tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post2951549642103294570..comments2024-03-09T08:06:26.066-08:00Comments on Looking For Detachment: Out WalkingSilver Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-48633073649770362772008-03-17T06:22:00.000-07:002008-03-17T06:22:00.000-07:00Yes, cactus are surprisingly hardy, and I think th...Yes, cactus are surprisingly hardy, and I think that despite what I said, that some member(s) of the cholla genus grow(s) way north of Tonopah - just not ones I've seen, or maybe not the obvious ones (I think maybe some cholla look more like other cactii types).Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-88760210334295592722008-03-17T05:40:00.000-07:002008-03-17T05:40:00.000-07:00Prickly pear grow in the pinyon-juniper ecosystem ...Prickly pear grow in the pinyon-juniper ecosystem here, too. There's also at least one other barrelish cactus that I've sat on during a field lab. And yucca, which is really a lily, I guess, but I always classify it with cactus.<BR/><BR/>In the upper Arkansas River valley, just north of Salida, Colorado, I've seen cactus at 8000 or 9000 feet. The valley is high, but very dry, tucked between two north-south ranges with peaks up to 14,000 feet, and the ecosystems are a little different than here.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.com