Cane Cholla suggests you could be anywhere from Oklahoma or West Texas to Arizona.
I can tell you from personal experience that all Cholla’s are a nasty plant if one is not very, very careful around it… Fruit is edible, cooked or not, if you can find some red, ripe ones (September-ish mostly) but BE CAREFUL when picking; use tools.
This actually looks a lot like my dads place in eastern NM
Find a dead branch. It’s beautiful.
I’d say you are traveling through one of Southern California’s Deserts!
That thing looks vicious! Don’t get to close, it might lunge at you!
Be careful! Those spines look nasty.
Can’t wait to learn where you are.
Cane Cholla suggests you could be anywhere from Oklahoma or West Texas to Arizona.
I can tell you from personal experience that all Cholla’s are a nasty plant if one is not very, very careful around it… Fruit is edible, cooked or not, if you can find some red, ripe ones (September-ish mostly) but BE CAREFUL when picking; use tools.
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A cactus?
Looks interesting…