PLANTS Profile for Ferocactus (barrel cactus)

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PLANTS Profile

Ferocactus Britton & Rose
barrel cactus

Symbol:

FEROC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, CA, San Diego Co., Balboa Park. April 23, 2003. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Ferocactus Britton & Rose

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Distribution:
Ferocactus Britton & Rose

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX, UT)

Related Taxa:
Ferocactus Britton & Rose

View 51 genera in Cactaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt. . Image Available.

Ferocactus cylindraceus
California barrel cactus

Distribution of Ferocactus eastwoodiae (L.D. Benson) L.D. Benson. .

Ferocactus eastwoodiae
California barrel cactus

Distribution of Ferocactus emoryi (Engelm.) Orcutt. . Image Available.

Ferocactus emoryi
Emory's barrel cactus

Distribution of Ferocactus hamatacanthus (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose. .

Ferocactus hamatacanthus
turk's head

Distribution of Ferocactus viridescens (Torr. & A. Gray) Britton & Rose. . Image Available.

Ferocactus viridescens
San Diego barrelcactus

Distribution of Ferocactus wislizeni (Engelm.) Britton & Rose. . Image Available.

Ferocactus wislizeni
candy barrelcactus

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Ferocactus Britton & Rose

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Ferocactus Britton & Rose – barrel cactus

More Accounts and Images:
Ferocactus Britton & Rose

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19795.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 08:25 PM CDT