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Opuntia erinacea
Opuntia erinacea
Grizzlybear Prickly Pear
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 1122 0854 (2022-11-18)

Copyright © 2022 Wynn Anderson

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Jun 13, 2013
  • latitude 36.47340   longitude 114.95450     View on Google Maps.
  • location   US 93 (Great Basin Highway), 14.3 miles north of exit 64 off Interstate 15, 23 miles south of junction with State highway NV 168 in Coyote Springs (Clark County, Nevada, US)
  • family Cactaceae
  • synonyms Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea
  • plant community   on low to flat, gravelly, desertic intermontane basin surface of calcareous sandy soil and gravels supporting a Mohave Desert scrub community at 2780 feet (847m)
  • contributor's ID #  NV 33a
  • photo category: Plant - shrub

  • ADDITIONAL TAXONOMIC NOTES FOR THIS PHOTO
  • name change notes   Feb 19 2025: Plants of the World (POTW) update via script. Previous name: Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea ; updated name: Opuntia erinacea

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Grizzlybear Prickly Pear (photographer)
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