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Santa Rita Range - Jumping Cholla - Cylindropuntia fulgida

Santa Rita Range - Jumping Cholla - Cylindropuntia fulgida
Madera Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 26, 2013
Thanks to David J Ferguson for this Cactus ID!

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Cholla is a "Jumping Cholla" or "Chain-fruit Cholla"
Cylindropuntia fulgida. The Pricklypear I can't make out well enough to ID for sure (could be O. riparia ?).

 
too many hybrid prickly pears

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