CACTACEAE
Cactus Family

• ESCOBARIA - escobaria

• FEROCACTUS - barrel cactus

• MAMMILLARIA - globe cactus

• OPUNTIA - pricklypear

• SCLEROCACTUS - fishhook cactus

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ESCOBARIA - escobaria vivipara var. arizonica
	Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. arizonica (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt Synonym: Coryphantha vivipara (Nutt.) Britt & Rose var. arizonica (Engelm.) Marshall Arizona spinystar, Foxtail Cactus Family: Cactaceae Bajadas west side of Wah Wah Mountains East of the Desert Experimental Range Beaver & Millard Counties, UT 6/9/96 PLANTS symbol: ESVIA
FEROCACTUS - barrel cactus cylindraceus
	Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt California barrel cactus Cactaceae: Cactus Family Pinto Wash, Imperial County, CA March 1, 1998 PLANTS symbol: FECY
MAMMILLARIA - globe cactus dioica
	Mammillaria dioica K. Brandeg. strawberry cactus Cactaceae: Cactus Family Anza Borrego Desert State Park San Diego County, CA March 2, 1997 PLANTS Symbol: MADI3
OPUNTIA - pricklypear polyacantha
	Opuntia polyacantha Haw. plains pricklypear Cactaceae: Cactus Family Cheatgrass infested sagebrush community 2 miN.E. Of Meadow, Millard County, Utah June 11, 1996 PLANTS Symbol: OPPO
SCLEROCACTUS - fishhook cactus whipplei
	Sclerocactus whipplei (Engelm. & Bigelow) Britt. & Rose Whipple's fishhook cactus Family: Cactaceae Whipple Fishhook Cactus Deer Trails Area Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument Kane County, UT  5/18/97 PLANTS symbol: SCWH