RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:RSA)
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Cryptantha affinis (Gray) Greene
Boraginaceae
LeRoy Gross
4172
2009-07-21
Ryan Parker
United States, California, San Bernardino, San Bernardino National ForestHeadwaters of Mile Creek, near Bellyache Springs. Southwest of Clarks Summit.; Big Bear Lake 7.5 quad.
34.20402 -116.95546
T1N R1W S2 NE1/4 of NW1/4
2332 meters
7648ft.
Gentle sloping creek, with small amount of water in it. But small springs are around in this upper drainage. Associated species include: Pinus jeffreyi (most dead), Abies concolor, Arctostaphylos patula, Ceanothus cordulatus, Chrysolepis sempervirens, and Ribes roezlii. Wet riparian, or close to this habitat associates are; Pteridium aquilinum pubescens (very dominant here), Rosa sp., Salix lasiolepis, Carex subfusca, C. fracta, C. abrupta, C. senta, Achillea millefolium, Drymocallis lactea, Juncus macrandrus, Luzula comosa, Ribes nevadense, Sphenosciadium capitellatum, Aquilegia formosa, Castilleja miniata, Mimulus tilingii, M. moschatus, Cryptantha affinis, Festuca arundinacea, Epilobium glaberrimum, Lotus oblongifolius, Agrostis scabra, Poa pratensis, Elymus glaucus, and Deschampsia elongata. Dry, sandy bench.