Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 5(S.—1-cirr Alyers, Ihi. A trc-e 111 a cypress swampcovered with epiphytic plants, including several species offerns and bromeliads {Tillandsia spp.). plants. Coconut palms are common along the shores, sometimesforming large groves. NO. 17 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I916 57 During- the three weeks spent in Lee County, about 700 specimensof plants were collected, representing some 500 species. Many ofthem are plants of rare occurrence, and some represent notableextensions of range, one, at least, being an addition t
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 5(S.—1-cirr Alyers, Ihi. A trc-e 111 a cypress swampcovered with epiphytic plants, including several species offerns and bromeliads {Tillandsia spp.). plants. Coconut palms are common along the shores, sometimesforming large groves. NO. 17 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I916 57 During- the three weeks spent in Lee County, about 700 specimensof plants were collected, representing some 500 species. Many ofthem are plants of rare occurrence, and some represent notableextensions of range, one, at least, being an addition to the knownflora of the United States. One of the lichens was determined byMr. G. K. Merrill as a new species, and some of the parasitic fungiare of unusual interest. During August and September Mr. Standley was detailed forfield-work in New Mexico. He spent four weeks at Ute Park,Colfax County, a locality in the southern extension of the Sangre. Fig. 59.—Ute Park, N. Mex. Showing sandstone hillsides covered withpinyon and cedar. de Cristo Range of Colorado, and only a few miles south of theColorado boundary. Ute Park lies at an altitude of about 7,500 feet upon the CimarronRiver, one of the characteristic swift, clear streams of the valley here is rather wide, with gently sloping meadows on oneor both sides, although at some places the stream is shut in by cliffswhich rise precipitously on both banks. Immediately along thestream and its tributaries are groves of Cottonwood, with thicketsof alder, aspen, birch, hawthorn, and other shrubs. The stream isinhabited by large numbers of beaver, whose dams are found every-where. In places fully half of the trees seemed to have been cutdown by these animals, to be used as food or in the construction oftheir dams. 58 SMITHSONIAN Al ISCKLLAN l-:()US COIJ-ECTIONS \0L. 66 Beyond the stream l)anks tlu- meadows extend for varyingdistances. Tliev are characterized l)y numerous
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