Lupinus latifolius J. Agardh columbianus (A.A. Heller) C.P. Smith
Fabaceae
COLWELL, ALISON (7/27/04)
COLWELL, ALISON --SANDERS, ANGELA
AC04-187
2004-07-27
7/27/04
United States, California, MARIPOSA, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, MEADOW NEAR GLACIER POINT ROAD, BADGER PASS
37.661882 -119.655856
11 265735E 4171620N
2298 meters
7540 FT
SHRUBBY, WET CONCAVE SPRING AREA IN MEADOW. BORDERED ON THREE SIDES BY POPULUS TREMULOIDES, WITH ABIES MAGNIFICA-PINUS CONTORTA FOREST JUST BEYOND. TOTAL AREA OF MEADOW IS ABOUT HALF A HECTARE. PLOT IS BORDERED ABOVE (DRIER AREA) BY VERATRUM CALIFORNICUM, PTERIDUM AQUILINUM, LUPINUS LATIFOLIUS, CASTILLEJA PARVIFLORA AND SENECIO CLARKIANUS AND BELOW (WETTER AREA) BY VACCINIUM AND SALIX PATCHES. SLOPE IS 4 DEGREES. ASPECT IS 160 DEGREES. SURFICIAL GEOLOGY IS MUCK. COWARDIN SYSTEM IS PALUSTRINE. SOIL TEXTURE IS MUCK. SOIL IS VERY POORLY DRAINED. SITE IS SATURATED. PLANT ALIANCE IS POLYGONUM BISTORTOIDES HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE.
VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM, PHALACROSERIS BOLANDERI, DODECATHEON ALPINUM, POLYGONUM BISTORTOIDES, OXYPOLIS OCCIDENTALIS