University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
00804880
2e927652-2848-49d6-b7b7-b7575e5e2947
536986
Yucca angustissima Engelmann
AGAVACEAE
Loraine Yeatts; Dick Yeatts
5621
2008-05-19
19 May 2008
United States, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO hwy 141 & Dolores R.; minor drainage E of Mesa Co road 4.2 on W side of the Palisade.
38.711092 -108.99024
12 0674742E 4286634N;
1527 meters
5010 ft
On W facing slope below S facing unstable debris flow under Moencopi and Wingate cliffs leading to Palisade summit; open blackbrush community in relatively barren sandy soil. Common and widespread. Permian Cutler Formation. Local population forming small colonies of acaulescent to subacaulescent stems;
Flr
7.5' Gateway quad. Nad 27. Local population forming small colonies of acaulescent to subacaulescent stems; fresh leaf X-section at mid-length flat above, convex below; lowest flowers exerted just above leaf tips; flowers ochroleucus; style pale green.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)