Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 14495 
Family Fabaceae 
Species Acacia greggii A. Gray
Collector Information R. Van Buren  (1173)  05 May 2006 , with J. Cooper
Voucher Voucher for "Woody Plants of Utah" by R. Van Buren, K.T. Harper, J. Cooper 
Geography United States,  Utah, Washington County
Lat./Long. 37°  8' 20.14" N, 114°  1 ' 30.59" W at 2739 feet (835 m)
Locality eastern edge of Beaver Dam Wash, S of the mouth of Indian Canyon, ca. 1.5 air miles W of the Nevada State Line, Lytle Ranch vicinity; 
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.

Taxonomy


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

     Acacia greggii Gray

     Acacia greggii arizonicas Isely
     Senegalia greggii (Gray) Britton and Rose

Common Name(s): catclaw, catclaw acacia, devilsclaw, gregg catclaw, texas catclaw.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=26428, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Rosidae
                            Order: Fabales
                                Family: Fabaceae
                                    Genus: Acacia
                                        Species: Acacia greggii
                                                                                            

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 05725s1.jpg 
05725
specimen image: 08746s1.jpg 
08746

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
14816 Acacia greggii     1796 ft. N
05725 Acacia greggii      "catclaw acacia" 1961 ft. NW
08746 Acacia greggii      "catclaw acacia" same section
14494 Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus     2948 ft. SE
08743 Amaranthus albus      "pale pigweed" same section
08738 Antennaria microphylla      "little-leaf pussytoes" same section
10194 Baccharis glutinosa      "sticky seep-willow" 125 ft. S
10321 Baileya multiradiata      "desert marigold" 2925 ft. E
08733 Berula erecta      "cut-leaf water parsnip" same section
08736 Centaurium calycosum      "Arizona centaury" same section
08734 Chenopodium botrys      "Jerusalem oak goosefoot" same section
05742 Chilopsis linearis      "desert willow" 1961 ft. NW
08744 Chilopsis linearis      "desert willow" same section
10320 Cryptantha utahensis      "Utah forget-me-not" 2925 ft. E
05745 Cucurbita foetidissima      "Missouri gourd" 1961 ft. NW
05760 Ficus carica      "edible fig" 1961 ft. NW
05724 Fraxinus velutina      "velvet ash" 1961 ft. NW
05746 Juglans major      "Arizona walnut" 1961 ft. NW
08735 Juncus torreyi      "Torrey's rush" same section
15219 Larrea tridentata      "creosote bush" 1253 ft. N
14490 Lycium andersonii     2948 ft. SE
05744 Lycium torreyi      "Torrey wolfberry" 1961 ft. NW
08741 Mimulus bigelovii  var. cuspidatus  same section
05726 Morus alba      "white mulberry" 1961 ft. NW
05737 Neolloydia johnsonii     1961 ft. NW
05759 Nerium oleander      "oleander" 1961 ft. NW
05764 Opuntia acanthocarpa     1961 ft. NW
05763 Opuntia basilaris  var. basilaris   "beavertail pricklypear" 1961 ft. NW
05762 Opuntia engelmannii  var. linguiformis   "cactus apple" 1961 ft. NW
05761 Opuntia phaeacantha  var. laevis  1961 ft. NW
05765 Opuntia violacea     1961 ft. NW
05743 Paspalum distichum      "knotgrass" 1961 ft. NW
08737 Petunia parviflora     same section
10322 Phacelia ambigua      "notch-leaf scorpionweed" 2925 ft. E
08745 Phoradendron californicum      "mesquite mistletoe" same section
08740 Polypogon viridis      "beardless rabbitsfoot grass" same section
08739 Psathyrotes annua      "annual turtleback" same section
05324 Punica granatum      "pomegranate" 1961 ft. NW
14815 Salix laevigata     1796 ft. N
05727 Salix laevigata      "red willow" 1961 ft. NW
08742 Solanum sarrachoides     same section
15432 Thamnosma montana      "turpentinebroom" 1777 ft. S

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Indian Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 852 ft. NE   West Mountain Peak 
Bull Valley Wash (Stream) Lincoln County, NV 1435 ft. SW   Jacks Mountain 
Bull Valley Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 1367 ft. SW 2736  Scarecrow Peak 
Little Bull Valley Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 2949 ft. N   Scarecrow Peak 
Guy Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 0.9 mi. NW   Scarecrow Peak 
Catclaw Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 1.1 mi. N   Scarecrow Peak 
Reber Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. S   Castle Cliff 
Snow Spring Wash (Stream) Lincoln County, NV 3.2 mi. S   Scarecrow Peak 
Snow Spring Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 3.2 mi. S 2562  Terry Benches 
Horse Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 3.5 mi. N   West Mountain Peak 
Burgess Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 3.6 mi. S   Castle Cliff 
Lower Lime Mountain Well (Well) Lincoln County, NV 5.5 mi. N 3288  Scarecrow Peak 
Terry Benches (Bench) Lincoln County, NV 5.8 mi. SW 2815  Terry Benches 

Links

Taxon Links for species Acacia greggii  A. Gray

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=Acacia+greggii

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