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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00079127
Occurrence ID:
9cc4f7bc-74f3-426e-a250-d23008f569c2
Taxon:
Opuntia phaeacantha
Engelm.
Identification Qualifier:
cf.
Family:
Cactaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
30420
Date:
2015-06-04
Additional Collectors:
Carrie Cannon, Melissa McMaster, Alicia "Tiny" Cesspooch
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park, Middle Granite Narrows, across river from Bonita Creek, below Owls Eyes, river left.
36.372795 -112.478454 WGS 84
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 367376E 4026313N
Elevation:
632 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
2073 ft
Habitat:
Desert scrub, bouldery-sandy cryptogamic soil.
Associated Taxa:
Acacia greggii, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Yucca utahensis, Opuntia polyacantha, Achnatherum hymenoides.
Description:
Locally frequent, rather erect plant 3/4 m tall x 1--1/4 m wide, fruits smooth to somewhat tuberculate toward apices, green, becoming flushed with maroon at apices edge, 56(l)x30(w) mm, 55x30 mm, 67x34 mm.
Reproductive Condition:
fruit
Notes:
Sheet 1 of 2.
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Usage Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID:
9cc4f7bc-74f3-426e-a250-d23008f569c2
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