Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.

  • Collector(s)

    C. M. Corcoran 1641, 02 Jul 1978

  • Location

    Mexico. Hidalgo. Cerro Zumate (Sierra de Pachuca): Parque Natural "El Chico", 1.5 km N of Hwy. 105 on park road, 11.5 km by road NE of Pachuca. On steep E-facing slope.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2604622

    Occurrence ID: 0bdcc93b-97df-42e8-bbb4-d5f4ccc55b07

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    Mexico

  • State/Province

    Hidalgo

  • Locality

    Cerro Zumate (Sierra de Pachuca): Parque Natural "El Chico", 1.5 km N of Hwy. 105 on park road, 11.5 km by road NE of Pachuca. On steep E-facing slope.

  • Coordinates

    20.18, -98.7

  • Location Notes

    [Central America & Mexico]

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Plants of MEXICO
Low shrub, corolla and calyx white,
fruit green with pink tinges.
Dept. Botany, Univ. Wlaconsin-Madiaon, Mexican research
trip, summer 1978. Participants: C.J. Breckon, M.E.
Breckon, S. Caughlan, T.S. Cochrane, B.A. Cochrane, C.M.
Corcoran, 6. Diggs, D.A. Kolterman, & M.A. Raveret.
HIDALGO: Cerro Zumate (Sierra de Pachuca):
Parque Natural "El Chico.” 1.5 km N of Bwy.
105 on park road, 11.5 km by road NE of Pa-
chuca (20Oll'N, 980l*2fW).
Mesic oak forest on steep E-facing slope
just below fir zone, canopy at ca. 10 m. '•
(&h forest understory, with several ferns,
Eiacaceae (Arbutus, Aratostaphy Zos, Fernet-
tya, Chimaphila), Juniperus, Thatiatrum,
Fuchsia, Geranium, Didymaea mexiaana\ b)
open, exposed ridge, with Agave, Arotosta-
phylos pungens, Lamourouxia rhinanthifolia.
July 2, 1978	Alt. 2800-2gjJ.,m.
Coll(s).: Celeste M. GorcoranNo*:
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