Opuntia echinocarpa

Silver Cholla; Golden Cholla

A member of the Cactaceae, the Cactus Family

Habit, in bloom.

Along dirt road off of eastern Kelbaker Road.

17 April 2005.

Flowering branches.

Same plant as in prior image.

17 April 2005.

Habit.

Ivanpah Road south of railroad tracks.

16 April 2005.

Detail of upper stems.

Along Lanfair Road, about 1 mile north of Goffs,

at ca. 2700 feet elevation.

12 January 2005.

This page created 13 August 2005; revised 2 September 2008.

Mojave National Preserve, California

An unofficial website to celebrate the landscapes and life

of this eastern Mojave Desert region

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Mojave National Preserve, California *An unofficial website to celebrate the landscapes and life* *of this eastern Mojave Desert region*
Information	Map	Photo Tour
Plants	Animals	Links
This website created by Lee Dittmann of Mindbird Maps & Books, a Kingman, Arizona retail store. You can help support the development and maintenance of this site with your purchases of maps, magnifiers, field notebooks, field guides, and much more from the Mindbird website. See the Mindbird Maps & Books website at www.mindbird.com.