Longleaf jointfir: Ephedra trifurca

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Description:

Botanical Characteristics:
:Habitat and range: Present only in New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Texas. (USDA Plant Database).
Growth habit: Shrub. :U.S. Nativity: Native.
Status: Not endangered in New Mexico.
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USDA Plant Profile Symbol: EPTR

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Taxonomy:

KingdomPlantae---Plants
  SubkingdomTracheobionta---Vascular plants
    SuperdivisionSpermatophyta---Seed plants
      DivisionGnetophyta---Mormon tea and other gnetophytes
        ClassGnetopsida
          Subclass
            OrderEphedrales
              FamilyEphedraceae---Mormon-tea family
                GenusEphedra L.---jointfir
                  Speciesephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Wats.---longleaf jointfir

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