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- Arizona Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus wislizeni)
Common name: Barrel Cactus, Candy Barrel, Compass Barrel, Fishhook Barrel Cactus Scientific name: Ferocactus wislizeni Description: Squat barrel-shaped cactus with long, curved spines, yellow to orange colored flowers, and yellow fruit. Dye: None. Other uses: The Seri and other groups use this particular barrel cactus as an emergency water source; Seris have survived on it for as long as a month. The Tohono O’odham eat the fruit as an emergency food (year-round). The Seri also eat the flowers and buds. - Negative 41
Subject: Chiricahua National Monument. Date: 1935 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - Devil's Head Rock
Subject: Devil's Head Rock, Echo Canyon Trail, Chiricahua National Monument. Date: May 27, 1938 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - Cochise Head
Subject: Cochise Head, Chiricahua National Monument. Date: May 31, 1938 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - Dissected Loess Plains
Description: Dissected Loess Plains, Lincoln County Nebrasks. This location is a National Natural Landmark that is both state- and privately owned. Collection: National Park Service: National Natural Landmarks Program. - Pinnacle Rock
Subject: Pinnacle Rock, Chiricahua National Monument. Date: 1940 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - Cochise Head
Subject: Cochise Head, as seen from Heart of Rocks, Chiricahua National Monument. Date: April, 1940 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - View from Echo Canyon Trail
Subject: View from Echo Canyon Trail, Chiricahua National Monument. Pictured: Custodian Fish and Nattalie Dodge. Date: May 27, 1938 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - Negative 30
Subject: Rhyolite columns below Sugar Loaf Mountain, Chiricahua National Monument. Date: 1935 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - Cholla (Cylindropuntia spp.)
Common names: Cholla, Chain Fruit Cholla; Jumping Cactus; Teddy Bear Cholla, Staghorn Cholla, among others Scientific name: Cylindropuntia spp. Description: A branching cactus with a woody base and segmented "branches" and excessive spines Fruits and flowers vary. Dye: None. Other uses: Various parts (bud, fruit, root) prepared as food/beverage by Acoma, Apache, Laguna, Cocopah, Hano, Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai, Laguna, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Papago, Pima, Yavapai, and Zuni. Acoma use(d) spines for tattooing and sewing. Several groups also use(d) plant parts for medicinal/ceremonial/symbolic purposes. Cholla buds are still eaten by the Tohono O'odham (Papago). Archaeological evidence also suggests the Hohokam cultivated the plants near residences. - 2 02 map
- Balanced Rock
Subject: Balanced rock west of Massai Point, Chiricahua National Monument. Date: May 27, 1938 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - Murphy's Agave (Agave murpheyi)
Common name: Agave, Hohokam Agave Scientific name; Agave murpheyi Descriptive: Murphy's Agave is a relatively small agave variety. The leaves are fleshy, light blue-green to yellow-green, spined along the edges and at the leaf tip, and grow in a rosette from the heart of the plant. Uses: Extensively cultivated for food and fiber by the prehistoric Hohokam of southern Arizona. - 7 01