The above image shows the density of the vegetation and the diversity of succulents on a small scale on Cerro Colorado. Twelve succulents can be seen here:

Agave cerulata
Bursera microphylla
Cylindropuntia alcahes
Cylindropuntia cholla
Echinocereus brandegeei
Euphorbia misera
Ferocactus rectispinus
Fouquieria diguetii
Opuntia cf. engelmannii
Pachycereus pringlei
Stenocereus gummosus
Stenocereus thurberi

 

Retrieved from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum web site on 12-13-2024
http://www.desertmuseum.org/programs/succulents_diversity20.php