23 September 2018.
Arizona, United States
Locality: Cochise county. Portal. Chiricahua Mountains. Coronado National Forest. From Lordsburg, NM and W to Road Forks and S on 80 to Portal Road and W into AZ about 10.5 miles. Becomes Cave Creek road = FR42. About 3.5 miles SW of Portal to Sunny Flat Campground. Roads from E are all paved, while access by FR42 over Chiricahua Mountains is mountain gravel. Along FR42 especially around bridge over S Fork Cave Creek which is just S of Sunny Flat Campground. Also along Cave Creek for about 1/3 mile on Cave Creek Nature Trail running NE from Sunny Flat Campground.
Coordinates: 31.8836, -109.1763
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Elevation: 1545m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Sandy creekbed under large cottonwoods, grassland juniper shade, and among shady rock abuttments at ends of bridge, as well as in mulch in flats at FR42 and South Fork Road jct.
Comment: For additional collecting details see the
Potato Collecting Expedition Log
Collector(s): - Bamberg, Ingrid, US Potato Genbank
- Bamberg, John, USDA, ARS
- Del Rio, Alfonso, University of Wisconsin
- Fernandez, Charles, University of Wisconsin
- Gomez, Rene, International Potato Center