[Cholla: The Genus Cylindropuntia of the Southwestern Deserts of the United States]

Branched pencil cholla as seen along Christmas Tree Pass Road (about 5 miles north of the Laughlin Highway) in the Spirit Mountains of Nevada..........February 21, 2013.

Branched pencil cholla as seen at Rams Hill, Borrego Springs, CA......March 26, 2006.

Branched pencil cholla as seen in a wash to the northwest of Kelbaker Road in the Granite Mountains, Mojave National Preserve..........February 26, 2013.