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Walkingstick Cholla

Walkingstick Cholla

Pictured is a spiny Walkingstick Cholla (Opuntia imbricata). In sparse times, the Pueblo people would eat the yellow fruit of the cholla raw and cooked the flower buds which are rich in calcium.
Galleries: Chollas, Gran Quivira Ruins
Keywords: Gran Quivira, Las Humanas, Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Walkingstick Cholla fruit, cacti, mission, pueblo
Photo Location: Gran Quivira Ruins, 25 miles south of Mountainair, NM
Photographer: Dr. Roy Winkelman
Date of Photo: 02/19/2014
Device Make: Canon
Device Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure Time: 0.025
F Number: 20
Original Dimensions: 3744×5616
Picture Orientation: Portrait
GPS Coordinates: 34°15'34.99"N 106°5'30.78"W
Picture Number: 26257