University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
Vlad Siplivinsky
1333
1981-06-26
26 June 1981
United States, Colorado, Mesa, Grand Mesa Nat. For., Coal Creek Trail.
39.0119958 -108.2313675 +-1000m. WGS84
T12S R97W SEC16 NEĀ¼ & 15
UTM used is 8400ft in T12S, R97W, S16 NE 1/4. The gnis UTM for Coal Creek Trail, however, is in T12S, R96W, S19 SE 1/4. LJ I looked on the FS map and it looks like the trail starts near the Picnic Ground and goes into section 15. I increased the CV
2560 meters
8400 ft, 2560 m
Junction of oak and aspen belts; open aspen wood, sagebrush.
Flr
Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. ? det. Bruce D. Parfitt, 1991. Originally identified as Opuntia erinacea Engelm. & Bigelow var. Utahensis (Engelm.) L. Benson.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)