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| Joshua Tree - May 2003 / IMG_5904 Patrick and Lucy |
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| Jumping cholla are so named because
when you brush against the plant, it fires off its bobbles to attach
to you with their little hooky spines. Eventually the bobble drops
onto the ground and a new cholla plant is started.
These looked as though they had been burnt - they were a rich chocolate brown on their trunks, but apparently that is the normal colour of these plants. Many of these were well over my head. |
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