Malacothrix fendleri A.Gray

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  New Mexico

• County/Municipio

  Socorro Co.

• Locality

  NE foothills of Magdalena Mts., on USFS Rd. 37, near entrance to Six Miles Canyon, off US Highway 60 about 9 mi. W of Socorro

• Coordinates

  33.9966, -107.074

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  7791

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Used ESRI USGS Topo USA base layer to locate precise area of Sixmile Canyon. Located coordinates of canyon by moving green marker to approximated geographic midpoint of canyon. Edited uncertainty radius to encompass entire area of canyon.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Malacothrix fendleri Gray
DETERMINED BY W. S. DaVlS, 197g
US
East Side Socorro EIS Area Threatened
and Endangered Plant Species Survey,
Bureau of Land Management,
Directed by Richard Spellenberg
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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FLORA OF NEW MEXICO
¿+651 Malacothrix fendleri Gray
SOCORRO CO., NE foothills of Magdalena
Mts., on USFS Rd. 37» near entrance to
Six Mile Canyon, along US Highway 60 about
9 mi. W of Socorro, about 1 mi. off
highway.
Habitats Gentle open slope, blue gramma
with cholla.
Characteristics: Flowers yellow.
Colli Richard and Michael Spellenberg
May 7. 1977
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