Other Crested Cactuses

... and other crested plants

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Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada

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Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: October 2018.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: October 2018.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: October 2018.

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Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: October 2018.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: October 2018.

Springs Preserve, Las Vegas, Nevada

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Crested unknown cactus.
Last visited: February 2020.

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Crested diamond cholla (Cylindropuntia ramosissima), multiple specimens.
Last visited: February 2020.

Zuni Indian Reservation, New Mexico

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant).
Last visited: September 2020.

Kaibab National Forest, Arizona

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant).
Last visited: September 2017.
Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant).
Last visited: September 2017.
Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant).
Last visited: September 2017.

Coconino National Forest, Arizona

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant).
Last visited: July 2018.

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant).
Last visited: September 2018.
Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant).
Last visited: August 2020.

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant) (multiple specimens).
Last visited: July 2019.

Prescott National Forest, Arizona

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant).
Last visited: September 2017.

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant) (multiple specimens).
Last visited: July 2019.

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant)
(two specimens).
Last visited: August 2021.
Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant).
Last visited: September 2021.
Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant)
(multiple specimens).
Last visited: October 2021.

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant)
(multiple specimens).
Last visited: October 2021.
Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant)
(two specimens).
Last visited: October 2021.
Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant)
(multiple specimens).
Last visited: October 2021.

Mohave County, Arizona

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Crested prickly pear cactus (two specimens).
Last visited: November 2023.
Crested cardón cactus.
Last visited: January 2025.

Yavapai County, Arizona

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Crested prickly pear cactus.
Last visited: December 2012.
Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant).
Last visited: August 2017.
Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant).
Last visited: August 2017.

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Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.
Crested prickly pear cactus (3 specimens).
Last visited: December 2017.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: March 2018.

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant) (multiple specimens, all dead).
Last visited: July 2019.

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant) (multiple specimens).
Last visited: July 2019.

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant) (multiple specimens).
Last visited: August 2019.

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Crested prickly pear cactus.
Last visited: November 2021.
Crested prickly pear cactus.
Last visited: January 2022.
Crested prickly pear cactus (multiple specimens).
Last visited: October 2022.

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant) (multiple specimens).
Last visited: October 2022.
Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant) (multiple specimens).
Last visited: October 2022.

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Crested prickly pear cactus (multiple specimens).
Last visited: November 2023.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: November 2023.
Crested prickly pear cactus (multiple specimens).
Last visited: January 2024.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2024.

Gila County, Arizona

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant) (multiple specimens).
Last visited: July 2019.

Maricopa County, Arizona

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2014.
Gone when revisited September 2019.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: March 2015.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: August 2021.
Crested dwarf blue myrtle cactus
(Myrtillocactus geometrizans).
Last visited: January 2025.

Tonto National Forest, Arizona
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Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: January 2011.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: November 2012.

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Crested prickly pear cactus.
Last visited: March 2013.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: May 2014.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2015.
Gone when revisited February 2021.

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Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: March 2020.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: March 2015.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: March 2015.
Dead when revisited November 2019.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: March 2015.

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Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: February 2017.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: February 2017.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: September 2018.

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Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: May 2019.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: November 2019.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: November 2019.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: August 2020.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: November 2024.

Carefree, Arizona

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: August 2025.
Crested compass barrel cactus.
Last visited: September 2012 (now gone).
Crested golden barrel cactus.
Last visited: June 2015 (now gone).

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Crested blue myrtle cactus.
Last visited: April 2014.
Crested cereus cactus.
Last visited: September 2012.
Crested fishhook barrel cactus.
Last visited: September 2012 (now gone).

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Crested (monstrose) cereus cactus.
Last visited: August 2025.
Crested unknown cactus.
Last visited: September 2012 (now gone).
Crested (monstrose) cereus cactus.
Last visited: September 2012.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: June 2015 (now gone).
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: August 2025.
Crested cardón cactus.
Last visited: August 2025.

