Catalog #:
UT0000709
Occurrence ID (GUID):
2e018e56-6dfc-45ca-bb23-9cbe6eaaf646
Taxon:
Opuntia phaeacantha var. major Engelm.
Family: Cactaceae
Collector:
Walter Fertig 28011
Date: 2012-09-22
Verbatim Date: 22 September 2012
Locality:
USA, Utah, Garfield, Colorado Plateau:Escalante River drainage, on divide between Deer Creek and Nazer Draw, ca 2 miles ENE of Boulder, 2 miles NE of Burr Trail at Sugarloaf Point. Creek Canyon. T33S R5W S29 NW4NW4
37.913124 -111.385422 NAD83
Verbatim Coordinates:
12 466121E 4196246N
Elevation:
1913 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
6275 ft.
Habitat:
Sand-filled tenaja basin in Navajo Sandstone slickrock at top of mesa ridge.
Associated Species:
Opuntia, Bouteloua gracilis, Artemisia ludoviciana, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Munroa squarrosa, Portulaca oleracea
Rights Holder: Natural History Museum of Utah
Record Id: 2e018e56-6dfc-45ca-bb23-9cbe6eaaf646