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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00034887
Occurrence ID:
54a6c4a4-3537-4f70-b1d6-fb8182e48f3a
Taxon:
Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina
(Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) B.D.Parfitt
Identification Qualifier:
aff.
Family:
Cactaceae
Determiner:
Donald J. Pinkava, ASU (2008)
Collector:
Wendy Hodgson
Number:
6295
Date:
1991-05-29
Additional Collectors:
Dana Higgins, Julie Ramsden
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Coconino, Kaibab National Forest, adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park and Nankoweap Trail, near FS Trail 57.
36.3087679 -111.9664056 +-2000m.
Verbatim Coordinates:
TRS: T34N R4E sec 28
Elevation:
2286 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
7500'
Habitat:
Fairly open.
Substrate:
Red shaly soil.
Associated Taxa:
Pinus edulis, Pinus ponderosa, Hymenoxys acaulis, Quercus gambelii, Erysimum, Yucca baccata, Eriogonum alatum, Streptanthus cordatus, Cercocarpus montanus, Pedicularis centranthera, Comandra pallida, Ipomopsis stellata, Phlox austromontana, Opuntia macrorhiza(?), Agave utahensis, Juniperus monosperma
Description:
Frequent, low growing, to 1(-2) pads high, fruits dryish, yellow-orange-red.
Reproductive Condition:
fruit
Notes:
Annotation: unusual; perhaps x O. macrorhiza.
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Usage Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID:
54a6c4a4-3537-4f70-b1d6-fb8182e48f3a
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (
asalywon@dbg.org
)
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Phenology (ver 1.0)
reproductive
: At least one reproductive structure of any kind is present (flowers, flower buds, fruits)
fruiting
: At least one immature or mature fruit is present