Taxon: Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Wats.
Family: Ephedraceae

Collector: Richard S. Felger   20452   

Date: 05 March 1972

Locality: Mexico, Sonora, Mpio. de Puerto Penasco. Ca. 5 km inland from shore of Bahia Adair.

31.65  -113.85

Habitat: Dunes with Ephedra trifurca, Prosopis glandulosa, Hilaria rigida, Eriogonum deserticola, Psorothamnus emoryi, Atriplex canescens. Saline, interdune swales with Sporobolus airoides, Isocoma acradenia, Atriplex polycarpa, Wislizenia refracta var. palmeri

Associated Species: Ephedra trifurca, Prosopis glandulosa, Hilaria rigida, Eriogonum deserticola, Psorothamnus emoryi, Atriplex canescens. Saline, interdune swales with Sporobolus airoides, Isocoma acradenia, Atriplex polycarpa, Wislizenia refracta var. palmeri

Description: Very common large shrub ca. 3+ m across, capping dunes.

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