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Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri; Texas Prickly Pear   

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Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri
Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri
Texas Prickly Pear
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 1218 0568 (2018-12-12)

Copyright © 2018 Wynn Anderson

 
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  • date of photo  Jun 24, 2009
  • latitude 30.67700   longitude 101.67250     View on Google Maps.
  • location   State Highway TX 90, Scenic Overlook, 2.2 mile east of entrance road to Fort Lancaster State Historical Park, 10.7 miles east of TX 349 in Sheffield (Crockett County, Texas, US)
  • family Cactaceae
  • plant community   Chihuahuan Desert scrub transition to semi-arid Edwards Plateau Woodland at 2650' (808m)
  • notes   large shrub with yellowish spines, not deflexed, on thin calcareous soil and coarse gravels of Cretaceous limestone hillside beyond south end of Scenic Overlook parking area.
  • keywords: CDR, Chihuahuan Desert
  • contributor's ID #  CDR 39
  • photo category: Plant - shrub

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