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Opuntia durangensis
Durango Prickly Pear
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Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson
ID: 0000 0000 0116 2571 (2016-01-16)Copyright © 2016 Wynn Anderson
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date of photo Mar 21, 2007
latitude 27.13480 longitude 107.57288
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location
km 28, old unpaved Quirare to La Bufa swithback road, 2.4 miles S of Quirare, 6.1 miles N of La Bufa bridge, Barranca Batopilas (Mcp. Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico)family
Cactaceae
plant community Oak woodland transition to tropical deciduious scrub at 5800' (1770m) elev.notes grassy slope of volcanic rhyolite tuff rubble just below cliffs at upper canyon rim. This old switchback road has now been replaced with a new paved highway to Batopilas that greatly limits access to many former rich roadside collecting sites in the canyon.keywords: SMOc, Barranca Batopilas
contributor's ID # SMOc 162 photo category: Plant - shrub
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
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Durango Prickly Pear, Nopal de Sierra (photographer)
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