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University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection

(COLO:V)

Catalog #: 00211078

Occurrence ID (GUID): 1c084814-2124-4b07-ada4-15a0cd34349b

Secondary Catalog #: 248276

Collector: G.K. Arp

Number: 1437

Date: 1970-08-15

Verbatim Date: 15 August 1970

Locality: United States, Colorado, Chaffee, 2 miles west of Buena Vista.

38.8422172  -106.1681998 +-1000m.  WGS84

Georeference Remarks: I plotted the UTM 2 miles west of the GNIS point for Buenva Vista. RA

Elevation: 2438 meters Verbatim Elevation: 8000 ft, 2438 m

Habitat: Abundant in rocky fields.

Reproductive Condition: Veg

Notes: Opuntia heacockii G.K. Arp, cited by Arp, Sida 10:207-210.1984 / Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. polyacantha, det. Bruce D. Parfitt, 1991. Original ID as Opuntia polyacantha Haw. (While the plant is a member of the Dwarf root sprouting forms of the area, it exhibits the flat based spines of O. erinacea.).

Link to Source: 84433

Record ID: 8453b9e6-0403-436a-b83a-9547b0e4fda6

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)