lcunningham's Identifications

Bouteloua barbata abundant in sidewalk cracks along Granite Avenue NW near Old Town, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. This is one of several native annual Bouteloua species that are highly abundant in disturbance prone settings, such as sidewalk cracks. Panicles of relatively few side branches 1-3 cm long and comprising 20-55 widely divergent spikelets, arranged in secund fashion, are distinctive of this species. Florets are the unit of disarticulation.

Bouteloua aristidoides abundant in sidewalk cracks along Granite Avenue NW near Old Town, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. This is one of several native annual Bouteloua species that are highly abundant in disturbance prone settings, such as sidewalk cracks. Panicles of narrow side branches 1-2 cm long and comprising 1-4 closely appressed spikelets, arranged in secund fashion, are distinctive of this species. The side branches are the unit of disarticulation.

In conifer forest along the Lyons Creek Trail, approx. 0.9 mile east of the trailhead, Eldorado National Forest, El Dorado County, California, elev. approx. 6820 feet. The surrounding forest burned 3 years previously in the August 2021 Caldor Fire.