University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
Janet Wingate; Loraine Yeatts and Carol Winther
8407
2004-05-27
27 May 2004
United States, Colorado, Denver, Bluff Lake Nature Center, 123 acre natural area adjacent to Sand Creek on the eastern edge of Stapleton Airport redevelopment site.
39.75946 -104.86463 +-100m. WGS84
13 0511596E 4401069N; T3S R67W SEC26
I placed the point at the collector provided UTM near Bluff Lake. RA; Georeferenced 18 April 2017
1618 meters
5310 ft
Habitats include: seasonal lake (constructed late 1800's as an irrigation reservoir), wetlands, riparian areas, woodlands, shortgrass prairie, all surrounded by a dense urban environment. Sandy shortgrass prairie. N facing slope. W/ Eriogonum effusum, Yucca glauca, Opuntia polyacantha, Nassella viridula.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)
Current Record
Janet Wingate; Loraine Yeatts and Carol Winther 84072004-05-27