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May 20, 2024
05:08 PM EDT
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May 20, 2024
09:47 PM UTC
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May 20, 2024
12:19 PM UTC
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May 20, 2024
03:35 AM UTC
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May 20, 2024
02:25 AM UTC
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May 19, 2024
09:22 PM CDT
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May 19, 2024
11:20 PM UTC
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May 19, 2024
06:27 AM UTC
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May 18, 2024
06:47 PM -03
Description
Found in cedar hills sand prairie. Not common here! Searched for about an hour and only found this one patch of three individuals in a sandy patch.
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May 19, 2024
02:40 AM UTC
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May 16, 2024
12:29 AM UTC
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May 13, 2024
11:36 AM MDT
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May 12, 2024
07:04 PM MST
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May 10, 2024
11:58 PM UTC
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May 10, 2024
08:54 PM EDT
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May 11, 2024
03:58 AM UTC
Description
Brown glochids, long pads, many short spines, not super trailing. In a woody-encroached dolomite glade
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May 9, 2024
03:40 PM UTC
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May 9, 2024
03:39 PM UTC
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September 23, 2019
03:28 AM UTC
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May 8, 2024
09:39 AM UTC
Description
Not 100% sure because I wasn’t specifically seeking them out at the time, but I think these are actually sclero wrightiae. They fit the general description of soil type, shorter stature, and they technically occur just barely inside their range published by USFWS to the north-east of Emery, but this is also an unfortunate area that overlaps with parviflorus. This would be very unusual soil for parviflorus though, AND, the main thing that interests me is how there is plenty of seeds from the previous spring still attached to or on the plant. Never seen that before with any parvs or other scleros. Habitat as you can see is barren clay. Any help would be appreciated because this one is definitely confusing me. I will leave it un-obscured for now until I can hopefully get an ID. Side note, at least half of this population was dead and/or eaten unfortunately.
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May 7, 2024
01:25 PM CDT
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May 7, 2024
02:19 PM UTC
Description
Some absolute monsters in this population with a good mix of flower colors. There is so many it was difficult to even get around. Really good looking young ones too. Hands down the healthiest and coolest simpsonii population I’ve ever seen. Managed to scrounge about 15 seeds from the blooming large clump 🤞🏻 8600’
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March 16, 2024
12:50 AM UTC
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March 28, 2024
02:19 AM UTC
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April 25, 2024
11:53 PM UTC
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May 7, 2024
05:45 AM EDT
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May 7, 2024
09:03 AM UTC
Description
Large unhooked centrals on some areoles that I’ve never seen in pictures online. What’s up with that?
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August 4, 2023
05:27 PM UTC
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May 5, 2024
09:13 PM CDT
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May 5, 2024
01:42 PM PDT
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May 5, 2024
02:18 PM MDT
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May 5, 2024
03:45 AM HST
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May 4, 2024
11:31 PM MDT
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May 3, 2024
02:37 PM -04
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July 1, 2023
07:31 PM EDT
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April 29, 2024
10:38 AM -04
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May 3, 2024
04:47 PM MDT
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May 3, 2024
04:51 PM MDT
Description
Right out of the Limestone.
