@derekstephenhollingshead -should be the same population as https://inaturalist.ca/observations/203517535
Longest spines >3cm long, several areoles with 9 or more spines, flowers ~5cm diameter.
I added the last two images May 30, 2024
This origin of this cactus is unknown, but it has apparently been present in this granite barren opening for a long time. While there is currently a bit of "rock gardening" happening around it, it was not planted by the current landowner. It was also not planted by the previous landowner, who reported that this had been present as long as they had the property, since the 1930s. This means this cactus has had a self-sustaining occupation of this outcrop for at least 80 years. Some pine needles have blown in, but there is also quite an accumulation of shed spines if you look closely.
Branches cut by the company contracted by the electric companies to clear the power line right-of-ways.
Male. Crossing road
AOR, moving across road, adult female
Young (blotching pattern) ratsnake incidentally found DOR between Foley Mountain and town of Westport. Unfortunately I didn’t have measuring tape to get body morphometrics, or a PIT tag reader. Assumed female; no hemipene seen.
Skull found along narrow strip of marsh habitat surrounded by band of forest at Belle Park
Mellon Lake area
These cacti really got my friend and I confused. I know these are well out of their known range. There wasn't any defined garden where we found them. They may have been planted here, but I wouldn't know for certain.
sapling growing near a mature tree.