Plants associated with Lophophora in Mexico

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***Lophophora fricii*** growing amidst the protection and
dappled light of a ***Prosopis*** & other thorny plants.

Flora associated with the Lophophora species
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In Mexico

The accompanying
images are from
CCI's field work
unless an archival
source is noted.

This page is in the beginning stages of image collation and organization of data.
It is presently loosely segregated by species but in all cases these entries have barely begun.

Anderson et al. 1994 (Threatened Cactus of Mexico) listed the following plants
as being encountered associated with Lophophora diffusa populations
(Lophophora diffusa's habitat being described as "Matorral xerófilo".)

Coryphantha erecta	Coryphantha radians	Echinocereus pentalophus	Ferocactus echidne
Fouquieria sp.	Jatropha dioica	Larrea tridentata	Mammillaria campotricha
Mammillaria elongata	Mimosa sp.	Neolloydia conoidea	Opuntia stenopetala
Prosopis glandulosa	Thelocactus leucanthus	Echinocereus cinerascens ssp. tulensis

In Mexico, Lophophora diffusa was noticed to be growing in association with:

Astrophytum ornatum	Echinocactus platyacanthus	Larrea tridentata	Mammilaria sp.
Myrtillocactus geometrizans	Neolloydia conoidea	Opuntia l eptocaulis	other cacti
Prosopis sp.	Mammilaria compressa	Strombocactus disciformis	Tiquilia spp.
*unidentified*

In Mexico, Lophophora fricii was found growing in association with:

Agave spp.	Echinocereus stramineus	Jatropha dioica	Larrea tridentata
Opuntia rufida	Prosopis sp.

In Mexico, Lophophora koehresii was encountered growing in association with:

*Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus*	Coryphantha sp	Dyckia sp.	*Echinocactus horizonthalonius*
Echinocereus sp	Echinocereus sp.	Echevaria or similar	Euphorbia sp. (spurge)
Kalanchoe sp.	Larrea tridentata	*Mammillaria magnimamma*	Manfreda sp.
moss	*Myrtillocactus geometrizans*	Opuntia engelmannii	Opuntia leptocaulis
Porlieria angustifolia	Prosopis sp.	Sedum sp.	*Stenocactus*
Stenocereus sp.	Tiquilia sp.	Viguiera sp.

In Mexico Lophophora williamsii was observed growing with:

Agave spp.	*Tiquilia*	Coryphantha sp.	Dyckia sp.
	Castella erecta texanum
Echinocactus platyacanthus	Echinocereus sp.	Sclerocactus uncinatus	Stenocactus sp.
Mammillaria spp.	Thelocactus species	Unidentified cacti	Viguiera sp.

Plants associated with
Lophophora williamsii var. echinata
in the Chihuahuan Desert
of West Texas

Plants associated with
Lophophora williamsii var. williamsii
in the Tamaulipan thornscrub
of South Texas

Plants associated with
the Lophophora species

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