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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium

(DES)

Taxon: Berberis harrisoniana Kearney & Peebles
Family: Berberidaceae

Collector: Andrew Salywon   1995   

Date: 2016-05-04

Locality: United States, Arizona, Yuma, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Palm Canyon Kofa Mountains

33.36021  -114.096623

Verbatim Coordinates: 11S 770160E 3694987N

Elevation: 823 meters Verbatim Elevation: 2700 ft

Habitat: N facing slope at the base of tall vertical wall in W facing canyon. Full shade in the morning and afternoon.

Substrate: Rhyolite

Associated Species: Bernardia myricifolia, Lycium sp., Senegalia greggii, Parkinsonia microphylla, Rhus aromatica, Nicotiana obtusifolia, Olneya tesota, Simmondsia chinensis, Ziziphus obtusifolia, Nolina bigelovii, Washingtonia filifera, Garrya wrightii, Salazaria mexicana

Description: Locally common dense shrub 3-4 m high. Fruits purple, glaucous with many fruits parasitized by insect larvae. The seeds were found in a foxes (?) scat nearby

Reproductive Condition: Fruit

Notes: USFWS permit #22570-16-2. Seeds collected for the Center for Plant Conservation with a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation "Partnership for Seed Banking on Federal Agency Lands (MO)" Sheet 2 of 2.

Record ID: dabe2d89-6dc1-4dd5-a56d-b388c951b976

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (asalywon@dbg.org)

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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)