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The Teddy Bear Cholla is a cactus native to the Sonoran Desert that appears fuzzy due to dense, loosely attached, sharply painful golden spines.
Cylindropuntia munzii, or Munz's cholla, is a branching cactus native to California and Mexico, distinguished by its silvery spines and green, yellowish fruits.
The Jumping Cholla, native to the Sonoran Desert, is a notorious cactus whose easily detached stem segments readily attach to passing animals.
A Mojave and Sonoran Desert cholla distinguished by dense, silvery-white spines on narrow stems reaching 2 meters, producing pale green to yellowish flowers in spring.
A Sonoran Desert cholla of Arizona and northwestern Mexico, reaching 3 meters tall and recognized by greenish-yellow flowers and densely spined, branching cylindrical stems.
The Tree Cholla is a branching, woody cactus native to the American Southwest, notable for its striking purple-red summer flowers and hard skeleton.
The Pencil Cholla is a sprawling cactus native to the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, easily identified by its distinct, thin, pencil-like stems.
