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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00034852
Occurrence ID:
7aa531c6-d527-4c90-92dd-c3305c6c723f
Taxon:
Opuntia polyacantha
Haw.
Family:
Cactaceae
Collector:
Wendy Hodgson
Number:
5491
Date:
1989-05-28
Additional Collectors:
Caroline Wilson, Ginger Harmon, et al.
Locality:
USA, Utah, Garfield County, Escalante Canyon, along the Escalante River, ca. 2 mils E of Escalante and town dump.
37.754167 -111.5625
Verbatim Coordinates:
37d 45m 15s N; 111d 33m 45s W; TRS: T35S R3E S10
Elevation:
1752 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
5750ft.
Habitat:
Along flats
Associated Taxa:
Fraxinus anomala, Berberis fremontii, Chrysopis, Clematis, Astragalus, Populus, Tamarisk, Eleagnus, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Artemisia tridentata, Pinus ponderosa, Hymenopappus filifolius, Melilotus officinalis, Gilia aggregata, Equisetum arvense
Description:
Locally frequent, sprawling, low plant in sandy soil, flowers deep pink.
Reproductive Condition:
flowers & fruit
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Usage Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID:
7aa531c6-d527-4c90-92dd-c3305c6c723f
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (
asalywon@dbg.org
)
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