University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia phaeacantha Engelmann
CACTACEAE
G.K. Arp
1712
1971-09-04
04 September 1971
United States, Colorado, Montrose, 3-4 miles W of Montrose.
38.47733 -107.94044 +-100m. WGS84
I placed the point 3.5 miles due W of Montrose. Uncertainty is high due to the vagueness of the locality. The collector-provided elevation is impossibly wrong.
1585 meters
5200 ft, 1585 m
On low alkali hills, overgrazed and without pinyon pine cover.
Frt
Original ID as Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. var phaeacantha.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)