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Ephedra trifurca; Longleaf Ephedra   

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Ephedra trifurca
Ephedra trifurca
Longleaf Ephedra
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 0817 3239 (2017-08-30)

Copyright © 2017 Wynn Anderson

 
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  • date of photo  Dec 4, 2014
  • latitude 31.78538   longitude 106.16615     View on Google Maps.
  • location   along North Ascencion St. between Pebble Hills and Edgemere Blvds, in Homestead Meadows South colonia, Hueco Bolson, El Paso (El Paso County, Texas, US)
  • family Ephedraceae
  • plant community   Chihuan Desert sand scrub at 4060' (1238m))
  • notes   evergreen shrub in semi-stabilized sand hummocks on the bolson plain. View of one of the small spinous leaves that encircle the stems in nodal rings of 3. The scale-like leaves, though small, are noticeably longer and persistent which serves to distinguish this species.
  • keywords: CDR, Chihuahuan Desert
  • contributor's ID #  CDR 39
  • photo category: Plant - shrub

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Longleaf Ephedra, Canutillo (photographer)
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