University of New Mexico Herbarium (UNM:Vascular Plants)
UNM0038127
9850b9ba-23e9-49ba-83a7-814660f54293
125850
Vaccinium myrtillus L.
Ericaceae
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Ben Legler
5140
2007-06-28
6/28/2007
United States, New Mexico, Taos, Vermejo Park Ranch: slope above east side of Costilla Creek 0.42 air mi SE of Lake No. 1.
36.979444 -105.247222 +-30m. WGS84
36.9794444° N, 105.2472222° W
Locality Type: A Long/Lat 09/14/2022
3151 meters
10338 ft
Corolla pale pink, slightly wider than long; low shrubs to 10 cm tall forming large patches in mossy soil under spruce; abundant. Photographed.
North-facing slope under shade of dense Picea engelmannii forest, with scattered Pinus aristata, Pinus flexilis, Populus tremuloides; mossy understory with Vaccinium myrtillus.