Profiles in Insurgency: The Irish Republican Army. Introductory note: This article is part of a series profiling different âinsurgentâ or âterroristâ groups. Care was taken to avoid including any inflammatory language about any organization profiled in the series or the organizationâs opposition.
Barrel cactus are the classic desert denizens of lore. There are a number of barrel cactus varieties within two genus types, the Echinocactus and the Ferrocactus. The Echinocactus has a fuzzy crown of fine spines, while the Ferrocactus are ferociously thorned.
It can grow to 60 feet in height. A barrel cactus can grow to about 10 feet in height. The jumping cholla can grow to about 5 feet in height. Their spines fall off so easily that they are called jumping chollas as the fine thorns seem to leap off when a person is standing close by.