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I think this is a pencil cholla cactus, near Nipton, Mojave National Preserve

03523-cactus.jpg The outer shell of a coyote gourd near NiptonThumbnailsThis area on the fan just south of Nipton is clearly subject to occasional flooding during heavy rainsThe outer shell of a coyote gourd near NiptonThumbnailsThis area on the fan just south of Nipton is clearly subject to occasional flooding during heavy rainsThe outer shell of a coyote gourd near NiptonThumbnailsThis area on the fan just south of Nipton is clearly subject to occasional flooding during heavy rainsThe outer shell of a coyote gourd near NiptonThumbnailsThis area on the fan just south of Nipton is clearly subject to occasional flooding during heavy rainsThe outer shell of a coyote gourd near NiptonThumbnailsThis area on the fan just south of Nipton is clearly subject to occasional flooding during heavy rains

I haven't noticed many of these on this trip.