RHH's photos with the keyword: imbricata

When we were in Big Bend National Park in Texas a year ago the Tree Chollas were just starting to bloom, this one just off the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive.

This is a Chain Cholla, photographed while hiking to Burro Mesa. The grass in the middle of the arms is the nest of a Cactus Wren with the opening just visible above the cactus fruit. The resident of the next was not around.

After stopping at Sotol Overlook we went on to Burro Mesa and hiked to the base of the mesa, to a place where water pouring off the mesa has left a worn channel. These cacti were photographed on the way to Burro Mesa Pouroff. The cactus in front is a Purple-tinged Prickly-pear and the cactus in back is a Chain Cholla.

The Cane Cholla was a common cactus in Big Bend National Park and always a delight to see with its strange form and beautiful fruits. This example was photographed near the Homer Wilson Ranch when we hiked there.

This one of the edible fruits of the Cane Cholla, a cactus we photographed often Big Bend National Park, this example near the Homer Wilson Ranch, a former sheep ranch, now part of the park.

Photographed near the Homer Wilson Ranch in Bend National Park, these are the spines of the Cane Cholla.

This Cane Cholla was photographed along the trail to the Homer Wilson Ranch, the buildings of the ranch visible in the valley.

Photographed along the Pinnacles trail in Big Bend National Park, this is the Cane Cholla and its fruits. The fruits are edible.

These photos are of two Chollas we saw on our hike to Balanced Rock. This is the Cane Cholla, a large cactus with wicked spines. The insets show a photo of the whole plant as well as a photo of the Christmas Cholla. On another note, we are under a stay at home order here, but that does allow us to get out for groceries and other necessities and for hiking which we did yesterday in the Channeled Scablands west of our home.

This is the Cane Chollas, a tall upright cactus, photographed in Big Bend National Park in Texas.