Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU:Plants)
ASU0297293
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Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Engelm.) Knuth
Cactaceae
Liz Makings
5006
2016-11-10
John Alcock, Brian Sullivan, Ron Rutowski
United States, Arizona, Maricopa County, Cave Buttes Recreation Area, Flood Control property; between Cave Creek wash and N Cave Creek Rd northeast of the concrete dam
33.734356 -112.025513
510 meters
1671ft
Sonoran Desert flats with scattered tobosa, creosote, mesquite, wolfberry, and cholla; clay soils
Hilaria mutica, Prosopis velutina, Larrea tridentata, Cylindropuntia acanthacarpa, C. spinosior, C. arbuscula, C. fulgida, C. leptocaulis, Lydium cf. exsertum, Senna covesii
shrub about 4 feet tall 4 feet wide, fruits slightly fleshy; locally common