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Joshua Tree National Park; March 29th, 2008

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Jen's Photos - March 29th, 2008
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Welcome to the happiest place on earth! ;-)
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Cool multi colored lizard
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Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
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Escobaria vivipara var. alversonii
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Echinocereus engelmannii
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Yucca schidigera bloom
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Wildflowers
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Yucca schidigera
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Wildflowers
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Escobaria vivipara var. alversonii
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Cylindropuntia ramosissima
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Echinocereus engelmannii
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Escobaria vivipara var. alversonii
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A very fast lizard...
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Echinocereus engelmannii
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Yucca schidigera flowers
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Strange wildflower...
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Opuntia basilaris
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Echinocereus engelmannii
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Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
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E. engelamnnii wedging itself between a rock and a hard...
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This was the only different looking variety we saw. (the...
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Opuntia basilaris
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Escobaria vivipara var. alversonii
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Mammillaria sp. ??
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Escobaria vivipara var. alversonii
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E. engelmannii
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Fouquieria splendens - Ocotillo
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Ferocactus cylindraceus (bright red spot in the center)
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Opuntia basilaris
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Wildflowers
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O. basilaris
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E. engelmannii
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The hiking path of Cottonwood Spring
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Ocotillo bloom
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O. basilaris. As you can see these were everywhere, hard...
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AH HA! our first Claret Cup flower. E. engelmannii.
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O. basialris
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Wildflowers. Some intense electric blue bells.
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Wildflower ready to send it's seeds aloft.
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A nice purple clump of wildflowers
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E. engelmannii finding its way through a crack in the...
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Another close by clump, living on the edge.
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Cylindropuntia ramosisiima
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Small Yucca seedling.
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O. basilaris with a noteably lighter pink flower color.
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C. ramosissima
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Yucca schidigera
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A very nice clump of Escobaria vivipara var. alversonii
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C. ramosissima showing off it's purple coat.
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Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
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C. ramosissima
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C. echinocarpa
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Ocotillo
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C. echinocarpa in bloom. My first Cholla habitat bloom...
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Cool little wildflower. I was told the name, but have...
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Caught a lizard couple hanging out on the rocks.
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Ferocactus cylindraceus
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O. basilaris
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C. ramosissima
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C. echinocarpa
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Echinocereus engelmannii with fireworks
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Cylindropuntia bigelovii showing new growth at the base...
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C. bigelovii at the Cholla Gardens
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E. engelmannii Claret Cup
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another fireworks display
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C. bigelovii new growth and flower buds
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Tony next to a monster Teddy Bear
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Cool little beetle
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Almost there...
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Getting closer....
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Getting really close now...
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DOH! So close, here's a nice display form a lone C....
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Another cool little beetle.
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w00t!! C. bigelovii in near full bloom.
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Very cool little desert lizard
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He just sat there and let me get in real close...almost...

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