University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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248281
Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
G.K. Arp
1431
1970-08-15
15 August 1970
United States, Colorado, Chaffee, 9 miles west of the summit of Trout Creek Pass.
38.8264518 -106.0519709 +-1000m. WGS84
I plotted the UTM 9 miles west of Trout Creek Pass along the road. RA
2530 meters
8300 ft, 2530 m
Heavy Pinyon-Juniper community.
Flr
Opuntia heacockii G.K. Arp, cited by Arp, Sida 10:207-210.1984 / Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. polyacantha, det. Bruce D. Parfitt, 1991. Original ID as Opuntia polyacantha Haw. (This is the dwarf, root sprouting form).
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