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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00077203
Occurrence ID:
d49fc220-9529-46a6-926c-0a60c9d4ca2d
Taxon:
Opuntia fragilis
(Nutt.) Haw.
Identification Qualifier:
cf.
Family:
Cactaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
29655
Date:
2014-08-17
Additional Collectors:
Jon Hawker, Steve Blackwell
Locality:
USA, Utah, Sevier County, Fishlake National Forest, off FSR 020 north of Elkhorn Road, Windy Ridge.
38.513829 -111.436033
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 461986E 4262918N
Elevation:
2600 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
8529 ft
Habitat:
Pinon pine open woodland, southeast-facing stony/dirt slope.
Substrate:
Weathered igneous (rhyolite).
Associated Taxa:
Cercocarpus montanus, Pinus edulis, Artemisia nova, Artemisia ludoviciana, Eriogonum spp., Tetradymia canescens, Coryphantha vivipara, Ericameria spp., Gutierrezia sarothrae, Opuntia fragilis, Artemisia frigida, Achnatherum hymenoides, Elymus elymoides, Eriogonum racemosum.
Description:
Locally common, low-growing, fruit dark maroon-green, some drying brown, somewhat fleshy, 27 mm high x 13 mm wide, 26x14 mm, 25x13 mm, 30x13 mm, 26x12 mm, 27x14 mm, constricted apically, then flaring out.
Reproductive Condition:
fruit
Notes:
Sheet 2 of 2.
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Usage Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID:
d49fc220-9529-46a6-926c-0a60c9d4ca2d
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