Potentilla plot soil moisture for Cabin Clearing, Elk Meadows and Rainbow Meadows, 2019.

To understand parent-hybrid dynamics in cinquefoil (Potentilla)
species in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, I am estimating
environmental overlap among parents and hybrids, interbreeding among
parents and hybrids, and hybrid population growth in multiple
natural populations at NWT and (not included here) the Rocky
Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL). Since 2018, I have been
monitoring populations at Rainbow Meadows Lower, Rainbow Meadows
Upper, Elk Meadows South, and Cabin Clearing - sites that vary in
cinquefoil composition. In 2019, my team and I recorded reproductive
phenophases (e.g., vegetative, buds, flowering, setting seed) on
tagged plants in June, July, and August. When plants began
flowering, we estimated floral counts. Characterizing flowering
phenology of parent and hybrid species in each site sheds light on
the potential for ongoing interbreeding in different environments.
NWT soil moisture are provided here, demographic and phenological
data are shared separately. This data was collected to test broad
hypotheses about hybrid-parent dynamics in changing montane
environments.