Echinocereus engelmannii, known as the strawberry hedgehog cactus or Engelmann hedgehog cactus, is a cactus commonly found in desert areas of the southwestern United States and adjacent areas of Mexico, including the states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Baja California and Sonora. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleUsed in Traditional Medicine 2 Relationship to PeopleEaten or Drunk by People 2 Living or Extinct Comparison
NatureServe Rank CITES Appendix Scientific NameEchinocereus engelmannii 3 Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Echinocereus engelmannii (Wikidata)
In Biome
Desert, Biomes Source Echinocereus engelmannii (Wikipedia)
In Ecosystem
Source Plants For A Future: Echinocereus engelmannii
Source Plants For A Future: Echinocereus engelmannii
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Echinocereus engelmannii (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Echinocereus engelmannii, the strawberry hedgehog cactus or Engelmann's hedgehog cactus, is a cactus commonly found in desert areas of the southwestern United States and the adjacent areas of Mexico, including the states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Baja California and Sonora.
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Echinocereus engelmannii, the strawberry hedgehog cactus or Engelmann's hedgehog cactus, is a cactus commonly found in desert areas of the southwestern United States and the adjacent areas of Mexico, including the states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Baja California and Sonora.
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- In Biome: Desert, Wikipedia intro: "annii, the strawberry hedgehog cactus or Engelmann's hedgehog cactus, is a cactus commonly found in desert areas of the southwestern United States and the adjac..."
View the Source2. Plants For A Future: Echinocereus engelmannii
Plants For A FutureEdible Uses
Fruits are edible; reliability is the limiting factor rather than palatability
Medicinal Uses
has documented, though primarily traditional, medicinal uses and shows potential in modern scientific research.
In Ecosystem: Sonoran Desert, Habitats
It occurs in Sonoran and Mojavean Desert, montane forest, chaparral, great plain grassland and juniper-pinyon woodland
In Ecosystem: Mojave Desert, Habitats
It occurs in Sonoran and Mojavean Desert, montane forest, chaparral, great plain grassland and juniper-pinyon woodland
View the Source 3. Echinocereus engelmannii (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q142731 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Cactaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 4. NatureServe Explorer: Echinocereus engelmannii
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Echinocereus engelmannii
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 20683Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 20683
"rank":"SPECIES","name_status":"A","updated_at":"2023-04-14T14:47:49.349Z","active":true,"cites_listing":"II"
Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosyntheticQuote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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