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Pachycereus schottii
Senita, Whisker Cactus
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Photographer: Wynn Anderson
ID: 0000 0000 1115 2063 (2015-11-20)Copyright © 2015 Wynn Anderson
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date of photo Feb 22, 2015
latitude 27.90677 longitude 110.53753
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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 Note distinctive array of long whisker-like acicular spines at terminal end of older columns. Plants frequent 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 due to frequent, repeated overgrazing.keywords: SON, Sonoran Desert
contributor's ID # SON 715 photo category: Plant - tree/shrub
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Senita, Whisker Cactus (photographer)
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