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perennial on cut bank of coarse re-cemented weathered gypsum/silty limestone gravels along drainage at base of hillside slope of inter-bedded anhydrite & silty limestone (Castile Formation).
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perennial on cut bank of coarse re-cemented weathered gypsum/silty limestone gravels along drainage at base of hillside slope of inter-bedded anhydrite & silty limestone (Castile Formation).
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perennial on cut bank of coarse re-cemented weathered gypsum/silty limestone gravels along drainage at base of hillside slope of inter-bedded anhydrite & silty limestone (Castile Formation).
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perennial on cut bank of coarse re-cemented weathered gypsum/silty limestone gravels along drainage at base of hillside slope of inter-bedded anhydrite & silty limestone (Castile Formation). Note the thick, leathery, glaucous/glaberous, semi-succulent leaves.
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perennial on cut bank of coarse re-cemented weathered gypsum/silty limestone gravels along drainage at base of hillside slope of inter-bedded anhydrite & silty limestone (Castile Formation). Note the reddish rhubarb-like stems of the glabrous blue-green leaves emerging from a thick, woody caudex.
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perennial on coarse mixed road base gravels over gypseous clay soil along roadside drainage at base of hillside slope of inter-bedded anhydrite & silty limestone of the Castile Formation). Note the long, diffuse branching of erect inflorescence stems to 1 meter tall
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perennial on the common grayish crust of weathered gypsum forming gently sloping plain away from base of small knoll of inter-bedded anhydrite & silty limestone of the Castile Formation).
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perennial on crust of weathered gypsum over anhydrite gypsum and calcareous shaley limestone of the Permian Castile Formation, with other gypsophilic plants Nama carnosum, Tiquilia hispidissima, Dicranocarpus parviflorus, Bouteloua breviseta
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perennial on crust of weathered gypsum over anhydrite gypsum and calcareous shaley limestone of the Permian Castile Formation, with other gypsophilic plants Nama carnosum, Tiquilia hispidissima, Dicranocarpus parviflorus, Bouteloua breviseta
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perennial on crust of weathered gypsum over anhydrite gypsum and calcareous shaley limestone of the Permian Castile Formation, with other gypsophilic plants Nama carnosum, Tiquilia hispidissima, Dicranocarpus parviflorus, Bouteloua breviseta
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perennial on grayish crust of weathered gypsum over anhydrite gypsum and calcareous shaley limestone of the Permian Castile Formation, with other gypsophilic plants Nama carnosum, Tiquilia hispidissima, Dicranocarpus parviflorus, Bouteloua breviseta
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perennial on grayish crust of weathered gypsum over anhydrite gypsum and calcareous shaley limestone of the Permian Castile Formation, with other gypsophilic plants Nama carnosum, Tiquilia hispidissima, Dicranocarpus parviflorus, Bouteloua breviseta
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Habitat view of perennials on grayish crust of weathered gypsum over anhydrite gypsum and calcareous shaley limestone of the Permian Castile Formation, with other gypsophilic plants Nama carnosum, Tiquilia hispidissima, Dicranocarpus parviflorus, Bouteloua breviseta
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flower buds view. Perennial plants on grayish crust of weathered gypsum over anhydrite and calcareous shaley limestone substrate of the Permian Castile Formation.
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Plant on low ridge of interbedded gypsum and limestone along eastside breaks of the Pecos River. Emerging spring foliage view.
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Plant on low ridge of interbedded gypsum and limestone along eastside breaks of the Pecos River. Emerging spring foliage view.
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Plant on low ridge of interbedded gypsum and limestone along eastside breaks of the Pecos River. Emerging spring foliage view.
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Plant on low ridge of interbedded gypsum and limestone along eastside breaks of the Pecos River. Emerging spring foliage view.
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Plant on low ridge of interbedded gypsum and limestone along eastside breaks of the Pecos River. View of emerging spring flowering stem and new foliage.
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