University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
00210146
f05d0cd3-7689-41cf-966c-fcb8b349ffec
455410
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelmann
CACTACEAE
Dina Clark
406
1994-06-25
25 June 1994
Carolyn Crawford
United States, Colorado, Las Animas, Mesa de Maya Region of southeastern Colorado. On top of the Mesa de Maya.
37.0870476 -103.6151413 +-500m. WGS84
T34S R55W SEC18 NEĀ¼
UTM used corresponds with the given T,R,S information and elevation. Do not know how it would be referred to as on top of Mesa de Maya because it is 3.06 miles SSW of Mesa de Maya. LJ The mesa is a large area. This looks right to me. RA
1920 meters
6300 ft, 1920 m
Growing in clearing with Pinus ponderosa-Pinus edulis-Sabina scopulorum woods on top of mesa. In dry, rocky soil at the base of basalt boulders; with Cercocarpus montanus and Artemisia frigida.
Flr
Flora of the Mesa de Maya Region. Pine Canyon Quad.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)