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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium
(DES)
Catalog #: DES00079139
Occurrence ID (GUID): 3fae1690-fda4-4894-8dcf-61d51c533a5c
Taxon: Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) B.D.Parfitt
Identification Qualifier: cf.
Family: Cactaceae
Collector: Wendy C. Hodgson
Number: 30406
Date: 2015-05-31
Additional Collectors: Carrie Cannon
Locality: USA, Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park, just south of Nankoweap Canyon and just below trail to granary, river right.
36.299377  -111.861653  WGS 84
Verbatim Coordinates: 12S 422635E 4017499N
Elevation: 890 meters Verbatim Elevation: 2921 ft
Habitat: Desert scrub, east-facing rocky slope.
Substrate: Muav limestone.
Associated Species: Encelia farinosa, Ephedra viridis, Prosopis glandulosa, Sporobolus cryptandrus, Echinocactus xeranthemoides, Echinocereus engelmannii.
Description: Frequent, erect prickly-pear, pads relatively long, narrow, spines long, light yellow.
Reproductive Condition: fruit
Notes: photos
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Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID: 3fae1690-fda4-4894-8dcf-61d51c533a5c
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (asalywon@dbg.org)
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