Saxifraga rivularis (Alpine Brook Saxifrage)

Family

SAXIFRAGACEAE

Scientific Name with Author

Saxifraga rivularis - L.

Synonyms

SAXIFRAGA DEBILIS; SAXIFRAGA FLEXUOSA; SAXIFRAGA HYPERBOREA SSP. DEBILIS; SAXIFRAGA RIVULARIS L. VAR. DEBILIS; SAXIFRAGA RIVULARIS L. VAR. FLEXUOSA; SAXIFRAGA RIVULARIS L. SSP. FLEXUOSA

Common Name

Alpine Brook Saxifrage

Agency Status
USFWS	State of NM	USFS	BLM	Navajo Nation	State Rank	Global Rank	R-E-D Code	NMRPTC Status	Strategy Status
								D

Distribution

This species occurs in Alpine regions from Kamchatka and northeastern Siberia through the Aleutian Islands, through Alaska and the Yukon, south to British Columbia and Alberta. It is spotty through the Rocky Mountains to Colorado.

Remarks

I have been unable to verify any records for New Mexico, but it may occur in the northern mountains on the Alpine peaks in hollows or against boulders where there is extra moisture.

Important Literature

Kearney, T.H. and R.H. Peebles. 1951. Arizona Flora. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Hickman, J.C. (Editor). 1993. The Jepson Manual, Higher Plants of California, University of California Press

Weber, W.A. 1990. Colorado Flora, Eastern Slope, University of Colorado Press.

Shreve F. and I.L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert, Stanford University Press.

Webb, D.A. and R.J. Gornall. 1989. Saxifrages, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, USA

Webb, D.A. and R.J.Gornall. 1989. Saxifrages of Europe, Chiristopher Helm Publishers Ltd., Imperial House, Bromley, Kent, Great Britain.

Weber, W.A. 1987. Colorado Flora, Western Slope, University of Colorado Press.

Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich, and L. Higgins (Editors). 1987. A Utah Flora, Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs #9, Brigham Young University.

Wooton, E.O. and P.C. Standley. 1915. Flora of New Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., Washington D.C. Jan. 24, 1998

Information Compiled By

David J. Ferguson

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