Plant Fact Sheet: Buckhorn Cholla Cactus |
Identifying Features Buckhorn cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa) is an open and branching woody cactus. It has gray-green stems, also called "joints", with nodules. Each nodule has a cluster of stiff spines. The flowers range from yellow to red with many shades in between. They bloom in April and May. The fruits are oval shaped, dry, and covered with long barbed spines. |
Habitat This cholla prefers to grow on well drained sandy desert soils, gravel slopes in the deserts and grass lands.
They are also found growing in desert mesas, plains, hillsides and rocky foothills |
Range Elevations up to 4000 feet of the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts. |
Life Span 30 years or more. |
Size This cactus will grow to be
about 3 feet to 7 feet but it sometimes grows to about 13 feet. |
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