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7 unusual facts about cactus


CACTUS

CACTUS (Converted Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Using Solar-2) was a ground based Air Cherenkov Telescope (ACT) located outside Daggett, California, near Barstow.

Cactus Framework

The name Cactus comes from the design of a central core (or "flesh") which connects to application modules (or "thorns") through an extensible interface.

Duffy's Peak

The soils of the area are moderately deep silt loams that support mesquite, yucca, cacti, and grasses.

Gus van Go

In 1996, he moved to New York City, where he met musician and producer Werner F, who had previously worked with Paul Westerberg, Bob Mould, Hall & Oates, Cactus, and many others.

Imigrante

Imigrante calls itself, Terra do Cactos, or Land of the Cactus.

Mookgophong Local Municipality

The Municipality is named after the type of tree found in the area, Mokgopa (Cactus).

Nothrotheriops

Nothrotheriops behaved like all typical ground sloths of North and South America, feeding on various plants like the desert globemallow, cacti, and yucca.


13th Aero Squadron

After a short period of organization, which included "snake-chasing and cactus-cutting", the squadron was moved to Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio in the beginning of July where its aviation cadets began flight training on the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny trainer.

Aaron's beard

Opuntia leucotricha (Arborescent Prickly Pear, Aaron's Beard Cactus)

Acanthochronology

Acanthochronology is the interdisciplinary study of cactus spines or Euphorbia thorns grown in time ordered sequence (i.e. in series).

Apache Attic

; Cactus:Cactus was a simple test framework for unit testing server-side Java code (Servlets, EJBs, Tag libs, ...) from the Jakarta Project.

Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority

It is estimated that over 30 years, AZSTA will contribute $205 million to the refurbishment of Cactus League facilities in Maricopa County.

Upcoming Cactus League projects include a stadium in Goodyear for the Cleveland Indians and a stadium in Glendale for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox.

Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum

The complex consists of several buildings and glass-houses, such as the Cactus Pavilion and the Pavilion Victoria (which features a collection of orchids, carnivorous plants and giant white water lily Victoria-Seerosen).

Cactus Data Shield

The first ever commercially released CD to utilise copy-protection was "White Lilies Island" by Natalie Imbruglia, which used the Cactus Data Shield and was released in November 2001.

Christmas plants

There are a number of different cactus species sold as "Christmas cactus," including Schlumbergera opuntioides, Schlumbergera kautskyi, and Schlumbergera microsphaerica.

Cina

Stenocereus alamosensis, also known as Cina, a species of cactus native to Mexico

Clean Asia!

Clean Asia! is a freeware vertical shooter video game by Jonatan "Cactus" Söderström, an independent video game developer from Gothenburg, Sweden.

David Libert

A personal management company, Available Entertainment went on to represent George Clinton, Parliament/Funkadelic, Brian Auger, Living Colour, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Iranian singer, writer, performer Sussan Deyhim.

Eastern Municipal Water District of Southern California

Cities and regions represented by the Board of Directors are Riverside, Moreno Valley, City of Perris, Mead Valley, Good Hope, Quail Valley, Romoland, Menifee, Sun City, Canyon Lake, Temecula, Murrieta, Hemet, Valle Vista, Little Valley, Cactus Valley, Diamond Valley, Domenigoni Valley, Winchester, French Valley, and Murrieta Hot Springs.

Echinocereus × neomexicanus

The plant was originally described by Paul Carpenter Standley in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 35:87 (1908) based on a specimen growing in the cactus garden of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts from among hundreds of specimens he had collected from the mesa west of the Organ Mountains.

Graham Dury

Having previously worked engineering cacti at the University of Leicester, Dury was the first cartoonist to be offered a full-time job at Viz by co-creator Chris Donald in April 1988, when royalties began to make the magazine a profitable business.

Happy Cactus

Happy Cactus was a band formed by Colin Meloy while he attended Helena High School.

Harrisia bonplandii

Names of this cactus in the different languages of the native Nations are: Ayoreo Nation: Daturirai / Datura; Enlhet Nation: Laapang; Nivaclé Nation: Sôtôyuc.

Iron Cactus

Iron Cactus: Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar is a Mexican restaurant chain with 5 locations in Texas: Downtown Austin, North Austin, Hill Country Galleria Mall, Dallas, & San Antonio.

Ironwood Ridge High School

As the school district applied for the permit, the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl was listed as an "endangered species" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the FWS in 1997.

