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Northern California's Only Native Cactus

On the rocky banks of a gentle-moving waterway, in a landscape composed entirely of volcanic rocks and Juniper trees that smell like cat piss (Juniperus occidentalis), we cross a mosquito-swarmed river to find Northern California's only native species of Cactus - #Opuntia fragilis - in full bloom. This vicious little bastard grows as far East as Wisconsin, yet it's only occurrence in California consists of this small population in the Shasta Valley near a massive dormant volcano of the same name. Now, when imprisoned in a biogeography dungeon ™ of this sort, one must ask "How the shit did this disjunct population of this plant end up here?". Was it an errant seed that germinated after being deposited by a migrating shitting bird ten thousand years ago? Was a cladode (a cactus stem) attached to a shit-dreadlock of a species of now-extinct megafauna and it somehow dropped here, later establishing a colony? Or is this population all that's left of a once-larger and more widespread population that is now extinct due to the end of the ice age or the last two hundred years of human agriculture? Bonus footage includes #Ascelpias cordifolia and a Sphinx Moth Money Shot to soothe your homicidal thoughts. #Anemopsis californica makes an appearance in this vid, as well. To support more low-brow educational content such as this, consider becoming a patron at :   / crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt   To purchase stickers, venmo ten bucks to societyishell and leave your address in the comments. Donations appreciated. To purchase shirts and hoodies and CPBBD apparel, please visit the bonfire store at: https://www.bonfire.com/store/crime-p... Otherwise, enjoy the gradual social and cultural decline that we're all priveleged enough to be able to witness.