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Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum; Cardon Hecho   

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Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum
Cardon Hecho
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 1115 2055 (2015-11-20)

Copyright © 2015 Wynn Anderson

 
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  • date of photo  Feb 22, 2015
  • latitude 27.90677   longitude 110.53753     View on Google Maps.
  • location   rural track, 0.2 mi. north of Federal hiway MX 15 (Guaymas-Obregon) at mile marker 58, 2.2 mi. southeast of Baugo-Guasimas road junction south (Mcp. Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico)
  • family Cactaceae
  • plant community   Sonoran Desert coastal thornscrub at 43' elev.
  • notes   View of bristly fruit. Plants scattered on fine silty volcanic soil of a gently sloping plain with good diversity of cacti and shrub cover but a paucity of forbs or grasses resulting from a long history of overgrazing
  • keywords: SON, Sonoran Desert
  • contributor's ID #  SON 678
  • photo category: Plant - tree

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Cardon Hecho, Hairbrush Cactus (photographer)
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