United States of America, Utah, San Juan, Base of E slope of Comb Ridge, 5.3mi. 267° of true N from mouth of Cottonwood Wash, Bluff, UT
37.26933 -109.65797 NAD 27
1396 meters
4579 ft.
Sandy flats; with Coleogyne ramosissimum, scattered Juniperus osteosperma, Vulpia cf. bromoides, Cympterus acaulis var. fendleri, Descurania pinnata var. nelsonii, and with Quercus welshii; low masses of partially buried stems stabilizing sand dunes; plants dioecious; stems viscid, chartreuse-green; female cones pedunculate; locally common.
Navajo Sandstone
Coleogyne ramosissimum, scattered Juniperus osteosperma, Vulpia cf. bromoides, Cympterus acaulis var. fendleri, Descurania pinnata var. nelsonii, and with Quercus welshii
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)