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| 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. Image ID: 10899 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Encelia farinosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | 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. Image ID: 10906 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | Red barrel cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24302 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA |
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| Red barrel flower bloom, cactus detail, spines and flower on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24303 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | 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. Image ID: 05498 Species: Cardon cactus, Pachycereus pringlei Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico | 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. Image ID: 10905 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA |
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| Red barrel cactus detail, spines on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24308 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | Cholla cactus, sunrise, dawn, Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24305 Species: Cholla cactus, Opuntia Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | 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. Image ID: 11981 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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| Cactus flowers bloom, on top of a barrel cactus, with the town of Borrego Springs in the distance. Image ID: 24306 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | Red barrel cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24307 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | Red barrel flower bloom, cactus detail, spines and flower on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24309 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA |
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| 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. Image ID: 10894 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Encelia farinosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | 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. Image ID: 10902 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Encelia farinosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | Beavertail cactus bloom. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10928 Species: Beavertail cactus, Opuntia basilaris Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA |
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| Barrel cactus bloom. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10934 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | Buckhorn cholla cactus, sunset, near Borrego Valley. Image ID: 10971 Species: Buckhorn cholla cactus, Opuntia acanthocarpa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | Buckhorn cholla cactus, sunset, near Borrego Valley. Image ID: 10972 Species: Buckhorn cholla cactus, Opuntia acanthocarpa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA |
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| Buckhorn cholla cactus, sunset, near Borrego Valley. Image ID: 10974 Species: Buckhorn cholla cactus, Opuntia acanthocarpa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | Beavertail cactus blooms in spring. Image ID: 11930 Species: Beavertail cactus, Opuntia basilaris Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Beavertail cactus blooms in spring. Image ID: 11931 Species: Beavertail cactus, Opuntia basilaris Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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| Beavertail cactus blooms in spring. Image ID: 11932 Species: Beavertail cactus, Opuntia basilaris Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Beavertail cactus blooms in spring. Image ID: 11933 Species: Beavertail cactus, Opuntia basilaris Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Teddy-Bear cholla blooms in spring. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by. Image ID: 11934 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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| Teddy-Bear cholla blooms in spring. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by. Image ID: 11935 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Hedgehog cactus blooms in spring. Image ID: 11936 Species: Hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Hedgehog cactus blooms in spring. Image ID: 11937 Species: Hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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| Hedgehog cactus blooms in spring. Image ID: 11938 Species: Hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Hedgehog cactus blooms in spring. Image ID: 11939 Species: Hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Hedgehog cactus blooms in spring. Image ID: 11940 Species: Hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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