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Crested golden barrel cactus.
Last visited: August 2025.

Sun City, Arizona

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Crested cereus cactus.
Last visited: March 2011.
Crested cereus cactus.
Last visited: January 2019.

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Crested Eve's Needle Cactus (Opuntia subulata).
Last visited: June 2019.

McDowell Sonoran Preserve, Scottsdale, Arizona
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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: September 2010.
This rare crested barrel was dead and collapsed by the time I located it; I propped it up with a stick for these photos.

Scottsdale, Arizona

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Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: August 2013.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: August 2013.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: April 2015.

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Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: December 2013.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: June 2014.
Crested cereus cactus.
Last visited: May 2014.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
First visited: October 2017 (left two photos).
Visited April 2019 (third photo). Last visited: February 2024 (right photo).
Crested blue myrtle cactus
(Myrtillocactus geometrizans).
Last visited: October 2019.

Wallace Desert Gardens, Scottsdale, Arizona

(now closed)
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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2013.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2013.
Crested golden barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2013.

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Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: April 2013.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: April 2013.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: April 2013.

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Crested bunny ears cactus.
Last visited: April 2013.
Crested blue myrtle cactus.
Last visited: April 2013.

Paradise Valley, Arizona

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Crested cardón cactus.
Last visited: August 2014.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: June 2014.
Crested blue myrtle cactus.
Last visited: June 2014.

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Crested cereus cactus (3 specimens in same yard).
Last visited: June 2014.

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Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: June 2014.

Mesa, Arizona

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Crested cereus cactus.
Last visited: November 2013.

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Crested cereus cactus.
Last visited: November 2013.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2013.

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Crested cardón cactus.
Last visited: January 2014.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: June 2014.
Crested golden barrel cactus.
Last visited: June 2014.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: September 2016.
Crested cardón cactus.
Last visited: June 2019.
Crested cardón cactus.
Last visited: June 2019.

Brinton Desert Botanical Garden, Park of the Canals

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Garden entrance.
Last visited: June 2019.
Crested bunny ears pricklypear cactus
(Opuntia microdasys).
Last visited: June 2019.
Crested bunny ears pricklypear cactus
(Opuntia microdasys).
Last visited: June 2019.

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Crested blue myrtle cactus
(Myrtillocactus geometrizans).
Last visited: June 2019.
Crested blue myrtle cactus
(Myrtillocactus geometrizans).
Last visited: June 2019.

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Crested boxing glove cholla cactus
(Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata).
Last visited: June 2019.

Gilbert, Arizona

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Crested cereus cactus.
Last visited: June 2014.

Chandler, Arizona

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Crested cereus cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2024.

Phoenix, Arizona
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Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: April 2012.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2013.
Crested caterpillar cactus (Echinopsis species cristata).
Last visited: December 2013.

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Crested cactus (unknown type).
First visited: February 2014 (left two photos).
Last visited: July 2016 (right two photos -- looking sick). Now gone.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: February 2014.

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Crested golden barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2014.
Crested caterpillar cactus
(Echinopsis species cristata).
Last visited: May 2014.
Crested red torch cactus
(Trichocereus huascha cristata).
Last visited: May 2014.

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Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: July 2014.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: July 2014.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: October 2014.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: October 2014.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: October 2014.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: October 2014.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: December 2014.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: June 2015.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: June 2015.
Crested cereus cactus.
Last visited: June 2015.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: June 2015.

Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: October 2018.
Gone when revisited March 2024.
This crested barrel is located next to one of the garden paths, but is not signed.

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crested organ pipe cactus
crested cholla cactus
crested hedgehog cactus?
crested barrel cactus
crested cereus cactus
crested pincushion cactus?
crested blue myrtle cactus
Various species of crested cactus in the Sybil B. Harrington Cactus Gallery.
Last visited: January 2011. All gone (except for crested organ pipe cactus shown in first two photos) when revisited in August 2013.

