File:Carson Valley monkeyflower, Erythranthe carsonensis (29944039842).jpg

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Carson Valley monkeyflower, Erythranthe carsonensis, Nevada, Sierra Nevada, Carson Range, Carson Valley drainage, elevation 1685 m (5525 ft).

Jumping out of chronology again to post these photos from another rare plant survey.

Carson Valley monkeyflower was recognized as a distinct species by Naomi Fraga in 2012, after having been confused with Erythranthe (=Mimulus) montioides since its discovery in the mid 1800s. It is a rare plant species, known only from Washoe Valley, Eagle Valley, and Carson Valley of Carson City, Douglas County, and southern Washoe County Nevada, and a small portion of adjacent Alpine County, California (plant pictured here). Previous reports from farther north in Washoe County were based on misidentified specimens, and it has been found nowhere else in the western United States despite extensive searches.

The species grows mainly in sagebrush-bitterbrush vegetation on sandy soils of the valley bottoms and adjacent lower slopes, and has been significantly impacted by urban and residential development. Favorable conditions in spring of 2016 allowed for extensive surveys and discovery of large new populations. Some of the new populations are on public lands well removed from immediate development, but the majority are still within or adjacent to ongoing urban and residential expansion.
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Source Carson Valley monkeyflower, Erythranthe carsonensis
Author Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA
Camera location38° 48′ 01.26″ N, 119° 47′ 57.59″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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