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Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa


Common Name(s): Buckhorn Cholla, Colorado Desert Cholla, Major Cholla, Thornber Cholla
Synonym(s): Opuntia acanthocarpa, Opuntia californica, Opuntia echinocarpa, Opuntia thornberi
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Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe:
Distribution: Baja California (Norte), Sonora - Mexico : Arizona, California (state), Nevada, Utah - United States (North America)
Habit: Shrubby-Treelike
Flower: Red, YellowEncounterability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Daiv Freeman's Private Collection

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Daiv Freeman's Private Collection

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Along HWY 71, Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Along HWY 71, Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Habitat near Wickenburg, Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Habitat near Wickenburg, Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Habitat near Wickenburg, Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ

Photographer: Craig Howe
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ

Photographer: Craig Howe
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Habitat near Why, Arizona

Photographer: Peter Breslin
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Near Tucson, Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Near Tucson, Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Western Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Western Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Western Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Western Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Western Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Western Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Western Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Western Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Western Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
C. acanthocarpa
Picture taken at: Western Arizona

Photographer: Daiv Freeman

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