode: USFS0059476

U.S.A., Colorado, Pitkin County: Sawatch Range: Seller Park, along Forest Road 105, ca 2 air mi N of Nast and ca 23 air mi ESE of Basalt.
Moist mountain meadow bordered by stream. Phenology: spores.
Michael K. Kirkpatrick, 9029b. 8/17/2011.
Accession: USFS 898977, Barcode: USFS0060590

U.S.A., Colorado, Pitkin County: Elk Mountains: Snowmass Ski Area, at upper portion of ski area, ca 8 mi W of Aspen.
zone 13S, 330096E, 4338810N; unknown, Field Notes
Disturbed ground (old ski runs) amongst spruce/fir on north-facing slope. Several species of moonworts are found here and are relatively abundant. Phenology: spores.