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Sandfood
Pholisma sonorae
33.0508, -115.217
Field Notes
Description:
This was one of the species of interest, in a psamiphtic plant survey I was a part of while I was an intern at the BLM's Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area. We also surveyed the endangered Peirson's Milkvetch.
Habitat:
Pholisma sonorae, commonly known as Sandfood, is a rare and unusual species of flowering plant endemic to the Sonoran Deserts to the west of Yuma, Arizona in the California Yuha and Colorado Desert, and south in the Yuma Desert, where it is known from only a few locations.
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Pholisma sonorae
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PublishedJune 13, 2013
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