DES
Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium
Catalog #:
DES00084485
Taxon:
Opuntia chlorotica Engelm. & Bigelow
Family: Cactaceae
Family: Cactaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson 31363
Date: 2017-04-29
Additional Collectors:
Steve Munroe, Sue and Bill Ahearn, Shelley Silbert, Gary Bachman
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park, below campsite along Monument Creek.
36.083466 -112.187777 NAD 83/WGS84
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 393059E 3993859N
Elevation:
896 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
2939 ft
Habitat:
Ephedra-encelia farinosa-catclaw association, dry, rocky east-facing slope above creek.
Substrate:
Above Tapeats, broken rock debris slope.
Associated Species:
Ephedra, Encelia farinosa, Thymophylla pentachaeta var. belenidium, Nolina cf. microcarpa, Acacia greggii, Opuntia engelmannii (rose-colored form), Gutierrezia sarothrae, Agave utahensis subsp. kaibabensis, Aristida purpurea.
Description:
Occasional, ca 1-1/4 m high, most plants in area in bud.
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record Id: 3ff84268-c2d5-4488-a46c-5416902b6e96
Occurrence ID (GUID):
3ff84268-c2d5-4488-a46c-5416902b6e96
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact:
Andrew Salywon (asalywon@dbg.org)
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