{"id":3719,"date":"2010-03-16T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/site-profile-troublesome-creek-grand-county\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T14:50:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:50:02","slug":"site-profile-troublesome-creek-grand-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2010\/03\/16\/site-profile-troublesome-creek-grand-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Site Profile: Troublesome Creek, Grand County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>B1: Outstanding Biodiversity Significance<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7001\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/alenut_TROUBLE4.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/alenut_TROUBLE4.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/alenut_TROUBLE4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\nThis site was visited during 2005 as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnhp.colostate.edu\/download\/documents\/2006\/GRAND_FINAL_REPORT05_2006.pdf\">Grand County Inventory<\/a>. Troublesome Creek joins the Colorado River east of Kremling. The site is dominated by the sandstones and siltstones of the Troublesome Formation, which are generally sparsely vegetated. These fine-textured, grayish-brown soils may not look like much, but are home to two Grand County endemic plant species that are Federally Listed as Endangered: Penland beardtongue (<i>Penstemon penlandii<\/i>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/cnhpblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/endangered-astragalus-osterhoutii.html\">Osterhout milkvetch<\/a> (<i>Astragalus osterhoutii<\/i>), as well as the regional endemic dog parsley (<i>Aletes nuttallii<\/i>).<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7002\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/astost_trouble8.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Astragalus osterhoutii\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/astost_trouble8.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/astost_trouble8-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Osterhout milkvetch (<i>Astragalus osterhoutii<\/i>) <\/span><\/div>\n<p>\nThis site includes all known occurrences for Penland beardtongue. Due to the concentration of globally critically imperiled (G1\/S1) plants, this site is of outstanding biodiversity value, in essence irreplaceable.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7003\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/pepe_trouble10.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Penstemon penlandii\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/pepe_trouble10.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/pepe_trouble10-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Penland beardtongue (<i>Penstemon penlandii<\/i>)<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B1: Outstanding Biodiversity Significance This site was visited during 2005 as part of the Grand County Inventory. 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