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Cactaceae  ¦  Echinocereus  ¦  Echinocereus triglochidiatus  ¦  01425

Label

Accession No. 01425 
Family Cactaceae 
Species Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm.
Subspecies var. melanacanthus (Engelm.) L.D. Benson
Collector Information J. Lewis  (s.n.)  06 October 1996
Geography United States,  Utah, Emery County
Lat./Long. 38°  55' 38" N, 110°  25 ' 23" W
Township/Range T22S, R14E, Sec. 6 
Locality BLM road on right side just past San Rafael River, westward on I-70, first small road on left with large cottonwoods at end, follow trail 500 ft. 
Ecology willow, horsetail, cactus, squawbush; rocky soil. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.
Note Latitude and longitude were derived from township and range information and may be
inaccurate by as much as 0.7 miles (or 4.2 miles if the section is not given).

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Echinocereus coccineus var. coccineus Engelm.
     Coryphantha vivipara var. aggregata (Engelm.) W.T. Marsh.
     Echinocereus coccineus var. conoideus (Engelm.) Weniger
     Echinocereus coccineus var. inermis (K. Schum.) J.A. Purpus
     Echinocereus octacanthus (Muehlenpfordt) Britt. & Rose
     Echinocereus phoeniceus inermis
     Echinocereus polyacanthus var. rosei (Woot. & Standl.) Weniger
     Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. hexaedrus (Engelm.) Boissevain & C. Davids.
     Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. inermis (K. Schum.) Arp
     Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. melanacanthus (Engelm.) L. Benson
     Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. octacanthus (Muehlenpfordt) W.T. Marsh.
     Mammillaria aggregata Engelm.

Common Name(s): Bisbee cactus, scarlet hedgehog cactus.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=527813, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Caryophyllidae
                            Order: Caryophyllales
                                Family: Cactaceae
                                    Genus: Echinocereus
                                        Species: Echinocereus coccineus
                                            Variety: Echinocereus coccineus var. coccineus
                                                

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 01425s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 00055s3.jpg 
00055
 specimen image: 00134s1.jpg 
00134
 specimen image: 00247s1.jpg 
00247
 specimen image: 00906s1.jpg 
00906
specimen image: 00965s1.jpg 
00965
 specimen image: 01190s1.jpg 
01190
 specimen image: 03325s1.jpg 
03325
 specimen image: 11067s1.jpg 
11067

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
01426 Artemisia filifolia      "sand sagebrush" same section
01432 Cercocarpus intricatus      "little-leaf mountain mahogany" same section
01427 Eriogonum corymbosum  var. corymbosum   "crisp-leaf wild buckwheat" same section
01433 Fraxinus anomala      "single-leaf ash" same section
01431 Polygala acanthoclada  var. intricata  same section
01428 Rhus aromatica  var. simplicifolia   "skunkbush sumac" same section
08335 Tiquilia latior      "matted crinklemat" 1 mi. S

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
The Squeeze (Valley) Emery County, UT 0.7 mi. SW   Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Black Dragon Pictograph (Locale) Emery County, UT 1 mi. N 4626  Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Spotted Wolf Canyon (Valley) Emery County, UT 0.9 mi. E   Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Black Dragon Wash (Valley) Emery County, UT 1.3 mi. NE   Drowned Hole Draw 
Tidwell Bottoms (Bend) Emery County, UT 1.7 mi. NE 4259  Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Shadscale Mesa (Summit) Emery County, UT 2.2 mi. SE 4465  Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Buckmaster Draw (Valley) Emery County, UT 2 mi. SE   Jessies Twist 
Moonshine Tanks (Reservoir) Emery County, UT 2.5 mi. SW 4482  Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Thompsons Hole (Valley) Emery County, UT 2.7 mi. NE   Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Tidwell Draw (Valley) Emery County, UT 2.9 mi. NE   Mexican Mountain 
Sulfur Spring (Spring) Emery County, UT 3.5 mi. N 4328  Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Sulphur Spring (Spring) Emery County, UT 3.5 mi. N 4334  Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Lower Black Box (Valley) Emery County, UT 3.5 mi. N   Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Buckmaster Reservoir (Reservoir) Emery County, UT 3.2 mi. NE 4347  Jessies Twist 
Camp Vinero (Summit) Emery County, UT 3.8 mi. NE 4570  Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Hatt Reservoir (Reservoir) Emery County, UT 4.4 mi. SE 4229  Jessies Twist 
Swazys Leap (Cliff) Emery County, UT 4.8 mi. N 4712  Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Mexican Mountain (Summit) Emery County, UT 6 mi. N 6227  Mexican Mountain 

Links

Taxon Links for species Echinocereus triglochidiatus  Engelm.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Echinocereus+triglochidiatus

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