I found these in and around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Crazy to think cacti can survive the winters up there.

by slow_news_day

6 Comments

  1. billygigoza

    Apparently it’s the Missouri foxtail cactus (pelecyphora missouriensis), cacti grow in a lot of crazy places

  2. Some_Guy_The_Meh

    There’s Opuntia fragilis all the way up into mid Ontario. It’s absolutely nuts.

  3. wannabezen2

    As a Minnesotan here I find this insane.

  4. abrausman

    it is definitely Neobesseya (Pelecyphora) missuriensis, nothing crazy about this.

    The populations, close to Canada, can tolerate -49 F

  5. dysteach-MT

    I have them at 6,000 feet in Montana!

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