Cacti
Common Name	Latin Name	Type	Usual Height X Width	Ornamental Value
Beavertail Cactus	Opuntia basilaris	CS	1 foot X 2 feet	Magenta to red flowers, purple green fruit
Black-Spine Prickly Pear	Opuntia macrocentra	CS	4 feet X 4 feet	Red and bright yellow flowers late spring to early summer, red fruits
Blind Prickly Pear	Opuntia rufida	CS	5 feet X 5 feet	Orange flowers in spring to early summer, fruits have several colors
Bunny Ears	Opuntia microdasys	CS	4 feet X 4 feet	Pale yellow flowers in spring to early summer, red fruits
Claret Cup Cactus	Echinocereus triglochidiatus	CS	1 X 4 feet	Showy scarlet to wine flowers in spring or early summer
Cow's Tongue Prickly Pear	Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis	CS	4 feet X 4 feet	Yellow flowers in spring, purple fruits
Desert Agave	Agave deserti	CS	3 feet X 3 feet	Yellow flowers
Fishhook Barrel Cactus	Ferocactus cylindraceus	CS	4 feet X 1 foot	Yellow flowers in early summer, yellow fruit
Graham's Nipple Cactus	Mammillaria grahamii	CS	6 inches	Large pink flowers February to July, red fruits
Jumping Cholla, Chainfruit Cholla	Opuntia fulgida var. fulgida	CS	8 feet X 6 feet	Red-purple to pink flowers mid spring, green fruits in fall
Lechuguilla	Agave lechuguilla	CS	18 inches X 2 feet	Evergreen, fragrant yellow-green flower
Mojave Prickly Pear, Tulip Prickly Pear	Opuntia phaeacantha	CS	3 feet X 6 feet	Yellow flowers in spring slowly changing to pinkish orange, mahogany fruits
New Mexico Agave	Agave neomexicana	CS	2 X 2 feet	Evergreen, yellow flower once in spring
Pancake Prickly Pear	Opuntia chlorotica	CS	3 feet X 3 feet	Yellow-orange flowers in spring, red fruits
Prickly Pear Cactus	Opuntia engelmannii	CS	3 X 3 feet	Yellow-red flowers, purple fruit
Redspined Fishhook Cactus	Sclerocactus polyancistrus	CS	1 foot X 1 foot	Showy fuschia to magenta flowers in spring or early summer
Santa Rita Prickly Pear	Opuntia violaceae santa rita	CS	3 feet X 6 feet	Pale yellow flowers mid spring, purple fruit in fall drying to grey
Spinystar Cactus, Beehive Cactus	Coryphantha (Escobaria) vivipara	CS	1 foot X 1 foot	Showy pink to purple flowers in spring or early summer
Strawberry Cactus, Fishhook Cactus	Mammillaria dioica	CS	18 inches X 1 foot	White to pink flowers, scarlet fruit
Teddybear Cholla	Opuntia bigelovii	CS	4 feet X 4 feet	Green-yellow to white flowers in spring, green or yellow fruit
Tree Cholla, Cane Cholla, Chain Link Cactus	Opuntia acanthocarpa	CS	8 feet X 8 feet	Pink to purple flowers most of the year, fruit yellow green

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