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Participant Info

Species
Pediocactus simpsonii [Echinocactus simpsonii]
Family
Cactaceae
CommonName
ball cactus
Presence
Yes
Status
native
EarliestDate
1979
LatestDate
2024
Ecosystem
foothill
Geobotanical
SSawatch, Garitas, NCristos
Counties
Alamosa, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache
Passes
WildlifePreserves
Great Sand Dunes
Other Localities
La Botica
PhotoRecords
YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Pinos Cr. flowering 19 May 2014; Alamosa Co, by dry wash at south edge of the Great Sand Dunes NM, not flowering, 20 July 2021
Comments
Vouchers for Pediocactus simpsonii in the Watershed are few, less than 10. The scarcity must be due, in part, to the reluctance of botanists to sample and collect cactus in general, because the species is fairly common there. It has been found from both sides of the Valley, with only a few from south of Summitville on the west or south of Ft. Garland on the east. The plant, however, has been collected from the Rio Grande drainage of New Mexico from Taos to Bernalillo counties, but not farther down stream. It is present in most of Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. For more photographs and comment, click "yes" in the Annotation field below.
Annotation
Yes