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This charred barrel cactus is slowly resprouting after being burned in the 2005 brush fires

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4098-burned-cactus.jpg A few small barrel cacti are on the side of Saddle Horse Canyon, some living, some burnedThumbnailsNear the mouth of Saddle Horse Canyon is a small stand of Desert trumpet buckwheatsA few small barrel cacti are on the side of Saddle Horse Canyon, some living, some burnedThumbnailsNear the mouth of Saddle Horse Canyon is a small stand of Desert trumpet buckwheatsA few small barrel cacti are on the side of Saddle Horse Canyon, some living, some burnedThumbnailsNear the mouth of Saddle Horse Canyon is a small stand of Desert trumpet buckwheatsA few small barrel cacti are on the side of Saddle Horse Canyon, some living, some burnedThumbnailsNear the mouth of Saddle Horse Canyon is a small stand of Desert trumpet buckwheatsA few small barrel cacti are on the side of Saddle Horse Canyon, some living, some burnedThumbnailsNear the mouth of Saddle Horse Canyon is a small stand of Desert trumpet buckwheats

The living part of this cactus represents six years of growth since the fire.