Cactus Photos

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Cholla cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon.  Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens, Opuntia, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Cholla cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months.
Species: Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens, Opuntia
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 10975  
Joshua Tree National Park, California
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Image ID: 28426  
Cactus wren, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus, Amado, Arizona
Cactus wren.
Species: Cactus wren, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Location: Amado, Arizona
Image ID: 23003  
Ocotillo ablaze with springtime flowers. Ocotillo is a dramatic succulent, often confused with cactus, that is common throughout the desert regions of American southwest, Fouquieria splendens, Joshua Tree National Park, California
Ocotillo ablaze with springtime flowers. Ocotillo is a dramatic succulent, often confused with cactus, that is common throughout the desert regions of American southwest.
Species: Ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Image ID: 09161  
Barrel Cactus and Brittlebush in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Barrel Cactus and Brittlebush in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom.
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 33199  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33575  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33624  
Barrel cactus, brittlebush and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon.  Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months, Encelia farinosa, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Barrel cactus, brittlebush and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months.
Species: Red barrel cactus, Encelia farinosa, Ferocactus cylindraceus
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 10899  
Barrel cactus, Glorietta Canyon.  Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Barrel cactus, Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months.
Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 10906  
Red barrel cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Borrego Springs, California
Red barrel cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 24302  
Red barrel flower bloom, cactus detail, spines and flower on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Borrego Springs, California
Red barrel flower bloom, cactus detail, spines and flower on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 24303  
Cardon cactus, near La Paz, Baja California, Mexico.  Known as the elephant cactus or Mexican giant cactus, cardon is largest cactus in the world and is endemic to the deserts of the Baja California peninsula.  Some specimens of cardon have been measured over 21m (70) high.  These slow-growing plants live up to 300 years and can weigh 25 tons.  Cardon is often mistaken for the superficially similar saguaro of Arizona and Sonora, but the saguaro does not occupy Baja California, Pachycereus pringlei
Cardon cactus, near La Paz, Baja California, Mexico. Known as the elephant cactus or Mexican giant cactus, cardon is largest cactus in the world and is endemic to the deserts of the Baja California peninsula. Some specimens of cardon have been measured over 21m (70) high. These slow-growing plants live up to 300 years and can weigh 25 tons. Cardon is often mistaken for the superficially similar saguaro of Arizona and Sonora, but the saguaro does not occupy Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 05498  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33688  
Panorama dimensions: 3155 x 8689
Barrel cactus, Glorietta Canyon.  Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Barrel cactus, Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months.
Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 10905  
Red barrel cactus detail, spines on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Borrego Springs, California
Red barrel cactus detail, spines on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 24308  
Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by, Opuntia bigelovii, Joshua Tree National Park, California
Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by.
Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Image ID: 26773  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33574  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33576  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33577  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33578  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33581  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33582  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33622  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33625  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33626  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33689  
Panorama dimensions: 4278 x 8146
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33690  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33691  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33692  
Rugged coastline on Isla Espiritu Santo, aerial view, Cardon Cactus, Sea of Cortez
Rugged coastline on Isla Espiritu Santo, aerial view, Cardon Cactus, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33819  
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