Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth x x

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Nevada

• County/Municipio

  Clark Co.

• Locality

  Jumbo Peak 7.5' USGS topographic quadrangle; Garnet Valley, 420m SW of Ruby Spring, 2.5 km NNE of the summit of Bonelli Peak, 75 km east of Las Vegas

• Elevation

  Alt. 1045 m. (3428 ft.)

• Coordinates

  36.1733, -114.258

• Location Notes

  [US & Canada]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

CACTACEAE OF NEVADA
Clark County
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow) F.
M. Knuth
x C. multigeniculata (Clokey) Backeberg
Jumbo Peak 7.5' USGS topographic quadrangle; 1 IS 07 48
088mE 40 05 847mN [WGS 84]; N36° 10.4' W114° 15.5';
1045m (3430ft) elevation; Garnet Valley, 420m SW of Ruby
Spring, 2.5km NNE of the summit of Bonelli Peak; 75km
east of Las Vegas; broad wash o granitic rock and gravel
with Acacia greggii, Ambrosia eriocentra, Brickellia
atractyloides, Ephedra nevadensis, Ericameria linearifolia,
Eriogonum fasciculatum, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Hymenoclea
salsola, Prunus fasciculatus, Psorothamnus fremontii, Quercus
turbinella, Thamnosma montana, and Yucca schidigera.
Shrub from several erect to decumbent trunks; stems to
6dm tall.
Marc A. Baker 15306
22 April 2003
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