Catalog #:
KHD00025536
Occurrence ID (GUID):
f2609213-05a3-43ca-8c74-999cb53d7591
Secondary Catalog #:
46553
Taxon:
Opuntia polyacantha (Engelm.&J.M. Bigelow) B.D.Parfitt
Family: CACTACEAE
Collector:
Loraine Yeatts 5643
Date: 2008-05-21
Additional Collectors:
Dick Yeatts
Locality:
USA, 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; Permian Cutler Form. NAD27
39.166389 -108.119633
Elevation:
1524 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
5000 FT ca
Habitat:
In rocky, gritty soil on gently sloping low bench between two forks of drainage in open Pinus edulis-Juniperus osteosperma community with Sarcobatus mermiculatus, Fraxinus anomala, Rhus aromatica, Coleogyne ramosissimum, Ountia phaeacantha, Oreocarya flav
Description:
forming patches of decumbent stems ,3 pads high above ground level; flowers yellow
Reproductive Condition:
Flower
Notes:
O. erinacea Englelmann & J.M. Bigelow
Rights Holder: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public Domain
Record ID: f2609213-05a3-43ca-8c74-999cb53d7591