Taxon: Yucca baccata Torr.
Family: Agavaceae

Collector: Wendy Hodgson   7088   

Date: 09 April 1993

Locality: USA, Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park, ca. 5/6 miles NW and above Phantom Ranch and Brigh Angel Creek, 'Utah Flat'.

36.112222  -112.101667

Verbatim Coordinates: 36d 6m 44s N; 112d 6m 6s W

Elevation: 1170 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 3840ft.

Habitat: Sandstone flats of drainage on sandy hummocks, on Tonto Formation

Associated Species: Agave utahensis ssp. kaibabensis, Artemisia ludoviciana, Mimosa biuncifera, Tiquilia latior, Ephedra fasciculata, Echinocereus engelmannii, Rhus trilobata var. simplicifolia, Opuntia polyacantha, Opuntia phaeacantha, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Eriogonum wrightii, Fallugia paradoxa, Machaeranthera, Gutierrezia, Erioneuron, Bernardia, Thamnosma montana, Dyssodia pentachaeta, Encelia virginensis

Description: Occasional, especially found towards and up against sandstone outcrops and overhangs, branched at base, flowers cream.

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For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Wendy C. Hodgson (whodgson@dbg.org)

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