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Enormous barrel cacti (Ferocactus spp.) are still abundant in some areas, despite habitat loss and illegal collection for dulce de bisnaga (cactus candy) production.
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Enormous barrel cacti (Ferocactus spp.) are still abundant in some areas, despite habitat loss and illegal collection for dulce de bisnaga (cactus candy) production.
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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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In the states of San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas, the most common associations contain lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla), Agave falcata, Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua trifida, Dalea nana, Dasylirion cedrosanum, Ferocactus pringlei, Fouquieria splendens and Opuntia imbricata, and many others.
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Some elements of the dry forest are present in this community, but xeric elements are dominant and include Opuntia cholla, Bursera microphylla, Lysiloma divaricata, Stenocereus thuberii, Cnidoscolus angustidens, Yucca sp., and Ferocactus spp.
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On the other hand, many more typically northern desert species are also found here, including jumping cholla cactus (Opuntia fulgida) and barrel cactus (Ferocactus wisliznei).
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Echinocactus cylindraceus (Ferocactus cyclindraceus (acanthodes))
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Echinocactus sinuatus (Ferocactus hamatacanthus ssp. sinuatus)
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Echinocactus longihamatus (Ferocactus hamatacanthus) *
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Echinocactus Le Contei (Ferocactus cyclindraceus (acanthodes) ssp. lecontei) *
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