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Taxon: Encelia frutescens (Gray) Gray
Family: Asteraceae

Collector: Dixie Z. Damrel   3491   

Date: 2006-05-01

Locality: USA, Arizona, Yavapai County, Agua Fria National Monument. West of unimproved road that branches north off Bloody Basin Road. Near outcrop ledge over a dry wash.

34.274067  -112.108583

Verbatim Coordinates: 34d 16.444m N; 112d 6.515m W

Elevation: 1063 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 3490ft.

Habitat: Demidesert Grassland in hills of granitic soils and outcrops.

Associated Species: Acacia greggii, Achnatherum speciosum, Adenophyllum porophylloides, Aristida purpurea, Ayenia filiformis, Berberis haematocarpa, Bouteloua eriopoda, Calliandra eriophylla, Echinocereus engelmannii, Encelia frutescens, Eragrostis lehmanniana, Eriastrum eremicum, Erica inflata, Erigeron divergens, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Erodium cicutarium, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Krameria erecta, Lotus rigidus, Melampodium leucanthum, Mirabilis bigelovii, Muhlenbergia porteri, Opuntia chlorotica, O.engelmannii, O.phaeacantha, Panicum hallii, Plantago ovata, Plantago patagonica, Porophyllum gracile, Psilostrophe cooperi, Senecio flaccidus, Tridens muticus. At nearby spring: Populus fremontii, Tamarix ramosissima, Baccharis salicifolia. At nearby outcrop: Keckiella antirrhinoides, Aloysia wrightii, Eragrostis intermedia, Digitaria californica. Morus microphylla, Salazaria mexicana.

Description: Shurb with yellow flowerheads, ahcenes without pappus, long hairs on margins. Locally common.

Reproductive Condition: flower & fruit

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Record Id: 1ea58c70-5955-4281-b4a0-3482c2e45ae0

Occurrence ID (GUID): 1ea58c70-5955-4281-b4a0-3482c2e45ae0

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Andrew Salywon (asalywon@dbg.org)

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