Ambrosia ambrosioides (Cav.) Payne

  • Filed As

    Asteraceae
    Ambrosia ambrosioides (Cav.) Payne

  • Collector(s)

    T. S. Ross 7037, 3 May 1993

  • Location

    Mexico. Baja California. Sierra La Asamblea, SW foot of range near the W edge of Mesa Yubay and the SSW side of Mesa Cuerno de Borrego; ca 7.0 road mi NNE of abandoned site of El Desengaño.

  • Habitat

    Broad, braided, sandy wash with vegetated sandbar benches; N side of the wash marked by steep, dark, rocky volcanic slopes (basaltic?). Occuring on benches in the wash. Locally common.

  • Description

    Arbusto: Suffrutescent perennial or shrub; 15 dm.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 359669

    Occurrence ID: fb8f7796-bddf-4dfa-9705-f9af1cf9560b

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    Mexico

  • State/Province

    Baja California

  • Locality

    Sierra La Asamblea, SW foot of range near the W edge of Mesa Yubay and the SSW side of Mesa Cuerno de Borrego; ca 7.0 road mi NNE of abandoned site of El Desengaño

  • Elevation

    Alt. 700 - 810 m. (2297 - 2657 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    29.2083, -114.014

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RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of Baja California, Mexico
Asteraceae
Ambrosia ambrosioides (Cavanilles) Payne
SIERRA LA ASAMBLEA: southwest foot of the range
near the W edge of Mesa Yubay and the SSW side of
Mesa Cuemo de Borrego; ca 7.0 road miles NNE of the
abandoned site of El Desengano.
Broad, braided sandy wash with vegetated '•sandbar'
benches; N side of the wash marked by steep, dark, rocky
volcanic slopes (basaltic?); S side of the wash consisting
of low, slightly rolling decomposed granite flats with
occasional eroded bouldery outcrops; the flats largely
characterized by low, rounded shrubs with scattered,
towering Pachycereus pringlei.
Locally common suffrutescent perrennial or shrub to
15 dm; occurring on benches in the wash.
ALT: ca 770-810m Near 29°12'30"N 114°00'50"W.
Timothy S. Ross 7037	3	May	1993
Walter Appleby, Steve Boyd.
00359669