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Sclerocactus polyancistrus
Fish Hook Cactus
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Photographer: Tom Sloan
ID: 0000 0000 0914 2457 (2014-09-26)Copyright © 2014 Tom Sloan
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date of photo May 14, 1997
location
Nivlock Mine (Nevada, US)family
Cactaceae
order
Caryophyllales
plant community High desert sage brushnotes Sclerocactus polyancistrus decimated by long horn beetle,monelima semtupuntum shown with seedlings that were trapped along side of over turned plant, brown object on left is capsule or cell where the beetle larva completes metamorphosis. The seedlings that were inside the dead cactus would not have survived.photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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Fish Hook Cactus (photographer)
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