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The name Echinocactus was given to E. tenuispinus, which was first introduced into English gardens in 1825.
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Many bisnagas and pitayas (cacti), including species of the genera Mammilaria, Coryphantha, Echinocereus and Echinocactus, are common in desert areas.
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Many bisnagas and pitayas (cacti), including species of the genera Mammilaria, Coryphantha, Echinocereus and Echinocactus, are common in desert areas.
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It has been documented that cattle grazing has had a negative impact on the recruitment of young Echinocactus platyacanthus.
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Aggregations of Cephalocereus hoppenstedtii can grow up to 10 meters (m) tall and are accompanied by Morkillia luisana, M. mexicana, Castella tortuosa and Echinocactus platyacanthus.
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The Mojave supports numerous species of cacti, including several endemics, such as silver cholla (Opuntia echinocarpa), Mojave prickly pear (O. erinacea), beavertail cactus (O. basilaris), and many-headed barrel cactus (Echinocactus polycephalus).
Mojave desert 2008
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Other species that can be found are Acacia farnesiana, Bouteloua gracilis, Echinocactus horizonthalonius, Echinocereus conglomeratus, Jatropha dioica, Mimosa zygophylla, Opuntia engelmannii, Prosopis juliflora and Tridens pilosus.
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Echinocactus visnaga (Echinocactus platyacanthus) *
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Fig. 45 is grafted on the stem of a Cereus, and it is remarkable that a portion of the crest of the Echinocactus will, if grafted on to another plant, develop the abnormal form of its parent, proving that the variation, whatever its cause, has become fixed.
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Echinocactus develop young plants from the tops of their tubercles; and this also points to the probability that the latter are branches.
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