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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00078502
Occurrence ID:
c498f05b-c51f-4531-bdab-25312ac69d51
Taxon:
Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea
(Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) B.D.Parfitt
Identification Qualifier:
cf.
Family:
Cactaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
29516
Date:
2014-05-14
Additional Collectors:
Carrie Cannon, Jamie Townsend
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park, below Little Colorado River and Colorado River junction, river right.
36.19309 -111.812272
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 426970E 4005671N
Elevation:
814 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
2671 ft
Habitat:
Desert scrub, east-facing rocky, steep slope just above river's edge.
Substrate:
Limestone overlay (Muav?) over Bright Angel Shale.
Associated Taxa:
Prosopis glandulosa, Brickellia longifolia, Encelia farinosa, Senegalia greggii, Stanleya pinnata, Galium, Tamarix, Isocoma acradenia.
Description:
Occasional, plants with a tap root, stems erect, pads narrow, spines yellow.
Notes:
no photos
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Usage Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID:
c498f05b-c51f-4531-bdab-25312ac69d51
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (
asalywon@dbg.org
)
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