Lupinus latifolius J. Agardh columbianus (A.A. Heller) C.P. Smith
Fabaceae
COLWELL, ALISON (8/10/04)
COLWELL, ALISON --SANDERS, ANGELA
AC04-223
2004-08-10
8/10/04
United States, California, MARIPOSA, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, MEADOW ALONG GLACIER POINT ROAD, 1.75 KM N OF BADGER PASS
37.68232 -119.653795
11 265981E 4173883N
2234 meters
7330 FT
NARROW CORRIDOR (ARM) OF MEADOW EXTENDING NORTH AND UPHILL FROM MAIN MEADOW. A SPRING AREA WITH SATURATED, SPONGY SOIL EVEN IN THIS UNUSUALLY DRY YEAR. DENSELY VEGETATED BY LOW HERBACEOUS COVER EMBEDDED IN MOSS TURF, WITH TALLER VEGETATION AT MARGIN CONSISTING OF VERATRUM CALIFORNICUM, SALIX, LUPINUS LATIFOLIUS, AND HELENIUM BIGELOVII. MEADOW SURROUNDED BY AND ENCROACHED UPON BY PINUS CONTORTA AND ABIES MAGNIFICA. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE IN AREA. SLOPE IS 5 DEGREES. ASPECT IS 40 DEGREES. SURFICIAL GEOLOGY IS GRANITIC. COWARDIN SYSTEM IS PALUSTRINE. SOIL TEXTURE IS MUCK. SOIL IS POORLY DRAINED. SITE IS SATURATED. PLANT ALIANCE IS POLYGONUM BISTORTOIDES HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE.