Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU:Plants)
ASU0294658
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Ephedra torreyana S. Wats.
Ephedraceae
Walter Fertig
29572
2014-05-20
USA, Arizona, Mohave, Arizona Strip: gypsum badlands on south side of County Road 30, 0.8 miles W of Clayhole Wash and White Pockets, ca 1 mile E of the Black Rocks, ca 13 air miles SW of Colorado City. T40N R8W S6 NE4 of NW4 of NE4
36.816607 -113.191905
UTM 12S 304492E 4076770N NAD83
1469 meters
4820ft
Gypsum outcrops in Moenkopi clay dominated by lichens and biological soil crust (especially Psora). Vegetation cover 10%. Community of Artemisia nova, Tetradyma canescens var. thorneae, Ephedra torreyana, & Lepidium montanum.