Joseph Nelson Rose

While Rose was employed by the national museum, he was an authority on several plants families, including Apiaceae (Parsley Family) and Cactaceae (Cactus Family).

Ladyfinger cactus

Echinocereus pentalophus, also known as alicoche or dog tail, a species of cactus native to North America

Mammillaria elongata, also known as the gold lace cactus, a species of cactus native to Central Mexico

Les Cactus

The song was referenced by French Prime Minister Georges Pompidou in the Assemblée Nationale to indicate his feelings towards his former Finance Minister, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who was a harsh critics of his successor Michel Debré: "As Jacques Dutronc says, there is a cactus here".

Minna Tanoshiku

Especially of interest were the unreleased songs, "Saboten" (aka "Cactus"- a cover of Delta 5's "You" with new lyrics), and "Planet X".

Motagua Valley thornscrub

The vegetation consists mainly of thorny species such as cactus of the genus Opuntia, acacias, and thorny bushes of the Fabaceae family.

Nopal

Detection of the cactus-eating moth Cactoblastis cactorum in Mexico in 2006 caused anxiety among the country's phytosanitary authorities, as this insect can be potentially devastating for the cactus industry.

North/Northwest Phoenix

Arizona Christian University is a private four-year Christian institution located on Cactus Road.

Nothing to Do with Us

"Cactus In My Y-fronts" had originally been written for I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again and used in "The Goodies – Almost Live".

O. robusta

Opuntia robusta, the wheel cactus or camuesa, a plant species native to Mexico

Oedo

In 1976, their plan was greenlighted with cultivating a land of 1601235 ft²(45,000 pyeong), growing rare plant species such as Agave americana, Rose of Sunshine, windmill palms, and C. peruvianus (a kind of cactus).

One Way...Or Another

1 Way Or Another is the second album by American hard rock band Cactus, released in 1971 under the Atco label.

Opata people

The Opata also hunted game, especially deer, with bows and arrows, fished in the rivers with spears and nets and gathered wild foods, such as Chenopodium and cactus leaves and fruits.

Operation Cactus-Lilly

Hindustan Ki Kasam a Hindi war movie directed by Chetan Anand and released in 1973 was based on the incidents of Operation Cactus Lilly.

Opuntia fragilis

Opuntia fragilis, known by the common names brittle prickly pear and little prickly pear, is a prickly pear cactus native to much of North America.

Paint the Town

#"This Side of Goodbye" (Michael Noble, Jeff Pennig, Scott "Cactus" Moser) — 4:03

Pediocactus winkleri

Pediocactus winkleri, commonly known as Winkler's cactus or Winkler's pincushion cactus, is a small cactus found only in Emery County, Utah and Wayne County, Utah in southern Utah.

Pichia heedii

Described in 1978, it was found growing on a dead senita cactus plant (Lophocereus schottii) in the Sonoran Desert of Baja California, Mexico.

Resiniferatoxin

Resiniferatoxin (RTX) is a naturally occurring chemical found in resin spurge (Euphorbia resinifera), a cactus-like plant commonly found in Morocco, and in Euphorbia poissonii found in northern Nigeria.

Saguache, Colorado

The word shares a similar root and pronunciation with Saguaro (cactus).

Selenicereus grandiflorus

The species is commonly referred to as Nightblooming Cereus, Queen of the Night (though these two terms are also used for other species), Large-flowered Cactus, Sweet-Scented Cactus or Vanilla Cactus.

Spegazzinia

:Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Rebutia.

Strombocactus

jarmilae (Halda) Halda
Cactus disciformis Kuntze
Echinocactus disciformis (DC.) K.Schum.
Echinocactus turbiniformis Pfeiff.
Mammillaria disciformis DC.
Pediocactus jarmilae ?

Tenoch

The Nahuatl symbols of his name are found in the Mexican flag: Tetl, the rock, and Nochtli, the prickly pear cactus.

Tonto National Monument

Other common plants include: cholla, prickly pear, hedgehog, and barrel cactus (flowering from April to June); yucca, sotol, and agave; creosote bush and ocotillo; palo verde and mesquite trees; an amazing variety of colorful wild flowers in good years (February to March); and a lush riparian area which supports large Arizona Walnut, Arizona Sycamore, and hackberry trees.

Yuma Desert

The saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) and the ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) are common on the bajadas, while many of the desert trees found are restricted to dry watercourses; these include paloverde (Parkinsonia), the desert willow (Chilopsis linearis), desert ironwood (Olneya tesota), and smoke trees (Psorothamnus spinosus).


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