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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium Collection
Catalog #: DES00050742
Taxon: Yucca baccata Torr.
Family: Agavaceae
Collector: R. Puente   2800   
Date: 27 April 2003
Additional Collectors: Beth Brand
Locality: USA, Arizona, La Paz County, Joshua Tree Parkway; ca. 13 mi NW of Wickenberg and ca. 0.5 mi W of I-93 on dirt road to Alamos Wilderness.
34.1686  -113.0257
Verbatim Coordinates: 34d 10.116m N; 113d 1.54m W
Habitat: On desert flats
Associated Species: Larrea tridentata, Yucca brevifolia, Opuntia basilaris, Opuntia chlorotica, Prosopis juliflora, Ziziphus obtusifolia, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Echinocereus engelmannii
Description: Plants to 1.2 m tall, forming rosette .90 m wide and clumps to 3 m in diam.; leaves grayish to .80 m long, 4-5 cm wide; flowers white cream. Common.
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For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Wendy C. Hodgson (whodgson@dbg.org)
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