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Assorted Opuntia and Nearby Plants

This page presents images of various desert plants. The mix is ecclectic.

Assorted Cacti and Nearby-growing Plants
Opuntia species from Alamogordo, NM, March, 2004. From top to bottom right (probably): Opuntia orbiculata, Opuntia confusa, and Opuntia dulcis. O. confusa is not common in New Mexico	Tephrocactus geometricus (considered by taxonomists to be a form of T. alexanderi), Las Angosturas	Close-up of Toumeya papyracantha, March, 2005, New Mexico
Two Opuntia species, Alamogordo, New Mexico, March, 2004	Opuntia ficus-indica (left, tall plant), Las Cruces, NM	Echinocactus johnsonii, near Dolan Springs, AZ, July 2007, ca. 4,800 ft. elevation
Echinocactus johnsonii, near Dolan Springs, AZ, July 2007	Opuntia valida, Rio Grande Botanic Garden, Albuquerque, NM	Opuntia valida, another clodode on plant at immediate left
Ferocactus acanthodes, eastern slopes of Mt. Potosi, about 3,000-4,000 ft, near Las Vegas, NV	Escobaria desertii-like, eastern slope of Mt. Chaleston, near Las Vegas, NV, about 4,000 ft. elevation	Echinocereus engelmanii, alluvial fan, southern Nevada, about 4000 ft