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Soil medium and watering frequency alter growth and allocation for Blue Diamond cholla (Cylindropuntia multigeniculata), a rare cactus of the northeast Mojave Desert, USA

Sara Scoles-Sciulla, Alexander Stosich and Lesley DeFalco
Native Plants Journal, March 2023, 24 (1) 4-17; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.24.1.4

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Soil medium and watering frequency alter growth and allocation for Blue Diamond cholla (Cylindropuntia multigeniculata), a rare cactus of the northeast Mojave Desert, USA
Sara Scoles-Sciulla, Alexander Stosich, Lesley DeFalco
Native Plants Journal Mar 2023, 24 (1) 4-17; DOI: 10.3368/npj.24.1.4
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