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Opuntia "Santa Fe"
This undescribed taxon can be found in north-central New Mexico. It has similarities with Opuntia macrorhiza.
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 Opuntia or O. zuniensis, growing along side O. "SantaFe" in images above, photo copyright S.G. Shaw, 2007. |
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 March 2006, winter condition |
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 Opuntia pottsii, var montana, May 2007, near Santa Fe, NM, along Interstate Hwy. 25. photo copyright S.G. Shaw |
 Opuntia pottsii var. montanta, May 2007, close-up of image at left, with Astragalus sp. showing in bloom, photo copyright S.G. Shaw |
NOTE: Images at left show Opuntia pottsii in typical northern New Mexico grassland, adjacent plants include O. "SantaFe", O. polyacantha, O. zuniensis, pinon pine, juniper sp, Cylindropuntia imbricata, and Yucca sp., altitude is 7,000 ft. |
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