Taxon:
Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxbaum
Family: Cactaceae
Collector:
John L. Anderson 2012-01
Date: 16 February 2012
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Pinal, Desert Peak, ca 6 mi east of I-10 from Red Rock on Park Links Rd, south end of Desert Peak on east side
32.593022 -111.243909
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 0477111E 3606197N ; TRS: T10S R11E sec 6 SENE
Elevation:
720 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
2370ft
Habitat:
near top of steep, southwest facing slope of east finger ridge
Substrate:
granitic hills
Associated Species:
Carnegia gigantea, Encelia farinosa, Larrea tridentata, Ambrosia deltoidea, Senna covesii, Cottsia gracilis, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Lycium
Description:
one large plant with ca 30 arms on living plant and ca half of plant with 30 arms dead and broken off down slope
Notes:
photo voucher
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