Cylindropuntia imbricata (Tree cholla)

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Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M. Knuth

Tree cholla

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8/26/2014 · Sandstone Bluffs, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico · ≈ 6 × 6″ (14 × 15 cm)

8/26/2014 · Sandstone Bluffs, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm)

8/26/2014 · Sandstone Bluffs, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

8/27/2014 · Petroglyph National Monument Visitor Center, New Mexico

8/26/2014 · Rte 117, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico · ≈ 11 × 8″ (28 × 21 cm)

8/29/2014 · Hike up ? trail, New Mexico · ≈ 6 × 6″ (15 × 15 cm)

8/26/2014 · Rte 117, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico · ≈ 11 × 7″ (28 × 18 cm)

8/26/2014 · Rte 117, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico · ≈ 5 × 4″ (13 × 10 cm)

9/1/2014 · Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico

Parents	Unknown	Genus is not in the current taxonomy
Genus	Cylindropuntia	from the Greek kylindros, “a cylinder,” plus genus Opuntia, this is now the new genus of the so-called ‘true chollas’
Species	imbricata	Means “overlapping, closely put together,” referring to the calyx lobes which are imbricate laterally in fruit

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Cylindropuntia imbricata description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.