saguaro cactus & banana yucca

April 8, 2015 • Pinnacle Peak Park • Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona

Coordinates: 33.72773,-111.86138 (click for map)
saguaro cactus & banana yucca (Carnegiea gigantea, Yucca baccata, Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Opuntia acanthocarpa)) [Pinnacle Peak Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona]
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Carnegiea gigantea, Yucca baccata, Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Opuntia acanthocarpa)

The dark many-branched cactus to the right of the saguaro is a buckhorn cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa); the yellow flowers are brittlebush (Encelia farinosa).

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