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Emory's Barrel Cactus

Ferocactus echidne

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) edgarpmv, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

24 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 42, February 13, March 55, April 25, May 41, June 12, July 34, August 8, September 22, October 35, November 25, December 18.
Mexico330
Queretaro de Arteaga112
Tamaulipas74
Guanajuato65
San Luis Potosi41
Hidalgo33
Nuevo Leon3
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Cactus growth formDescends from the cactus family.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familycacti · Cactaceae
Genusbarrel cactuses · Ferocactus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Emory's Barrel Cactus with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.