University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Yucca angustissima Engelmann
AGAVACEAE
Loraine Yeatts
5594
2008-04-23
23 April 2008
Dick Yeatts
United States, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO hwy 141 & Dolores R.; minor drainage E of Mesa Co road 4.2 on W side of the Palisade.
38.711138 -108.990331
12 0674734E 4286639N;
1518 meters
4980 ft
On S facing slope just below ridge crest; open blackbrush community in locally barren sandy soil with Asclepias cryptoceras, Oreocarya flava, Hymenopappus filifolius. Common & widespread. Permian Cutler Form.
Veg
7.5' Gateway quad. NAD27. Plant subcaulescent, leaves from mid-rosette, concavo-convex above middle, flat convex in cross-section, length to width ratio <45; stem from previous season 120cm tall; largest dried pods 3.3cm long, constricted above middle...
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)