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Araya and Paria xeric scrub: Venezuela: Aruba–Curaçao–Bonaire cactus scrub: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao: Atacama Desert: Chile, Peru: Caatinga: Brazil: Cayman ...
Fouquieria splendens (commonly known as ocotillo / ɒ k ə ˈ t iː j oʊ / (Latin American Spanish:), but also referred to as buggywhip, coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, Jacob cactus, and vine cactus) is a plant indigenous to the Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, Chihuahuan Desert and Colorado Desert in the Southwestern United States (southern California, southern ...
Cactus garden in La Aldea de San Nicolás, Gran Canaria. A cactarium or cactuario (from Latin, cactarium) is a garden dedicated to the planting of cacti.While they generally specialize in collecting cacti, they can also include other desert plants such as sabla, agaves or Crassulaceae, although this would better be termed "xeriscaping".
The Desert Garden is one of the world's largest and oldest collections of cacti, succulents and other desert plants, collected from throughout the world. It contains plants from extreme environments, many of which were acquired by Henry E. Huntington and William Hertrich (the garden's first curator ) in trips taken to several countries in North ...
The cactus is found in the western Colorado Desert scrub including in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, and in Coastal sage scrub habitats of Southern California; and in coastal chaparral and Sonoran Desert habitats of Baja California and Baja California Sur states on the Baja California peninsula of México.
The Aruba-Curaçao-Bonaire cactus scrub ecoregion (WWF ID: NT1302) covers the dry land on the semi-arid islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire in the southern Caribbean Sea, about 80 km from the mainland of Venezuela. In low-lying coastal areas the islands also support mangrove wetlands. The landscape features a range of cactus species and ...
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Araya and Paria xeric scrub: Venezuela: Aruba–Curaçao–Bonaire cactus scrub: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao: Atacama Desert: Chile, Peru: Caatinga: Brazil: Cayman ...