cactus

Hunger is already driving people to eat raw cactus, wild leaves and locusts, a food source of last resort.

Southwestern dirt is represented by Behr’s Canyon Dusk, which looks a little like a New Mexico landscape on a hot, dry day, without the cacti interspersed or the mountains on the horizon.

There, your brain processes the touch your receptors felt, and determines whether you just tried to pet a cat or a cactus.

Canyon Lake, about 45 minutes from Phoenix, is one of the smaller lakes along the Salt River and is a great place to paddle beneath cliffs topped with cactus.

It might look cute and fun, but spines from this cactus break off easily.

It all sounds a bit dramatic, but that cactus feels like something special.

Another choice is agave nectar, made from a type of cactus that grows in Mexico (yes, tequila fans, that cactus).

“There is nothing but cattle, cactus, rocks, and steep canyons,” said Bisbee, Ariz., City Council member Ransom Burke.

At one point, the pair burst from the camp and fled, scampering barefoot over rocky, cactus-spotted terrain.

Here cemitas are filled with potatoes, tender cactus, onions, jalapeños, and lots of Oaxacan cheese.

The cactus is very common all over the Island, and miles of it are seen growing in the hedges.

Half hidden by a growth of cactus and tangled vines, yawned a dark cavernous hole.

Another kind of cactus has crimson and scarlet blossoms, but no prickly pears.

Here and there a cactus plant thrust spiny arms into the air.

We stood mute and motionless behind the cactus, discreetly, or indiscreetly, watching her.