Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. ssp. prolificum (Small) Costea & Tardif
Annotated by Frank Lomer, 2014.

British Columbia: 5 km south of Windermere Lake, 4 km due northwest of Fairmont Hot Springs resort, 250 m west of railroad tracks. Elev. 805 m
50.362° N, 115.898° W,
Datum: NAD83. Coordinate Source: Verbatim from Collector/Sheet.
Natural grasslands with eroded banks, very few weeds, no evidence of cattle; grassy saline or alkaline swale leading to pond; in bare silty clay, growing with Puccinellia nuttalliana, Hordeum jubatum, Potentilla anserina, Plantago eriopoda, Elymus trachycaulus. Erect annual in dense 3 x 2 m patch of 1000's, mostly <15 cm, tallest to 41 cm in disturbed soil with space, drought conditions; lower leaves dropped, floral leaves > fruit, pedicels 1-2 mm, enclosed in ocreae, tepals white rimmed, achenes finely smooth-bumpy pimpled, brown, 2 mm long, enclosed in perianth; only site seen in full day hike over 5 km in the grasslands.

Frank Lomer 8901, 2014 Aug 16
UBC, Accession: V242112