University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
Janet Wingate
8407
2004-05-27
27 May 2004
Loraine Yeatts and Carol Winther
United States, Colorado, Denver, Bluff Lake Nature Center, 123 acre natural area adjacent to Sand Creek on the eastern edge of Stapleton Airport redevelopment site.
39.75946 -104.86463 +-100m. WGS84
13 0511596E 4401069N; T3S R67W SEC26
I placed the point at the collector provided UTM near Bluff Lake. RA; Georeferenced 18 April 2017
1618 meters
5310 ft
Habitats include: seasonal lake (constructed late 1800's as an irrigation reservoir), wetlands, riparian areas, woodlands, shortgrass prairie, all surrounded by a dense urban environment. Sandy shortgrass prairie. N facing slope. W/ Eriogonum effusum, Yucca glauca, Opuntia polyacantha, Nassella viridula.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)