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Mountain barrel cactus

Ferocactus cylindraceus

Photo by BruceBoyce
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Sonoran desert

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Comments (1)
Ivan Rodriguez
Hey Bruce! Would you say that these are barrel cacti also? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7233554 I'm noticing a difference is in the numbers -- yours only have two clumped together while the ones in my spotting are a huge combined 10+ family. What do you think?
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PublishedDecember 31, 2011

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