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Garrett Herbarium, Natural History Museum of Utah

(UT:Botany)

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

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Record Id: 2e018e56-6dfc-45ca-bb23-9cbe6eaaf646

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Allison Izaksonas (aizaksonas@nhmu.utah.edu)