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Sporobolus giganteus
Sporobolus giganteus
Giant Dropseed
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 0118 1390 (2018-01-18)

Copyright © 2018 Wynn Anderson

 
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  • date of photo  Aug 31, 2008
  • latitude 31.26950   longitude 106.50520     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Federal Highway MX 45, km 311, at old westside reststop, 6.7 miles south of paved road into Samalayuca, 8.2 miles north of Federal Aduana inspection station, (Mcp. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico)
  • family Poaceae
  • plant community   Chihuahuan Desert sand scrub on semi-stabilized sand dunes at 4284' (1305m)
  • notes   plants on reddish quartz sands of low semi-stabilized dunes in the Médanos de Samalayuca Natural Protected Area west of the active dunes field. Wiry bunch grass 3 to 5-6 feet tall
  • keywords: CDR, Chihuahuan Desert, Samalayuca
  • contributor's ID #  CDR 22
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Giant Dropseed (photographer)
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