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Echinocereus engelmannii - Calico Cactus, Engelmann's hedgehog cactus

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Echinocereus engelmannii Lifeform:
Shrub (stem succulent)
Family:
Cactaceae
Gerald and Buff Corsi© 1999 California Academy of Sciences

Related species:
Echinocereus engelmannii var. chrysocentrus
Echinocereus engelmannii var. engelmannii
Echinocereus engelmannii var. acicularis
Echinocereus engelmannii var. armatus
Echinocereus engelmannii var. howei

Plant Communities:
Creosote Bush Scrub
Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Joshua Tree Woodland

Synonyms:
Cereus munzii
Echinocereus engelmannii var. acicularis
Echinocereus engelmannii var. armatus
Echinocereus engelmannii var. chrysocentrus
Echinocereus engelmannii var. engelmannii
Echinocereus engelmannii var. howei
Echinocereus engelmannii var. munzii
Echinocereus munzii

Distribution

Counties:
Imperial
Inyo
Mono
Riverside
San Bernardino
San Diego

Jepson Bioregions:
Desert Mountains
White and Inyo Mountains
Transverse Ranges
Peninsular Ranges
Sierra Nevada East
Mojave Desert
Sonoran Desert