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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 ...
Ocotillo camp from the southeast. South Mountain in the background. Courtesy of Brian A. Spencer and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona. Ocotillo (also known as Ocatilla) was a temporary camp in Ahwatukee, Phoenix designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and
The Sonoran Desert is home to the cultures of over 17 contemporary Native American tribes, with settlements at American Indian reservations in California and Arizona, as well as populations in Mexico. The largest city in the Sonoran Desert is Phoenix, Arizona, with a 2017 metropolitan population of about 4.7 million. [15]
Arizona's Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station located to the west of Phoenix is the nation's largest facility by annual energy production, and is the second largest facility by power capacity after Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam hydroelectric station. The electricity generated by utility- and small-scale solar together surpassed the ...
Agave deserti, a plant native to the Yuma Desert. Vegetation is dominated by the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), which is widespread.The saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) and the ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) are common on the bajadas, while many of the desert trees found are restricted to dry watercourses; these include paloverde (Parkinsonia), the desert willow (Chilopsis linearis ...
CR S2 north – Seven miles north of Ocotillo and I-8 in eastern San Diego County on S2 (Imperial Highway/Sweeney Pass Road) between I-8 and State Route 78 SR 86 north / SR 78 west – On the west side of the Salton Sea and just south of the intersection of California State Routes 78 and 86 – 33°07′30″N 115°51′17″W / 33. ...
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Fouquieria is a genus of 11 species of desert flowering plants, the sole genus in the family Fouquieriaceae.The genus is native to North America and includes the ocotillo (F. splendens) and the Boojum tree or cirio (F. columnaris).