Scleropogon brevifolius Phil.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Arizona

• County/Municipio

  Coconino Co.

• Locality

  Grand Canyon National Park, ca 5/6 mile (as raven flies) NW of Bright Angel Creek, above and west of Phantom Creek.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1164 m. (3819 ft.)

• Coordinates

  36.1144, -112.104

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

POACEAE OF ARIZONA

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Scleropoqon lonqisetus Beetle

COCONINO COUNTY. Grand Canyon
National Park, ca 5/6 mile (as raven
flies) NW of Bright Angel Creek,
above and west of Phantom Creek, 36
06'52"N lat, 112 06'16" W long, 3820
feet, 1164 meters.

Tonto Formation, sandy hummocks,
immediately with Ephedra, Opuntia
polyacantha, Echinocereus engelmannii
variegatus, Yucca baccata, Bernardia
incana, Astragalus; also with
Artemesia ludoviciana, Bothriochloa,
Mimosa biuncifera, Coleogyne
ramosissima, Machaeranthera
bipinnatifida, Tiquilia (latior?),
Rhus trilobata simplicifolia, Opuntia
phaeacantha major?, Gutierrezia
sarothrae, Chrysothamnus nauseosus
junceus, Erioneuron pulchellum,
Eriogonum wrightii, Erigeron
divergens, Fallugia paradoxa,
Bouteloua curtipendula, Scleropogon
longisetus, Agave utahensis
kaibabensis, Encelia virginensis,
Dyssodia pentachaeta, Thamnosma.
Locally common perennial, clump-
forming, attractive, awns pink-
purple.

Dave Ganci,

Wendy Hodgson 6900
9 October 1992

Herbarium of Desert Botanical Garden
(DES)

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