• Lower Cliff Dwelling

    Tonto

    National Monument Arizona

Hedgehog Cactus

Hedgehog Cactus

NPS Photo

Hedgehog Cactus

The fruit is edible and tastes a little like strawberries. It is rich in fats and sugar.

The inner flesh was used to treat sunburn, cuts, abrasions, compound fractures, open blisters, and insect stings.

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western diamondback rattlesnake

Tonto National Monument is home to at least 160 species of birds, 6 species of amphibians, 32 species of reptiles, 26 species of land mammals, and at least 14 species of bats. More...