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May 3, 2024
04:14 PM MST
Description
Crazy growth habit, brain folds
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May 3, 2024
11:58 PM UTC
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April 2, 2023
12:56 PM UTC
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May 1, 2024
10:19 PM CDT
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May 2, 2024
04:29 PM CDT
Description
fields and hills off roadside
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April 30, 2024
10:21 PM CDT
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May 1, 2024
08:39 AM PDT
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April 27, 2024
01:41 PM MDT
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April 30, 2024
11:34 AM MST
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April 30, 2024
03:22 AM UTC
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April 29, 2024
01:59 AM UTC
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April 29, 2024
09:46 AM MDT
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April 29, 2024
04:19 AM UTC
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April 28, 2024
01:31 AM UTC
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April 20, 2024
10:52 PM UTC
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April 27, 2024
02:08 AM UTC
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April 26, 2024
10:30 PM EDT
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April 26, 2024
09:11 PM UTC
Place
Missing Location
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April 25, 2024
10:20 AM EDT
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April 24, 2024
08:15 AM PDT
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April 24, 2024
01:44 PM UTC
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April 21, 2024
09:00 PM -03
Place
Missing Location
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April 23, 2024
02:41 PM EDT
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April 21, 2024
04:51 PM MDT
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April 21, 2024
03:25 PM MDT
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April 21, 2024
06:31 PM UTC
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April 19, 2024
01:19 PM EDT
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April 19, 2024
07:58 PM UTC
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April 19, 2024
05:21 PM CDT
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October 5, 2023
03:33 PM EDT
Description
Need to revisit in flower to confirm I.D. since it may have been planted originally but is now naturalizing
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April 17, 2024
09:30 AM MST
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April 16, 2024
10:35 AM MST
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April 15, 2024
09:56 AM MDT
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April 14, 2024
11:38 AM PDT
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April 14, 2024
07:54 AM PDT
Description
Upright and spiny on mature pads, not just the newest pad
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April 14, 2024
05:29 AM UTC
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April 13, 2024
11:17 PM CDT
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April 12, 2024
07:34 PM MST
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April 12, 2024
06:43 PM PDT
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April 7, 2024
02:59 PM PDT
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March 13, 2017
05:19 PM MST
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April 8, 2024
05:46 PM PDT
Description
A nice, pretty healthy looking one.
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April 8, 2024
08:53 PM UTC
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April 7, 2024
07:32 PM UTC
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April 6, 2024
04:44 PM EDT
Description
Growing in limestone-rich cedar glade
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April 6, 2024
08:21 PM UTC
Description
Image #1
Morphological comparisons of both Opuntia cespitosa Raf. (Left) and Opuntia humifusa Raf. (Right) observed at Rondeau Provinical Park on September 22, 2023.
Image #2:
Observers should note the (extremely) subtle differences between areole cross-sections and glochid formations of both species.
Image #3:
Opuntia cespitosa Raf. (Top) produces oblong fruiting bodies whereas Opuntia humifusa Raf. (Bottom) produces obovate fruiting bodies.
All suspected O. humifusa Raf. occurrences should be monitored from June-August to verify the production of wholly yellow blooms.
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February 2, 2024
01:13 PM CST
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April 2, 2024
07:15 PM EDT
Description
Found growing out of a gravel driveway. Multiple patches are there, and they seem to be fairly well established. I think I saw three patches with maybe half a dozen paddles each.
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September 25, 2023
02:06 AM UTC
Description
Multiple reflexing or deflexing radial spines per terminal areole. Notable glochid features when compared to hundreds of O. cespitosa observations taken across Ontario. There are notably more areoles per diagonal cross-section of a given joint when compared to hundreds of Ontarian O. cesptiosa observations. Tuber-like roots were observed. Red obovate fruiting bodies were also observed.
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April 2, 2024
07:04 PM CDT
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March 11, 2024
11:11 AM EDT
What
Chollas
(Genus Cylindropuntia)
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April 1, 2024
09:38 PM PDT
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April 1, 2024
05:11 PM MST
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September 24, 2023
08:25 PM UTC
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March 10, 2024
12:40 AM UTC
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January 9, 2022
01:24 PM PST
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March 31, 2024
05:36 PM UTC
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March 31, 2024
07:18 PM UTC
Description
Quite resembles O. humifusa except for the abundance of short spines in varying numbers on each cladode. Spine groups either single, double or triple, possible more. Glochids are quite pronounced in some pads.
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March 31, 2024
07:20 PM UTC
Description
Large 8inch plus cladodes, most with at least one spine, many cladodes have multiple spines in groups of 1, 2 and 3. Large and numerous along this path.
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March 31, 2024
02:50 AM UTC
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June 11, 2018
08:41 PM CDT
Description
Little patch of goat prairie on the bluffs along the Mississippi River valley.
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February 9, 2024
03:32 PM EST
Description
Transplants from the Huron Mountain population, 100 miles to the east from pads stuck in my boot. Transplanted 3 years ago and producing new pads. South-facing sandstone outcrop on private property.