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Cylindropuntia viridiflora; Rat-tail Cholla   

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Cylindropuntia viridiflora
Cylindropuntia viridiflora
Rat-tail Cholla
Photographer: Richard Spellenberg

ID: 0000 0000 0513 0917 (2013-05-10)

Copyright © 2013 Richard Spellenberg

 
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  • date of photo  May 10, 2013
  • this photo depicts a plant that was cultivated or collected in the wild
  • photo location   USA, NM, Doña Ana Co., Las Cruces, NMSU, S side Foster Hall
  • plant's place of origin   not provided
  • family Cactaceae
  • plant community   Small biology garden, NMSU; elev. 1200 m
  • notes   Plant from broken stem from road maintenance at Fr. Marcy Hill, Santa Fe, NM, in the 1980's. At NMSU it forms an impenetrable shrub ca. 1 m high, 2.5 x 5 m across. A self-perpetuating hybrid between C. imbricata and C.whipplei.
  • camera   Nikon D90, Sigma 105 macro
  • photo category: Plant - shrub

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Rat-tail Cholla (photographer)
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