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Ferocactus wislizeni. (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose. Ferocactus wislizeni, the fishhook barrel cactus, also called Arizona barrel cactus, candy barrel cactus, and Southwestern barrel cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to northern Mexico and the southern United States. It is a ball-shaped cactus eventually ...
2005. Necklace. The Squash Blossom Necklace [20] 2011. Guitar. New Mexico Sunrise, a custom guitar designed and handcrafted by Pimentel and Sons [21] 2009. Ballad. Land of Enchantment, Spanish: Tierra del Encanto, or Tierra Encantada.
L. tridentata in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Larrea tridentata is a prominent species in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts of western North America, and its range includes those and other regions in portions of southeastern California, Arizona, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States, and Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Zacatecas ...
Protected. 35,905 km 2 (13,863 sq mi) (7%) [1] The Chihuahuan Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Chihuahua, Desierto Chihuahuense) is a desert ecoregion designation covering parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It occupies much of far West Texas, the middle to lower Rio Grande Valley and the lower Pecos Valley in New Mexico ...
The location of the state of New Mexico. Paleontology in New Mexico refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of New Mexico. The fossil record of New Mexico is exceptionally complete and spans almost the entire stratigraphic column. [1] More than 3,300 different kinds of fossil organisms have ...
A.Gray [1] Rafinesquia neomexicana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Common names include desert chicory, [2] plumeseed, or New Mexico plumeseed. [1][3] It has white showy flowers, milky sap, and weak, zigzag stems, that may grow up through other shrubs for support. [2] It is an annual plant (completes its life cycle in ...
Cochemiea tetrancistra. (Engelm.) P.B.Breslin & Majure. Mammillaria tetrancistra Engelm. Cochemiea tetrancistra is a species of fishhook cactus known by the common name common fishhook cactus. It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, where it grows in a variety of desert habitat types.
Samuela Trel. Sarcoyucca (Engelm.) Linding.[1] Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. [2] Its 40–50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flowers.