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Crested toothpick cactus (Stetsonia coryne, Argentina).
Last visited: October 2018.
Crested cereus cactus.
Last visited: October 2018.

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Crested boxing glove cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia fulgida).
Last visited: August 2013.
Crested boxing glove cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia fulgida).
Last visited: August 2013.

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Crested twin spined cactus (Mammillaria
geminispina, Central Mexico).
Last visited: August 2013.
Crested Mammillaria petterssonii cactus
(Central Mexico).
Last visited: August 2013.

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Crested golden barrel cactus.
Last visited: March 2019.
Gone when revisited March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2024.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: December 2024.

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Crested golden barrel cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested golden barrel cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested mammillaria cactus.
Last visited: December 2024.

Phoenix Mountains Preserve, Phoenix, Arizona

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: December 2010.

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona


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Crested candelilla (wax plant)
(Euphorbia antisyphilitica).
Last visited: June 2019.

Crested Cactus Garden at ASU Biodesign Institute

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Crested blue myrtle cactus
(Myrtillocactus geometrizans).
Last visited: June 2019.
Crested blue myrtle cactus
(Myrtillocactus geometrizans).
Last visited: June 2019.

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Crested blue myrtle cactus
(Myrtillocactus geometrizans).
Last visited: June 2019.
Crested bunny ears pricklypear cactus
(Opuntia microdasys).
Last visited: June 2019.

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Crested bunny ears pricklypear cactus
(Opuntia microdasys).
Last visited: June 2019.

Apache Junction, Arizona

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: May 2019.

All Arizona Cactus Nursery, Apache Junction, Arizona

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Crested cardón cactus.
Last visited: August 2011.
The cardón is a relative of the saguaro that is native to northwestern Mexico.

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus (common mullein or flannel plant) along highway.
Last visited: August 2016.

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Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant).
Last visited: September 2020.
Fasciated (crested) Verbascum thapsus
(common mullein or flannel plant) (multiple specimens).
Last visited: September 2020.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, Arizona

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Crested torch graft cactus
(Cleistocactus sp. 'Monstrosus').
Last visited: April 2018.
Crested gemspine graft cactus
(Mammillaria geminispina).
Last visited: April 2018.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2018
(gone when revisited April 2022).

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Crested boxing-glove cholla cactus
(Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata).
Last visited: April 2018.
Crested Boyce-Thompson hedgehog cactus
(Echinocereus Boyce-Thompsonii).
Last visited: April 2018.
Crested prickly pear cactus.
Last visited: April 2018.

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Crested blue myrtle cactus
(Myrtillocactus geometrizans).
Last visited: April 2018
(gone when revisited April 2022).
Crested prickly pear cactus
Last visited: April 2022.
Crested cow tongue prickly pear cactus
(Opuntia engelmanii var. linguiformis),
Central Texas.
Last visited: April 2022.

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Crested elkhorn spurge
(Euphorbia lactea), India.
Last visited: April 2022.
Crested dwarf blue myrtle cactus
(Myrtillocactus
geometrizans).
Last visited: April 2022.
Crested blue myrtle cactus
aka dinosaur back cactus
(Myrtillocactus geometrizans).
Last visited: April 2022.

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Crested elkhorn spurge
(Euphorbia lactea), India.
Last visited: March 2025.
Unknown crested cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.

Pinal County, Arizona

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2017.
Crested cholla cactus (dying).
Last visited: April 2017.
Crested barrel cactus (uprooted).
Last visited: October 2018.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: February 2019.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited:
December 2019.
Crested pincushion cactus.
Last visited: March 2020.
Crested pincushion cactus.
Last visited: March 2020.

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Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: September 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: September 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: September 2020.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: December 2020.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: December 2020.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: December 2020.

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Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: December 2020.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: December 2020.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: December 2020.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: December 2020.

