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Catalog (Accession) #:
907061
Occurrence ID (GUID):
d704f959-751f-40c4-98d1-8ec6b65b7748
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #:
1397308
Taxon:
Opuntia fragilis (Nuttall) Haworth
Family: Cactaceae
Family: Cactaceae
Collector:
Lee, Michael MDL4383
Date: 2007-06-16
Locality:
United States, Minnesota, Yellow Medicine, Big Rock Wildlife Management Area. Yellow Medicine County ... Big Rock Wildlife Management Area ... Three Miles north of St. Leo, 12 miles south of Dawson ... T115N R43W SE1/4 of SW1/4 of SE1/4 Sec.17 ... UTM: 4961014N 257985E. 115N 43W 17
44.7681735 -96.0616816 +-800m.
Habitat:
Gently-rolling terrain ... On ~1/2 acre bedrock outcrop (metabasalt and mafic breccia) rising ~15 feet above the surrounding landscape. Growing along crevices and in thin soil over bedrock. Full sun to partial shade of open-grown Celtis occidentalis ... Associates include Talinum parviflorum, Hedeoma hispida, Woodsia oregana spp. cathcartiana, Lepidium densiflorum, Artemisia frigida, Plantago patagonica, Portulaca oleracea, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Cerastium arvense, Androsace occidentalis, Euphorbia esula, Bouteloua hirsuta, Muhlenbergia cuspidata, Poa compressa.
Preparations:
single sheet
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Rights Holder: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota
Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.
Record Id: d704f959-751f-40c4-98d1-8ec6b65b7748
For additional information on this specimen, please contact:
Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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