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Title: Desert agave
Agave deserti
Alternative Title: Desert agave
Creator: Oglesby, Larry C
Date Created and/or Issued: 1978-03-19
Publication Information: Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Larry Oglesby Collection
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: A sprouting desert agave framed by a blue, cloudy sky and large rock formations along the horizon. Sprouting agave often look like extra-large asparagus stalks, as is apparent in this slide. This image was taken near the Tamarisk Grove Campground.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: loc05432
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/17777
Language: English
Subject: Agavaceae
Monocotyledons
Perennials
Subshrubs
Shrubs
Forbs
Herbs
Place: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (Calif.)
Source: 35 mm color slide: Larry Oglesby Collection, Vascular Plants-Primitive Gynosperms-Monos-Agavaceae, bin #26
Relation: Larry Oglesby Collection - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/loc

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