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Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: December 2020.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: December 2020.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: December 2020.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: December 2020.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2021.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2021.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2022.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2022.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2023.
Crested hedgehog cactus.
Last visited: February 2024.

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Crested cholls cactus (multiple specimens).
Last visited: February 2024.

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Crested golden barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2024.
Crested red torch cactus.
Last visited: November 2024.
Crested golden barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2024.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2025.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2025.

Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.

Tortolita Mountains, Arizona

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: February 2011.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2011.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2011.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2012.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2013.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2013.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2021.

Coronado National Forest, Arizona

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Crested cholla cactus (multiple specimens).
Last visited: November 2017.

Tucson, Arizona

Pima Prickly Park
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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: March 2014 (now gone).
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: March 2014 (now gone).
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Crested cholla cactus (dead).
Last visited: March 2014 (now gone).
Crested cholla cactus
(Cylindropuntia sp.).
Last visited: March 2014 (now gone).
Crested fishhook barrel cactus
(Ferocactus wislizenii).
Last visited: March 2014 (now gone).
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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: June 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: June 2020.
Crested chainfruit cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia fulgida).
Last visited: June 2020.
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Crested boxing glove cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia fulgida).
Last visited: June 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: June 2020.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: June 2015.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2015.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: February 2018.

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Crested cholla cactus (multiple specimens).
Last visited: February 2018.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_20220_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_20216_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: August 2018.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: August 2018.
Crested toothpick cactus.
Last visited: June 2019.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_25879_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_25878_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2019.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2019.
Crested cactus (unknown type).
Last visited: November 2019.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_28835_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_28832_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: December 2019.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2020.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_29493_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_29497_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus (tipped over).
Last visited: April 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2020.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2010.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: December 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2021.

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iPhone15_1/bizarre_cristateiPhone15_IMG_11751_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateiPhone15_IMG_11752_s.jpg
Very rare ring crest barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2024.
Crested blue myrtle cactus
(Myrtillocactus geometrizans,).
Last visited: April 2025.

Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2009.
This crested barrel was already dead by the time I visited the park to photograph it.

Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_2837_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_2833_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2014.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2014.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: November 2015.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2015.
This large crested barrel was already collapsed
and decaying by the time I visited it.

Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_3547_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_3545_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus (rare double crest).
Last visited: November 2021.
Dead and down when revisited January 2023.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: December 2015.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: December 2015.
Reported gone May 2020.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_29744_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_29740_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateiPhone15_IMG_11664_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2020.
Crested cholla cactus (dead).
Last visited: April 2025.

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona

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bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN3102_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN3109_s.jpg
Crested chainfruit cholla cactus.
Last visited: March 2008.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2023.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2023.
Crested jumping cholla cactus
(Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata fa. cristata).
Last visited: March 2008.

Saguaro National Park, Arizona
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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_0094_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_0097_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: March 2011.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2014.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2014.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_4584_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_4585_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: March 2016.
Crested pincushion cactus.
Last visited: March 2016.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: March 2016.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_4982_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_4983_s.jpg
SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11758_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11761_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2016.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2016.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: February 2018.
Reported dead April 2020.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6009_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6010_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6012_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6013_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: February 2019.
Crested barrel cactus (tipped over).
Last visited: October 2016.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: October 2016.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: October 2016.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: December 2019.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2020.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2020.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2022.

Tohono O'odham Reservation, Arizona
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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: April 2013.
Crested organ pipe cactus with crests on
multiple arms (some dead).
Last visited: April 2013.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2016.

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bizarre_cristate100_7564_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateIMG_101_1288_s.jpg
bizarre_cristate100_7568_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7570_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7574_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.

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bizarre_cristate100_7590_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateIMG_101_1299_s.jpg
bizarre_cristate100_7600_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7595_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7602_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6870_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6872_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: December 2016.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6886_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6892_s.jpg
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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2016.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2016.
Crested organ pipe cactus (7 crests).
Last visited: December 2017.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.

