Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa (A.Nelson) Sarg.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  New Mexico

• County/Municipio

  Colfax Co.

• Locality

  Vermejo Park Ranch: low hills on south side of Ponil Creek, 3.9 air mi ESE of Cimarron.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1906 m. (6253 ft.)

• Coordinates

  36.4948, -104.85

• Location Notes

  [two sets of GPS coordinates]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

COLFAX COUNTY
Vermejo Park Ranch: low hills on south side of Ponil Creek, 3.9 air mi ESE of Cimarron.
36.496315° N, 104.848831° W; WGS 84, GPS reading
Dry, gravelly hills with Quercus xundulata, Opuntia phaeacantha,
Cylindropuntia imbricata, Chrysothamnus nauseosus.
Petals white; shrubs to 2.5 meters tall; local in small gully.
Photographed. Specimen GPS: 36.494778, -104.849541.
16 May 2008	Elev. 6,252 ft.
Ben Legler 7962
Floristic Inventory of Vermejo Park Ranch
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HERBARIUM (RM), University of Wyoming
NEW MEXICO, U.S.A.
Rosaceae
Prunus virginiana L.
var. melanocarpa (A. Nelson) Sarg.
02853664