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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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The meridional portion is abundant in Yucca and Opuntia, and the southernmost portion is inhabited by Mexican fire-barrel cactus (Ferocactus pringlei) and Arizona rainbow cactus (Echinocereus polyacanthus).
Chihuahuan 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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In western Coahuila State, lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla), Prosopis glandulosa and Opuntia macrocentra and Echinocereus pectinatus are the dominant species.
Chihuahuan desert 2008
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Some cacti species such as the cream cactus (Mammillaria gummifera), the pin cushion (M. orestera), and the hedgehogs (Echinocereus triglochidiatus and E. ledingii) are mainly centered in these biotic communities.
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Lemaire, a French writer on Cactuses, groups a number of species under the generic name of Echinocereus; but as this name is not adopted in England, it is omitted here, all the kinds being included under
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Cereus procumbens (Echinocereus pentalophus ssp. procumbens) *
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Echinocactus pectiniferus (probably Echinocereus pectinatus)
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Cereus pleiogonus (Echinocereus sp. -- no longer identifiable) *
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