Talk:Cylindropuntia bigelovii

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I recently travelled through a forest of these south of Bartlett Dam in central AZ. There was recently a fire in the area, although I do not know if it travelled as far south as the area I hiked (West of Needle Rock on Verde River). It appeared to me to be an invasive species that completely covered all terrain. Very few of the plants were more than 2 feet high, but it was impossible to hike off former jeep trails, and you had to watch your footing on those. My friend and I both pulled a dozen or so of the pods off our jeans. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Autkm (talk • contribs)

Elevation
From the article: "They grow in desert regions at elevations from 30 to 600 m (100 to 2000 ft)." That's a enormous under-estimation on the upper end; anybody who has hiked in even the hills around Tucson (elevation ~2500 ft itself) can attest that they grow and thrive to 3500 ft and beyond (eg., the locally well-known "Teddy Bear Cholla field" on the Pontatoc Ridge trail at around 32 20.3317, -110 54.03863, elevation around 3585 feet). I'm not going to bother fixing this, because it'd just be reverted by some bot-running dumbass. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.200.75.222 (talk • contribs)


 * The elevation figures probably pertain to California. I'll fix it. Cool your jets.--Curtis Clark (talk) 12:32, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

You fixed it, which is nice, but your attitude is really inappropriate for someone of your station in life. Fix that, ASAP. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.200.75.222 (talk) 10:49, 4 August 2008 (UTC) Did you ever think that some people get tired of misinformation on Wikipedia esp, under cacti. The article for Cylindropuntia fulgida needs work too, because stupid people put in crap information all the time. I already fixed that article once before a long time ago, but someone else put it back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.19.167.108 (talk) 07:14, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Flammability
We used to set these plants on fire in the Boy Scouts, since it was a really easy way to start a campfire. Just knock one over with a shovel and add a spark from your favourite ignition source. They seemed to be covered in some kind of oil to aid combustion. LuminaireX (talk) 23:21, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

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