Sahuarita, Arizona

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2016.

Green Valley, Arizona

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bizarre_cristate100_7836_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7833_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.

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Crested cholla cactus (3 specimens in same yard).
Last visited: March 2014.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2016.

Cochise County, Arizona

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_28005_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_28008_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: March 2020.
Crested golden barrel cactus.
Last visited: March 2020.
Crested San Pedro cactus
(Trichocereus pachanoi).
Last visited: March 2020.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2021.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2021.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2021.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2021.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2021.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2021.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2021.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2021.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2022.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_37960_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2022.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2022.

Pima County, Arizona

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Crested organ pipe cactus with crests on two arms.
Last visited: April 2013.
Crested organ pipe cactus
(dead and decayed).
Last visited: April 2013.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2019.

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bizarre_cristate100_7090_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7092_s.jpg
bizarre_cristate100_7543_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7547_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2013.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2013.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2019.
Crested barrel cactus (fallen over).
Last visited: September 2017.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2019.

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SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_18639_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_18637_s.jpg
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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2019.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2019.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2019.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_29755_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_29756_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_29760_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_29763_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus (three crests).
Last visited: March 2019.
Crested barrel cactus (rare ring crest).
Last visited: May 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: May 2020.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_34971_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_37095_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: June 2020.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: April 2021.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: November 2021.

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Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2023.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: January 2023.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: January 2023.

bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8794_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8796_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8808_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8805_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8836_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8840_s.jpg
Crested boxing glove cholla cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.

bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8878_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8841_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8861_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8864_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8873_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8877_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus (dead).
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.

Arivaca, Arizona

SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_10378_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_10379_s.jpg
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona

bizarre_cristate100_3878_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_3880_s.jpg
bizarre_cristate100_3950_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_3958_s.jpg
bizarre_cristate100_3979_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_3980_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.

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Crested organ pipe cactus (6 crests).
Last visited: March 2025.

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bizarre_cristate100_3959_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_3962_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_3967_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Visited: March 2012 (left 3 photos), October 2020 (right 2 photos, dead).
Crested organ pipe cactus (dead).
Last visited: March 2022.

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bizarre_cristate100_5538_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_5541_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus with crests on three arms.
Last visited: March 2022.
Crested organ pipe cactus (dead).
Last visited: March 2023.

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bizarre_cristate100_7136_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7139_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7134_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus (7 crests).
Last visited: October 2025 (now 8 crests).
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2013.

bizarre_cristate100_7152_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7155_s.jpg
bizarre_cristate100_7180_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7174_s.jpg
bizarre_cristate100_7631_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateIMG_101_1316_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2023.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.

bizarre_cristate100_7689_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7694_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateIMG_101_1353_s.jpg
bizarre_cristate100_7719_s.jpg    bizarre_cristate100_7722_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_4343_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_4346_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2014.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2016.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_4350_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_4352_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_4354_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_4356_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6906_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6909_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2016.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2016.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6919_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6925_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6932_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6934_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2016.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2016.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6974_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6973_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6993_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_6994_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2016.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_7021_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_7020_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_7024_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_7025_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2016.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2016.
Crested organ pipe cactus (two crests).
Last visited: January 2020.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_7038_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_7039_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_7049_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_7051_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2016.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2016.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2016.

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SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11252_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11246_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.
Crested organ pipe cactus (2 crests).
Last visited: December 2017.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.
Crested organ pipe cactus (2 crests).
Last visited: December 2017.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.

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SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11285_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11286_s.jpg
SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11303_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11300_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.

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SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11314_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11318_s.jpg
SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11341_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11340_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.
Crested organ pipe cactus (2 crests).
Last visited: December 2017.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.

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SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11354_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11352_s.jpg
SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11358_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_11360_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: December 2017.

SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_18553_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_18706_s.jpg
SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_18667_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_18673_s.jpg
SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_18685_s.jpg    SX50_1/bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_18686_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2019.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2019.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2019.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2019.
Crested organ pipe cactus (nine crests).
Last visited: March 2019.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26498_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26496_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus (two crests).
Last visited: March 2019.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus (about 15 crests).
Last visited: January 2020.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26565_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26570_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26618_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26611_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus (several crests, some dead).
Last visited: January 2020.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26647_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26653_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26658_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26661_s.jpg
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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus (two crests).
Last visited: January 2020.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26681_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26689_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26693_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26696_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26701_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26708_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus (three crests).
Last visited: January 2020.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26737_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26741_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26775_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26778_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26780_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_26784_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2023.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: January 2020.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31425_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31431_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31441_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31436_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus
(two crests).
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus
(three small crests, dying).
Last visited: October 2020.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31443_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31452_s.jpg
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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus
(dead).
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus
(multiple crests, some dying).
Last visited: October 2020.

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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31499_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus (dead).
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31504_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31509_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31510_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31512_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31517_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31518_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31521_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31522_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31523_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31527_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus (dead).
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31534_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31531_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31539_s.jpg
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Crested organ pipe cactus (two crests).
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus (three crests).
Last visited: October 2020.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31562_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31566_s.jpg
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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31603_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31605_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested organ pipe cactus (multiple crests).
Last visited: March 2023.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31612_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31617_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31632_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_31634_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33818_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33821_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: October 2020.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: March 2023.
Dead when revisited March 2025.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33832_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33828_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33825_s.jpg
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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33840_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus (three crests).
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33847_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33853_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33856_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33864_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33861_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33869_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33868_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33889_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33892_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33909_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33910_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus (dead).
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33914_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33919_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33926_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33934_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33933_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33968_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33962_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33963_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33964_s.jpg
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bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33985_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus (three crests).
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33991_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33993_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_33996_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_34001_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_34012_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_34015_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_34022_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_34033_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_34036_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_34041_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.

bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_34079_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_34083_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateSX50_IMG_34088_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateV803_100_7236_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateV803_100_7239_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2021.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2022.

bizarre_cristateV803_100_7259_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateV803_100_7262_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateV803_100_7271_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateV803_100_7273_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateV803_100_7275_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2022.
Crested organ pipe cactus (dead).
Last visited: March 2022.
Crested organ pipe cactus (dead).
Last visited: March 2022.

bizarre_cristateV803_100_7281_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateV803_100_7285_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateV803_100_7286_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateV803_100_7289_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateV803_100_7293_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2022.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2022.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2022.

bizarre_cristateV803_100_7311_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateV803_100_7318_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateV803_100_7313_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateV803_100_7314_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateV803_100_7319_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateV803_100_7323_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateV803_100_7324_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus (about a dozen crests). Last visited: March 2023.

bizarre_cristateV803_100_7331_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateV803_100_7333_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN3863_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN3902_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN3905_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus (two crests).
Last visited: March 2023.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2023.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2023.

bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN3908_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN3912_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN3915_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN3921_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN4014_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN4016_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2023.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2023.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2023.

bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN4031_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN4026_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN4067_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN4074_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN4085_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN4087_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2023.
Crested organ pipe cactus (several crests).
Last visited: March 2023.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2023.

bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8946_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8947_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8949_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8951_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8952_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8953_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8956_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus (six crests).
Last visited: March 2024.

bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8968_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8964_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8975_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8971_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8979_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8982_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.

bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN8999_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN9001_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN9010_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN9011_s.jpg
bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN9039_s.jpg    bizarre_cristateB500_DSCN9041_s.jpg
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested cholla cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus (four crests).
Last visited: March 2024.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2024.
Crested organ pipe cactus (three
small crests growing from one stem).
Last visited: March 2024.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.
Crested organ pipe cactus (3 crests).
Last visited: March 2025.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.
Crested organ pipe cactus
(two crests, one dead).
Last visited: March 2025.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.

