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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
Joshua Tree National Park, California
Cactus wren, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus, Amado, Arizona
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
Barrel Cactus and Brittlebush in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja 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, Encelia farinosa, 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, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Red barrel 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, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Borrego Springs, California
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 on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja 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, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Red barrel cactus detail, spines on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Borrego Springs, 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, Opuntia bigelovii, Joshua Tree National Park, California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California
Rugged coastline on Isla Espiritu Santo, aerial view, Cardon Cactus, Sea of Cortez
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