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| This trashy mush above is called a Packrat nest. Little rats nest on dying prickly pear cactus. For more information about this, see http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/desertecology/rats.htm. |
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| A huge collection of Bunny Ears cactus. You can buy these from many sources to grow them in your cactus garden. |
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| This is a Cows Tongue Prickly Pear. Aptly named. |
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| This is our official picture of a Jumping Cholla. |
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| This is Tohono Chul's prize saguaro. Older than Tuscon. |
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sign says in front of this incredible plant. It reminded me of an ostrich
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| This exhibition describes the geological history of Tucson. |
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| And behind the pot of Mexican Sunflower is what Sally referred to as a living fence -- cactus that walls off areas. |
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| Above & below, Texas Mountain purple laurel. |
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| They are studying this vegetation. |
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| This is the children's corner -- frog above and snake below. |
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| And the picture above and below is a Chain Cholla. |
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| I wish you could put a picture of a cactus in google. Don't know what this is. |
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| This is simply labeled "Century Plant". |
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| I'll swear this looks like red cabbage -- but don't try to eat it. |
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Three kinds of prickly pears: |
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Above & below, Mexican Sunflower - Tithonia Eruticosa. |
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| All of these are Octopus Cactus. Sorry, I called it a slithering snake cactus earlier. |
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Well, perhaps THIS is their prize saguaro. I count 15 arms on that giant. If I counted while there, it would be more, I'm sure. |
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| They are controlling the environment to see what affects the native vegetation. |
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And a real child playing. |
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| This is Sally's house in the Sun City of Tucson. We had dinner there and the three pictures left and below are the plants in her front garden. |
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