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Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.
Crested organ pipe cactus.
Last visited: March 2025.

Joshua Tree National Park, California

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Multiple specimens of crested pencil cholla cactus (Opuntia ramosissima).
Last visited: March 2020.

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Crested crested pencil cholla cactus
(Opuntia ramosissima).
Last visited: March 2022.
Crested crested pencil cholla cactus
(Opuntia ramosissima).
Last visited: March 2022.

San Bernardino County, California

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Multiple specimens of crested pencil cholla cactus (Opuntia ramosissima).
Last visited: March 2020.

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Multiple specimens of crested pencil cholla cactus (Opuntia ramosissima).
Last visited: April 2022.

San Diego Botanic Garden, San Diego, California

Undersea Succulent Garden

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"Imagine you are underwater, snorkeling above a coral
reef. Cacti, succulents, and other desert plants look like
sea anemones, sponges, and corals. Other plants
resemble kelp and other seaweeds."
Crested cactus (unknown type, multiple specimens).
Last visited: October 2019.

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Crested blue myrtle cactus (Myrtillocactus geometrizans, multiple specimens).
Last visited: October 2019.
Crested Eve's Needle Cactus (Opuntia subulata).
Last visited: October 2019.

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Crested cactus (unknown type).
Last visited: October 2019.
Crested cactus (unknown type).
Last visited: October 2019.

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Crested euphorbia.
Last visited: October 2019.
Crested succulent (unknown type).
Last visited: October 2019.
Crested cactus (unknown type).
Last visited: October 2019.

Alta Vista Botanical Gardens, Vista, California

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Crested blue myrtle cactus (Myrtillocactus geometrizans).
Last visited: October 2019.

San Diego County, California

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Crested buckhorn cholla cactus
(Opuntia acanthocarpa).
Last visited: February 2021.
Crested buckhorn cholla cactus
(Opuntia acanthocarpa).
Last visited: February 2021.
Crested buckhorn cholla cactus
(Opuntia acanthocarpa).
Last visited: February 2021.
Crested buckhorn cholla cactus
(Opuntia acanthocarpa).
Last visited: February 2021.

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: October 2019.
Crested fishhook pincushion
cactus (dead).
Last visited: October 2019.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: October 2019.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: October 2019.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: October 2019.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: October 2019.

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Crested barrel cactus
(dead and collapsed).
Last visited: February 2021.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: February 2021.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: February 2021.
Crested barrel cactus
(double).
Last visited: February 2021.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2021.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2021.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2021.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2021.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2021.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2021.

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Crested buckhorn cholla cactus
(Opuntia acanthocarpa).
Last visited: February 2021.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested prickly pear cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.
Crested barrel cactus.
Last visited: February 2022.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.

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Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.
Crested fishhook pincushion cactus.
Last visited: December 2023.

Moorten Botanical Garden, Palm Springs, California

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Crested blue myrtle cactus (Myrtillocactus
geometrizans). Last visited: October 2019.
Crested cactus (unknown type).
Last visited: October 2019.
Crested San Pedro Cactus
(Trichocereus pachanoi).
Last visited: October 2019.

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Crested blue myrtle cactus (Myrtillocactus
geometrizans). Last visited: October 2019.
Crested blue myrtle cactus (Myrtillocactus
geometrizans). Last visited: October 2019.
Crested euphorbia.
Last visited: October 2019.

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Crested dwarf blue myrtle cactus (Myrtillocactus
geometrizans). Last visited: October 2019.
Crested Madagascar palm
(Pachypodium lamerei,
not a true palm).
Last visited: October 2019.
Crested Eve's Needle Cactus
(Opuntia subulata).
Last visited: October 2019.


United States Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C.

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Crested Echinopsis thelegona cactus (W. Argentina).
Last visited: September 2019.


For photos of crested saguaro cactuses, see my Crested Saguaros page.




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