Nipple cactus in bloom	Dog cholla	Purple prickly-pear
Englemann's prickly-pear	Mesh structure of dead prickly-pear	Prickly-pear growing in a mesquite
Parasitic cholla tapping into a creosote bush	Another parasitic plant, tassajillo (or christmas cholla)	Ocotillos (not a cactus) with leaves
Ocotillo with leaves that have turned yellow	Blooming ocotillo, note the absence of leaves
Blooming lechuguilla	Sotol leaves	Blooming sotol
Dry resurrection plant	Resurrection plant after the rain	Leatherstem
Guyacan	Blooming cenizo (or texas silverleaf, barometer bush)
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